Synopses & Reviews
Knotty Tales of Kinky SexPowerhouse eroticist Rachel Kramer Bussel is at the vanguard of this new era of BDSM erotica. Always a step ahead of the zeitgeist, this award-winning editor knows your private fantasies even before you do. In these kinky tales, bondage happens as part of yoga, knitting and a birthday present, as well as with a collar, a cage, duct tape, a webcam, and a very sexy pair of thighs. As forewordist Annabel Joseph says, “To me, short stories and bondage go together as perfectly as subject and rigger, as top and bottom, as Mistress or Master and slave.” In Rob Rosen’s “Tying the Knot,” the bondage goes a little wild but there’s sweetness to this engagement story that tethers the protagonists close to each other. In “Bound to Lie” by Nichelle Gregory, two business adversaries battle it out in the boardroom for the ultimate form of control. Rachel Kramer Bussel and her top-notch authors show it’s what happens after you’re trussed up, immobile and secured in your trappings that makes for the most powerful sexual encounters of all.
Review
"Rachel Kramer Bussel can take a fantasy and make the world seem real or take a real event and paint the scene softly, to appear more like a fantasy. I am in awe of her tremendous output, in the positive way she includes all genres in her collections, and in her constant desire to bring erotica and sex in general to the mainstream." Alison Tyler, erotic author and editor
Synopsis
Rachel Kramer Bussel was at the vanguard of this new era of BDSM. Always a step ahead of the zeitgeist, this award-winning editor knows your private fetishes a lot better than you do. Now that 2 million readers are bondage curious, thanks to the runaway popularity of the Fifty Shades series, Rachel can help them explore their fantasies and realize their deepest desires.
About the Author
Rachel Kramer Bussel writes
New York Observer and hosts SRO readings around the country. The former sex columnist of "Lusty Lady" in
The Village Voice, she was the longtime senior editor of
Penthouse Variations and has edited the
Best Sex Writing series since 2008. She's a prolific erotica editor, and her titles include
Spanked, Hes on Top, Shes on Top, Passion, and
Do Not Disturb. She lives in New York City.
Annabel Joseph is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling BDSM romance author. She writes mainly contemporary romance, although she has been known to dabble in the medieval and Regency eras. She is recognized for writing emotionally intense BDSM storylines, and strives to create characters that seem real-even flawed-so readers are better able to relate to them. Annabel publishes with Elloras Cave and Loose Id in addition to her own imprint, Scarlet Rose Press. She also writes non-BDSM erotic romance under the name Molly Joseph. She lives in Atlanta, GA.