Synopses & Reviews
The Year's Hottest Bedside ReadingViolet Blue knows what you want: smart, literate, pulse-racing women's erotica. Each year she sets the bar impossibly high, searching for the very best in explicit stories that tell the truth about women's sexuality, in all its variety and emotional depth. Best Women's Erotica 2012 will astound you with its surprises, twists and turnsand send you running to "try this at home."
In Zahra Stardust's exotic tale, "Lolita" wants everything her lover desiresand more. In "Pagoda" by Sommer Marsden, a very private couple has public sex and Kay Jaybee's "Bad" girl rises to the challenge of an exhibitionist tryst so her boyfriend can watch.
In Violet's own words, a "woman is at the center of every pleasure" in this unforgettable selection of luscious stories.
With contributed stories by Olivia Glass, Louise Lush, K.D. Grace, Remittance Girl, Elizabeth Coldwell, Rosalía Zizzo, Kay Jaybee, Amelia Thornton, Jacqueline Applebee, Tsaurah Litzky, Sommer Marsden, Donna George Storey, Tiffani Angus, Dorianne, The Empress, Zahra Stardust, Chaparrita, and Valerie Alexander.
Review
"Every story has one thing in commonas Violet Blue herself says, 'a woman is at the center of every pleasure.'...When erotica is made for women, there is a nervousness that it will be very gentle. Not so with this collectionthe desires range from deliciously vanilla to spiced with kink....It's an anthology that will expand your palette... and your mind."
Romantic Readers and Writers Association
Review
"Sexy, smart and literate:
Best Women's Erotica 2012 presents the year's hottest bedside reading.There's a hungry audience of readers who demand smart, literate, emotionally charged women's eroticastories that tell the truth about women's sexuality in all its variety and emotional depth, with all its surprises and twists and turns....
Best Women's Erotica 2012 is just for these readers. 5-star editor Violet Blue delivers exactly what readers want- fantasy-fueled, pulse-racing reads that push boundaries and are "let's try this as home" aspirational."
Fresh Fiction
"I always think these types of books are wonderful as they give readers an introduction to several authors at once. While you may not love every story there should be a few you do. Dont expect bland sexual experiences because there arent any in this book. Instead, think outside the box."
Night Owl Reviews
"Every story has one thing in commonas Violet Blue herself says, 'a woman is at the center of every pleasure.'...When erotica is made for women, there is a nervousness that it will be very gentle. Not so with this collectionthe desires range from deliciously vanilla to spiced with kink....It's an anthology that will expand your palette... and your mind."
Romantic Readers and Writers Association
Synopsis
Sexy, smart and literate:
Best Women's Erotica 2012 presents the year's hottest bedside reading, curated by Cleis Press.
There's a hungry audience of readers who demand smart, literate, emotionally charged women's erotica--stories that tell the truth about women's sexuality in all its variety and emotional depth, with all its surprises and twists and turns....Best Women's Erotica 2012 is just for these readers. 5-star editor Violet Blue delivers exactly what readers want- fantasy-fueled, pulse-racing reads that push boundaries and are "let's try this as home" aspirational.