Synopses & Reviews
An instant attraction, a lingering look, the electric touch of skin on skin, moments of passion that are unforgettable....if the first two
Brown Sugar collections left you wanting more, then slip into
Brown Sugar 3, as 19 of today's top writers reveal what happens when opposites attract.
The first Brown Sugar anthology and its follow-up, Brown Sugar 2, were literary and commercial successes. Brown Sugar won the Gold Pen Award for Best Short Story Collection. Now Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract brings you more original stories about desire -- be it impulsive, forbidden, or simply unexpected. As insightful as they are sexy, these selections range from subtly romantic to raw and raunchy, from conventional to seriously kinky. You'll satisfy your taste for brown sugar in this deliciously naughty collection.
Review
Essence Brown Sugar shatters taboos of African American love and sexuality.
Review
Honey Brown Sugar is "as smart as it is sexy...."
Synopsis
The seductive third installment in the Brown Sugar series, featuring exciting new erotica from the most acclaimed voices in black fiction. Brown Sugar: A Collection of Erotic Black Fiction and Brown Sugar 2: Great One Night Stands brought together the finest established and up-and-coming African-American writers to explore the entire spectrum of black sexuality. Now the third tantalizing installment, Brown Sugar 3: Opposites Attract, delves into fruitful new subject matter--liaisons that are impulsive, forbidden, or simply unexpected. These never-before-published stories run the gamut from subtly romantic to raunchy, from conventional to seriously kinky. Brown Sugar 3 features stories by Wanda Coleman, E. Ethelbert Miller, Lisa Teasley, Denene Millner, Nick Chiles, Lolita Files, Michael Datcher, Lori Bryant-Woolridge, Trisha R. Thomas, Tracy Price-Thompson, and Patricia Elam.
About the Author
Carol Taylor, a former Random House book editor, is now a freelance editor, writer, and editorial consultant. She is the editor of the bestselling Brown Sugar series, the first of which was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and Gold Pen Award winner. Taylor is the “Off the Hook” relationship columnist for Flirt.com. She lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Harold and Popcorn
Wanda Coleman
Who I Choose to Love
Preston L. Allen
Play It Again
Denene Millner and Nick Chiles
Love and the Game
Sharrif Simmons
Close Encounters
Lori Bryant-Woolridge
The Contract
Leone Ross
So Much to Learn
Trisha R. Thomas
The Happiest Butterfly in the World
Michael Datcher
Center for Affections
Lisa Teasley
Diva Moves
Miles Marshall Lewis
God Bodies and Nag Champa
Raquel Cepeda
Scenes from a Marriage
Patricia Elam
Standing Room Only
Lolita Files
Crazy Love
Michael A. Gonzales
Auld Lang Syne
Karen E. Quinones Miller
Sums
John Keene
The African in the American
Tracy Price-Thompson
Korea
E. Ethelbert Miller
Contributors
About the Editor