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Summary: Great seductive stories.
Review: After reading this book, i had to write and state my opinion. It's a great book that's written by both women and men and has wonderful seductive stories. This book can definately ignite desire and make your lovelife more pleasurable. It has twenty different exotic stories and I loved reading them all.This is definately a MUST READ BOOK!
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Summary: Good, solid erotica
Review: Dr. Barbach gives her readers a nice selection of seductive, erotic fantasies in this collection. I think I enjoyed every one, for the story or for the sex, which is rare in a collection of short stories. I especially enjoyed the humor of "The Front Runner," the reconciliation in "I Wanted to," the complexity of "Under the Volcano," the unique experience in "The Last Seduction." the fun of "Double Clicked." Most of these stories actually have plots and characters readers care about, beyond merely wondering how many orgasms they will have. My only complaint is with the introductions to each section. I don't know what it is about them, but I just found them unnecessary.
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Summary: Could not BE more disappointed....
Review: I bought this book based on other customer recommendations. This was my second attempt at reading an erotica novel (I usually stick to good ol' fashioned romances). So, where should I begin? There are some stories in here that aren't badly witten such as "The Other Woman", "Knowing", "The Welcome Home", "The 5:20 Encounter", "I Wanted To", and "Simply Seduced". So that leaves fourteen other stories that range from seemingly uncompleted, confusing, and down right intollerable. Stories such as "Only In The Movies", "Lines of Fire", "She Went Shopping This Morning", and "Double Clicked" end just when things start getting interesting and leave you wanting more, but not in a teasing prelude sort of way. And then, of course, there are other stories like "A Life of Seductions", "A Conversation About Green Water", "Under The Volcano", and "A Taste of Sicily" whose plot lines are anything but smooth going and, rather than leaving the reader "hot and bothered", they leave them just...plain...bothered. Last, but not least we come to "The Last Seduction" which is about a woman who is,not only in her twilight years, but is also an invalid. I won't EVEN get into how disturbing this one was. One of my main objections to this book was the language. Maybe I've been spoiled by conventional romances that "romanticize" the human anatomy, but I found the vocabulary used in most of the works, even the better written ones, to be crude, thus leaving me feeling cold and unattached when the main reason for purchasing such a book is to get the blood boiling. So do yourselves a favor and find a better use for [your money].
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Summary: For beginners only
Review: I haven't felt this naughty since I sneak-peeked at my dad's "Penthouse" magazines in the Forum letters section when I was 12. You know the one, where all these creative liars wrote in trying to out-porno each other with outlandish tales of sex and conquest and well, graphic seduction. Same here in this book, a gathering of not sleazy letters to a skin rag but tales written by various scribes and edited by Lonnie Garfield. And prettified, with a plot no less. Must admit though, I skimmed through for the down and dirty parts first, my favorite being "The Welcome Home" by Saskia Walker. Because it spoke most to my own sexual fantasy of eagerly desperately greeting the man I loved and desired at the door, so starved I don't want to bother with formalities like stripping naked. Because the language is powerfully seductive, drawing you into wanting the characters, wanting to BE the character. This, especially, had me melting on the floor: "He was animal; enclosed into a space he wanted to overcome, desperate for freedom, he roared back and forth inside the captive space. Her hips forged up against his, meeting each thrust, her hands grappling themselves free to clutch at his body." Beautiful poetry--AND HOT. None of this, *Ooh baby you're so big* embarrassment. A definite plus in catching my eye: The front cover of a naked couple lost in embrace under water. Another plus: The stories aren't just about heterosexual monogamous encounters. Something for everybody's lust if you're not too impatient for the *good* parts first like me.
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Summary: Edward Buskirk is my straddle-delic doppelganger
Review: I'm here to congratulate Edward Buskirk for having written the single greatest straddle-session in the history of the universe. It's located in a fic called THE OTHER WOMAN. I wish I could quote it right here in its entirety. But the prissy-wissy prudes at amazon.com won't let me.
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Summary: Sexy, literate, and thoughful--delicious erotica!
Review: The incandescent tease (and bumblingly verbal husband) of "The Other Woman," the erotic inventiveness of "The Welcome Home," the male truthtelling of "I Wanted To," and the unwavering humaneness of the editor all make this one of the better collections of erotica in several years. We are beseiged by Henry Hyde (or Kirkus Reviews)on one side, and on the other by a steady ratcheting of erotic writing toward power games and grunge. This book is a sweet-hot antidote to BOTH. Lonnie Barbach has likely done more than any other single person to help American women reclaim sexual joy. "Joyful," in fact, is a great word for these delicious little stories. Oh, and now that I think of it, Henry: you might very well enjoy "The Other Woman" as much as I did!
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Summary: Sexy, literate, and thoughful--delicious erotica!
Review: The incandescent tease (and bumblingly verbal husband) of "The Other Woman," the erotic inventiveness of "The Welcome Home," the male truthtelling of "I Wanted To," and the unwavering humaneness of the editor all make this one of the better collections of erotica in several years. We are beseiged by Henry Hyde (or Kirkus Reviews)on one side, and on the other by a steady ratcheting of erotic writing toward power games and grunge. This book is a sweet-hot antidote to BOTH. Lonnie Barbach has likely done more than any other single person to help American women reclaim sexual joy. "Joyful," in fact, is a great word for these delicious little stories. Oh, and now that I think of it, Henry: you might very well enjoy "The Other Woman" as much as I did!
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Summary: Good gentle fun
Review: This is a delightful collection of witty, literate fantasies. They depict physical attraction and affection many ways, all of them charged with happy eroticism. I enjoyed the different focus each story had - some centered on women and some on men, some from a woman's sensibility's and some from a man's. Suspension of disbelief is a must, but these stories are fiction after all. They are literate and thoughtful, not the 'organ recitals' of cruder authors. It's not necessary to like every one of the short stories - if one doesn't suit your taste, there's another one a few pages along. Next time I need a vacation of just a few hours, I may spend it in another of Barbach's collections. I just hope it meets the standard that this books sets.
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS !!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is a great book. My wife and I read it together. It's many different little stories were fasinating, seductive and erotic. This book is well written and geared towards men and women both. Many sexual fantasies are explained and after reading this book, I came home to find my SEXY, SEDUCTIVE wife waiting to greet me by the front door wearing NOTHING!!!!. She danced for me, teased me and seduced me like crazy. it was GREAT. Thanks to this book, my wife and I are more comfortable with displaying our seductive side and playing out our fantasies. We are definately having more fun in the bedroom. I've noticed we are more open to discussing our own desires and fantasies with each other now. Another GREAT and SEDUCTIVE book, that we enjoy reading over and over is "Deviant Desires". I recommend both these books to spice up any couples sex lives.
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