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Bound By Lust
Imagine finding a partner who is just as naughty, kinky and dark as you are, a lover who wanders the hardware store with you in search of new 'toys,' a man who can wrangle both you and the dishes into submission, a woman who accompanies you to office parties and play parties. Think that heady combination of: sweet and sexy, dirty and romantic, love and leather. Bound By Lust is a romantic, couples-focused erotica with a BDSM slant. The couples range from newly blossoming relationships, long-time loves and reunited flames. The BDSM aspect of this is both naughty and nice -- bondage, spanking, domination, submission, power-play, pain and pleasure, or whatever your dirty mind can think of. Bring on the rope and rough stuff, the dens and dungeons, the corsets and clamps and cuffs. Romance can be a little rough and still have VERY happy endings!
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First published January 1, 2012
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Shanna Germain
148 books131 followersShanna Germain claims the titles of writer, editor, leximaven, vorpal blonde and Schrodinger's brat.
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April 5, 2020
Oof. I mean...this collection does contain the single funniest piece of erotica I’ve ever read, so at least there’s that? 🤦🏼♂️
February 26, 2013
I'm amazed at how good each story was and how different they are from one another. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! (More in-depth review coming soon!)
May 9, 2020
If Shanna Germain or Alyson Tyler’s name is on an anthology I’m definitely going to read it. Never disappointed. A fantastic collection of kinky, sexy, erotica. Loved and would definitely recommend.
August 3, 2016
I'm in love with Shanna Germain's mission. In an introduction to her anthology, Bound by Lust: Romantic Stories of Submission and Sensuality (published by the folks who brought you Best Sex Writing 2012), Germain describes the book as an attempt to bring together "Madonna and whore," "true love and kinky lust." This spoke to me immediately as someone who would write D/s fanfiction erotica as a teenager, spending a couple of thousand words getting into the emotional significance of a relationship before a character would finally touch his cheek to another's boot.
The first couple of stories in this collection delivered on the promise, with erotica that clearly hints at the established relationship through a dominant partner's understanding of his submissive's motivations and needs, but I wasn't quite sold. I love that sense of a dominant character who really gets his submissive as a person (nothing is hotter, really) but the lead into the anthology with two male dominant, female submissive pairs in an intense D/a relationship had me a bit uneasy, hoping for balance. With the third story employing that dynamic, Donna George Storey's "Spring Training," I hoped for something deeper in the form of a dominant man being realistic about the value of his submissive's past partners and being willing to engage with her suggestion of a "cleansing ritual" in a thoughtful, psychologically healthy way. I was disappointed by pillow talk that instead went darker and more controlling, as the dominant promises to "train you so that every part of your erotic response belongs to me."
Fortunately for my personal preferences (though perhaps not for those of who enjoy intense fantasy control scenarios!) the anthology is more varied than I'd feared. There's a cute little lesbian spanking scene after a Bible study, several varieties of humiliation-focused erotica, a crossdressing and discipline story that combines smut with a lovely tone of acceptance, and a really gorgeous non-chronological erotic and psychological tale that you just have to read for yourself to appreciate. One of the last stories in the collection is a tale of an older couple, written by Craig Sorensen, that's refreshing to see in a general interest anthology.
One of my favorite pieces is Rachel Kramer Bussel's "The Heart of Chaos," a story that really uses language to give us the sense of the relationship between a married couple as we observe a nice drawn-out negotiation around a scene (or technically, an art exhibit) that incorporates a hint of public humiliation and some limit-pushing. There's switching and wax play, and an entirely three-dimensional femal narrator. "I want these strangers to walk in and see my husband, naked, covered in clear Cling Wrap," Molly the artist tells us. "I want them to sense what he is feeling, sense what he is offering me, and by extension, them. I want them to go to the heart of chaos with me, live."
I'm also in love with Justine Elyot's "Under the Clock," a story of S/m and kinbaku (rope bondage) and the development of a kind of relationship between a service boy and an older woman who offers him erotic play in exchange for house painting.
Overall, you'll get the most for your money from this volume as a whole if you enjoy heterosexual male-dom erotic smut, humiliation, and psychological control fantasies. That said, the anthology is quite a mix, and while a little disjointed, I found it worth it for a few really fantastic storytellers. The gems are stories I'll keep coming back to.
This review was originally published on the Sex Positive Activism blog and now appears at Queer & Now.
The first couple of stories in this collection delivered on the promise, with erotica that clearly hints at the established relationship through a dominant partner's understanding of his submissive's motivations and needs, but I wasn't quite sold. I love that sense of a dominant character who really gets his submissive as a person (nothing is hotter, really) but the lead into the anthology with two male dominant, female submissive pairs in an intense D/a relationship had me a bit uneasy, hoping for balance. With the third story employing that dynamic, Donna George Storey's "Spring Training," I hoped for something deeper in the form of a dominant man being realistic about the value of his submissive's past partners and being willing to engage with her suggestion of a "cleansing ritual" in a thoughtful, psychologically healthy way. I was disappointed by pillow talk that instead went darker and more controlling, as the dominant promises to "train you so that every part of your erotic response belongs to me."
Fortunately for my personal preferences (though perhaps not for those of who enjoy intense fantasy control scenarios!) the anthology is more varied than I'd feared. There's a cute little lesbian spanking scene after a Bible study, several varieties of humiliation-focused erotica, a crossdressing and discipline story that combines smut with a lovely tone of acceptance, and a really gorgeous non-chronological erotic and psychological tale that you just have to read for yourself to appreciate. One of the last stories in the collection is a tale of an older couple, written by Craig Sorensen, that's refreshing to see in a general interest anthology.
One of my favorite pieces is Rachel Kramer Bussel's "The Heart of Chaos," a story that really uses language to give us the sense of the relationship between a married couple as we observe a nice drawn-out negotiation around a scene (or technically, an art exhibit) that incorporates a hint of public humiliation and some limit-pushing. There's switching and wax play, and an entirely three-dimensional femal narrator. "I want these strangers to walk in and see my husband, naked, covered in clear Cling Wrap," Molly the artist tells us. "I want them to sense what he is feeling, sense what he is offering me, and by extension, them. I want them to go to the heart of chaos with me, live."
I'm also in love with Justine Elyot's "Under the Clock," a story of S/m and kinbaku (rope bondage) and the development of a kind of relationship between a service boy and an older woman who offers him erotic play in exchange for house painting.
Overall, you'll get the most for your money from this volume as a whole if you enjoy heterosexual male-dom erotic smut, humiliation, and psychological control fantasies. That said, the anthology is quite a mix, and while a little disjointed, I found it worth it for a few really fantastic storytellers. The gems are stories I'll keep coming back to.
This review was originally published on the Sex Positive Activism blog and now appears at Queer & Now.
September 7, 2014
Reviewed by Marissa
Book provided by the publisher for review
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book
I’ve recently found myself intrigued by the BDSM lifestyle but I am also drawn to the love between the doms and subs. While this isn’t always a romantic love, it’s still a beautiful love. These stories are of the romantic love variety – men and women uniting and solidifying their relationships.
First let’s start with the BDSM. This is not hard-core stuff so if you’re a bit squeamish about bondage and spanking or if you’re just starting out, this is a good book to learn a bit more. There is quite a variety to whet your appetite though – everything from bondage to spanking to role play.
My favorite scenario was in “Reclaiming Spring” by Sommer Marsden, where a man ties his wife to the laundry line then leaves her while he cooks dinner. He returns, only to leave her again. The psychological aspect of being left tied to a clothesline in one’s own backyard, where any neighbor can peer over the fence at any given moment, gave me shivers. Add to that the not knowing when he will come back or what he will do when he does return… Oh yes, this is one story that is going to get played in real life.
The other stories are also full of ideas one can use in real life. Shopping for sex toys, meeting your lover in a public place, bondage, spanking – they’re all here. Each story is unique, delving into a different style of BDSM and a different sort of relationship. And each story is very short (10 pages or so average) which also makes it a perfect book for those that have to read in-between real life activities.
Book provided by the publisher for review
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book
I’ve recently found myself intrigued by the BDSM lifestyle but I am also drawn to the love between the doms and subs. While this isn’t always a romantic love, it’s still a beautiful love. These stories are of the romantic love variety – men and women uniting and solidifying their relationships.
First let’s start with the BDSM. This is not hard-core stuff so if you’re a bit squeamish about bondage and spanking or if you’re just starting out, this is a good book to learn a bit more. There is quite a variety to whet your appetite though – everything from bondage to spanking to role play.
My favorite scenario was in “Reclaiming Spring” by Sommer Marsden, where a man ties his wife to the laundry line then leaves her while he cooks dinner. He returns, only to leave her again. The psychological aspect of being left tied to a clothesline in one’s own backyard, where any neighbor can peer over the fence at any given moment, gave me shivers. Add to that the not knowing when he will come back or what he will do when he does return… Oh yes, this is one story that is going to get played in real life.
The other stories are also full of ideas one can use in real life. Shopping for sex toys, meeting your lover in a public place, bondage, spanking – they’re all here. Each story is unique, delving into a different style of BDSM and a different sort of relationship. And each story is very short (10 pages or so average) which also makes it a perfect book for those that have to read in-between real life activities.
August 6, 2016
Of a total of 19 stories I have to admit that I actually liked seven of them. And have to admit that although this was supposed to be a sensual and sensuous anthology about couples that enjoy some down and dirty kink. I felt like some of the stories felt a little contrived in regards to couples actually being loving partners as well. I would think more like play partners that enjoy a good time. And their partner knowing how to trigger particular responses in them. But not an actual loving, connected couple. But overall pretty good anthology that I completed for a challenge.
September 17, 2012
This book is a compilation of erotic stories, I personally prefer novels, but this book was just as good. Made me feel a little like a voyeur, reading someone's personal erotic experiences. Naughty, but in a good way. I have to admit there were a couple of stories that were a bit too much for me, humiliation and things of that nature, but overall all it was exciting to read. Definitely makes you wonder what your limits are, lol.
December 20, 2022
Excellent book!!!
October 16, 2014
The vast majority of these stories had mood substance than expected. Beyond the fun and kink, I thought the characters were developed well for short stories.
January 17, 2021
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