Electro DeLuxe

by Lori Perkins

In the first erotic short story that publisher and editor Lori Perkins ever wrote, she explores that very special relationship between a woman and her vacuum cleaner.
After being dumped by her boyfriend, our heroine decides to clean up her apartment using a vacuum cleaner that does nothing for her. A visit from her best friend and neighbor inspires her to a buy a new machine, the Electro Deluxe, that has been taking the women of America by storm.
After a demonstration of the machine’s amazing talents, and a review of its equally awesome attachments, our heroine decides that cleanliness is indeed next to OMGodliness.
Lori Perkins uses this short story as a teaching tool in her “50 Shades of How to Write Smut for Fun and Profit” talk to show the genesis of an erotic story, from concept to completion.

11 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 10, 2013

About the author

Publisher of Riverdale Avenue Books and founder of L. Perkins Agency. Author of the #MeToo anthology, Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey as well as Hungry for Your Love, and 30 other erotic romance anthologies.

Riverdale Avenue Books is an award winning, innovative hybrid publisher at the leading edge of the changes in the publishing industry. We publish e-books, print, and audio books under 12 imprints: Desire, an erotica/erotic romance imprint; Riverdale/Magnus the award-winning imprint of LGBT titles; Pop featuring pop culture titles; Afraid, a horror line; SFF, a science fiction fantasy line; Truth, an erotic memoir line; Dagger, a mystery thriller imprint; Sports and Gaming featuring sports and gaming titles; VerVe featuring lifestyle titles; Hera featuring both the true and fictional lives and loves of women aged 35 and up; and 120 Days, an LGBT pulp fiction line. Started in 2011 by industry veteran Lori Perkins, Riverdale is a full service publisher, with a foreign rights and film agency department. Visit us at www.RiverdaleAveBooks.com.

Reviews

[Natalee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you netgalley for the copy of this, it was so funny, I literally love girlhood!!!! a quick and funny read!

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

*ebook

I read this to my husband and chuckled most of the way through.

A vacuum with dildo attachments is just funny to me. I was picturing all these women in their clubbing attire ready to test drive their new vacuums.

When I finished reading it I said to my husband “did you like the story?” He was like “well it was kinda weird. What, do you want one of those vacuums?”

😂😂😂😂

[Mia Mia · Rating 2 out of 5]

🫧 What can I say, I was curious. It was a quick trip back to a time to the 2000s where women’s pleasure wasn’t spoken about and special vacuum cleaner attachments were invented for fun times. I was expecting more spice from this than just a dildo attachment of a has been celebrity and it was extremely tame for the genre. Unfortunately, this doesn’t really have much of an ending, it feels like an incomplete story.

A quick and easy to read for curious minded souls. This one just wasn’t for me.

⭐️ Final Score : 2 Stars
📖 11 pages
🗓️ Pub Date: April 24 2026
📚Thanks to Riverdale Avenue Books & NetGalley for the ARC. My thoughts are my own.

[Kaitlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a quick and fun read! After her best friend comes over for some drinks, she realizes her bestie needs a new vacuum.

There just so happens to be a new vacuum show case that has some fun attachments 🤭

I love the updated cover on Netgalley! It absolutely draws the reader in. This is not my first sentient object romance, so I knew exactly what to expect. I do wish there was more spice, but this book delivered exactly what it was supposed to! Thank you to Netgalley and Lori Perkins for an ARC of this book.

[Rani · Rating 2 out of 5]

I stumbled upon a tale of a woman having a whirlwind romance with her vacuum while it tidied up the place. What? Now I'm questioning my life decisions, just a tad.
Those were 15 entertaining minutes of my existence, I must admit. So many questions, yet not enough caffeine to chase those answers.
It's a darling little read if you're in the mood for something lighthearted and delightfully ridiculous!

[KDY · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ARC provided by @netgalley
So this was an ultra short, short story. I find it hard to call it erotica. Definitely could have been spicier. I read it in less than 15 minutes.
3/5 stars and only 1 chili peppers for spice--and that's generous.
The chili peppers really only describe the quantity of spice, so out of a 3 rating, I'd give it a 1.5 for quality. Not completely a wet blanket but not as good as meh. Nowhere near a one-handed book.
#Sexybookishgirl #bookstagram #spicybooks

[Christen · Rating 4 out of 5]

When they say short story they meant it !! 8 pages but man I'd be in line for this electro deluxe lol

Not going to lie kind of love short random stories to break up my reading.

The cover in NetGalley was much better than the example on Goodreads, didn't see the edition I read.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC

[Jade George · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m not entirely sure what I was expecting from this short story but I think I was hoping for a little more.

I quite enjoyed the writing style and thought the premise was funny but unfortunately just don’t think it was long enough to really learn about the characters. Felt a touch unfinished but was still a fun 10 minute read!

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an impulse grab because of the ridiculous concept. It was a short, short story.
No time for character development or even concept development, but it was a quick, quirky read.





Thanks to NetGalley for the arc of this story.

[Nicole Normand · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received a free copy from NetGalley and I'm willingly leaving a review
Worth reading, take with a grain of salt, name-droppings, fun and good revenge on an ex. You need to imagine that this lady will have fun now cleaning her house.

[The Dragon Den Book Blog · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review of Electri DeLexe by Lori Perkins
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A very short read with erotic naughty context that had so much potential to be more. Really wish there had been some action beyond the demonstrations and fun gal pal shopping spree, it would have made the read more fun.

[Kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would make a crazy SNL skit with some updated cultural references. As a short story, though, it's really lacking.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[cae]

Okay, firstly. thank you to the pubs and author for my copy of this.

I really don't know what I just read. Truthfully, it was probably less than ten pages of a woman who gets a recommendation for a vacuum from her friend. Let's just say, she liked it's efficiency. This was amusing.

[Giovanna Tufano · Rating 1 out of 5]

⭐️

No words for this one!

[Katelyn Hayter-Gammon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was hoping for a little more action, maybe a part 2? What happens after they get home?

[Rae · Rating 4 out of 5]

🤣🤣🤣

Funny 8 page mini story that gets you pumped to do your chores 🤣 can’t stop laughing so it’s a 4 star for the joy it’s given me reading this.

[Kyana · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short erotic story about a vacuum with special attachments. The FMC really liked the Tommy Lee. Thank you Netgalley, Lori Perkins, & Riverdale avenue books for this erotic story.

[Brandy McCoy]

Um……Hmmmm. Does one even review a 10 page book? I mean it was ok. Not much time to really create a story.