Lust: Erotic Fantasies for Women

by Violet Blue (Editor), K.L. Gillespie, Bonnie Dee

Who can live without lust? All day and night, our minds run through delicious possibilities — a silky hand beckoning us into the VIP lounge; a stranger in the backseat; the hunky FedEx driver bringing his package to the door — not to mention our own lascivious memories. Lust is a collection of erotica by and for women, a fierce and joyous celebration of female desire — and the triple-X trouble it gets us into. In Kay Jaybee’s “Tied to the Kitchen Sink,” a birthday boy finds his present — nude except for tall, high-heeled boots — happily devoted to domestic duties. Maria Grigoriadis’s “Pleasant Surprise” shows what can happen when you knock on the wrong apartment door — without your panties. And Bonnie Dee’s “Ripe Fruit” teasingly elaborates the sweet, sticky encounter of a soap opera idol and a fruit-stand employee on a stretch of rural roadside. Let the witty and provocative Violet Blue, best-selling writer, sex columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and host of the popular podcast Open Source Sex, lead you down a primrose path to a forest of wicked, lustful surprises.

"Golden Hand" by K.L. Gillespie
"Ripe Fruit" by Bonnie Dee
"Sixth Sense" by Teresa Noelle Roberts
"Tied To the Kitchen Sink" by Kay Jaybee
"The Butch, The Boy, And Me" by Andrea Zanin
"The Hall of Justice" by Sloane Square
"The Importance of Good Networking" by Saskia Walker
"Coffee Shop Boy" by A.D.R. Forte
"American Bottom in Limousin" by Geneva King
"Pleasant Surprise" by Maria Grigoriadis
"Moving" by Susan St. Aubin
"Out of the Shower" by Maria Matthews
"Love Triangle" by B.J. Franklin
"Het Cats" by Jean Roberta
"Kidnapped" by Debra Hyde
"Satisfaction Guaranteed" by Kristina Wright
"Tubing the Brule" by Reen Guierre

Genres: Erotica, Romance, Short Stories, Anthologies, Fiction, Erotic Romance

ebook

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Violet Blue has authored and edited over 40 books, including five (Bronze, Silver and Gold) IPPY award-winners, some of which are now in eight translations. Violet was a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, when Ms. Winfrey featured Violet's book on women and pornography (11/17/09). That book is also excerpted and featured on Oprah Winfrey's website, as well as in O, The Oprah Magazine.

Violet owns and operates Digita Publications (digitapub.com), an indie digital publisher of e-books and audio books. Rather than a royalty system, Digita books share all sales with the authors fairly and transparently, featuring books in both DRM-free versions and for Kindle on Amazon.

Her online sexuality blog, Tiny Nibbles, is one of the Internet's longest-running sex blogs, and has won many accolades and awards. For her day job, Ms. Blue is a journalist on hacking, crime, cybersecurity, privacy, and at-risk populations for outlets ranging from Engadget to CNET, and occasionally outlets like CBS News, CNN and O the Oprah Magazine.

Reviews

[Deb Omnivorous Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short story collections right? They are either your thing or they are not and in general they are not my thing - I read too fast, so I tend to read too many at once and they blur together.

Erotic fiction! Also, either something you like or not for you. Generally I don't mind a an occasional one of the genera but a lot of the ones who feel the need to add 'for women' in the description - they can tend toward the pretentious.

How on earth to review them? You usually can't give an overall rating for you will not feel the same about all the stories, I have to try (for if I don't review it I will forget in within months) but there are seventeen stories in this one ranging from excellent, four star efforts to icky/cringe worthy, one star DNFs... Well, here are a couple of thoughts:

Golden Hand by K. L. Gillespie : Written from dual povs, a male commuter having fantasys on the commute, a female pickpocket tries to pick his pocket, finds something other than a wallet in it. This one I thought was clumsily written and though I finished it I was impatient with every sentence. Ick. 1*

The Butch, The Boy and Me By Andrea Zanin : A threesome scenario,'Me' a woman and the first person narrator. The 'Boy' is her boyfriend, and the 'Butch' is a friend of 'Me's who want's to know what sex is like with a guy. Pretty well written, on the whole. I thought the author did well humanising the characters really well, for how little space was used. The sex was pretty well written. Still not sure what to think of the theme, to be honest. 2*

Ripe Fruit by Bonnie Dee : This one is a fun, sexy, summer romp where a girl working a fruit stall in summer has a fantasy man rock up and buy out the whole stall. This one is a 3*

Ok, that's enough. I feel like I have spent more time reviewing it than I did reading it. Not a bad collection, some ick, some pretentious, several not too bad at all.

[Rosalía · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whether you're Gay, Bi, or Het there's a lusty story for you. This is top-notch erotica that is bound to meet your fancy somewhere and leave you wanting a breath. My favorites are: "The Butch, The Boy, and Me," "Pleasant Surprise," and "Love Triangle." You choose your favorites. :-)

[Gypsy Esguerra · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Lust - Erotic Fantasies for Women is something I enjoyed reading because most of the stories have a hint of romance. And it would be interesting if some of the short story will be stretch into a novel (at least that’s how I see them)."

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[Meg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cheesy and often unrealistic, but entertaining.

[Janine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great selection of steamy short stories. Loved.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection of stories. I especially enjoyed "The Butch, The Boy, And Me" by Andrea Zanin.

[Tiana Nadenhorst · Rating 1 out of 5]

Greate book

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

50/50, good and bad. All quick erotic fixes.

[Jadine · Rating 3 out of 5]

some of these stories were better than others for me but I didn't make notes as I read and I've been reading this off and on over the last 6 months, so I can't remember which ones at this point.

[Epiphany Brown · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring