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Romance at the Edge: In Other Worlds
Beggarman, Thief by MaryJanice Davidson
A possessive cyborg captures a mutant thief come to steal a priceless Rock; he'll let her have it, if he can have her...for three days and three nights.
Stranded by Angela Knight
A Dominant soldier demands repayment for rescuing a high society lawyer from certain death at the jaws of a giant saurian. She's dreamed of a man like him; he's starred in her wickedest fantasies. Now she has to submit...or else.
Light on her Toes by Camille Anthony
A loyal, traditionalist male desires a Royal fem determined to live by the old, matriarchal ways. He'll claim her; she'll claim him; they'll claim each other. Once they settle the question of who's on top.
An Earth yet to come, an Earth that may never be, and a planet far, far away. In Other Worlds, featuring erotic romances from NY Times and USA Today bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson, USA Today bestselling author Angela Knight, and introducing Camille Anthony.
Beggarman, thief / MaryJanice Davidson --
Stranded / Angela Knight --
Light on her toes / Camille Anthony
A possessive cyborg captures a mutant thief come to steal a priceless Rock; he'll let her have it, if he can have her...for three days and three nights.
Stranded by Angela Knight
A Dominant soldier demands repayment for rescuing a high society lawyer from certain death at the jaws of a giant saurian. She's dreamed of a man like him; he's starred in her wickedest fantasies. Now she has to submit...or else.
Light on her Toes by Camille Anthony
A loyal, traditionalist male desires a Royal fem determined to live by the old, matriarchal ways. He'll claim her; she'll claim him; they'll claim each other. Once they settle the question of who's on top.
An Earth yet to come, an Earth that may never be, and a planet far, far away. In Other Worlds, featuring erotic romances from NY Times and USA Today bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson, USA Today bestselling author Angela Knight, and introducing Camille Anthony.
Beggarman, thief / MaryJanice Davidson --
Stranded / Angela Knight --
Light on her toes / Camille Anthony
298 pages, Paperback
First published March 27, 2005
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MaryJanice Davidson
146 books5,421 followersMaryJanice Davidson is an American author and motivational speaker who writes mostly paranormal romance, but also young adult and non-fiction. She is the creator of the popular UNDEAD series and the time-traveling historical fiction A CONTEMPORARY ASSHAT AT THE COURT OF HENRY VIII. MaryJanice is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author who writes a bi-weekly column for USA Today and lives in St. Paul with her family. You can reach her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter.
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
January 25, 2009
If I am not mistaken the Angela Knight story in here made me blush till my guts hurt and I couldn't stop reading it. And then I had to go back and re-read it. And now 2 years later I need to get the book again and re-read it because I want to see if it will still make me blush. ;)
March 7, 2026
1st story was too short(but it was good)
Really liked the 2nd story.
Didn't finish the 3rd one
Really liked the 2nd story.
Didn't finish the 3rd one
September 17, 2012
Paranormal, futuristic, other worlds, very risque language, more erotic, less 'romantic,' a Dom, a cyborg, a mutant, an alien race, lots of mystery...that's kind of a nutshell to this 3 short story book.
3 stars
Beggarman, Thief by MaryJanice Davidson
It's 2072 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mitchell Hunter lives in the penthouse of a hotel he owns, in the city he owns 1/3 of and he's beyond wealthy, gorgeous, smarter, faster and stronger than all men but his only 1/3 man and lonely and alone.
Naturally blue haired Jamie Day is interested in only one thing: the Rock (The Medici Stone). It's kept in Mitchell Hunter's penthouse safe until tomorrow when it's being shipped to the moon. So her plan for the evening is to break in and steal it. But nothing and no one can get past Mitchell.
He's a voluntarily cyborg and she's an involuntarily mutant. He agreed to some experiments leaving him mostly plastic and metal, but now he regrets them. She was born of a volatile, most insane race but she's a rare specimen. Jamie is spunky and brave and bold. Mitchell is strong, lonely and fascinated by everything involving Jamie. He knows she's come to steal the stone. She's enticing to him and her special power is intriguing. Mitchell offers her a deal. She must stay with him for 72 hours, after which he'll willing relinquish the Medici Stone to her.
These two have a great dynamic, really fun dialogue, even some really sweet dialogue and lots (LOTS) of steam. Plus there's a bit of mystery involving this who new world (worlds). It's a good one.
3 stars
Stranded by Angela Knight
This one starts with bawdy language that just doesn't end. It's hard to explain without spoilers but here goes. Alexandria Kenyon is fantasizing about a Dom while pleasuring herself in her own bed in Atlanta. Right as she climaxes she's sucked into a hole where her ceiling used to be. She lands in what appears to be an ocean. She's rescued by a Tarzan like man. She asks where they are and he knows little more than her but he's clearly been here, wherever that is, for a while. His hair is long, muscled rippling, and he's wearing only a loin cloth. John Hawke has been stranded on this island for 2 years and Alex is the first human he's seen, and she's a fine one. This is his island and he takes what he wants from it, including Alex. In between his plans with his new treat he must battle less pleasing surprises that always attack in a pattern. He can't explain it but it's kill or be killed on this island and now in addition to taking what he wants from his new little sex slave, he must keep them both safe. This one is filled with mystery almost to the point where I couldn't stand it. The ending was great and overall it was a very hot little story.
2 stars
Light on Her Toes by Camille Anthony
This one had a whole lot going on to the point where it was too much for a short story. It's as long as the first two stories combined and though it was interesting it felt really long. I'm assuming there are longer novels or other short stories that delve further into this world and perhaps that's the place to begin. This story deals with a near rape, a very different approach to sex, a race badly in need of females and rampant with deprived males. The actual sex act involves some new and elaborate body parts and a great deal of (distracting) new words from their language. The main girl is Princess Dohsan 'abret Glenbrevchanka. I'm not sure I understood enough to explain the plot, especially since it's been over a week since I read this, but from what I recall, Dohsan lives in a secluded, convent type place. She is being groomed to be a high priestess sort where she'll be the dominate ruler in on old school matriarchal type society. She'll choose her mate (maybe mates? I can't recall) and apparently her lifestyle is the old way and some are reluctant to accept it. This planet they live on is a melding of two planet's races...somehow involving Earth since sometimes the men request that the ladies talk in 'earther'. In particular she has decided that she desires one man, D'ari ('Dari) (He has a super long name too) who is head of security for Dohsan's sister (Nnora) and brother in law (Dev) who are co rulers. D'ari ('Dari) is a dom for sure and he wants Dohsan, always has, but he's not keen on being the sub to her dom...if that's even the proper way to label it. Again, I apologize is this is off base but it's the best I can offer. It was only okay with some high moments and low moments but I think that a lot of the steaminess was less steam because of the new language. It's worth reading, for sure, it just distracted me and took a while to get through it.
*I don't know exactly how D'ari's ('Dari) name is to be abbreviated.
Nnora and Dev's story
3 stars
Beggarman, Thief by MaryJanice Davidson
It's 2072 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mitchell Hunter lives in the penthouse of a hotel he owns, in the city he owns 1/3 of and he's beyond wealthy, gorgeous, smarter, faster and stronger than all men but his only 1/3 man and lonely and alone.
Naturally blue haired Jamie Day is interested in only one thing: the Rock (The Medici Stone). It's kept in Mitchell Hunter's penthouse safe until tomorrow when it's being shipped to the moon. So her plan for the evening is to break in and steal it. But nothing and no one can get past Mitchell.
He's a voluntarily cyborg and she's an involuntarily mutant. He agreed to some experiments leaving him mostly plastic and metal, but now he regrets them. She was born of a volatile, most insane race but she's a rare specimen. Jamie is spunky and brave and bold. Mitchell is strong, lonely and fascinated by everything involving Jamie. He knows she's come to steal the stone. She's enticing to him and her special power is intriguing. Mitchell offers her a deal. She must stay with him for 72 hours, after which he'll willing relinquish the Medici Stone to her.
These two have a great dynamic, really fun dialogue, even some really sweet dialogue and lots (LOTS) of steam. Plus there's a bit of mystery involving this who new world (worlds). It's a good one.
3 stars
Stranded by Angela Knight
This one starts with bawdy language that just doesn't end. It's hard to explain without spoilers but here goes. Alexandria Kenyon is fantasizing about a Dom while pleasuring herself in her own bed in Atlanta. Right as she climaxes she's sucked into a hole where her ceiling used to be. She lands in what appears to be an ocean. She's rescued by a Tarzan like man. She asks where they are and he knows little more than her but he's clearly been here, wherever that is, for a while. His hair is long, muscled rippling, and he's wearing only a loin cloth. John Hawke has been stranded on this island for 2 years and Alex is the first human he's seen, and she's a fine one. This is his island and he takes what he wants from it, including Alex. In between his plans with his new treat he must battle less pleasing surprises that always attack in a pattern. He can't explain it but it's kill or be killed on this island and now in addition to taking what he wants from his new little sex slave, he must keep them both safe. This one is filled with mystery almost to the point where I couldn't stand it. The ending was great and overall it was a very hot little story.
2 stars
Light on Her Toes by Camille Anthony
This one had a whole lot going on to the point where it was too much for a short story. It's as long as the first two stories combined and though it was interesting it felt really long. I'm assuming there are longer novels or other short stories that delve further into this world and perhaps that's the place to begin. This story deals with a near rape, a very different approach to sex, a race badly in need of females and rampant with deprived males. The actual sex act involves some new and elaborate body parts and a great deal of (distracting) new words from their language. The main girl is Princess Dohsan 'abret Glenbrevchanka. I'm not sure I understood enough to explain the plot, especially since it's been over a week since I read this, but from what I recall, Dohsan lives in a secluded, convent type place. She is being groomed to be a high priestess sort where she'll be the dominate ruler in on old school matriarchal type society. She'll choose her mate (maybe mates? I can't recall) and apparently her lifestyle is the old way and some are reluctant to accept it. This planet they live on is a melding of two planet's races...somehow involving Earth since sometimes the men request that the ladies talk in 'earther'. In particular she has decided that she desires one man, D'ari ('Dari) (He has a super long name too) who is head of security for Dohsan's sister (Nnora) and brother in law (Dev) who are co rulers. D'ari ('Dari) is a dom for sure and he wants Dohsan, always has, but he's not keen on being the sub to her dom...if that's even the proper way to label it. Again, I apologize is this is off base but it's the best I can offer. It was only okay with some high moments and low moments but I think that a lot of the steaminess was less steam because of the new language. It's worth reading, for sure, it just distracted me and took a while to get through it.
*I don't know exactly how D'ari's ('Dari) name is to be abbreviated.
Nnora and Dev's story
July 24, 2009
Note: I have only read Angela Knight's story Stranded in this anthology.
This is one of those short stories that is so over the top it works in some bizarre way. It's this Tarzan/Jane tale of Hawke and Alex, two people who are literally dumped onto a primitive tropical island complete with oozing creatures and living in caves. They jump immediately into a sexual relationship since they're literally the last man and woman on earth. It's very not politically correct and very hot.
This is one of those short stories that is so over the top it works in some bizarre way. It's this Tarzan/Jane tale of Hawke and Alex, two people who are literally dumped onto a primitive tropical island complete with oozing creatures and living in caves. They jump immediately into a sexual relationship since they're literally the last man and woman on earth. It's very not politically correct and very hot.
November 17, 2012
4.5 stars. Rounded up because I would want to reread.
My first MJ Davidson, Beggarman, Thief is a keeper. Haven't read anything else of hers that compares. I liked it because it was well written, humorous, different -- and also because I liked her hero.
Angela Knight's Stranded was very interesting, too. I liked it very much.
However, I bailed out on Camille Anthony's Light on Her Toes.
My first MJ Davidson, Beggarman, Thief is a keeper. Haven't read anything else of hers that compares. I liked it because it was well written, humorous, different -- and also because I liked her hero.
Angela Knight's Stranded was very interesting, too. I liked it very much.
However, I bailed out on Camille Anthony's Light on Her Toes.
September 5, 2010
Camille Anthony has turned her short story, Light on Her Toes into the Doshan & Deri series.
MJ Davidson's Beggarman, Thief was an interesting story but her writing style didn't excite me here.
Angela Knight's Stranded was very enjoyable! Trapped in a "fishbowl" for the delectation of...who knows???!!
MJ Davidson's Beggarman, Thief was an interesting story but her writing style didn't excite me here.
Angela Knight's Stranded was very enjoyable! Trapped in a "fishbowl" for the delectation of...who knows???!!
November 6, 2011
Beggerman Thief - is a short story featured in the book "Romance at the Edge: In Other Worlds" involving a very rich handsome Cyborg with treasures who meets and captures a mutant thief who attempts to steal from him. A short little love story.
Melissa
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Melissa
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February 3, 2016
Not so bad. Three really amusing and sometimes rather hillarious stories set into "other" worlds, with hot erotica. Not recommended if you don't like your sex wild, your heros dominating and your heroines submissive.
February 10, 2011
Sadly, I can't remember these stories well at all. I do remember the cover and reading it. I bought it for Ms. Knight. Due to the impression not lasting, the rating is only a 2.
January 27, 2012
Anglea Knights "Stranded"
MaryJanice Davidson's "Beggarman, Thief" She steals from the wrong man and agrees to spend three days and nights in return.
Camille Anthony's "Light on Her Feet"
MaryJanice Davidson's "Beggarman, Thief" She steals from the wrong man and agrees to spend three days and nights in return.
Camille Anthony's "Light on Her Feet"
June 26, 2016
Very raunchy!~
November 11, 2016
For a book of short stories this was excellent! I loved all the stories in it. Which is rare and unusual.
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