The Perfect Valentine

by Therese Szymanski (Editor), Barbara Johnson (Editor)

The latest in the 'Bella After Dark' series of erotic titles, 'The Perfect Valentine' follows the successful formula of 'Back To Basics' and 'Call Of The Dark'.

Genres: Anthologies

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Therese (Reese) Szymanski is an award-winning playwright who has been short-listed for a few Lammies, a few Goldies and a Spectrum, and made the Publishing Triangle’s list of Notable Lesbian Books in 2004 and was chosen for an Alice B. Reader’s Appreciation Award for 2008.

She’s written eight Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers (When the Dancing Stops, When the Dead Speak, When Some Body Disappears, When Evil Changes Face, When the Corpse Lies, When First We Practice and When It’s All Relative); one Shawn Donnelly book, It’s All Smoke & Mirrors: The First Chronicles of Shawn Donnelly; and edited the erotic anthologies Back to Basics, Call of the Dark, Wild Nights, Fantasy and A Perfect Valentine. She has novellas in Once Upon a Dyke; Stake through the Heart; Bell, Book and Dyke and Tall in the Saddle and has a few dozen published short stories and essays.

She’s a seasoned writer with two decades’ experience writing for nonprofit, advertising, marketing and journalistic purposes. A second-generation American, she comes from Detroit, lives in D.C., and hopes to move in with her girlfriend, Stacia, soon. Her books can be found for purchase at BellaBooks.com, Amazon.com and all sorts of other places in both the cyber and real worlds.

She occasionally teaches classes, though it's been quite a while since they've been at the college level. She's much more likely these days to be found at festivals and book signings. Well, and online.

http://www.bigbadbutch.com/Bio.html

Reviews

[Dide · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some really good stories here and some mediocre ones...but collectively not outrightly dissapointing. I'd actually rate it 3.8. For instance while I am not much of a fan of bdsm, a story here does give a pretty good and acceptable fantasy.

[Lorraine Rusnack · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great collection of sexy Valentine stories. Some sweet others were really hot. I really enjoyed this book. Some of my favorite authors contributed to this book. I also found a few new authors I plan to read more of.

[Elena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mix of stories, some more spicy than others. Altogether a nice read which I didn't do in one sitting, just kept plowing through the shorties in between other books. Anthologies are great for that.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually have a story in here under a pen name. This was before I lost all confidence and got writer's block and fell into a pit of despair.

Anyhow, I love anthologies, am just a sucker for them and this one does not disappoint. I know this, because I gave a couple copies to friends, and one kept her copy next to the tub. *Ahem.*