The real rodeo starts when the spurs are hung up and the chaps come off. Twenty-four stories of ropin’ and ridin’ on the open range.Saddle up and go for a long, hot ride. There's nothing in this world like a sexy cowboy...mounting another cowboy. In this fiery collection of gay erotic fiction, today's top erotica writers offer up stories of devious cattle rustlers seducing naive farm hands; dangerous outlaws breaking in small-town deputies; young, hung buckaroos wrangling each other; and duels not on the streets but between the sheets. These maverick writers take readers on a hot and heavy, no-holds-barred trip through the Old West to the New West, where "ramrod," "six-shooter," and "hog-tied" take on entirely new meanings.
The four stars are for two stories.The opener, A Heart Full of Scars and the last story of the book, Drift fence Desperado.
Heart Full of Scars is one of the lovliest, well-written stories out there. There's a tinge of delectable sadness without any self-pity. The characters are taking it slow without having a slow moving story. Every little details glistens. I made a few paper ornaments for my tree this year in memory of this touching story.
Drift Fence Desperado is another fun read, and the perfect counterpoint to Heart Full of Scars. The first story had a feel of bring civilization to the frontier, Drift Fence was all about men finding the windswept and empty frontier to their liking. Gorgeous writing, the icy winter blasts in the setting chilled me.
Too bad the stories in between ranged so wildy. Some were pleasing, others like the two by bearmuffin confounded me with their awfulness. Were they a throwback to porn of old, an inside joke I'm not getting, a style I'm missing. They are reason this collection did not score a five stars.
This book is worth buying though. Heart Full of Scars is not to be missed, and Drift Fence Desperado is fabulous.
Awesome collection! All the stories are seriously hot and they're so diverse - cute and bittersweet or straighforward and a little naive - I really liked them!
I am sucker for a cowboy and I wasn't disappointed by this steamy collection. Yes some where better than others but all in all I was pretty pleased with all of them. I've always had a thing for Marshall Dillon so needless to say I found all the horny law men intriguing *g* This was my fourth Cleis anthology and so far despite the 10 dollar ebook price tag...I feel like their books are worth the price.