Blurb: The laws are clear when it comes to the zombie virus: if you know someone who is infected, you turn them in. Nathan just can’t do it. Mace is the love of his life. They’ve been together for twelve years, after a one-night-stand grew into a great romance. Life isn’t so romantic anymore. The virus has made Mace vicious and violent. Still, Nathan can’t give up hope that one day he’ll get his boyfriend back…
Review: Super short and super sexy. The story is set within the tiny four walls of the apartment that Nathan shared with his lover, Mace. The zombie virus has taken over and Mace has fallen victim. But everyday Nathan shares the story of how they met and how Mace’s name wound up carved into the bed post with him, in hopes of bringing him back. The way Mace stares at that bedpost every time Nathan tells him their story makes Nathan think his lover is still in there somewhere.
Like I said, super short and super sexy, definitely worth the read. In my opinion it was too damn short! I want to know how Mace contracted the virus and I want to know if, ultimately, Nathan brought him back. I would LOVE to see a full length story for these two.
Publisher: Constable and Robinson (February 2nd, 2012)
HeatLevel: Explicit
HeartRating: ♥♥♥♥3.5 Hearts
Reviewer: Thommie
Blurb: James Hunt – editor
WEBCAM WILLY by G.R. Richards
Willy’s just another university student who likes to jerk off with strangers via webcam. He’s a voyeur and exhibitionist all rolled into one. As much as he loves getting off in front of other guys, he loves watching them stroke their big cocks even more!
THREESUM by Landon Dixon
The sign in the corner of the greasy window read, ‘Man Wanted, Enquire Within’. Little did he know what they wanted him for, and to do . . .
THE ART OF STORMY SEX by Julian Benedict
Carter Bayne fearfully consents to sit for Kane Harcourt, an artist who rents his mother’s garage apartment. The weather is stormy, the guy is hot, and Carter is horny, but thinks Kane is straight. When the painting is completed, he happily learns he was mistaken, and to top it off, the sexy hunk who buys the painting hankers to enrich his enjoyment of his purchase with an unforgettable memory of the young man who modeled for it.
Review: Stories with erotic context are in my opinion quite hard to write. They need a highly intriguing and arresting context in order to make you fall in their naughty waves and joyous sensuality. This anthology manages to capture that peculiar essence. I certainly enjoyed reading it.
Webcam Willy by G.R. Richards ♥♥♥3 Hearts
Well, talk about bone-shattering, mind-blowing, fun-tasctic online sex. Yes, you got it right, Webcam Willy is exactly that. Erotic and intense it will capture your attention and make you “clench” in time with the MC’s in the text.
If you’re expecting romance to bloom, don’t. Just turn around and hit some other book. This is pure, hot and steamy erotica with the realistic factor making it even better, and believe me when I say it hits its purpose just right.
Damn it, it reminded me my own teen days, and no I’m not even blushing from that, though it got a bit hot in here.
Threesum by Landon Dixon ♥♥♥3 Hearts
If someone offers you food, you eat it; if someone offers you drink, you drink it. It doesn’t matter if you’re hungry or thirsty; you get what you can, when you can. Same goes for sex, especially that! And come on, only an idiot would refuse the hotness that came in the form of Conor and Kend, a “happily” married couple.
But the situation turns awfully devious when someone offers you a place by their side as long as you get rid of their other half…
And while the plot “explodes,” I jump up and down figuratively, because things turn quite wicked and mischievous. Oh what fun! The devil in me basked with this little erotica.
The Art of Stormy Sex by Julian Benedict ♥♥♥♥4 Hearts
Ah, a virgin longing to pop that cherry never would have thought that his non-existent sexual life would spruce up in a most explosive way.
An artist renting his mother’s garage haunts his dreams, yet infuriates him with his irritating behavior, but when Kane asks Carter to model for him though, things spice up and the heat between them turns scorching.
I confess, after much building up between the two, when Kane and Carter come face to face with their desires it becomes almost unbearable. The lust is there, in your face and glaring you, daring you not to taste it.
But virgins do have that beginner’s luck some times and Carter gains an eager fan. A rich man got seduced by Kane’s painting and insisted on meeting the model. Kane of course had to see for himself that Victor was a “caring” man, unknowingly causing Carter’s jealousy. But jealousy is a wicked thing indeed for it’s like a dual-bladed sword, and Kane finds himself face to face with his own kind of poison.
Erotic and sensual, with voyeuristic treats, this story is quite sensational. Now were the Hell is that fan of mine?
Publisher: Amber Quill Press (Amber Allure) (18th December 2011)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3Hearts
Reviewer: Pixie
Blurb:Nothing grabs a guy’s attention like the words, “We need to talk.”
For months now, Jordan and Faro have been at each other’s throats. Their long-term committed relationship is mired by petty arguments about anything and everything, but Jordan’s convinced they can make it past the holidays. After all, how heartless would a man have to be to throw his partner out in the street three days before Christmas?
About as heartless as Faro, apparently, who packs Jordan’s bags and puts him on the train to his mother’s house.
But there’s more love, more passion, and more compassion in their relationship than even Jordan had realized. What treasure awaits him when he arrives in his hometown for the holidays?
Review: Jordan and Faro have been going through a rough patch when Faro utters the words “We need to talk”. Jordan had been hoping that Faro would wait until after the holidays, but now he just collects his bags and doesn’t look back.
This story actually had me conflicted because Faro really came across as a real heartless b*****d and I still think he was. As a matter of fact, if he had been my partner and he did that to me I’d have shoved the bear skin rug down his throat and told him to have a nice life as I kicked him naked out the front door. Jordan had some realizations on his way over to his mother’s but it wasn’t enough for him to be able to just put it all aside to cater to Faro’s whims.
The story-line had a good premise but I think that it was executed poorly. The thought of fighting then make-up sex is as old as time, but sex then talking out your problems just doesn’t work. And it doesn’t work here either. as all this shows is that Faro is manipulative and loves to cause heartache before giving hope.
Jordan comes across as weak-willed when he gives into Faro. And for really basically forgiving him for being a callous heartless man. I would really have liked them to have a screaming row before they had sex at least to get some of the resentment out of the way. Jordan was the saving grace in this story because of the way he just let his emotions rule him and the way that he agonized over what was happening with his relationship.
I will recommend this for the hot sex, the story premise and the ‘we will talk’ ending.
Blurb: Synesthesia isn’t always a useful gift for a recording engineer, as Graham reveals during a film interview for Noah’s documentary on the topic. Synesthetics are people who see music. Some see colors or shapes in the notes they hear. Graham’s a little out of the ordinary — he sees images. Often, entire scenes play out before his eyes.
Graham’s come up against a stumbling block because of his synesthesia. In the bizarre death metal tracks he’s working on, the devil’s eyes appear at every turn. He’s scared stiff, and if he’s afraid to listen to them, how will he ever get the tracks edited?
As Noah and Graham discover, confronting the devil’s eyes is a job for two.
Review: Graham is being interviewed for a documentary on Synesthesia. He finds the film-maker cute, but knows he won’t make a move unless he can overcome his inhibitions.
This is one weird little book and I still think it’s weird after reading it twice. Graham is synesthetic (ability to see colors/pictures when listening to music and sounds) and agrees to an interview. After the interview is finished he invites the film-maker to hang around. Graham has some intense visions while listening to death metal tracks.
This has got to be the weirdest story that I have ever come across. Even though I had never heard of Synesthesia before I read this, I did check up on it and think that the author took some license with it to give us the visions that Graham suffers from.
The visions produced by the death metal seem to be Graham’s own inner-self and it draws him out to do something he wouldn’t normally do… take what he wants. Luckily for Graham, Noah seems to want the same thing.
I will recommend this to those who like Dark temptation and a well written description of the hallucination that leads to intense, smutty, erotic and slightly kinky sex.
Publisher: Amber Quill Press (Amber Allure) (11th September 2011)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥3 1/2Hearts
Reviewer: Pixie
Blurb: Will an opera novice snag the leading role…or the leading man?
For a cocky young opera performer, there sure are a lot of things Charles has never done. Until he snags the title role in a new production of Debussy’s impressionist opera Pelléas et Mélisande, he’s never even played a part outside the men’s chorus.
Rehearsals are hell with a merciless director like Jean-Luc, but Charles’s conversations with co-star Bo make the days bearable. In fact, things just keep getting better when the director finally admits that his artistic vision involves strong homoerotic overtones. Charles can get on board with that idea, on stage and also in his budding relationship with Bo, but in this domain, too, there are things Charles has never done.
Can Bo assuage Charles’s fears on his own, or will the director need to take charge once again?
Review: Ok, I have to say this one grew on me the longer I read it. Charles is acting his first lead character role in an Opera and he is very nervous but Charles has a problem… when he is nervous his mouth runs away with him. Bo is also a lead character and is more of a strong silent type.
Charles at first came across as a spoiled brat because his mouth ran away with him a lot. But, he was actually nervous and I was quite shocked at how explosive his coming together with Bo was for the first time as there wasn’t a lot of indication that there was an attraction between them. Bo was quite sweet in his acceptance of Charles’s fear and I wasn’t at first sure how to take his solution to the problem and am still slightly conflicted about it. We don’t get to know any of the characters all that well and we rarely see any of them outside the rehearsals. I was disappointed that we only really saw them once as a couple outside the rehearsal and even then it was before they got together and you know that they have gotten closer when we haven’t been looking.
The sex is hot and there is one m/m/m scene but it is essential to the story and the progression of Bo’s and Charles’s relationship. So hot sex, an ok storyline and a happily ever after.
Title: Mace Was Here, 2nd edition
