Heavy Issues

I’m no expert, since I only dip into the genre now and again, but it seems to me the old saying, “You’ve come a long way, baby!” definitely applies to today’s erotica. The erotica of the past was really light on storyline, developed characters, and pretty much everything but sex, sex, sex. This makes a…

My Lady’s Pleasure

In AAR’s early days, we used to talk a lot about “the bedroom door” – and whether it was open or closed. In My Lady’s Pleasure, it’s waaaay open. In fact, everyone’s bedroom (and barn, and study, and…) door is open. This book is a bit like spying on your neighbors – assuming your neighbors…

Strangers in the Night

Strangers in the Night is the second erotica short in Walker’s Loving on the Edge trilogy, but it completely stands alone. Investigative journalist Ben O’Neil is on his way to research an anonymous tip when his car breaks down. Lucky for him, Patrice Reynaud happens by and offers him a ride. It seems fortune is…

The Gift by Eva Cassel

The Gift by Eva Cassel

I almost didn’t read this erotic short because the blurb hints that the jealousy aspect may cause major drama, and I wasn’t interested in that. But I finally decided to give it a go, and what I discovered is one of the best Spice Briefs I’ve had the pleasure to read. After 10 great years…

Kiss It Better

Kiss It Better is such an understatement for this book. Kiss it better? More like suck, rub, squeeze or generally irritate it better. This book isn’t erotica; it’s just porn without plot. Not only is there no plot, but the author kept hinting at a larger conflict, which made me kind of interested in how…

Hot for It

Sometimes authors start out with a good thing, but then just mess it up. This is what happened with Hot For It. The basic plot might have made good romantic erotica, but by adding a whole other storyline, Melissa MacNeal trod some very fine lines that made this book a more uncomfortable reading experience for…

Lord of the Deep

I should have realized what I was getting myself into by the almost naked man on the cover of Lord of the Deep. What I found inside was a sexual odyssey I could have never foreseen. I honestly will never view seals and trees the same way ever again due to their sexual interactions with…

Beg Me by Lisa Lawrence

Beg Me is not a book for the fainthearted. It involves issues that can be offensive and make readers uncomfortable. That said, if you think you can handle the subject matter, the book is a good example of suspense melding with erotica, each without overpowering the other. After the violent and inexplicable death of her…