Hot Summer Reads: An Anthology of Erotic Stories

This anthology is a smorgasbord - it provides a little for every taste. Some of the highlights for me were Steve Williams' mature romance between two people re-finding each other in adulthood after having met as kids and Freya Lange's tale of a young adult coming into her sexuality and the realization that sexual compatibility and romantic passion are absolutely necessary when choosing that “forever” mate. TT Tales, a long time writer of erotica, is at his expert best, regaling us with a sweet but extremely playful tale of achieving marital bliss. And, while I'm not a die-hard fan of F/F stories, Patient Lee's tale is a moving and very realistic story of a straight woman's discovery of passion in a lesbian relationship. But the pièce de résistance, for me at least, in this particular collection was M.S. Tarot's heart-wrenching tale of sweet and passionate but tragic coming together of two young neighbors, one white, the other black - a true Romeo and Juliet kind of tale. This is a great collection with which to enjoy your summer. I'll go back to dip into it again and again - a bit of a guilty pleasure, a little like skinny-dipping in a cool pool.