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I’ve got a thing for cops. I’m probably not the only one. I mean, what’s hotter than the thought of a confident, strong woman coming home, putting her gun on the counter and ravishing her girlfriend?

In Lesbian Cops, Sacchi Green has collected sixteen super hot stories that are as well-written as they are inspiring! Green has done a great job of compiling an eclectic bunch of tantalizing tales that are sure to please.

This may sound weird, but I found Elizabeth Coldwell’s Torn Off A Strip to be a really challenging story. After two officers are called to a bachelor party gone wrong, they find the evenings entertainment handcuffed to the porch railing with a stolen wallet in her back pocket. While the male officer takes the guys inside to get the story, his partner has her way with the suspect. It’s completely consensual, but I am 100% sure if the officer had been a male the feminist in me would have been furious. The fact that it turned me on left me with a bunch of questions…

Of course, no one really reads erotica to be challenged, so let me tell you about another one of my favorites, Dress Uniform by Teresa Noelle Roberts. It’s so much more than a dirty story about a cop and her girlfriend who has a thing for Cosplay. The dirty parts are so damn hot, but what really makes it stand out is Roberts’ attention to detail. The final sex scene was so good, partly because you understand where both women are coming from and are emotionally invested in it. It’s hard to write good characters in a dozen pages, but the author pulls it off here.

While those two stories stood out for me, there’s really not a dud in the bunch. This new Cleis Press collection may not be for everyone since it has such a specific focus, but if you’re the kind of girl who fantasizes about being pulled over, you’re going to love it.

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I’ve been devouring the enormous pile of books I received for Christmas this year lately, so I haven’t picked up an erotica in a while. When I got a copy of Best Lesbian Romance 2011 from my friends at Cleis Press, I figured it was time to put down the Heinlein and pick up some smut!

Of course, from the title, you can probably guess that the seventeen stories the legendary Radclyffe picked out aren’t wall to wall sex, but there’s definitely some steamy action mixed in! It’s a great collection to read with a cup of tea or the girl who still makes your belly flip-flop after a decade together.

Charlotte Dare’s Rebound was by far my favorite story. Who can resist the story of two middle-aged woman meeting at bingo and fucking their brains out?? I guess the bingo part doesn’t sound that hot, but I loved this quick story about two women finding both love and lust a little later in life!

Dirty Laundry by Cheyenne Blue is also worth a mention. While it’s not one to read if you’re looking for something on the sexy side, it is a well-written story that takes place in an Irish convent and tells the story of two women forced to stay there who fall in love. I had no idea about this dark piece of Irish history and am grateful to Blue for introducing me to it.

Overall, this is a fantastic collection that reminded me how lucky I am. I’ve actually dog-earred a couple of stories in hopes that my girl and I will read them together at some point. This isn’t an erotica collection, although there are a lot of erotic elements to most of the stories. I mean, uncontrollable lust is one of the best parts of falling in love! This would be a good read for two women to share with Valentine’s Day right around the corner.

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Erotica fans have likely heard of Rachel Kramer Bussel and if they haven’t they need to get on the ball! Bussel’s Cleis Press collections have been providing me with one-handed reading for years and this is another fine example of erotica at it’s best. Orgasmic features 25 stories that focus on the big O from a woman’s perspective and if that’s not reason to read it ladies, I’m not sure what will convince you.

One thing I love about this collection is that the stories cover a number of fantasies and kinks because the theme is pretty general. If hopping on one foot while singing the Journey’s greatest hits gets me off, there’s no reason I couldn’t have submitted a story about that for consideration! While RKB has better taste than to ever include talentless hacks like me, this leads to an arousing collection that will introduce you to new ways of getting off and that’s never a bad thing.

Without a doubt, my favorite story was Lana Fox’s Frosting First. I thought it was going to be a silly story about a couple getting it on while baking which is ok because I love food, but it’s so much more. I loved the way she shares our heroine’s deepest thoughts and desires throughout whether she’s thinking about being spanked with a spatula or her father. I also loved the voyeuristic twist at the end, even if things didn’t end like I assumed they would.

Bussel’s Belted is another that you don’t want to miss. This story has me wondering where my copy of her previous compilation Spanked is because she surely has a eye for this kink!

While not every story is a hit (there was one that seemed like a bad parody of erotica to me) the nice thing about collections like this is that if you hate a story you’re only out 5 minutes of your life! It sucks to feel disappointed after dedicating a chunk of time to something and I’d hate for anyone to feel what I did after finishing Henry James’ The Bostonians this summer. Really, Mr. James?!

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It’s been a while since my last book review, but I actually have a reason besides laziness this time. Today, I am reviewing not one, but two erotica comps from Cleis Press. A couple of months ago, they released Girl Crazy and Boy Crazy – two collections of coming out erotica that tell of first time gay encounters. It only makes sense to discuss them both now.

First up, because I’m a girl who loves girls, I’ll begin by tackling Sacchi Green’s Girl Crazy. Let me just say that I was surprised by the variety of tales told in this one. I was expecting a bunch of cute and relatively innocent stories about BFFFs (Best Friends Finally Fucking). While there were a number of them, and they were pretty good in general, I was glad not to read 17 consecutively.

Stories like Maggie Cee’s Femme Into Me, the tale of a budding (and kinky) Butch/Femme relationship that repeats the line “She Fucked The Femme Into Me” over and over again, were not what I was I was expecting. I found myself pleased and turned on as I poured over the pages.

If you’re looking to relive those innocent days when you found yourself wondering what your best friend’s hand on your knee really meant, the first story is super cute. Sommer Marsden tells the story of two friends who give in to their desires one hot summer day in Spitting Seeds.

If you’d rather read about boys, you’ll definitely love Richard Labone’s Boy Crazy. This collection of firsts has the same feel as Green’s, but with more testosterone.

My favorite story is The Viking by Ron Wolfsham. It’s the story of a young twink who finds himself at a frat party and ends up spending the night with a football player he’s dubbed “The Viking” due to his red hair and massiveness. It was super hot, but I also loved it because the Viking turns out to be a good guy who happens to love cock and football. It’s nice to see this story play out like a fairytale and I have no problem admitting that!

Overall, both books are a lot of fun. I love the mix of cute coming out stories and tales of torrid first sexual encounters and recommend either, depending on your personal tastes.

Add Girl Crazy or Boy Crazy to your library today. I’ve got both!

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Memorial Day is coming up and that means that summer is just around the corner. For those of you who aren’t quite feeling it yet, I have just the thing to get you in the mood – surf erotica. Editor Neil Plakcy’s Surfer Boys showcases twenty hot stories that will take you to beaches across the globe where men are driven by two things: their love of the ocean and cock!

The stories in this book turned out to be more varied than I anticipated. I guess I figured it would just be dudes surfing and fucking, but each author takes a different angle which makes for a good read. I’m always pleased when an erotica book turns out to be more than just wanking fodder!

One of my favorites was Gavin Atlas’s Blue Star Boy. The narrator is on a cross-country sex tour – which is like the best idea ever – and one of his stops is inspired by a website that touts a Texas surfer/bottom who never says no to a hung top. Of course, it turns out that the website was set-up by a jealous ex, but that just means there’s more to this guy than an insatiable need for cock.

I’m not much of a beach girl, but I have to admit that the thought of an underground gay surf culture is pretty freaking hot. After finishing this collection, I’ll never look at the sun-kissed guys lugging their boards to the beach the same again.

While I haven’t read a ton of gay erotica in the past, I am definitely going to pick up more in the future. I might also have to spend a little more time wandering around those out of the way dunes at the beach this summer in hopes for a show!

Ps. the award for best author name goes to Bearmuffin!

Add this excellent book from Cleis Press to your collection!

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