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Women in Lust
Lust is urgent, overpowering, and potent. While in real life readers may not always act every time desire calls, in fiction, they can abandon the safety of propriety to seek out lust and sex wherever they find them. The characters in Women in Lust may vary in the objects of their lust, and how they go about acting on it, but what connects them is that pure impulse for a lover. Sometimes he is someone she knows well, a boyfriend or a husband; in other stories, he is a stranger, and is desirable precisely because he represents the unknown. Whether watching a lover playing guitar, going out for a smoke or simply engaging in a chance encounter, these women seize the opportunities presented to them, and savor the lovers who teach them about themselves, helping open them up to new sensual possibilities.Table of
Ladies Who Lust
Naughty Thoughts Portia Da Costa
Guess Charlotte Stein
Her, Him and Them Aimee Pearl
Bayou Clancy Nacht
Smoke Elizabeth Coldwell
Bite Me Lucy Hughes
Ride a Cowboy Del Carmen
Queen of Sheba Jen Cross
Hot for Teacher Rachel Kramer Bussel
Unbidden Brandy Fox
Something to Ruin Amelia Thornton
Guitar Hero Kin Fallon
Odeto a Masturbator Aimee Herman
Orchid JacquelineApplebee
Cherry Blossom Kayar Silkenvoice
Rain Olivia Archer
The Hard Way JustineElyot
Strapped K.D. Grace
Beneath My Skin Shanna Germain
Comfort Food Donna George Storey
Winner of IPPY (Independent Publisher) Bronze Award for Erotica
Ladies Who Lust
Naughty Thoughts Portia Da Costa
Guess Charlotte Stein
Her, Him and Them Aimee Pearl
Bayou Clancy Nacht
Smoke Elizabeth Coldwell
Bite Me Lucy Hughes
Ride a Cowboy Del Carmen
Queen of Sheba Jen Cross
Hot for Teacher Rachel Kramer Bussel
Unbidden Brandy Fox
Something to Ruin Amelia Thornton
Guitar Hero Kin Fallon
Odeto a Masturbator Aimee Herman
Orchid JacquelineApplebee
Cherry Blossom Kayar Silkenvoice
Rain Olivia Archer
The Hard Way JustineElyot
Strapped K.D. Grace
Beneath My Skin Shanna Germain
Comfort Food Donna George Storey
Winner of IPPY (Independent Publisher) Bronze Award for Erotica
- GenresEroticaAnthologies
244 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2011
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Rachel Kramer Bussel
251 books1,203 followersI'm the editor of the Best Women's Erotica of the Year series and over 70 anthologies including The Big Book of Orgasms and Come Again: Sex Toy Erotica. I've also written a wide range of erotica about everything from French fries to fishnets. I write about books, culture, sexuality and relationships, teach erotica writing workshops and consult with erotica authors and sex writers to help them advance their careers. I read a wide range of genres, from erotica to romance to mystery to memoir to graphic novels and anything that strikes my fancy. See my website for my newsletter with book giveaways and writing samples.
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June 14, 2013
This anthology of twenty erotic stories has the flavor of gossip or confession, since each story is told by a female narrator. The authors are all women (or they fake it well), and most are popular and well-known in the field.
Most of the pairings in these stories are heterosexual, but otherwise, a spectrum of scenarios is presented, from complicated triangles and threesomes to initiation stories to black-leather-and-steel BDSM scenes to cougar stories of middle-aged women getting their second wind with younger men. Several of these stories could be classified as “travel erotica,” since the heroines discover new sides of themselves while visiting exotic locations.
This collection is not advertised as “true stories,” but the first-person narrators give it an aura of authenticity. None of these stories seems strictly factual, but they all seem to express sincere lust, as the title suggests. The rising sexual tension in all the characters seems spontaneous, genuine and revelatory. “I never did this before” is one of the phrases that gets repeated like a mantra in several stories.
These stories are all competently written, well-paced and engaging. Finding favourites is hard to do, since they’re all good. However, several are noteworthy for their playfulness and creativity.
In “The Hard Way” by Justine Elyot, a female solicitor in a British police station acts out her fantasy with a detective sergeant whose job is to interview suspects. She asks him to “interview” her and he is glad to oblige:
His sorrowful smile looks so genuine. It always does. He always looks as if the felon’s fall from grace is breaking his heart.
I jut out a lower lip. “I didn’t do it, officer.”
He takes my chin in a hand, leans down to kiss the lie from my lips.
“Yes, you did,” he says. “I’m offering you a choice. We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”
The frisson that sizzles from my throat to my groin is strong, very strong. I am wetter than wet; I want to moan with need, to throw back my neck and invite him to plunge down and take me.
I push back my shoulders, lift my chin, meet his eyes.
“Make it hard,” I tell him.
He smiles, his eyes firing, his ego challenged.
The detective proceeds to accuse the narrator of “stiff nipples” and various other signs of guilt, then he “punishes” her while pretending to do this in a courtroom full of gawking witnesses.
Several of the stories deal with disguises and guessing games. In “Guess” by Charlotte Stein, a blindfolded woman must guess what her boyfriend is touching her with and what he is doing; if she guesses correctly, he has to wear the blindfold. In “Strapped” by K.D. Grace, a woman with a gay-male friend ventures into a gay bar, disguised as a young man, and picks up another novice, a man who is bi-curious. This pickup segues into a threesome in which everyone is satisfied.
Several of the stories have unpredictable conclusions. In “Unbidden” by Brandy Fox, a married woman who has hit her sexual stride at age forty is approached by a married male friend at a party. She is tempted, but she resists him so that she can tell her husband about the encounter, and he responds with delight. “Rain” by Olivia Archer is a story about a married woman who finds that her best friend’s boyfriend, Rain, is her soulmate, although her best friend ultimately grows tired of him. Will the narrator give up her current life to follow Rain to Las Vegas? The reader doesn’t know until the last paragraph.
“Cherry Blossom” by Kayar Silkenvoice is one of the few lesbian stories in the collection, and any reader looking for a woman-on-woman scene will not be disappointed. This is not a male fantasy about two women who perform with each other before enabling him to reach nirvana. This is a detailed fantasy about a Japanese masseuse who is very familiar with female bodies.
Other contributors include the editor herself, Jacqueline Applebee, Del Carmen, Elizabeth Coldwell, Portia da Costa, Jen Cross, Shanna Germain, Lucy Hughes, Clancy Nacht, Aimee Pearl, Donna George Storey, and Amelia Thornton. Altogether, this is an outstanding anthology.
Most of the pairings in these stories are heterosexual, but otherwise, a spectrum of scenarios is presented, from complicated triangles and threesomes to initiation stories to black-leather-and-steel BDSM scenes to cougar stories of middle-aged women getting their second wind with younger men. Several of these stories could be classified as “travel erotica,” since the heroines discover new sides of themselves while visiting exotic locations.
This collection is not advertised as “true stories,” but the first-person narrators give it an aura of authenticity. None of these stories seems strictly factual, but they all seem to express sincere lust, as the title suggests. The rising sexual tension in all the characters seems spontaneous, genuine and revelatory. “I never did this before” is one of the phrases that gets repeated like a mantra in several stories.
These stories are all competently written, well-paced and engaging. Finding favourites is hard to do, since they’re all good. However, several are noteworthy for their playfulness and creativity.
In “The Hard Way” by Justine Elyot, a female solicitor in a British police station acts out her fantasy with a detective sergeant whose job is to interview suspects. She asks him to “interview” her and he is glad to oblige:
His sorrowful smile looks so genuine. It always does. He always looks as if the felon’s fall from grace is breaking his heart.
I jut out a lower lip. “I didn’t do it, officer.”
He takes my chin in a hand, leans down to kiss the lie from my lips.
“Yes, you did,” he says. “I’m offering you a choice. We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”
The frisson that sizzles from my throat to my groin is strong, very strong. I am wetter than wet; I want to moan with need, to throw back my neck and invite him to plunge down and take me.
I push back my shoulders, lift my chin, meet his eyes.
“Make it hard,” I tell him.
He smiles, his eyes firing, his ego challenged.
The detective proceeds to accuse the narrator of “stiff nipples” and various other signs of guilt, then he “punishes” her while pretending to do this in a courtroom full of gawking witnesses.
Several of the stories deal with disguises and guessing games. In “Guess” by Charlotte Stein, a blindfolded woman must guess what her boyfriend is touching her with and what he is doing; if she guesses correctly, he has to wear the blindfold. In “Strapped” by K.D. Grace, a woman with a gay-male friend ventures into a gay bar, disguised as a young man, and picks up another novice, a man who is bi-curious. This pickup segues into a threesome in which everyone is satisfied.
Several of the stories have unpredictable conclusions. In “Unbidden” by Brandy Fox, a married woman who has hit her sexual stride at age forty is approached by a married male friend at a party. She is tempted, but she resists him so that she can tell her husband about the encounter, and he responds with delight. “Rain” by Olivia Archer is a story about a married woman who finds that her best friend’s boyfriend, Rain, is her soulmate, although her best friend ultimately grows tired of him. Will the narrator give up her current life to follow Rain to Las Vegas? The reader doesn’t know until the last paragraph.
“Cherry Blossom” by Kayar Silkenvoice is one of the few lesbian stories in the collection, and any reader looking for a woman-on-woman scene will not be disappointed. This is not a male fantasy about two women who perform with each other before enabling him to reach nirvana. This is a detailed fantasy about a Japanese masseuse who is very familiar with female bodies.
Other contributors include the editor herself, Jacqueline Applebee, Del Carmen, Elizabeth Coldwell, Portia da Costa, Jen Cross, Shanna Germain, Lucy Hughes, Clancy Nacht, Aimee Pearl, Donna George Storey, and Amelia Thornton. Altogether, this is an outstanding anthology.
November 10, 2011
Women in Lust is an erotic anthology from the powerhouse that is Rachel Kramer Bussel, and let me tell you, it's HOT.
Containing stories from writers such as Portia Da Costa, Charlotte Stein, Elizabeth Coldwell, Jacqueline Applebee, Justine Elyot, K D Grace, Shanna Germain and Donna George Storey, Women in Lust is an anthology which has a wide variety of voices, styles and scenarios - yet they all have one thing in common: super high quality.
I love to read anthologies because of the variety, yet there's usually a story here and there that I don't like - or end up skipping altogether. Not so with Women in Lust. I genuinely enjoyed each and every story. Particular favourites included Naughty Thoughts by Portia Da Costa, Hot for Teacher by Rachel Kramer Bussel and Comfort Food by Donna George Storey.
I love to see how authors put different twists on themes, i.e. women in lust, and think this book is a brilliant example of how it's done. The stories are well-written, varied and super hot. So if you're looking a totally sexy, so-hot-it'll-burn-your-fingers book, then you should definitely add Women in Lust to your shopping list.
Containing stories from writers such as Portia Da Costa, Charlotte Stein, Elizabeth Coldwell, Jacqueline Applebee, Justine Elyot, K D Grace, Shanna Germain and Donna George Storey, Women in Lust is an anthology which has a wide variety of voices, styles and scenarios - yet they all have one thing in common: super high quality.
I love to read anthologies because of the variety, yet there's usually a story here and there that I don't like - or end up skipping altogether. Not so with Women in Lust. I genuinely enjoyed each and every story. Particular favourites included Naughty Thoughts by Portia Da Costa, Hot for Teacher by Rachel Kramer Bussel and Comfort Food by Donna George Storey.
I love to see how authors put different twists on themes, i.e. women in lust, and think this book is a brilliant example of how it's done. The stories are well-written, varied and super hot. So if you're looking a totally sexy, so-hot-it'll-burn-your-fingers book, then you should definitely add Women in Lust to your shopping list.
August 8, 2013
In Women in Lust: Erotic Stories, twenty authors devote their energies to considering what and how women desire. From the objects of their desiring to how they want to be wanted, the collection offers a delicious array of women’s lust to choose from. Most generally, I find the anthology’s success to be in the way it plays with the question of women’s desires that so many men have posed and pries it open to find many and varied truths. The volume is full of delightful clichés, finding the hint of truth in stereotypes of horny women, and running with them, from the waitress riding a cowboy in the diner to the older woman returning to college, hot for teacher. In capable writers’ hands, we dive in and ride the vicarious waves of lust fully, falling prey to confessions both easy and difficult, old and new. And happily, within this collection, there is some stellar writing.
Like all readers (and writers), I have my favorites, and for these stories alone you should buy Women in Lust. There are also several clunkers, where style or subject does not pull me in and lift me from the page, but this is very much a matter of personal preference and taste, and I can’t imagine anyone regretting this indulgent purchase. (Indeed, never regret buying erotica: desire can transform our minds, our bodies, and the world, if we let it.)
Hot, casual fmm threesome in Holland, anyone? Engagingly written with a sweet little twist at the end is Elizabeth Coldwell’s “Smoke.”
Time to complicate your simplistic notions of what “vanilla” means? Witty and delightful is Jacqueline Applebee’s “Orchid.”
Like game playing that fails because the lovers are just so damned into each other? Great writing that involves you as a reader in Charlotte Stein’s “Guess.”
And how about an interrogation scene between a tough cop and professional lawyer? Yes, indeed, when both characters are strong yet pliable and the prose is witty, as in Justine Elyot’s “The Hard Way.”
Even in stories that weren’t my very favorites, there was much to enjoy, from well-described ice sex in Clancy Nacht’s “Bayou” and the spanking scene in Rachel Kramer Bussel’s “Hot for Teacher” to the wildly entertaining commentary on meat in Aimee Herman’s “Ode to a Masturbator.”
Like all readers (and writers), I have my favorites, and for these stories alone you should buy Women in Lust. There are also several clunkers, where style or subject does not pull me in and lift me from the page, but this is very much a matter of personal preference and taste, and I can’t imagine anyone regretting this indulgent purchase. (Indeed, never regret buying erotica: desire can transform our minds, our bodies, and the world, if we let it.)
Hot, casual fmm threesome in Holland, anyone? Engagingly written with a sweet little twist at the end is Elizabeth Coldwell’s “Smoke.”
Time to complicate your simplistic notions of what “vanilla” means? Witty and delightful is Jacqueline Applebee’s “Orchid.”
Like game playing that fails because the lovers are just so damned into each other? Great writing that involves you as a reader in Charlotte Stein’s “Guess.”
And how about an interrogation scene between a tough cop and professional lawyer? Yes, indeed, when both characters are strong yet pliable and the prose is witty, as in Justine Elyot’s “The Hard Way.”
Even in stories that weren’t my very favorites, there was much to enjoy, from well-described ice sex in Clancy Nacht’s “Bayou” and the spanking scene in Rachel Kramer Bussel’s “Hot for Teacher” to the wildly entertaining commentary on meat in Aimee Herman’s “Ode to a Masturbator.”
January 22, 2012
I don't love every single story in this collection, but there are a few VERY good ones. The opener, by Portia Da Costa, gives us Terrence, one of those yummy fictional boyfriends I like to imagine myself with. "Her, Him and Them" by Aimee Pearl is wonderful because it's pure erotica, all want and sensation. "Smoke" by Elizabeth Coldwell is another nice entry - I don't know why Dutch people are so sexy, but they certainly are (even if you're not a big fan of their cigarettes).
Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel contributes "Hot for Teacher," in which she deftly appropriates what was once a male fantasy for a self-confident 40-something woman. In fact, many of the stories in this anthology feature women in their forties, women who know exactly what they want and how to get it. I'm in my 30s, and I found this delightful. Self-confidence is incredibly sexy.
Another story that subverts the traditionally male fantasy is "Cherry Blossom" by Kayar Silkenvoice, which explores the intercultural (American-Japanese) fantasy and an all-woman version of the happy ending massage.
The closer is "Comfort Food" by Donna George Storey, which can only be described as pure and utter deliciousness.
It's wonderful to read about women in lust - women who are bold, free, shameless (in a good way), women who know how to reach satisfaction. It's nice to read a book full of heroines unburdened by guilt, with very few obstacles between them and their fondest desires.
Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel contributes "Hot for Teacher," in which she deftly appropriates what was once a male fantasy for a self-confident 40-something woman. In fact, many of the stories in this anthology feature women in their forties, women who know exactly what they want and how to get it. I'm in my 30s, and I found this delightful. Self-confidence is incredibly sexy.
Another story that subverts the traditionally male fantasy is "Cherry Blossom" by Kayar Silkenvoice, which explores the intercultural (American-Japanese) fantasy and an all-woman version of the happy ending massage.
The closer is "Comfort Food" by Donna George Storey, which can only be described as pure and utter deliciousness.
It's wonderful to read about women in lust - women who are bold, free, shameless (in a good way), women who know how to reach satisfaction. It's nice to read a book full of heroines unburdened by guilt, with very few obstacles between them and their fondest desires.
December 14, 2011
Women In Lust- anthology edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
Erotic Anthology - Nov. 8th, 2011
4 stars
Women in Lust is a no holds barred anthology sex fest. There isn't much story or plot but there doesn't need to be if the readers just wants a very sexy and even kinky read to keep them entertained Most of the short stories vary from 8-13 pages long and they get right into `it.' This book doesn't sugar coat its stories and the stories vary from: FF, to spanking, bondage and voyeurism. It also includes a short by the popular Black Lace writer Portia Da Costa and other lesser know authors whose writing is equally succinct and impressive. Although this book makes no qualms about its primary content- Hot sex the stories are well written, unlike some in which I have found unintended humor or felt patent even disbelief. The characters and scenes felt real even if the reader doesn't get to know them in depth.
Those readers just looking for a very quick and scorching read and like it a bit more on the adventurous side will enjoy this latest erotic anthology by Cleis Press.
Reviewed by Steph from the Bookaholics Romance Book Club
Erotic Anthology - Nov. 8th, 2011
4 stars
Women in Lust is a no holds barred anthology sex fest. There isn't much story or plot but there doesn't need to be if the readers just wants a very sexy and even kinky read to keep them entertained Most of the short stories vary from 8-13 pages long and they get right into `it.' This book doesn't sugar coat its stories and the stories vary from: FF, to spanking, bondage and voyeurism. It also includes a short by the popular Black Lace writer Portia Da Costa and other lesser know authors whose writing is equally succinct and impressive. Although this book makes no qualms about its primary content- Hot sex the stories are well written, unlike some in which I have found unintended humor or felt patent even disbelief. The characters and scenes felt real even if the reader doesn't get to know them in depth.
Those readers just looking for a very quick and scorching read and like it a bit more on the adventurous side will enjoy this latest erotic anthology by Cleis Press.
Reviewed by Steph from the Bookaholics Romance Book Club
December 16, 2011
I tried to read this book every night,but ended up picking a really busy time. So I didnt quite get to finish it as fast as I had hoped. I read a few stories on some nights. Sometimes only reading one etc. Some of the stories were not very memorable. Boring and kind of vanilla. One in particular left me scratching my head in confusion. However,there were a few stories that I LOVED. Cherry Blossom was my favorite. Rain was really good as well!
December 23, 2011
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November 2, 2020
"Embrace your libido," Describes a friend of the main character in "Unbidden," and perhaps that is exactly what readers of this should expect. Women in Lust is a fun set of stories of women letting inhabitation go to the wind and exploring more sexual sides of themselves. They are super hot too!
January 10, 2024
I wasn't impressed. There was little creativity.
March 4, 2016
I will buy pretty much any anthology if Rachel Kramer Bussel's name is on it. I am never disappointed. This is a great collection of steamy, sexy stories of women in lust. I think these kind of collections are a great way to discover new authors and a chance to read a quick short story from some favourite authors. Something for everyone in this collection. Would recommend.
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