M. Rode

"In This Sweet Trade by A. Leigh Jones, James Edward writes to his friend and lover, Bello, begging the man to join him in the seventeenth century Caribbean." - I do love an epistolary story, and this doesn't disappoint. A real sense of the writer, and the story didn't quite go as I expected. Lovely. 4*

"In What to Do On a Friday Night by Misa Izanki, Aoi is bored and goes looking for his birthday present from Itsuki. When Itsuki catches him, Aoi tries to cover his tracks by claiming he was show more looking for the Scrabble board. Will a game of strip Scrabble distract them both?" - eh - not so much my thing. I got the impression these were established characters from somewhere else, and the story didn't quite give me enough to get a grip on. 3*

"Shattered Silence by CB Potts, popular fiction writer Gregory has not spoken since the Spring of 06. He only has so many words, and speaking uses too many. His assistant, Marco is determined to help, and Gregory finds that Marco's treatment works. Can he speak up to say so before it's too late?" - FABULOUS - worth the price of the anthology all on it's own. Writing process and CB's wonderful way with words, and the walls we all construct around ourselves, and the bravery needed to confront things that might not look lke anything from outside but are so huge from within. Loved it. 5* show less

The Toybox series from Torquere Press has a lot of juicy stories to offer. Each collection features a different sex toy, and has three stories featuring it. "Plugs" is, I think, the best collection. The stories were erotic and teasing, rather than coarse. Well worth the price of the e-book, and highly recommended.

While the overall rating for the collection was only 2 stars, this is basically because I didn't like 2 of the 3 stories.

I did really like "Dildos, Floggers And Nipple Clamps, Oh My" by Vic Winter. Jamie and Derek are two lovers who are having fun with some toys they bought at a sex store. I loved their playfulness and their, as well as the author's, sense of humor made me laugh. I gave it 4 stars.

While the overall rating for the collection was only 2 stars, this is basically because I didn't like 2 of the 3 stories.

I did really like "Secret Skin" by Sean Michael. It's his second story about Dal and Dillon (the frist being "Secrets, Skin and Leather") and I thought the description of what these two businessmen were up to in private was really hot. I gave it 4 stars.