Alexandra Seidel

What do you get when you have a beautiful human librarian, a noble vampire doctor, and an overbearing baker elf? You get a sexy love triangle that is threatened by a rogue cupid who shoots her arrow at the wrong targets.

Charlotte “Charlie”, Hugo, and, Laurette return in book 2 of the Elvenswood Tales series as they deal with a trickster called Cupid who is shooting off arrows willy nilly causing chaos and mayhem involving a lust-filled werewolf after Charlie and a lust-filled Hugo after show more Laurette’s Elf cousin Salier. Charlie and Laurette take a fun-filled trip to Hell to get help from Laurette’s friend the Lord of Lust and with hilarity and true love that beats all odds in a bizarre world, everything ends sexy happily ever after.

My favorite character is the naughty and grumpy Fae Fogberry aka Dinner who was captured by Laurette when he was abducting girls to sacrifice a virgin. Laurette has placed a magical necklace on Dinner to make him compliant and he is also Hugo’s blood source while staying with Laurette hence the name Dinner. His snarkiness is hilarious and his help holding off the lusty supernaturals is well-played.

If you enjoy humorous and magical characters with an erotic vibe and a tendency to get in trouble, give this book a try.

Thank you to Ms. Piper for giving me the opportunity to read this book with no expectation of a positive review. show less

Unfortunately, due to a mix-up, I'm behind in posting this review for a book blitz back in December, but it was worth waiting for. It's 162 pages of naughty magical holiday fun filled with witches, vampires, elves, and fae. AND, it's the first in a series!

Charlie is born from witches but isn't one herself so she believes her family finds her lacking in common sense. Therefore, when she meets Hugo, a handsome doctor, and vampire, her family is not happy. Even better, Hugo's Elf-friend show more Laurette, also a baker, joins the couple as a sexy threesome and the games begin.

As holiday reads go, this one is the naughtiest novella I've read in a while. Not to mention there is a mystery added of why young girls are being kidnapped to which Laurette puts his investigative hat on and saves the day..with Hugo and Charlie's help. There are other magical characters and beings that have a little fun of their own as well.

I recommend this romantic holiday comedy filled with LOL moments, other-worldly venues, and intriguing copulations. That sounds like a good start to a series!

Thank you to Ms. Piper and Changeling Press for giving me the opportunity to read this book with no expectation of a positive review. show less

This is not often said about Erotica - but _Luminous Dreams_ is an extraordinary anthology of magic and adult literature. I may have saved the "Phoenix and Styx" for later in the book, as, without understanding the "fairy tale"/"mythology" theme, it was a bit confusing. Later characters such as Gretel and her lure to the candy house, and especially, Aurora in "Fortune’s Song" create new,sensuous twists to the tales we all grew up with.

I comment Alexa Piper for creating a world that is show more titillating without being crude - alluring,bewitching (often literally), and sublime. Kudos.

Alexa Piper (2016-12-13T07:00:00+00:00). Luminous Dreams (Kindle Location 142). World Weaver Press. Kindle Edition. show less

I received a free copy of this work in exchange for an honest review.

Lyrical, poetic, and mythic tales of enchanting erotica

While I normally read more romance than erotica, any hesitations I had about reading this work were quickly whisked away. The writing swept me into a tantalizing range of settings, characters and lyrical text that winds from overly flowery poetry to simply pleasant prose, weaving mythical tales with explicit exploits.

The sizzling stories combine tasteful but searingly show more heated re-imaginings of characters and scenes from historic mythology and folk tales. I found it to be a much more thoughtful and enticing exploration of supernatural and paranormal themes than the typical, modern paranormal romantica stories, serving refreshing poetic tales with explicit heat as a collection of lyrical and enchanting erotic shorts.

Phoenix and Styx - 10 pages (mf)
This first tale included very flowery, sophisticated, complex and evocative prose which might be a bit "too rich" for some readers but wove words into an overly poetic, imaginatively descriptive prose which I found enchanting. It combines an extremely creative contemporary/mythical story with evocative prose that flows from the page, weaving its way through my emotions and intellect. Just a decent touch of sizzle in the sometimes heated, sometimes molten, and even ashen rhetoric.

Fortune's Song - 31 pages (mf)
This short erotic story is nicely heated, a well-written mix of ancient myth, contemporary paranormal, and explicitly intimate encounters. The fortune teller's voice had just a touch of mystery, and her enounter with the man of evil repute rang out with an unusual melody.

Candy and the Witch - 17 pages (mf)
The insight of an intelligent witch of the fairy tales accompanies her curiosity as she knowingly follows a potentially trapped trail. The character was endearing but the story too brief, with just enough heat to be enticing but certainly not entirely filling. A just slightly spiced morsel to whet one's appetite - or savor as a tangy treat. (Of course, the revelations about Hansel makes me want to seek the story of the Gingerbread man.)

Night Train: Story of a Passage - 26 pages (mfm)
A woman determined to be open and experience all life has to offer meets two strong, horned and horny men on the train. The hottest story so far, it takes the Between world of mystical, mythic creatures to doubly insert the train's travels into a woman's resolve to pursue the most interesting paths.

I Will Feed You Honey - 20 pages (mf)
Very sensual, inventive, and erotic prose. Incredible inspritation is in the cards, but transcendence has its price.

The Acorn Princess - 19 pages. (ff)
Perhaps a bit more focused on the steam than some of the other stories, a young lady is entranced by the forest nymph and seduced into enjoying the pleasures of a woman of the wood. Alice is unable to stay away from the forest, and the Sylph is unable to stay away from the enticing, intriguing woman.

Drinks and the Other Witch - 8 pages (mm)
Blow and drink. This was the sauciest and most direct of the tales, but the letter Hans writes to his sister Greta puts a wonderfully fairy tale, magical spin on a mostly lustful setting. I had been hoping for the story of Hansel and the Gingerbread man, but I was more than happy to read the story of the male witch and his Fae acquaintance even more, with a wonderfully nice touch of reciprocal male on male lust.

Nocturnal Conquests - 23 pages (mfm)
Two creatures of the night stalk, lure, and tease their prey to quench their thirst and slake their lust. Yet this time the intimate nibble is more than a fulfilling but fleeting meal, as even a vampire can fall to the mesmerizing lure.

A Raven by Day - 14 pages (mf)
A bittersweet end to the day, beginning with the crow cawing in the morn but yet with the hope that the wayward bird will someday return. show less