SWEET DREAMS is a collection of 20 tales developed to
explore the dangerous side of erotica in ways that couples
can easily emulate them. The stories are explicit and often
interesting, and they deliver what they advertise:
dangerously sexy situations that may titillate many
fantasies and inspire some action for some couples.
On one
hand, the works that end with a "twist" of how the
dangerous aspects can be safely mitigated for regular
couples demonstrate a responsible way for people to engage
in dangerous fantasies with limited "real" danger. On the
other hand, the back-blurb says "this is a we-did-it-you-
can-too anthology of real couples..." (Lou Paget), when
clearly, according to the author bios, these are works by
writers of erotica. The works also emphasize the devotion
each member of a couple has for his or her lover; in
addition, readers should be aware that the primary couples
in each story are heterosexual, though some of
the "dangers" include other people of both genders or
varied sexualities. Some of the writings in the stories
shine while others seem to struggle to tag on ways to
say "this is a way you can do this in a perfectly safe and
devoted environment" that can be jarring. However, the work
is provocative, and the writers fulfilled the promise of
the anthology.
Sweet Danger is a delicious confection and collection of
exquisitely explicit stories. This carefully crafted erotica
is specifically aimed at inspiring couples to act on their
fantasies and long-held forbidden desires. Master editrix,
Violet Blue dares to ask the question,"What is YOUR deepest,
darkest, sweetest fantasy?"
Fully explored in the 22 superbly written tales of the
taboo, the couples in Sweet Danger push the limits of sex,
lust, and imagination as far as they can to please each other.
In Erica Dumas' "Dress Me Up," a woman in an elegant
restaurant is compelled to enter a situation with rough sex
and voyeurism, while Alison Tyler's "You Can't Always Get
What You Want," tells tale of a long distance couple who
reunites in a shocking and arousing public encounter. Thomas
S. Roche's "Cocked and Loaded," begins with a day at the
shooting range and climaxes back at home with some intense
BDSM. This book features couples who want it so bad, they
can taste it-and they do, over and over again