This book is packed with 35 passionate tales of sex and seduction which has been written by some of the leading writers of Erotica.

Carol Queen says ' These stories aim to appeal to heterosexual women's sense of erotic, but anyone who has paid one bit of attention knows how diverse female desires can be. This book is as diverse as I could make it, for as an editor I never know for sure what will spark the hottest fantasy, make a reader glow or dream. And that's the idea: to get you dreaming; not only the dreams of the authors here, but your own. And if men like this book too - well, why wouldn't they? All this talk of Mars and Venus throws and eclipsing shadow of reality: often we share erotic moments and desires, inspirations quite happily.

Not all the stories are by women authors; I like it when we talk to each other across society's lines. Sometimes we inspire each other; sometimes we learn about each other.'

One of the many stories within this book.

His Hands

This is what she thinks about, when she thinks about him. She doesn't think about his eyes, like to tell herself; or about his lips, like she'd tell her friends if they knew about him; or about his cock, like she tells him when she's in a good mood. She thinks about his hands.

When he wants her, it's always his hands that go first. Brushing lightly against her face. Sneaking up her thigh. Massaging the back of her neck, and then inching down over her collarbones to entice her breasts. His hands are smart - smarter than he is, probably - and his hands are sweet when they want to be, and they can make her feel calm and drifty, safe and befriended.

But it isn't these nice sweet things she thinks about. His hands also do things that make her blush when she remembers, things that make her flinch and quickly look for something to stare at on the floor, convinced anyone who sees her can read her mind. When she thinks about his hands, these are the things she thinks about.
She thinks about his hands pressing her against the wall, one hand pinning her shoulders, the other sliding up her skirt, pushing between her legs, reaching for her clit like it belongs to him. No, not like it belongs to him. Like a thief. Like he knows it doesn't belong to him but is taking it anyway.

She thinks about his hands pressing her thighs apart, again like a thief, like a cat burglar opening a window and climbing inside. She thinks about his hand on the back of her neck, his fingers coiling in her hair and tightening; she thinks about his other hand gripping her by the wrist, guiding her own hand between his legs, making her feel his swelling crotch, She thinks about his hands on her arms shaking impatient, manoeuvring her body into place.

She thinks about his fingers spreading her lips open down there, prying her apart, exposing her clit and studding it fervently as if he's reading her soul. When he opens her up like that she feels like he is revealing her soul, like her soul has been hiding in her clit and he has discovered it at last: her true soul the selfish one, the dirty one, the one that wants her to quit her job and abandon her friends and family and spend the rest of her life on her back, on her hands and knees, pressed against the wall with his hand between her legs.

She thinks he's a bad idea. She thinks she doesn't love him. She thinks that if she loved him, she wouldn't feel so dirty all the time. She thinks that if she loved him, she'd think about his eyes, his lips, even his cock, at least sometimes. She thinks that if she loved him, she wouldn't be spending every spare moment thinking about his hands.

She thinks about his hands. And finds her own hand knocking at his door.

Story by Greta Christina

Summary of the Book

There are many diverse stories in this book very cleverly chosen and put together; it is a nice book for when you haven't a lot of time to get into long stories; however they are just as hot as some of the long ones that I have read. Very enjoyable and I look forward to trying to find more books with that the authors in this book have written. A very good taster book.