Showing results by publisher "Cleis Press" in Literature & Fiction

Who can live without lust? All day and night, our minds run through delicious possibilities - a silky hand beckoning us into the VIP lounge; a stranger in the backseat; the hunky FedEx driver bringing his package to the door - not to mention our own lascivious memories. Lust is a collection of erotica by and for women, a fierce and joyous celebration of female desire and the triple-X trouble it gets us into.

Brains, muscle, tenderness, kink. Like the perfect lover, Best Gay Romance 2012 captures the raw energy of man-on man desire like no other. Once again, award-winning editor Richard Labonté has gathered hot, heart-pounding, tent-raising, gorgeous stories of no-holds-barred sex between men that will grab your senses, and send you into the sweaty backrooms of your erotic imagination.

Sex educator Violet Blue brings together a new collection of expertly crafted, explicit stories of couples who try out their number one sexual fantasies - with explosive results. Sure to keep you up past bedtime, Sweet Life 2 is your ticket to a front row seat for breathtaking role-playing scenes, much-needed spankings, surprise encounters, women who strap it on, and men who love to take it.

In Three-Way, 21 of the very best erotica writers offer steamy and surprising variations on the ménage à trois, erotica readers' most often named favorite sexual fantasy. Editor Alison Tyler has gathered a thrilling variety of scenarios that are playful, sensuous, and dangerously explicit.

Don't be afraid to admit it - you're captivated by kink. The subspace of sex dungeons, their walls lined with the implements of exquisite agony, call out to you. Your wanton desires throb in your mind, embedded like a splinter that you can't ignore, but you don't want to pull out. Surrender yourself to these stories, and let them slake your unquenchable thirst for kink...

Algren and her top-notch contributors explore the exquisite pleasures of toys, tongues, and beautiful bottoms.

Filled with romance, passion, and lust, Love Between Men offers irresistible erotic fun while celebrating the coming together of souls as well as bodies. Two traveling husbears meet a willing twink in Jeff Mann's "One Afternoon in the Bible Belt". A sneaky environmentalist gets sandwiched between hedonistic mountain men in Bob Vickery's "Loggers". Two partners share a leisurely Sunday morning with scintillating surprises in Hank Edward's "Breakfast in Bed".

Face it, fairy tales were always kind of kinky: from beautiful queens tied up in knots by wicked sorcerers to a wide variety of naughty and nice scenarios. Someone was always getting tied to a bed! In this new anthology of erotic romance fairy tales from the editor of the best-selling Fairy Tale Lust and Lustfully Ever After, the fairy tales are naughtier and have a BDSM twist. Retellings of the classics are joined with clever original tales, making for a darkly sensual and intensely romantic collection.

Turn it on, get it on, and get off - Hot Rods wastes no time in its explicit stories of muscled men on the prowl. Sean Laurence's book of pocket erotica delivers a payoff that you can savor for a pounding good time.

"Devil's Food Cake" by Shanna Germain. Mexican folk tales meet the story of the little magic girl in Anne Meadows' "Matches" for a more romantic and hopeful twist on the original. Evan Mora's Pinoccio is granted a transformation of a different sort in "Real Boy" after he falls in love with a fairy. Two visitors to Thailand get more than they bargained for when they submit to a scarlet-lipped stranger in Lisabet Sarai's "Fourth World."

This follow up to Tyler's best-selling Never Have the Same Sex Twice blends her wisdom, expert advice, and favorite erotic scenarios illustrating myriad sexual techniques and fantasies designed to liven up the bedroom.

Bound by Lust is a romantic, couples-focused erotica with a BDSM slant. The couples range from newly blossoming relationships, long-time loves, and reunited flames. The BDSM aspect of this is both naughty and nice - bondage, spanking, domination, submission, power-play, pain and pleasure, or whatever your dirty mind can think of. Bring on the rope and rough stuff, the dens and dungeons, the corsets and clamps, and cuffs.

With contributions from authors like Rachel Kramer Bussel, Jacqueline Applebee, Giselle Renarde, and featuring a brand-new "Becoming Hers" story from New York Times best-seller Shoshanna Evers, this is an audiobook full of diverse and dynamic characters who are bold and daring even when being sexily subtle. The authors here knock the "Can't Get Enough" theme right out of the park with stories that will leave listeners as breathless as the characters they're hearing about, dying for more.

Phil Carlson's marriage proposal is 18-year-old Paula's ticket out of the tenement and dingy life with her alcoholic father. But the dream dissolves the moment Paula meets Byrne, Phil's wealthy aunt. Byrne, an artist who lives in Greenwich Village, is bewitched by Paula's crush on her and daringly allows it to blossom, despite the dark secret that forever ties her to another woman.

From Amour to Zippers, this alphabetical extravaganza of erotic delights features 26 hot volumes of explicit, playful stories. A simple leather strap, a shiny pair of handcuffs, a delicate silk scarf, a lover who takes charge. Here Alison Tyler gathers playful fantasies of sexual control and erotic restraint. Featuring such popular erotica writers as Shanna Germain, Mathilde Madden, and Teresa Noelle Roberts, B Is for Bondage is luscious, naughty, and infinitely sexy.

The very special stories in Instruments of Pleasure highlight the many ways we use sex toys to make our fantasies come true. Sometimes, there's a lesson involved, such as "Like This", where a woman uses what many consider the "Cadillac of vibrators", the ultra-powerful plug-in vibe Hitachi Magic Wand (or "electric miracle", in the story), to show her lover exactly what she does when she's alone. For others, toys are part of BDSM play, especially spanking, and you can read about the intense strokes of a cane in "Getting It Right".

Rubber, latex and PVC all cling to the skin and have the power to make their wearers feel sensual, sexy, and aroused. In this collection, the world's hottest erotic authors make the most of the sensual potential inherent in getting suited up. Hang out with a "Tire Stud," learn "How to liven up a boring party," and go "From solid to liquid" in these tantalizing adventures. From latex body paint to the smell of rubber tires, pretty dresses that beg to be touched to clingy catsuits worn by powerful mistresses, and men who want to show off every inch beneath the allure of latex.

From amour to zippers, this alphabetical extravaganza of erotic delights features 26 hot volumes of explicit, playful stories.A Is For Amour begins the series with arousing tales of desire from writers such as Saskia Walker and R. Gay. From Tsaurah Litzky's “Sharing the Love,” about a risqué three-way between two partners and their long-time friend, to Le Petit Déjeuner by Jeremy Edwards, where love is blind enough to make Cleveland seem like Paris, these writers show why love makes the world go 'round.

If the thought of bikinis on the beach, cherry red latex miniskirts, or bare shoulders in the backseat make your heart race and your hands wander - don't stop now, because Soaking Wet is bound to keep the dirty fun rolling. Whether they're in pursuit of a new conquest or in the safety of their longtime lover's arms, the women in Soaking Wet are interested in one thing and one thing only: Satisfying their deepest, most insistent desires. In this scintillating collection of lesbian erotica, the women are hot and the sex is hotter.

Some temptations are just too tantalizing to ignore. Can't Help the Way That I Feel, edited by Emmy award-winning and Essence best-selling author Lori Bryant-Woolridge, is a collection of titillating stories, each exploring a delicious enticement. In "The Sangria Seduction," lemon sangria becomes the elixir of lust for a player trying to seduce the naughty out of one very nice girl.