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The secret is out: Women watch porn. Glamour magazine found that 87 percent of women ages 25 to 39 enjoy porn as part of their self-defined healthy sexual lifestyles - even more than use sex toys. In The Smart Girl's Guide to Porn, acclaimed sex educator, sex and technology columnist, and porn-for-women expert Violet Blue offers hip, friendly, and knowledgeable advice on bringing porn into your sex life. Or, decide if it's even right for you. Learn about the realities of porn and the women who watch it, women that direct it, and women who star in it.

Violet Blue is simply the best in the business when it comes to erotica for couples. She edits with both a sharp eye and a knack for what lovers are looking for - sweet and surprising scenarios. In Sweet Confessions, the lust-inciting fantasies include spanking, exhibitionism, role-playing, three-ways, and sexy adventures that will inspire real couples to reach new heights of passion. In Violet Blue's own words, "The stories I've chosen are explicit, well thought-out, cleverly crafted, and arousing as hell."

Violet Blue, quickly becoming the 21st century's leading sex educator, recommends listening to Just Watch Me nice and slow - so every outrageous scenario can be savored. She judiciously handpicked these sizzling stories from her Best Women's Erotica series. Intended as inspiration for bedroom adventures, this heady collection of erotica is filled with scintillating, relatable encounters.

Ann Bannon was designated the “Queen of Lesbian Pulp” for authoring several landmark novels in the ’50s. Unlike many writers of the period, however, Bannon broke through the shame and isolation typically portrayed in lesbian pulps, offering instead characters who embraced their sexuality. With Beebo Brinker, Bannon introduces a butch 17-year-old farm girl newly arrived in Beat-era Greenwich Village.

Fairy tales are rich sources of sexual fantasy - sexy slippers, mattresses piled high, dominatrix witches, lustful princes, naked emporers.... Seasoned erotica author Mitzi Szereto restores the sex in the 15 tales in this provocative book - and adds a few surprises of her own. Here the bawdy humor of French fable meets the sublime eroticism of ancient Chinese myth as a far-from-virginal damsel weds a Prince Charming with a shoe fetish. Little Rid Riding Hood discovers Grandma's bed is open to any stray wolf.

Designated the “Queen of Lesbian Pulp” for her series of landmark novels beginning in 1957, Ann Bannon defined lesbian fiction for the pre-Stonewall generation. Following the release of Cleis Press's new editions of Beebo Brinker and Odd Girl Out, Women in the Shadows finds Laura in love among the lesbian bohemia of Greenwich Village. This edition features a new introduction by the author.

"Reading the stories in Best Gay Erotica 2011 will get you hot; that's their claim on you," promises guest judge Kevin Killian. In this year's edition of the best-selling erotica series, a dreamy lacrosse player plays rough with a skinny skater in Wolfsham's "Attackman." The undead hero of Jeff Mann's uncanny "Saving Tobias" targets a handsome, homophobic state senator.

What's happening behind the bedroom door? The erotic elements of Twilight, scary sex laws, the future of sex ed, the science behind penis size, a cheating wife's defense of her affair, and much more make it under the covers of Best Sex Writing 2010. From the quest to create the thinnest condom ever to a night with swingers to underage sexting, Best Sex Writing 2010 covers the latest, hottest topics from the wide world of sex.

Find out what's behind the latest political sex scandals in "Sex, Lies, and Hush Money", learn about how "Atheists Do It Better" and find out "Why Lying About Monogamy Matters". From an insider look at being gay in the military pre-DADT and an impassioned defense of circumcision to a dating site for people with STDs, nuanced explorations of teen sex laws, prostitution, sex at 66, SlutWalks, female orgasm workshops, and more,

She’s beautiful. She’s enchanting. She’s mysterious and unfathomable. She’s your fondest dream and your worst nightmare. She’s sweet and sublimely submissive. She’s dark and fully in charge. She’s flirty yet mysterious. She promises safety in her arms but there’s danger in her eyes. One look, one scent, one taste, one sigh and you’re rock hard or dripping wet. She’s sex incarnate.

Lauded as the “Queen of Lesbian Pulp” for her landmark novels of the 1950s, Ann Bannon defined lesbian fiction for the pre-Stonewall generation. Following the release of Cleis Press's new editions of Beebo Brinker and Odd Girl Out, I Am a Woman finds sorority sister Laura Landon leaving college heartbreak behind and embracing Greenwich Village's lesbian bohemia. This edition includes a new introduction by the author.

He's on Top details the methods and adventures of those irresistible men who control their partners with a glance, a tickling whip, or a measured smack on the bottom. As true tops, the bossy hunks in these stories understand that BDSM is about exulting in power that is freely yielded. Contributors such as Amanda Earl, Mackenzie Cross, Alison Tyler, and Mike Kimera cover the full range of the male dom's brand of sensual sadism, from spanking and bondage to public sex and power exchange.

Timely and unique, Jia is the first novel about present-day North Korea to be published in the West. It is easily a YA crossover novel as Jia follows the adventures of an orphaned young woman, Jia in the 1970s and 1980s - bitterly tumultuous times for North Korea and China. Jia has the grace of a dancer but the misfortune of coming from a politically suspect family.

Looking to keep the heat? In Sweet Love, best-selling editor Violet Blue creates a world of lusty and in-love couples who live out their fantasies with delicious results. These powerful scenarios are recipes for romance that real couples can use as inspiration for memorable explorations of their own. This delectable collection will have you wishing for role-playing, exhibitionism, spankings, surprise threesomes, and much much more.

Suite Encounters features hotel erotica in all its forms, from honeymooners having sex on the beach to loving couples on vacation to coworkers heading downtown for secret quickies, not to mention exhibitionist thrills (and chills) of getting it on in the pool on the roof at The Standard Hotel in front of everyone!

Bondage, spanking, sex parties, power play and more, all in one extra-kinky book collected by editrix extraordinaire, Rachel Kramer Bussel. The stories of Surrender showcase the fantasies and deepest wishes of women who love to be blindfolded, bound or used for a lover's pleasure. Whether in a hotel room, dungeon or even at a deli with instructions from the right dom, these women go deep into the heart of submission to experience the thrill of physical and mental surrender.

Allen Klein is a motivational speaker and author who believes strongly in the way words can influence how we feel mentally, physically, and spiritually. In this day of tweeting, texting, cyberspeak and the non-language of email, the written and spoken word has the power to touch our hearts and lift our spirit that is extraordinary. In this The Art of Living Joyfully, Jollytologist Allen Klein presents a compendium of advice and plain common sense comprising a guide to good cheer. This wonderful collection of quips, quotes, and instruction comes from a variety of people and from all eras of history.

Looking for a little inspiration? You'll find it here, in expertly crafted, explicit stories of couples who try out their number-one sexual fantasies - with explosive results. Sex educator Violet Blue brings together a collection of erotic fantasies sure to keep you up past bedtime. Sweet Life is your ticket to a front row seat for first-time spankings, breathtaking role-playing scenes, sex parties, women who strap it on and men who love to take it, not to mention threesomes of every combination.

What is it about lesbian cops that push all the right buttons? Sure, there's the uniform with handcuffs, gun and billy club, and the confidence, authority and sense of danger. But there's something more that gives these uncompromising women their commanding, overwhelming sexuality. The top-flight fiction writers tapped by Lambda Award-winning editor Sacchi Green in Lesbian Cops capture that irresistible force-and channel it into fiercely erotic stories.

Best Gay Romance 2010 covers every romantic possibility with first love, true love, wake-up sex, makeup sex, and everything in between. Richard Labonté has gathered a sensational collection of stories about finding love at home, at work, at any age, and often in the most unexpected places. Contributor David Holly's "meet cute" hook-up in "Guy Sydney" is a thoroughly modern love story, while Elazarus Wills's dramatic "A Companion for the Road" shows that many things get better with age.