Sweet love - erotic fiction by Cleis Press Inc. - review by Phoenixrising

Sweet Love is a collection of erotic short stories aimed at couples. Each story involves a heterosexual couple (and sometimes others) in a variety of creative and sexy encounters. There are 19 stories about everything from spanking to threesomes to role playing. Here is a brief description of each with individual rating for each story:

Clearing the Air (Thomas Roche) - Husband and wife invite husband's ex-girlfriend into their bed. The prudish wife is initially reluctant, but loses all inhibitions once she has her first "taste." 4 out of 5 stars

Jump or Fall? (Janine Ashbless) - Female is interested in her male co-worker, but he's always blowing her off. After she comes on strong, he admits he's turned on by inflicting pain. She's curious, so spanking ensues and both have a very good time. 4 out of 5 stars

Five Senses (N.T. Morley) - Husband is blindfolded and then given a lap dance by at least five different women, including his wife, in various stated of undress. 4 out of 5 stars

Her Turn (D.L. King) - Woman watches her boyfriend pleasure himself in the shower, while she pleasures herself. Then she joins him. 3 out of 5 stars

Storming the Castle (Andrea Dale) - Woman fantasizes about adventurous sex, because her sex life is predictable and boring. Boyfriend surprises her with a rough, intense fuck against the remains of an old castle. 3 out of 5 stars

(S)pan(k)cakes (Kristina Wright) - Woman attempts to make pancakes but is sidetracked by her boyfriend's creative use for the spatula. 3 out of 5 stars

Clothes Make the Man (Emilie Paris) - Woman who usually gets spanked takes over the job of spanking her man. 4 out of 5 stars

Playing Rough (Kat Black) - Man & woman role play rape. 3 out of 5 stars

Searching for Her (Kay Jaybee) - Woman joins couple for light bondage play. 4 out of 5 stars

A Week and a Whip (Allison Wonderland) - Woman discovers that her boyfriend likes to be spanked. 3 out of 5 stars

A Little Push (Felix D'Angelo) - Couple lose their anal virginity to each other. 4 out of 5 stars

Dishpan Hands (Jan Darby) - Woman lets go of need to control and does as her man says. 2 out of 5 stars

My Turn (Jude Mason) - Dominating man tries out being submissive and loves it. 3 out of 5 stars

Do You See What I Feel (Teresa Noelle Roberts) - Man ties silky ropes beneath his wife's dress and invites a friend over for dinner. This friend is blind and must "see" with his hands... 5 out of 5 stars

Better Bent Than Broken (Amanda Fox) - Woman fucks her man in his ass. 3 out of 5 stars

Safe - Man & woman role play rape. 2 out of 5 stars

Bachelor's Dessert (Alison Tyler) - Woman & man role play being strangers and he fucks her in a parking lot of a grocery store. 3 out of 5 stars

[italics|Extreme Dogging] (Dylan Reed) - Woman fucks stranger in parked car while husband & others watches. 4 out of 5 stars

[italics|A Guy She's Never Met] (Zach Addams) - Man helps girlfriend choose stranger to invite home to fuck her in all three holes. 5 out of 5 stars

Violet Blue has done an excellent job compiling these stories. Although not all of the stories represent my preference, I still really enjoyed reading them. I give the book 4 out of 5 stars.

I read the book in two sittings. I was extremely turned on at the end of each reading. After finishing the book in bed on a Saturday morning I was so turned on that I woke my husband up, required no foreplay and had one of the most intense orgasms. This is a great book for getting off and for sparking the imagination with ideas to try out yourself.

There are a number of stories that I keep returning to, including a few I wasn't as in to at first. Still an excellent read!