This is a short story collection edited by Mitzi Szereto, and the authors include:

Rose de Fer
Janine Ashbless
Anna Meadows
Charlotte Stein
Zander Vyne
Evan Mora
Ashley Lister
Sharon Bidwell
Claire Buckingham
Giselle Renarde
Carrie Williams
Tahira Iqbal
Bonnie Dee.

I have not had any previous experience with the editor or any of the authors to date, but the writing in this collection was so fresh, inspired and unique, that after reading this collection, I will actively seek each author out. This volume has a very nice blurb about each author and other collections to look them up in.

This book is a collection of horror/monster short stories in the classic, "werewolf", "vampire", "ghost" sense of the words, however, to clarify the genre assignment, I would call this "horror romance".

This collection is so fresh and unique in the writing styles, that it also falls into "urban fantasy" in many cases.

Every single story packs so sort of surprise, almost all of them a bit startling in the best ways. I can't go into more detail without "spoilers". You will have to take my word for it, that this collection is charming, romantic, inventive and will get your blood flowing with excitement and anticipation.

I would think that this book would be enjoyed by an audience who likes romance, foreplay in their stories and innuendo. This is for the book lover who enjoys a well crafted tale, that has a surprise tucked in it's thesis. Much of the power of the stories is not only the lovely descriptions that take you to the heart of the tale, BUT also what is left to the reader's imagination. It is a delicate and successful balance in this book of stories.

This trade paperback collection of short stories, was very well edited and a great amount of thought was placed into the ordering of the stories. Each story played well or fit in the flow of the tale before and after it.

It felt while reading it that it was the book version of a well crafted musical play list, as the type of beast and era in a story was not discordant with those in the order around it. It flowed well.

Additionally, there is a very informative and useful section at the back describing each author and a little bit about other works they are published in, so that you can follow up with your favorites in other venues.

I do love this so much that the only way this volume could be more enjoyable for me, is if it was available in a hardbound volume (I love to read my favorite books in hard bound copies with deckled nice paper--everyone has some sort of fetish, nice books is one of mine).

I can't go into great detail without spoilers, but in more than half the stories, the thesis was so fresh and original, that my breath was taken away in surprise.

Some of the stories were so beautifully written I was moved to tears.

And in more than one case, I longed to be part of their world rather than my own, because is was so lovely and in my kinky little way perfect.

This is simply a wonderful read, and worlds that I will enjoy revisiting often.