Pleasure Bound - erotic book by Cleis Press Inc. - review by imp

Editor Alison Tyler aka “The Trollop with a Laptop” has done it again and had me all squirmy under the skirt with another wonderful wee anthology, “Pleasure Bound”.

It is an anthology of 23 real life(not fiction) bondage stories written by a fine group of writers. It has 185 pages bound in a soft cover with an image of handcuffed wrists and the lower half of a torso adorned in fishnet stockings. Perhaps not a coffee table book if you don’t want people knowing your preferences for raunchy, hot kinky sex from real time experiences. On the other hand I like to share so I have been waving the book about telling friends about it.

There are stories with spanking, female & male domination, sadism, affairs, bondage, role playing, an OCD neighbour who holds a wee secret, desire & lust, whips, gender switching and more.


What drew me to wanting to read this book was a story written by a fellow sex blogger, Tess Danesi aka Urban Gypsy. It’s always great to see fellow writers publish work and her story was as always, hot and steamy with a good giggle at the end. “Tears of All Kinds”, had me at the start, it pulls you right into her headspace, offerings of lust, rope, razors and lines like this …

“I’m going to hurt you Tess”.

“You haven’t come all this way for me to kiss you. Be a good girl, get the rope”.


Another favourite written by A.D.R.Forte, a well published erotica writer, weaves a tale in “The Visit” about a girl embarking on a long journey to meet a man and in her words, “He’s the only man I’ve ever needed that way”. A journey that enables her to strip down to her bare self, to feel uncluttered and by the time she reaches her destination her focus is Him. What follows is one hot sex scene in the back of a bowling alley.

One tale had me reliving an old television series, "I Dream of Jeannie". Donna George Story writes about a night out at a fancy dress party where her partner surprise’s her by turning up dressed as Major Nelson to compliment her ‘Jeannie’ outfit. What ensues is a night of roleplaying and kinky sex with ‘Jeannie’ replying to her Master and following orders.

Xan West writes a fantastic story in “A Lesson about Gender”, memories of lust & desire and the knowing that with the one person she misses, gender is dissolved and she finds strength by delving into her inner boy. A sexual insight and longing into something that once was.

One of my favourites is “Do I Look Like I’m Joking?” written by Annette Miller. A husband and a wife, a movie theater and a few props, rope, ice and cumming in the middle of a movie with two men watching from afar. Exhibitionism at it’s best and a fine example of a couple exploring their sexuality and having fun discovering things that turn them on.

And in the name of research the story that had me grinning and chuckling was Alison Tyler’s story, “Stickler for Details”. A meeting with Master Patrick and her own self discovery that a firsthand experience with a spanking can create all sorts of wonderful feelings.

It was an enjoyable read with the stories being of a heterosexual nature, all based on true encounters and a plethora of emotions and different kinds of kinky sex to suit all perverts. I am very happy to have this book as another addition to my kinky bookshelf and ‘must reads’.