Cruel Enchantment (Black Lace)

Readers will love all these stories in this collection. From wolves to dragons to human lovers, fantasy comes alive in this erotic masterpiece.

This fabulously written book reveals that at any age a bit of the child remains with us through the years. If it takes an exceptional author to write erotic fiction without making it contrived it takes a master like Janine Ashbless to let us venrture into her mind for a short while and enjoy a part of ourselves that gets numbed through age, life and cynicism. In a series of 11 short stories the author makes us feel at home in many different scenarios and times. The authors' exceptional skill first captures our attention with a realistic and believable story, then before you know it you are identifying with the character as she draws us into the absoloute eroticism of the plot....After devouring each and every story I sat back and just marvelled how she could have done that and how fantastic that my mind was able to explore a whole new area of eroticism. It's hard to review short stories without giving away the whole cup of soup but when I finished just the first three stories i knew I was in for a delicious book. The first story, 'Loud Sing Cuckoo' we meet Sevran a young Nordic woman the apprentice of the town witch and herbalist and feel the fear, pain and ectacy of her meeting one of the young warriors from the unfriendly North. The reader can proctically feel each drop of perspiration as events develop in this story.In 'The Dragons Bride' introduces us to Sheldi the beautifull virgin daughter of one of the wealthy merchants who is sacrificed to the dragon. As a virgin bride given up by her father to be eaten by the dragon we certainly learn very quickly that Sheldi is 'street smart' enough to find a silver lining in a dark cloud. The third story 'Rennaissance' describes the pilgrimage of Annette, the very young bride of a merchant to the shrine of a little known St Veronique the Virgin. The rich characters described in this book could stand as an erotic novel on its own merits. WOW All I can say to Janine Ashbless, the author, is thank you thank you for letting me play in your mind even if only for a short while... Buy this book and although you won't read it to your children you'll read these fairytales to yourself over and over ....

This is one of the most imaginative collections of erotica that I have read. The stories are fantasies or fairy tales, and they are wonderful. The author devises weird or unusual plots and premises that are all the more sensual and sexy for being out of the ordinary (and I don't mean "perverse," the way that word used to be used). Highly recommended for its originality, beauty, and erotic charge.

I picked this book up at the airport to have something to read and I couldn't put it down until I was done! The only problem was finding a place where I could read it ALONE. This is a wonderful collection of stories with iteresting and intriguing plots and characters...and, yes, lots of sex. I thought that any one of these stories could've been expanded to a full length novel, the characters were so well drawn. I think that's what is lacking in a lot of erotica. The sex is so much hotter when you actually identify with the characters.This is one I will re-read often and I think my husband will reap the benefits!