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Afternoon Delight: Erotica For Couples

Afternoon Delight: Erotica For Couples
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Includes my story "On Island Time"

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Alison Tyler’s latest collection of erotica is sure to put the spark back into any intimate relationship. She’s gathered couples’ most popular fantasies and created a sizzling, no-holds-barred series of explicit stories in which twosomes transform their deepest desires into flesh-on-flesh reality. These powerfully written stories meld the nasty and the sweet to fill a full 24 hours of sex, from early morning wake-up calls through mid-afternoon quickies to late night romps. In "Black Light," a hidden webcam turns an intimate encounter into a thrillingly public viewing. A sexy 1970s dress and a tantalizing series of notes (“NO PANTIES, PLEASE”) lead to a satisfying reward for an afternoon’s housework in "Disco Dream." Featuring stories by Sommer Marsden, N.T. Morley, Jordana Winters, and Teresa Noelle Roberts, Afternoon Delight is filled with sex around the clock.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #8845 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-02-10
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 220 pages

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Customer Reviews

Aftrnoon Delight, And What A Delight5
Once again Alison Tyler has assembled some great stories by some great writers, including Rachel Kramer Bussel, one of my favorites.It's interesting to see contributions from the male writers point of view also. Love is a two way thing, so its good to have their input.
The stories are really sexy without being over the top. They are hot, but not too heavy. There does seem to be a growing tendency these days to inject strands of violence and degradation into erotica. Thats fine if you are into that scene, but I can't help thinking that it is refreshing to have stories that are a little naughty, but nice.
I also echo some of the other reviewers comments about it being a great book to read to your lover. try it while he is soaking in the bath, I assure you that you will soon see a 'growing' interest.
If you haven't already read it, look at Alison's Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex and Suzie Van Aartman's 100 Percent Erotica is also worth a look.

Afternoon Delight, an understatement.5
This is one of the best erotica collections I've come across. There are a lot of stories inside that are sure to please just about any taste. I liked that it was geared towards couples, that way you can pass the book back and forth or read over each others' shoulders! All in all, I would have to recommend this one. It's well written, sexy and a keeper! Also liked and would suggest:99 Martinis Uncensored. Good reading, thru and thru!

A collection of 24 hours of sex4
I enjoy well written erotica.

Alison Tyler, editor (and writer!) of a number of collections of erotica, once again returns to the fray with this volume. Despite its title, this collection is really about stories and vignettes that span all hours of the day with various characters.

The sex is almost resolutely heterosexual partnerships. Even if that seems like a limitation, the wide variety of stories provided by the authors explore the theme throughout an entire day. Like sonnets which restrict the length and style of a poem, the authors have risen to the challenges and bounds set by the collection's nature. Nothing really gets hardcore, its definitely a "light" anthology of erotica.

Like any anthology, some of the stories were more interesting than others, and some stories were more arousing than others. I read all of the stories, but some of the stories, personally, I would definitely and have read again and again. The wide variety of authors vary from authors who seem to be in many of Ms. Tyler's collections (e.g. Rachel Kramer Bussel, Sommer Marsden, Kristina Wright...(no bad thing, they are talented)) to brand new authors. Unlike some collections of this nature which seem to completely freeze out male writers, this collection has a reasonable minority of its writers as male.

Those who seek much more "hardcore" erotica, with taboo and boundary pushing limits, are going to be awfully disappointed in this anthology. Even with mild bondage and roleplay and gentle D/s themes in these stories, they will find it all too tame for their taste.

On the other hand, I think that a reader who has always wanted to try erotic fiction but has been embarrassed by what she might find should try Afternoon Delight. With this set of stories in a limited and constricted theme and range of stories, it works very well as a "first timers" anthology of erotic fiction, and a good indication of the writing ability of the authors, and the editorial hand of the anthology's creator. They certainly will find the stories in this book much better written than a furtively purchased "Penthouse Variations" anthology found in the dusty corner of a used book store.

Fans of Ms. Tyler's anthologies, or of the authors will of course want to pick up this volume and enjoy the stories therein, as I have done.