Hard Candy

Angela Knight, Sheri Gilmore, Morgan Hawke
Erotic romance anthology
Available from Loose Id
ISBN: 1-59632-066-4
January 2005

Hero Sandwich by Angela Knight
Paparazzi is a photographer with super hero powers. Meg Jennings uses a suit that gives her the ability to fly and turn invisible; her photos of other super heroes battling their deadly enemies earn her living. Two of her subjects, Cougar and his sidekick Lynx, find themselves the butt of late night TV jokes. Not being men to take insults lightly they determine to capture Paparazzi and take a little erotic revenge.

Hero Sandwich is one fast roller coaster ride of an erotic super hero fantasy! Take a reformed bad girl all grown up and gone strait. Add two of the baddest good guys she ever ran from; tangle them all up on the fold down seats of a fantastic jet car and you can imagine who the filling for this hero sandwich is! For anyone who enjoys a comic book hero and thrilled to the idea of what’s really under that suit, this is a rollicking good sexy read! Phew! Hot is not hot enough to describe the sex, but there is also a touching link between these super heroes that makes their story even more interesting. I was not expecting too much when I saw how short this story was but I was pleasantly surprised! I really enjoyed it and would like to see more about sexy Cougar, plucky Paparazzi and the smoldering Lynx.

Candy for Her Soul by Sheri Gilmore
You should never take candy from a stranger. The young Natalie Pesqua is tempted with almost irresistible candy from a persuasive stranger, but thinks it must have been a dream. She never guessed she’s met a handsome devil who will later come to collect on his bargain. In exchange for her soul, he grants her most secret desire, the two men she has loved for years to fulfill her every erotic fantasy. One light, one dark and she is the bright thread to weave all their lives together with love.

Candy for Her Soul is an intriguing love story with both dark and quirky magical elements. There are m/m/f scenes but the personal history and entwined fates of these three is very well written and arousing. It certainly kept my interest with some unexpected twists as well as some very erotic and sensual sex. Natalie is a plucky heroine who finally has a chance to revisit sexual attractions she’s had since she was a young girl. The devilishly sexy Luke seems familiar to everyone and is a mystery figure. I’d like to know more about him! David, Nico and Natalie are very sensual together and the story reveals how true love, even one outside the norm, can prevail.

Fortune’s Star by Morgan Hawke
Luxi Emery liked her job as the receptionist for Armored Media Corp. Then her hidden talent for seeing the future stirred and exposed a malevolent ghost who could have bankrupted her employer. Unfortunately her revealed talent made her unemployable. She finds herself adrift, a fortune teller in need of a new future. Her grateful ex-employer assists Luxi with a ticket out into the Imperial Star System connecting through Port Destiny Station. She meets Leto, a ghostly cyborg with very carnal tastes, Amun a handsome diplomat and telepath, and she desires both of them. Her destiny entwines with theirs but the threads of the future shift constantly with hidden dangers and subtle choices. The evil avatar followed Luxi across the stars and there will be a battle for her safety as well as her heart.

Fortune’s Star features delightfully different shape shifters or ghosts than I have read to date. It is richly plotted, the story pulled me in, I wanted to find out what would happen with each interesting character. The futuristic world was well described and equally fascinating. The heroine is a very talented woman who has to deal with a psychic gift that is as much a curse as a blessing. Our heroes are more shrouded in mystery but are revealed to be strong, protective and extremely sexy males. There is a m/m sexual connection as well as intense m/f/m ménages. M/M may not be to everyone’s taste, but when the loving relationship between Amun and Leto is revealed through Luxi’s perspective I choked up. The love story that develops among these three “misfits” is very touching as well as Hot. Ms Hawke is adept at showing romantic relationships while building exotic, erotic tension to reveal some of the most orgasmic sexual scenes out there! This is a winner on all levels.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Explicit

Reviewer: Patrice
March 9, 2005

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