Showing posts with label gender bending. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gender bending. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Review Tuesday: Heaven's Brides by Jessica Mandella -- #LGBTQ #spirituality #ReviewTuesday

Heaven's Brides cover

Heaven’s Brides by Jessica Mandella

Excessica, 2017

When popular TV pastor Max Johnson discovers his wife Gloria has a female lover, he is simultaneously shocked, hurt and aroused. He can’t help following her to the club where she’s meeting her paramour Sylvia. Then someone slips him some bad drugs and he ends up dead—at least temporarily.

The epiphany he experiences on the other side of the veil changes him forever. Brought back to life, perhaps by his wife’s uncanny powers, he dumps his old sponsors who encouraged him to preach anti-sex, anti-gay, fire-and-brimstone lessons, hires a dyke motorcycle gang to provide security, dons a rainbow-colored suit, and gives his flock an eye-opening sermon claiming the Bible has been misinterpreted and mistranslated. According to the wisdom he received during his temporary stint in the afterlife, God does not condemn sex, including LGBTQ sex. Nor does the Bible prohibit plural marriage. All believers are free to become brides of heaven, loving one another (including in the most carnal ways imaginable) as long as they do so in a spirit of worship, respect and mutual pleasure.

Max, Gloria, their new wife Sylvia, the motorcycle gang members, and various parishioners then proceed to practice what he has preached.

Heaven’s Brides by Jessica Mandella is a wild, gender-bending, funny, touching, over-the-top book that is totally original in its mingling of extreme sex and sincere spirituality. The bewilderingly large cast of characters all have a role to play in revealing the Truth about humans, angels, demons and nature of reality. In Ms. Mandella’s universe, spiritual power is more than just a phrase. As Max, Gloria, Sylvia and their fellow “brides” develop and grow, their supernatural abilities (including telepathy, telekinesis and the ability to manipulate the flow of time) grow also.

For those of you looking for erotic content, this novel includes so many sex scenes you’ll be gasping for breath. Telepathic orgasms have an intensity that ordinary climaxes can’t match. There’s lots of lesbian activity, but plenty of hetero interactions as well. One message I took away was that the genitals really don’t matter. The best sex is a meeting of kindred spirits.

You can read Heaven’s Brides purely as erotica. What I enjoyed most, though, was the warmth and tolerance that glow on every page. If everyone lived like Max and his brides, the world would be a far better, happier and more humane place.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Review Tuesday: Giselle's Best Fetish Erotica (#erotica #kink #ReviewTuesday)

Book cover

Giselle’s Best Fetish Erotica: 14 Kinky Sex Stories
By Giselle Renarde, 2016

Nobody does kink like Giselle Renarde. She has the wildest imagination when it comes to sexual scenarios; her erotic creativity (not to mention her daring) knows few if any limits. At the same time, she writes so well that she pulls you completely into her tales. You really don’t think about whether the sex is extreme; you’re just wonderfully aroused, as well as (quite often) surprised and delighted by the stories' unexpected resolutions. Her characters, even in her brief vignettes, feel distinctive and real. And her stories feel new, even when the premise is familiar.

If you get the sense that I enjoyed her short story collection, Best Fetish Erotica, you’re right. At the same time, I wonder if the book isn’t mis-titled. While the stories she has assembled here are not vanilla, most of them don’t fit my definition of “fetish”, namely an obsessive sexual preoccupation with a particular object or situation. Some of her characters are playing familiar sexual games, but others are discovering unexpected sexual proclivities for the very first time. Also, the majority of these tales feature individuals who are in established relationships. Often the kinky sex in which they indulge strengthens their emotional bonds. (This is especially true in “The Fattening Room” and “Black Lace and Wood”.) There’s more than a hint of romance in this volume.

On the other hand, if she’d titled the collection “Giselle’s Best Kinky Romance”, she probably would have attracted readers expecting silk scarves and Christian Grey clones. That’s definitely not the vibe here!

The book kicks off with “Night Nurse”, an astonishingly hot cross-dressing story. The incongruous contrast between the protagonist’s burly frame and his female uniform just makes the whole thing more arousing.

Next comes “Massive Attack”, a forced sex fantasy with surprise ending.

I’ve encountered the third story, “Must Love Dolls”, before. That’s not a problem; it is one of my all-time erotica favorites. When a couple orders a high-end sex doll, it transforms and deepens their relationship.

That’s Not a Scrunchie” is a peculiar but thrilling exploration of female dominance. Don’t expect stilettos and leather; Pella is far more spontaneous and creative.

A Thief in the Night” deals with sexual improvisation. A fantasy takes an unexpected turn, much to everyone’s eventual satisfaction.

The Birds and the Bees” offers a riff on exhibitionism. “Don’t Break the Chain” is a very brief, eloquent commentary on a more “traditional” BDSM arrangement.

The Fattening Room” is another standout. Lily-white Canadian Jeremy is engaged to voluptuous Nigerian Nneka. Though he loves her dearly, he’s terrified of visiting her native country for their wedding. His fiancĂ©e teaches him a lesson about the many definitions of beauty. The lush prose and complex emotions in this multi-cultural fable push it well into the realm of literary erotica.

Black Lace and Wood” shares some features with “The Fattening Room”. It’s also a tale of a committed multi-cultural couple. I didn’t find it as enjoyable, possibly because of the negative feelings swirling around Rebecca’s infidelity and Navin’s stubborn refusal to forgive her. It is kinky, though, and will feel familiar to BDSM romance aficionados.

In Tooth and Claw” is Giselle Renarde at her gender-bending best. After many negative encounters, the heroine has sworn off men. Yet something attracts her to her effeminate, cross-dressing colleague.

Crush” offers a femdom scenario that was a bit too harsh for my tastes. Even though I don’t have balls, I find stories of their torture a bit squick-inducing. However, some readers may love it.

Bless Me Father” explores the familiar fantasy of lusting after a priest—in gorgeous, arousing detail.

Here Lies Rob in his Dirty Clothes” may be the most original tale in the collection. A photographer finds herself irresistibly drawn to a slacker who lives in a filthy apartment and rarely bathes. She takes him in a frenzy of inexplicable lust, atop a pile of dirty clothes. I’m something of a neat-nick myself, yet somehow this story grabbed me. I found the sort of irrational attraction portrayed to be eminently believable.

Dogging the Law”, a humorous story with a twist, wraps up this solidly sexy collection.

All the tales in this volume are quite short. The whole book is only 128 pages in PDF form. Still, each one is rich and complete.

I recommend sampling one or two, just before bed.

Sunday, June 12, 2016

A Midsummer Night's Snog (#shakespeare #genderbending #freebook)


Midsummer's Eve


Greetings and happy Sunday!

My snog today comes from my Elizabethan romp, Shortest Night. Seemed appropriate, given that MidSummer’s Eve is coming soon. This story was inspired by Shakespeare’s comedies, with men dressed as women, women dressed as men, and a delightful comedy of errors. In fact, old Will himself has a cameo role.

Here’s the blurb:

The year is 1595 in the reign of Good Queen Bess. Stage-struck, young Ben Hastings leaves his father's farm for London, to join Will Shakepeare's band of players. Hugh Templeton, the handsome leading man, takes the the innocent lad under his wing, but Ben soon discovers that Hugh wants more than just friendship. Meanwhile a savvy tavern maid named Jenny engineers a comedy of errors to save Ben from Hugh's lewd embrace and win him for her own.

When you’re done with my snog, head over to Victoria’s for more sexy kisses!

Oh, and since nobody claimed my prize from two weeks ago, I’ll renew the offer this week. Leave me a comment with your email address. I’ll draw one winner who’ll win his or her choice of three historical romance novellas: Shortest Night, Monsoon Fever, or Challenge to Him.



There was a rustle in the bushes. At last! Hugh sat up and loosed his cock from his breeches. The rigid flesh swayed back and forth, a one-eyed snake aiming to hypnotise its prey.

“Merde!” Hugh rose, alarmed. It was a woman’s voice, not Ben’s sweet feminine tones but a real woman. She stumbled into the clearing, her high-heeled slippers clearly inappropriate for the terrain. Hugh shrank back into the shadows of a huge oak, watching the intruder.

She circled the glade, stepping over the slabs that littered the grassy floor. “Jon?” she called softly. “Jonathan? Are you here, my dear?”

The summer breeze sighed through the branches. Otherwise, all was silent.

“Jonathan, mon cher. Don’t tease me! I’ve come all this way, and I’m tired and mussed, and I do want you so much. Come out now!”

She did look a bit disheveled, but the effect was attractive. Jet curls that had worked their way free strayed fetchingly over her bare shoulders. Her black satin overskirt was torn in one place, revealing a shapely ankle and calf that made Hugh’s mouth water. Her ample breasts were heaving from exertion. Indeed, they threatened to escape her fashionably extreme dĂ©colletage.

“You are such a little devil,” she went on, her French accent adding to her appeal. “I know you are in the bushes somewhere, hiding, watching me. You are punishing me for my little games this afternoon. Well, I am quite happy to have you watch. Let me show you what you are missing, mon petit chou.”

She began to disrobe. Hugh started to cry out, to warn her. Then he held his tongue.

As if she knew where he was concealed, she turned to face the ancient oak. Reaching behind her, she unlaced her bodice and pulled it off her shoulders. Her skin gleamed like marble under the moon. A pendant like a robin’s egg lay nestled between her breasts, sending off green sparks when it caught the light.

Now she was working at her skirts, untying and unfastening, struggling to free herself from the many layers of cloth that encumbered her limbs. Finally, she shimmied out of her shift, kicking it across the glade with the pointed toe of her slipper. “There. Are you happy now? Do you like what you see, little man?”

She stood, arms extended slightly, and rotated so that he could appreciate every perspective. She was magnificent, from her swelling breasts to the pale columns of her thighs to the ripe bulb of her ample bottom. A dense black thicket of glossy curls obscured her sex, but Hugh thought he caught a whiff of her musk on the midsummer breeze.

“Please, Jon, that’s enough. Please come out, come out and take me. I need you, need you inside me. Don’t play anymore, s’il vous plait…”

Hugh stepped into the clearing, his cock bobbing in the moonlight. “Madame. I fear that I am not the man you expect. Still, if you’ll allow me…” He swept her into his arms and buried his face against her neck, breathing deep of her earthy scent. She moaned, grinding her body against his. Her pubic fur brushed over his cock and he stabbed forward, seeking entrance.

“Lay me down in the grass, stranger,” she murmured. “Open me. Take me.”

It wasn’t the surrender that Hugh had imagined, but it was sweet all the same. He sank his dick into her drenched folds. She gripped him and pulled him deeper, wrapping her legs around his hips. They rocked and bucked together. He’d try to retreat, to thrust, but she would only hold him more tightly, squeezing his flesh, sending ripples of pleasure travelling up his cock.

He was on top, but she was in control, hot and wild, more artful and experienced than any of the many women Hugh had known. As she exploded in climax, her flesh vibrating around his, Hugh wondered for the first time whether he wasn’t missing something in his endless pursuit of virgins. Then her inner muscles clenched down on his overstimulated cock, obliterating all thought. Jism boiled up his shaft and flooded her cavern. Pleasure as intense as pain roared through his limbs. Brilliance that dimmed the moon shone behind his closed eyelids.

Ten minutes later, he was still shaking.

The lady rolled him off onto the grass. Leaning on one elbow, she scrutinised his face. “I know you,” she said finally. “You’re one of the actors, from Shakespeare’s company.”

“Hugh Templeton,” he said wearily. “At your service.”

 “And very fine service it was,” she laughed. “So, did Jonathan send you, that scamp?”

“Jonathan?”

“That short, handsome young fellow that just joined the troupe. The one with the face so soft it’s almost girlish. He promised to meet me here.”

“You don’t mean Ben? The lad who plays Titania?”

“No, no! Jon is shorter and slighter than Titania. Very intelligent and well-spoken, too, though he seemed a bit shy. At least, until he proposed to meet me here. All at once he turned quite bold.”

Hugh suddenly remembered the young messenger that he’d sent to Ben. Who was he? What was going on?

He tried to sit up, but the lady pressed him back to earth. “Now, don’t be in such a hurry. The night is young.” She leaned over and kissed him, her tongue brazen and exciting. “I’m Cecile, by the way. Cecile LĂ©fevrier.” She straddled him and rubbed her damp bush over his limp member. To his amazement and dismay, his cock began to stir and harden. She bent to take him in her mouth, accelerating the process of engorgement. Hugh moaned. After his apocalyptic spending, the sensations were unbearably acute.

“Actually, I’m also in the theatre business,” she commented as she sheathed his resurgent cock in her tight, wet channel. She rode him hard, every downward thrust burying him deeper. Hugh groaned in pleasure and despair.

“Perhaps, we should talk about your career.” She ground her pubis against him and convulsed in another shuddering climax. “Later…”

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