The Blue Rose [Paperback]

Alison Tyler (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Ignited to the heights of passion by erotic tales of the Victorian age, a group of lusty young women are encouraged to act out their forbidden fantasies all under the tutelage of Mistresses Emily and Justine, two avid practitioners of hard-core discipline!

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Masquerade Books (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156333335X
• ISBN-13: 978-1563333354
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,264,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Called a trollop with a laptop by East Bay Express, Alison Tyler is naughty and she knows it.

Over the past 20 years, Ms. Tyler has written more than 25 explicit novels, including Learning to Love It, Strictly Confidential, Sweet Thing, Sticky Fingers, and Something About Workmen (all published by Black Lace), as well as Rumors, Tiffany Twisted, and Melt With You (Cheek). Her novels and short stories have been translated into Japanese, Dutch, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Spanish. Her stories have appeared in more than 100 anthologies.

When not writing saucy short stories, Ms. Tyler edits erotic anthologies. She's recently completed her 50th collection, Alison's Wonderland (Harlequin, 2010). Her best-selling titles include Naughty Fairy Tales from A to Z (Plume), Naked Erotica (Pretty Things Press), and Best Bondage Erotica (Cleis Press).


Ms. Tyler is loyal to coffee (black), lipstick (red), and tequila (straight). She has tattoos, but no piercings; a wicked tongue, but a quick smile; and bittersweet memories, but no regrets. She believes it won't rain if she doesn't bring an umbrella, prefers hot and dry to cold and wet, and loves to spout her favorite motto: You can sleep when you're dead. She chooses Led Zeppelin over the Beatles, the Cure over NIN, and the Stones over everyone. Yet although she appreciates good rock, she has a pitiful weakness for 80s hair bands.

In all things important, she remains faithful to her partner of 15 years, but she still can't choose just one perfume.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A well-written lesbian erotic book., June 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Blue Rose (Paperback)

The author of the review above appears to be reviewing a different book by Alison Tyler which is called "The Silver Key." The Blue Rose is Alison Tyler's first Masquerade book. It's awfully good, in my opinion, filled with interesting erotic twists, spanking, seduction, and hot girl-girl sex. Although set in a girls' dormitory, it is actually a modern take on the Victorian theme.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Softcore fiction from Tyler, May 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Blue Rose (Paperback)

It was not so easy to say wether this book deserved a 2 or a 3 rating. The main reason to end up with 2 is based mainly on my personal taste.

I expected the book to explore more of the D/s side of the life with the head mistresses at the Blue rose. Instead we follow the girls in very soft and tender (and well written) lesbian love fantasies which they share in a diary they keep hidden among themselves.

If that kind of erotica is your turn-on, The Blue Rose could score high, but there are tons of lesbian litterature dealing with that theme, especially with a victorian boarding scool setting. For me, fancying concensual dominant/submissive lesbian relationships wihth a lot of sex and a little punishment, this was a disappointment, because that was what i expexted from the book description.