Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract (v. 3) [Paperback]

Carol Taylor (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Brown Sugar | Publication Date: December 30, 2003

An instant attraction, a lingering look, the electric touch of skin on skin, moments of passion that are unforgettable....if the first two Brown Sugar collections left you wanting more, then slip into Brown Sugar 3, as 19 of today's top writers reveal what happens when opposites attract.

The first Brown Sugar anthology and its follow-up, Brown Sugar 2, were literary and commercial successes. Brown Sugar won the Gold Pen Award for Best Short Story Collection. Now Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract brings you more original stories about desire -- be it impulsive, forbidden, or simply unexpected. As insightful as they are sexy, these selections range from subtly romantic to raw and raunchy, from conventional to seriously kinky. You'll satisfy your taste for brown sugar in this deliciously naughty collection.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The third volume in Taylor's successful series of African-American erotica gathers 18 tales highlighting a lusty variety of sexual scenes and appetites, but focuses on titillating liaisons between socially mismatched partners. Third-time contributor Preston L. Allen offers the disturbing "Who I Chose to Love," about the vengeful seduction of a virtuous evangelist by a teenage hoodlum's damaged girlfriend. Husband-and-wife team Denene Miller and Nick Chiles choose a subway platform as the setting for a fetishy tryst between a professional woman and a beggar violinist in "Play It Again," while Michael Datcher pairs a staid librarian and a teenage jock with a bum heart in "Happiest Butterfly in the World." A public prosecutor and a gangster make an unlikely but passionate pair in Sharrif Simmon's edgy "Love and the Game," and the spirit of a comatose teenage boy discovers Eros with the help of a flesh-and-blood older woman in Leone Ross's haunting "The Contract." The sex is hot, and it's not just het: newlyweds grapple with the husband's bisexuality in Patricia Elam's "Scenes from a Marriage," while a gay artist and his new accountant indulge in fantasies in John Keene's "Sums." Refreshingly honest, unflinchingly explorative, wildly erotic and sometimes just dirty, this energetic anthology should find its way to plenty of bedside tables.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Washington Square Press; Original edition (December 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743466861
• ISBN-13: 978-0743466868
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,807,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Erotica Done Well, May 16, 2006

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N. Egwim (Hyattsville, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract (v. 3) (Paperback)

I loved this book and the other 2 Brown Sugar installments. I plan on purchasing the 4th installment. If you like erotica, go for the Brown Sugar series. I enjoyed these more than anything Zane has written.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sexy,Sexy,Sexy, ...and Thoughtful, April 3, 2006

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Staci Beasley "Modern Muse" (Norman, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract (v. 3) (Paperback)

While I don't claim to be an erotica expert, I do own a few collections with various themes(fairy tales,water, and erotica for women). This was the first Brown Sugar collection I had read. I was happy to find first and foremost really sexy stories. Very little ick factor, some kink but not enough to alienate and fully realized characters. Maybe it is too vanilla for some, but I think too many erotic anthologies are weird for the sake of being weird. Unusual stories are great, but it is hard to relate to a jumble of esoteric and performance-artist queer erotica that is billed as a "Best of" collection.

"Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract" is a well-edited, richly drawn selection of stories. I say without irony that it is soulful, as in humanistic. While it is Black Erotica, I found it highly relatable for anyone. That which is good is fantastic. Even the okay stories are pretty good. Maybe two stories really suck. That is still a much better average than my previous purchases.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sexy and Intelligent, January 18, 2004

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Terrence (New Orleans) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract (v. 3) (Paperback)

Sexy and insightful. Whether it's a story to make you think, like Wanda Coleman's Harold and Popcorn or a story to turn you on like Shariff Simmons' Love and the Game, Brown Sugar 3 has something for everyone. Keep up the good work.
I'm ready for Brown Sugar 4!