Fantasy [Mass Market Paperback]

Christine Feehan (Author), Sabrina Jeffries (Author), Emma Holly (Author), Elda Minger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 26, 2002

In these four new novellas by today's hottest romance writers, a Victorian widow auctions off her most prized possession: herself...a beautiful jungle explorer discovers her own wild side...a bloodthirsty beauty gives in to her darkest desires...and a young woman turns an all-male academy into a school for seduction.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Jove (March 26, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515132764
• ISBN-13: 978-0515132762
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Anthologies

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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars FANTASY is terrific, erotic and ultimately - FANTASTIC!, April 9, 2002

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Desmond Chan (Bishan North Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fantasy (Mass Market Paperback)

Billed as a sexually tantalizing romance anthology, FANTASY emerges surprisingly luscious with its stellar ensemble of talents like paranormal romance writer Christine Feehan, Sabrina Jeffries, Emma Holly and Harlequin writer Elda Minger. Though uneven at times, FANTASY features some of the best short romances this year.

What a harvest for Sabrina Jeffries with her sparkling entry "THE WIDOW'S AUCTION"! It is hilarious and exhilaratingly passionate with her crafted characters at loggerheads. Isobel, Lady Kingsley objects violently to her arch rival, Lord Justin in his proposal for factory-work to be introduced in her demised husband's sponsored boys' school. To get her school out of financial doldrums, she impulsively auctions herself once in discretion for money to sponsor the students. The highest bidder turns out to be the delicious Lord Justin....

Erotica-writer Emma Holly offers an exotic romance that is out of platitude with Luisa traveling to the sacrilegious Tibet to cure her desire for blood for sustenance. She is a female vampire betrayed by past marriages and when he meets the student of a monk who is embarking on his vow, she finds love and temptation....

Elda Minger with Mr. Speedy is a gender-bending romantic comedy which tells of Miranda Ward, a reporter disguising herself as a man to enrol in an-all-male school for seduction. Bunking in with the infamous bachelor of all might prove a more difficult obstacle than getting the story....

Christine Feehan, in the riot of refreshing fantasy presented by other stories, pales in comparison with her surreal tale of Maggie Odessa returning to scan her inherited house in the deep jungles of Borneo. Little did she know that she will find more about her past and her destiny as the protector of the jungle through her soulmate....

Though uneven at times, FANTASY reigns with Jeffries's delightful contribution and Minger's wild escapade. Emma Holly and Christine Feehan undoubtedly elevate the erotic heat even with their uneven tales. FANTASY is terrifically entertaining, spicy and erotic to render it a fantastic anthology.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lip smacking read!, April 15, 2002

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"kmready" (Nashua, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fantasy (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book because of Christine Feehan but was pleasently surprised with 3 out of 4 of the stories.

Since Ms. Feehan is a favorite author of mine, I will start with her! :) If you have read any of her previous books, you should be familiar with her Carpathians. This novella is a bit different whereas we are in the jungle, in Borneo, and we are dealing with wereanimals. Mmmm! Here we are introduced to Maggie Odessa while she is on her way into the deep jungle to claim her inherited properties from her biological parents (she was adopted). While there she learns a little secret that changes her life forever and along the way meets a man.... :) Yummy!

My next favorite would have to be Elda Minger's story about a female reporter who goes undercover to get a story about an all male seminar concerning seduction. While doing this, she is introduced to the bachelor of her dreams but is forced to continue her role as a man...for a while that is.

After that it would have to be Sabrina Jeffries' story about a young beautiful widow who heads a council at an all boys school. She and a rivel always bicker about what is best for the school. Things finally come to a head and the council has to choose between either her plan or her rivals plan concerning a factory at the school. This throws her into a "mood" and her friend, who is also on the council, attempts to help her experience a little JOY in life. The friend offers to take Isobel to a Widows Auction where women are "sold" to the highest bidder for a night of passion. Her rival, Lord Justin, just happens to be there and wins her for the night. He tries to be a gentleman about it but we all know they were just PRETENDING to be rivals.....right?

My least favorite was definatly Emma Hollys story about a woman named Luisa who travels to the far off land of Tibet to find out if the monks can cure her of her need for blood. While at the temple, she meets a monk who is about to make his final vows and finds something that she has been without her whole life. But will he give in to her or follow through with his vows..?

It was definatly a great book. Every anthology has its weak point and its strong point for each individual reader. If any of the authors in this book is a favorite then you definatly need to read it!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very sexy anthology!, June 27, 2004

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CoffeeGurl - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fantasy (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought Fantasy because Emma Holly was featured in the anthology, but I was pleasantly surprised with two other writers in the book. I've never read anything by Sabrina Jeffries and Christine Feehan before, and their erotic stories in this book enthralled me from beginning to end. Jeffries's The Widow's Auction is my favorite story in the book. This Victorian novella centers on a young widow's desire to shatter her boredom by selling herself at a widow's auction. However, she hadn't anticipated that her buyer, the luscious Lord Justin, would give her pleasure so insatiable that one night wouldn't be enough. Christine Feehan's The Awakening is about two passionate were-cats who are in danger of being hunted and losing one another as a result. Emma Holly's Luisa's Desire is a paranormal romantica set in the seventeenth century. Luisa is an "upyr" who wants to end what she considers to be a curse. She no longer wants to crave human blood, so she seeks the help of a Tibetan monk hoping that he will give her spiritual guidance and peace. However, she hadn't anticipated the pleasure the monk supplies. And last but not least, Elda Minger's Mr. Speedy is a fun contemporary romantica about a reporter posing as a man at a how-to sex seminar. She wants to do an expose on the establishment, but gets more than she bargains for...

Sabrina Jeffries and Christine Feehan supply the best novellas here. Emma Holly's novella is quite erotic, but this isn't her best work. Luisa's Desire doesn't have the same cachet as Personal Assets, Beyond Seduction, Hunting Midnight, The Love Slave, and the erotic novels she wrote for Black Lace. She is still among my favorite authors though. I am glad that I picked up this book, for I've discovered two rather talented romantica authors. I will definitely give their novels a whirl. All in all, Fantasy is an erotic, sensual and romantic tour de force that guarantees to burn your sheets. Highly recommended...