Guilty Pleasures - Historical Erotic Romances [Paperback]

Maria Isabel Pita (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Ah, can Pita write! Her prose is graceful, flowing and highly sensual, this author has a talent for rich description. -- Romance Divas

Maria Isabel Pita does not shy away from graphically describing erotic pleasure... There is plenty here to inspire and arouse. -- FORUM Magazine

Ms. Pita's elegant style of writing pulls at your senses. The characters and plots are always riveting and romantic. -- Just Erotic Romance Reviews

About the Author

Maria Isabel Pita is the author of three Erotic BDSM novels –Thorsday Night, “supernatural thrills combined with kinky sex” (For Women magazine) Eternal Bondage (a Doubleday Venus Book Club Selection) “Erotic excitement with a story line” (Sensuous Romance) and To Her Master Born , an Erotic Gothic tale re-printed as an exclusive hard-cover edition by the Doubleday Venus Book Club. Her Erotic Romances, Dreams of Anubis, Pleasures Unknown, Recipe For Romance and The Fabric of Love, were published exclusively for Barnes & Noble. She is also the author of the non-fiction books, The Story of M – A Memoir and Beauty & Submission, vividly detailed accounts of her training as a love slave. Both were featured selections of the Doubleday Venus Book Club. Maria lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Magic Carpet Books, Inc/Magic Carpet Books (June 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975533150
• ISBN-13: 978-0975533154
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #605,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Maria Isabel Pita was born in Havana, Cuba. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was four months old and she grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. Reading, writing and history have been her abiding passions ever since she can remember. In college she majored in World History and minored in English Literature and Cultural Anthropology. Since then she has traveled extensively and authored a series of critically acclaimed paranormal and contemporary romances. "Guilty Pleasures" is her best-selling collection of romantic stories set all through history. Maria is also the author of the historical epic "Truth is the Soul of the Sun-A Biographical Novel of Hatshepsut-Maatkare" and of "A Concise Guide to Ancient Egypt's Magic and Religion."

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars all consuming, passionate exploration of love and sexual desire, February 5, 2006

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Sassy Brit "alternative-read" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guilty Pleasures - Historical Erotic Romances (Paperback)

Pita's characters take us on an all consuming, passionate exploration of love and sexual desire from around the world, utilising cultures and centuries we can only imagine.

Maria Isabel Pita takes us through a collection of 18 erotic stories which capture the enthusiasm and passion of different women throughout the ages, with astounding precision. The author displays an unusual, albeit ingenious, imagination that opens the book with Out of Control, a short story set in futuristic Canada 2015. It's difficult to suggest favourite as I enjoyed them all, however, the stories which stand out the most include my literary trip to 1636 Transylvania, in Song of Blood, reading of the Secret Societies in Italy, 1500's, through to the year 3000 B.C, Crete in The Double Axe. Oh yes, then another solar system, Star Crossed and then a final pit stop in a parallel universe, Light After Breath. Should you wish to read from the last tale to first you can, as they are standalone stories, and can be read in any order.

What I liked about Guilty Pleasures is that with each tale comes a new premise, amalgamated with historical facts and wonderful, descriptive exposition. Every character is written with a fresh, unique outlook on love and life appropriate to the chosen historical era. This fact alone, hooked me from the first sentence, or at least the opening paragraph of each story. Ms Pita varies the pace of her writing, in a well-planned effort to intrigue and arouse the reader. All in all, Maria's ability to mix the erotic pursuits of her characters with entertaining, sometimes shocking twists and turns, ensures a believable, dynamic ending to each self-contained story. Out of the whole collection, there was only one story where the denouement wasn't quite as surprising (or perhaps interesting) as the rest, but that's not a problem, just a different style.

It is clear from Maria's writing, she a talented erotic writer who holds a passionate interest in history and their correlating cultures. Some of her stories are slightly peppered with an S&M flavour, but more often than not, the true sadistic behaviour of her characters are indeed the main source of nourishment and sexual satisfaction. These stories capture a mixture of cruel, sensual overriding power, and exotic scenes; intensifying the creative suspense of an exhilarating read and all consuming passions, not to be missed.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another sizzler from a HOT contemporary American author, July 5, 2005

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Rudolf Spoerer "dowadiddi" (Weston, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guilty Pleasures - Historical Erotic Romances (Paperback)

Maria Isabel outdid herself with this anthology of erotic short stories that span the world, time, and those oh so so naughty thoughts and deeds that make erotica so much fun to read .....


The 18 stories covering the authors musings' over the years from Toronto in 2015, Zanzibar in the 1800 to Egypt in 1000 BC are also so varied,from the gentlest of stories such as 'The Bride of Christ' where the author totally captures the sweet innocence of the erotic daydreams of a young nun in Portugal in the 17 hundreds, to 'Song of The Blood' a HOT 'no holds barred' erotic, deadly and blood filled sexual perversion of a warrior prince and his 'pit bull on steroids' wife, in Transylvania in 1636.


For my particular tastes, 'Secret Societies' from Italy in 1500's is probably some of the best erotica that the author has written.....very much on par, if not better than the best of Eururopen erotica authors over the years....


Avery very enjoyable diversion for any mood .... WOW

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo!, January 8, 2007

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Lady "Spinster" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guilty Pleasures - Historical Erotic Romances (Paperback)

Though some of the works here are better than others, such as "Milagro", and "The Integral", Ms. Pita offers enough of a variety with a master's stroke that most tastes will be satisfied.