Hard Candy [Paperback]

Angela Knight (Author), Sheri Gilmore (Author), Morgan Hawke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2005

If one man is good, then two are so much better. An erotic romance anthology for those who like it hot, hard and oh so wickedly delicious, with stories by USA Today bestselling author Angela Knight, and erotic romance rising stars Morgan Hawke and Sheri Gilmore. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This anthology is also available in e-book format, and contains material some readers may find offensive.

Product Details

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Publisher: Loose Id, LLC (June 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596321288
• ISBN-13: 978-1596321281
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,004,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very satisfying anthology, July 25, 2005

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Iris - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hard Candy (Paperback)

Hard Candy is the print version of an erotica e-book that contains three ménage stories involving two males and one female. Only the first doesn't include homoerotic sex.

Angela Knight's very short story "Hero Sandwich" plays in a world where super heroes are not unusual. The heroine is a former thief (forced by her vicious father) now turned paparazzi who is in lust with a super hero. She eventually has rather forceful sex with him and his brother and helps them catch her father's old colleague.
While the story is not badly written it is simply too short for any character development or real storytelling. This is a short story intended to titillate. More for her fans than anyone else.

The next story "Candy for her Soul" by Sheri Gilmore is a contemporary. It tells about a demon, Luke, who wants his human son, Nico, to find his heart's desire in the form of Natalie and David, both former classmates of his.
The story is well written and engaging as long as you don't mind ménage, m/m scenes and dominant elements. It is also long enough to get a feeling for the developing, sympathetic characters. Good erotic story.

Morgan Hawke's "Fortune's Star" is the chef-d'œuvre of this book and also the longest offering. The story plays in the same universe as her other "Star" sci-fi erotica novels but doesn't contain their very strong BDSM features; it has only a few.
The genuine fortune-teller Luxi is on the way to her new and boring job. On Port Destiny Station she meets Leto, a cyborg housing a human spirit, and Amun, diplomat and telepath. Luxi becomes Amun's assistant and their lover. They defeat an evil spirit, and she decides to stay with the two men.
This is one sensually erotic story! Morgan Hawke is an excellent writer who knows how to seamlessly combine sci-fi with erotica and a love story without ever losing her focus on the story. The world-building is thought-through and exciting, the characters are sexy, always true to how they are supposed to be and believable, and the sex is scorchingly erotic, the ideal combination. Ms. Hawke is a true storyteller with an immense talent for engaging the reader's mind and body.

If you're in the mood for an erotic read to titillate the senses, the last story alone is enough to justify buying this book. All in all a very satisfying anthology.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yummy!, August 31, 2005

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This review is from: Hard Candy (Paperback)

Well who couldn't love anything that Angela Knight has written? Her shopping lists are probably erotic! That said these stories are a bit scandalous and not for everyone. All of them are about menage a tois involving 2 men and one lucky woman. However, it's not all about the woman! Two of the stories highly involve male/male sexual situations, so be prepared that you may not feel comfortable with them.

Hero Sandwich- Angela Knigh
A great story of a super stealthy camera toting ex-villainess and the two comic book type super hero's that she spies on. The brother duo decides to extract a little revenge and see just how far Paparazzi is willing to go for an exclusive. A very tasty treat with a happy ending!

Candy For Her Soul-Sheri Gilmore
One of Satan's demons has started his own little southern family and after years of disinterest he decides his son should get everything he wants. That includes the TWO loves of his life. Bad boy Nico has been in love with geeky Natalie since they were little kids...unfortunately he showed it by tormenting her and Natalie fell in love with his bestfriend David. But David always wanted to be more than friends...This is a great, very well written love story. This is a bit explicit in the mens relationship and the love scenes were a bit rushed but as an all-around story it was great and I'd love to read more from this author.

Fortune's Star-Morgan Hawke
The longest of the three offerings this is a futuristic, space thiller with characters who are genetically modified, psychic, or android/ghosts. It's well written with great love scenes and inventive but a bit confusing with the heroine having various tallents and wanting to be dominated but still wanting to be completely independant. That said it is still good and the whole book is worth the price!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Perfect!, March 3, 2011

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Avid Romance Reader - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hard Candy (Kindle Edition)

The only reason I got this book was because there was a short story by one of my favorite authors Angela Knight. It was in this novel that I was introduced to two other authors, Sheri Gilmore and Morgan Hawke. I was shocked by how much I fell in love with them. Normally I don't like the other authors in these kinds of novels, but those two quickly became my favorites, topping even Angela Knight. Their stories were so perfectly done.