The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica [Paperback]

Alison Tyler (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2005

In The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica Alison Tyler brings together 24 playful, pansexual stories to jingle your sleigh bells and curl your mistletoe. On, Cupid! On, Prancer! On, Vixen!

Whether you've been naughty or nice, Santa has a treat just for you. Replete with visions of sugar plums, big juicy candy canes, and stockings eager to be filled, The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica is a campy, blazing-hot feast of holiday erotica that will have you wishing the season of giving lasted all year long. Lynne Jamneck’s “What I Really Want for Christmas” is a tale of friendship igniting to passion with the help of an interfering family, good whiskey, and a Santa suit. In Saskia Walker’s “Rapt,” two strangers share a cab into London on Christmas Eve and explore each other’s holiday packages. And in Tom Piccirilli’s “Spider Monkey Loves Rudolph,” a scorned screenwriter gets her revenge on an agent at a Beverly Hills Christmas party.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Scandalous yuletide adventures—I love it!" -- Violet Blue, editor of Sweet Life: Erotic Fantasies for Couples

"She's made her list, checked it twice—Alison Tyler knows who's naughty and nice!" -- Mike Ostrowski, correspondent, Playboy magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press (October 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573442208
• ISBN-13: 978-1573442206
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,029,835 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

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars XXXMas in July..., June 17, 2006

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Margaret Monroe - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica (Paperback)

... I mean, June.
This is a sizzling collection whether it's snowing outside or in the 90s. I snagged my copy from a friend's house, and now I know what I'm going to give all my girlfriends for Christmas! The stories are definitely kinky, and run the gamut from girl-girl to strangers in a taxi to unexpected holiday surprises. But the sure thing is that nearly all the stories will turn you on. (Yes, I liked some better than others, but I was super impressed by how many made me want to reach for my rabbit.)
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Collection of Holiday Love and Lust, December 7, 2010

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Emerald (Maryland USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica (Paperback)

In turns intimate, entertaining, poignant, and passionate--sometimes within the same story--this collection offers a plethora of engaging, stimulating erotic fiction centered around a Christmas theme. The characters in these stories relate to the holiday season from a variety of perspectives--anticipation, obligation, antagonism, excitement--but regardless of how they start off viewing it, the sizzling sexual encounters that await them transform their experiences of the holiday, their relationships, or even themselves. From season-changing encounters with strangers ("Rapt" by Saskia Walker, "Last-Minute Shopping" by Rachel Kramer Bussel, "Holly" by JT Langdon) to unanticipated twists between acquaintances or friends ("O Naughty Night" by Simone Harlow, "Christmas Past" by Alison Tyler) to Christmas surprises within established romantic relationships ("The Naughtiest Christmas" by Xavier Acton), I was repeatedly impressed by the creativity and originality the stories in this anthology encompass.

While the specific stories I've referenced above happen to be some of my favorites in this anthology, they are only a few examples of the many provocative, compelling, and heartfelt tales found within it. With a variety of sexual orientations, interactions (several of the stories involve varying degrees of BDSM), and configurations reminiscent of an overall celebration of sex in its numerous forms, _The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica_ is an enchanting collection of Christmas-themed, and invariably hot, sexual escapades. I highly recommend doing what I plan to and making its perusal an annual holiday tradition.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica, December 9, 2008

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Lori A. Owens "Eatingtree" (Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica (Paperback)

My husband bought it for me last Christmas, it was a GREAT read, recommend. At first I was why did you buy this for me and after I read it I was saying Thanks Honey!!! Great gift idea for girlfriends this year.