Love and sex have always been intimately intertwined, and Passion shows just how well the two can merge. This collection of steamy stories combines rich and explicit imagery with tales of classic love, letting the best writers of erotic romance bring to life tales that can be read aloud in bed. From long lost lovers reunited to love at first sight to romance rekindled, Passion’s succulent stories quicken heartbeats and appeal to everyone, from the least to the most romantic of souls.
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"Passion delivers just what you would expect - super hot stories with sex that burns up the pages. Don't miss it!" — USA Today and Essence bestselling author Kayla Perrin
"Talk about a collection of stories to make you squirm in your seat! Chilly fall night or a quick pick-me-up to get in the mood—this is the one!" — Whipped Cream Reviews
"The only issue I take with the anthology is this: though it may be erotica for women, this should definitely be required reading for men. Definitely."
—Nine Naughty Novelists Blogspot
"Talk about a collection of stories to make you squirm in your seat! Chilly fall night or a quick pick-me-up to get in the mood—this is the one!" — Whipped Cream Reviews
"The only issue I take with the anthology is this: though it may be erotica for women, this should definitely be required reading for men. Definitely."
—Nine Naughty Novelists Blogspot
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Introduction: Getting Passionate
Passion. It can mean greed, desire, affection, love or simply, emotion. You will find all of those and more in the stories contained herein. As you read these twenty stories, you too will be swept away by passion as you travel to Paris and Greece (and Beverly Hills). You’ll get stuck in an elevator, take a bubble bath and a bus ride (not to mention some subway foreplay and flirting) and explore nature in some very intimate ways. You’ll find couples, and couplings by men and women looking (whether they know it or not) to spice things up in the bedroom.
Here, couples at all stages of their relationships (including the very beginning) kindle their passion in various ways, from exes who reunite to young marrieds on a naughty nature walk to those who mix business with pleasure. When Krista in “Crave You Close,” by A. M. Hartnett, tells Nicky, “I’m so used to having to hold my breath,” she is saying so much about their usual erotic m.o. At night, outdoors, she is free to make as much noise as she wants to.
These couples explore getting kinky, precisely because they feel intimately connected to each other. They go places, literally and figuratively, they wouldn’t dare without the other. They revisit old flames and nurture new ones; indeed, sometimes the men these women crave, such as Maya does in “The Silver Belt,” are not their husbands at all, but someone else, someone special, someone who is seeing them in an entirely new light. Those stories mingle with other tales of longtime lovers ignited to fiery scenes within these pages.
Passion can mean so many things, from the sexual submission of a caning to exploring new bodily territory–sexual experimentation, trying something you’ve fantasized about. It can mean makeup sex or role-play, a change of scenery or simply a change of thinking. It can mean looking at a lover, a husband, a boyfriend or a new boy toy with fresh eyes, sizing him up, baring yourself, daring him to come and get you.
Just as in real life, there are lovers’ quarrels within these pages, slights real and imagined, as couples find tender, erotic ways to heal their hurts and become even closer. There is an element of real, raw emotion in the way love and desire can as easily tear us down as build us up, that makes us appreciate each expression of romance all the more, because we know how truly special it is. I’m grateful these authors skip from playful romps to relationship-saving sex to tender memories to scorching sex scenes, together creating a book that will likely make you blush and make your heart swell.
As the narrator in one of my favorite pieces, “My Dark Knight” by Jacqueline Applebee, says, “I’m a not-so-hopeless romantic. I believe that chivalry still exists, I hope to find quiet nobility in the most random of places, and I believe that people who love each other can live happily ever after.” She finds a dark, very sexy knight who she rescues, seduces, and then...But you’ll have to read the story to find out.
Rachel Kramer Bussel
New York City
Passion. It can mean greed, desire, affection, love or simply, emotion. You will find all of those and more in the stories contained herein. As you read these twenty stories, you too will be swept away by passion as you travel to Paris and Greece (and Beverly Hills). You’ll get stuck in an elevator, take a bubble bath and a bus ride (not to mention some subway foreplay and flirting) and explore nature in some very intimate ways. You’ll find couples, and couplings by men and women looking (whether they know it or not) to spice things up in the bedroom.
Here, couples at all stages of their relationships (including the very beginning) kindle their passion in various ways, from exes who reunite to young marrieds on a naughty nature walk to those who mix business with pleasure. When Krista in “Crave You Close,” by A. M. Hartnett, tells Nicky, “I’m so used to having to hold my breath,” she is saying so much about their usual erotic m.o. At night, outdoors, she is free to make as much noise as she wants to.
These couples explore getting kinky, precisely because they feel intimately connected to each other. They go places, literally and figuratively, they wouldn’t dare without the other. They revisit old flames and nurture new ones; indeed, sometimes the men these women crave, such as Maya does in “The Silver Belt,” are not their husbands at all, but someone else, someone special, someone who is seeing them in an entirely new light. Those stories mingle with other tales of longtime lovers ignited to fiery scenes within these pages.
Passion can mean so many things, from the sexual submission of a caning to exploring new bodily territory–sexual experimentation, trying something you’ve fantasized about. It can mean makeup sex or role-play, a change of scenery or simply a change of thinking. It can mean looking at a lover, a husband, a boyfriend or a new boy toy with fresh eyes, sizing him up, baring yourself, daring him to come and get you.
Just as in real life, there are lovers’ quarrels within these pages, slights real and imagined, as couples find tender, erotic ways to heal their hurts and become even closer. There is an element of real, raw emotion in the way love and desire can as easily tear us down as build us up, that makes us appreciate each expression of romance all the more, because we know how truly special it is. I’m grateful these authors skip from playful romps to relationship-saving sex to tender memories to scorching sex scenes, together creating a book that will likely make you blush and make your heart swell.
As the narrator in one of my favorite pieces, “My Dark Knight” by Jacqueline Applebee, says, “I’m a not-so-hopeless romantic. I believe that chivalry still exists, I hope to find quiet nobility in the most random of places, and I believe that people who love each other can live happily ever after.” She finds a dark, very sexy knight who she rescues, seduces, and then...But you’ll have to read the story to find out.
Rachel Kramer Bussel
New York City
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Plot Summary: Twenty writers contribute to this collection of contemporary erotica with a heavy emphasis on romance, long-time lovers, and new couples. Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel (who is also a contributor), "Passion" is a collection that will appeal to romance fans who believe that true passion can only be found where the heart follows.
"When you're together long enough, sometimes even the hottest sex starts to seem rote. Your body might respond, get wet, hard, perk up, but your mind starts to drift and once it does, it's a goner. To be honest, I never that thought that would happen to me, or rather, us."
That opening from Rachel Kramer Bussel's story, "Five Senses," sums up the spirit behind many of the stories within Passion: Erotic Romance for Women. It will speak to women who have been with their partners, lovers, and husbands for many years, past the point where the hunger for each other is automatic, but it's also far from forgotten. Speaking as a woman coming up on a ten-year anniversary myself, I found these stories inspirational, touching, and deeply sensual. It definitely qualifies as erotica for women, because the love they're expressing in a physical sense feels real and heartwarming. It warms other body parts as well, but to me, the success of this collection is in the emotional intent intertwined with the passion. True romance fans should find themselves quite at home here.
"Autumn Suite" by Suzanne V. Slate was absolutely beautiful, with a wife who is overcome when she hears her husband play their favorite piece on his cello, and they make love on a bright Sunday morning. It's such an intimate scene and the ending made me sigh. The collection is filled with stories of long-married couples who reconnect in new and old ways, in hotels with big beds, on picnic tables, and on car hoods. The setting is usually special for the couple and brings back memories while making some new ones at the same time.
So that covers roughly half of the stories, but what about the others? Well, they're just as yummy, because there's nothing like falling in bed, and falling in love in the process. There are several excellent `new encounter' type stories, and two that stood out for me were commuter romances. There's something about being stuffed into a small space with an attractive stranger that works magic. "An Easy Guy To Fall On" by Annabeth Leong was practically a mini-romance novel within the length of a short story, and I savored the conflict that was part of the journey. "The Morning Ride" by Delilah Devlin is for anyone who has entertained dirty thoughts about someone across from them on a subway car, and wished that their fantasies would lead somewhere real.
Passion is a great collection for readers who don't find their inspiration in anonymous, one-night-stand encounters, but in long-time love, new passion, and couples who know that they're meant to be together.
"When you're together long enough, sometimes even the hottest sex starts to seem rote. Your body might respond, get wet, hard, perk up, but your mind starts to drift and once it does, it's a goner. To be honest, I never that thought that would happen to me, or rather, us."
That opening from Rachel Kramer Bussel's story, "Five Senses," sums up the spirit behind many of the stories within Passion: Erotic Romance for Women. It will speak to women who have been with their partners, lovers, and husbands for many years, past the point where the hunger for each other is automatic, but it's also far from forgotten. Speaking as a woman coming up on a ten-year anniversary myself, I found these stories inspirational, touching, and deeply sensual. It definitely qualifies as erotica for women, because the love they're expressing in a physical sense feels real and heartwarming. It warms other body parts as well, but to me, the success of this collection is in the emotional intent intertwined with the passion. True romance fans should find themselves quite at home here.
"Autumn Suite" by Suzanne V. Slate was absolutely beautiful, with a wife who is overcome when she hears her husband play their favorite piece on his cello, and they make love on a bright Sunday morning. It's such an intimate scene and the ending made me sigh. The collection is filled with stories of long-married couples who reconnect in new and old ways, in hotels with big beds, on picnic tables, and on car hoods. The setting is usually special for the couple and brings back memories while making some new ones at the same time.
So that covers roughly half of the stories, but what about the others? Well, they're just as yummy, because there's nothing like falling in bed, and falling in love in the process. There are several excellent `new encounter' type stories, and two that stood out for me were commuter romances. There's something about being stuffed into a small space with an attractive stranger that works magic. "An Easy Guy To Fall On" by Annabeth Leong was practically a mini-romance novel within the length of a short story, and I savored the conflict that was part of the journey. "The Morning Ride" by Delilah Devlin is for anyone who has entertained dirty thoughts about someone across from them on a subway car, and wished that their fantasies would lead somewhere real.
Passion is a great collection for readers who don't find their inspiration in anonymous, one-night-stand encounters, but in long-time love, new passion, and couples who know that they're meant to be together.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Passion, the emotion, is a double-edged sword. When I think of that aspect of it, the danger and the power, I think of the lyric from the Ella Fitzgerald song `Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered' that goes "Couldn't sleep, wouldn't sleep, when love came and told me I shouldn't sleep". Passion wakes us from and keeps us from sleep. It makes us do stupid things; it makes us do brave things. So, what about the anthology "Passion: Erotic Romance for Women" edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel? Does it keep us from sleep? Does it evoke that double-edged emotion?
Why, yes, it does, and very nicely at that. It contains spicy stories that ran a gamut of passionate experiences. And I, for one, passionately disagree with the title. It's a marketing thing, I realize, but women aren't the only ones who like strong writing and characterization in their erotica. Marketing issues aside, it's another solid collection from Bussel, so let's give some highlights, shall we?
In "Big-Bed Sex" by Donna George Storey, a ritzy hotel with a giant bed provide a "grander canvas" for a wife and her husband the role-playing fun that ensues.
In "My Dark Knight" by Jacqueline Applebee, a café-goer learns that chivalry is not dead when the manager takes a special interest in her well being after a scary encounter with a dog, and invites her to his place - an apartment replete with armor and swords and, now, a princess to serve.
In "Dear In The Headlights" by Angela Caperton, even a car accident will not keep a woman from an anticipated tryst, as she provides her own auto club service for her stranded husband.
In "Autumn Suite" by Suzanne V. Slate, a cello player rouses the passions of his woman with a memory and some well-played Bach.
In "The Silver Belt" by Lana Fox, a woman finds that the right accessory makes the outfit and ignites a torrid affair.
In "Five Senses" by editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, a woman takes us on a tour of the sensory during a sexy night in.
"Crave You Close" by A. M. Hartnett shows a couple hit hard by the recession, but rich with each other.
"An Easy Guy To Fall On" by Annabeth Leong, is a slow-burning tale of a bumpy bus ride and an ignited spark that has to cross cultural barriers before it can fully be a flame.
In "Third Time's The Charm" by Charlene Teglia, a broken elevator forces an overdue conversation, encourages an explosive tryst, and helps reboot a relationship.
In "If" by Emerald, our wedding-party heroine is tormented by fantasies of a groomsman. But, then, what of her boyfriend, whom she loves so deeply?
In "Getting It Right" by Theresa Noelle Roberts, a couple gets a do-over on a caning scene gone wrong, and this time gets it very, very right.
Why, yes, it does, and very nicely at that. It contains spicy stories that ran a gamut of passionate experiences. And I, for one, passionately disagree with the title. It's a marketing thing, I realize, but women aren't the only ones who like strong writing and characterization in their erotica. Marketing issues aside, it's another solid collection from Bussel, so let's give some highlights, shall we?
In "Big-Bed Sex" by Donna George Storey, a ritzy hotel with a giant bed provide a "grander canvas" for a wife and her husband the role-playing fun that ensues.
In "My Dark Knight" by Jacqueline Applebee, a café-goer learns that chivalry is not dead when the manager takes a special interest in her well being after a scary encounter with a dog, and invites her to his place - an apartment replete with armor and swords and, now, a princess to serve.
In "Dear In The Headlights" by Angela Caperton, even a car accident will not keep a woman from an anticipated tryst, as she provides her own auto club service for her stranded husband.
In "Autumn Suite" by Suzanne V. Slate, a cello player rouses the passions of his woman with a memory and some well-played Bach.
In "The Silver Belt" by Lana Fox, a woman finds that the right accessory makes the outfit and ignites a torrid affair.
In "Five Senses" by editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, a woman takes us on a tour of the sensory during a sexy night in.
"Crave You Close" by A. M. Hartnett shows a couple hit hard by the recession, but rich with each other.
"An Easy Guy To Fall On" by Annabeth Leong, is a slow-burning tale of a bumpy bus ride and an ignited spark that has to cross cultural barriers before it can fully be a flame.
In "Third Time's The Charm" by Charlene Teglia, a broken elevator forces an overdue conversation, encourages an explosive tryst, and helps reboot a relationship.
In "If" by Emerald, our wedding-party heroine is tormented by fantasies of a groomsman. But, then, what of her boyfriend, whom she loves so deeply?
In "Getting It Right" by Theresa Noelle Roberts, a couple gets a do-over on a caning scene gone wrong, and this time gets it very, very right.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Miss Kay
Format:Paperback
"Passion" is a good collection of erotica written for women. Honestly, I wouldn't say that it's for women-only. If you enjoy the idea of romance with your sex or enjoy the idea of flirting and seduction, it'd be a good collection of stories for either gender. The book is 224 pages long and includes 20 different erotic stories. The theme for this book ends up being "Passion and Romance".
This means that all of the stories follow a couple - whether they've been dating for years or haven't started dating yet - throughout some romantic or passionate seductive that one of the partners has been planning. This leads to quite a few different plots - one where a couple who is breaking up is stuck in an elevator, one where a woman is coming to "rescue" her man whose tire blew out, another is in Paris where she finds a man while trying to find the bar, and there's are so many other plots. The book is full on a variety of plots, locations for sex, and the sex itself.
Something worth mentioning: All of the stories in this collection are heterosexual. There are no threesomes, female/female pairings, or male/male pairings. All of the stories are between a male and female. The stories don't usually include much BDSM-type stuff in them. There is some kinky stuff like outdoor sex, but for the most part, it's usually non-kink related.
That's not to say that it isn't hot. All of the stories are at least mildly arousing with some of the stories being very arousing. It's hot to read about the seduction and romance - and sometimes "desperation" that goes along with the sex stories. There's a lot of sexy stuff included in this anthology, and I'd highly recommend it if you enjoy having a bit of romance thrown in with your sex.
This means that all of the stories follow a couple - whether they've been dating for years or haven't started dating yet - throughout some romantic or passionate seductive that one of the partners has been planning. This leads to quite a few different plots - one where a couple who is breaking up is stuck in an elevator, one where a woman is coming to "rescue" her man whose tire blew out, another is in Paris where she finds a man while trying to find the bar, and there's are so many other plots. The book is full on a variety of plots, locations for sex, and the sex itself.
Something worth mentioning: All of the stories in this collection are heterosexual. There are no threesomes, female/female pairings, or male/male pairings. All of the stories are between a male and female. The stories don't usually include much BDSM-type stuff in them. There is some kinky stuff like outdoor sex, but for the most part, it's usually non-kink related.
That's not to say that it isn't hot. All of the stories are at least mildly arousing with some of the stories being very arousing. It's hot to read about the seduction and romance - and sometimes "desperation" that goes along with the sex stories. There's a lot of sexy stuff included in this anthology, and I'd highly recommend it if you enjoy having a bit of romance thrown in with your sex.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Passion: Erotic Romance for Women
The stories I have read so far seem to short and not enough character developement to really pull in my interest.
Published 9 months ago by CB
2.0 out of 5 stars
Meh
Yes, the action is hot, but the quality of the writing is uneven. What bothers me most are the stories that take place in the UK. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Gamba Girl
3.0 out of 5 stars
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The book is really good, it just wasn't quite what I expected. The short stories work better for me cause I do not get alot of time for peace and quiet.
Published 12 months ago by tiredmom
5.0 out of 5 stars
PASSION makes the world go round.
Love may make the world go round, but it is Passion who is in the driver's seat. Passion that explores. Passion that pursues. Passion that conquers. Read more
Published on February 4, 2011 by Maria delCarmen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent real world romance and hot sex
Passion - Erotic Romance for Women is an excellent collection of 20 erotic short stories. What I liked is that they take place in the real world, where people bring crock pots to... Read more
Published on December 17, 2010 by Rebekah
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sex + Romance = Fun
I thought this was a good collection, particularly for someone who may be newer to erotica. It's inviting and also focuses on ways that couples who have been together for a long... Read more
Published on December 3, 2010 by Diana O
4.0 out of 5 stars
Heavy on the romance, light on the kink
"Passion" is a collection of 20 short erotic romance stories. Each story is about a heterosexual couple in various stages of relationships - old, new, rediscovered. Read more
Published on November 30, 2010 by D. Zalewski
4.0 out of 5 stars
Attention Men: Want a gift that gives back?
"Passion" is a collection of short stories that will get your temperature rising in the cold months. Read more
Published on November 30, 2010 by Angel
4.0 out of 5 stars
Got Passion?
The stories in this book are sizzling hot. It took me longer than usual to read this book because it was so intense! Read more
Published on November 30, 2010 by Wildscribe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Passonetly tame yet full of spice
Passion is a wonderful collection of erotica for those who enjoy romance, thrill of the chase/seduction, and a bit of foreplay. Read more
Published on November 23, 2010 by Dez
