I enjoy a little erotic fantasy or a good bodice ripping historic romance, but in The Devil Made Me Do It, author Amelia James presents everyday couples who could be your next-door neighbors or your best friends, with enough heat to melt the paint off the walls. Her characters are contemporary, realistic couples indulging in some of the most common erotic fantasies in loving, romantic, and playful ways. These are committed, loving couples doing what committed, loving couples do: having really hot sex.
The Devil Made Me Do It is a collection of short stories giving the reader quick, sexy doses of some of the best erotic scenes I've read. But the short vignettes aren't empty sex. Ms. James builds her characters masterfully so that we know and care for each one. We feel the emotions and understand the motivations of every playful scenario the couples choose. The reader is quickly drawn into the lives of each new couple and carried along on their erotic adventures.
The deep intimacy of long-term committed relationships is shown through the comfortable interaction between the characters. We have the pleasure of watching couples who aren't bored and looking for cheap thrills, but truly in love and looking for new ways to please the object of their desire. I've been married twenty-six years myself, and the emotions, thoughts, and erotic desires ring true throughout. My first reaction while reading was "we would enjoy that," or "we like doing that." I gave my copy of The Devil Made Me Do It to my wife when I finished reading.
I have often said that in my opinion, "if it ain't romantic, it ain't erotic." The Devil Made MeDo It is definitely cock throbbing, clit burning erotica, but it's also beautifully and playfully romantic. It gets my highest recommendation to all those looking for a little spice in their relationship, or interested in how erotic sex can be after years of practice. And the short-story-collection format allows the busy married-with-children reader to enjoy short, quick bites of pleasure.
