A review by corrie
Escape to Pleasure: Lesbian Travel Erotica by Sandy Lowe, Victoria Villasenor

4.0

Escape to Pleasure: Lesbian Travel Erotica, edited by Sandy Lowe and Victoria Villasenor was an enjoyable collection of erotic short stories in exotic locations. As usual when you have a mixed group of authors, some you will like more than others.

My absolute favorite was Mistakes Happen by Brit Ryder (Kris Bryant). She writes the hottest strap-on scenes in lesfic land. If you haven’t read Shameless (her other steaming hot short story featuring the same character Emery Pearson) you should do now.

Other stories that worked for me were The Lodge by Aurora Rey (a sexy top in a ski resort), Remain Overnight by Kara A. McCleod (2 secret service agents in a hotel room), XO, Beatrix by Jane C. Esther (sex on a house boat), Galapagos Dreams by N. R. Dunham (sex with the nanny) and A Fantasy Getaway by Jeannie Levig (role-play in a hotel).

Green Gables and Golden Opportunities by Allison Wonderland was a bit of an odd duck. It was funny but a lot of the puns (and there were too many) went over my head because of my sketchy Anne of Green Gables knowledge. And the joined Elvis/Prince gang-bang in Battle of the Bands over Desperation Pie by Ina Brix made me feel a bit uncomfortable. In the hiking story Like a Flash Flood by T.C. Mill I did not care much for the sex scene (outdoors in the sand… yuck) but I thought the nature descriptions were vivid and really beautiful.

I think it’s a nice diverse anthology to have on your night stand.

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Themes: indoors and outdoors sex, sex abroad, sex in exotic locations, sex with strangers, sex with your partner, role-play, strap-on, a bit of light topping, gang-bang with Elvis impersonators, sex after having being shot (yeah, that was a bit of a stretch).

4 stars

* A free copy was provided by Netgalley and Bold Strokes Books Inc. for an honest review.