| Title | : | Steamlust |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1573447218 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781573447218 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 |
| Publication | : | First published October 1, 2011 |
Steamlust Reviews
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I realized something about myself whilst reading this one. I like Steampunk. I like erotic short stories. I am left in a state of confusion as to whether I enjoy the two together in one book. While the stories were entertaining enough to read, I somehow always felt a sense of disappointment upon finishing them. The Steampunk element to the stories mostly centered around mechanical contraptions or an automaton or something similar - mechanized limbs was also a commonality. Under normal circumstances I'd have no problem with these elements in a story, especially within the Steampunk genre, but the more I read about erotic contraptions of pleasure, or half-man/half-machine type sexual encounters (physical parts of whom often involved copious amounts of vibrating or some in-human ability to arouse the female protagonist to unfathomable levels of pleasure *rolls eyes*), the less I enjoyed the story. My favorite additions to this anthology were all involving (for the most part) two humans. Normal....appendages. Call me old-fashioned.
My favorite stories were 'Iron Hard' by Sylvia Day (on a side note, the titles alone provided massive amounts of 'snickering' material - I'm extremely mature in that sense ;)), 'Heart of the Daedalus' by Saskia Walker (although I take serious issue with her use of the word "puss". I don't know how many ways I must vehemently object to this even being considered a word), and 'Lost Souls' by Andrea Dale (although it ended too abruptly for my taste. When the actual sex only occurs in the final few sentences of an erotic story, something is a-wry). I did enjoy most of the others, but in all honestly, none of them floored me with their amazing-ness the way I was hoping. I think perhaps I need a full-length novel to truly enjoy Steampunk as a genre - short stories lack the epic quality of adventure that I find one of the most appealing elements of Steampunk in general. And apparently I like my sex...entirely human. So, all in all, an interesting experiment, but one that achieved limited levels of success. -
I found this book on the Steampunk Bookshelf on this site and I must admit I am not well versed in reading the genre of erotica, so I found myself smirking at all of the different terms used for various body parts throughout the text. (Highlights include her "cunny"; I kid you not.) Some of the stories were better than others, but overall it was certainly an interesting collection of erotic short stories set in a steampunk era. What I think is notable is that it is written by all female authors and from female character's perspectives. The downside of this was that it was a bit stereotypical of women sexually and it felt a bit limiting within traditional gender roles. For instance, many stories ended with the male character requesting the protagonist's hand in marriage, or committing to be with her until the end. It makes it appear that the women only slept with the men due to this promise, as opposed to some women just wanted to get their rocks off for one night. Furthermore, I think because of the authors trying to stick within a realistic Victorian era, many of the female protagonists are (well, now were) virgins. So these mind-blowing sexual encounters were also their first encounters. Well isn't that nice...and unrealistic. It seems that a more experienced and confident woman would be more apt for such rendevous and could garner more control of the situations, but that's the feminist perspective I personally would seek, not what the authors wanted to convey per se. Finally, there was also a bit too much of a pattern of the female protagonists saying "no" to these encounters and the male characters talking them into it. Again, I feel this feeds into a non-feminist perspective, the notion that it isn't acceptable for women to have sexual wants, and instead they have to be coerced. It also rings a tad of something more sinister, although in these stories the characters all do give consent, depite earlier protests. Yes, there were some strong female characters that bucked stereotypes as well, but it seemed more limited to their careers (scientists, engineers, pilots - yay!) and not when it came to the bedroom. Perhaps this is why I don't read erotica; I just can't ignore the set-up, plot and details. LOL! But I say this book is still worth a go if you like steampunk! I would be interested also to hear from straight male readers and what their take was on this collection.
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Simply put, Steamlust is one of the most gorgeous anthologies I've encountered. From the first page, I was dazzled, mesmerized, and relegated to a state of breathless arousal by story after story in this extraordinary, exquisite collection. Since I'm not very familiar with steampunk, I'm not sure what expectations I had of this anthology, but any notion of them seemed exceeded such as to render them obsolete by the end of the first story--a story, incidentally, that was one of my very favorites and which set the bar for the remainder of the collection exceptionally high.
Astonishingly--and delightfully--it met it. Each story greeted me with evocative and brilliantly clever renderings of inventive ideas and mechanisms, solidly imbued with the spirit and imagination around which I have the impression steampunk is centered. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the additions of the steampunk elements of time, inventiveness, machinery, etc., amidst the blazing hot and beautifully rendered romantic encounters this book offers. It's made me think that perhaps this is a genre of which I should seek out more, and I offer sincere thanks to the editor and authors for providing such a luscious, scorching, spellbinding introduction to it.
For anyone with any appreciation for erotic romance and/or any inkling of interest in or curiosity about steampunk, mechanical engineering, fantasy, or even historical settings, I recommend this collection without reservation and with utmost enthusiasm--and I hope with all sincerity that every reader enjoys it as much as I did. -
this book? it was bad.
i'm a huge sylvia day fan and love steampunk so i was ECSTATIC to find out about this book and then see a copy of it at my library.
my theory is that there was a very strict word/page count for each story. every one tried to cram in too much information; all aspired to have significant worldbuilding, likeable characters, and hot sex. it's a pick two situation, with most really not even managing that.
one of the stories, "green cheese," was also super racist. i will never understand how people can put in steam-powered flying aircrafts in an alternate reality but still stick to colonialist history. it's boring, do better.
i kept reading this because each story was so short, i kept thinking the next one has to be better, just finish this one, and i was so fucking wrong. i finished reading this today solely so i do not have to get up and open this book again tomorrow.
there is nothing good here. sylvia day's story is the first one, and she suffers from the same pacing issues as the rest of the authors.
do not read this. -
A cracking collection of steampunk tales, where buttoned-up Victoriana gets a modern, erotic twist. If your dream men are military captains, light-fingered thieves or absent-minded inventors, you're not going to be disappointed by the heroes on display, while the heroines are feisty yet vulnerable, fighting against the constrictions of the time that seek to place them in narrow, traditionally feminine roles. In Green Cheese, Lisabet Sarai imagines a world where the British and French are fighting for dominance over the moon and a diplomat's daughter finds romance with a businessman's son in an alternative version of Bangkok. Sacchi Green's Fog, Flight and Moonlight has a cross-dressing heroine and a breathtaking dirigible flight in the fog of San Francisco Bay, but the stand-out story is Christine d'Abo's beautiful tale of love, valour and sacrifice, The Undeciphered Heart. If you've never read any steampunk, this is a perfect introduction.
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'Steamlust: Steampunk Erotic Romance' (Cleis Press, 2011) is the third anthology of short erotica edited by Kristina Wright that I've had the pleasure to read. I very much enjoyed
Fairy Tale Lust: Erotic Fantasies for Women and
Dream Lover: Paranormal Tales of Erotic Romance, so I eagerly anticipated Wright's latest anthology.
On the other hand, I was slightly disappointed by Cleis Press' other steampunk title this year,
Carnal Machines: Steampunk Erotica, edited by D.L. King. I liked a few of the stories in that anthology, but others just weren't interesting enough. I believe the key to good steampunk is the same as the key to good erotic romance: the beauty is all in the details.
Fortunately, Wright's editing instincts do not fail her, and Steamlust is full of glorious details. It's the clockwork lovebirds in Sylvia Day's "Iron Hard." In Vida Bailey's time-travel adventure "Undergrounded: Hannah Hawthorne and the Stranded Time Ship," it's the giant copper bathtub with its jets and nozzles. It's Pete's "melted chocolate" eyes in "Green Cheese" by Lisabet Sarai and the contents of the secret room in Andrea Dale's spiritualist tale "Lost Souls."
My personal favorite of the collection was "Sparks" by Anna Meadows. It imagines a Victorian version of Prohibition and a young smuggler who makes illicit intoxicating spirits from delicate flower petals. She's reunited with her lost love, Ezra, possibly the anthology's most drool-worthy male: "The scent of violets and roses mixed with the soft spice of ashes and cloves. Cambric and ash: it identified him as well as a fingerprint." Even Ezra's perpetually dirty fingernails and calloused hands are endearing in this sensual tale. But then there's Ezra's violet lightning, a very neat little trick...
I don't think anyone will be disappointed by 'Steamlust.' It's all that it claims to be. There are plenty of spinning gears, mechanical limbs, automatons, airships and parasols to delight the steampunk fan. There are erotic twosomes and threesomes steamy enough to satisfy the erotica reader.
On a sidenote, Anna Meadows and I both wrote stories published in the Cleis Press anthology
Best Lesbian Romance 2010. Hers is called "Coming Out Party," and mine is called "Soaked." Andrea Dale and Sacchi Green also have stories in both anthologies. I have to admit, I've never read the entire anthology, but I think I will soon. -
Anthology 3.28 average which I am surprised by because I felt I had quite a few I didn't care for. There were some gems though.
1. Iron Hard by Sylvia Day. A pirate-esque man with mechanical body parts meets an inventor that he's been dreaming about. Instant attraction. Good story. 3-1/2 stars.
2. Heart of Daedalus by Saskia Walker. Lovers reunited and now it's a power struggle. A little too short because I think it would have been slightly better with at least 10 (or more) pages. 3 stars.
3. Fog, Flight and Moonlight by Sacchi Green. I'm not a big fan of the "dag-nab-it" kind of gal and except for these conversations that took place before the story, I do not see the attraction between the two. I probably would have understood it better if it were longer. 2 stars.
4. The Undeciphered Heart by Christine D'Abo. Story about lovers who sacrifice their lives for each and finally are able to be together. Good story. 3-1/2 stars.
5. Mr. Hartley's Infernal Device by Charlotte Stein. Dreams come true, at least I hope they do. Very good story. 4 stars.
6. A Demonstration of Affection by Elizabeth Coldwell. Now this story I would love to find out what happens next. A professor and his student find out they're both attracted to each other and when you throw in a robot, that's just the cherry. 5 stars.
7. Undergrounded: Hannah Hawthorne and the Stranded Time Ship by Vida Bailey. A bunch of time traveling thieves are stranded for awhile. There's some conflict that seemed a little contrived to me but the story was good. 3 stars.
8. Sparks by Anna Meadows. A spark of romance or love - I'm not sure what is real. 3 stars.
9. Green Cheese by Lisabet Sarai. A chance meeting leads to romance and maybe an end to a war. Good story. 3-1/2 stars.
10. Lost Souls by Andrea Dale. Well, I don't know what I feel about this story. A little strange. I'm not sure I even liked it. 2 stars.
11. Golden Moment by Lynn Townsend. A woman who leaves nothing to chance, gives herself to a man without knowing the outcome. Very short but good story. 3-1/2 stars
12. Liberated by Mary Borsellino. A liberated automaton and a pilot find some joy together. Good story, which it were longer. 4 stars.
13. Make Your Own Miracles by Nikki Magennis. A rich woman gives up everything for love. 3 stars.
14. Rescue My Heart by Anya Richards. A ruler of a floating city falls in love with 2 people and may have to let them both go. 3 stars. -
Rating 4.5
Steamlust is a compilation of Steampunk centered erotic stories. Steampunk is a cross between science fiction and fantasy that is more than just mechanical inventions. It also encompasses a view of the 19th century that is imagined and articulated in unexpected and delightful ways. Steamlust offers a variety of tales to capture a readers imagination. There are swashbuckling exploits among the clouds with fantastical airships; deeds of sacrifice and courage where life and limbs are forever altered; and mechanical automatons - some human in appearance – while another’s massive bulk traverses the land on spindly legs like the insects that inspired its creation. I’m in awe of the detail the authors within this anthology written into their stories and the characters they’ve imagined. There are rebels, thieves, captains of the sky, the prerequisite inventor or two and wonderfully, gutsy, heroines with the brains and courage to match any man.
All of the stories in this anthology are good, but for me, the best stories among them are those which intricately weave the mechanisms of steampunk with the romance and sexual expression of the characters. The cogs, gears and steam of the mechanical invention are not simply back drop to the story, but an integral part of the tale, whether it be a man’s mechanical fingers caressing and probing the body of his lover or the fascination and awe of a strong willed maid at the sight of a manly torso forged of metal and gears as well as blood, skin, and sinew.
Iron Hard by Sylvia Day, The Heart of Daedalus by Saachi Green, Sparks by Anna Meadows and Make Your Own Miracles by Nikki Magennis still resonant with me days after I’ve read them. For a wonderful blend of eroticism, passion and sheer poignancy, I recommend The Undeciphered Heart by Christine D’Abo. It is heartrending tale on the one hand, but a triumph of storytelling that was exquisite. There is something for everyone to enjoy in Steamlust and I highly recommend it. -
Full disclosure, I have a story in this anthology.
I was thrilled when I found out my little musing had been accepted into Kristina Wright's Steamlust anthology. I was even more so when I found out who some of the other authors were. Ms. Wright has pulled together some amazing stories, each one that illuminates a different aspect of what good steampunk means to me.
Now, I can't in all fairness comment on the individual stories, but I have to say as a reader, I loved this collection. I saved it as long as I could, only reading one tale a night. It was thoroughly entertaining and I plan on revisiting these stories again. -
After a while, this anthology was repetitive. What happened was it was a terribly repetitive anthology, with two minor exceptions. Girl meets steampunked boy, bangs steampunk boy. There were only 2 pieces that I truly enjoyed,and they were at the very end. The authors took care to make them different -- one was a woman of colour and a threesome, and the other was a really unique twist on the genre. I don't know if I'd recommend it for everyone.
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Steampunk SciFi & hot love stories--why didnt someone write this years ago?
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El Steampunk es un género con el que tuve desencuentros en el pasado y ya lo consideraba un asunto cerrado. O sea, ¿yo? ¿Leer Steampunk? No, gracias. Ya pasé por esto, ¿no? No. Porque cuando a "Steampunk" le agregas el adjetivo "erótico" aparentemente se transforma en algo que puedo leer sin querer llorar del aburrimiento.
"Steamlust" es una antología de Steampunk erótico, una combinación tan inesperada que funciona.
Está lleno de dirigibles, automatas, máquinas a vapor, engranajes, y ropa victorianamente hermosa. Y también está lleno de erotismo y escenas sexuales muy explícitas y muy... Muy mucho, básicamente. De verdad, algunas son UN MONTÓN. Pero eso es algo que me gusta, no una queja, ustedes entienden 😏
Hubo relatos que me encantaron y que adoraría tener libros enteros en su mundo y siguiendo a esa pareja. Pero también hubo relatos que me aburrieron un poco, o que ya hasta a mi percepción deforme de la verosimilitud en el romance le parecían un poco estúpidos.
La gran enseñanza que me deja este libro, es que no debo juzgar a los géneros literarios por las malas experiencias del pasado. Bueno, también me deja en claro que cuando pienso que algo no es para mí, si le agrego "erótico" al final puede que sí lo sea. No sé, para pensar. -
I read this and never counted the guilty pleasure for my reading challenge. The stories are diverse as far as the level of erotica and how steampunk is presented. However, this is a predominantly white and heterosexual book. (I think there are two queer mentions, but no actual erotica and one queer girl that has het sex.) There is one couple of color and one couple where the man is Asian and the woman is white. That was also the "hottest" story called "Sparks." "Iron Hard" was also hot and heartbreaking. "Undeciphered Heart" was amazingly written and the best overall story. "Mr. Hartley's Infernal device" stands out as well.
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3.5 stars
Short story romance can be difficult, and these were *short* short stories, so several seemed to have characters vowing eternal love to each other within hours of meeting for the first time. If your belief can be sufficiently suspended, they're still emotionally satisfying.
Lots of unique settings and setup; the sex itself was not super diverse--lots of heterosexual PIV, although the final story is a wonderful menage. Overall I think felt there was more variety in the latter half of the collection. -
It’s hard to rate this book because I adored some of the stories, but thought the writing of others left a lot to be desired (haha see what I did there). My favorite hands down was the last one - “Rescue My Heart” by Anya Richards. Overall, I was hoping for more diverse stories; the vast majority were very heteronormative.
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This was ok. Some stories were absolute hits and I wanted whole books of them, like the first and one of the ones about a mistake loving professor. But other ones were just ok and one I skipped entirely, it was horrible. A good timewaster, not a good read focus.
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Fog, Flight and Moonlight by Sacchi Green - 4
A little twisty, a touch of D/s although so mild I don't think it will bother anyone -
So first off I must say I have never read any sort of Erotica until this anthology. I stick pretty much to non-fiction, horror, and sci-fi genres and steer totally clear of anything that has any sort of romantic plot at the forefront of the story.
That being said, I loved that the characters in these stories were all strong-willed individuals. They knew what they wanted and weren't afraid to go after it. It just happens to be in these stories that the individuals that are involved mutually share a desire to perform the different acts in this collection. No twisted "partial consent" scenes and demoralizing acts. The characters in the stories truly want pleasure for each other and aren't just out for their own satisfaction. These stories were tasteful in their deliverance and definitely did their job in raising the temperature in the room.
Some stories definitely stood out more to me due to the author's ability to take a character and develop it within only a few pages and not leave you feeling like they were just using filler till they could get to the sex scenes. Lost Souls, Mr. Hartley's Infernal Device, A Demonstration of Affection and Rescue My Heart were some of my personal favorites, although there were many, many stories in this anthology that I would have no problem reading over again.
Lastly, Erotica put aside, I love Steampunk. The combination of fine fabrics and metal cogs and gears is beautiful. I've always loved the Victorian feel with the long skirts and corsets but I'm also a tom boy so when you add in a bunch a freakin' awesome machines, I'm sold. I read this book as my first leap into Erotica solely because of it's Steampunk setting. I couldn't read this kind of literature very often however. It was a great change and I thoroughly loved the read. I would recommend this to anyone who likes Steampunk and is trying to get into this genre for the first time. -
Steampunk. I accidentally fell into this genre when I picked up a book with a pretty cover and decided to read it. How fun it was! Cool Victorian mannerism, things, ideals, added in with a twist of taking industrialization to its science fiction- fantasy extreme.
When this book came to me I was just thinking I wanted to read more erotica, and with steampunk being fun and unique, I thought this would be the best thing for it.
Steamlust, as aforementioned, is an anthology. Each story is roughly ten pages long. My normal problem with anthologies is that it is extrememly hard for me to get to know the characters with only thirty or so odd pages to work with. That is not the case with Steamlust. The first story wow’d me (I’d venture to say it was my favorite) and just let me know I wasn’t in for the dreary anthologies where I feel like I wasted my time.
Each story has wonderful characters and focuses on a certain type of steampunk. One story may focus more of the innovations of the genere where another focuses solely on the machines themselves. There is always some fun aspect that takes the story from meh to marvelous.
Now, I can’t say all of the stories wow’d be the same as that first one did, but they were all enjoyable and a great way to get some quick reading in after a tough long day at work. I had no need to worry about getting caught up in the book and be roped in for 15 chapters, because each story was its own book.
This book has something for all romance loving steampunk fanatics. It is definitely steamy and some stories left me grabbing for my hand fan!
The moral is, ladies and gents, if you are into steampunk and don’t mind it with an emphasis on the steam, check Steamlust out.
If you don’t know what steampunk really is and are willing to get thrust into the realm of Victorian fantasy with clocks and goggles, give it a go! I am sure glad I did! -
I am sometimes leery when it comes to Anthology because I at times feel like I am missing something from the story or it doesn’t end well. This was so not the case with this anthology, there are some stories that I am hoping some of the authors will expand like Iron Hard from Sylvia Day (which by the way I did speak to her at the RAW convention and she did confirm with me she is extending this story YAY) and Green Cheese by Lisabet Sarai (I emailed her and asked and she said she might extend, so another YAY).
All these stories were filled with wonder and excellent imagines with robot companions and different body parts that were mechanical and at times vibrated. I loved how all the ladies were very strong willed but then again did not mind being swept off their feet.
I really enjoyed Anya Richards story Rescue My Heart, filled with so much emotion and love and intrigue. This story was beautifully done as she introduced the same sex relationship as well as the trio they truly are.
I was pleasantly surprised I enjoyed each and everyone of these stories because as some of you may know some anthologies don’t have the best stories. I highly recommend this book, I think Kristina Wright picked a wonderful cast of authors to fill these pages.
Each story is unique, filled with wonder, imagination and love.
Reviewed by Ive
Book was Provided by Publisher
Review Originally Posted @ Romancing the Book. -
A short story collection of 'Erotic Romance' set in Steampunk milieu. The Later is very much my fortee, the former not so much. Anthologies are almost impossible to rate reasonably. Some stories might be stellar, others subpar, and it feels unjust to the former to rate something solely on the basis of the later, yet I feel that's largely what I'm doing here.
On the balance the stories in the work are 'ok'. Not exceptional examples either of Steampunk fiction or of 'erotic romantic' fiction. As far as I can tell 'erotic romance' means that there is sex, but in the service of a 'classic' romantic relationship(the couple are expected to be happily ever after for example). To the credit of the authors in general, rarely did I find the sex itself or the romantic plots over-done or too cliche. Some of them were very good; one story of a sky-ship captain and a 'liberator' sewing automaton was a wonderful blend of a sort of bawdy comedy coupled with sci-fi tropes regarding robots.
In the end I'm not sure who I'd recommend this to; It has some good Steampunk elements, so if, like me, your deeply into such things it wouldn't be a bad thing to read at the cottage or in a situation you're not investing too much brain power into. Some-times you just want to eat a twinky. -
Think 50 Shades of Brass & Copper.
Here's the plot:
Mechanically inclined young woman discovers unattainable (rich & powerful) man of her dreams is actually her secret admirer. They f***, in fairly graphic detail involving corsets. He proposes marriage. The end.
Q: Wait, it's a collection of short stories, that's only the plot of one story!
A: No, that's the plot of all the stories (except the one about time travel, which was the sole highlight of the book). OK, I didn't read the last one ... maybe it's a gem. If so, sorry. Otherwise, the collection has all the breadth and wit of Letters to Penthouse c. 1976.
It is written by and for women, so there are more anatomical descriptions of Milord's Johnson than there are of the female curves, but otherwise, it's indistinguishable from any other formula "erotica" (see the hooker w/ a heart of gold in any cheap detective novel). It's like reading a shelf of "racy" romance novels distilled down to the names of job descriptions of the lead characters. -
The Steampunk era is really fantastic setting for sex. I loved the mix of machinery and flesh. Holla!
*Iron Hard by Sylvia Day: Vibrating Copper Fingers FTW! Seriously. You need know nothing else about this one but vibrating copper fingers.
*Heart of the Deadalus by Saskia Walker in Steamlust: Nothing like a good sword fight to get those juices flowin! And the Deadalus creation was wicked cool. I want one! The author's use of puss had me giggle like an immature idiot. That word cracks me up.
*Fog, Flight & Moonlight by Sacchi Green in Steamlust: Sex in a hot air balloon FTW! But not very good sex. Lost potential. I did love Maddy though. What a spunky gem of a whore she was.
There are more stories, but these are the first three... -
Erotic short steampunk romances, so a quick setup and then straight to the steamy stuff "of the human variety" (can't give the quote it's proper acknowledgement but it was the blurb to a samhain steampunk romance I read somewhere along the way:)
Iron Hard - Sylvia Day
Heart of the Daedalus - Saskia Walker
Fog, Flight and Moonlight - Sacchi Green -
The Undeciphered Heart - Christine d'Abo
Mr. Hartley's Device - Charlotte Stein
A Demonstration of Affection - Elizabeth Coldwell
Undergrounded: Hannah Hawthorne and the Stranded Time Ship - Vida Bailey
Sparks - Ann Meadows
Lost Souls - Andrea Dale
Green Cheese - Lisabet Sarai
Golden Moment - Lynn Townsend
Liberated - Mary Borsellino
Make Your Own Miracles - Nikki Magennis
Rescue My Heart - Anya Richards -
I've loved the steampunk aesthetic since I first learned what it was, so this collection was a real treat for me. It's not the easiest genre to write effectively in - less effective authors tend to slap some clock gears into a time travel story and call it steam punk.
This is one of the most even anthologies I've read, strong from start to finish, and while everyone was playing in the same basic timeframe, each author was able to put a different spin on the subject matter.
Despite the rigid rules & mores of the time period, the characters presented here all managed to find a way to be true to themselves. The heroines get theirs - the tech (OH! The tech!!!), the love, the orgasm, everything.
Highly recommended, whether you are familiar with the genre or not! -
The Undeciphered Heart - Christine D'Abo - 5
very sweet
Mr. Hartley's Infernal Device by Charlotte Stein - 3
I struggled through this, I started and stopped several times. It vaguely brought to mind the man behind the machine in the Wizard of Oz, it didn't really seem to connect -
"Iron Hard" - Sylvia Day ★★★
"Heart of the Daedalus" - Saskia Walker ★★★
"Fog, Flight and Moonlight" - Sacchi Green ★★★
"The Undeciphered Heart" - Christine d'Abo ★★★
"Mr. Hartley's Infernal Device" - Charlotte Stein ★★
"A Demonstration of Affection" - Elizabeth Coldwell ★★
"Undergrounded: Hannah Hawthorne and the Stranded Time Ship" - Vida Bailey ★★★
"Sparks" - Anna Meadows ★★
"Green Cheese" - Lisabet Sarai ★★★
"Lost Souls" - Andrea Dale ★★
"Golden Moment" - Lynn Townsend ★★★
"Liberated" - Mary Borsellino ★★
"Make Your Own Miracles" - Nikki Magennis ★★★
"Rescue My Heart" - Anya Richards ★★
