Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
"Still The One" by Renée Alexis. Over two decades have passed since Ethan has seen pharmacist Beverly, his older sister's best friend at one time. However, he has come looking for the woman who has haunted his soul (and a hidden body part) for twenty years as all women he has met do not compare to fulfilling his fantasy, which she is ready to do as he is a hunk of a brother.
"Her Wildest Fantasy" by Sydney Molare. The Video sex club allows its membership to do just about anything and everything imaginable and some not so is offered. Sonata is a first time guest so is stunned not so much by the erotic hedonism, but that two hanging hunks want her. She decides two for the price of one is her wettest dream.
"Pure Pleasure" by Fiona Zedde. A workaholic professor Julian never does anything for pleasure except when he sleeps; as wet dreams are his nocturnal fun time. When he meets Tamarind, the mother of a student, he no longer has to fantasize his deepest desires as reality is so much better than virtua reality.
These are three delightful erotic tales in which anything goes. Not for everyone, sub-genre fans will feel the heat throughout. Especially unique is Sydney Molare's first person account of a woman doing two men at the same time.
Harriet
Beaten by NunsK.A. WalkerPublishAmerica, 2006www.PublishAmerica.comISBN: 1424135877
In Hamilton, Montana, she was a child when her father took her out shooting. Her first effort sent three bullets at quite a distance through the same hole in the bulls-eye he set up. From that moment on she was expected to freeze her butt off and be the sharpshooter as her dad and his male friends went hunting. She would kill the animals, they would drink the beer. There is nothing quite like father-daughter outings to bring a family together.
Several years later, she interviews for a job when two background interrogators ask her questions about where her father is, his Teamster membership, and his ties to Hoffa. Irrelevant to her obtaining the job, she asks why this line of inquiry. She learns there is a warrant for his arrest in California on forgery charges though she thinks this is nothing like his activities in Jersey. There he enforced his strict Irish Catholic code of conduct as he had three requirements of her or else he will not walk her down the aisle.
This is a fascinating sad yet hopeful anecdotal tale as K.A. Walker bares her soul with specific incidents of her strange relationship she had with her father. The entries are amusing yet contain a gloomy undertone so that the audience deeply understands this dysfunctional relationship. Yet with all that happened to her, she remains optimistic and forgiving; serving as an inspiration that even when it seems hopeless, there remains a glimmering light for those willing to love first even if it feels unrequited.