Title: "I Do". An anthology in support of marriage equality
Authors: Various, see below
Forward by Alex Beecroft
Edited by Kris Jacen
Publisher: ManLoveRomance Press (MLR Press)
ISBN: 978-1-934531-70-9
Publish Date: 2009
Format: eBook
Length: 307 pages
Reviewer: Sassy Brit
Alternative-Read.com"I
Do" is an anthology in support of marriage equality. Not only do 100%
of the proceeds go to the Lambda Legal fund, to help in their fight
against the passing of California's Proposition 8 (a vote to make only
a marriage between a man and woman legal), but you also get twenty
erotic stories of love and commitment from an elite and popular list of
M/M, F/F and GLBT writers. Now that's putting your money where it
counts!
Included is a table of contents which provides a heat
rating for each story - sweet, spicy, or scorching - so you can go
directly to your favourite type. Talking of favourites, I would love to
mention all twenty stories, they really are all very good, and here are
some thoughts on a few.
When Nicole's car breaks down, she turns
to Maggie, the owner of Bellweather Inn, where memories are made, as
the two women make the most of a chance meeting in
Making Memory by Lisabet Sarai. A tender f/f read, where sparks fly. And I'm not talking spark plugs.
After
the death of his wife, Gloria, Richard is having to deal with severing
past connections. Luckily for him, love finds no bounds in the guise of
a patient and understanding, Neil. A sad, yet heart-warming story of
one man's insecurities and his struggle to learn to love again. And
this time it feels so right in
Swansong by Sharon Maria Bidwell.
Joe,
once an unemployed drop out from a council estate in England, has a new
future as a soldier in the disciplined military world of the French
Legion. But is he running away from what he is - what he hates about
himself - straight into the arms of Sergent Roux? Perhaps now he will
stop fighting against what he really wants in life.
Code of Honour by author Marquesate, is a wonderful tale which makes you wonder how far Joe will go just to prove to himself he is a man.
In
Tango and Temptation,
author ZA Maxfield, writes about Gabriel Aimar, who is selling himself
as a time stepping Tango Master. Xander Farmington and his fiancee
request Tango lessons in preparation for their wedding, and out goes
everything Gabriel has tried to hide as he pours out his heart and soul
on the dance floor. But he is not the only one who at first is putting
on a show, hiding his true self from the world. How should he play this
- Slow…slow…quick-quick-slow…?
They say a happy trick is a
generous trick, but when handcuffed to a bed and the police walk in one
cop, Rusty Donaldson, has a trick of his own up his sleeve. When one
door shuts another one opens, or should that be, when one cuff opens
another one shuts? Great fun for an unlikely couple awaits you with
this story,
The Mistake, written by P.A. Brown. Not so much a
mistake, but a blessing in disguise, if you ask me. This cop is
certainly not as "Rusty" as his name leads you to believe.
A
few lines about these tales is really not enough to fully portray the
sensitivity, love, vulnerability, and adoration the couples in these
stories show for each other. It's a big book, which covers a variety of
flavours with elements of conflict, emotion and surprise to keep you
flicking through the pages at top speed.
From a fairytale
theme, to the contemporary lives of two housemoving lovers, we take a
stroll down Sodomite's Walk, meet the stars of Landseer Studio, have
tea with the not-so-silly, Aunt Queenie, and envisage snowy scenes in
The Ice Queen,
by Erastes. Incidentally, the latter will warm the cockles of the most
coldest of hearts. This selection of well-written stories is for a good
cause, and like many of the characters, this book is well worth getting
your hands on.
Includes stories by ALEX BEECROFT, CHARLIE COCHRANE, FIONA GLASS, JEANNE BARRACK, P.A.
BROWN, ERASTES, TRACEY PENNINGTON, CLARE LONDON, SHARON MARIA BIDWELL, LISABET SARAI, STORM GRANT, MARQUESATE, LEE ROWAN, ZA MAXFIELD,
MOONDANCER DRAKE, MALLORY PATH, EMMA COLLINGWOOD, ALLISON WONDERLAND,
JERRY L. WHEELER, ZOE NICHOLS AND CASSIDY RYAN
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