Review: Christmas gets kinky
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2013
SANTA WORE SPURS is a collection of erotic contemporary western romance short stories by four different authors. Although I browsed instead of reading every story, they were all well written and edited. My review is primarily for TIED UP FOR CHRISTMAS by Desiree Holt since the author contacted me about this anthology.Bree Donovan is a likeable professional woman visiting Houston on business. Lonely and coming off a bad breakup, she decided to attend a private BDSM party, hoping to meet some people and assuage her loneliness. Bree is a "domme", although she seems to be suffering from a crisis of confidence thanks to her cheating ex-boyfriend/submissive.At the get together, Bree meets hero Rafe, a studly Texan dom who takes an immediate interest in Bree. The sexual chemistry between the hero and heroine sizzles on the page. Sex scenes are VERY explicit and utilize all of the buzz words.Now, BDSM is not my cup of tea and this story was more hardcore than I understood it to be. It contained descriptions of public displays of sex (performed by others), including punishment and anal, which I skipped. Not to say it wasn't well done. Merely that sort of thing is not to my liking.Bree was convincing in her curiosity to experience life as a switch (a dominant playing at being a sub). I found her to be likeable and I cheered when she finally told off her despicable ex-**hole of a boyfriend. Like also enjoyed Rafe's characterization. He was low-key and not pushy in the wannabe molester manner of a certain Grey-guy. I LOVED his self-confidence and flexibility that allowed him to redefine roles for the sake of a promising relationship. I was satisfied with the Happily For Now-ending.SANTA WORE SPURS will appeal to fans of Western romance/erotica who are looking for a collection of sexy stories set during the Christmas season.