"Literary erotica- extraordinary."

Thank you to Jeremy Edwards for sending me the link to this unbelievably fabulous review of Playing with Fire by Roxanne Rhoads:

My favorite line: Playing with Fire has to be one of the best collections of erotica that I have read.

Damn!

And I like this, too: Alison Tyler knows how to choose the best, most erotic and stimulating stories for her collections. Not only are these stories hotter than hot they are brilliant works of art crafted skillfully; the words are sensual, seductive, artful and erotic.

She highlighted her favorite stories (kudos to Sommer Marsden, Shanna Germain, Nikki Magennis, Teresa Noelle Roberts, and Jeremy Edwards—and nicely summed up the book as a whole. Ta very much, RR!

XXX,
Alison

P.S. Gorgeous photograph is by the bunny cage.

I ❤ Violet Blue

Playing with Fire not only made the Hottest Sex Books of 2009 list, it made number 1:

Topping the list (heh) is the mistress of literary erotica, the bestselling and award-winning Alison Tyler, who not only knows how to write one hell of a dirty story, but puts together collections that become overnight classics packed with mesmerizing, arousing and inspiring stories. "Playing With Fire" is Tyler at her finest, and the stories feature (heterosexual) couples who play with their most daring sexual fantasies, explicitly penned by today's hottest erotic authors. It's not to be missed.

XXX,
Alison

I ❤ Ashley Lister

I can’t honestly recall the last time I enjoyed a collection so much. The stories in this collection are so hot the pages will leave scorch marks on the readers’ fingers.

The weather forecast in the UK is promising a hot summer. Clearly the forecasters knew that Playing With Fire was being released because the summer doesn’t come much hotter than this.

Read the whole review, and then raise a glass of champagne and toast those fabulously clever writers who helped me pull this off!

XXX,
Alison

"Group, Public, and Fetishistic Sex"

Here's a review from Scarlet Magazine! Okay, so they got my name wrong. No worries. At least, they liked the book!

The perfect short-story anthology to sate your dark side, this taboo-breaking book's themes include group, public, and fetishistic sex. 'Fanning the Flames' by Andrea Dale is perfect for spanking fans and features a delicious twist, while 'Hot off the Press' by Thomas S. Roche is utterly salacious. Kinky, inspirational but not so extreme it'll turn you off, you're sure to find something that will light your fire.

XXX,
Alison

I Need More!

5.0 out of 5 stars

By J. Kelley

I like reading short stories. I love reading novels. I really would love for some of the short stories in this collection to be coaxed into novels. So, Sophia Valenti, if you're reading this review, please please please tease out more from the delicious triangle in your story 'Carrying a Torch.'

Andrea Dale, if you're reading this, I am dying to know more about Catriona and the devilish Jake. I know you must have more to tell.

And even though I was provoked by 'Trial by Fire,' I couldn't stop reading it. And I have to admit, it would unfold as a compelling novel, if Bella Dean were so inclined.

And 'Where There's Smoke,' by Kristina Wright. This story has plenty of emotion, vulnerability, lust, deceit and confession, and adrenaline. It has romantic love, forbidden love, and still, innocence.

I know it's the whole point of a short story: leave the reader wanting more, dramatic endings, etc. But it doesn't mean I can't dream of how these stories would continue, or beg for just a little more.

She's a firestarter...

5.0 out of 5 stars

By T. Elle Harrison

Alison Tyler has an amazing ability to seek out those stories that not only arouse but also bring a literary excellence to the genre. This latest anthology is no different. These stories, from Sommer Marsden's Fire woman to Christopher Tolian's Fireboy, pack a literal and figurative heat that will leave you with singed fingertips.

Let the Flames Devour You!

5.0 out of 5 stars

By Marina St. Clare

Alison Tyler is a firebrand! Her latest anthology, Playing with Fire, is sure to ignite a few burning desires. The 22 stories of "Taboo Erotica" are scorching -- more like a big blazing bonfire than a nice cozy fireplace. As always, Tyler has featured the hottest erotica writers, all hellbent on inflaming the reader's passions.

Here are just a few little sparks about a few of my favorites:

Sommer Marsden's "Fire Woman" - There's a fireman involved, too, who is good at following instructions.

P.S. Haven's "Out of the Frying Pan" - Getting even takes exactly seventeen minutes and thirty-seven seconds.

Jeremy Edwards' "Three on a Match" - He falls for another guy's girl, and she gets licked.

Kristina Wright's "Where There's Smoke" - He finds out about her, and then they find out some things about each other.

Andrea Dale's "Fanning the Flames" - The bodyguard is "silent and menacing and undeniably sexy."

Alison Tyler's own "Some Like It Hot" - She likes a good boy and a bad boy. Someone's gonna get burned.

M. Murphy's "Just Add Water" - It's good, clean fun -- but it's awfully steamy in that shower!

Perhaps my favorite in this collection is Teresa Noelle Roberts' "One Hundred Degress in the Shade." A violent thunderstorm finally breaks the heat. One of my favorite lines is, "Rain whipped sideways onto the porch, slicking our skin, cooling us enough so we could heat from lust." You can just feel the electricity!

All of the stories are hot, hot, hot! Keep an icy beverage or a fire extinguisher nearby as you read. You might just spontaniously combust!