It Takes Two: Couples Erotica

by Rachel Kramer Bussel, Rae Shawn (Contribution by), Christina Berry (Contribution by), Jodie Griffin (Contribution by), Lin Devon (Contribution by)

Overview

It takes two to do more than just tango in Bussel's sizzling new collection of short stories . . .

In It Takes Two, couples take their passion in new directions, giving free reign to their filthiest sexual fantasies. Sometimes, they pretend to be someone else, engaging in erotic role-playing that allows them to embody their most sensual side and say and do things they wouldn’t in their everyday life. From BDSM encounters at Kink Camp to trying out new sex toys to outrageously filthy fetishes, glorious exhibitionism and voyeurism and sex in space, these couples find inventive ways to go wild with the one they love. No matter how well you think you know your partner, there’s always something new to discover about what turns them on, as these characters find out. The erotic stories in It Takes Two are all about rekindling that intimacy and seeking out total ecstasy.

Edited by the award-winning Rachel Kramer Bussel, with contributions by popular authors including Rae Shawn, Christina Berry, and Katrina Jackson, It Takes Two is the perfect read alongside a special someone (or someones).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627783286
Publisher:	Start Publishing LLC
Publication date:	05/09/2023
Pages:	218
Sales rank:	909,582
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rachel Kramer Bussel (rachelkramerbussel.com) is a writer, editor, event organizer, and erotica writing instructor. She's edited over 70 anthologies, including The Big Book of Orgasms, Come Again: Sex Toy Erotica, Dirty Dates, On Fire, Spanked, Please, Sir, and Please, Ma'am, and is the Best Women's Erotica of the Year series editor. Her nonfiction has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Marie Claire, O, The Oprah Magazine, Elle.com, Salon, Slate, Time.com, The Village Voice and numerous other publications. Follow her @raquelita on Twitter and learn more about her writing workshops and consulting at EroticaWriting101.com.

Editorial Reviews

03/20/2023

Bussel, the editor of Cleis’s Best Women’s Erotica series, brings together 19 sizzling stories of committed couples trying new things. “The couples you’ll meet within these stories are adventurous, wild, and ready to go there,” Bussel promises in her enthusiastic introduction—and she delivers in spades. Standouts include Jodie Griffin’s BDSM-infused “Little Red Goes to Kink Camp”; Christina Berry’s “Getaway from the Everyday,” featuring hotel sex between a long-married couple; and Quenby’s “Welcome Home,” a red-hot sapphic tale. Katrina Jackson makes a threesome bittersweet in “The Last Night,” while D. Fostalove brings some grit to the steamy gay male encounter at the center of “Small Change.” Birch Rosen’s sexy “The Pink Lady,” which stars a trans woman, and the queer sci-fi tale “Out of Orbit” by R. Magdalen, which includes enticing futuristic ways to connect sexually, round things out. This inclusive, bighearted anthology offers something from nearly every genre enjoyed by erotica lovers. Readers looking for romance with maximum heat should snap this up. (May)

Publishers Weekly

Stories conger up images, images evoke desire, desire enables adult relationships to thrive. It Takes Two: Couples Erotica is an unreservedly recommended pick for couples in a mature relationship to enjoy themselves and each other in ways that will keep them interested, pleasured, and together.

Midwest Book Review

The authors of It Takes Two brought out their very best for this anthology. These stories are kinky and fun, raw and arousing and reflect the myriad experiences that intimate partners share long after their "happily ever after". It Takes Two perfectly displays the intimacy created by couples with long-shared passion.

Ruby Barrett