Bedded Bliss: A Couple's Guide to Lust Ever After - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573449644 ISBN 13: 9781573449649

Publisher: Cleis Press, 2013

Synopsis

Bedded Bliss: A Couple's Guide to Lust Ever After takes a peek behind the closed doors of married and committed couples to find out what makes long-term lust last. Award-winning author and editor Kristina Wright curates a collection of sexy and powerful erotic fiction and memoir from some of the top authors in the genre, all of whom are in committed relationships ranging from five to over thirty years. Wright contributes her own thoughtful insights and advice gleaned from her twenty-two year marriage and successful career tapping into the erotic fantasies of readers. Bedded Bliss entertains, educates and encourages couples to remember the reasons they fell in love and lust--and reminds them of all the reasons to stay there, lustfully ever after!

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About the Author

Described by The Romance Reader as "a budding force to be reckoned with" and as one of the "legendary erotica heavy-hitters" by Violet Blue, Kristina Wright (kristinawright.com) is an award-winning author and the editor of a over dozen Cleis Press anthologies, including Fairy Tale Lust and the Best Erotic Romance series. Her short fiction has appeared in over one hundred anthologies and her nonfiction has appeared in publications as diverse as USA Today, Good Vibes Magazine, The Sun and Brain, Child. She is the author of the ground-breaking cross-genre relationship guide Bedded Bliss: A Couple's Guide to Lust Ever After and the HarperCollins erotic romance Seduce Me Tonight. She holds degrees in English and humanities from Charleston Southern University and Old Dominion University and has taught English and world mythology at the college level. She lives in Hampton Roads, Virginia with her husband, a lieutenant commander in the Navy, and their two young sons.

From the Back Cover

A Guide to Red Hot Monogamy

Award-winning erotica writer and editor Kristina Wright is a cheerleader for a lifetime of lust. Bedded Bliss, a celebration of long-term, committed relationships, gathers real-life experiences, sensual fantasies, practical advice, a dash of humor, and a lot of sexy erotica to show couples how to build attraction and love throughout marriage. Enjoy the stories here and then write your own story together, whether it's in ink on the page or in whispers between the sheets.

Learn How To:

• Cultivate a life of affection and lust through sensual touch and sexy communication

• Heat up sex after pregnancy

• Embrace the quickie and keep lust growing

• Use romantic and erotic fiction to inspire you and your partner

• Throw parties for two to keep your connection current

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

This is a book filled with real life experiences, sensual fantasies, practical advice, realistic suggestions, a dash of humor, a lot of sexy erotica, a few poignant memoirs and a combined total of over 243 years of relationship experience. This is a book to remind you that—no matter where you are in your life or your relationship—your passion, your imagination, your need is still there and very much alive. It’s a book to inspire and encourage—to give you some ideas if you feel as if your well of passion and imagination is running dry. We, these talented, inspiring writers and I, are here to remind you of what you already know (even if you sometimes forget): married sex is a grand, amazing adventure from the first heartfelt “I do” to the distant golden years, and everything in between.

I hand picked the authors for this project—all of them are professional writers, many of them are well-known in the erotica and erotic romance genres. These are authors who write about sex for a living, yes, but they are also real people with real lives who know what it’s like to share a home, a life and a family with another person. From the editior's discussion of newlywed days to Robin Elizabeth Sampson’s more than thirty years of marriage, they have experienced it all. Every joy, every frustration, every milestone, everything a couple can experience. One or more of the baker’s dozen authors in this book has been where you are right now in your marriage.

The short stories and memoirs shared here vary in sensuality from sweetly seductive to wildly erotic. These stories—personal, arousing, inspiring—are an opportunity to share a variety of experiences from authors with as varied backgrounds as the readers who hold the book in their hands. Each story opens with an introduction by the author, a personal vignette from the pages of their own lusty lives to remind you that you are not alone, we are in this pursuit of lifetime passion together. Regardless of where you are currently in your relationship, each story has something to offer you—commiseration and inspiration told from personal experience or clever imagination by writers who understand and appreciate the work that goes into sustaining a lifelong commitment. I got to choose the stories you read here and I wanted very real, attainable scenarios for couples who have as complicated a life as my husband and I do. I wanted to be able to read this book myself and say, “Oh wow, I’m going to try that.” (And I’ll tell you a secret: that’s exactly what happened.) I wanted a book for people like me—with a full life and a busy schedule and a to do list longer than my arm—who already know that married sex is the best sex.
I invite you to share the book with your partner, read the stories together (or out loud to each other) and create some new memories of your own. No matter where you are in your own relationship—if you’re years from having kids (or chose to skip that stage entirely) or the newlywed days seem long ago—the stories will offer you a glimpse into the possibilities of your passionate future and remind you of your lusty past—not to mention give you some very sexy scenarios to consider. We’ve been there, we are there, we are living and loving and lusting and fucking with the person who set us on fire and still stokes our flames. Live that life of bedded bliss you daydreamed about on lazy Sundays on that hand-me-down couch and in late night whispers before you fell asleep. Never, ever let it go.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cleis Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573449644
• ISBN 13: 9781573449649
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Wright Kristina