Please, Sir cover photo by Christine Kessler |
Rachel Kramer Bussel by Laura Boyd |
Multi-talented writer, columnist, reading series host, social media maven and cupcake blogger Rachel Kramer Bussel has another come out with another steamy and pleasing erotica collection with the publication of Please, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission (Cleis Press). Over the years, she has been adept at introducing us to fresh voices (some of whom are my good friends). These stories explore submission from the submissive’s point of view:
If you ask me, submission is an art form. It requires dedication, focus, commitment and desire and there’s no single way of doing it. It’s about unlocking something within yourself so you can reach beyond your normal limits, exposing your body and soul in order to go somewhere you cannot get to alone.
The lesson there, and in all of these stories, is that there is risk involved in submission. I don’t mean the physical risks, but the emotional ones, the ones that require a leap of faith, a knowledge that what you are doing may unnerve you, confuse you and scare you, even while it makes you wet and eager and ready for more.
I’m partway through the book, but I keep flipping back to re-read “Veronica’s Body,” and the ritual Veronica and her husband enact each night before bed…
At night, Veronica sleeps chained to the bed she shares with her husband. Her slender wrists are cuffed together and then locked to the canopy above with a long length of chain, the better for her to sleep. Just before midnight, Veronica washes her face, brushes her teeth, performs her other evening ablutions. She dabs a bit of perfume on the points of her collarbone. As she goes through her routine, her stomach flutters and a flush of heat starts crawling across her skin. ‘when she’s ready she takes a deep breath, slips out of her silk robe and lies on the bed where Vince is waiting. He stretches himself along her body, covering her thighs with his, the hair on his legs tickling her. Slowly he drags his fingers between her thighs, traces her pussy lips, presses his hand against her mound, then up her torso, flat and firm. As he lowers his lips to her breasts, she gasps every time. He sinks his teeth into each nipple, rolls the soft flesh between hard enamel. He kisses the hollow at the base of her throat, the tip of her chin, her armpits. He licks lazy circles along the underside of her arms. Finally, he places a moist kiss one each inner wrist before fastening the cuffs around them and chaining his wife to the bed. He tells her to sleep well. He turns off the light and settles in next to his wife, a possessive arm draped across her stomach. He falls asleep smiling.
Rachel’s set up a companion blog, so you can read more about the book. Lots of good stuff – interviews with some of the contributors, a video trailer, and you can read the introduction and some excerpts.
Please, Sir can be ordered from:
- Amazon.com
- Bn.com
- Borders
- Powell’s
- IndieBound
- Cleis Press
- Kindle version
