On Santa's Naughty List

Erotic yet romantic Christmas tales

4 Stars

Ellora’s Cave brings together three erotic stories just in time for the Christmas season.

HOLIDAY INN by Shelby Reed

When a freak snowstorm strands Anna Shea alone in a motel with the gorgeous, leather-clad biker, Jesse Proffitt, the pair can’t help but turn a little bit of Santa’s magic into one amazing night together.

This was the perfect Christmas short story. The writer managed to weave emotion, eroticism, romance and Christmas magic into a believable and deliciously sexy tale.

UNWRAPPED by Lacey Alexander

Emily is madly in love with her boyfriend, the gorgeous Simon – so why does she get so panicked when he mentions anything naughtier than the missionary position? Emily knows that her inhibitions are causing problems with her relationship – so with the help of her sex-therapist friend, she plans to loosen up and give Simon the sexiest, most erotic Christmas present he’s ever had.

This story was very sexy, exciting and fun. With the couple being together from the start, there wasn’t so much build-up of the story, which made it the perfect, light read.

WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES by Melani Blazer

Every since she was a little girl, Kenna McGurly has had strange dreams about the one man she was meant to be with. In order to finally rid herself of the dreams, she rents a cabin for Christmas. But she doesn’t expect to meet Seth Parker, a man she has an extraordinary connection with, and then find herself snowed in with him over Christmas.

This was the longest story (at about 150 pages it was more than double the length of the others) and in my opinion, also the weakest. I could live with the whole psychic thing but in the end it got a bit weird for my liking. And, although raunchy, there was page after page of build up and sex scenes and for me, after a while it got a bit tedious. Still readable, but definitely not the best of the bunch.

I have to admit that when I started reading this anthology, I expected that there would be a lot of sex and very little story. I am very happy to say that I was totally wrong and each story offered lots of good substance to go along side the very erotic sex and happy Christmas cheer.

This book is ideal for anyone that enjoys erotica but doesn’t want to lose out on an enjoyable story or a good, romantic happy ending - a perfect stocking filler for Christmas.