Surrender: Erotic Tales of Female Pleasure and Submission
Rachel Kramer Bussel, Donna George Storey, Elizabeth Coldwell, Thomas S. Roche, Noelle Keely, M. Christian, Matt Conklin, Amanda Earl, Dominic Santi, Isabelle Gray, Justine Elyot, Teresa Noelle Roberts, Fiona Locke, Gwen Masters, Clancy Nacht, Emerald, Lolita Lopez, Terri Pray, Alison Tyler, Jacqueline Applebee, Tess Danesi, Shanna Germain

Good BDSM erotica makes us understand all the emotions that can come into play when, well, playing: there can be uncertainty, nervousness, fear, excitement. Each of the 22 stories in Surrender are blazingly hot and because they illuminate some aspect of submission. The authors of the stories understand the art of submission and the thrill of surrender, whether that’s personal space, sight (“Without Eyes” by Terri Pray) or culinary choices (“Lunch” by Elizabeth Coldwell).What the women here want is to give up part of themselves to gain something else. They may still be skittish, but overcoming their fears, surrendering to them, yields beauty, pleasure and, in its way, power.
Winner of 2012 NLA Samois Anthology Award