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Urban Reviews on Amazon.com  FIVE STARS

Can't Help the Way That I Feel is a steamy collection of erotic stories by some known and unknown African American authors. All of the stories in this book are tantalizing, but there are a few that stand out. In Tandem by The Big Bamboo, a woman gets the birthday massage of her life by two sexy masseuses. Bubble Music shows us what happens when a woman creates her own masterpiece at an erotic art party. What Would Quincy Do by Elle features a woman who is urged by her girlfriends to explore her sensual side. The Shadow of the Midnight Train by Cynnamon Foster features a college teacher who wants to share more than poetry with a visiting poet. Party of Four by Black introduces us to two couples who have an explosive reunion. Velvet takes us on a day long rendezvous with A One-Day Lust Affair.

Can't Help the Way That I Feel is an excellent array of erotic stories. Each story is unique and makes you wonder when will these authors come out with a full length novel of their own. From mild to the extremely hot, there is something for everyone in this book. Lori Bryant Woolridge even included some story starters so the readers can use their own imagination to create their own stories. Can't Help the Way That I Feel is the best erotica collection since Erotique Noire: Black Erotica.

Reviewed by Radiah Hubbert of Urban Reviews

When You Can't Help The Way That You Feel

I just love when the interviewer is smart, inquisitive and fair.  Here's my latest interview about Can't Help the Way That I Feel and Stiletto U on Examiner.com.  Enjoy!

Flirting Workshop at Secret Pleasures in Washington, D.C.

Unleash the Sensual You Workshop in CA

If you live in the Bay Area, I'd like to invite you to join me for an Unleash the Sensual You Workshop. This is your chance to discover ways to become the confident, sexy woman you were meant to be as I share with you ideas and techniques to embrace and enhance the woman you already are but just aren't sharing with the world. We'll talk about how to unearth the confidence everyone says you need but you can't seem to locate; and how to use that confidence to charm and disarm and get what you want out of life, both in and out of the bedroom. Please grab a friend or two and join us. It's free and I promise you will leave feeling fabulous!

When: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Where: Good Vibrations 2504 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Admission: FREE

Following the workshop there will be a booksigning for my new anthology, Can't Help The Way That I Feel.

I will also be doing Dare to Be Tempted readings and signing while I'm in the Bay Area at:

When: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Time: 12 Noon
Where: Marcus Books
1712 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA

When: Friday, June 11, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Where: Marcus Books
3900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Oakland, CA

If you're in the area, bring a friend or two and join us. Tempting you with their sensual thoughts and words will be contributing authors Toi James and Teddy Bell. Come. Let us lead you into temptation!!!

Please feel free to pass this information along to anyone you think might enjoy the event.

Erotica Smooth as Velvet

When I was considering authors to include in Can't Help, I wanted to make sure I had a few established writers who had been treating readers to great erotica for years.  Velvet is one of the best.  She writes the very popular Black Door Series, and I was so honored when she agreed to contribute a story to this anthology.

                               Velvet
                   A One Day Lust Affair

At the far end of a narrow hallway was an old gated elevator.  Tony pulled back the gate, and Yori stepped inside.  The elevator was small and they practically stood shoulder to shoulder.

She inhaled slightly, and could smell his cologne, which was masculine with a hint of musk.  The sexy scent was turning her on. Yori could feel a rush of excitement come over her.  Being this close to Tony was turning her on and she was amazed at the urgency that she felt in her loins.  The elevator stopped, bringing her out of her lusting trance.

Tony took her hand, and helped her out.  "It's down the hall."

Yori followed him--checking out his tight ass as he walked--until they came upon a quaint little shop.  The plate-glass windows faced the hallway, and were lined with antique dolls and toys.  Tony opened the door, and it made creaking sounds like in an old black-and-white movie.

Inside, the store was full of dust-covered relics.  There were crystal champagne glasses with monogrammed letters etched into the glass, silver tea servers, old chandeliers--even a vintage gramaphone.  Yori turned the crank to see if the turntable worked, and it did.  "Wow, I've only seen these things in the movies."

"Yeah, this place has some amazing stuff."

They browsed around the store, taking in the items from yesteryear.  When they finished their tour, they left and went back to the elevator.  Tony slid open the gate, and then pulled it closed once they were inside.  He pushed the operating lever to the left, and the elevator started to slowly descend.

Yori looked at her hands, which were covered in dust.  "Oh, my hands are so dirty from touching everything."

"Being dirty isn't such a bad thing," Tony commented with an alluring twist to his lips.

Yori could only stare with curious disbelief.

He pulled his T-shirt out of his waistband.  "Well, if dirty girl isn't your style, use this..." he offered leaving the rest of his challenge unspoken.

Accepting his dare, Yori stepped closer and began rubbing her hands on his shirt.  She could feel his taut stomach muscles as she rubbed.

Tony's dick began pulsating faster and faster with each touch.  He stepped closer until they were nearly chest to chest.  He put her bags on the floor, and put his hands on top of hers.  He gently guided them down to his wanting cock.  Tony moved her hands in a circular motion so that she could feel his protruding bulge.  Yori swallowed hard the moment her hands landed on his crotch.  His dick was pushing against his jeans.  She wanted to pull away, but his cock felt too inviting. Lust began to possess her mind and body, forcing all rational thoughts out of her mind.

Going Deeper with Velvet 

What's your erotic point of view?  Reading the words should make the reader wet with anticipation for what's cumming next.

What's the hardest thing about writing erotica?  Making sure every scene is fresh and freaky.


What's the best thing about writing erotica?  Getting so excited that I have to stop and open a window!

What's the sexiest part of a man?  His voice.  A woman?  Her confidence.

Finish this sentence.  "I've never joined the Mile High Club, but I'd love to try freaking in the sky!

Top or bottom?  Both   Vanilla or chocolate?  Give me that mocha!

With or without nuts?  NUTS!!

Sexiest city in the world?  New York.  Sexiest vacation spot?  Paris

Favorite nasty words?  Fuck me   Least favorite?  Cunt

Velvet is a leading erotica writer who has her finger on the pulse and knows how to make your heart race with her tantalizing stories of lust and seduction mixed with a dose of suspense.  As creator of The Black Door series, Velvet uses the world as her muse, traveling the globe for inspiration.  The Black Door titles include:  The Black Door, Seduction, Betrayal and Naughty.

Add Some Cynnamon to Your Sexy

I have the privilege of introducing you to Cynnamon Foster, the erotic alter ego of the prolific writer/producer/director, Nina Foxx.  With her short story featured in Can't Help The Way That I Feel, Nina expands her hypnotic hold on another genre, revealing to readers her sexy side.

                            Cynnamon Foster
              In the Shadow of The Midnight Train

Adler ran his hands up my thighs, lifting my skirt as he went.  He squatted and put his mouth directly over my puss, blowing his hot breath through my thin, lace panties.  I felt hot and cold at the same time, and I moaned, not caring who might hear.  I leaned back and gripped the sides of the stall to keep from falling.

My mouth rounded into an O and I pressed my eyes closed. Waves of pleasure pulsed through me as I pressed my pelvis against his face.  He used his mouth to move my underwear to the side and began to probe me with his tongue.

I gasped and tensed my body to keep from falling as Adler drank me up.  I saw sparks behind my closed eyelids.  Part of me wanted him to stop.  I fought the conflicting emotions and willed myself to relax and enjoy.

He moved faster and pressed harder and the waves of pleasure started at the tips of my toes.  I felt a tsunami coming, rolling up from my toes, through my pelvis, and then cascading outward.  I moaned, then bit the edge of my lip.  My body felt covered with pins and needles.  I was right on the edge.  Just as I thought I couldn't take it anymore, he stopped...

Going Deeper with Cynnamon


What is your erotic point of view?  Erotica should be sensual, even when there is no sex happening.  It should make you come with just words.

What's the hardest thing about writing erotica?  Each word.  That and figuring out what you picture in your mind is actually physically possible, and trying not to act out everything I write.


What's the best thing about writing erotica?  Imagination.  Your characters can go places that might get you arrested.

What's the sexiest part of a man?  His forearm.  That space between his elbow and wrist.
A woman?  It depends on how she's feeling that day.

Top or bottom?  Depends on the day.  

Vanilla or chocolate?  Chocolate    With or without nuts?  Nuts just get in the way.

Sexiest city in the world?  Rio.
Sexiest vacation spot?  Somewhere with a pretty outdoors.  Usually a beach.

Favorite nasty word?  No words are nasty if they are used right.

Cynnamon Foster is the alter-ego of Nina Foxx, author of five novels including:  Getting Buck Wild, Marrying Up, Just Short of Crazy, and No Woman Needs A Husband Seven Days a Week.  She has been begging to be let out for quite a while.  She tied Nina up and put her in a closet and has been writing ever since.  Cynnamon lives in Southern California with her main personality.  She is working on her first erotic novel.

Sexin' with Sasha

Author Sasha James is the author of One + One = Three and her newest erotic novel, Two + One = Ecstasy, due in stores April 13th. Both books are published by St. Martin's Griffin.  And while her math skills might be a little fuzzy, the girl's ability to make a threesome sound unbelievably sexy and tempting, is a true specialty.  I am so honored that Sasha agreed to contribute a story to this anthology.  Translation Sensation proves that lust is truly and international tongue!



                       Sasha James
             Translation Sensation

  "Arrette pas.  Arrette pas,"    Genevieve kept repeating over and over.  By the confused look on her American lover's face, she could tell that he had no idea that she was asking for "more please."  He had stopped kissing her neck, and she wanted desperately for him to continue.  She started pointing to the spot that his  lips had just vacated, hoping that he would pick up the hint.

"Oh, you want some more?" Mark said, and picked up where he had left off.

His kisses began trailing from her thin neck to her her cleavage.  He unbuttoned the tiny pearl buttons on her red silk blouse until her lace bra was exposed.  Mark hesitated long enough to admire her sexy underwear.  Her bra was thin enough for him to see the rosy color of her nipples.  "Damn, you French chicks really have the feminine thing down to a science."

"Pardon?" she asked, wrinkling her nose.  Now it was Genevieve who didn't understand.

Mark listened to her French words, which floated in the air like a sweet symphony.  He didn't know what she was saying, but knew they weren't the same words as before.  They didn't understand each others' language, but that didn't really matter.  What mattered was that they spoke the same body language, and right now her body was speaking volumes. The way she was poking out her breasts and moving closer to him on the sofa was telling him to proceed, and proceed he did.

Mark unsapped her bra, causing her tits to spill out.  Unlike most women he had been with, she was au natural, no implants, all flesh.  He placed his hand underneath her right boob and jiggled it just to make sure.  "Yep, all woman," he mused, as her titty shook like Jell-O.

Genevieve reached for the back of his head and guided him toward her waiting nipple.  Realizing that
words were useless, she decided to utilize hand gestures, and pinched her nipples with her thumb and index finger.

Mark took her clue and began to suckle her tit like he was trying to extract milk. Genevieve threw her head back on the sofa cushions and enjoyed the succulent sensation.  She couldn't believe that only a few hours ago, she had stepped off the plane and Kennedy Airport, and now she was in the midst of a heated sexual experience...

Goin Deeper With Sasha


What is your erotic point of view?  Pressing the envelope with sexcapades that have the reader begging for more.

What's the hardest thing about writing erotica?  Crossing the sexual line with style and class.

What is the best thing about writing erotica?  Introducing the reader to alternative lifestyles.

What's the sexiest part of a man?  His swagger (think Denzel)
A woman?  Her conversation (nobody likes a mindless manniquen)

I've never slept with two brothers, but I'd like to try the family thang!

Top or bottom?  Top

Vanilla or chocolate?  Creamy chocolate.
With or without nuts?  Nuts, the bigger the better.

Sexiest city in the world?  Paris
Sexiest vacation spot?  St. Barts

Favorite nasty word?  Dick
Least favorite?  I don't have one ;-)


Sasha James is a prolific writer who paints pictures with her words.  She is also the alter ego of a noted novelist known for her erotica.  Previously, she penned four steamy novels and is hard at work on the fifth. Sasha divides her time between New York and Chicago.

The Ladies Book Trailer

Let Us Lead You Into Temptation

From the editor...

Ever since Eve seduced Adam into biting that apple, avoiding temptation has been drilled into our heads as the proper thing to do. But I ask you, can’t giving into temptation be a good thing sometimes (chocolate, jewelry and Denzel immediately come to mind)?  Must we always avoid enticement? If so, why?

Consider this: A little temptation can be a very good thing because sometimes it acts as a catalyst for our personal growth. Sometimes in an impulsive moment, we find ourselves growing into the next version of ourselves—our more open, spontaneous, courageous, adventurous, curious, fabulous selves.

In the stories included in this collection, you will meet several compelling characters who share some of your same feelings about their love and sex lives—boredom, confusion, dissatisfaction, prudence. And like yours, each of their journeys is different. But unlike most of us, they decide to take control of their hot sexy selves. Each woman finds herself giving into temptation, and in its aftermath, learning something about herself, and growing into the woman she wants to be.

These characters will tickle your fancy and ignite your lust as you live vicariously through their enticing sexcapades. And after they have you and your imagination revved up and ready to purr, let us tempt with three tasty, to-be-continued, story starters designed to get your creative (and other) juices flowing and help you make this anthology uniquely personal by finishing your own sexy tale on the blank pages provided. Delve in by yourself or grab the one you're with, and spend the night researching and then writing your personal erotic tale together.

Can't Help The Way That I Feel will be in bookstores on April 1, 2010, but you can pre-order your copy now from Amazon.com. Until then, tune in here for author interviews, excerpts, contest and give away news and other tempting goodies.