Title: Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z Volume 2 Author: Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor Publisher: Pretty Things Press Publish Date: 2006 Pages: 288 Genres:: Fiction, Compilation, Fetishes Reviewer: M. Walansky

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If you love spanking, or even are keen on the idea of spanking, you will probably love this book. It is quite possibly the sexiest collection of erotica dedicated to those who like their rumps smacked (or prefer to do the smacking) that I've ever come across. With Naughty Spanking Stories, Bussel brings the reader a superb collection of tales that all have two things in common: spanking and quality.

Featuring 30 stories (all of the letters of the alphabet with four bonus stories) by such talented authors as Thomas Roche, Simon Sheppard, Kate Dominic, Michele Zipp, Sacchi Green, Tsaurah Litzky, Stan Kent, Brooke Stern, Ashley Lister, Debra Hyde, Gwen Masters, L. Elise Bland, Shanna Germain, Greta Christina and more, Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z Volume 2 is a kinky mix of many  different situations: public spankings, spankings with hands, paddles, whips, spankings by husbands, wives, lovers, strippers, even bosses. Your fantasy, no matter how outrageous you think it is, is likely in these pages.

I think the key to a good erotica book is that it makes you want to, well, get erotic. If it doesn't do that, it's not doing its job. I highly recommend Naughty Spanking Stories for wannabe fetishists—hardcore fetish practitioners might find it too vanilla; so much so that I had to stop taking it on the subway for fear of harassing innocent strangers. Be forewarned, you NEED to be into it to enjoy it: These stories are not for the faint of heart. I wouldn't say that the kinky topics are scary, or even hardcore, but bottom line: They're spanking stories, so no story is without the spanking. Thumb through this one at random and you may find a tale of reddened ass cheeks between a married couple, a lesbian couple or a stripper and her clientele.

While every story in this anthology isn't exactly BDSM, it's hard to get around that aspect of a good, old-fashioned spanking without indulging in a little power play. I especially liked the retelling of the Nutcracker with the prince teaching (an 18-year-old) Clara a thing or two about discipline, but the stories run the gamut from formal mistresses to BDSM clubs to happy couples whacking away at one another's posteriors.

Overall, a spanking good time! Even if spanking isn't your fetish du jour, Naughty Spanking Stories is still a hot collection and definitely worth reading. There's plenty of sex incorporated into the corporal punishments, and the writing is top notch. Sexy, smart, different: It's everything an erotic anthology should be.