"As the song says, "Wishing, and a hoping and a praying""

Craven's Downfall by Stephanie Burke

Nola is only a very few hours away from becoming Gregor's new wife. She is despondent because he is a great friend but does not turn her on sexually. She sits on a hill near the "fairy ring" and wishes for a more exciting life that would include travel and experience with true passion.

Craven is a tall fairy with long flowing black hair who is into leather and nipple bars. As the Lord of Carnality, Master of Fleshly Desires, Price of Pleasurable Pain, and Dark Master of Desire, he finds he is fed up with the same old boring sexual exploits. He needs something new and exciting. He overhears the human Nola and her wishful longings and decides to grant her wishes. If passion is what Nola wants, then passion is what Nola gets. Craven delights in giving Nola what she wants. But when Oberon and Titania (the rulers of Tier Na Nog) insist that Craven return Nola to her home, he begins to understand he cannot let her go. Nola on the other hand, learns that passion without love is very unsatisfying.

The sparks fly with the steamy sex and readers will enjoy the wonderful story's conclusion for the two passionate lovers.

A Wish Away by Marly Chance

With years of bad luck birthdays, Tiffany wants this birthday to be free of all mishaps or disasters. Not having a great time with romance either, she has started fantasizing about her best friend Zak in a very sexual way. During lunch with her girlfriend Polly, she makes her birthday wish for Zak to see her as a sexual woman and she also wishes for some excitement in her life.

Someone up there hears her plea and within hours, Tiffany discovers Zak is an alien from another plant who is in hiding from a murderer, and that Zak has the hots for her. Sounds unbelievable, but then she finds out Polly is an operative for the Covert Coalition, a secret government agency that observes other planets. On the run from the murderer, Tiffany and Zak end up in a very strange motel with erotic furnishings and lewd holographic images. Tiffany gets her birthday wish and more.

Lusty sex in a very amusing tale.

Serendipity by Joanna Wylde

A sweet innocent three-year-old, Mali makes a wish for a new daddy who would not abuse her family. Her mother Sarai runs a hostel and is determined not to remarry and expose her children to another controlling husband. She is stubbornly sticking to her plan to become a strong, independent woman. Her son wants to protect his mother from all men.

Staying at the hostel is a space soldier, Jax, who is perfect for Sarai because he is everything that she needs and wants. A gentle, caring, patient man...he loves children and supports Sarai in her search for independence. They are sexually attracted to each other and finally explore this temptation.

The writer weaves a wonderful legend for Jax to tell her family about his religion and the Goddess who bestows on woman the importance that they hold in his culture. Trying to persuade Sarai that she is his true lifemate by his planet's standards, Jax explains the equal status that women hold with men. Jax finally convinces Sarai that they were made for each other and the whole family begins a new life together.

The three writers have created stories that arouse, excite, and satisfy the desire for wishes to come true. I look forward to the next collection of tales.

Reviewed by Sharon M. Bressen
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted September 30, 2002

Summary

Three women get their wishes granted, albeit not in a way any of them are expecting... Serendipity by Joanna Wylde: Sarai has lived through one terrible marriage. The last thing she needs is a new man in her life. But Jax isn't interested in taking "no" for an answer... Craven's Downfall by Stephanie Burke: She didn't want to marry the boring man she was bound to, so when one simple wish lands Nola inside a world filled with exotic creatures and erotic fantasies she thought it was a dream come true. But the thing about fantasies is that they never last...or do they? A Wish Away by Marly Chance: Tiffany has a bad history when it comes to birthdays. This year, she's made it 12 hours into her birthday and she's taking no chances. Well, except for that one small birthday wish she made...She wished her sexy best friend, Zak, would notice her and that her routine life would get more exciting. What, after all, could go wrong with a wish like that?