Named and Shamed: A dark and dirty erotic fairy tale

By Janine Ashbless

Once upon a time, a naughty woman stole a very precious manuscript from a kindly antiquarian. But all of the world’s ancient and powerful magic has returned...and now there is much more at stake than a few sheets of parchment. Thus begins a rude and rugged illustrated fairy tale, the likes of which you NEVER read when you were little!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sweetmeats Press
• Release date: Dec 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781909181953

Janine Ashbless

Janine Ashbless is a writer of fantasy erotica and steamy romantic adventure. She likes to write about magic and myth and mystery, dangerous power dynamics, borderline terror, and the not-quite-human. Janine has been seeing her books in print ever since 2000. She's also had numerous short stories published by Black Lace, Nexus, Cleis Press, Ravenous Romance, Harlequin Spice, Storm Moon, Xcite, Mischief Books, and Ellora's Cave among others. She is co-editor of the nerd erotica anthology 'Geek Love'. Born in Wales, Janine now lives in the North of England with her husband and two rescued greyhounds. She has worked as a cleaner, library assistant, computer programmer, local government tree officer, and - for five years of muddy feet and shouting - as a full-time costumed Viking. Janine loves goatee beards, ancient ruins, minotaurs, trees, mummies, having her cake and eating it, and holidaying in countries with really bad public sewerage. Her work has been described as: "Hardcore and literate" (Madeline Moore) and "Vivid and tempestuous and dangerous, and bursting with sacrifice, death and love." (Portia Da Costa) Janine blogs regularly at www.janineashbless.blogspot.com  

Reviews for Named and Shamed

[avoraciousreader · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

4.5*Book source ~ Many thanks to Sweetmeats Press for providing a review copy in exchange for an honest review.Tansy has a degree in anthropology, Comparative Folklore to be precise. It’s probably one of the worst degrees you can get when it comes to job availability, but lucky for Tansy the fairy folk, or Them There as it’s better to call them, came back from wherever they had disappeared to and Tansy suddenly had a hush hush job with the government and money to live on. It’s on a job for the Home Office that she meets Edmund. He is the catalyst that sends her down a path that will change her whole life. But is it a change for the better? Or worse?This book is one word…Wow! In Tansy’s quest to cure her curse she is made to experience shame and humiliation beyond compare. However, shame and humiliation just happen to be her particular sexual kink. Her cousin Gail and Gail’s boyfriend Vince get a front row seat to the effects of Tansy’s curse and first hand experience of Them There when they decide to go with Tansy on her quest. Tansy’s extensive knowledge of The Good Folk saves them several times, but it doesn’t leave them unchanged. Oh no, no one can interact with Them There and come out unchanged. Who knew the fairy folk were so kinky and sexually charged? Oops…I said fairy folk. *looks around* Good thing they didn’t hear it. From the beginning I was drawn into the story and couldn’t wait to see what would happen next to Tansy. The sexual situations she experiences are quite inventive. And prolific. Humiliation is not my particular sexual kink which is why the book gets a 4.5 from me, but the writing is out of this world and the characters are well-fleshed. *cough* So to speak. I’ve always loved stories involving the fairy folk, so that is a big bonus. The ending was a bit surprising, but it fits. If you’re daring you could read this in public, especially since the paperback has lovely, lovely illustrations, but I would recommend reading it at home. If you know what I mean. *wink wink nudge nudge* All-in-all an excellent arousing read.