A Thinking Person’s Erotica Novel: My Review of Author Eden Baylee’s Novel “Fall Into Winter” For Menage A Blog

Today I will review fellow author Eden Baylee’s novel Fall into Winter as part of my sponsorship of her participation in the Indie Book Collective’s Menage a Blog.

Do yourself a favor and please head over to Eden’s blog and leave a comment to receive a free copy of her book, and earn a chance to win a kindle.  Also leave your e-mail address in your comments here and on Eden’s blog to be eligible to win her author’s prize. Check out her blog for more details.

Facing off against Eden in a three-way cage match are Theresa Ragan’s Finding Kate Huntley and Jacquie Rogers‘ Much Ado About Marshals. My vote is for Eden’s hot, sexy and thoughtful novel, and as you’ll find out when you read her book — she is very adept in writing about threesomes among other intriguing situations.

Please support all the writers on the tour by leaving comments on their blogs as well.

What follow is my review of Eden’s excellent novel:

Don’t be fooled by the title. Author Eden Baylee’s debut erotic novel Fall into Winter
is anything but chilly. This is hot, scintillating erotica that will turn you on, make you think and move you.

Eden’s collection is composed of four separate novellas  — each story depicts the erotic adventures and romantic lives of four women in their mid to late thirties. Although the stories are vastly different and separated by seasons — two for the fall and two for the winter –  they share an overall theme of self discovery, reinvention and the rebirth of erotic desire and romance that each of her characters seek.

You will not be disappointed with Eden’s racy tales as her well written sex scenes will captivate you from the start.

Still, I must stress that this is not your typical fantasy laden erotica novel.

Eden is not afraid to delve into the mysterious nature of desire and love, and to explore some controversial subjects such as role-playing and threesomes — specifically a MFM threesome.

However, this is a thinking person’s erotica novel. Eden creates multi-dimensional, intelligent and passionate characters who live in the real world fraught with regrets, fears, consequences, heartbreak and disappointments. Her characters are not simply erotic props to tell nasty stories as you can find in so much erotica today. Her realistically drawn erotic scenes serve the overall story and are not gratuitous in any way.

Eden also writes poignantly about death, loss, haunting romantic decisions, overcoming cultural divides and the potentially thrilling and yet heartbreaking nature of love.

The book’s varied settings, including a blues club, a dungeon, and locations in  Toronto and Austria, rely as more than a backdrop, but are also essential characters in the telling of her stories. The harsh elements and intriguing conditions her characters face contrasts nicely with their deep passions and set the scene nicely for the metaphorical emotional thawing they each experience.

Eden is truly a talented author to watch. I highly recommend her collection. I’m looking forward to her next collection Spring into Summer later this year and when she branches out further into writing full-blown novels.

Discover this author now. You will know her name in the future.

GP