http://www.amazon.com/Under-Her-Thumb-Stories-Domination/dp/157344927X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371091276&sr=1-1&keywords=under+her+thumb
My Amazon review:
"UHT is an eclectic mix of short stories where women dominate in relationships. The publisher, Cleis Press, labels the collection as "fiction/erotica". Some of the stories are arousing but others are less about the action in the bedroom or the whipping rack and more about the subtleties of the relationships. The characters like what they do and even profess their love for each other. Although some of the stories follow the classic femdom tropes (such as the stern mistress) the characters maintain a personal relationship as well. In Jacqueline Brocker's "Bottled and Bound" Regina gives James a thorough cropping because of a spill, bringing him to tears. But in the end they speak their love for each other. Lawrence Westerman's Her Majesty's Plaything is a loving tribute to his wife as he renews his wedding vows of obedience and loyalty to her in a collaring ceremony. In the end she asks him: "what makes you the happiest man in the world?" to which he replies "Belonging to you and serving you". In DL King's "Hound and Hare" the woman makes a suggestion to a guy she has just met that she'd "be happy to lock [his cock] up". He blushes in embarrassment but doesn't object. She introduces him to sexual submission. But unlike the usual cold, indifferent mistress of standard femdom, she tells him after an intimate session, "Call me tomorrow night...Get home safe".
Some of the stories reveal how the combination of pain and sex expose an inner depth of the characters. In Eva Mora's "Uncharted Territory", the woman says after whipping her man, "I love how pain softens you, how it opens you up...". In Teresa Noel Roberts "Business Managing", Ms. Bridges is riding Dan and telling him to hold his ejaculation: "she wanted him to hold on...so he would let go and follow her will." In Andrea Zanin's "Quiet", the woman defends her cross-dressing partner when she has a session with him at a club. The attendees "assume that his demurely feminine attire is a punishment...[but] she knows he is beautiful." She comments, "There is nothing humiliating about being beautiful or about being feminine...[or about] submission". In Giselle Renards's "Suffer", the man returns for a beating from his mistress to atone for his guilt for his extramarital affair. "He thought his pain was buried deep enough, but she always found it. She brought it to the surface [and] gave him every kind of relief". Or in Aimee Nichols "All Eyes on Him", while her partner receives a flogging at a public club: "his brain tries to deal with the onslaught of pain signals and...pleasure...as the pain and lust and joy merge into [a] world of sensation". Or in David Wraith's "Repent!...": "There was something frenzied about the way she was spanking my ass with her bare hand...She wanted this as much as I did."
Some of the stories are about dominance. In Rachel Bussel's "Subdar", "true dommes know there are infinite ways to get what they want...". Quinn learned from experience with submissive men that "the uncertainty was part of what got them off. Following her lead, and trying to figure out her next move, were part of what kept their mind and body in sync...except she would [be]...the one in total control.". In Kathleen Bradean's "Good for thwe Goose", she says, "once he was tied up and I didn't have to worry about him moving, I was...getting wetter and wetter."
The wide range of story lines makes this difficult to narrow my recommendation to one kind of reader (i.e. men who like femdom erotica). There are also stories of female to female relationships and a FFM (female to female to male) menage. What is common to most of these tales is that they are from the woman's point of view and often her account of the action. Male writers often dwell more on the thoughts of their mistresses than on their submissiveness. Women who are curious about the kind of relationships where they dominate may find many of these stories enlightening. Men who like this genre of fiction will find them stimulating. On the whole the writing is a decent quality and the editor's selections will give readers an interesting view of the varieties of woman dominated relationships.
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