Bedded Bliss: A Couple's Guide to Lust Ever After

Have you ever wondered what happens behind closed bedroom doors of happy couples? Are you shy about sharing a fantasy with your partner? Need ideas and want to explore? Then this beautifully written book is for you, just as it was for me. It was so nice to read about couples of varying ages, happy and sexy and still going strong. I took the authors advice and read the erotic fiction out loud to my husband, it was so much fun.

A real treat! A fun read with great stories and insights. Saucy and sensual, the stories provide provocative and reassuring reminders that intimate commitments are only the beginning of the adventures ahead. Treat yourself and your beloved!

Great!

I had expected a more therapeutic type of book. This was bordering on pornography, & would be of little or NO help for couples needing or seeking help.This book is a HUGE disappointment.

Oops! Maybe I have the wrong book. I love the author. Saw the name and had to read it, but instead of spicy erotic stories, I held a book focused on the keys to red hot monogamy and keeping your marriage spicy after years and years and years. This is something Kristina Wright has never done before and I'm really glad I opened it and read it despite NOT possessing a Mr. Me. This book makes you believe in true love and happily ever afters, a perfect mix of every day and the attitude of those who make it mixed with spicy, inspiring married sex erotica. I don't think I've ever read Mrs. Wright so heartfelt! Several times I teared up and almost cried. Bedded Bliss is going into my "hope chest" for when Prince Charming finally pulls up to a gas station and asks for directions to my apartment. I loved this book. Like no relationship book I've ever read.

I wasn't sure what to make of this book the first time I saw it, but what the hell... I’ll read pretty much anything. I have to admit though, I’m very picky when it comes to erotica. There needs to be a strong story, some amazing character development, or a good reason for all the sex- I’m not one to just read scene after scene of sex acts just because. Well in Bedded Bliss, there’s a great reason for all the steam, and I am proud to say that I loved this book!Bedded Bliss: A Couple's Guide to Lust Ever After is part self-help and part erotica. It offers tips, techniques, and a collection of short stories written by seasoned authors of erotica, purposely combined as a reminder that it is possible to have a satisfying sex life at every stage of one’s marriage by integrating imagination, determination, and a good sense of humor. Desiring one another after most couples have started rolling their eyes at the prospect is not luck, it’s work, and this book tastefully and encouragingly incorporates some helpful suggestions.In the “self-help” aspect of this book, the author/editor Kristina Wright offers her personal experiences as well as her own imagination to provide readers with ideas on how to maintain quantity, quality, and spice in a couple’s sexual relationship. And the “erotica” element in this book is well done by empathizing with a variety of common struggles, whether it’s the stress of being laid off from a job, the hesitation that comes along with poor body image, or the anxiety that might come before verbalizing fantasies to one’s partner for the first time. Throughout all the erotic fiction, the characters and scenarios remain realistic and reinforce a relationship's foundation through intimacy. The stories may be explicit, but the emotional piece is not missed.I’m glad I read this book and would recommend it to others who want the most out of their sexual relationships, whether they feel they need the help or not. A change in perspective can make all the difference and the opportunity to learn from others always holds value. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got an idea or two to try...My favorite quote:“The only two people you have to please are your partner and yourself. So forget everyone else. Forget what your best friend told you. Forget about the studies and whether they appeared in Cosmopolitan or the New York Times or some archaic journal with a longer subtitle than the Cosmo article, and focus on sharing yourself. All of yourself with your partner.”

I have been married for fifteen years. I have three kids and my husband is not only my lover but he is also my work partner. We are always talking to other married couples, inspiring them and gaining inspiration from them. We totally rock the monogamy!It seems like everyone is an expert these days. I listened to a “sexpert” podcast the other day. The host of the show and her guest preached until they were ditzy blue in the face that a husband and wife should live separate lives as much as possible, spend as much time away from one another as they could and never-under any circumstances-work together or their marriage wouldn't succeed, they wouldn't desire each other. Say what?!? Oh, there’s that whole “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” thing… right. *Insert eye-roll here*All I can say to that is; thank goodness for “Bedded Bliss”! This book gives all of us monogamous people total rights to be publicly braggadocios once again! It acknowledges (with refreshing intelligence) that monogamy in not only admirable, it is HOT! With a realistic approach, (unlike so many clicky "sexperts" who publish whatever gimmicky drivel they think is cute) Kristina Wright brought together real people who have a wide scope of “marriage experience” to pull from. To me, that is the best kind of advice you can get! I prefer to hear from someone who has been there, done that. Lived it.Understand that this book isn't a magical pocket therapist. It is an inspiring, insightful collection of advice that you can actually use. Plus, there are fictional erotic stories included!I am so grateful that Kristina Wright thoughtfully praises the evolution of married life, but what I appreciated most and thought really "raised the roof" was her discussion on "trust". Marriage needs communication over the years because life isn't always roses. It might decide to swing over and unexpectedly drop a big ol’ lemon or two in your lap and you might need someone to lean on. New parents quickly learn that the stress of raising/caring for children can put a screaming halt to spontaneous sexy time and before they know it, there is a huge canyon of resentment between them. It breaks my heart that people decide to give up because they think quitting a marriage is easier. Who can you trust to help you get through tough times if not your spouse?Together, trust and lust breed duration. They give us permission and allow us to depend on each other. To me, that isn't a weakness-it’s a revered strength and it is absolutely priceless.