Women With Handcuffs: Lesbian Cop Erotica edited by Sacchi Green

Women With Handcuffs: Lesbian Cop Erotica
edited by Sacchi Green
Pages: 234
Date: April 21 2014
Publisher: Cleis Press
Series: None

Review
Rating: Overall - 3.5
Read: September 7 to October 21 2016

16 stories that involve lesbians and police. Certain amount of erotica involved.

NOTE: If you previously read 'Lesbian Cops: Erotic Investigations', also edited by Sacchi Green, then you have already read this book here. At least going by the Kindle sample - exact same set of stories in both books without an addition or subtraction.

Hollis by Jove Belle
A woman who is both a police detective and someone who sees themselves as being on the verge of middle age, is at a training . . . um . . thingie. Story opens while she's running for seven miles under the supervision of a FBI agent.

Apparently this police detective has a certain level of submissiveness, though only to those who she sees as being . . . um . . . strong enough. Which works out here, since she sees the FBI agent as strong enough, and that agent is quite happy with the concept of dominating another.

They have a moment in the agent's office.

Quite exciting, in its brief way.

Rating: 4.89

Only Game in Town by Delilah Devlin
The only two female police officers in the small Louisiana town hook up. No handcuffs involved. Nice characterization.

rating: 4.15

Dress Uniform by Teresa Noelle Roberts
Not sure what to think of this one. Some hot moments. Some not so hot moments.

A woman with something of an anime fetish (which is good since her girlfriend looks quite anime girl-ish) is a police officer. She, the police officer, kind of losses it when her girlfriend suggests going to a fetish thingie wearing her uniform. Sex occurs. Then more lossing it. Then more sex.

hmms. Rating. hmms.

Rating: 3.80

A Cop's Wife by Evan Mora
kids (not really seen much), family, crime, suspense

This . . . I do not really know how to rate this story. This story feels like it belongs in a different collection. it is technically 'good' but . . . it's kind of the opposite of erotica. You expect a certain something with erotica, and while I know there's a segment that involves 'dangerous erotica' or 'in danger'. But this isn't really that either.

A woman answers the phone. A man on it says that he is going to kill that woman's wife. That wife is a cop. The story involves both being super stressed and not having much in the way of sleep (as in none). This story is an 'impact' story - as in the impact and experience of what it actually means to be a cop's spouse. It is not, though, as mentioned, an erotic story.

Remove that 'Lesbian Cop Erotica' part from the title and this story would fit perfectly. Or at least remove that erotica part. But it does include that title.

I do not know how to rate this. I tentatively place a '3' on this while cringing a little while doing so.

October 19 2016

Charity and Splendor by Andrea Dale
Dog, Kid, Single mom, Latina

Interesting enough story, though all but the 1 POV are distant from reader.

Kid learns of a police dog that got injured, learns that not all dogs have bulletproof vests because of the cost, talks with her mother. Talks mother into setting up charity to get some money for vests.

The police head dog person is a hot latina. As you would expect in a book like this, cop and mother hook up.

Nice enough story but kind of bland.

Rating: 3.5

CHAPEL STREET BLUE by R.V. Raiment

I believe nearly half, maybe even 75% of this story was spent on how absolutely fabulously gorgeous the cop truly is. And how she knows it. And how every man whistles when she is near, even if they do not wish to do so. And how . . . bah.

Some portion was sex while talking about a creepy partner (the cop's partner), and the death of a hooker. Kind of . . . odd vibe combo.

Unfortunately, I didn't particularly like this one.

Rating: 2

COP AT MY DOOR by R.G. Emanuelle
Wasn't sure where I was and accidentally read this one out of order.

Two women live in a house in NY (I know because a badge on a cops uniform says NYPD on it). They live next to a 'crazy neighbor' who is always calling the cops on them. So they see police at their door often - usually involves the same two police, though this specific occasion sees one of those two police with a different partner. One of the women who live in that house are literally dripping with excitement every time she sees one of these two police officers. Since this is a lesbian novel - it's the female officer she drools over.

One thing leads to another and . . . the officer yet again leaves without Lisa (or is Lisa the roommates name? mmphs. Yeah, the roommate is Lisa, the officer is 'Officer Brewer', and the lead POV in this story is 'Ms. Janssen'. The temp partner is named 'Officer Nolan'. Oh and when I say that she literally drips with excitement, I'll give an example: 'When I caught sight of those amazing brown eyes, my muscles went limp and my underwear got damp.' Finally - the lead POV, the non-cop, is named 'Morgan'. And Officer Brewer is Nicole Brewer).

Okay, now that's out of the way, let's try that paragraph above again: Morgan lusts after Officer Nicole, and Lisa pushes Morgan to ask Nicole out but Morgan constantly chickens out and takes all positive signs that Nicole is interested as meaning something else. One night, though, Nicole takes things into her own hands and stops by on her way home - as in off-duty.

Interesting quick brief story. Got an impression of Morgan, Nicole, and tiny tiny impression of Lisa. Vaguely hot graphic sex.

Rating: 3.77

TORN OFF A STRIP by Elizabeth Coldwell
Female cop and male cop are called by a concerned neighbor to a disturbance in the neighborhood. They arrive to find a stripper wearing a fake cop outfit handcuffed outside a house. Apparently the stripper had decided to try to lift a wallet. Got caught.

Female cop sends male cop inside. Once the way is clear, female cop molests the stripper. The end.

The story is from the point of view from the female cop. And she's just sure that the stripper appreciated the attention and got off on it. To me, it just reminds me that women can rape women.

I'd like to give this story some kind of negative stars rating.

Officer Birch by J.N. Gallagher
Mental illness

Hmm. This is a super creepy story. A young woman is rescued by the school security officer. A friend there makes a comment like 'I'll bet [she] is into some really hard-core dyke sex shit' and the young woman seemed to run with that concept.

The story is basically a note to that police officer, years later. It's very 'me me me me me me me', and not a love note. The character tells the cop that she developed this belief as to what kind of woman the cop was, and so the young woman went about the process of learning - watching hard core lesbian porn, writing stories based off of that -- etc etc.

The point I am attempting to make is that the character comes off as a deranged person suffering mental illness - there is nothing in the story that indicates that she actually knows anything about the police officer. She even says, in the beginning '... Officer Birch. No, I'm not going to call you Melissa, or Mel.' - The character is fixated on the idea of Officer Birch, not on whoever the fuck 'Melissa' might be - who the woman under the uniform might be.

So. Another one I have no clue how to rate. Another non-erotica story in a 'erotica' collection.

I'll give this one a rating of . . . I've no idea. It's not a story so much as a rant. A deranged rant. By someone who should be in a mental hospital. So, on the one hand, this is not in any way erotica. On the other, the author did a rather good job creating a deranged psycho. So . . . um. I'll tentatively give this one a 2.75.

October 19 2016

Raven Brings the Light by Kenzie Mathews
Alaska, small town, frozen dead body, teacher, cop, native/Norwegian/Irish

Told from the point of view of the teacher in the story - the story consists of learning that someone who had gone missing for six months had their body found - and the ramifications on the police (and their families) of finding the body. Though, as mentioned, told through the eyes of the teacher, who, while she knew the dead woman, didn't have to find and deal with the body.

Good solid interesting story.

Rating: 4.3

October 21 2016

Healing Hand by Lynn Mixon
Witness Protection, US Marshal

The story is from the point of view of a woman who was a professional gambler, and has now been in witness protection for the last 5 years. The story kicks off with that woman hearing a car, grabbing a shotgun, and looking outside. Spotting a slick SUV - out of place in the mountains of her home. A US Marshal steps out - one that the woman knows.

That US Marshal mentions that the evil dude who is the reason for the woman to be in protective custody had escaped.

The story then proceeds to have the protector and protectee engage in a display of erotic play. Though in a much better and more satisfying way that my little comment might make it seem.

rating: 4.95

October 21 2016

Undercover by Ily Goyanes
A vice detective goes undercover as a hooker. Stands on a cold rainy street corner in December in a miniskirt and halter top. Waiting. Standing. Getting wet from rain. Finally a car appears - the detective knows what she needs to do - get the 'John' to say the right words. But . . . it's a Jane. And a rather attractive Jane. Despite not saying the right words, the detective joins the 'Jane' in the car.

A quite fun little story.
rating: 4.34

Riding the Rails by Sacchi Green
Butch-Butch, Cop, Writer

A sergeant is escorting a Sultan's wife on a train. The sergeant hasn't had sex in a while, and the wife is very . . . touchy and interested in action. With any and everyone. Therefore the sergeant is kind of quite tense when an old college friend turned up.

That college friend joins them and sits across from the princess (apparently a Sultan's wife is a princess). Princess ups her game, and her breasts may or may not fall out, and some foot action might or might not occur.

One thing to note right off . . though I forgot to note it right off - you can tell how much I enjoyed this story by one specific factor - that college friend is packing. And I don't mean a gun (no, the sergeant is the one with the gun). By packing, I mean she's wearing a 8 inch strap on under her tight leather pants. I've never exactly been that thrilled when a character like that pops up - sounds painful. Heck, I don't even like wearing watches (or jewelry or whatever) because I don't like things tied down on me, clutching me (none of my shoes have laces).

And yet . . . this was a quite interesting and exciting little story. Two butch women, both normally the aggressors, and a third woman rubbing against them. Naturally, because of rules, they handcuff the third woman so she can't get a hand on them, but allow her to watch. As the butch women get it on in a train bathroom (by the way, wha? Somewhere in the story it was mentioned this was an Amtrak train - Amtrak bathrooms are barely larger than linen closets (by linen closet, I mean a room with a door - room wide enough for shelves right up against the door, as in there's no room in there but for towels and stuff) - so three women in there? And with 'action' occurring? hmms).

Right. So. Unexpectedly liked it. I'd rate it 4.73

October 20 2016

Blazing June by J.L. Merrow
kid, single mother, housewife, cop, romance

A woman's next door neighbor seems unresponsive, so that woman contacts the police. The story starts with the police already there. They had to break in as the neighbor had had a fall.

Interesting story. Somewhat more romance in this one than some of the other stories in this collection. Solid story. I liked it well enough.

Rating: 4.23

October 20 2016

A Prayer before Bed by Annabeth Leong

Hmm. I'd read this one but then didn't include something here. Might be I only put something in a status update.

Ah, good, I did.

Prayer before bed - cop arrives at a crime scene. Is tasked to interview a witness. While her partner is in another room watching 'the kids'. Witness is somewhat insane, hostile, and - at one point - reaches forward and grips the cops nipple through her shirt.

Creepy, disturbing vibe.

Rating: 1.3

How does your Garden Grow by Cheyenne Blue
erotica

cop keeps getting sent to an out of the way place to look for dope. Finds woman. Humps woman (after making sure no dope there)

rating: 4.6

October 19 2016

Overall

Hollis by Jove Belle - 4.89
Only Game in Town by Delilah Devlin - 4.15
Dress Uniform by Teresa Noelle Roberts - 3.80
A Cop's Wife by Evan Mora - 3
Charity and Splendor by Andrea Dale - 3.5
Chapel Street Blue by R.V. Raiment - 2
Cop at my Door by R.G. Emanuelle - 3.77
Torn off a Strip by Elizabeth Coldwell - negative stars
Officer Birch by J.N. Gallagher - 2.75
Raven Brings the Light by Kenzie Mathews - 4.3
Healing Hand by Lynn Mixon - 4.95
Undercover by Ily Goyanes - 4.34
Riding the Rails by Sacchi Green - 4.73
Blazing June by J.L. Merrow - 4.23
A Prayer before Bed by Annabeth Leong - 1.3
How does your Garden Grow by Cheyenne Blue - 4.6

Overall Rating for the 16 stories: 3.519375 (which is impressive in and off itself since one of the stories received the equivalent of 0 stars).

There are over 120,000 "full-time law enforcement officers who were authorized to make arrests and carry firearms in the United States" (as of 2008) spread across 73 Federal agencies (as of an article from 2012). State and local agencies have 765,000 full-time police with the power to make arrests, plus an additional 44,000 part-time (and therefore carry handcuffs - based on a 2008 Gov't report). The state and local agencies come in a wide range of places and occupations, from state, local, city, port, etc.

I mention all of the above because I noticed something along the way. The vast majority of the people walking around with handcuffs in this book were local police. It was not always obvious what specific department they worked for, but it was obvious that they were local police. There was at least one vice cop, one homicide detective, and one patrol officer. In addition, there was one FBI agent (hooked up with a local cop who was the POV), and one US Marshal. It's a book of erotic stories, I guess the lack of variation, the opportunity not taken is somewhat acceptable. I guess.

An interesting collection of stories. Some seemed misplaced - as in, while they might have included sex, they were not erotica stories. Most seemed relatively well-written, even the ones I rated poorly - I just didn't like those stories based on the meat of the story, not the underlying writing abilities of the author.

Of the sixteen authors present in this collection, I had previously read 2 of them - and liked their stories here. Both of whom fall into my 'highlights'.

Top stories:
1. Healing Hand by Lynn Mixon - 4.95
2. Hollis by Jove Belle - 4.89
3. Riding the Rails by Sacchi Green - 4.73
4. How does your Garden Grow by Cheyenne Blue - 4.6

October 21 2016