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* "Home Again" by Ann Douglas (romance) 10, 10, 10
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* "Home Again" by Ann Douglas (annd55@nyc.pipeline.com).
http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=340706148
http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=340702619

A.C. has come home to visit his childhood haunts, and he meets Mary Austin,
the 45-year-old mother with a still great body who is the mother of Josh, one
of A.C. closest childhood friends. We eventually discover that she was also
the target of some of A.C.'s adolescent masturbation fantasies.

This author takes her time developing a plot. The first 2 parts (of 7) are not
exactly devoid of sex; we do learn that A.C. used to date Jenny Wilson with
whom he traded cherries on prom night and whose sister was nicknamed Kleenex
Karen because of her proclivity to fill the partial vacuum in her bra with
that product, and also that Josh's sister Dawn Marie had fucked the whole
football team before moving out of the family domicile right after her 18th
birthday. The author also lays a basis for future sexual possibilities by
letting us know that Mr. Austin is deceased and that during his adolescence
A.C. had once seen Mrs. Austin naked and by arranging for A.C. to stay
overnight while he waits for Josh to come home in the morning. But in general
A.C. and Mary just have dinner and engage in interesting conversation.

So the author spends nearly 4 out of 7 parts with nothing more than innuendo
and build-up; but when the sex comes it's both tender and hot. I love this
kind of story. Read it yourself for the details.

I secretly wish that Ann Douglas would get somebody to proofread her stories.
She develops wonderful plots that give full personalities to people having hot
sex, and then she makes annoying mistakes that keep me from giving her perfect
ratings; and then I often have to decide whether to let a imperfect story onto
my Top 15 list for the month. I mean, surely Ann knows the difference between
a dinner and a diner and between celibate and celebrate. The problem is that
Ann knows what the words are supposed to be, and so she probably skips right
past them; and this is just the sort of mistake that a spellcheck doesn't pick
up. The solution is to have one intelligent person go through the story before
it gets posted. Let this be a lesson to you.

Finally, a word of advice. It's nice to shower together before anal
intercourse, but the shower removes the natural lubricants from both bodies;
and so the penis is likely to be even drier than usual. The problem of dry
skin is compounded by the fact that a person's anal canal does not produce
natural lubrications for sexual intercourse, as the vagina would. Using
Vaseline to solve this problem is not a great idea, because that product tends
to seal off the body's natural lubricants, when they do begin to flow. My own
experience is that saliva is a better idea than Vaseline at both the front and
back door. By far the best solution is a lubricant specifically designed for
this purpose, such as K-Y jelly. I guess this gives away part of the plot,
doesn't it?

Ratings for "Home Again"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10