Feeling adventurous? In this witty and well-informed consumer guide, best-selling author and sex educator Violet Blue shows couples how to choose and use sex toys to play and explore together — and have mind-blowing sex. She leads readers through the maze of sex toys on the market, explaining the many options available, including different materials, care and cleaning, and how to see through exaggerated marketing claims. Along the way Violet offers tips on creative usage and ideas for introducing sex toys to a relationship: how to ask your boyfriend to use the blindfold in your bedside drawer or how to surprise your wife with a saucy gift without getting your face slapped (unless that was the point).

The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Sex Toys takes a practical, sex-positive approach to pleasure, with plenty of safety advice and a list of websites for savvy online shopping. But why stop with the basics? Care to enact a threesome fantasy with two people? Set up the sexiest lighting for a webcam show? Dream of owning a steel cage dining table for captivating dinner parties? From the tried-and-true to the truly spectacular, you'll find it here in The Adventurous Couple's Guide.

VIOLET BLUE is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus, The Ultimate Guide to Fellatio, The Smart Girl's Guide to Porn, The Ultimate Guide to Adult Videos, and The Ultimate Guide to Sexual Fantasy. She is the editor of Sweet Life: Erotic Fantasies for Couples, Sweet Life 2, Taboo: Forbidden Fantasies for Couples, Lips Like Sugar, Best Women's Erotica 2006, and Best Sex Writing 2005. She lives in San Francisco. Visit her at www.tinynibbles.com.

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