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"Black Velvet Valentines" contains three sexy short stories set around Valentine's Day. The first story, "Secrets of the Heart", which is set in New York City, is about a shy, wealthy 25-year-old (Charlotte Colfax) who suddenly starts receiving suggestive valentines from a secret admirer. But who is he? Her burly new carpenter, Matthias Quinn? Her old college professor, Dr. Hadley Alcorn? Or her family's young attorney, Ian Renfrow? The identity of Charlotte's secret admirer is pretty obvious, especially since the author gives his name away in the foreword note of this book, but "Secrets of the Heart" is still a sweet,[and]gratifying, story. In the second tale, "Two Hearts", Pansy Kingsmith, a plump, sensible Wisconsinite, still has feelings for her ex, Jesse Angelini (who also happens to be her next-door neighbor), even though he dumped her after three dates. She visits a love potion shop in the hopes of magically seducing Jesse--but, instead, she accidentally attracts his twin brother, Peter. Pansy is a more realistic heroine, even though she is, at times, very desperate--and a Peeping Tom to boot.
The third and last story, "Heart's Desire", is set on a Caribbean cruise ship. Here Angie "Angelique" Dubonnet, a vacationing nursery-school teacher from Michigan, hopes to grab the attention of a handsome, mysterious stranger (Nikolas Dorian) by masquerading as a rich tourist with one mission in mind: to have "five days and nights of hot, fabulous sex" with this Greek millionaire. "Heart's Desire" is definitely an "erotic valentine voyage", even though the ending is kind of left up in the air for anything to happen.
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