Is it our imagination, or does the last volume of this handsomely produced couples series have a slightly harder sexual edge to it?

Check out, for instance, the g/g closer, a frenetic tongue-and-finger fandango between the mouth-watering duo of Avalon and Jessica. It won't be mistaken for Buttslammers, but it's surprisingly raw, nonetheless.

A couple of other scenes rock out in semi-coarse fashion as well. In one, Peter North bangs the statuesque Jade in a peep show booth, while in another, Steve Drake takes shapely India's rump as she props herself against a classic '65 Buick (what's up with all this hot rods/hot bods stuff of late, anyway?). Fans of angel-faced Silvia Saint, however, are likely to be disappointed if they expect her pairing with Hakan to produce the king of heat that her Evil Angel couplings with Rocco Siffredi do. This one is just a bit too laid back for that to happen. Even so, the accompanying New Age-ish score by Bliss Shift should definitely be remembered come pre-nom time.