Dramatic Affairs

Black Lace

by Fredrica Alleyn

Esther Reid is relaunching her career as a stage actress after being publicly dumped by her famous actor boyfriend. As the acting troupe she is with begins a national tour, she realizes that she's harboring powerful passions for more than one man in the company. Her admirers have hidden agendas, however, and she will have to keep her wits about her if she is to steal the show and satisfy her desires.

Genres: Erotica

272 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1998

About the author

Fredrica Alleyn is the pseudonym of the crime and horror fiction author Margaret Bingley, who also writes erotica under the penname Marina Anderson. Under this penname she publishes erotica for women.

Reviews

[BestChickLit.com · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first foray into the world of erotic fiction, and I was quite surprised by the wide and eclectic mix of characters in Dramatic Affairs. Although this is befitting of the storyline, this is a tale of love, loss and vengeance and a number of blush-inducing encounters along the way. There is a large cast of actors in the book, all of whom play their part in the bed and partner swopping that almost everyone was party to.

There is a delicious and malicious intent that starts with two people but then changes and evolves, as is revealed partway through the book. This part of the story really captured my imagination and is a good way for the two main characters to be drawn out of the rest of the group and to really shine. At the same time I felt it also pointed out that whilst there is a lot of fun to be had in the many portrayals of relationship types, really what most people long for is someone to love and devote themselves to, making us happy and fulfilled in all senses.

This book was well written, its characters thought out and fully developed and the storyline of each pulled gently together, so that the torrent of emotion each went through was worth the effort for almost everyone to find some sort of happiness while they were bound together for this short but very intense period of time. This read would perhaps not suit every chick lit reader, but if your interest lies this way then I would recommend adding it to your bookshelves.
review by Noemie T Verlan on behalf of BestChickLit.com

[Jade Haden]

I enjoyed this book. it's like a love story with a twist :)