Captivated

by Charlotte Stein

A married couple who play a very dangerous game, a stranger washed up on the shore provides solace for a lonely girl, steampunk dreams become real and sensuous memories intrude on the present...

Collected here, for the first time, are fourteen sinful tales that will take you on a journey through desire, and beyond.

Includes three brand new stories never before published.

Genres: Romance, Anthologies, Short Stories, Erotic Romance, Erotica, Contemporary Romance

174 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 25, 2017

About the author

Charlotte Stein is the RT and DABWAHA nominated author of over fifty short stories, novellas and novels. When not writing deeply emotional and intensely sexy books, she can be found eating jelly turtles, watching terrible sitcoms and occasionally lusting after hunks. For more on Charlotte, visit: www.charlottestein.net

Reviews

[Joanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

All hail the queen! I have gobbled up every single Charlotte Stein book and I think she is one of the greatest erotica writers of all time. Yes you read that right. I will always one click her books and short stories which are all insanely feminist. My only complaint is how short the stories were. I would happily ready a thousand pages of stories by Ms. Stein. Eagerly awaiting her next story with baited breath.

[Emmi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only negative thing I have to say about this collection is that I wanted some of the stories to be full-length novels so that I could spend more time watching the characters' stories unfold.

[Elena Johansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of polished but eclectic stories about sex. How much you "like" these may vary wildly based on what kinks you enjoy reading about, but even when the story's Thing was not necessarily my Thing, I appreciated that these were well-constructed and vivid little pieces of fiction--I'm tired of reading short "stories" that are really just overblown scenes that have no point, no direction, no closure.

As a collection, though, I feel that a few of them felt out of place with the others, aberrations of tone or genre--in particular, the tale of a dream "machine" that had a Victorian fantasy vibe that was unique among all the stories. Maybe I'm biased because I didn't like that one nearly as much as some of the others, but I did question why it was included.

Since I just came to this from one of Stein's novellas, I'm actually impressed by the difference in the quality of the writing--everything felt smoother and more purposeful. Maybe I just had a slightly lackluster title as my first, or maybe she's just better at crafting short stories than novels or novellas. I have another novel of hers on my TBR from ages ago, based on a recommendation, so I'm definitely interested in reading more.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great collection of erotic/erotica short stories from a favorite author. Worth a read.

[Onnica · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent collection of some very different books, all engaging and smart. I enjoyed them all - many stories left me wanting more.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm going to run out of Charlotte Stein books, soon. This collection is very good; I don't think there's a weak story in the bunch.

[Essie · Rating 2 out of 5]

not my type

[Sm · Rating 5 out of 5]

another great collection of short stories by Stein

I'm only sad there weren't more because I think I've read all of Stein's collections of short stories/novellas now ( Pleasure Keepers , Erotic Novellas , Singing Electricity )

Like Pleasure Keepers, there's a variety here: established couple, second chance lovers, sci-fi, workplace (kind of enemies to lusties), and so on

I liked Circuit (mainly because the guy's name was Tate and it made me think of Tate from Never Sweeter) and All in the Mind (just because he's aesthetically "hotter," but he's been falling for her the whole time just the same, gave me all the swoons!)