Shadowplay

by Portia Da Costa

Photographer Christabel is drawn to psychic phenomena and dark liaisons. When she is persuaded by her husband to take a holiday at a mysterious mansion house in the country, unexpected events begin to unravel. Her husband has enlisted the help of his young male PA to ensure that ChristabelÂ’s holiday is eventful and erotic. Within the web of an unusual and kinky threesome, Christabel learns some lessons the jaded city could never teach...

Genres: Erotica

Paperback

First published February 18, 1999

About the author

I'm a Sunday Times, New York Times and USA Today bestselling British author of romance, erotic romance and romantic fiction. My novels have been published by a variety of different houses, both in the US and the UK, and translated into many languages including German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian and Japanese. I'm best known for my many novels for the pioneering British erotica publisher Black Lace and I writing books with contemporary, paranormal and occasionally futuristic settings. I'm now venturing into historical erotic romance too, with a new novel for Harlequin Spice set in London in the year 1890.

I also write as Dorothy Starr and Megan Paul

I've been writing for publication since 1990, and have had over twenty novels published and around 100 short stories. I've contributed to many different short story anthologies and women’s magazines. I've also written a number Spice Briefs for Harlequin.

I'm a member of Romance Writers of America, the Passionate Ink RWA Chapter, the Romantic Novelists Association [UK] and the Society of Authors [UK].

I live in the heart of West Yorkshire, UK, with my husband and my cats. When I'm not writing I enjoy reading, watching TV and movies, hanging out on Twitter and Facebook, and online life in general. I was formerly a librarian and have also worked in local government.

Reviews

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing, sometimes a bit difficult to follow but that might be because English is my third language. loving the story though!

[penelopewanders · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure how far I'll get with this before leaving on holiday - should have opted for an anthology, no doubt.
Some of Da Costa's books are great, with real characters, real plots, good stories and descriptions. Some are not. Perhaps the title is operative term here - these characters are shadowy indeed. Sometimes black lace novels give me the impression that the author had a series of points to include - M-F, S-D, F-F, M-M... etc and the text is just filler from scene to scene. This one starts out with some promise - and then the whole mystery of Daniel's issues crumbles. At the end of the day is a mentally ill character sexy? but is he mentally ill? There was a hint there might be something supernatural, but that too faded away. So on the whole quite the disappointment for a DaCosta...