Deep Desires immediately had me feeling like I was in an XXX rated version of Alfred Hitchcock's, Rear Window. It's dark, fantastically gripping in first person, and I was riveted to each page anticipating where Charlotte Stein would lead. I was totally captivated by the first page with two wounded individuals that have lost the ability to feel any form of individual pleasure. Ivan and Abbie are fantastically flawed individuals that ultimately find healing with each other in such a provocative and unusual way.

"I moan for him, oh God, I moan for him, I know I’m not dead at all. I’m alive, more alive than I’ve ever been, and it’s at least in part because of him. And I think he knows it. I think that’s what he’s aiming for, because, when I finally come around and gaze down at him through the glass, he doesn’t look obsessed with his own pleasure or ready to take his turn."

"His gaze is full of triumph, burning bright through that veil over his eyes."

"Triumph, simply because he made someone else feel this good."

"God, I want to tell him how weird and wonderful that really is.”


Charlotte Stein never ceases to amaze me with what comes out of her head and onto the page. Stein weaves such a dark, riveting, metaphoric, thought provoking story with each book she pens. Her elegantly filthy voice is like slathering butter over hot baked bread just out of the oven. You are ravenous for it, gorge yourself with it and continue to be glutinous for more. Seriously there is no comparison. Stein to my reading is like my never ending desire for carbs. The difference is, I'm not gaining weight when I open the pages and engross myself in her goodness.

"I’d be frustrated by his evasion if I didn’t love how much he wants to know about me and my responses. Not his. Mine. My pleasure, my desire, the things that turn me on. I swear this wouldn’t be half as easy as it is if I didn’t feel so valued."

I'm not giving away the plot because that is the magic and grit of the story; how it all erotically unravels. I'm dying for more of Ivan and Abbie. I feel like the end of their story is only a road to their beginning and I crave more, demand more of this amazing couple. (Hear me Charlotte!) Seriously, readers looking for beyond the typical erotic romance must pick up Deep Desires. Stein has a class all to herself that is nothing short of brilliant. It’s a masterful journey no romance reader should miss.


Favorite Quote:

"Oh God—accountability. Is there anything sexier on a man? Actual apologies. I could drown in him, I could."