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Because She Thought She Loved Me
The course of true love doesn't run easy when your husband is a powerful pornographer who controls most of the shady side of the Internet. And when a tender love affair runs out of control, desperate measures are needed to stop the darkness engulfing its frantic protagonists.
Because She Thought She Loved Me offers a descent into the heart of sexual madness, moving in overdrive from London's West End, via the sinister private clubs of Paris, to the no-holds-barred illegal strip-joints of New York.
Because She Thought She Loved Me offers a descent into the heart of sexual madness, moving in overdrive from London's West End, via the sinister private clubs of Paris, to the no-holds-barred illegal strip-joints of New York.
182 pages, Paperback
First published October 17, 1997
About the author
Maxim Jakubowski
287 books167 followersMaxim Jakubowski is a crime, erotic, and science fiction writer and critic.
Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.
He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.
His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.
Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.
He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.
His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.
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February 25, 2023
Another author I'd never heard of before discovering them on the open library, Maxim Jakubowski is a long-time crime fiction and erotic fiction author and editor. Seriously--check out the guy's bio. It's super impressive, and includes a long-running gig with the Guardian as their "crime" reviewer.
If there is one thing the 90s produced in excellent volume, it was the "erotic thriller"--where then-trendy neo-noir tropes are infused with increasingly porny levels of sexuality (think Basic Instinct, Body of Evidence, Color of Night, Jade, the list goes on). Jakubowski seems to have taken one look at this cinematic landscape and said, here, hold my beer--I can do you one better in print. This book begins as a conventional neo-noir, with recognizable genre elements. Joe (or Jack? does it matter?) is an accountant to a shady mob-connected pornographer who makes the mistake of becoming erotically obsessed with the other man's wife. Cue the torrid love affair, the plot to make him go away, and the escalating levels of violence as the plan goes into effect. What makes the book immediately different, however, is the sheer explict nature of the sex scenes. I mean we are talking a level of description I have never seen in print, with a lot of acts you probably are only familiar with from hardcore internet porn. Sheesh!
Once the lovers "solve" their problem and go on the run, the book slowly transforms into a more straightforward work of erotica about one man's sexual obsession, and how his possessiveness drives away his ever more curious partner. There's some seriously kinky scenes in a Paris sex club, before she leaves his ass and the final part of the book is about him being an increasingly uncool stalker. Intercut is our b-plot, a pretty ridiculous storyline about a stripper recruited as the ultimate assassin who, you guessed it, just has to seduce her marks first.
I love a quick and nasty work of crime fiction, and I really dug the first part of this book. The sex angle was a new addition to what I'm used to, and Jakubowski is a skilled deployer of all the usual tricks and twists. As a matter of personal preference, however, I lost a little bit of interest when the lovers escaped without any consequences and the book turned into a more straightforward work of erotica (I don't mind a good deal of sex in my books, but for some reason books that are mostly about the sex itself don't do much for me). I have to admit, however, the book is mostly well-written, even if it does have the occasional typo or stylistic groaner. Jakubowski is an efficient writer with a pervy mind, so if that's your thing you will love this book.
If there is one thing the 90s produced in excellent volume, it was the "erotic thriller"--where then-trendy neo-noir tropes are infused with increasingly porny levels of sexuality (think Basic Instinct, Body of Evidence, Color of Night, Jade, the list goes on). Jakubowski seems to have taken one look at this cinematic landscape and said, here, hold my beer--I can do you one better in print. This book begins as a conventional neo-noir, with recognizable genre elements. Joe (or Jack? does it matter?) is an accountant to a shady mob-connected pornographer who makes the mistake of becoming erotically obsessed with the other man's wife. Cue the torrid love affair, the plot to make him go away, and the escalating levels of violence as the plan goes into effect. What makes the book immediately different, however, is the sheer explict nature of the sex scenes. I mean we are talking a level of description I have never seen in print, with a lot of acts you probably are only familiar with from hardcore internet porn. Sheesh!
Once the lovers "solve" their problem and go on the run, the book slowly transforms into a more straightforward work of erotica about one man's sexual obsession, and how his possessiveness drives away his ever more curious partner. There's some seriously kinky scenes in a Paris sex club, before she leaves his ass and the final part of the book is about him being an increasingly uncool stalker. Intercut is our b-plot, a pretty ridiculous storyline about a stripper recruited as the ultimate assassin who, you guessed it, just has to seduce her marks first.
I love a quick and nasty work of crime fiction, and I really dug the first part of this book. The sex angle was a new addition to what I'm used to, and Jakubowski is a skilled deployer of all the usual tricks and twists. As a matter of personal preference, however, I lost a little bit of interest when the lovers escaped without any consequences and the book turned into a more straightforward work of erotica (I don't mind a good deal of sex in my books, but for some reason books that are mostly about the sex itself don't do much for me). I have to admit, however, the book is mostly well-written, even if it does have the occasional typo or stylistic groaner. Jakubowski is an efficient writer with a pervy mind, so if that's your thing you will love this book.
April 26, 2015
Good story well told. Not for the faint of heart. Maxim Jakubowski manages to weave two stories and a number of genres together very effectively. It is part noir, part erotica, and part part suspense novel. Because She Thought She Loved Me takes the reader all over the world and through all types of situations and emotions. A solid read.
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