Addicted [Paperback]

Zane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2000

Zoe Reynard has it all. A successful career, a loving husband, three beautiful children, a devoted mother, and the house of her dreams. Most women would kill to be in her shoes. There's just one thing she has that no one else in their right mind would want. A secret addiction that could very well ruin her fairy tale life. Zoe is addicted to sex.

Addicted is the story of Zoe, an African-American female arts dealer. It traces her life from the time she first meets her husband, Jason, in the fifth grade, falls in love with him over a game of Twister in the eighth grade, loses her virginity to him in high school and eventually marries him. Everything seems perfect in Zoes life to her friends and family as she secretly deals with serious problems in her marriage. After failing to get Jason to open up to her sexually, Zoe becomes involved in not one, not two but three extramarital affairs. By the time she seeks the aid of a prominent female African-American therapist, the walls of her picture perfect life have already started to crumble.

Addicted shifts into high gear as Zoe finds out that everyone from her lovers to her husband to her own mother are hiding secrets of their own. Zoe's best friend, Brina, is physically abused by her alcoholic boyfriend, Dempsey. Meanwhile, Zoe discovers under hypnosis that her fascination with sex stems from she had buried deep in the crevices of her mind years before. Zoe ends up being repetitively stalked and attacked. It all comes to a head on a cold, dark mountain following a trail of murders and the true murderer is anyone's guess. Addicted does for women what Fatal Attraction did for men. It will make a woman think twice before risking it all.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Addicted snatched me up from the first page and didn't let me go until the end. A great read!" -- Margaret Johnson-Hodge

"Hot! Sensational! This one you won't be able to put down!" -- Franklin White, Author of Fed Up With the Fanny, Cup of Love and 'Til Death Do Us Part

A straight-up-with-no-chaser novel full of humor, excitement, passion, and much drama... -- Darlene Ramzy, Topica's Tipworld Review

Addicted is a story of deep down true love with a tightly woven plot. Zane's writing style and surprise twists makes her novel a refreshing read! -- Linda Dominique Grosvenor, Author of Sometimes I Cry

Addicted is a true masterpiece worthy of being called one of the great works of literature... -- Earl Sewell, Author of The Good Got To Suffer With The Bad And Taken For Granted

If you haven't read Addicted, you're missing an outstanding novel. This is one of the best books I've read this year. -- Tee C.

With sweat-slinging love scenes and enticing erotic encounters, Addicted will hold you completely captive until the very last page. Don't miss it! -- Tracy Price-Thompson, Author of Black Coffee

You will be swept up in the story by Zane's prose and find yourself addicted to a wonderful new voice on the scene in which you will be hearing from for years. -- Timmothy B. McCann

About the Author

Zane is a professional African-American female in her early thirties. She resides in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. She is also the author of The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth and the webmistress of EroticaNoir.com. She has been entertaining tens of thousands of readers via the Internet for more than two years through her web sites and monthly e-zine.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Strebor Books Intl (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967460115
• ISBN-13: 978-0967460116
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (545 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,641,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Zane is the author of Addicted, The Sex Chronicles, Gettin' Buck Wild, The Heat Seekers, The Sisters of APF, Shame on It All, Nervous, Skyscraper, Afterburn, and Love Is Never Painless and is also the editor of Chocolate Flava and Caramel Flava. She is the publisher of Strebor Books, an imprint of Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, and lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her family. Visit her website at www.eroticanoir.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

73 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addicted to this Book, July 25, 2000

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Angela Harden (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Addicted (Paperback)

If black romance novels fulfill your romantic fantasies, Addicted, by Zane is sure to give your sexual visualizations color. Addicted, chronicles the life of Zoe, a middle class African American female who seeks therapy for sexual addiction. Zoe becomes obsessed with sex in early adolescence and relentlessly pressures Jason, her high school sweet heart to take her virginity.

Although she manages to marry Jason, the love of her life and they experience financial stability in spite of becoming teen parents, Zoe leads a double life. By day she is mother, doting wife and successful art dealer. By night and sometimes in the afternoon, she goes barreling headfirst into affairs with people who keep dangerous secrets. Blunt, violent and entitled, something black women have never collectively been, Zoe, feels she has a right to toe curling extramarital "sexcapades" with people she knows only on a first name basis to fulfill the sexual desires her sexually repressed husband cannot. She's possessive of her lovers and feels justified in having knockdown drag-out fights with their women and justified in telling outlandish lies to Jason to cover her tracks.

Addicted is a ring side seat into the mind of a sex addict, the vibrant, likeable flawed Zoe. And it is through this heroine's courage to heal that the idea of therapy is made palatable to black people, who traditionally don't see it as a means to dealing with issues.

Flashlight by Parliament and the Funkadelics, grape Kool-Aid, Good Times, and 8-track tape players are just a few of the details that will take you back to the 70s and your own memories of high school. Not all fun and games; Addicted is gritty, risqué and full of suspense. After reading this book, you'll think twice about ever having that one night stand you fantasized about and consider the fact that your would-be lover could be an axe murderer.

But when Addicted is over, you'll miss Zoe like she was your girl friend. You know that wild child who told you so many juicy stories over the phone you didn't have to go out to get your kicks. You lived them vicariously through her tales of love and lust.

55 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Addictive!!!, October 26, 2000

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Tee C. Royal (Boonies, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Addicted (Paperback)

Addicted, simply put is about love, passion, sexuality, and the realization that a person's life is not always what it may seem. Especially the sensual side that a lot of women spend their lives trying to repress. With a one-of-a-kind style, Zane takes us on a sensual ride with absolutely no inhibitions....NOTHING held back.

The main character Zoe is beautiful, successful, and has it all...so it seems. Yet, we find out that she lacks one thing that she desires: sexual satisfaction from her husband Jason (who was her childhood sweetheart). In her search of what she can't bring herself to discuss with him (their sex life), she finds herself caught up in affairs with folks she barely knows. Think that's something? Well, that's just the beginning....

That's just one of the surprises and twists and turns this novel takes!! It's definitely one roller coaster ride after another and whether you know it or not, you signed up for one spectacular ride when you purchased this book. Just make sure you put your seatbelt on tight and that you're not "sexually repressed."

Zane spins a web with unforgettable characters that you'll love, hate, and possibly relate to personally. You may even find yourself thinking, "Dang, I know how that feels." Each character is introduced with the intense words of Zane's writing. There are also enough erotically wicked scenes that you'll be in a frenzy flipping the pages for more.

If you haven't read Addicted, you're missing an outstanding novel. This is one of the best books I've read this year and I'll be waiting with great anticipation for the sequel! <grin>

-Tee C. Royal

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37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Girls Take Note...Some Addictions Can Kill Ya!, August 29, 2000

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Sischelle "sischelle" (Shreveport, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Addicted (Paperback)

This was a wonderful thrill of a read. Addicted is full of sex, lies and murder.

I enjoyed this book tremendously - and I am glad that I paid the $20.00 cause it was well worth it. Zane is a wonderful writer and it's hard to believe that she is not mess or at least know some people who are.

All of these characters are wonderful and full of their own story. Addicted was so "addictive" I couldn't stop reading it. I enjoyed the sex scenes - ok...ok go tell my Momma. :-)

If you are looking for a change and some hot...hot...stuff then trust me this one will do it for you. You will get caught up with all of these characters and the lies that they keep.

Lord knows everyone wants a Jason in their life. I do however believe that the book holds a wonderful "lesson in life" for all of those who will read it. I won't tell you what I think it is cause I don't want to spoil the book for you!

Addicted is sure to help you re-think some of those addictions in your life!