Captive Desires [Mass Market Paperback]

Diane Whiteside (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 3, 2009

The national bestselling mistress of erotica returns to the fantasy world of Captive Dreams--and she?s raising the temperature even more.

Danae Livingston is an author of scorching tales about a fantasy realm inhabited by her favorite hero, Alekhsiy. Now an obsessed fan wants her to rewrite her novels to his own twisted liking and have the legendary villain win. Little does she realize, but Alekhsiy is more real than she dreamed, and he?s the only one who can save her as fantasy and reality merge, swords and sorcery cross, and the sensual world of her vivid imagination becomes the most impossible one of all to resist?or escape.

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About the Author

Diane Whiteside is the author of The Irish Devil and other erotic romances.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (November 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 042522998X
• ISBN-13: 978-0425229989
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #731,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

By day, Diane Whiteside builds and designs computer systems for the government. By night, she escapes into a world of alpha males and the unique women who turn their lives upside down. Noticing the lack of a husband to keep Diane in line, her Tibetan Terrier stepped up to the plate and makes sure that Diane does everything The Right Way ' which means lots of walks and dog treats. For more information about Diane plus her alpha males, unique women, and Tibetan Terriers, please visit www.DianeWhiteside.com.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, November 4, 2009

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Sheri Fogarty (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Captive Desires (Mass Market Paperback)

Captive Desires is related to Diane Whiteside's fantastic story Bound by the Dragon which was in the Anthology Captive Dreams with Angela Knight.

In Captive Desires, Danae Livingston is a famous dancer. She's also a fan of the Torhtremer saga books and has been writing fanfic about one character in particluar, Torhtremer General Alekhsiy Alexandrovich and the High Kings half-brother.

Danae is off to meet her friends at GriffinCon, a science fiction convention that is going to have a special preview of the upcoming Torhtremer movie.

Alekhsiy is on a mission. He has to find out who's going to be the next Dark Warrior, and the sorcerer who will bring the Imperial Terrapin back to plague his land.

He's been watching Danae and little does she know but her stories have saved him numerous times. There's a powerful attraction between them and together they have to stop the Dark Warrior and save Torhtremer.

Captive Desires is a non-stop erotic adventure and you won't want to put it down until it's over. Great story!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars exciting romantic suspense fantasy, November 7, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Captive Desires (Mass Market Paperback)

Danae Livingston writes fictional accounts of her warrior hero Alekhsiy in a fantasy realm filled with her desires. However, although she has wet dreams about her hunk, she knows he does not exist except in her libido.

She soon revises her opinion of what reality is when Alekhsiy arrives on Earth needing her help to save his world from evil. He is taken aback to see the woman who haunts his nocturnal desires in the flesh as is she. However, at a fandom fantasy festival, a fanatic demands she writes of the destruction of Alekhsiy's realm or else face his wrath.

This is a very exciting romantic suspense fantasy with the premise of a writer seemingly having the power of God; although the premise has been used before and Alekhsiy's realm never comes to life. Still, the story line is fun to follow as a fanatic demands death to Alekhsiy's world or death to the "creator", which leads to all types of metaphysical questions. Well written and enlightening, Captive Desires is an engaging heated thriller.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to get into, January 16, 2010

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Aemelia (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Captive Desires (Mass Market Paperback)

Danae Livingstone is a successful dancer, but that is not her only passion, she is a popular fanfic author of erotic stories revolving around the fantasy world of Torhtremer, most especially the warrior, Alekhisy. Only once a year do her worlds merge, at GriffinCon, a huge sci-fi convention. GriffinCon is much more exciting this year, as she realizes that what most take as pure fantasy is actually becoming reality for her.
Alekhsiy has come to Earth to save his world from the evil Azherbhai, who is determined to destroy Torhtremer. Landing in the midst of GriffinCon is a convenient cover for his appearance. Meeting Danae is an added bonus, but can she help save his world from the sinister Azherbhai? Together they will fight to save their worlds with magic, steel, and an ingeniousness writers creativity.

CAPTIVE DESIRES is succulent tale full of action, adventure, fantasy and passion. The chemistry between Alekhsiy and Danae sears the pages. Unfortunately I had a difficult time getting into this book from the start. I was put off with Danae's quick acceptance of Alekhsiy being her warrior from Torhtremer. I felt that it would have added some depth and believability to the story if he had had to work a bit to prove who he was and why he was now in her world, but her practically falling on her knees to worship him immediately just didn't work for me. I was also put off with how easily she fell into bed with him. Yes, I know that this is an erotic romance, and I enjoy many erotic romances, but the rush to bed didn't click for me. I also enjoy fantasy, but with that, I still need plausible situations that can pull me into the world. There was just to much silliness that I found hard to process and enjoy.

Reviewed for: Night Owl Romance