Gothic Blue (Black Lace) [Mass Market Paperback]

Portia Da Costa (Author)

Book Description

Series: Black Lace | Publication Date: April 22, 2010

Two hundred years ago, a handsome young nobleman falls under the spell of a malevolent but irresistible sorceress. In the present day, stranded by a thunderstorm at a remote Gothic priory, Belinda and her boyfriend are drawn into an enclosed world of luxurious decadence and sexual alchemy. Their host is the courteous but melancholic André von Kastel, a beautiful aristocrat who mourns his lost love. He has plans for Belinda—plans that will take her into the realms of obsessive love and erotic who-knows-what.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Portia Da Costa is the author of Continuum, Devil Inside, Hotbed, Kiss It Better, Magic and Desire, Shadowplay, and The Tutor.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Virgin Books; First Edition 2nd Printing edition (April 22, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0352330759
• ISBN-13: 978-0352330758
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.8 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,555,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent plot!, September 12, 2001

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Jenn "jenncw" (SoCal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gothic Blue (Black Lace) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is well constructed, with developed, motivated characters and a surprisingly believable plot. The hapless but curious travlers, Belinda and Jonathan, are stranded in a creepy old priory, with three mute but very helpful servants and a long-lived sorceror who feeds off of pleasure. The Count has a secret, and badly needs Belinda's help to resore him to his beloved. Add two more sorceresses, one good, one evil, and you have a full house. Belinda and Jonathan develope their realtionship while Belinda agrees to help the Count.

If there is one hitch in this book, it is the tendancy to "fade to black" just when things are getting good. Any scenes much more risky than vanilla, they simply fade out, and some of the sexual potential is never fulfilled. Light BDSM, some very vague same-sex scenes. If you are looking for sexy, risky scenes, this isn't the book for you, but if you want a tender, interesting plot-driven story with some sex, buy this one.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gothic Blue - sex with a bit of thought behind it., February 26, 2000

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Kate Hardy, M&B Medical Romance author (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gothic Blue (Black Lace) (Mass Market Paperback)

If you're looking for an erotic tale that's just that bit different and something that makes you use your brain - rather than the hackneyed 'we're all part of a secret society' - this one's for you.

Gorgeous characters, decadent surroundings, fabulous sex... it's a book you can enjoy on a surface level, and then enjoy again at a deeper level when you recognise the subtleties in the plot. I won't give any secrets away, but there's something very X-files ish about the paranormal world Belinda discovers.

Enjoy it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Erotic fantasy written for the dreamers among us ..., July 12, 2001

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Rudolf Spoerer "dowadiddi" (Weston, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gothic Blue (Black Lace) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first of Portia Da Costa's books I have read and the first 11 pages of the books Prologue are so hot that it was worth the price of the book for me. The Prologue details the plot where our hero, the count Andre, at his engagement (betrothal at that time) party to his beloved virginal Belle, meets the evil, but oh so delicious, countess Isidora.

Sizzling love is made, spells are cast and, in Chapter one, we are thrust into the future where Andre and Belle are trapped to meet up with Belinda and Johnathan, a young couple who lost their way on a dark and backwoods road. Our young couple abandon their car and find refuge in what appeared to be an abandoned priory hidden away in the middle of nowhere. Our cast of characters are revived to while away the days surrendering to the most base, and erotically yummie, desires of the flesh.

The erotic sex is fantastic and superbly written and it's little wonder you'll have trouble finding any of this author's books in stock because most of them will be hidden away to be read at those most private of moments.