From noted author Jeff Mann comes this exciting new erotic thriller. Outside an isolated cabin,winter fog caresses spruce trees. Inside,two men,lovers,have enacted a plan of revenge,kidnapping the handsome son of the man who wronged one of them.
Al,the accomplice,has stalked Rob for weeks,and his infatuation for the young man has grown deeper than he ever anticipated. So much so that he finds himself drawn to protect Rob from the rage and vengeance burning away his partner Jay’s insides.
Caring for their bound and gagged captive,with each passing day Al finds his power over Rob a potent and irresistible aphrodisiac and his heart dangerously moved. But Jay has no intention of ever allowing the young man to escape.
I do not know what happened to me with Jeff Mann’s new book. I have had it for a month and just have not been able to make myself sit down and review it. I think that is because Mann is such a good writer that I want to be sure that I give him the full credit that he deserves. He is a master wordsmith and it seems that each word is especially chosen. Be that as it is, whenever I get news that Jeff Mann has something new coming out I am ready to get a copy. This is his first novel and it blew me away. He brings us an erotic tale of violence and passion that is so beautifully rendered that I had to stop and rest every few pages. The thriller is set in an isolated cabin during the winter where two men, Al and Jay, lovers, work on a plan to avenge what they consider a wrongdoing. They want to kidnap Rob, the son of a man who has spoken against Jay.
Al lusted for Rob and even stalked him and the more he sees him the stronger the infatuation becomes. He even begins to obsess about him. He wants to protect Rob from Jay, Al’s partner who is filled with rage about the way Al feels. After they kidnap Rob, Al finds his feelings growing even stronger. At this point I found myself so totally engrossed in the story that I could not put the book down. Al realizes that taking care of Rob acts as a kind of sex drug on him and he feels in constant desire for the boy. Jay has let it be known that he has no intention of ever allowing Rob to escape.
I can’t say anything else about the story because I would give too much away and ruin it for others. The atmosphere that Mann creates pulls the reader in from almost the first sentence and the claustrophobic way that the cabin is pictured makes the reader feel what the characters feel. I found myself surprised that I was actually reading the book at home and not in the cabin with Al, Jay and Rob. Mann almost makes the cabin a character in the book as so much is tied to it. The eroticism of the work includes violence and lust but we also feel the passion that is felt for Rob. It takes a really good writer to be able to create something like this. The beauty of the book for me is that I want to read it again and that does not happen often. Perhaps with a second reading I will feel differently but I doubt it as the images are lodged in my mind.
