Secret Pleasures

By Thea Devine

With tremendous emotional intensity, Roslyn Carrington has created a dazzling debut in the tradition of Diane McKinney-Whetstone's Tumbling and Dorothy West's The Wedding. A wise, heartfelt, and shattering novel set in the northern foothills of Trinidad, A Thirst For Rain evokes the vibrant rhythms of the Caribbean and is seared by the heat that is prelude to both ecstasy and sorrow. It captures the island that isn't seen by tourists -- one where men and women struggle side by side in the cramped, dusty communal yard of a small hillside neighborhood...and where lives inevitably become entangled.There is Myra, a proud, sensuous, hardworking woman who finds blessed release in her own restless desires; Odile, Myra's defiant teenage daughter who risks her one chance to escape the family's poverty; Sebastian, Myra's senile father who has begun to follow his fantasies into a world of trouble; Slim, Myra's worthless street vendor boyfriend who spends as much time seducing young women as he does selling cheap trinkets; Jacob, the once-famous West Indian stickfighter who thought the hero in him was long dead, until he meets Myra. And Rory, the boy next door whose desperate need for Odile's love may destroy everything before the rains come.Through a delicate interweaving of their stories, A Thirst For Rain reveals in each one of them the same soul -- deep thirst for love, for wholeness, for a better future that poignantly reflects our own daily struggles and most intimate needs. This powerful novel marks the arrival of an impressive new voice, one that will remain in the reader's memory long after the last page is turned.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0758202997
• ISBN13: 9780758202994
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Kensington
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Really good!

I really liked this one. Although it's far-fetched (really, how many men have a refractory period of 10 seconds!), it's sexy and VERY erotic. Yes, there is a lot of hot, graphic sex, but that's what this book is about. It's a fantasy, after all, and one should keep that in mind when reading it. If you like this one, also try Wicked Ties by Shayla Black.

Could not put this book down!!

This book was an emotional roller coaster. Very very intense - not just the erotic senuality - but the darker plot and all of the hidden secrets that everyone in Genelle's life had. I just found this story very compelling. I definetely thought it one of Devine's very best books! Highly recommend it!!

A Reprint of a 1995 Book - But Still Good

BEWARE - THIS IS NOT A NEW TITLE!This is one of Thea Devine's best - especially if you like them strange and sexy.

Haute Victorian Vice

The divine Thea has done it again, providing a veritable feast of secret and not-so-secret pleasures. More erotica than romance, Secret Pleasures kept me turning its pages eagerly and left me hungry for more, and also wishing for shopping information for the clothes and accessories! A really hot read, in the best sense of the word -- wear gloves reading this one!

The Best Thea Devine Has Written

I found this book exciting, thrilling and wonderful. It was one of Ms Devine's better novels. Ms Devine has always written juicy novels that are on the cutting edge of romance and pure unadulturated sex. Her character Roark is both intelligent and sexy to a fault. He is the type of man any women would love to be romanced by. His shrewd powers of deduction along with his innate sexuality is a force to be reckoned with