The Crimson Man: A Fantasy
Patricia Kathleen McCarthyErotic fiction
Self-published
ISBN: 0-9732631-3-X
April 2006
| The Crimson Man: A Fantasy is a thoroughly erotic tale combining the threads of vampires and BDSM in addition to the center thread of a woman who finds such fulfillment in her marriage that she is empowered to act out her every fantasy, no matter how ostensibly extreme. Magdalene surrenders her career and her apparently fairly sheltered upbringing to wed the "organic agriculturist," Samuel Crimson. One of Samuel's side organic farming activities is marketing in a certain naturally-grown controlled substance. His additional backdrop includes being an unusual type of hybrid vampire, one composed simultaneously of vampire and human traits. He survives daylight perfectly well and doesn't require the drinking of blood.
He does, however, find Madeline incredibly rich and fertile soil for his creative imagination and goes about introducing her to the wonders of the BDSM lifestyle to which she responds like a flower to water. A few of his suggestions, however, seem a little odd to her, and the reviewer will not detail these here. Let's just say they are graphic, explicit, and some readers might find them quite unpleasant. Meanwhile, Madeline flowers into a constantly lusty female who explores the sensual side of her nature both in the daytime, which is hers to rule, and in the nighttime, which belongs to Samuel. Some portions of this story will require the reader to be strong of stomach. As the author notes, this is intended to be a novel of erotica and it definitely achieves its goal. At times it also approaches lyricism with prose that flows nearly poetically. The descriptions of BDSM activities and lifestyle are detailed almost as if to educate the reader, which is rare. The author has a definite gift for descriptive setting and flowery detail.
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Reviewer: Annie |
