Charlotte Boyett-Compo starts this anthology off with a 4,000 year old mummy, who incidentally isn’t dead. He’s just been waiting for the one woman who can restore him to what he once was. The next story by Steve Lazarowitz tells of a photo album that foretells the future. Brenda Lyons brings us a tale about a policewoman who was attacked and almost bled to death. But was she attacked or was it something much more sensual? Allie Bates tells how one young man makes all his dreams come true just by imagining it. C.T. Adams takes us on a journey into the mind of a spy. Then, experience the life of an assassin through the words of Patricia Rasey. Tibitha Bradley gives us her own version of Simon Lagree with a twist that you’ll find most entertaining. Rob Preece tells of a world that has been altered by a plague called the magic plague that had changed humans.

These are just some of the stories you’ll find in this anthology of rare and unusual with much more to come. You’ll also meet a Viscount who isn’t what he appears to be, along with gypsies, ex-cons, and more!

The Abyss is an anthology of writers who take romance to another level. They are not your typical love romance scenarios, with characters of a different kind. No starry eyes or romantic settings, at least not in the normal way. Instead you’ll find what it just might feel like to delight in being a slave to a master, or hiding the fact that you really weren’t missing from your cop boyfriend, but instead you were having a wild sex fest with a vampire. You’ll see romance and love from an altogether different side of the road. Yet each and every one tells a story of love just as passionate and needful as any other. Even the bad guy can be a prince, when given the right princess. If extraordinary is what you crave then I recommend The Abyss for hours of reading pleasure. Enjoy!

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Explicit

Reviewer: Diane Tugman
February 14, 2005