Addicted
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Addicted

Paperback – May 1, 2000

Price
$8.61
Format
Paperback
Pages
270
Publisher
Strebor Books Intl
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0967460116
Weight
11.2 ounces

Description

"Addicted snatched me up from the first page and didn't let me go until the end. A great read!" -- Margaret Johnson-Hodge "Hot! Sensational! This one you won't be able to put down!" -- Franklin White, Author of Fed Up With the Fanny, Cup of Love and 'Til Death Do Us Part A straight-up-with-no-chaser novel full of humor, excitement, passion, and much drama... -- Darlene Ramzy, Topica's Tipworld Review Addicted is a story of deep down true love with a tightly woven plot. Zane's writing style and surprise twists makes her novel a refreshing read! -- Linda Dominique Grosvenor, Author of Sometimes I Cry Addicted is a true masterpiece worthy of being called one of the great works of literature... -- Earl Sewell, Author of The Good Got To Suffer With The Bad And Taken For Granted If you haven't read Addicted, you're missing an outstanding novel. This is one of the best books I've read this year. -- Tee C. With sweat-slinging love scenes and enticing erotic encounters, Addicted will hold you completely captive until the very last page. Don't miss it! -- Tracy Price-Thompson, Author of Black Coffee You will be swept up in the story by Zane's prose and find yourself addicted to a wonderful new voice on the scene in which you will be hearing from for years. -- Timmothy B. McCann Zane is a professional African-American female in her early thirties. She resides in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. She is also the author of The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth and the webmistress of EroticaNoir.com. She has been entertaining tens of thousands of readers via the Internet for more than two years through her web sites and monthly e-zine.

Features & Highlights

  • Zoe Reynard has it all. A successful career, a loving husband, three beautiful children, a devoted mother, and the house of her dreams. Most women would kill to be in her shoes. There's just one thing she has that no one else in their right mind would want. A secret addiction that could very well ruin her fairy tale life. Zoe is addicted to sex.
  • Addicted is the story of Zoe, an African-American female arts dealer. It traces her life from the time she first meets her husband, Jason, in the fifth grade, falls in love with him over a game of Twister in the eighth grade, loses her virginity to him in high school and eventually marries him. Everything seems perfect in Zoes life to her friends and family as she secretly deals with serious problems in her marriage. After failing to get Jason to open up to her sexually, Zoe becomes involved in not one, not two but three extramarital affairs. By the time she seeks the aid of a prominent female African-American therapist, the walls of her picture perfect life have already started to crumble.
  • Addicted shifts into high gear as Zoe finds out that everyone from her lovers to her husband to her own mother are hiding secrets of their own. Zoe's best friend, Brina, is physically abused by her alcoholic boyfriend, Dempsey. Meanwhile, Zoe discovers under hypnosis that her fascination with sex stems from she had buried deep in the crevices of her mind years before. Zoe ends up being repetitively stalked and attacked. It all comes to a head on a cold, dark mountain following a trail of murders and the true murderer is anyone's guess. Addicted does for women what Fatal Attraction did for men. It will make a woman think twice before risking it all.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Rhapsody

In a short amount of time, Zane authored a literary masterpiece with an ensemble of mystery, excitement, erotica, and love. Zane dispels a colorful story about a love that transcends obstacles and an addiction that is the catapult for the turmoil in the characters' lives. Using scorching sex scenes, a palpable storyline, and tumultuous characters, Zane immediately grabs your attention and doesn't let go until you've read the last word of the novel. A piercing addiction thwarts Zoe's(main character) decision making skills plummeting her into a world of sex, lies, and distortion. Only the paramount love that she and her husband (Jason) share can get them through the mayhem that Zoe's addiction causes. But, will love be enough to detain a fatal attraction? With unbridled anticipation, I soared through this book, my eyes raced over each page digesting every tantalizing word and piercing dilema. Every time I sighed with relief thinking the danger was over, another adversary appeared in the next chapter threatening to break the last link holding Zoe's life together.
7 people found this helpful
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T-I-G-H-T Plot!

Addicted is a story of deep down true love with a tightly woven plot that leaves you guessing until the very end. Zane's writing style and surprise twists makes her novel a refreshing read with loads of tastefully done erotic scenes! Her characters built a love that as a reader I was able to believe deeply in. A fast paced love, lust and what's missing story that is a must have on your shelves.
5 people found this helpful
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Steamy! Sexy! Sizzling!

A tantalizing tale of sex and obsession! Graphic and well-written, Zane paints a vivid portrait of a woman driven by carnal desires to the detriment of all she holds dear. With sweat-slinging love scenes and enticing erotic encounters, ADDICTED will hold you completely captive until the very last page. Don't miss it!
5 people found this helpful
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This is a GOOD Book!

I was hooked from the start. The book flowed well and kept my attention for all 267 pages. It reads very easy, but isn't simple. Zoe lead a very nice lifestyle and seemed to attract people of a different element, which was kind of interesting. There were times I wished Jason wasn't so sappy, but that added to the storyline. The "affairs" were tough and rough, so I can see why Zane choose that route. The book has sex, lies, murder, intrigue, suspense and all that. I liked the realistic details about the book, then ending got a little far-fetched, but hey, people are crazy this day and age and that could have happened! You won't be disappointed. Way to go Zane.
5 people found this helpful
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Wickedly Seductive!

Turn up the air-conditioner, pour yourself a nice cold drink, and grab a towel because Zane is getting ready to take you on a sexual escapade with Addicted.
Unbeknownst to Zoe the protagonist of the story (and me for that matter), Zoe's sexual behavior was probably shaped long before she moved to her new neighborhood when she was in the fifth grade. The neighborhood where she met Jason, the boy who would become her first sweetheart, the boy who she would lose her virginity to and become pregnant by, the man who would later become her husband and yet through it all would not be able to satisfy her sexual cravings, sexual indulgence, sexual desires, sexual needs. As such, Zoe would seek sexual satisfaction outside of the marriage and would engage in a number of extramarital encounters ...some of the strange kind. As Zoe's addiction becomes overbearing, all-consuming and life-threatening she seeks professional counseling. It is via professional counseling that the secrets of the past come rushing forward...secrets that Zoe was unaware existed in the corners of her brain, secrets that help shape Jason's actions as well as secrets that Zoe's mom felt were better left in the past. As the secrets unveil, Zoe is able to find herself...however...will life now be perfect or will someone from her past be out to get her...?
Addicted is a wickedly sensual, page turning, quick read story that will keep you up until the wee hours finishing the book. Addicted is lurid, bold, neurotic and totally engaging. Addicted is erotica with a storyline, substance and depth. It's also suspenseful and intriguing with plot twists and turns that take you to the edge and over if you're not careful. Just when you think its all figured out Zane takes you in another direction.
Addicted is the first book that I've read by Zane but I'm quite sure it will not be the last.
4 people found this helpful
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EXCELLENT,SUSPENSEFUL,ENCHANTING...

I really enjoyed this book. Not only was it a fast read, but a good read, at one point, I could not put the book down. Addition is addition, but, I never thought of being addicted to sex. Zane was able to focus on her addition and the problems that the addition caused in Zoe personal life and professional life. Jason, Zoe husband was a little different. Personally, I thought he should have informed Zoe that he was adopted prior to their getting married, but he didnt, that piece of information came out later. All in all, this was a fantastic book. the family relationship was tight and thank God because if Zoe married anyone else, her ending might not have turned out the way it did, and everyone was satisfied in the end. This book should be made into a movie, it is just that good and I will continue to read her writing. Zane, may the force be with you...
3 people found this helpful
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Hot, Hot, Hot

Caution---Read at your own risk. Addicted, is filled with twists, turns, lies, love and secrets which make up a lot of drama. Hold on for a rollercoster ride. Unconditional love is what Zoe and Jason shared. Each time I thought the drama was over something else happened. The suspense had me on edge until the very end.
My favorite quote from the novel, "This is forever." "Always has been! Always will be!" Deep.
Keep up the good work Zane. Be Blessed!
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Must read for men and women!

This was a very interesting story of a woman like many that I know who wonders why they make bad decisions in their personal and sexual lives. Zoe's drama is nothing new for a lot of people, but most people never take the time to seek help and find out why they make bad choices - this story take you through that journey with Zoe. The author also weaves in a strong dose of love and family to help her through that journey. Thanks to Zane maybe this work of fiction will open some eyes and minds. It is fiction and the story get a little drawn out in places, but it worked.
I've been a fan of Zane's for about six months through her newsletters and website, believe me that sistah has opened my mind to a lot of things. Thanks Zane, keep up the good work. We got a sexual revolution going on here.
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Could not put it down

Addicted will have you addicted from the first page. My mouth fell open from some of Zoe's escapades. After I found out the root of the problem, I was in crying for Zoe. The suspense and erotic theme was great.
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Sensational!

Zane does it again! Addicted is a novel which will keep you on the edge of your seat. It has love, murder, infidelity and much more to keep you on a rollercoaster of emotion. I recommend this book highly and was very please the way true love was portrayed to the very end. Absolutely WONDERFUL!
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