So its 2004 in Mrs. Heard’s Spanish class and the girl next to me name Kim has this book and would not put it down. The book is ratty looking covered in a metallic purple& yellow and the title is bold and black and read CHEATERS. I asked Kim what she was reading and she showed me the book I shook my head. I’ve never heard of it. At the time the only thing that was reaching my palms were books about British teenagers and boring young adults who hate their lives. Kim said let me finish the last pages and ill let you take it home. I humped my shoulders and let her finished.
When Kim finished she gave me the book.That night I took home the 1st book that would lead into an obsession of sex, adulthood and the lost of mental innocence. I stayed up all night until I finished that book. The next day in Spanish I gave Kim back the book and she asked me if I liked it and I eagerly replied YEAH! This was my first taste of the sexy life style I was only dreaming of. My next trip to the library consisted of finding of the African American Erotica section. SMUT is usually another term that maybe used. I was expose to the wittings of Eric Jerome Dickey, Mary Monroe, and Zane. Then I even started dabbing my pen in a little erotic ink. It was dark, nasty and forbidden and no one had any idea the things i was reading, researching and writing. Most of my days were a blur after that because all I wanted to do was get home and read. The pages were getting longer and longer until soon enough I couldn’t help myself but to bring my books to school and read them during my down time. While everyone was reading Harry Potter with witches and wizards I was reading about Nina & Rachel and the threesomes they had in their parents basements.
So Eric Jerome Dickey has changed my literary life as well as my sexual. Below is a list of accomplishments he has given us. ( excluding the tetralogy)
Sister, Sister (1996)
Friends & Lovers (1997)
Milk In My Coffee (1998)
Cheaters (1999)
Liars Game (2000)
Got To Be Real (2000) – contributing writer
Mothers and Sons (2001) – contributing writer
Between Lovers (2001)
Griots Beneath the Baobab: Tales from Los Angeles (2002) – contributing writer
Black Silk (2002)
Thieves’ Paradise (2002)
Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing (2002) – contributing writer
The Other Woman (May, 2003)
Naughty or Nice (October 2003)
Drive Me Crazy (July 2004)
Genevieve (May 2005)
Voices from the Other Side: Dark Dreams II (April 2006) – contributing writer
Chasing Destiny (May 2006)
Pleasure (April 2008)
Tempted by Trouble (August 2010)
An Accidental Affair (April 2012)
Decadence (April 2013)
Cappuccino (film) [1]
I have head 15 of his books and the rest are sitting on my shelf waiting for that right moment to be read.
Now I picked this tetralogy because like anyone who reads or watching a TV show after that show you always wonder what is next? Well so far this has kept going and going and who knows there might be another book to pick up after yall read this.
This series is about a man who goes by several names but mainly Gideon. He is a contract killer who is looking to answer some questions in his life .He doesn’t have any family. The only family he did have was his mother who was a prostitute. He doesn’t know who his father is and he wants to find out where he came from. Now even with all of that going on he has to make a living and the one he has picked comes with its on risk factor. There are a lot of interesting things that happen along his travels. So not only is this Erotica but it is a mystery and biography . I encourage you guys to get deeply involved in the text.
Some quotes:
“we shed the skins of who we used to be!”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Sleeping with Strangers
My personal favorite quote
“sleepin with strangers will have you waking with enemies!”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Sleeping with Strangers
“common sense is the enemy of romance”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Waking with Enemies
“with attachment comes pain!”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Dying for Revenge
“when a lie is repeated enough it becomes the truth!”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Dying for Revenge
I’m not going to give away the steamy parts but make sure you have a love one near or their replacement coming.
AMN
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