First published 1993
A man and woman meet through a phone sex line, two voices floating in the darkness of their separate bedrooms. She works at an office, he's calling from his apartment, and neither knows what the other looks like. Their conversation starts tentatively, feeling out boundaries and desires through the static of long distance connection. As the night deepens, they share fantasies and confessions that grow increasingly intimate and revealing. The woman describes her sexual history and current longings while the man responds with his own admissions and arousal. Their anonymous exchange becomes a form of intimacy that neither expected, two people using only words to create pleasure and connection across the void. What begins as casual encounter transforms into something that challenges both participants to confront their deepest erotic truths.
Genres: contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century, erotica
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, intimacy
176 pages · Paperback · Vintage
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content