Deep Desire

Deep, Book 1

By: Z. A. Maxfield

Narrated by: Caleb Dickenson

Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

There's no leverage like seduction...until love takes a bite of his plans.

As the Indiana Jones of historical erotica, there is no document existing - or just rumored to exist - Adin Tredeger can't unearth. Why he would risk the biggest coup of his career to join the mile-high club is beyond him. But the disarming, dark-eyed man who somehow enters Adin's locked airplane washroom has him completely nude and coming apart. All without a whimper of protest.

From that moment Adin and Donte Fedelta engage in an international battle of wit and cunning. The prize - a priceless, 500-year-old journal with illustrations so erotic it could make the Marquis de Sade blush. Yet Donte's desire for the journal goes far beyond simple possession. The undead nobleman wrote it. And he's not above using every trick in his otherworldly arsenal - including seduction - to get it back.

Chemistry draws them together even as fortune tugs them apart. But when a third party joins the chase, they must unite to fight an enemy with a deadly goal - to erase Donte from history.

This audiobook is a rerelease of a previously published book, with substantial rewrites. This title was originally released as Notturno.

Warning: This product contains one cocky college professor, one centuries-old vampire who is out to show him who's at the top of the food chain, and red wine. Because it goes so well with humble pie.

©2015 Z. A. Maxfield (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Titillating and Dark

The love, the sexiness, the intrigue and secrets, not to mention the dive into the dark paranormal world is absolutely delightful! I feel the need to dive further now!

Vamp candy was pretty good!

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Reviews can simultaneously help and hinder

I enjoyed this book...I even found the opening scene in the airplane bathroom to be delicious 😏...a scene that a previous reviewer described as male on male rape. Just goes to show that we all have different opinions as we all come from different walks of life -- one person's view of rape is another person's view of seduction....

So I will always take reviews with a grain of salt.

The author is not new to me, I think she is one of the few who with few words can still make you feel exactly what is going on in a scene - for instance in most of her smexy scenes I can still get hot and bothered even though the scenes aren't long and drawn out and lack the use of outright explicit language - and sometimes I like it verrrry explicit 😉

Caleb Dickinson (looks like his last name is misspelled for this book) is a new performer for me...he reminds me a little of Aiden Snow but he still has his own charms. I was impressed with his Italian accent - as only an American born female can be lol....he brought this book to life and I can honestly say I enjoyed it more because of him.

Another reviewer said the vampire Donte was self absorbed and the human nerdy - I am on board with this opinion and because of this I can't give this book the 5 stars it probably deserves. I have become used to the possessive - touch or come near my human and die - type of vampire romance so I couldn't get those kind of delicious thrills and feels from this book. I understand it is 3 parts and there was a set up in this book that lets you know maybe Donte will get to that level of desperate love that Adin so clearly wants but I inwardly winced a bit at his multiple admissions of love to Donte and Donte kept asking him "why?" This kinda killed any enthusiasm I might have had to continue this series - a series that I am not sure it deserves... I feel this book really didn't need to be split in 3. Maybe 2, but not 3.

4 stars - I probably won't listen again

lowest score I can give,

couldn't get far, but couldn't return. i need to stop buying audio til I am ready to listen to it. Vampire voice such a low volume I could not listen without turning volume up so loud that the main character's voice blew my ears out. Who knows how the story is.

Did not finish

If I was more distracted, I might have finished this. It started off a little askew and I kept listening for a while wondering if the skew was feature or bug. I eventually decided it was a bug. I lost patience at the 500 year old grudge. Like, if you haven’t taken one another down by now, either you can’t or you don’t want to. Get on with your life and stop thinking like a teenager. Also, what kind of timed threat is “if you don’t respond by midnight exactly, I will kill my hostage as slooowwwwwllllyyyy as possible” so hurry up in case I start the 3 month long killing process? It makes no sense. But not in the way that a 500 year old should not make sense.

I like weird things. I liked the concept of this story. I liked a good portion of the setup of this story. But ultimately, this wasn’t my kind of weird. The narrator was good (had a “transylvania-ish” accent for our main vamp that I found charming) and the production quality is good so if this is your kind of weird, have at it.

Fun Read

This was a very fun read. The characters are well developed and show depth. The story is well written and keeps you engaged. It is a lighthearted gay vampire romance well worth the time and effort to read!

Well I loved it!!

It was an easy listen good drama action a great start to the series I hope all the books will be in audio...
Narration was good really enjoyed, as this is first time I have heard from this narrator I was a bit iffy in buying but have to say I really was happy with the work he did.
I'm not sure what the other reviews were about, yes it wasn't the best story for this author but what do you expect for vampire story they are all corny when it comes down to the HEA, I would listen or read again I think it's just the beginning for these characters and there is so much more to tell..
Awesome work please put the rest of this series in audio as you can't have the teaser at the end of this and not finish..
Worth the $$$

Disapointing

I literally couldn't get past the prologue, the story seems so interesting but I may just have to wait for the summer to read it rather than listen to the audiobook because this narrator is PAINFUL to listen to. His voice outside of the dialogue is so monotone and dull I feel like I'm listening to Google translate read this. so so disappointing...

Awesome book!

I really loved this story. Donte and Aydin. Aydin's sarcasm and quick wit while maybe not so healthy was good. Donte not sure about him but marking him. Noturo put back in his hands was a good thing.

Really Enjoyable

Would you listen to Deep Desire again? Why?

Yes, great narration and good story.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Love Adin - he simply doesn't know how to stay out of trouble.

Which character – as performed by Caleb Dickenson – was your favorite?

Donte - he did such a lovely chocolate velvety voice for Donte. You gotta love a guy with that kind of lush voice.

Who was the most memorable character of Deep Desire and why?

Again, Adin. He is the moving force behind things happening - he just can't help it.

Any additional comments?

Love this entire series. It was a happy find.