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Overview

“Hot Box” is a baseball drill that can be played with three or more players and two to four bases. The players take turns being fielders and runners, ultimately trying to tag the rest of the players out. In The Hot Box, best friends Milena and Lydia are playing the game with Jacour, Yosef, Glenn, and Phil. The only problem: the men do not realize that they are playing. Milena lives a sheltered and dismal existence and has not allowed a man to touch her body in eight years . . . until now. Lydia dreams of getting away from small-town America but, until she can make that happen, she is prepared to do whatever it takes to continue to have her bills paid . . . on time. Good sex always does the trick. Two women. Four men. Two love triangles. Reading has never been this hot because, once again, Zane is taking you outside the box.

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The pseudonymous Zane describes herself as a boring mother of three who lives in suburban Maryland, but her erotic novels stir up far different images. In this book, she continues to push the envelope, going back to her crazy roots searching for wild times.
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Ever since Milena called off her wedding to Jacour, a rookie baseball player with a million-dollar contract with the Yankees, she's led a celibate life, investing all of her energy into her career as a veterinarian. But now Jacour's back in town and desperate to win her back. Typical of books by Zane (www.eroticanoir.com), The Hot Box is about relationships, lust, love, and betrayals and features lots of graphic language and sex. Listeners should be warned that, whether it's four-letter words or descriptive sex scenes, it's one thing to read the words on paper and another to hear them spoken aloud. Narrators Simi Howe and Krystal King transport listeners directly into the hot and heavy sex scenes for which the New York Times best-selling author is known. Whew! Turn on the air conditioning, it's getting hot in here!—Valerie Piechocki, Prince George's Cty. Memorial Lib., Largo, MD

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780743499286
  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • Publication date: 8/16/2011
  • Edition description: Atria Books
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 58,569
  • Product dimensions: 8.02 (w) x 5.38 (h) x 0.82 (d)

Meet the Author

Zane
Zane

Zane is the New York Times bestselling author of, among others, Afterburn, The Heat Seekers, the Flava series, and Dear G-Spot. Her television series, Zane's Sex Chronicles, is featured on Cinemax, and her bestselling novel Addicted has been adapted for a major motion picture. She is the publisher of Strebor Books, an imprint of Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, and lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her family. Visit her website at www.eroticanoir.com.

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  • Posted August 29, 2010

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    Looking at it from that angle

    Best friends Lydia and Milena share all of their secrets, well almost all of them. Lydia is in a relationship with Glenn, but she is having an affair with his best friend Phil. Milena has lived a very secluded life as a veterinarian, taking care of her patients and blocking out physical relationships after her heartbreaking split from Jacour. When she decides to end her drought, she goes all out juggling Jacour, who still has a part of her heart and Josef, a down on his luck man who stepped in and helped her out in more ways than she ever imagined.

    "The Hot Box" is an intriguing story from cover to cover. The storyline has just the right amount of drama and made for the perfect backdrop to the steamy love scenes and the emotional pull of the characters. Zane took the time to develop the characters so you felt the tension and chemistry, making it easy to identify with the characters. Don't think you can read a few chapters and have this story figured out; just when you think you are inside the author's head and have it all figured out, along comes a twist that will have your head spinning. If you
    like Zane, pick it up. If you like drama, pick it up. If you are looking for a story that won't have you ready to move onto the next book, I recommend you give "The Hot Box" a try.

    Reviewed by: Lashonda

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 30, 2011

    Just okay

    It was okay.... good message and an awesome twist.... but i've read better from her!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 28, 2011

    First zane book

    I really enjoyed this book!!!! Im not a big fan of eroticas but hey...what the heck ;) i would love to see what other books she has in store!

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 13, 2010

    Not Highly Recommended

    I hated it. The plot consisted of a lot of sex and dysfunction. In addition, it was overly dramatic to the point of being ridiculous. I read one questionable Zane book a while back and this one was no better. I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt and now I would wish I could have my $13.00 back. I would not purchase it if it was $3.00. If this is the future of successful African-American literature (overly dramatic erotica with a couple of messages attached to the end), then we are doomed.

    1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 4, 2012

    Excellent read!

    I could not put this book down. I read the entire book in one night! - iWrite92

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 12, 2012

    Page turner

    A great book. You could learn quite a few lessons.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 11, 2012

    Love it!

    This book is off the hook. The end was no surprising how things were turn out but i like it. Other than that, Zane put a twist in the novel. It make you wonder.

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  • Posted March 8, 2012

    Good read

    I enjoyed this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 29, 2012

    GREAT TO READ

    THIS BOOK WAS A GREAT READ. IT HAD THE DRAMA THAT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO KEEP TURNIG THE PAGE .BUT WHEN IT GET TO THE END IT'S A DISAPPOINTMENT.

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  • Posted January 15, 2012

    omg

    This was a really good book. I like the message of the book the most. It was kind of slow but really worth your time. You nerver now how you life will unfold so you should treat people right. Read the book and you will know what im talking about.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 15, 2012

    The HotBox

    Another good read by Zane, she never disappoints!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 25, 2011

    Read

    I read the actually paper book...
    A really good read, kept my head stuck in the book for sure

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  • Posted August 28, 2011

    Fantastic

    Another great read from Zane!

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  • Posted August 24, 2011

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    Hot Topics in the Hot Box

    The author shares a story about Lydia Sterling who thinks she has to play the game first with best friends, sexy Black Brothas, while the bases are loaded to get her pickings before she gets played or strikes out. Lydia has the mentality like most women who have been hurt, bitter, or cheated on and believes most men are "dogs" lurking behind some other woman-cheaters alert to avoid getting hurt. She has the take vs. give mentality; play or get played motto early on. Therefore, why not have a man on the side for the ride? Later, her best friend, Milena Clark joins the party, and brings in another partner (Yosef Samson) to show up at Jacour's party, the ex-fiancé. Milena lost the man she loved on her wedding day after hearing and watching a sex tape made at his bachelor's party and heard it from her long-time girl friend-but goes off the dating scene for eight years without sex. Unbelievable for most women and men to fathom, yet I can understand and relate since I've been off the scene for over seven years. Can these lovebirds make it happen a second time around?

    "The Hot Box" is laced with erotic senses, verbal and imaginative descriptions of sexual scenes, and what two women are willing to do for love and lost love. The book also starts off with Lydia categorizing three men as the Three Musketeers who were inseparable friends who lived by the motto "all for one, one for all": Glenn (Portho), Phil (Athos), and Jacour (Aramis). As the reader/reviewer, I am eagerly waiting to see if this story will play out like the three duels from the historical novel from the seventeenth century (1625) and bring in another character that will learn from the leader of the pact, and took a glance of the historical novel on Wikipedia. Milena was my favorite character, the protagonist, and discovered love lessons through Yosef. (I also have a character named 'Yosef' in my future upcoming Miss the Mark Series, apocalyptic thriller, who is an African).

    *Overall, I loved Zane earlier works like "Addicted," "Afterburn," to name a couple.

    Dream 4 More Reviews received a copy from publicist, Yona Deshommes, at Simon and Schuster/Atria Books/Stebor Books for a review.

    Dream 4 More Reviews,
    Adrienna Turner
    Dream Rating: What a Dream!

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  • Posted August 23, 2011

    Love it

    This book is great full of love laughs emotions on a roller coaster n did i mention love! Excellent read get on it

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  • Posted July 10, 2011

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    MUST READ

    It you want to be turned on, be shocked, laugh, cry, and be angry. just read this book by Zane.

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  • Posted July 3, 2011

    Mediocre story

    The beginning of this book was slow to start for me. The characters were interesting and endearing but the storyline was downright juvenile. There really were no desciptive, steamy sex scenes either. There were a gew absolutely funny situations to read about and the ending was sadly predictable. Zane has written much better books. I would highly recommend nervous, addicted and skyscrapers.

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  • Posted June 6, 2011

    Wonderful Book!!!!

    Loved everything about the book...

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 23, 2011

    great read

    great read

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  • Posted April 15, 2011

    another thumbs up for zane

    good book. zane keeps me intranced as always..

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