GEMINI HEAT – Portia Da Costa
Black Lace
ISBN: 978-0-352-34187-7
April 2008
Erotic Fiction

Present Day

The heat is all Deana Ferraro can think about as she pretends to be her sister, Delia, at an art exhibition called Visions of Eroticism, which is part of collection owned by J.K. de Guile. Deana has done her twin sister a favor by going in her stead, and she can hardly keep her head on straight as she wilts from the May heat, along with the erotic pictures she views. It seems she is surrounded by every kinky fantasy imaginable. But her fantasies are about to become a reality as a very tall, dark and handsome man comes up to her and proceeds to have sex with her, as they watch the party goers from a balcony. Deana is shocked at herself, but so aroused that she allows all her inhibitions to fly out the window. This is the best sex of her life.

The strange man is actually J.K. de Guile, or Jake as he calls himself. And he happens to be Delia’s boss! He assumes that Delia was the one he was with at the exhibit, and when she goes to his office, he gives her another taste of what Deana had experienced. As both sisters become enthralled by this master of seduction, they decide to play a game called The Gemini Game. Since it seems Jake can’t tell the sisters apart, and they both go by the nickname, Dee, they take turns having sex with Jake. But both sisters don’t realize what they are getting themselves into with de Guile. He takes them both on a sexual odyssey where they both become his willing slaves and will do anything he says, even if it means losing their identities in the process.

GEMINI HEAT was released back in 1994, and I believe at that time, readers would have been shocked and appalled by the sex scenes that Portia Da Costa wrote. Almost fifteen years later, those same scenes are meant to arouse and will probably still shock most. This is not necessarily a simple romance between a man and a woman. Many lines are crossed, and I am not talking about sisters enjoying the same man. There is sexual torture, changing of partners during sex, and going beyond the limit of what is acceptable.

The Black Lace line is known for pushing the envelope when it comes to erotica, and with GEMINI HEAT, that is no exception. Da Costa tries to give some understanding to the characters of Jake and the Ferraro sisters and their actions, so I guess you can say everything they undergo is with their permission. This book all depends on how comfortable the reader is with the raw, hardcore sexual acts.

GEMINI HEAT is all about decisions. Should Delia stay with her comfortable but boring boyfriend Russell, move on to her wonderful neighbor Peter who may be in love with Deanna, or enjoy what she has with Jake till things get too much and too deep? The same goes for Deanna, who is pushed to her own limits with accepting not only Jake but other women in his life such as his female servant, Elf, and the dominant Vida Ministry who likes to punish Deanna in the most creative ways.

I am very much a traditional romance reader at heart, and GEMINI HEAT pushes many buttons that made me gasp. Shocking and arousing, GEMINI HEAT heats up the pages in ways you wouldn’t believe.

Kate Garrabrant