Pleasure

New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey, “one of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century”* explores the depths of desire in this sensual blockbuster.

Born in Trinidad and living in Atlanta after a relationship gone bad, Nia Simone Bijou is an ambitious writer who has it all. Except for the one thing that'll give her the control she craves-and the power she deserves: absolute, uninhibited sexual satisfaction. Now, in the sweltering days and nights of summer, the heat is on. Nia's fantasies will become a reality-with man after man after man. She will shatter the limits of erotic love. She will open herself up to experiences she never dared before. And as her fantasies begin to spin out of control, she'll discover the unexpected price of the extreme.



*The New York Times Praise for Eric Jerome Dickey and Pleasure

“[Pleasure] delivers.”—Publishers Weekly

“Known for his steamy love scenes, Dickey doesn't disappoint in [Pleasure].”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune

“[O]ne of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century.”—The New York Times

“Eric Jerome Dickey’s work is a master class in Black joy....[his] characters—bold, smart women oozing sexualityand vulnerability—navigate interpersonal conflicts using dialogue that crackles with authenticity.”—The Atlantic

Eric Jerome Dickey (1961–2021) was the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. His novel Sister, Sister was honored as one of Essence’s “50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years,” and A Wanted Woman won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2014. His most recent novels include The Blackbirds, Finding Gideon, Bad Men and Wicked Women, Before We Were Wicked, The Business of Lovers, and The Son of Mr. Suleman.