The Other Side of the Pillow: A Novel

Zane

Aug 2014 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

From the New York Times bestselling Queen of Erotica comes a novel about a testy love affair between a woman who’s had enough and a man who’s had it all.

Jemistry Daniels, the beautiful, intelligent, six-figures-a-year high school principal, suffered through one bad relationship after another. No wonder she adopted the “friends with benefits” mentality when it came to men. For Jemistry, there was to be no “catching feelings.” Her biggest mistake would be to open her heart again.

When Dr. Tevin Harris meets Jemistry at a poetry reading in a café, he knows from her confessional writing that her past with men has been difficult. The prominent vascular surgeon, who has been only casually dating for years, is attracted to the embittered Jemistry nonetheless. With a little persistence, Tevin convinces Jemistry to go out with him. She has baggage, but so does he. What about his divorce?

Despite their respective pasts, Jemistry and Tevin’s chemistry is right and the relationship takes off, but not without bumps in the road. When Jemistry encounters her new beau in a compromising position with her bisexual best friend, what follows is an intense, sensuous, and unforgettable drama with surprises around every turn.

Ratings and reviews

Being a member of a book club, I selected to facilitate a book written by an author I had never heard of. If I were asked to rate this book with 5 being the highest rating, I would rate it a 2, at best. First, I did not know that Zane is known for writing erotic fiction so the explicit sex scenes came as a complete surprise to me. At my age, a senior citizen, I prefer books that stimulate me intellectually and force me to really think about how the characters are masterfully developed, how the theme or themes are revealed, and how my thinking has changed since the reading of the book. The Other Side of the Pillow did none of these for me. I suspect her loyal fans expect her to fulfill their fantasies with all of the detailed sex she includes in this book. There is so much sex or talk of sex that it crowds out the development of the characters of Jemistry, Tevin, Winsome, Floyd, Courtney, and Estella. Second, Jemistry Daniels and Dr. Tevin Harris, the main characters in the novel, are unbelievable characters.Though I did not like this book, Zane is a talented writer but hides her talent behind erotic scenes! A good book does not need sex to be engaging! Time for a change!

I have to say while i did like this book zane has written better i wouldnt call this a must read but it was decent enough to get through ultimately my all time favorite zane book will always be heat seekers

This book is well worth the time! I loved every bit and the fact it can make a person feel like they can love again despite their past. A lot of messages to take from this book! Loved it

About the author

Zane is the New York Times bestselling author of Afterburn, The Heat Seekers, Dear G-Spot, Gettin’ Buck Wild, The Hot Box, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Nervous, Skyscraper, Love is Never Painless, Shame on It All, and The Sisters of APF; the ebook short stories “I’ll be Home for Christmas” and “Everything Fades Away”; and editor for the Flava anthology series, including Z-Rated and Busy Bodies. Her TV series, Zane’s Sex Chronicles, and The Jump Off are featured on Cinemax, and her bestselling novel Addicted is a major motion picture with Lionsgate Films. She is the publisher of Strebor Books, an imprint of Atria Books/Simon & Schuster. Visit her online at EroticaNoir.com.