The erotic Showtime television series, Red Shoe Diaries, was a very big influence on me as a young writer in the 1990s.
One of David Duchovny’s first prominent starring roles, he served as on-screen host and narrator to the sensual stories that would indeed engage, excite, and enlighten.
One of the amazing writers who penned several episodes of Red Shoe Diaries is the wonderfully talented storyteller, Elise D'Haene.
You can imagine my full circle moment of delight when she had the following to say about my erotic illustrated novella, Karida.
There is a kind of miracle when two wounded souls find each other and embark on a luscious sensual journey of healing. Not only spiritual healing, but deep in the body, a comingling of the ancient martial arts and the primorial erotic arts. In his cinematic illustrated erotic novella, “Karida,” Rico Lamoureux offers us a gorgeous, deeply moving story about Tobias and Karida, brought together by destiny. Bound by the mantra “Although you hold the sword above my heart, I will prevail.” Their story is a collision of longing, sensuality, vulnerability, and ecstacy. Lamoureux’s novella seduces us to embrace the journey of these two young lovers in a tale destined to become a classic in erotic literature.
--Elise D’Haene wrote several episodes of Showtime’s Red Shoe Diaries and co-wrote four erotic fiction anthologies based on the series and published by Berkley Books (a division of Penguin/Random House).