The Siren
Tiffany Reisz's The Siren, published in 2012, is the opening book in the Original Sinners series and a deeply unusual entry in contemporary erotic romance. Nora Sutherlin is a famous, foul-mouthed New York erotica novelist whose latest manuscript has landed on the desk of a buttoned-up British editor named Zachary Easton, who has six weeks until he leaves for London and absolutely no patience for what he initially regards as smut. The two strike a deal: Nora will rewrite the book to Zach's exacting literary standards if he will work on it with her, side by side, until it is publishable. As they edit, Reisz pulls back the layers of Nora's life, her years as one of New York's most sought-after professional dominants, the priest who shaped her, the young protege whose heart she still holds, and the controlling former lover who has never quite let her go. The Siren is explicit and unapologetic in its handling of kink, but its real subject is identity: who we are when we stop performing, what kind of love can survive that exposure, and how art is made when the artist refuses to lie. It is a romance, a literary novel, and a portrait of New York that has earned a fierce following.
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Nora Sutherlin is a Manhattan dominatrix and bestselling erotica author, with one literary novel in her drawer. Her publisher hands the manuscript to Zachary Easton, a buttoned-up British editor about to leave for London, and gives them six weeks to fix the book and her writing.
Yes. The Siren is an explicit erotic romance with extensive BDSM content, around 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It is the first book in Tiffany Reisz's Original Sinners series, one of the most-cited modern erotic-romance series.
Yes. The Siren is an explicit erotic romance with extensive BDSM content, around 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It is the first book in Tiffany Reisz's Original Sinners series, one of the most-cited modern erotic-romance series.
Tiffany Reisz has published more than nine Original Sinners novels plus several novellas. The series is divided into the Red Years (the original cycle) and the White Years (a later cycle). The series continues.
The Siren was written by Tiffany Reisz, published in 2013 by Harlequin Enterprises ULC.
The Siren is 432 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Siren takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
The Siren is a standalone novel by Tiffany Reisz, not part of a series.
The Siren is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
