Mask Of Desire And Other Erotic Diversions. Rod Harden's "short stories weave a powerful erotic spell over the reader. Rod Harden brings to life the guilty pleasures that dwell with the dark recesses of the human psyche. Journey with him as he takes you away into a world of pleasure and pain, of domination and submission, treading always the fine line between darkness and light," writes Michelle Houston in Sensual Romance Reviews. Mask of Desire & Other Erotic Diversions is Harden's first new collection in years. Journey with him into the erotic frontier in such stories as "Act of Contrition." "Col Legno," "Judgment Day," "Annie's First Day on the Job," "Mask of Desire," "For Us Sinners," "Silence Is Golden," and others.