Stephen Collins wrote erotic novels before becoming a household name for hiswholesome role on “7th Heaven,” and even as the highly-popular show aired.
Like some of his onscreen work, the books are now raising eyebrows as the actor is the subject of sexual abuse allegations after he was recorded admitting to child molestation.
In 1994, years after the alleged incidents, the actor wrote Eye Contact.
An official description reads, “Nicolette Stallings, a beautiful and independent actress, pursues her taste for daring sex despite its dangerous repercussions and finds her anticipated night-to-remember becoming an inescapable nightmare.”
“7th Heaven,” on which Collins played a reverend with a large family, premiered onThe WB in 1996.
Two years later, in 1998, a second novel authored by the star was released.
Titled Double Exposure, it is described on Amazon as follows:
“In Double Exposure, Collins plunges readers into a world he knows intimately — broadcast television. We meet top TV critic Joe McBride, who’s doing fine professionally, but whose private life is a mess, what with a five-year-old daughter, an angry ex-wife, and a very-soon-to-be-ex-fiancie, not to mention a come-hither co-anchor, and a beautiful brand-new neighbor who’s alluring, available . . . and much, much more than meets the eye. Savvy, sexy, and edge-of-the-seat suspenseful, Double Exposure is the kind of thriller only an industry insider could create, a star turn from a man who knows that when people talk about a role to kill for, sometimes they mean exactly that.”
Both works have plot lines that share similarities with the accusations made against Collins, such as a Eye Contact having a protagonist who likes exposing herself to people, calling it her “deepest secret.”
Collins is alleged to have dropped his towel in front of the reported victims, and in one scene, his fictional (female) character does the same.
The reader reviews, though neither recent nor numerous, are generally positive on both books.
Collins’ website — which now reads “THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE” — previously advertised the novels, with disclaimers warning “’7th Heaven’ fans” that they are “not appropriate for kids or teens.”
It’s also stressed that Double Exposure was “written by Stephen Collins — not Eric Camden,” referring to his “7th Heaven” character (see here).
According to TMZ, one of Collins’ alleged victims read the books years after the claimed abuse, and they are what prompted her to contact the TV star’s now-estranged wife Faye Grant via an anonymous letter in 2000.
The victim eventually went to the police in 2012.
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