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Anonymous wrote:Curious that you mention Emily Henry. I loved Book Lovers but would consider that romantic comedy not romance in the smutty sense.

I am loving this thread, OP! I tend to go for historical romance or erotica (voyeurism, orgies etc)

I like Mary Wine and particularly liked her “Highland Spitfire” which I read this year.

Book Lovers had a quite a few very specific, detailed scenes.

For voyeurism see the wolf hotel series. Unfortunately there's an innocent getting some experience and she can be annoying as heck but the voyeurism in part 3 is worth the wait.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/166301-the-wolf-hotel

Anonymous wrote:Curious that you mention Emily Henry. I loved Book Lovers but would consider that romantic comedy not romance in the smutty sense.

I am loving this thread, OP! I tend to go for historical romance or erotica (voyeurism, orgies etc)

I like Mary Wine and particularly liked her “Highland Spitfire” which I read this year.

Book Lovers had a quite a few very specific, detailed scenes.

^^ I recommended some authors but don't know about short stories. Back in the day ('90s) I had a .edu account and could get into the various .alt websites and read some fantastic vouyer erotica. So fantastic.

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Anonymous wrote:I find this thread interesting. I actually don't find any of the above mentioned that graphic? Maybe I am way less of a prude than I thought lol. Like I tried ACOTAR, Colleen Hoover books, and Emily Henry and they are like very vague descriptions and fade out scenes. I need something more to get me going and help out DH and I's love life.

you are not looking deep enough. I just recommended some really smutty smut. give it a try. (see above three posts)

NP here. Thanks for the smut! Slightly off-topic, but are there any websites with good short stories? I used to read literotica but I find it too hard to wade through.

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread interesting. I actually don't find any of the above mentioned that graphic? Maybe I am way less of a prude than I thought lol. Like I tried ACOTAR, Colleen Hoover books, and Emily Henry and they are like very vague descriptions and fade out scenes. I need something more to get me going and help out DH and I's love life.

you are not looking deep enough. I just recommended some really smutty smut. give it a try. (see above three posts)

Anonymous wrote:I'm strictly monogamous, but I have been loving Reverse Harem books lately, where the female main character has multiple love interests. The guys don't date each other, but they all date her and often have sex with her at the same time.

C.M. Stunich on Kindle Unlimited is my favorite!

This is so hot.

Try the American Queen, Prince, King series. The guys do get it on in this series but in the hottest possible way.

Anonymous wrote:Any guys in this thread? If so, what do you like to read?

I often try to find stuff on literotica but it's either too weird or too much fluff and not enough sex for me.

try Ja huss and let us know what you think.

Anonymous wrote:I have gotten a lot of use out of The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty and Beauty’s Punishment both by Anne Rice. It’s erotica not romance though. I don’t think they would appeal to everyone but I sure like them 😁

The try the Acquisition Series
Or the Wolf Hotel series.

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread interesting. I actually don't find any of the above mentioned that graphic? Maybe I am way less of a prude than I thought lol. Like I tried ACOTAR, Colleen Hoover books, and Emily Henry and they are like very vague descriptions and fade out scenes. I need something more to get me going and help out DH and I's love life.

Have you read Emily Henry’s Book Lovers?

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread interesting. I actually don't find any of the above mentioned that graphic? Maybe I am way less of a prude than I thought lol. Like I tried ACOTAR, Colleen Hoover books, and Emily Henry and they are like very vague descriptions and fade out scenes. I need something more to get me going and help out DH and I's love life.

It's been a while since I've read them, but I think Stephanie Laurens' Cynster series books had long, detailed bedroom scenes. Like they went on and on.

Ali Hazelwood's books are contemporary and detailed. They all feature women working in STEM fields (NASA, NIH research, etc)

Joanna Shupe's newest series about the gilded age might work, too. If you want to try her out, she wrote some novellas that are a little dark.

Of the books you mentioned, I've only read Emily Henry's books and I don't think those are all that detailed.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sad to see so many people complain about poor writing - that has not been my experience at all, except maybe with the self-published stuff on Kindle Unlimited, and I wonder how much romance these PPs have actually read. The traditionally published authors are professional writers with professional editors. A weird number of them are former lawyers.

Try: Grace Burrowes, Courtney Milan, Tessa Dare, Kate Canterbary, Alisha Rai, Helen Hoang, Alyssa Cole, or Sarah MacLean.

Plenty of professional writers with professional editors have poor writing. Most books are trash.

NP here. Sarah MacLean is a friend. She is incredibly smart and a graduate of both Harvard and Smith. She can write anything, but through romance she has the ability to write a woman-centric story that is both hopeful and empowering.

Lisa Kleypas, graduate of Wellesley, writes beautifully.

Eloisa James. Graduate of Yale and Harvard, and a Shakespearean scholar, married to a Dante scholar.

And as mentioned upstream, many romance authors were lawyers. Julia Quinn was pre-med at Harvard before writing her first romance.

You might not like the genre in general, but don't stereotype based on your preferences in what you read.

I love Sarah Maclean. Tell her I said I'm a huge fan. Also love Lisa Kleypas, though she hasn't seem to written any recent historical novels. Also, please ask her when her next book is coming out, and report back. TIA!! I gorge on her books. When I found her books, I think I binge read them via my Amazon Prime accounts and whatever I could find in the library.

I did not know about their education background, but it makes sense. Their books are well written, and SM books especially have strong female characters. I always look forward to her books.

Also, who the heck cares if they are trashy novels. I want to be entertained (and turned on). Real life is depressing enough (just watch the news, especially now). I'm looking for an escape when I read these books, and I love it.

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread interesting. I actually don't find any of the above mentioned that graphic? Maybe I am way less of a prude than I thought lol. Like I tried ACOTAR, Colleen Hoover books, and Emily Henry and they are like very vague descriptions and fade out scenes. I need something more to get me going and help out DH and I's love life.

The first ACOTAR has almost no smut. It gets progressively more graphic with the most recent being very graphic.

Sally Rooney

Anonymous wrote:Yes could you please share some specific titles? I am a woman and porn turns me off because I feel like most of it is so degrading and violent towards women. Would love something that is erotic but not degrading and only focused on male pleasure.

I am a woman who sometimes enjoys watching porn. I watch porntube and choose videos of people doing stuff that turns me on but I only like videos where the woman appears to be having a great time. I'm not really into the people in the videos, I'm into the sex acts, but if it was degrading and violent I definitely wouldn't watch it or enjoy it.

I find this thread interesting. I actually don't find any of the above mentioned that graphic? Maybe I am way less of a prude than I thought lol. Like I tried ACOTAR, Colleen Hoover books, and Emily Henry and they are like very vague descriptions and fade out scenes. I need something more to get me going and help out DH and I's love life.