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Several years ago I attended a romance conference in which Anne Rice made a guest appearance in order to help promote the new release Beguiled, written by her sister, the late Alice Borchardt. After a brief discussion abRead more...

I have a good girlfriend who told me once that she and her boyfriend enjoyed reading passages from my historical erotic novella to each other as a prelude to lovemaking. She said reading to each other like that really goRead more...

As I mentioned in a previous post, I think many readers of erotic romance transpose themselves with the heroine in the book they’re reading. They become someone named Catherine St Claire, feisty, wealthy, smart, savvy, hRead more...

I first started reading romance when I paid a visit to a local used bookstore and picked up a bunch of cheap paperbacks. I’d not read romance prior to that as my tastes were generally straight fiction or horror. But for Read more...

I gotta confess, sometimes the mood hits me for a really hot read. You know, as in smokin'-until-my-insides-dissolve hot. Until my mattress spontaneously combusts while I'm reading. That kind of hot. I rarely read "swRead more...

In tribute to the recently announced passing of Tereska Torrès, who's credited with writing America's first lesbian pulp novel, Women's Barracks, I thought it would be fitting to talk about romances for girls who, you knRead more...

Been reading some interesting stuff this week and I've got a couple of recommendations for your weekend downloads. Sheltered, by Charlotte Stein, is quite a good read. There are some interesting elements to her characRead more...

I"m always up for a good scare. Ghosts, abandoned houses, demonic possession, things going bump in the night . . . bring it on, I say. The horror genre fascinates me because I find it interesting to consider what truly fRead more...

I recently finished The Lantern, a book that draws similarities to Daphne Du Maurier's classic Rebecca in both setting (crumbly old farmhouse in Provence) and suspensful atmosphere. Author Deborah Lawrenson's book has beRead more...

Having just returned from a vacation in Italy, I was struck by how much that country is a venerable feast for the senses. Smells and tastes of sumptuous food, sights of stunning art and architecture from cities steeped iRead more...