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I Heart Dark Y.A.

Life’s complicated when you’re popular, school’s starting, and you’re hiding a murder. Click to buy.

by Madeline Iva

S.A.T. Question:

DarkY.A. is to the Y.A. SUB-GENRE as

A) Extra cheese is to pizza

B) Brazil is to wax

C) Long Island is to ice tea

D) All of the above

The answer is D — Yes, D.

I’ve talked about my love (addiction) to Dark Y.A. before, yes? FromGossip Girlto other youthful stories of mayhem and bloodshed, Dark Y.A. is the BEST STUFF EVAHHHHHHHH! From Veronica Mars to The Fault...

Love Thyself – It’s Masturbation Month!

By Elizabeth Shore

May is an awesome month, isn’t it? The weather’s finally nice, flowers are in full bloom, and love is in the air. Self love, that is. Even if you’re not involved in any kind of relationship with another person, May is the time of year when you most certainly should be celebrating acommitted relationship with yourself. Why? Because, my friends, as our pals over at kinkly.com recently reminded us, May is National Masturbation Month.

It’s said that 98% of people masturbate and...

Tiger (Beat) by the Tail: Keeping the 80s Hot Today

High School Confidential: Click here to score this story of two friends separated by a dark secret.

By Alexa Day

Celebrating Isabelle Drake’s new release, a young adult novel called Best Friends Never, has put me in mind of high school. High school is now in my distant past, and I’m surprised by how little of it I remember. For one thing, I think my mind is trying to protect me from it. High school wasn’t all that gentle with me.

I have only shadowy recollections of prom season, football game...

Friends for Now

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

When I was in graduate school in my late twenties, I met a young woman who became a close friend. We spoke or emailed every day. We went out to bars together to dance, walking barefoot through Hoboken (okay, that was just me and I was, not surprisingly, drunk off my ass) to get to my car in its parking space six blocks from the bar (she drove; I’m not an idiot).I took over her apartment (and her roommate) when she moved in with her boyfriend. We had classes together. S...

Sexy Saturday Round Up

What glorious spring weather we’re having! When you’re done waltzing about outside singing Tra-la! under blue skies, we’ll be here so you can settle down and follow the latest and greatest in erotic romance reads, romance, gender, and other simply fascinating news and opinion.

Jezebel sez Chyna deserved better. R.I.P. Chyna, world wrestling great.

From Heroes & Heartbreakers: 7 reasons to binge watch The Night Managerand #Hiddlesbum

Use simple mathematical science to unlock the secrets of onl...

Wild Times From Wild on the Rocks: An Excerpt

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

Come on. Go a little wild! Click on image to buy.

It’sbeen Theme Week here at Lady Smut. Each day this week, one of the Lady Smut bloggers dovedeep into the themes and aspects of my debut romantic suspense novel, Wild on the Rocks.

On Monday, I talked about why Navy SEALs turn my crank, Tuesday, Alexa Day chatted about the joys and pleasures to be found at the beach–with or without a lover. Wednesday, Elizabeth Shore looked at the pros and cons of reuniting with a love...

Let’s Do Something Really STUPID! Do Vegas Weddings Ever Work Out?

That Elvis impersonator? He owns the place. And let me tell you…he’s got stories to share.

by Madeline Iva

You went to Vegas and got married while you were there!

???? your friends say.

Here are the five top reasonspeople actually get married in Vegas:

1)We’re drunk!

‘Nuff said.

2) One person REALLY wants to get married and the other just doesn’t see that person as someone they want to commit their life to. But at this point in the evening he/sheis just drunk off his/herass, so OKAY!

I feel f...

Reunited – Does It Feel So Good?

By Elizabeth Shore

Doubtless as you’ve traveled on this path of life, you’ve discoveredsome things thatare inherently a VERYBAD IDEA. Like telling grandmaabout a kink party you attended over the weekend. Getting bombed out of your mind the night before a big job interview. Joining a denomic cult. You get the jist. Some people would add “reuniting with your ex” to that hallowed list. You broke up for a good reason, after all, and there’s a strong probability that those reasons didn’t suddenly...

If Life Isn’t a Beach, It Probably Should Be

May all your seaside adventures work out just like this one.

By Alexa Day

I’m enjoying a transitional period between the last job and the next job. Actually, it’s more accurate to say that I’m enjoying it now. I was not having such a good time with it last week.

Anyway, now that I’ve lightened up a little, I’ve realized that this brief (I hope) interval might be the ideal time for a trip to the beach. Sure, I could go whenever I wanted, strictly speaking, even when I was not in the transition...

Navy SEALs: Why They Turn My Crank

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

One of the most famous photos of an anonymous SEAL.

It’s no secret that Navy SEALs are their ownsubgenre of Romancelandia. Among the cops and firefighters and hockey and military heroes, SEALs stand out as a special kind of alpha hero known to really turn a readers crank. An Amazon search for “navy SEAL hero” brings up a cavalcade of options, series and stand alone romance novels. (And that’s without delving into the DVD queue, which you don’t want to do unless you’re...