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Navy SEALs: Why They Turn My Crank as Romantic Heroes

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...

Sexy Saturday Round Up

From Madeline:

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing we call life.” –R.I.P Prince,11 songs you didn’t know Prince wrote.

One woman’s quest to turn her collection of unsolicited dic pics into art.

Young swingers discuss their intro into kinky orgies.

Side saddle is back. You heard me.

Mice squeak, er, speak a sophisticated language of love.

Best kiss cam evah? This woman double fisting her pizza.

For Alexa: So you need to trim the budget on your ridiculously suc...

Book Trends and General Mayhem at the RT Booklovers Convention

By Elizabeth SaFleur

Wild horses and George Clooney couldn’t keep me from the annual Romantic Times (RT) Booklovers Convention. For five whole days, thousands of readers and authors come together to talk romance books and writing. Five whole daysof no day-job talk, no meals to cook or laundry to do. Just books, glorious books.

This was my fourth RT, which this year according to rumor attracted the largest number of attendees in its history–more than three thousand one hundred people, not coun...

Kindle Worlds: Fan Fic Paradise?

Some TV shows are so good you never want them to end…

by Madeline Iva

Whatis Kindle Worlds?It’s a fan fic site – and we all know what fan fic is, right?

Fan fic sites are usually amateur, and also gay (unless you’re on Wattpad) and also sorta illicit.

However, as fan fiction has grown in power, prestige, and sheer audience numbers over the last decade, it’s gotten to be serious business. Like that little book that came out a few years ago called FIFTY SHADES OF GREY–remember that fan fic titl...

Island Retreat For Those Who Cheat

By Elizabeth Shore

You know what’s tough about having a steamin’ hot adulterous affair? Finding someplace to have it! Really, think about it. The situation can be fraught with frustration. If you’re both attached, you can hardly go to your own dwellings. So that’s out. Hotels are an option, of course, but they get expensive. You could shack up in the back of your car like canoodling teenagers, although do you really want to bebusted in your birthday suitwhenMr. Policeman raps on your steamed...

Just the Tip? A Brief Look at One of Dating’s Oldest Questions

For better or for worse … there is less discussion about who pays for a *wedding* than who pays for a date.

By Alexa Day

I love the Sexy Saturday Round Up. Don’t you? It’s the cool, sexy way to make sure I’m up on the real news of the week. This past Saturday, we had sex toys, girl gamers in Saudi Arabia, and tattoos. If you haven’t been over there yet, you should go and check it out.

One of G.G. Andrew’s links caught my eye. Refinery29 published an article about a favorite topic: when a man...

The Culture of Shame

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

Last week brought another example of authors behaving badly as author J.C. Cliff publicly lost her shit on Goodreads(which has since been taken down) over a review that she thought was negative and borderline bullying. Ms. Cliff rallied her presumably loyal audience to flood Goodreads with objections to the 1-star review, tagging it as malicious and telling her readers to “flag that bitch”. After an onslaught of public objections on social media to Ms. Cliff’s seemingl...

Sexy Saturday Round Up

Happy spring, Lady Smut lovelies! We’ve got a plethora of orgasmic links for you today. So settle in and get your Lady Smut buzz on.

From Jezebel: Horror novel in whichthe relationships are chewy with toxic badness

Outlander costumes O My!

Are you ready? No, you’re not ready for this Outlander costume. (Remember the French King’s mistress? Remember her swan nipples dress?)

Everything you wanted to know about FemSlash

We Are All Perverts, Book Says.Does this really surprise you?

Got fairies? L...

Three cheers for romance bookstore The Ripped Bodice

by Rachel Kramer Bussel

I’m not sure how I first discovered romance, but I distinctly remember being a pre-teen and teenager devouring first Danielle Steel and Judith Krantz novels, then the likes of Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz and Judith McNaught. I mainly bought them at the bookstore at the local mall, Waldenbooks, and my obsession felt like a singular one; I didn’t know anyone else who read romance, though clearly I wasn’t the only one judging by its plentiful offerings on the bookstore...

The Lady Eve: Best Romantic Comedy Evah!

by Madeline Iva

Well chickens, while everyone is off at Romantic Times Convention, 2016 in Las Vegas this week, I’m sitting home, twiddling my thumbs and editingmy latest book…

I’m not upset that I’m not at RT. No, not at all.

Thanks to Karen Bourne for laughing with me about this.

Today I realized that while everyother dame who writes romance out there is leaving whatever happens inVegas in Vegas, that doesn’t mean I have to sit at home crying into my oatmeal.

So I’ve hauled out a real treat...