Some Like it Rough by Leia Shaw

If you’re a romance reader (like me!) you probably like this genre because;

1) the connection between the characters

2) the happily ever after

and

3) the steamy love scenes!

Or maybe you have your own reasons, but those are mine.

So, my question is…do you like it rough?

Okay, we’re talking fantasy here, not personal life. We don’t need to go there.

The majority of the books I read contain very primal, wild sex scenes. Granted, I read a lot of paranormal — predatory, animalistic themes are popular. And it makes sense for the characters. But I’ve read a good number of rough sex scenes in other sub-genres as well.

For me, rough sex doesn’t equal violence, or even dominance. It’s passion. The intensity of not only the shared lust, but the emotion behind it. Who doesn’t want to be wanted so bad that it turns a man into a beast? Who doesn’t think it’s sexy that a guy could be so hot for you that he rips your clothes to shreds just to get at your body?

he’s coming for you

Oh, yes. A beast it is.

A beast with a tender, gentle side when it matters. But when it’s beyond mattering…

You know when it gets to that point, right? When the heroine says “to hell with it, gimme all you got.” And she doesn’t care if there’s a pointy rock shoving into her back, or if there’ll be bruises on her arms where he’s holding her down, or if her lips are raw from the harshness of his stubble. She can’t feel any of that anyway. And if she can, it turns her on. Cause it reminds her how bad this man wants her.

When it gets to that point — chests heaving, gazes locked, bodies tingly all over, growls echoing in the night — I say let the beast out of his cage.

Are you with me?

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