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Dinese E.
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Noël Cades:
The book you just read "Dark Obsession". I used to read old books like this except they were Harlequin Romances. So - are there really intimate scenes in this book? Because I never found anything like that in these types of books, especially since they're set in the 70s or earlier. Thanks!
Noël Cades
I think there are different Harlequin series, I don't always notice what I'm reading half the time! In the UK it was always "Mills & Boon" and then it was bought by Harlequin.
While I think some of the modern ones verge on the erotic (like "Blaze") the vintage ones are far more tame. However some authors were putting actual sex scenes in, and very often forcible ones - "forced seduction" most often. You won't get body part names, but you'll get euphemistic references and it's clear what's going on.
If you look at my most recent review, Beware the Beast by Anne Mather, I actually posted a screenshot of such a scene. It was one of the darkest I've read to date, in a Harlequin/Mills & Boon. Usually the heroine ends up in (implausible) waves of passion despite her initial reluctance, but not in that book. It dates from the mid-1970s.
While I think some of the modern ones verge on the erotic (like "Blaze") the vintage ones are far more tame. However some authors were putting actual sex scenes in, and very often forcible ones - "forced seduction" most often. You won't get body part names, but you'll get euphemistic references and it's clear what's going on.
If you look at my most recent review, Beware the Beast by Anne Mather, I actually posted a screenshot of such a scene. It was one of the darkest I've read to date, in a Harlequin/Mills & Boon. Usually the heroine ends up in (implausible) waves of passion despite her initial reluctance, but not in that book. It dates from the mid-1970s.
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May 18, 2018 05:36AM · flag