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Your Romance Reading Guilty Pleasures
Great thread...I'm not ashamed to say that I like some BDSM. No mutilation or anything that hardcore but I like bondage and a little pain with the pleasure. I also just recently started enjoying subplots with M&M. For example, Blay and Qhuinn from Black Dagger Brotherhood have blown me away with their story.
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*Heroes who are really 'bad' (as you all know)
--particularly assassins, or seemingly unredeemable types
*Captive/Kidnap theme
*Forced Seduction
*Sheikh Romance
*Harlequin Presents (for the Drama with a capital 'D')
*Forced Marriage (you must marry me or I'll put your family on the street)
*Tortured heroes
*Scarred/Less than Perfect characters
*Shotgun Weddings (Must marry b/c we got caught in a compromising position or a baby is on the way)
*Stalkerific (super possessive/jealous/obsessed heroes)
*British heroes
*Exotic locations
*Pirate/Desert romances
*Plain Jane w/o the makeover
*Fated to be Mated Theme (hero and heroine are destined to be mates)
*Werewolf romance
*I'm not ashamed, but I am a terrible Black Dagger Brotherhood addict--I think I need help!
*Virgin heroes
*Cowboy romances
*Celibate heroes
*Nerdy heroes
*Faerie theme
*Mythology/Folklore theme
*Pregnancy occurs during the romance book
*Modern virgin heroine
*Old Maid/Spinster/Wall-flower heroine
*Surly/Grumpy heroes who are more or less hermits
I'm sure I'll think of more
Some sort of romance with consummation, the hotter the better. And over the last year I've found I like Erotica, but then I never really read it before. And M/M romances don't have me blushing like I thought they would. I've yet to read a F/F romance book. I love the paranormal romance stuff too.
Carolyn F. wrote: "Some sort of romance with consummation, the hotter the better. And over the last year I've found I like Erotica, but then I never really read it before. And M/M romances don't have me blushing li..."you know i have never read a m/m paranormal, much less a romance book before,the extent of my experience there is qhuin and blay, i have one on my tbr but it seems the book is not easy to find, i have to admit im curious, any suggestions?
Amy Lane's Vulnerable was really good and I thought handled it really well. There's a little in J.R. Ward's Brotherhood books and romance without a lot of descriptions in the Riley Jenson series.
My guilty pleasures are Diana Palmers Special Forces books once in awile,but even more so is her Cattleman`s Choice.This is a turnaround on her usual guy strings heroine along for yrs.,this lady strung him along for 7 yrs and the whole book is page after page of sexual tension,but no sex scene till the very last pages and since a person already knows what is going to happen they can skip that scene,
I`ve always said Palmer can make these so called erotica writers look like kindergardners when it comes to the sex scenes(minus the unusual stuff) ,and nobodys better with the sexual tension because it`s based on love.
And there are loving feelings thru the whole book,every step of the way with the sexual tension-like hand in hand.
This is one of my read every yr books since I`ve been about 13 y. o.
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- Tension. I love tension. The more intense the better. (I'm not really talking about sexual tension.)
- FBI Agents, CIA Agents (I use to pick up a book and if it said that the hero was an FBI or CIA agent, I would buy it. If the back cover and/or prologue catch my attention). I'll read other type of lawman books if it's a catcher. All the books have to be a catcher and the hero has to be a good bad boy. (I'll include Bodyguards and Navy Seals in this tab.)
- Nerds. I like when a hero is a nerd.
- Best friends turn lovers. The book has to be a good catcher.
- Bad boy with a sweet heart. (Assassins, etc.)
If I think of more later, I will share them.
Regency romanaces are my guilty pleasure.And I've started reading some erotica too. The book I'm reading just now isn't that great though and reads like a bog standard romance with a little bit of BDSm in order to try and shock.
I like M/M, M/M/F erotica. And even erotica with a straight couples with some BDSM mixed in.
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- Virgin heroines
- Sweet Romance
- Assassins, dangerous heroes. I'm gonna buy a book with such a hero anytime- Beauty and the Beast. I absolutely love that theme
- Forced/Fake/Shotgun weddings
- Forced seduction/Bodice rippers *blushes*
- Tortured/scarred heroes
- Unrequited love from the hero's part, especially if he believes (wrongly or rightly so) the heroine to be in love with another. This is an 'autobuy' theme for me
- Drama, angst, tension
- Heroes with cynical/dark/self-deprecating humor
- Amnesia theme
Funny/comedic tone British writing.I'm a goner for that, and even if the book seems to be about 'nothing', I'll read it coz I just love the wit of the Brits and it kinda makes me feel like being back in England.
Sophie Kinsella is good at writing that sort of stuff. Twenties Girl was brilliant!
Gem H aka *Dhelirious* wrote: "Sophie Kinsella is good at writing that sort of stuff. Twenties Girl was brilliant!"Yup, yup! Loved The Undomestic Goddess, and the Shopaholic series too. Can You Keep A Secret? too was nice.
I've found Adelle Parks to write that kind of funny/sassy theme too.
And how can I forget Jill Mansell??? She's one of my fave writers. You start a book with a certain set of circumstances and by the end it will have gone up and around a few times and the cast of characters is always a riot!
Marian Keyes writes the same kind of stuff but hers is Irish, but it does have the same good-read feel to it.
But if you want gritty London, East End stuff with underworld themes and families, no one does it better than Martina Cole. I love, love, love her stuff. She's gritty like a Martin Scorcese thriller but there is always that strong heroine dimension in there. I usually devour her books.
There is a new shopaholic book out this year with Beckys daughter taking on the mantle as a mini shopoholic
Gem H aka *Dhelirious* wrote: "There is a new shopaholic book out this year with Beckys daughter taking on the mantle as a mini shopoholic"Oh dear! Lol, gotta see that one!
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- Beauty and the Beast. I absolutely love that theme
- Forced/Fake/Shotgun weddings
- Forced seduction/Bodice rippers *b..."
Fani, your list sounds like mine! :)
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*Russian heroes
*Warriors or soldiers/military heroes
Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "Fani, your list sounds like mine! :) "Glad to hear Danielle I'm not alone out there:)
By the way, I'm having a huge craving lately for unrequited love stories -from the hero's part mind you- and B&B themes. If you can think of any, please tell me!
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And here is my scarred hero shelf:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
I would consider B&B theme to be under scarred hero shelf.
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I would consider some of them unrequited.
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Hm...this is a tough one. I ONLY read PNR and highander romance so I guess we'll start there:~ANYTHING PNR. I'm a ridiculous addict.
~Most Highlander Romances and if there's something paranormal in there that's even better
~Forced marriages (it's good for the clan/family/children/lively hood of the world)
~Normally I'm not interested in the m/m stuff but JR Ward writes Qhuinn and Blay so beautifully that I can't help myself! Not sure how I'd feel about it from another author though...
~Heroes with tortured pasts with an angelic/soft/kind heroine (i.e. Zsadist, Zarek, Tegan, etc., etc.) are a must have in every series!
~FTBM series
I think that's pretty much it right now...I'm sure I have many many others. ;)
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hehehe. I'm still learning a lot of the short hand for things so most of the time, in these threads, I'm completely lost. I'm getting better though! ;)
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*Marriage of Convenience (of course they fall in love)*Totured Hero (doesn't think he is good enough for the heroine)
*Jealous heroes (they get my heart racing every time)
*Friends that fall in love
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No, I don't write at all, but the challange sounds great.
I love all of these themes.ReeCee wrote: "*Marriage of Convenience (of course they fall in love)
*Totured Hero (doesn't think he is good enough for the heroine)
*Jealous heroes (they get my heart racing every time)
*Friends that fall in..."
Arch wrote: "ReeCee, by any chance do you write? We have a dangerous bad boy kidnap/captive writing challenge going on right now. The new theme will start on June 15th, but the kidnap/captive story is an ongoin..."Arch, OT here but what will be the new theme be on June 15? I'd love to do one such challenge
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Z, I love Danielle's Desert Island theme. But, we have to wait to see what others want to write about and then we are going to vote. I don't know how many people are going to participate.
I'm game for the Desert Island theme. I already have my hero's name. Tokyo. Scenes are already coming to me.
I want to be finished with Trespassing first. I have to write some to that story today.
I love it when the heroine is standing up for the hero and he "accidentally" hears her because he just happened to be walking by. *sigh* Or when the heroine has this insanely awesome conviction to save her man from everyone else's ignorance about/toward him! This happened in Seize the Night (which is one of the main reasons that I ADORE Tabitha) and it's kind of happening now in Dark Side of the Moon!! Looove it! :D
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Eugenia wrote: "Chick Lit romance, for shame, for shame. Because most of the heroines all shopping and shallowness but I love them. I find them surprisingly smart, funny, sarcastic and cute. How I got hooked on c..."Haha! Another addiction we share!
Arch wrote: "Z wrote: "Arch, OT here but what will be the new theme be on June 15? I'd love to do one such challenge"Z, I love Danielle's Desert Island theme. But, we have to wait to see what other's want t..."
Thanks Arch. I'll wait with baited breath too! I'm starting a new multicultural WIP this week and hope to be able to work around that.
Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "My reading guilty pleasures (in other words, I am likely to pull this book of the shelf and buy, no matter what!):*Heroes who are really 'bad' (as you all know)
--particularly assassins, or se..."
Woah Danielle! You have a LOT of guilty pleasures... not that I don't second most of them though (except maybe the sheikh or the nerdy heroes (heroines ok, heroes, not so much..might also be that I haven't read the right book:-p) :-) what's life without them? ;-p
I'd like to add the "friends-to-lovers", which is one of my faves:-) always gets me smiling:-) or the "almost lost her" (if you can call it that, might be more of a subplot..), where the hero messes up/thinks she died, etc.. :-)
I also enjoy the "betrayal (by him) theme" (as little cheating as possible please, I'm not too crazy about that), when the heroine finds out :-) I always get chills and a knot in my stomach ( I really live out my books, lol )
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Okay.
I also like a theme where the Heroine leaves the Hero (for whatever reason, although I prefer not straight out cheating). I especially love it when the Hero is devastated by it and we get to see him deal with his emotions when he realizes his woman is truly gone and not coming back. I want to see him work to get his woman back and some groveling is okay with me.
Jessa, that theme is great:-) love it too!
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Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "Melanie, I love the hero almost lost her theme, and betrayed, as well. Cheating, I hate. Jessa, I do like when the heroine leaves the hero and he has to get her back b/c he's devastated. Good her..."You got any suggestions of books that have this theme. I haven't ran across any in a while.
Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "Melanie, I love the hero almost lost her theme, and betrayed, as well. Cheating, I hate. Jessa, I do like when the heroine leaves the hero and he has to get her back b/c he's devastated. Good her..."They did that theme really well in
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The Pretender :-) Perfect Sin is a little tougher
***spoiler***
There is cheating in it, b/c he doensn't realize how he feels about her before, but after he'll do anything to get her back... I really don't like cheating in a romance, but this book really gripped me till the end ..
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So...What are your guilty pleasures when it comes to romance? If you don't want to think of it that way, what are preferences that others might raise an eyebrow at? You won't be judged. If you have things you don't want to share, don't feel like you have to. I'm not talking deepest, darkest secrets. I'm talking more along the lines of themes.