{"id":32,"date":"2006-02-21T15:05:23","date_gmt":"2006-02-21T05:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/21\/erotic-romance-novels-for-women-are-huge\/"},"modified":"2006-02-21T15:05:23","modified_gmt":"2006-02-21T05:05:23","slug":"erotic-romance-novels-for-women-are-huge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/21\/erotic-romance-novels-for-women-are-huge\/","title":{"rendered":"Erotic Romance Novels For Women Are Huge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/books\/news\/2006-02-20-romance-novels_x.htm\">USA Today<\/a> reports that the new ranges of women&#8217;s erotic romance novels are going great guns. Apparently growth has been in the &#8220;double digits&#8221; (snigger, chortle, snort).<\/p>\n<p>This is actually not a new trend, it&#8217;s just that the media has started to pay attention. Erotic romance novels have been on the market for over a decade, with the Black Lace series being one of the oldest and most popular.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the big change is that romance stalwart Mills and Boon and Harlequin have jumped on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n<p>In these distinctly non-Fabio novels the heroines will happily shag anyone if they feel like it&#8230; but there&#8217;s plenty of scope for a nice bit of romance as well.<\/p>\n<p>And all those euphemisms for sex like &#8220;his throbbing manhood&#8221; and &#8220;her luscious cleft&#8221; are going by the wayside.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, note to self: Use the phrase &#8220;her luscious cleft&#8221; in next sex story. Cleft is such a cool word.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Today reports that the new ranges of women&#8217;s erotic romance novels are going great guns. 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