{"id":948,"date":"2008-09-09T14:20:15","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T04:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/?p=948"},"modified":"2008-09-09T14:20:15","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T04:20:15","slug":"mills-and-boon-gets-spicy-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/09\/mills-and-boon-gets-spicy-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mills And Boon Gets Spicy In The UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romance publishers Mills and Boon are 100 years old this year and they&#8217;re about to launch the Spice erotica imprint in the UK, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/news\/sex-sells-mills--boon-marks-centenary-with-move-to-hardcore-erotica-922491.html\" target=\"blank\">The Independent<\/a>. In the past, M&#038;B books only allowed sex within the confines of a long term relationship. Spice, however, features stories where people &#8220;have sex for enjoyment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Phew, imagine that?<\/p>\n<p>The article has an interesting timeline of erotic milestones in the Mills and Boon books. Like the first masturbation scene was in 1973 and the first oral sex scene was in 1982.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There are other places to kiss,&#8221; the hero darkly informs the heroine of Antigua Kiss, who promptly surrenders to &#8220;waves of ecstasy&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wa-hey!<\/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>Romance publishers Mills and Boon are 100 years old this year and they&#8217;re about to launch the Spice erotica imprint in the UK, according to The Independent. In the past, M&#038;B books only allowed sex within the confines of a long term relationship. 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The article has an interesting timeline of erotic milestones in the Mills and Boon <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/09\/mills-and-boon-gets-spicy-in-the-uk\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[138,911,279,530,688,754],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-erotic-fiction","tag-books","tag-erotic-fiction","tag-erotica","tag-mills-and-boon","tag-romance","tag-spice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mills and Boon is about to release a new erotica line, Spice, in the UK allowing 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