Guest Blogger Cassandra Carr

A couple of readers and critique partners have mentioned how it seems I do a lot of scenes, particularly sex scenes, from my hero’s point of view (POV). Or, in this case, my heroes’ POV, since my newest release, Double Vision, is a m/f/m menage. Want to know why I do that? Because I LOVE MY HEROES.

There’s nothing wrong with any of my heroines. Obviously I like them too or I’m doing something very wrong as a writer. But I seriously adore my heroes. They’re hot, they’re funny, and frankly, many of them seem more interesting to me. Plus I love writing the male POV in general, particularly during sex scenes.

I think in erotic romance, if you’re more focused on the hotness of the sex (at least in the beginning of the book), it’s easier to do the male POV. After all, men tend to be a little less focused on the emotions of sex and more on the physical, which lends itself well to erotic romance.

You can do much funnier dialogue with men too, I think, especially internal dialogue. I’ve asked my hubs about the internal dialogue men have while they’re talking to a woman they’re interested in, on the first date, sleeping with them for the first time, and I couldn’t believe how insecure they are. That’s why, in my books, you see a lot of guys saying, “Nice one, moron” and similar things to themselves. Sure, women say things like this too, but for some reason it’s much funnier when some smokin’ hot guy who seems to have it all together is calling himself a dumbass.

Do you like the male point of view? Why or why not?

Double Vision (Buffalo Intimidators 3) by Cassandra Carr

Everything Red knew about relationships is called into question when the young hockey player has a surprising threesome with his teammate Fredrik and Fredrik’s girlfriend, Liz. The more they’re together, the more their outside lives–and emotions–become entangled. Then the unthinkable happens and all three must take a hard look at what they want.