What rings your bells?
First of all, I want to thank Kelly for having me visit today!
As an author, I try to keep a balance between the stories I feel compelled to tell and my audience for them. If I wanted to write about pink monkeys who dress up like Elvis, yes, there just might be readers for that sort of book, but I’m not sure I could continue coming up with stories in that vein to entertain them.
On the other hand, I love erotic romance. I fell into this segment of my career by accident when a former CP of mine mentioned that she thought my writing was gravitating that way naturally, so why not give it a try? I’m so glad I did! Erotic romance feeds my soul in a way that goes way beyond sex. I often like to explore darker themes in my work and I feel sex that’s a little more dirty and raw somehow seems to fit those sorts of scenarios. Plus…sex is fun! How can reading about something so awesome ever be anything but a rockin’ good time?
Even so, we all have our personal preferences. For example…there’s something about a man coming up on a woman (or another man) from behind that really does it for me. That inherent sense of vulnerability just from having your back turned to another allows for all sorts of delicious possibilities. If we’re talking tropes, I love many of them. Friends to lovers is definitely a favorite, but for sheer sexy, decadent eroticism, my favorite is boss and employee. That subtle—and sometimes not so subtle—power struggle really works for me.
Now it’s your turn! What rings your bells as a reader? Tropes, kinds of characters, sexual positions…bring it on! Two commenters will win their choice of my ebooks (any of them except Cowboy Lust, including one of my latest releases, No Flowers Required) and a third person will win a signed print copy of my erotic contemporary romance, Insatiable (it’s a friends to lovers story!) Open internationally for the ebooks and United States only for the print book.
Can’t wait to chat with all of you! J
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I LOVE my gals to have a bit – ok a LOT – of snark
have a little snark meself
and yeah – the guys rough & misunderstood
A few things that ring my bell are: I am a cover lover. If I like the cover, then I will buy and read the book. I am also a lover of Alphas or strong female characters. I am also a go to reader for Historical & Paranormal.
thanks for the great giveaway! I’d have to say: a great cover, believable/relatable characters, a good plot/story and a rocking romance 🙂
I’d have to say great covers, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, second chances, brothers friends, a great plot, well written characters, and some great banter between the hero and heroine.
A realistic story line along with a tortured hero. I love the guy having to overcome something big.
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Great characters and story
I love a great story line, great characters, romance and a beautiful cover.
Great cover…interesting plot and amazing romance story!
Hot alpha males, real emotion between the Hero and Heroine, and anything that stretches the imagination =)
The covers,definately characters with a sense of humor ,I love alphas and kick butt heroines
Hi everyone! 🙂 Thanks again to Kelly for having me here today and thanks to all of you for stopping by! You all enjoy the same kinds of things in books that I do and I’m loving reading your answers!
I actually like my heroes a little beta (*goes off & hides from all the alpha-lovers*) and my heroines snarky & arse-kicking. As for sexytimes tropes? Boss & employee is definitely a favourite– especially when it’s a female boss & male employee 🙂
I want memorable characters & story lines. Females that are a match for any man that comes along.
Strong character development, well written love scenes and scenes full of laughter.
I´m a sucker for alpha males sweeping you of your feet, *rawr* or a dominant shifter chasing you .. *happy sigh* I need my HEA, though, can´t read without that.
Love this, =) thanks for the givaway,
best wishes, Linda
I like the ultra Alpha male w. a heroine as girly but asskicking smart and strong. I love the build up to how the male gets the female!
I like to feel I am emotionally involved with the characters.
Covers, great story… easy to get into…
I cover lover and my choice always want buy books, except for clothes or cosmetic 🙂
Connection and chemistry! Since I primarily read romance of all sub-genres these are required. If they are lacking then the story falls flat. Other than these I don’t like a story that is predictable. Oh and at least one hot alpha hero…the rest I like to mix up!
I love cowboys, though any bad boy alpha-male will work. Cowboys are still my favorite!
I’m a big fan of all the classic romance tropes – friends to lovers, best friend’s brother (or brother’s best friend), coworkers, stranded together, unplanned pregancies…I love them all! These books sound great! Thanks for the giveaway!
Hi everyone! You’ve all had such good answers! I’m right there with you. One of the reasons I love romance so much is the chance to explore so many different themes within one genre. And of course, the hot heroes don’t hurt! 😉
Good luck in the contest and thanks to all for visiting! 🙂
I love when there is conflict and then a happy ending.