ER’s Top Ten Erotic Summer Reads
The wave of romantic erotica remains undiminished with Fifty Shades of Grey still triumphantly leading the way followed closely by Sylvia Day’s Crossfire series. One of the many advantages of the digital revolution is the anonymity that accompanies it. We can download all manner of dodgy commercial claptrap and no one is any the wiser. And it is the women’s romantic erotic market that benefits from this trend. Whilst it is still difficult to know exactly what sort of numbers are selling digitally what is clear is that there is an appetite for it. Last year The Bookseller noted:
‘Erotica is also more attractive to e-book buyers. Just one of the top 50 bestselling printed books in the month of August was an erotic novel. Seven earn places in the E-book Ranking. It certainly appears that there is still a taboo about being caught reading such material, despite the mainstream success of the Fifty Shades series’
But one of the downsides of this explosion of women’s erotica is that this genre has become swamped by an unconscionable load of tosh. It’s a hard slog to work your way through this, and there is no reliable filter. So here at Erotic Review (which, as you are no doubt aware, is all about good sex) we have diligently ploughed our way through a vast number of publications that are currently on Amazon’s Top 100 Bestselling Erotica list. We think the following books tick the box of well-written sex and provide the escapism necessary for a perfect summer holiday read:
1. Tiffany Reisz – The Saint – Holy perversions, a priest, a Ducati and a spirited young heroine
2. Louise Black – The Tattooist – three women, one Man: This isn’t 50 shades of grey – it’s 1000 realms of black
3. Zoe Pilger – Eat My Heart Out – A biting look at contemporary feminism, sexuality and romance and a heroine you’ll love to hate (and I mean that).
4. Helen Walsh – The Lemon Grove – Sun. Desire. Obsession. An explosive, intelligent novel from the prize-winning author of Brass.
5. Primula Bond – The Silver Chain – photographer, Serena and gallery owner, Gustav, a silver chain instead of a collar; a seductive and well-executed novel.
6. Jodie Ellen Malpas – One Night Promised – just published and an eagerly awaited novel. M wants one night to worship Livy. No feelings, no commitment – nothing but pleasure (so what’s not to like?).
7. Samantha Young – On Dublin Street – Hoots mon! Scotland’s answer to yon E.L. James. Braden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants, and he’s determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. If only it were that simple.
8. CC Gibbs – Knight’s Mistress – Katherine Hart is a talented, sassy young hacker; Dominic Knight is a sexy, dominant, billionaire: sound familiar? Well worth a read
9. Beth Kery – Because You Are Mine: The New York Times bestselling e-book serialisation complete and in print for the first time. The mistress of well written sex.
10. Laurelin Paige – Fixed On You – “Read it in an air-conditioned room or turn on the fan – it… is… HOT.” Writes Melanie Harlow, author of Speak Easy. Well, we couldn’t put it better ourselves.
