He’d just started reading a new BDSM-themed erotica (which shall remain nameless) and made the fatal mistake of giving me an overview of the first chapter. All was going well until he mentioned the dreaded word ‘contract’, at which point he found himself engulfed in a storm of virtual babble – okay, ranting – that probably made him extremely thankful that we live in different countries and therefore ensured he didn’t have to listen to it in person (sorry, Michael):

‘Wow, that’s a lot of information in a single chapter! But do you know what my eye went straight to? The mention of another bloody contract! Contracts, contracts, contracts! If one more author writes about a contract I am going to … Well, I don’t know what, but it will likely involve a judge’s gavel being used on the offending book in the same manner that Basil Fawlty uses that tree branch on his car.’

And just in case that last reference is a British ‘in’ joke (I’m not sure how many countries had Fawlty Towers), this is what I’m talking about:

Attention authors! I don’t want to read about legal documents! They don’t turn me on! You do not need one to convey that your characters are in a relationship that involves power exchange. Really. You don’t. Just as villains don’t need to be dressed in black in order to convey their ‘badness’ and heroes in ‘white’ to denote their ‘goodness’, people who engage in BDSM aren’t all running off willy-nilly to their lawyers and defining their relationships through legalese. And if I was that desperate to get off on legal jargon I’d visit the solicitor in my local village and get him to lend me a conveyancing agreement.

I WANT WELL-CRAFTED EROTICA – NOT PAGES OF CLAUSES.

My husband does not take me to bed and spout legal jargon to get me in the mood. Nor does he make me read the folder of deeds to our house.

I am not saying that contracts – not to be confused with limit lists and negotiation forms – don’t exist in power exchange relationships. I am sure they do and that they work perfectly well for those who draw them up. But having one is not mandatory and, as Molly Moore said so eloquently in her Myth Busting: the Submissive Woman seminar at Eroticon earlier this month, if they are used, they ‘are rarely a standard rent agreement’.

I think we all know who, or rather what, we have to blame for this bat-sh*t obsession with ‘erotic’ paperwork. Yes, That Book. That great, grey brick of a thing whose name I dare not speak, because, frankly, it’s becoming a little bit like Voldemort:

‘Who gave you that scar?’

‘E.L. bloody James with all her talk of legal agreements and protagonists who have to be ‘damaged’ to engage in BDSM, that’s who.’

If only I had an Elder Pen to wave – or perhaps an Unforgiveable Manuscript Curse to make all this silliness disappear. (What would that be called, I wonder? Editora Kedavra?)

Hmm. Maybe I should recreate the Basil Fawlty moment above with a copy of You-Know-What and a nice, long rattan can. If only my technical skills were up to the job and I could get over the idea of destroying a perfectly good book.

It’s tempting, though. Very, very tempting …

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Who Said It: The Pope or Fifty Shades of Grey?
Source: Hollywood (Beta)

Who knew that Pope Benedict XVI and E.L. James had so much in common? As Aly Semigran points out in this article, the former’s new sixty-two page digital scrapbook features names and passages that are spookily similar to the great grey monolith.

We jokingly speculated during Remittance Girl’s Eroticon 2013 Creative Writing seminar that our conference was the final straw for the Pope, our debauchery the reason for him quitting his post (the chatter even spawned the awesome @HuggyPope Twitter account). But I’m beginning to think we were onto something. Except perhaps he’s, you know, really left to pursue his burgeoning erotic writing career under the pen name ‘E.L. James’ …

Amazon Wants to Sell Used Ebooks: Everyone is Confused
Source: EContent

A couple of weeks ago, I saw an article in Publishers Weekly announcing that Amazon has been awarded a patent to sell ‘used’ digital content. I re-read the piece three of four times, trying to get my head around the concept of something that’s digital (and therefore ‘non-physical’) ever being able to be labelled as ‘used’. Because, to state the obvious, unlike a book you hold in your hand, an eBook never degrades. It doesn’t ‘wear’, develop dog-ears, a broken spine, or a crazed cover.

Turns out, I’m not the only one struggling with the concept and this article by Peggy Hageman gives an excellent overview of what Amazon are trying to do. Poignantly, she asks:

‘is there really such a thing as a “used” bit of code?’

I love buying second-hand goods – mainly because I don’t like to see perfectly good (physical) objects go to waste. Books in particular. But this concept makes me feel really nervous. The proposition is undoubtedly good for Amazon (they wouldn’t be doing it otherwise) but I suspect that, for publishers and authors, this business model will have some pretty significant repercussions.

TSA guys hard on sex toys
Source: New York Post

This short article made me feel slightly ill. Airport security is a necessity. I get that. I understand that staff must routinely go through passengers’ bags to ensure the safety of fellow travellers. However, it is NOT OKAY for those in positions of authority to go through people’s luggage for the purposes of sexual gratification or amusement. That is an invasion of privacy and a blatant abuse of power.

The idea of some strange man or woman handling one of my sex toys just for the heck of it makes my skin crawl. And I suspect that a lot of people don’t complain about this kind of carry on (assuming they are aware of it) either because they’re too embarrassed to admit that they had a vibrator, dildo, or whatever in their bag in the first place.

Is this behaviour widespread? Well, reading this article seems to suggest it may be quite common (and if you recall, I posted a similar Alert Me article about the two men whose dildo came out on the baggage carousel a few months ago.) So, Chintz readers, a question:

Have you ever taken sex toys on a plane? And, if you have, were they (to your knowledge) ‘examined’ by airport security?

*Please note that this poll is anonymous, so you can participate without fear of sex toy ‘outage’.

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Prepare yourselves. Michael and I decided to read and review Rush in tandem. And let’s just say that we had, er, pretty strong reactions to it. Warning: it’s a general winter of discontent below the fold and we only just refrained from using SHOUTY CAPITALS in our respective reviews. Buckle up.

MICHAEL’S TAKE …

First off, let me say this. Maya Banks has been doing this for a while now. I don’t really think this is her version of Fifty Shades of Grey despite the fact that it did sort of feel that way. (Oh, and if you don’t want spoilers, don’t read this because this is a fully-fledged rant.) Having said that, she has accomplished something I wouldn’t have thought possible: created a male lead in Gabe Hamilton that makes Christian Grey and Gideon Cross (Bared to You) look like normal, well-adjusted, thoughtful young men.

Gabe is in the hotel business. He and his partners, Jace and Ash, have been friends since college and seem to collectively be this generation’s Conrad Hilton. They are all thirty-eight and none of them have settled down – making all three eminently eligible bachelors. Well, actually, Gabe was married to Lisa for a while. And while we don’t find out much about it, it was some sort of power exchange relationship where he made all of the decisions. Until the day she decided to leave him and ran to a divorce attorney and the press painted their relationship as abusive. She got a hefty settlement when he didn’t fight her.

Since then, Gabe has avoided romantic entanglements. Oh, he has relationships but they all have a contractual component. Every woman he sleeps with has to sign his combination Slave Contract Non-disclosure Agreement. After that, he and his chosen paramour get physical for a while but never more than six months before he moves on.

So then he runs into Mia. Jace’s little sister. A twenty-four-year-old who seems to have gotten an MBA or at least a business degree but is waitressing at a pastry shop. Sweet little Mia who was raised from childhood by her big brother after their parents were killed. And it turns out he was wanted her for years. Long enough that he has now decided that a fourteen-year age difference doesn’t matter as much as it did when she was twenty or sixteen or whatever.

So he goes to Jace and explains to him that he wants to use and abuse his baby sister for the next six months or so. Oh, wait, no, he doesn’t. That probably wouldn’t work out very well.

So he goes to Mia and explains to her that he wants to use and abuse her for an unspecified period of time. Oh, and she really should have career goals so she can be his assistant so he can do the using and abusing right in his office. As long, of course, as she signs up to be his NDA’d sexual submissive. So at this point she files a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Oh, wait, no, she doesn’t. But she probably should have.

So a bunch of stuff happens and then Gabe and Mia end up in a hotel room in Paris with three prospective business partners. In order to prove to himself that he doesn’t have feelings for his best friend’s little sister he binds and essentially tosses her to the wolves – after setting a few ground rules.

There are roughly five kinds of men:

1. The kind whose personal code would, for moral and religious reasons, make them want to leave.
2. Those who prefer other guys to women.
3. Guys who aren’t really Doms but aren’t going to pass up an interesting opportunity.
4. Actual Doms who delight in the joy of a submissive woman.
5. Abusers who won’t hesitate to hurt women to make themselves feel superior.

The thing is, it is mighty hard to tell which is which just by looking at someone. The fact that Gabe assumed that these three potential investors were 3s and 4s was idiotic. I don’t even think scenarios 1 and 2 entered his head. But you don’t take a chance on having a 5 in the room. That was one of the most boneheaded moves I have ever seen.

And I have to say that Mia was part of the problem. Being submissive is one thing. Letting someone walk on the fine line of being abusive (assuming you don’t think that Gabe crossed the line) is something else. Later on, Jace worries that her next boyfriend might actually be abusive as a result of her time with Gabe; if only the latter had given as much thought to what was going on.

Honestly, my favorite moment was when Jace punched Gabe out. Because someone needed to. Of course, it didn’t actually knock any sense into him. That would have to come later.

I did kind of like the ending but I am still thinking Gabe may need a couple of decades or so of therapy.

I actually pre-ordered the next book, Rush, which will be featuring Jace. I am curious to see how he and Ash fare from an outsider perspective. Because even if they were kind of the guardian angels in this one, they probably won’t be in their own stories.

JANE’S TAKE …

My Rush reading experience can pretty much be summarised by my Goodreads ‘in progress’ status updates and ranty emails:

Status update 1: “9% in and the words ‘steel’, ‘minx’ and ‘kitten’ have been used. :-/”

Status update 2: “Oh, for the love of Pete: ‘There is no negotiation’. REALLY?”

Status update 3: “Rapidly losing the will to live reading this. I’m so not absorbed that I’m watching clips of Scottish Terrier puppies on YouTube every few pages to try and boost my flagging spirits.”

[Pause in reading]

@Michael: “Are you going to finish this or what?”

@Jane: “I’ve stalled … I got partway through, got cross, skimmed the last bit, got even more cross, and then put it down. I really do need to finish it though. It’s dreadful and deserves my full wrath.”

[Michael starts reading]

@Michael: “Wow! I am still not sure what to make of it but if Jace kills Gabe with his bare hands when they get to New York I think I could let him off for temporary insanity if I were on the jury.”

@Jane:  “So you’ve been to Paris, then? … Gabe is a total sh*t. The term ‘control freak’ seems most appropriate. And for the love of a flogger, why the HELL would you invite business associates to Top your ‘beck and call girl’? Because, let’s be honest, that’s what she is.

The thing that really irks me though? Maya Banks writes so bloody nicely. There’s just something about the flow and rhythm of her prose that appeals to me. It’s why I keep buying her. But her actual characterisation and interactions are so hit and miss. I haven’t felt this cross about a male protagonist of hers since Micah (Sweet Temptation). I mean, come on! Contrast this idiot with Damon from Sweet Persuasion.

@Michael: “I couldn’t understand what could upset you so much but when I got to that scene I understood. This guy makes Christian Grey and Gideon Cross look stable.”

@Jane: “I think our joint review of this is going to turn into a joint rant …”

Um, yeah, it kind of did. If you don’t find narcissistic, wankerish men off-putting in an erotic romance then you’ll probably like this. Because that’s exactly what Gabe is. The writing’s solid, though, and that’s what stops it from becoming a total bust. I quite liked Jace and Ash as characters, too, although the way this series has started I’m tempted to lay money on them turning into total morons during the next two books.

Series prediction:

• Book two = ménage meltdown. Jace decides he can’t share his women with Ash anymore. Ash can’t decide what to do with his penis now he’s on his own.
• Book three = Ash has ménage withdrawal but has to ‘rescue’ Caroline from her bouncer boyfriend and in the process emerges from his DP funk.

Roll on Fever.

Rush tickle your fancy? Click on the following links to purchase a copy:

Amazon.co.uk

• Rush – Kindle
• Rush – Paperback

Amazon.com

• Rush – Kindle
• Rush – Paperback

Kobo

• Rush – ePub

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Amazon in the Book Banning Business
Source: Selena Kitt, The Self Publishing Revolution

Over the past month or so, a number of authors and readers I’m in contact with via various online book community groups have noticed that Amazon has begun to censor erotica texts. Yes, increasingly, the online retail giant is deciding which saucy books we can and can’t read.

Whilst Amazon’s Direct Publishing service is booming (everyone wants to be the new E.L. James) a growing number of erotica authors are finding that their books are being removed from the sale for violating ‘content guidelines’.

‘Well,’ I hear you say. ‘Stick to the guidelines and there won’t be a problem.’

If only it were that simple. Per the Amazon website:

Pornography

We don’t accept pornography or offensive depictions of graphic sexual acts.

 

Offensive Content

What we deem offensive is probably about what you would expect.

Wow. That’s really clear. You know how to define ‘pornography’ do you, Amazon? Know it when you see it, yes? And as far as ‘offensive content’ goes, I’m 100% certain our ‘expectations’ aren’t always going to match.

The above article by erotica author Selena Kitt gives an excellent overview of exactly what’s been going on, as does this thread, posted a day or so ago by author P.J. Fox whose work has just been ‘banned’. The latter has been trying to work out exactly why they’ve been kicked off the sales list so they can address the issue, only Amazon won’t specify what the problem is. Helpful.

It will be interesting to see how many erotica authors vote with their feet as a result of all this censorship hoo-ha. I’ve seen a fair few who have already stated their intent to move their titles over to Smashwords, which is generally seen to be far more author-friendly and has content guidelines that actually look like they were written by a lawyer.

Note to self: review more books published exclusively on Smashwords.

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Musical Heading to Off-Broadway
Source: Time

I soooo want to go and see this, primarily because I think the song titles are to die for. I’m not normally a fan of musicals (The Rocky Horror Picture Show being the notable exception) but who could pass up a production that features numbers such as ‘They Get Nasty, ‘I Don’t Make Love, I “F#*!”’ and ‘There’s a Hole Inside of Me’.

Please tell me there’s going to be an album?

Aristotle sex manual banned for 200 years to be auctioned
Source: The Telegraph

If you adore antique books (as I do) you may be interested in the forthcoming auction of this rare sex manual, which was first published in the 1600s.

Apparently banned until 1961 in Great Britain (sources differ on that point), it’s believed that the Compleat Master-Piece (incorrectly attributed to Aristotle) was used to provide guidance to ‘amateur midwives’ and ‘young married couples’.

Per the lot information on the Lyon & Turnbull website:

‘The work was certainly considered highly taboo and distasteful and any printers avoided including their names in the imprint, possibly for fear of prosecution.’

It’s hardly risqué by today’s standards but from a historical perspective this text sounds absolutely fascinating – not least because of the quirky illustrations and dire warnings about the consequences of ‘sin’.

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Conceptual Sex Toys: Smile Makers
Source: Trendland.com

The Fireman. The Millionaire. The Frenchman. The Tennis Coach.

No, these aren’t the titles of books from Mills & Boon. Rather, they’re the names of the four new Smile Makers vibrators on offer from conceptual design company Ramblin’ Brands. And when I say ‘conceptual’, they really, really are. I was completely puzzled as to how you might use The Frenchman and sat looking at him for quite some time before my OH came to the rescue. (One glance and he quickly identified that he’s supposed to be used like a tongue on your outer bits. Clearly, I’m in the slow group.)

I love the idea of vibrators based on the stereotypical ‘fantasy men’ – fun, amusing and very different. Aesthetically, I think the Smile Makers designs and colourways are extremely appealing, too, and I’ll definitely be adding them to the Chintz ‘to try’ list in the near future. In the meantime, I’m going to continue amusing myself with the Smile Makers Fantasy Man Generator, a hilarious little onsite game that lets you create your dream hunk from a cast of colourful characters and share him with your friends via social media. Loads of fun. (Be sure to click on Jungle Wayne in his tiger-striped underpants.)

’50 Shades Of Grey’ Barbie Sex Shop Display Features Dolls In Explicit BDSM Poses
Source: Huffington Post

Yes, the perfect plastic ones have discovered a penchant for whips and chains. Wicked Wanda’s Adult Emporium in Ottawa, Canada, has teamed up with a local artist to create a storefront installation that shows Barbie and Ken in a whole new light. The pair are featured in various kinky poses, inspired by (you guessed it) E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey.

I have to say, I found the header image for this article highly amusing; I don’t think I ever imagined Ken would wear a gas mask or find himself suspended from tiny silver chains at the mercy of his fishnet-stockinged girlfriend.

For those interested in seeing other images from the Wicked Wanda’s installation, just Google the shop’s name, together with ‘Barbie’ and ‘Ken’.

NB: I don’t think Spanking Bench Barbie will make it into a Toy Story film any time soon.

Writing Erotica is Hot… Unless You Are a Teacher
Sources: Karen Ballum of Sassymonkey Reads for BlogHer

This is a very interesting BlogHer post by Karen Ballum.

Ohio high school teacher, Carol Ann Eastman, was recently placed on administrative leave and given a five-day suspension when it was discovered that she was writing erotica under a pseudonym.

Apparently, penning sexy stories is fine if you’re a London T.V. exec. but if you’re a teacher? No way. Even if you keep your extra curricular writing life completely separate from your professional one. Did Ms Eastman behave inappropriately in the classroom? Mention her erotica writing to her students? No. While the circumstances aren’t particularly clear, it appears she was outed by someone in the local community. And because her erotica is ‘school themed’, folks have gone particularly crazy. Er, people? Fantasy versus reality? Do we vilify teachers who write novels about murder and violent crime, assuming they’re regularly partaking in the acts detailed within their books? No.

As Karen mentions in her piece, this incident is very similar to the ‘un-masking’ of teacher/author Judy Buranich, which happened in April last year. I remember seeing the clip in her article (also featured below) on Sarah Wendell’s Smart Bitches Trashy Books and reading another in support article on the same site just after poor Judy was outed. Frankly, I think the same sentiments apply in this instance. Just swap out Judy’s name for Carol’s.

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Fifty Shades of a bawdy board game
Source: Evening Standard

I actually have no words. A Fifty Shades of Grey boardgame with ‘Inner Goddess Tokens’ a ‘Red Room Expansion Pack’ and a non-disclosure agreement between the players and Christian Grey (otherwise know as the ‘Receiving Party’).

As someone who spent nearly a decade protecting the integrity of a rather high-profile brand that shall remain nameless, this kind of cash-in merchandising actually makes me feel slightly ill. Worse, if Susannah Butter’s article is anything to go by, those who fork over their hard-earned cash for this thing aren’t even going to be rewarded with anything particularly titillating or racy. Sample question:

“Which girlfriend would buy the best present for the man who had everything?”

No joke, I can’t decide whether to laugh or cry. Really E.L. James? Really? Stick with Monopoly, people. I guarantee fighting over who gets to be the boot will be more fun.

British sex toy shop makes post-watershed Christmas ads
Source: B&T

Now this is interesting. Adverts for sex toys on British television are almost unheard of. I recall Lovehoney doing one a while back but I don’t recall it being quite as titillating as this Christmas offering from High Street giant Ann Summers. Content-wise, it’s hardly explicit but the censors have deemed that it can only be shown after 11.00pm (although there is an edited version that we’ll be allowed to see from the earlier time of nine o’clock – PM, not AM).

Does this signal that, as a society, we’re becoming more accepting of sex toy advertisements in mainstream media?

Your next sex toy could come out of a 3D printer (NSFW)
Source: io9

I’m married to an engineer. And when he reads this article, the first thing out of his mouth is going to be ‘what did I tell you?’.  We’ve both been aware of 3D printing for some time and have often debated when and how the sex toy industry would begin to embrace the technology. The possibilities are endless (custom shapes, custom sizes, custom colours, etc.) but as this article points out, the resolutions, materials and costs are quite a way from being perfect just yet. It’s only a matter of time, though, and I think we’re going to see a lot more bespoke toys being manufactured in this way in the years to come. This is a great piece to geek out and dream to!

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‘Er, Jane? What exactly are you doing to that turkey with my Shibari rope?’
‘Toy with me Tuesday.’
‘I’m not even going to ask.’
‘Probably best not to.’
‘Just make sure you clean it thoroughly afterwards.’
‘Salmonella’s a hard limit, yes?’
‘Don’t be cheeky.’

Who said poultry bondage can’t be sexy?

My Toy with me Tuesday entry for this week is inspired by two things: Christmas and Fifty Shades of Chicken, which I discovered a few weeks ago. Bloody hilarious.

I couldn’t decide which of these two pictures I liked the best – with holly or without – so have decided to include both. Which do you prefer?

Right, off to wash the Shibari rope before it’s contaminated any further …

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Fifty Shades of Chicken
Source: http://www.fiftyshadesofchicken.com/

‘Pro-tip: Spatchcocked or trussed? Depends on how sarcastic your chicken has been.’

Thanks to author Andrew Shaffer (@andrewtshaffer), I am now following erotic poultry on Twitter (@50ShadesChicken) and considering buying a BDSM chicken cookbook. Clearly, I’m plucked.

Fifty Shades of Chicken by F.L. Fowler was released on 27 November and is the kinky person’s answer to white meat:

‘Fifty chicken recipes, each more seductive than the last, in a book that makes every dinner a turn-on.’

Not particularly skilled in the kitchen? More comfortable with Shibari than stuffing? Don’t panic, Fifty Shades of Chicken caters for all comers: ‘The Novice Bird’ (easy recipes for roasters), ‘Falling to Pieces’ (parts perfect for weeknight meals), and ‘Advanced Techniques’ (the climax of cooking).

‘Getting tied up shouldn’t be this hot. Clear juices flow down my thighs, yes, but my breast? Dry.’

Fifty Shades of Chicken is available from:

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.uk

booxl, Another Spotify for Ebooks Slated to Launch in Beta This February
Source: digitalbookworld.com

SkyInk Studios recently announced that they’ll be launching an eBook subscription service by the name of booxl. Similar to Netflix and Spotify, it will allow those who sign up to view eBooks and book apps through their eReaders and tablets.

I think this is a great idea but what really interests me is SykInk’s assertion that booxl will be a ‘multi-genre’ platform featuring ‘fiction, non-fiction, reference, education and even digital magazines and comics’.

No word on subscription pricing as yet.

Sex toy sales in Canada rise due to NHL lockout
Source: News Fix

‘Honey, since there’s no game on, can I peg you?’

It seems that less hockey = more sex. Or, rather, an increase in the use of sex toys. Apparently, Canadian retailers have seen a 15 percent surge in sales following the NHL lockout, as people look for different ways to spend their down time.

Puns abound in this News Fix article (‘a good puck is hard to come by’, ‘Ohhhh Canada!’) and the accompanying video is like an over-wrought summer blockbuster trailer, but for sheer entertainment value, it’s hilarious. And can I just say: Canada, I like your thinking!

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I’ve long been a fan of Black Lace and was one of the many despondent readers who mourned the news that its list was to be put on ice back in 2009. Thankfully, Fifty Shades of Grey has changed the erotica landscape and Black Lace is well and truly back. (Hooray!) If you’ve not come across this publisher before, you can find most of their titles on Amazon. (Their Quickies collections are fabulous but there are plenty of full-length stories on offer, too.)

Interested in taking part in the short story competition? You can find out more about it here. (Entry details are listed at the end of the article.)

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‘The Fifty Shades of Grey official collection is beautifully packaged, discreet and couple-friendly. Products are supplied with a luxurious, branded storage bag and each comes with suggestions for use and tips on introducing the toys into a relationship.’

Yes, fans of the series will soon be able to buy ‘Inner Goddess – Silver Pleasure Balls’, ‘You. Are. Mine. – Metal Handcuffs’, a ‘Submit To Me – First Time Bondage Kit’, ‘All Mine – Deluxe Satin Blackout Mask’, the ‘Sweet Sting – Riding Crop’, and the ‘Twitchy Palm – Spanking Paddle’.

Which begs the question: will we see a move towards more book-branded sex toys in the future? I’ve long believed that erotica and erotic romances can have a direct influence on the adult toys we choose to buy, as well as our sexual experiences – in fact, that’s the main premise of this blog! – but I’m curious to know just how many of us use what we read to inspire our purchases (sex-oriented or otherwise). So tell me: does J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood make you want to rush out and buy Biolage, Patek Philippe, and Diamonds by the Yard? Or Maya Banks’ Sweet Persuasion a crop and a butt plug?

Enquiring minds want to know!

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