For those who are “erotic-romance curious,” there is an incredible selection of books from which to choose nowadays. And those do include erotic romances with humor.
Yes, it is possible to have your funny bone and your erogenous zones tickled at the same time. Here are some books I suggest adding to your TBR collection:
Kinky by Justine Elyot — Rosie is dying to know what is going on in the building across from her London workplace. She decides to check it out up close, and to her surprise a curtain has been left open, allowing her to observe a spanking session in progress. Even more surprising, she’s quite envious of the participants. Most surprising of all is when she’s joined by a stranger, Dimitri, a sexy and quirky Russian who discovers Rosie’s secret desires before she can admit them to herself. When Dimitri announces, “I have plan to be professional dominant person”, they join the Kinky Cupcake Club, so Dimitri can learn this new career while practicing with Rosie.
The writing in this story is beautiful and elegant, while the sex scenes are hot and emotionally charged. The humor is provided by Rosie’s numerous cheeky observations (“The first rule of kink club, apparently, is that you don’t talk about kink club.”), as well as Dimitri learning not only the English language but the workings of the BDSM world (“You submit to me, right? I do all that whips and bondage on you. Maybe other activity too, is up to you.”) It is also very romantic, making it a book worth reading more than once.
The Brie Series by Red Phoenix — Brie is working a retail job while taking film classes, and when a handsome customer hands her a business card about a school for submissives, she can’t resist signing up for the six-week course. Each short story covers a different week in her schooling, and honestly, I wish she was in a year-long class.
Much of the humor stems from Brie’s guileless responses and unfiltered thoughts about her training. In the first book, Brie’s First Day of Submissive Training, she decides to learn more about the school before she commits to it:
She looked through all of the information on the website. Apparently, people could take a six-week “course” and learn how to become a skilled submissive. It seemed like such a strange thing to study and she wondered what possible benefit there was in learning to become good at something like that.
As it turns out, Brie loves learning about being a submissive. Even when she’s slightly unsure of a new experience, she throws herself wholeheartedly into trying it, surprising herself along the way. She also has an unquenchable independent streak that enchants many of the Dom instructors while infuriating the solitary Domme one.
I love Brie and these very sexy, fun, no-holds-barred stories. It’s almost painful (but not in the good way) waiting for the next installment in Brie’s adventures. Let’s hope she signs up for post-graduate courses too.
In Game Plan by Karla Doyle, humor makes it possible for the heroine to consider expanding her erotic horizons with Mason, a younger man. He instigates a meeting with Andie at her son’s baseball game by tossing a baseball her direction. It was meant to land nearby, but it bounces off her ankle instead, making it swell. He tries to make things better by icing her foot:
He lifted the injured leg to his lap again, seating her foot on the fly of his uniform pants. She stared at her toes, willing them still, when all they wanted to do was jump free of their strappy sandals and wiggle against his crotch. Good god, she needed to end this before she did something stupid.
“That’s cold.” Reflexively, she tried to draw her foot away. He held it and the ice pack in place while looking up at her. With his level of hotness, the ice would be water in minutes. Boiling, even.
. . .
“I like these shoes. Sexy.”
And things just got toastier.
“Not your size, sorry.”
“I prefer them on you.” He winked and swiped one finger across the high-gloss, hooker-red polish on her big toe. “You have very pretty feet. Nice toes.”
“Thank you. I grew them myself.” She hadn’t flexed her flirt muscle in years, but it sprang into action. Pheromones and adrenaline rushed her system, sending heat to her unmentionables and a chill to her nipples. Strange how the body worked. And utterly fantastic.
I’m eagerly anticipating her next release, More Than Words, where Ms. Doyle makes online Scrabble an erotic adventure, thanks to a sexy rock star hero.
Any other suggestions for humorous erotic romances? I’d love to hear them.
Donna Cummings writes humorously-ever-after romances. She can be found at www.AllAboutTheWriting.com, or talking incessantly about coffee on Twitter @BookEmDonna
