You’restayinginthemostexpensivehotelinLondon.Celebritiesstayhere.Nottomentionyoulooklikeyou’vejustsaunteredoutofaMilanorParisclothingboutique.”TheMan’svoiceseemedtogainauthorityandconfidenceashefinishedhissentence. A bunch of shit went down on Thanksgiving, and our dad basically “outed” us to our entire family. Afterwards, we got a lot of phone calls from relatives who either tip-toed around asking us what was going on, or called to tell us how disappointed in us they were about how we “treated” our father. Our mother heard all of this, and is either in denial or didn’t put the pieces together completely. My gut is telling me it’s just denial and we’ll be forced to face her when she finally accepts it.

There’s no untangling the film from what it is,” Sachs told the Los Angeles Timesin an interview criticizing the MPA for the NC-17 rating. “It is a film that is very open about the place of sexual experience in our lives. And to shift that now would be to create a very different movie…“We hunger for movies that are in any proximity to our own experience, and to find a movie like this, which is then shut out, is, to me, depressing and reactionary. It’s really about a form of cultural censorship that is quite dangerous, particularly in a culture which is already battling, in such extreme ways, the possibility of LGBT imagery to exist.” He’s visiting me in March and I’ve found myself thinking of what might happen. Feels weird. Mix of obvious guilt but excitement too. Already feel awkward when talking to my dad about him visiting. Makingamentalnotetoherselfthatshecouldpostanothernail-arttutorial,shecrossedthestreetandsoonfoundherselfstoodoverthepathetic,dishevelledfigureontheground. Itwasinthismomentwhentheywouldhavekissed.Finally.ButSophiespottedsomeoneacrossthestreet.SheandSamwereallbutstoodoutsideTheDorsetnow,andtheonlypersonotherthanthemysteriousfigureSophiewaslookingatwastheDoorman,whowasdiscreteenoughtonotlookattheirwould-betendermoment.

Willow wanted to make them hers in the most primal way possible. She had dug her own grave with her earlier words and little game of chase. She placed and decorated her headstone with, “You can try... old man.” Themanslowlylookedup,andSophieenjoyedthewayheeyedher,thesamewayaminimumwageemployeewouldadmirethecarsinaRolls-Royceshowroom.Shewasstoodwithashoulder-widthstance,hercentreofgravitypoisedoverhersky-scraperhighheels.Sophieloweredherredhandbagandhelditagainstherside,thefingersofherotherhandsplayedoutandaroundherhip.Shetossedherhairandtheman’seyesfollowedit,hismouthwasgaping. Try involving your partner. Just like pornography, erotica isn’t just for solo play. You can try reading it out loud to a partner, or have them read to you. Or you can ask your partner to read a story and then act it out with you.

Dominik added in a separate interview, “I was surprised. Yeah. I thought we’d colored inside the lines. But I think if you’ve got a bunch of men and women in a boardroom talking about sexual behavior, maybe the men are going to be worried about what the women think. It’s just a weird time. It’s not like depictions of happy sexuality. It’s depictions of situations that are ambiguous. And Americans are really strange when it comes to sexual behavior, don’t you think? I don’t know why. They make more porn than anyone else in the world.” For example, it’s perfectly normal to be turned on by a steamy same-sex scene even if you don’t identify as gay, or by any fantasy you can think of. That certainly solves the mystery of why some of the most popular erotica plots don’t end up being expressed in real life — they’re simply hot to read about and think about, nothing more.Erotica often gets labeled a "guilty pleasure," and while, I mean, yes—there are many campy books to read, some of which are on this list—there are plenty of erotic novels that overlap with genre and literary fiction. Some of these books have inspired Golden Globe-nominated shows, after all (hi, Outlander!). In other words, erotic novels are fun, they're sexy, and they can be prestigious. I mean, where else could you find hot billionaires, rugged war heroes, professors that don't mind giving you a "D" (jokes!), or actors who are just as hot on the screen as they are off? Nowhere but NSFW stories! SamturnedaroundandledSophiebythehandacrossthestreettoseewhothispersonwas.Hewaslayinginthemouthofadingyalleywayandlookedinneedofhelp,andSamwasalwayswillingtoofferthatwhereverandwheneverhecould. My mother brought an unsentimental pragmatism to her work… Franci nursed a kind of contempt for the naïve girl she had been before the war and now, for the customers who believed the version of love they saw in Hollywood movies,” Epstein wrote in a passage in her book, “The Long Half-Lives of Love and Trauma.” IfeelsoaliveandchargedwhenI’mwithyou,Sam.AlmostlikeIcanfeeleveryinchofmybody,insideandout,andmyheartbeinginunisonwith…”Sophiestoppedandblushedalittle,justasSamsaid:“Withmine.” I just froze. I didn’t know what to do,” Eliza recalls. “He’s just shooting the breeze with my boyfriend, and my boyfriend is trying to just play it off and is holding a conversation like I’m not even there. So I just stayed down there, perfectly still, waiting for him to go. He talks for what seems like is eternity (probably only two minutes). Then I hear him say, ‘See ya later… you too Eliza.’ I thought I was going to die of embarrassment.”

Duringtheirdinner,Sophiewasconsumedbythesamesatisfactionthatshealwaysfeltnowadays.NotonlybecauseshehadjustbeencateredtobyoneofthefinestChef’sintheworld,orbecauseshehadjustsampledthefinestcuisinebeautifullypreparedandpresented,orbecauseshewasengagedinlisteningtoherwonderfulboyfriendspeaking,butbecauseshewasalwaysawareofhowherlifehadchangedsincehergood,buthumblebeginnings. Girl sleeps with her father: I met my dad two and a half years ago. Since last April, we have been in a sexual relationship. Nobody knows, nobody will ever know. Oddly sexual activities with a stepbrother: I was never in a relationship with him, but my stepbrother and I did act sexual towards each other for a while. He jerked off in front of me once as well. Hans Christian Andersen’s The Red Shoes will never be the same again. When our unnamed protagonist leaves her deadbeat husband at home to go to a wedding, she gets a lot more than she bargained for. Scarlet explores what it truly means to give in to your desires.

Killer Joe

IwilldrawoutthecashI’vetakenfromyou,I’mgoingtorevelintheexcessbyhavingthebanknotesstrewnontopofmineandSam’sbedquilt,andI’mgoingtobegSamtoravageme.Myflawless,nakedbodywillbelayinginthousandsofpoundsworthoftheQueen’sHead,andMyKing’sHeadisgoingtofillmeup,andhe’sgoingtomakemequiver,makemeweak,hewillmakemeexhaleandscreaminpleasure,hewilldothingstomybodyandmysoulthatyouCANNOTcompetewith.”Sophiefeltlikeshewasapproachingorgasmjustthinkingaboutit.Hertoneofvoicewasassmoothandseamlessastheman’spanties.HissobsbecameuncontrollableandSophiefeltlikeshehadwellandtrulylefthermarkuponhim. The desires of the flesh chronicle what the heart and the mind fail to comprehend. With each electrifying encounter, unsuspecting victims of lust spiral into a deliciously dangerous pit in which there is no way out. In September 1944, Franci, Kitty and the others were transferred to Neugraben, where Franci had to think on her feet when the camp’s sadistic, yet oddly paternalistic, commander expected her to actually perform her role as an electrician. Miraculously, Franci was able to use basic electronic knowledge she learned from her engineer father to install telephone lines, fix wiring and electrify new parts of the camp. Whether you’re a newbie looking to dip your feet into one of the hottest genres on the planet, or a returning reader in search of a new title to pore over, this list has something hot for everyone. Because everyone has a different comfort level on the subject, we’ve arranged this list according to spice level: Mild, meaning plot-driven stories with a few sex scenes thrown in; Medium, a happy middle ground between plot and sex; and Hot, the steamiest of stories for when you couldn’t care less about what actually happens. So without further ado, here are some of the best erotic novels that will leave you seriously blushing and maybe, just maybe, needing a cold shower afterward. Mild-Level Erotic Novels An oddly healthy relationship between cousins: I had a story with my first cousin. We saw each other and were together a few times over two years but we live in different countries so even if we weren’t related we probably wouldn’t have had a realistic future together. It’s over now and we are ok with each other. No one has ever had a clue about us so family gatherings are not ever affected by us messing around. There is still a bit of sexual tension at times, but we just control ourselves for a few hours and then get on with our lives.