Comments on: Who Popped Your Cherry?

By: Sasha

Sasha — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:18:11 +0000

Emma Holly’s Menage. That was the one that got me hooked..and I still grab her books as soon as they come out!

By: Meljean

Meljean — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 06:38:05 +0000

My first romantica was Angela Knight’s “Roarke’s Prisoner” in Secrets 2. Blew me away; it was exactly the right mix of hot sex and romance. The next one that gave me the same reaction was MJD’s “Love’s Prisoner” (and, luckily, another Angela Knight story in the same book). I went online, Googled, and found Ellora’s Cave and a bunch of authors. What I also liked about it was the wonderful mix of my two favorite things: alternate reality and romantica.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 05:55:47 +0000

Interesting topic. I’ve enjoyed Donna Kauffman for a while, so I bought some Brava anthologies with her stories in them. Then I discovered Shannon McKenna’s “Touch Me” (from Bad Boys on Board, I think), and was amazed by the emotion, the passion, all of it. I love that story.

I still enjoy McKenna, but I try other authors. I started reading MaryJanice Davidson last year, though I didn’t enjoy Derik’s Bane as much as Laurie did. I am looking forward to Undead and Unappreciated, though. I’ve also started reading Angela Knight.

Alyssa

By: Jaq

Jaq — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 03:33:27 +0000

Oh, forgot to say, fantastic column, Laurie!

By: Jaq

Jaq — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 03:32:53 +0000

Robin Schone, Beatrice Small, Susan Johnson. I can’t remember who popped my contemporary cherry. gg. But Lora Leigh was the first EC author that I glommed followed closely by Shiloh Walker.

By: Jaci

Jaci — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:56:10 +0000

Thank you Shan and Emily! Wow, I made the list!

I bought the first Brava anthology and the first Secrets anthology, then read Marly Chance as my first Ellora’s Cave book and was hooked on reading (and writing) erotic romance.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:13:19 +0000

Oh, right, the subject at hand: glomming. Loretta Chase. . .In 2004, I found LC and am still happy about it.

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:04:42 +0000

Hey, I wrote my bit at my blog about erotica before I read this. (no, really!)

Bah. These essays are great. Thanks, Laurie, Shirley, Shannon and Maili and everyone else.

By: LLB

LLB — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:03:34 +0000

Cindy -

I know a lot of people really like The Sweetest Taboo, but I think Kent’s Striptease is better. See if you can find that one.

TFN, LLB

By: CindyS

CindyS — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:51:05 +0000

I had heard much about Angela Knight’s stories in the Secrets line so I bought the two that had her stories. Still I didn’t read them. It wasn’t until I read Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson that I went back to these anothologies and read her stories. I have yet to read a romantica that *hits* me right…okay there was this one scene…:oops: Anyways, I am looking forward to trying more by Brava, although I am going to see if I can track down that Blaze title Shannon mentioned!

CindyS