RT`s Fifty Red Hot Reads

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RT’s Fifty Red Hot Reads
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, here are (more than!)
50 shades of the steamiest offerings from
BDSM-themed erotica and erotic romance.
1. Velvet Glove, by Emma Holly
2. The Lady’s Tutor, by Robin Schone
3. The Nauti series (five books), by Lora Leigh
4. The Play-by-Play series (four books),
by Jaci Burton
5. Story of O,
by Pauline Réage
“This book, published in
France in 1954, is the classic,
the seminal work of BDSM
erotica,” says Reisz (The
Siren). “O is left at a mansion
where she is immediately initiated into the deepest, darkest aspects of S&M. Written originally as a
private letter to the author’s married lover,
the book is not for the faint of heart.”
11. The Sleeping Beauty series
(three books), by Anne Rice
The books “take our heroine
from submission to dominance within the framework
of the Sleeping Beauty fairy
tale,” notes literary agent and
Ravenous Editorial Director
Perkins. “Such a classic.”
12. The Wicked Lovers series (seven books),
by Shayla Black
13. Delta of Venus, by Anaïs Nin
14. Broken, by Megan Hart
15. The Empress’ New Clothes, by Jaid Black
16. The Sweet series (six books), by Maya Banks
17. Sheltered, by Charlotte Stein
18. Blush, by Opal Carew
19. Dirty, by Megan Hart
6. Bared to You, by Sylvia Day
7. Willing Victim, by Cara McKenna
8. The Vampire Queen series (eight books),
by Joey W. Hill
9. The House of Pleasure series (eight books),
by Kate Pearce
10. The Kushiel’s Legacy series
(nine books), by Jacqueline Carey
“Kushiel’s Dart convinced me
a writer could make BDSM
beautiful on paper,” says
Reisz. “These novels feature
a young woman, born to
serve a sadistic god, who
feels pain as pleasure and
brings men to their knees with the power
of her sexual submissiveness.”
“Sexy, psychological erotica
with incredibly deep, human
characters,” says Bradley
(The Dark Garden).
20. Strange Attractions, by Emma Holly
21. All I Desire, by Thea Devine
22. The Marketplace series (five books),
by Laura Antoniou
23. The House of Rohan series (four books),
by Anne Stuart
24. Sinful, by Charlotte Featherstone
25. The Power Tools series (six books),
by Jayne Rylon
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26. Wicked, by Susan Johnson
27. Overdue for Pleasure, by Shelley Aikens
28. The Masters of the Shadowlands series
(six books), by Cherise Sinclair
39. Exit to Eden, by Anne Rice
“The insight into the minds
of people involved in extreme
BDSM practice is gorgeously
done,” raves Bradley. “Lush
and emotional.”
29. The Dark Garden, by Eden Bradley
30. The Loving on the Edge
series (four books), by Roni Loren
“These erotic romances focus
on the more intimate aspects
of BDSM,” says Reisz. “Her
books are hot but romantic
and promise beautiful happily ever afters.”
31. Story of L, by Debra Hyde
32. The Hot Cops series (four books),
by Karin Tabke
33. Submitting to the Boss, by Jasmine Haynes
35. Possess Me,
by R.G. Alexander
“Characters you’ll fall in love
with, set in New Orleans, my
favorite city in the world,”
grins Bradley. “Plus Bone
Daddy — sex on a stick!”
40. The Wild Irish series (seven books),
by Mari Carr
41. Addicted, by Zane
42. Undercover, by Lauren Dane
43. Lady Doctor Wyre, by Joely Sue Burkhardt
44. Blind Seduction,
by Debra Hyde
“About a kinky couple celebrating their 10th anniversary,
this is a story about what
happens after BDSM
seduction,” says Perkins.
45. Quicksilver Ranch: Roped & Ready,
by Marie Tuhart
46. Seducing Sarah, by Jinx Jamison
47. Madame’s Deception, by Renee Bernard
48. Madam Charlie, by Sahara Kelly
34. Private Dancer, by Sheri Whitefeather
36. Chairman of the Whored, by Lucy V. Morgan
37. The Dragon Lord series (eight books),
by Michelle M. Pillow
38. Carrie’s Story,
by Molly Weatherfield
“The modern-day Story of
O,” says Bradley. “A mustread for anyone interested
in writing heavier BDSM.”
49. All Knight Long, by Delilah Devlin
50. The Maestro’s Butterfly
series (three books),
by Rhonda Leigh Jones
“An amazingly romantic
vampire BDSM series,”
raves Perkins. “This is Anne
Rice’s Beauty books meets
Interview With a Vampire.”
TALKBACK: Have your own suggestions for what to
read if someone’s only read Fifty Shades of Grey?
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