I believe the only difference between an erotic romance and a sensual romance is not only the degree of heat in the sex scenes it the overall lustful feeling of the book.

Sensual romances seduce you slowly pulling on the emotional strings that are bound to your heart. It’s like you enjoy the reading it’s fun, witty, and emotional and before you know it you are in love with both the hero and heroine.

Now, erotic romances are a whole other beast. They are like a big hot burst of lust. It blasts you in the face and revs your engine even though your head tells you that it’s going too quick. That you need to slow down….No no no….erotic romance ain’t having it. Done right, it’s like a roller coaster ride that starts strong and ends the same way, leaving you with a feeling of ‘damn can I ride again!’

So for me, I believe that we, romance readers and writers, gravitate to erotic romance because of the wild ride we know it will take us on. There are no brakes. Usually our hearts are out of control and our breath is trapped in our chest as great authors take us for the ride of our lives. Man I hope I’m one of those authors!

So, it’s your turn to tell everyone why you read erotic romance. Make sure to include who got you hooked on this guilty pleasure. For me it was Sherri L. King. I think that was the first erotic romance I read almost three years ago…and I haven’t looked back since.

Leila Brown is an erotic romance author with over 10 books published with Cobblestone Press and Changeling Press. Check out her new release, Candle Magick, in the newly released Changeling Press anthology Masquerade. Website: www.leilabrown.com Blog: leilabrown.blogspot.com