What Is Erotic Romance?
A whole lot of the erotic fiction genre's appeal is a result of its mutability. Trends
swell and surface within the romance fiction sector with some regularity, ensuring a broad array of storylines and settings.
Graphic sex in romance is the newest "hot" fad. Readers need to see through an open bedroom door to obtain a broader image of how the hero and heroine interact with one another. The term "erotic romance" describes a graphic level that is quite distinct, but due to a tendency by readers and authors to interchange "erotic romance" with "erotica" and detractors' usage of the words "porn" and "soft porn" it is now a confusing morass. The definition of these conditions is regularly debated, but here is a fundamental breakdown:
Pornography: stories written for the express goal of causing sexual titillation. Plot, character development, and romance are not primary to these stories. They're designed to sexually arouse the reader and nothing else.
Erotica: stories written about the sexual journey of the characters and how this impacts them as persons. Character growth and emotion are important facets of a true erotic story. Though it isn't prohibited if the writer chooses to explore romance, however, erotica isn't designed to show the development of a romantic relationship. Happily-ever Afters aren't an intrinsic part of erotica, even though they may be contained. If they're included, they are not the focus.
Erotic Romance: stories written about the development of the romantic relationship through sexual interaction. The sex is an inherent part of the story, character growth, and relationship development, plus it was not able to be removed without damaging the storyline. Happily Ever After is a requirement to get an erotic romance.
Sexy Romance: stories written about the development of the romantic relationship that just happen to have more explicit sex. The sex is really not an inherent part of the story, character growth, or relationship development, and may easily be removed or "toned down" without damaging the storyline. Happily Ever After is a condition because this is essentially a normal romance novel with hotter sex.
I really hope you can see how different these erotic fiction stories are and how the "label" applied to them is not interchangeable. It is my hope that the sexual romance genre will continue to develop and thrive. As it does, maybe the distinctions between genres will get clearer and more readers will get just what they're searching for in a "popular" romance.