Creating Exciting and New Erotic Scenes
By Em Petrova
Recently I had a writer friend ask how I keep my sex scenes from getting stale. I think most of us have read some old bodice-rippers, and in every book in the series, we could recite the scene along with the author. The characters remove their clothes the same way, their caresses are all similar. *yawn*
In erotic romance especially it’s important to keep the writing fresh. Characters need to interact in new and exciting ways, just as couples need to in real life. My advice on keeping it real varies. If the characters are always in bed, get them on the floor, against a wall, or in public. Add the chance that they might get caught for a little thrill.
Also, if I still find myself writing the same moves in the same ways, I write it down on a scrap of paper and scribble it out longhand in 3 new ways. Then I use the most interesting.
Another way I keep it fresh is by creating an obsession in a character. Maybe the hero loves worrying the heroine’s velvety earlobe between his teeth. The more he does this, the more it drives her nuts. Soon it becomes their special foreplay. And it takes the focus off blatantly sexy body parts and places it on something normal that the hero can look at while she’s watching TV and fantasize about biting. *grin*
In my latest release HARD RIDIN’, we’ve got two hunky cowboys vying for the same perty little gal’s attention. One has rights to her by day, the other by night. You’ll have to pick up a copy and see if I handled the scenes well!
Thanks for stopping by today. Read on for a sexy introduction to Jens, Laurel, and Holden from HARD RIDIN’!
Warning: Contains two sexy cowboys who want the same woman; and, in winning her heart, they discover a steaming-hot attraction for each other.
Jens Anderson hooked Laurel around the waist and tugged her close as the twangy two-step faded away. The low drawl of a slow song drifted from the speakers flanking the dance floor.
As Laurel came up against the wall of muscle that made up Jens’s body, a sigh escaped her.
He splayed a hand over her lower back and crushed her hips to his. The action sent a dark thrill through her belly, and lower, between her thighs.
Jens skimmed the crest of her buttocks with his fingers. “I love you in this skirt, Laurel. When are you gonna let me peel it off you?”
His baritone rumbled against her ear and raised every hair on her body. Was this the night she let the rough-and-tumble country boy make it past second base? Being stretched out beneath him, gaining and delivering pleasure, seemed the best way to spend a weekend.
Better than being alone, scouring seed catalogs for the best deals.
She fiddled with a strand of hair clinging to the perspiration on her temple. For two months, she’d been asking herself if he was the one—if she could let him past the barricade she’d erected around her heart.
When she didn’t answer him, Jens continued to twirl her around the dance floor, easily navigating between other swaying bodies. He was one hell of a dancer, and he was also used to her ignoring his advances. Countless times he’d asked her to spend the night with him, but even after two months of dating, she wasn’t ready.
It wasn’t because the man was lacking in any way. Oh no. At six foot tall, with shoulders made bulky from wrangling livestock and farm equipment, he was wanted by every girl in the small town of Reedy.
But that was just his body. His eyes were the true allure. Sapphire and twinkling with life, he’d hooked Laurel from the moment he’d pierced her with that gaze.
He nudged her away from him, twirled her and reeled her back in. Their hips bumped and his erection pressed against her aching flesh.
“Jens…”
He gave a huff of laughter. “You caught me. I can’t help it. I’m wild about you, darlin’.”
For a moment, she lost herself in his bright gaze. His cowboy hat was tugged low over his brow, but the depths of his baby blues glittered with desire. Laurel’s nipples hardened, and the knot in her core tightened. Why was she dragging her heels with Jens? He was everything a woman could want—sexy, a hard worker, a great dancer, and he even grilled a mean steak.
The music pitched lower and the singer crooned love words. Jens looked deep into Laurel’s eyes. Cupping her face in one big palm, he leaned in slowly. His scent dizzied her—mint and a hint of the beer he’d drank, as well as cologne. Washed cotton shirt and leather boots.
One hundred percent man.
Laurel and Jens rocked back and forth, with him singing in a low voice that sent white-hot electricity through her heated limbs.
In that minute, the warm cocoon of his arms was the only place she wanted to be.
He dropped his full lips to hers and she couldn’t suppress a shudder of want. Jens squeezed her to him, drawing her onto tiptoe and somehow still undulating to the beat. He pressed on her lips with his tongue, and she opened to him.
Sensation was a punch to her system as he slipped his tongue over hers. The bodies around
them disappeared, the clank of beer bottles and the hum of voices vanished.
“What the—? Laurel?”
She jerked at the sound of that familiar voice—the only other voice to ever send her spinning out of control. Jens released her, and they turned as one to face the reason she continued to hold Jens at arm’s length—the reason she wasn’t ready to take their relationship to the next level.
Holden McAlister.
(Country Fever #1)
by Em Petrova
February 5th 2013 by Samhain Publishing
One man by day, the other by night. With cowboys this hot, who needs sleep?
Eight months after her lover, Holden, went off to join the Alaskan fishing fleet, Laurel gave up on him and soothed her broken heart by focusing on her dream of owning a small organic farm. Now her crop is growing—and so are her feelings for Jens, the hunky rancher who owns the land she’s tending.
Behind her affection for Jens, though she hides a secret: she still aches for Holden. If Jens knew she once loved his best friend, she fears he’ll walk out on her, too.
When Holden returns to find his girl in Jens’s arms, he’s nearly crippled with jealous rage. And with fear that she’ll run away from them both unless they figure out a solution—fast. It’s Jens who comes up with the crazy-hot idea to share her.
As their three-way dance of seduction heats up, the sexual and emotional barriers fall like dominos. But now it’s Jens who’s holding onto a secret. One that could not only destroy their tenuous bond, but leave them all without a home.
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pepper penn
February 6, 2013 at 10:46 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
oh my lord this sounds like a hot hot hot book. glad i came across it! thanks for the giveaway!
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February 7, 2013 at 12:53 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
This is a book I so want to read…Holy Hotness!! On my tbr list….great giveaway!!
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Anne C
February 7, 2013 at 1:35 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Hot indeed!
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Ana Smith
February 7, 2013 at 11:18 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Loving the excerpt! <3
Amber L
February 7, 2013 at 11:40 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
This book is going on my tbr list for sure lol
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Thanks for the excerpt! Sounds great
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February 7, 2013 at 12:49 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
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February 7, 2013 at 1:26 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I could use a good, hot book on a cold winter night. I always loved cowboys but now I have to have a thing for fishermen, too. Thank you for the giveaway!
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February 7, 2013 at 1:42 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I have this one all ready on the ereader. Can’t wait to start it.
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February 7, 2013 at 2:39 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
loved the excerpt. Thanks for sharing!
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Beckey
February 7, 2013 at 2:41 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Oh goodness this seems like a steamy read.. Thanks for sharing
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February 7, 2013 at 2:51 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
what a great book, definitely on my tbr list
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Michelle Bledsoe
February 7, 2013 at 3:10 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
OMG….fanning myself here….
I will need to sit in a commercial cooler to read this one…LOL
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February 7, 2013 at 4:31 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
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February 7, 2013 at 4:47 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
My oh my, this excerpt is very nice! LOL! Added this to my TBL!
I am following you on all the links!
Thank you for the contest!
I hope your family ER works out fine, good thoughts and prayers!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Dawna Newman
February 7, 2013 at 4:52 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Two cowboys yummy, definitely adding this one to my list.
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February 7, 2013 at 5:10 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
This sounds awesome, so hot!
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February 7, 2013 at 5:15 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I loved this book! And it was hot hot hot! lol Thanks for the giveaway.
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February 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
These hops are so much fun. Thank you.
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February 7, 2013 at 5:47 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
What a sexy read.
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Thanks for this amazing giveaway.
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February 7, 2013 at 7:47 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
This sounds like one HOT book! Thanks for being part of the hop and for the chance to win.
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February 7, 2013 at 7:52 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Sounds absolutely glorious!
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February 7, 2013 at 8:03 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Hot!! Going on my tbr list!
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February 7, 2013 at 9:33 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
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February 7, 2013 at 9:37 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Thanks for the giveaway! This actually sounds really hot!!
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February 7, 2013 at 9:40 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
interesting, thanks for the excerpt & giveaway
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CassandraG
February 7, 2013 at 9:41 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Looks like a great read.
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February 7, 2013 at 10:00 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Added to my TBR pile for sure!
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February 7, 2013 at 11:00 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
What a great excerpt, I love finding new books to read on these blog hops.
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February 7, 2013 at 11:15 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Oooh, yay, thanks for the giveaway!!
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February 8, 2013 at 12:12 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I would love to read this. Hot Hot Hot!
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February 8, 2013 at 12:17 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Two cowboys. Sounds like my kind of story.
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February 8, 2013 at 12:37 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
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February 8, 2013 at 12:58 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
The book seems like it’ll be great read
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February 8, 2013 at 1:00 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I’d love to read that book! Thanks for the giveaway
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February 8, 2013 at 1:45 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Wow excerpt!
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February 8, 2013 at 3:18 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Just so fabulous thank you!!
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February 8, 2013 at 12:58 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Hot Excerpt! I love it already!
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February 8, 2013 at 1:19 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Great giveaway!
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February 8, 2013 at 1:26 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Cowboy books are some of my favourite. Thanks for the great giveaway!
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February 8, 2013 at 3:21 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Thank you for the giveaway.
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February 8, 2013 at 10:23 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Another new to me author!! Love finding them and their books! This one looks delicious, I’ll have to put it on the wishlist. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Shannon G.
February 9, 2013 at 12:16 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Awesome excerpt but I want MORE! LOL
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Monica V.
February 9, 2013 at 12:25 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Sounds like a steamy read! I want it.
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Sounds like a steamy read! I want it.
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February 9, 2013 at 4:43 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
if the story lives up to that cover …. WooHoo!
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February 9, 2013 at 9:29 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Great excerpt. Thanks for the giveaway.
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February 9, 2013 at 10:00 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Book looks good. Thanks for the giveaway.
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February 9, 2013 at 10:45 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Sounds like a good book!! thanks for the giveaway!!
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February 10, 2013 at 4:07 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
this book sounds great, and the cover is definitely HOT!
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February 10, 2013 at 12:34 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
The story sounds amazing and I’d love to read it! Thanks for the great giveaway!
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February 10, 2013 at 4:17 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Thanks for the excerpt, sounds like a great book!
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February 10, 2013 at 5:52 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
The book sounds great! Love this giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win.
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February 10, 2013 at 9:27 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Love the excerpt and can´t wait for my chance to read more!
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February 11, 2013 at 1:46 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Nice book. Can’t wait to read it
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February 11, 2013 at 9:24 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I loved the cover and I loved the excerpt, a hot story waiting to be read.
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Stephanie
February 12, 2013 at 12:44 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I can’t imagine how hard it is as a writer to continue to come up with fresh ways to write intimate scenes! Although the research could be fun
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February 12, 2013 at 1:51 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I have the newest on my TBR.
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February 12, 2013 at 3:46 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
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February 13, 2013 at 2:07 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Thanks for the giveaway! I love Em’s books!
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February 13, 2013 at 5:55 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Thanks for the giveaway!
I would like to read this book!
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JanD
February 13, 2013 at 7:57 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I once read a book with numerous sex scenes. It became laughable because the author called a body by its slang to scientific term. Sometimes in the same scene.
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February 13, 2013 at 8:05 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Very nice excerpt.
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February 13, 2013 at 11:39 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Great excerpt! Thanks so much for the great giveaway
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February 14, 2013 at 2:08 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
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February 14, 2013 at 3:23 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
This sounds really great Thank you for the great giveaway!
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February 14, 2013 at 12:23 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Seems like a great book. Thanks for the opportunity
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Jessie L
February 14, 2013 at 7:51 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
This book is going on my TBRs now!! I have to find out how this triangle unfolds. And, damn, can I have the next dance with Jens???? Pretty please.
Thanks for the giveaway.
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February 14, 2013 at 11:00 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Great giveaway!! THanks
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February 15, 2013 at 12:40 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Thanks for the giveaway! This sounds really good, and HOT!
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