| September 25, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
· Filed under Romance & Intimacy
Romance is something that is done in different ways. Written romance has continued to captivate many a fans all around the world. For this reason, I salute all romance authors for making it possible for people to find pleasure in…
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Tags: America, Arthur Henley, Authors, Britain, CAnada, Greatest, History, K. Githinji, Love, new york times best seller, Ontario, Romance, romance novels, Some, Virginia, virginia henley
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| September 1, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
· Filed under Sex & Eroticism
The Erotic Massage is by no means a new invention; it has been around in some form for thousands of years with references in the famous guide for lovers, the Karma Sutra dating back to around the tenth century AD…
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Tags: Brief, Erotic, History, Massage
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| August 31, 2009 @ 3:56 am
· Filed under Sex & Eroticism
Fanny Hill is seen by many as the first modern “erotic novel” in English, and one of the best erotic novels ever for its inclusion of romance. It was printed in two installments, in November 1748 and February 1749, respectively.…
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Tags: Altered, America, Book, Britain, Charles Dickens, Erotic, Fanny, Fanny Hill, Frances, G. B. Putnam, Greatest, History, Jane, John Cleland, Massachusetts, memoirs of a woman of pleasure, Novel, obscenity, poor fanny, Roth, United States
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| August 16, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
· Filed under Romance & Intimacy
Romance novels have long been associated with a guilty pleasure – covertly enjoyed by women who hide behind their sunglasses on the beach or under the covers on a lazy weekend afternoon. Novels such as these glorify the fantasy of…
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Tags: Harlequin, harlequin romance novel, History, knight in shining armor, Mary, Mills, Novel, Richard Bonnycastle, Romance, tall dark stranger
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| August 16, 2009 @ 1:23 am
· Filed under Sex & Eroticism
The exposure of the body through images of the nude was one of the most controversial issues in Victorian art.Nudes were presented not only in painting and sculpture, but also popular illustration, and photography, fuelling intense debates about the relationship…
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Tags: art, Body, Brief, Britain, Erotic, History, Holywell Street, intense debates, Irene Forde, London, paintings and drawings, Photography, Victorian
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