Me: Not on the shelf, but I can put you on the waiting list. There are 550 people on the list.
Patron: Oh. Well I heard it was really hot!
Me: Not really. I was was reading something last night that would singe your eyebrows off.
Patron: Really? Sign me up for that book!
Book in question: Sweet Addiction by Maya Banks. Cover shot is of a shapely female torso, wearing pink lace panties, kneeling on a white fur rug, with her hands bound behind her back with a string of pearls.
Dare you to put that on your new book rack near the front door!
Someone took our rental copy of Fifty Shades of Grey off display and hid it back in the stacks today. Because we shouldn't have that evil book on display. Or maybe they wanted to sneak-a-peak. Really, I read it. It's not that hot. Kind of boring, really. Every library has something on the shelf that is hotter/ more explicit/ more shocking the Fifty Shades (and way better written). I'm making a list. I'll let you know.
Can you imagine that "read alike" list? If you liked Fifty Shades of Grey... if you liked the
Fifty Shades trilogy are really three different sub-genres of romance. Book one, erotica, or "erotic romance". Book two reads like a category romance- alpha male marries young innocent girl. Book three is romantic suspense/ woman in jeopardy. Bad guy goes after girl, hero saves her.
Porn? Smut? Not even close. Trust me on this.
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