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What Is Erotic Romance

Romance novels have dominated the fiction marketplace for many years. A lot of the genre's appeal is a result of its mutability. Trends surface and swell in the romance fiction industry with a few regularity, ensuring a multitude of storylines and settings.

Graphic sex in romance is the latest "hot" trend. Readers want to see through an open bedroom door to gain a broader picture of methods the hero and heroine interact with each other. The term "erotic romance" describes a graphic level that is very distinct, but as a result of tendency by readers and writers to interchange "erotic romance" with "erotica" and detractors' using the words "porn" and "soft porn" it has become a confusing morass. The phrase these terms is usually debated, but this is a basic breakdown:

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   Porn: stories written for that express purpose of causing sexual titillation. Plot, character development, and romance aren't primary to these stories. They're made to sexually arouse your reader and absolutely nothing else.
   Erotica: stories discussed the sexual journey of the characters and how this impacts them as individuals. Emotion and character growth are important facets of a true erotic story. However, erotica is not designed to show the development of a romantic relationship, although it's not prohibited if the author chooses to understand more about romance. Happily Ever Afters aren't an important a part of erotica, though they can be included. If they're included, they are not the main focus. The focus remains around the individual characters' journeys, not the progression of the romance.
   Erotic Romance: stories discussed the development of an intimate relationship through sexual interaction. The sex is an inherent part of the story, character growth, and relationship development, and it couldn't be removed without damaging the storyline. Happily Ever After is a requirement to be an erotic romance.
   Sexy Romance: stories discussed the development of an intimate relationship that simply have more explicit sex. The sex is not an inherent area of the story, character growth, or relationship development, and may be easily removed or "toned down" with no damage the tale. Happily Ever After is really a requirement as this is basically a typical romance with hotter sex.

I hope you can see how distinct these stories are and just how the "label" applied to them isn't interchangeable. It's my hope that the erotic romance genre will continue to develop and thrive. As it does, perhaps the distinctions between genres will become clearer and much more readers can get precisely what they're looking for inside a "hot" romance.