Just because a work of literature can be a sexual turn-on does not inherently make it less than. Even "smutty" shouldn't have such a negative connotation. Expand your erotic horizons, as it were. All are welcome here. Here's a guide to figuring out exactly what you need to read and how to get it. Normal People by Sally Rooney.

What it's about: Maksimilian Sevastyan is a rich Russian politician and mob boss who's in Miami to check out some real estate. When her friend, an escort, offers her a one-time appointment, Cat takes the opportunity to make a couple thousand in one night. Who's the client? Maksimilian, of course. I absolutely loved these two. They had passion and fire. As soon as I finished this book, I dialed it back to page one and started it all over again!

Here's the deal: Clicking on an author's name will take you to a separate page that lists their erotic romance, romantica, or sensual romance books. Although there are authors with pages on this site who don't write romance only erotica , you'll only find authors in this list who write erotic romance of some form or another. If in doubt about a happy ending, my philosophy is to skip it or ask around before I buy, but then again I've made it pretty clear I'm crazy about the happy. Every book these authors have written might not be on the site since this isn't a general romance or fiction site.

For Valentine's Day this year, we asked Victoria Dahl, author of Close Enough to Touch , as well as many other romance novels, to pick her favorite romance books with a more sinful side. Read on for her recommendations. I appreciate the more sinful side of everything: Tumblr, Twitter, movies, friends. And definitely books. For me, a big dose of sexual tension and some gorgeously dirty words up the ante of a love story.