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byslantedlight that Legacy of Temptation ..... which is almost a whole fic of gorgeous foreplay is spot on. I think I *like* stories which are sexy, romantic and erotic throughout - ones which allow some scope for my fevered imagination - perhaps even more than one off steamy sex scenes (though I do like both), but if I *had* to choose between one or the other then the subtle eroticism of this kind of writing would win every time:Doyle gave off waves of cosmopolitan indifference that attracted Bodie like a hummingbird to nectar (Legacy of Temptation)
And more of the same from Sunshine after Rain by Elspeth Leigh
fingers touching accidentally..................twenty years of partnership both personal and professional telegraphed cross-continent, meaning and intent precisely sent and received. One mind grown of one heart. Intuition. Acclimation. A blending...............................
And when Bodie replied, Doyle could picture him as clearly as if they were facing one other, breath warm on the other, bodies electric with the proximity...............................
Doyle closed his eyes. Bodie took a sip of whisky and rolled it across his tongue. Passing it to Doyle. Mouths open, interlocking. Was that so long ago?
January 30 2007, 16:56:42 UTC 5 years ago
Absolutely! There is something to be said for a fic in which the sexuality of each is just not an issue, can be taken for granted. I liked the fact - much as I thought I might not - that both Bodie and Doyle are established as 'gay' early on, so that Ellis Ward can concentrate entirely on the romance of it all. Yet she also keeps them intact somehow as a Bodie and Doyle I recognise.
January 30 2007, 21:06:19 UTC 5 years ago
I liked the fact - much as I thought I might not - that both Bodie and Doyle are established as 'gay' early on,
Most of the characters I've come across (so far) seem to be gay, too.
concentrate entirely on the romance of it all.
Yes, and the good thing is that there's plenty of other things going on too - it's a real story. I *like* to be kept on my toes wondering what's going on: who is Bodie, who is Doyle? What is Father Keegan to both of them? She takes just the right amount of time to reveal things, not giving the game away disappointingly early or dragging it out and making you wait *too* long - it's good.
January 30 2007, 17:28:02 UTC 5 years ago
It is a "cosy read" somehow, isn't it, despite the big nasties. And I think you're right, as we read we're secure in our knowledge that whatever else happens, the lads are together - it's right and natural somehow, rather than just based on steamy sex. (Not that I have anything against steamy sex, as you know.) Even just 29 pages in (I had to go and check that I wasn't gonna spoiler you!) there's something just perfect about how Ellis Ward brings that inevitability into it...
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January 31 2007, 12:12:27 UTC 5 years ago
People'll start to think I'm obsessed with Bodie/Doyle erotica... Oh. Yeah. *g*
Oh. Yeah. Actually.....I'm still not sure what 'erotic' means. I think I knows it when I comes across it, but according to a couple of google searches it's defined as something like: 'tending to arouse sexual desire' and to me that's not a lot different from finding something simply 'sexy', while 'erotic' has always represented something else for me, something in addition to 'sexy', an emotion which is perhaps more subtle and on a higher emotional plane. I'm probably wrong though, because male/female striptease is described as erotic, too, isn't it? But I would argue that type of thing has little to do with the type of erotic/seductive atmosphere I like in my stories. Hmm........