October 28, 2014
So I’ve got this client, right? We’ll call her Stevie. (go figure)
Stevie dropped me a note the other day, asking about romance. Did it have to be erotic?
She’s been trying to write a romance set in the hockey world. As in: the romantic lead is a hockey player. But everything she is finding is erotic. Or if not erotic, more explicit than she’d like.
We were messaging and not e-mailing, which is a shame because I had to give her a truncated answer, never something I like to do. But I told her that yes, there are a ton of options within romance. There’s clean, there’s closed door, there’s explicit, there’s BDSM, there’s m/m, there’s menage… the sky is the limit these days. (Of course, there’s my passion, Rock Fiction, but wrong category. She’s going sports — specifically hockey romance with this one, so why confuse the issues?)
She asked for titles. I can only think of one: Liana Laverenz’s Thin Ice. I have a copy of it around here somewhere that I can give her, because she’s one of those cool people I know in real life. (which might mean she’s not an editing client, per se, but she came to me for help, so we’ll call her a client.)
Anyone got other suggestions? We’re looking for … not explicit. Relatively tame, in terms of heat. I don’t think they have to be totally clean, just … on the tamer side.
And again: hockey romance specifically.
Leave titles in the comments and I’ll have her peruse the list.
Shelley Munro
October 29, 2014 4:05 am
Hi Susan,
Most of the ones I read are on the hotter side, but I did a search and there are lists on Goodreads. Stevie should be able to tell from the blurbs how hot the books are.
See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson – she has an entire series called the Chinnoks Hockey team. I don’t think these ones are too hot from memory. The first one in this series is Simply Irresistible.
Body Check by Deidre Martin (book 1 New York Blades) – another multi book series.
I also came across this website http://www.hockeyromance.com/ – although I think that these ones are on the hot side. Still, that said, the ladies there might be able to help.
Hugs,
Shell