Sweet Reads

Just as great nookie doesn't equal true love, great nookie scenes do not equal true storytelling. We all know that and this is how the Enduring Romance blog and website came into being. We dig through the trash to find the gems and share them with you.

A Great and Terrible Beauty is a Sweet level novel I intend to read soon. I found it at the Clean Reads blog.

{Sweet Level Story: We define this as no sex or it takes place behind closed doors and the story skips ahead.}

Some readers don't want to read novels with any nookie scenes at all. Believe me, I know how they feel. I can handle up to the Sensual level, but after that the graphic descriptions of naked body parts remind me too much of childbirth and I just want to spew breakfast. The trouble is these readers often go unheard because they rarely buy new. At least, the ones I know stick to the used bookstore or the library where they can find books that have been thoroughly sorted out. As a result, publishers believe Sweet novels are no longer in demand and they don't publish them, or at least not as many.

For the Sweet Lovers among us, I have good news. I've just stumbled on a new-to-me blog which reviews novels with no on-the-page nookie. No gore or heavy swearing. Just fantastic storytelling. Pop on over to http://cleanreads.blogspot.com/ and check it out! Remember, if you want to see more Sweet level novels published, you need to buy them new. Authors only get paid when we buy their books new. If they don't get paid to write Sweet novels, they don't get their Sweet novels published!

Meanwhile, here at the Enduring Romance blog we will continue to dig through the trash to find the really great stories of every heat level (except Erotica).