Question for fans of the erotic romance

[JT_Stone]

I'm working on an erotic romance in which our heroine will eventually meet, fall in love with, and have crazy sex with a secret admirer who keeps the suspense going. (Surprised?)

My question is how sexually promiscuous would you want her to be along the way? I have several sex scenes that do not directly involve her and a few voyeuristic scenes but am not sure how to involve her directly. I want the reader to want them to be together but I don't want her to be seen as a slut all the way up until she meets Romeo, know what I mean?

Is graphically describing her fantasies hot? Are reliving past scenes in her mind a turn on? For me, I usually am more interested in the here and now than hearing about what happened ten years ago.

 

[The_Fool]

Visibly restrained with thoughts offering less (or more) restraints?

 

[jomar]

Experienced, but not too slutty though know what she's doing, or not...fantasies current and past experiences could work because you could get into it and make it present tense until the tension was gone. She can watch the neighbors in the hot tub and wank for the in between stuff as well.

Kind of depends on what your story is, the tone you want, the character arc and the HEA ending...or set up for the sequel.

Maybe she's a good girl or is a wounded soul and finds redemption. If you don't have the story just write and perhaps he characters will let you know what they need. It definitely happens.

Good luck!