LS Hilton’s mail routinely turns up missives from fawning 89-year-old men, young professionals and “loads of nutters”. The British author amassed a vast and varied fan base when Maestra (Bloomsbury, 2016), the first part of her sexy, sinuous trilogy, was published. It tells the story of Judith Rashleigh, an ambitious Londoner and auction house employee… Continue reading 7 erotic novels that aren’t 50 Shades of Grey
Christian Grey will see you (yet again). EL James, author of the bestselling trilogy Fifty Shades Of Grey, is retelling the the story of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey (in case you had trouble following the movie), this time entirely from Grey’s perspective. And while reviewers are showing little restraint in giving the novel a good spanking,… Continue reading 3 questions with EL James
ON TRUE LOVE STORIESBoth authors’ books have at their centre older, somewhat illicit loves. D’Mello’s erotic non-fiction memoir, A Handbook For My Lover (Harper Collins India), archives her affair with a photographer who is 30 years older. Kapoor’s fiction, A Bad Character (Penguin Random House), is rooted in reality — the author went “a little… Continue reading In conversation with Deepti Kapoor and Rosalyn D’Mello
