I am totally digging Kaitlyn O’Connor’s futuristic romance/erotica novels. I must admit I am a sucker for steamy scenes in outer space, the final frontier and all that. Come on, you know you had a naughty fantasy about Wharf (humanoid alien species capturing helpless earth females….beam me up Scotty!) Anyone…no? Ooops, guess that was just me then. (Damn Freudian Id and Superego!!)

So much of my beef with the erotica genre is that truly there are only so many ways that you can write about sex before it all just seems so formulaic and boring. After the initial vocabulary shock wears off, you start to focus on the writing and the storyline, which are often trite and forgettable. The essence of erotica in enmeshed in fantasy, so when an author has an ability to not only combine the sexual aspect of the fantasy with a believable, albeit fantastical storyline, it really makes the writing stand apart from the Hustler-like tendencies of the genre. Come on, there has to be some aspect of surprise in order to keep the interest of the reader; even if things are getting hot and heavy and it’s only page 32. It’s all about the chase, the dance, the build-up of tension; if you eat a chocolate éclair everyday, it starts to loose it’s original appeal and it becomes no different than eating a piece of chicken or sugar-free pudding (thank you weight watchers). The point is to make it interesting (even if every other chapter is down-right smutty…not that I mind)!!!

If I am going to read a novel about fantasy I want to be swept away in the story, be able to loose myself in the novel and be able to be an actual part of the fantasy. Enter in Ms. O’Connor’s futuristic romance, or as I like to say steamy sci-fi, or SSF for short. Her stories are often centered on the need for humans to find an alternate planet that would sustain life but each story is different in its approach to that goal. I will put a bit of a surgeon general’s warning for some people as the last title I read, The Portal, our heroine ended up with three happily-ever after’s, rather than a plain vanilla one-man, one-woman show. It takes a lot of creative writing to make me happy that our main character has three lover’s at the end of the book and it despite my misgivings it actually worked. Maybe not a fair shake for the three male characters of the book but hey, this is fantasy, and like the Bunny Ranch, anything is possible!

The Portal
Alexis Conyers, an anthropologist and elite scientists are on a mission to find a New Earth. Undergoing animal DNA webbing to survive the 10 year long journey, they arrive to colonize New Earth and set up a Portal for instant teleportation. Civilized humanity becomes overshadowed by animal DNA, forcing Alexis and the others to use the Portal to teleport to safety. Emerging from the portal they discover Earth is not how they left it, welcome to Post-Apocalyptic hell with barren cities and waste lands. Nearly 1000 years have passed, old Earth is filled with warring mutants a mixture of lions and tigers and bears – oh my, humans have now become the hunted.

I was in sci-fi haven, mutants check, post apocalyptic world check, steamy scenes check check check. Who wouldn’t want 3 sexy males to fawn all over you? A little warning this book may or may not have sexy ménage scenes, a lot of alpha male growling, and plenty of steam.  You’ve been warned

Other Hot Books We Read and Liked by Kaitly O’Connor

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Exiled
Enslaved Book 1
When Night Falls

P.S. I can’t take credit for the title, my husband often refers to my books as “sci-fi sex books, or vampire sci-fi sex books” 

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