(I don’t read Moriah’s books for the sex, either, but it is always entertaining.)

I look at it the way I did in Stay: people with a relatively healthy sexual attitude. All the people in Proviso (except Justice and Sebastian) had some sexual angst going on because of the way they were taught or things that had happened in their lives. Not so with Vanessa and Eric, and also not so with Mitch and Cassie.

I don’t close the door on much, but in places it does take a back seat to normal everyday working lives of professional people–and then… Heh. Dude hasn’t gotten that far yet. I don’t know how he’s going to take it, but my alpha readers tell me it’s VERY powerful.

Moriah’s characters are just so meaty in their emotions and relationships and views. And I think she has improved within the first two books as a writer (in the first book I found a few instances that made me go TSTL!, not many even there though – and of course I read the Proviso after Stay), so I expect that to happen with the third as well.

Curse the people with an inside-connection making other readers mouth water!

@Moriah: so is it a family soap opera now (which the Proviso was, too, considering … and Stay – just not with a very nice family)?

As long as you’re not going the generations way (100 years of the same family in one book but different protagonists) – and from what you say you’re staying with the core group of two people and their children – that should still be plenty fascinating. And it’s still the story of how those two get together, isn’t it?

Sorry about the false alarm, though. The giveaway was a spur-of-the-moment experiment, and I’m still kind of digesting what it might all mean. My partner did go, “Um, that woulda been better right before Magdalene,” but it was too late. I didn’t even think about it.

Reading Angelique was wonderful, I have to admit. It hearkened back to a tone/literary style I haven’t read in a while. It was kind of like coming home, yanno?

As for the much less sex in Magdalene, I have to admit that as I’ve written it and then started to really tweak it, it’s turned into not-a-romance-novel.

Angelique was so huge it was a major German book club selection – all the books of the series – every library had it.

Angelique and Shanna by Woodiwiss, as a matter of fact, were my introduction to sex ^^. My parents had a book club subscription so they had them, and they hid them away in their wardrobe, so of course I read them.

At least it was a good experience. Could’ve been horrifying.

I didn’t think of that. You’re right!

In other news, my ILL request for the DVD of the 1964 film was just canceled. *sigh* I am sad. I might have to *gasp* purchase it!

Also? God CLEARLY wants this book to be written.