So, I’d like to announce that I’m in the closet. Deeeeeeep in the closet. So deep that I’m not sure when I’ll be coming out. Well, I shouldn’t say that. I’m out to you all. You all know about my obsession with yummy man loving. You all know that I write erotic romance that includes said YML. My mother…doesn’t.

She thinks I write romance all wrapped up in a box with a pretty pink bow. Said box is of course filled with phrases such as ‘mounds of pleasure’ and ’staff of desire’. They are breasts and cock people! Say it with me, breasts and cock! *sigh* I’m yelling at you when it should be her I’m talking to. It’ll never happen so get used to my ranting. I want my mom to be proud of me, and she really is proud…of the part she knows about. She’s well, a smidge on the conservative side. Actually, smidge is an understatement in reality. But I love her and she’s my mom. At least she raised me to be open minded and accepting of others, blah, blah, blah. But I just love reading about two men getting it on.

I’ve been thinking a lot on that lately too. Why do I love my YML? I actually wrote an article for JERR on the subject that should be appearing soon, but the question was answered by several m/m author’s and not me. (Shhh…You can’t tell anyone…You’ll be privy to my secret identity.) Which means that you get to read my opinion here! Yay for you! Back to topic. The sex…well it goes without saying that it’s just hot. But, there’s more to it than that, right? Of course there is!

There’s the relationship. Don’t get me wrong, relationships in m/f books are great in their own right, but the majority of readers today are looking for an extremely masculine and strong hero. But what if I want a hero that’s a little vulnerable, or shy, or occasionally needy? I go to my m/m of course. The m/f female books are filled with hero’s that scream ‘me Tarzan you Jane, now suck my cock!’. Now m/m books…well, they have the same thing, but with a twist. We still get ‘me Tarzan you Jack, now suck my cock!’ but it’s followed with ‘anything you want baby, but can we snuggle when we’re done?’

Snuggling? Yep, you heard right folks. We get men that want to snuggle in m/m books. Men that can be vulnerable, tender, and loving and still be men. Now I’m not saying that m/f books don’t have hero’s that can be all those things and more, but the sad fact is that they are few and far between. So that’s what it boils down to. I may love YML for the sex, but when you go deep to the core of things, I love it more for the freedom of emotion that only a m/m book can give to men.

Celia