adult romance
Grown-up love story
Adult romance is a genre of fiction centering on romantic relationships with explicit sexual content.
The label distinguishes these works from young adult or "clean" romance novels that fade to black before sex scenes.
The genre spans historical settings, paranormal elements, and contemporary stories: She reads adult romance on her e-reader so no one sees the covers.
- passionIntense emotional drive
- desireIntense wanting
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- love sceneFilmed romantic intimacy
- steamyHot, moist, or erotic
tangled sheets · seduction · slow burn · longing · chemistry · sensual · lovers · stolen glances · heartbreak · second chance · forbidden · forbidden love · enemies to lovers · attraction · embrace · whisper · late night · tension
- Literary Eroticaerotica, erotic fiction, explicit content, explicit scenes, love scenes
adult romancechildren's books
Literature for young readers
juvenile fiction · picture books · young adult romance · teen romance · children's literature
adult romancehard science fiction
Speculative fiction emphasizing accuracy
military fiction · true crime · literary fiction · academic writing · philosophy
adult, adults, adulthood, romance, romances, romanced, romancing, romantic, romantically