1. Why do you think threesomes are ‘hot’ in romanceland? Do you see this as a trend that will be around a while or burn out quickly.
Well, just like men have fantasies about being with two women, so to do women have fantasies about being with two men. Turnabout is fair play, after all. 🙂 We’re allowed to fantasize about such things.
I mean, why NOT fantasize about having two gorgeous and caring men with their single-minded focus on just you? Four hands, two pairs of lips, and…well, you know.
(Have to keep this under an “R” rating here. Hee!)
What’s not to like about that?
As far as trends go, I think the fervor for menage romances will eventually run its course, but I doubt it will ever really die. With all trends like these, readers get their fill, then switch to another sub genre to “cleanse their palate,” so to speak.
2. Why did/do you write threesome scenes or relationships?
Originally, it was the challenge. Writing M/F/M menage books isn’t easy because instead of one hero, you have two. Two heroes with two different personalities, different motivations, different internal conflicts. Not to mention you still have the heroine to write. It’s a lot to balance.
Because of this, my menage romances are pretty centered on just the romance, just the development of the relationships between the three main characters. There’s not a whole lot of room left over for a lot of worldbuilding or external plot/conflict, (well, unless
I want to write a really, really long book).
So, I wrote my first menage book to see if I could do it and do the book justice. These days I write them because I enjoy that extra character in there. I like to see how the relationships are going to develop and play out with that added element in them.
Plus, I love to read menage romance, therefore I love to write them.
I would love the title of the book you think you wrote a threesome in best and title of the book you think you could have done better or ended up not working
Uhm…I’m not sure I can pick one menage book that I think turned out the best, really. I guess I’m most proud of Seduced in Twilight and Tempted by Two, though. 🙂
While I’d written many menage sex scenes before, A Change of Season was the first book in which that second hero played a major role. Because it was my first attempt, there are things I think I could’ve done better in hindsight. 🙂
**Anya Bast‘s next novel will be her first Berkley Sensation, Witch Fire. It is a spicy paranormal romance (not a menage this time) and will hit the shelves in June 07. But she does have an Ellora’s Cave coming that will be a M/M + F (that’s a menage romance wherein the males have an emotional and sexual relationship as well) called Whisper of the Blade. No release date set yet.**
Anya Bast’s two novels identified above are the best threesomes I’ve read. She really sold me on the idea that these three had to be together. I loved the way that the men were jealous of each other even though they were a threesome. It wasn’t that the woman served a sexual bridge between two gay men. Rather the three were integral parts of a large unit.
I agree with Anya’s reasons as to why they’re appealing. Who wouldn’t want to be “worshiped” by more than one man at a time! 😉 Pepper Espinoza did a great job of a m/m+f relationship in her Zebra series.
I love M/M/F books and am putting Bast on my wishlist since good MMF are hard to find.