Beach Reading for Grown Ups

Ah, summer! Somehow, without trying, the magic of the romance novel arrives in my world! Stories about sheiks and British tourists in Syria, romance on the islands, continent hopping with Mr. Right, or the Candace Bushnell novel. I just finished Trading Up, so for those who think reckless ambition is a negative trait…maybe you’re in the wrong city. At least, that’s how it seems to go for our model-heroine who’s looking for Mi$ter Big Bucks and a little bit of cred. But that book is respectable; you can read it in public. This other one you’ll have to cover in plain brown paper, or keep it in the confines of an air-conditioned apartment. Eric von Gotha’s adult comics, set in a Dangerous Liasons-goes-kinky kind of world is my summer reading of choice. And in terms of things you never dared ask, he gives you a few tasty scenarios you’ll love to dream about…and maybe ask for a different kind of sex in your city.