Author Archives: Cara McKenna

About Cara McKenna

Cara McKenna writes smart erotica—sexy stories with depth. Read more >

Read This Now

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

If you haven’t read Caitlin Moran’s How To Be a Woman yet, go now. Three-page book report to me by third period Friday.

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A Dewy Pink Rose By Any Other Name

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Erotic romance authors have all been there. Your hero—because he’s AWESOME—is camped out downtown between the heroine’s creamy thighs. It’s been going on for a paragraph or so when disaster strikes! His lips are center stage. So are hers—her nether-lady-lips. … Continue reading →

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What romance should look like!

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

Back in the mid-eighties, a music video came out that perfectly captured what my young mind thought romance ought to be: dramatic, urgent, star-crossed…semi-animated. Partially set in a diner, partially set inside a comic book. Dripping with synth. Do take … Continue reading →

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