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Share your favourite fictional sex scenes from books for your chance to win a copy of HAUSFRAU plus £100 worth of luxury chocolate

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UrsulaMumsnet · 21/03/2016 10:51

Anna was a good wife, mostly...

Anna Benz, an American in her late-thirties, lives with her Swiss husband, Bruno - a banker - and their three young children, in a postcard-perfect suburb of Zürich.

Though she leads a comfortable life, she is falling apart inside. Adrift and increasingly unable to connect with Bruno, or even her own feelings, Anna tries to rouse herself with new experiences: German language classes, Jungian analysis, and a series of sexual affairs she enters with an ease that surprises her.

Having crossed a moral threshold, Anna will discover where a woman goes when there is no going back...

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Share your favourite fictional sex scenes from books for your chance to win a copy of HAUSFRAU plus £100 worth of luxury chocolate
Share your favourite fictional sex scenes from books for your chance to win a copy of HAUSFRAU plus £100 worth of luxury chocolate
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theredjellybean · 22/03/2016 13:06

Lace....the goldfish ....need i say anymore !

glennamy · 22/03/2016 12:58

A Map of Tulsa, Benjamin Lytal... “She grasped me so suddenly it hurt. I was intimidated, and she laughed. One thing I could do was I crawled back on top of her and so she had to let go."

nettymay · 22/03/2016 12:53

The first one that I remember is the one in 'Grease' in the back of a car. We had our 2 teenage sons with us and they were giving sideways glances to each other - wondering if we would make them leave the cincma. They still complain their Dad switched off 'Grange Hill' on the tv!

cluckyhen · 22/03/2016 11:02

The Stephanie Plum sex scenes always make me chuckle - not sure if that says a lot about me lol.

hiddenmichelle · 22/03/2016 10:06

I love adele parks books and the sex scenes - can be cheesy but fab reading!

janeyf1 · 22/03/2016 09:41

Many scenes throughout the Fifty Shades of Grey novel - too many to specify!

Emrob86 · 22/03/2016 09:30

I remember Ray Kluun's "Love Life" having some quite erotic scenes in it in the middle of all the sadness. Powerful!

mave · 22/03/2016 08:49

I loved the Jilly Cooper books when I was a teenager!!

jessycake · 22/03/2016 08:46

Drinking from the fount of his eternal manhood , from a Mill & boon book .

lizd31 · 22/03/2016 08:15

The brother/sister incestuous love from Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews. It was such a tragic tale of the whole family being shut in the attic by their wicked mother & grandmother & the elder brother & sister eventually fell in love as man & wife

winterpark · 22/03/2016 08:11

I love a Jackie Collins sex scene. :)

tabbaz123 · 22/03/2016 07:17

I have to confess to not reading too many 'sex scenes' - I did read 50 shades - but won't talk about them here lol - I think one of my favourites has to be on Titanic in the back of the car - random, sexy, passionate and fun

kateandme · 22/03/2016 06:15

sounds almost morbid o me Karin slaughter here,being that she is very vividly a writer of crime to the goriest degree haha but the moments between sarah linton and husband were brilliant. they weren't sexual just completely real and tender between two people often doing a very horrific job.i new they loved.

sjonlegs · 21/03/2016 22:42

I love Adele Parks books. They're kinky - but real. Her books are fun and frivolous and it's true escapism. I've read lots of her books now because they're just fabulous. I can highly recommend them ... especially if you're a little frustrated!
The most recent one I've read is The Other Woman's Shoes - pure genius ... Adele just gets it and it's real and funny as hell!

Share your favourite fictional sex scenes from books for your chance to win a copy of HAUSFRAU plus £100 worth of luxury chocolate
Share your favourite fictional sex scenes from books for your chance to win a copy of HAUSFRAU plus £100 worth of luxury chocolate
pontosj16 · 21/03/2016 21:17

I clearly remember the sex scenes in The Thorn Birds as I read it illicitly when I was 13, and was hugely affected by the love story of Meggie Cleary and Father Ralph de Bricassart ! The book was much better than the TV series

cookiemonster66 · 21/03/2016 20:21

My fav adult erotic literature is the Anne Rice Beauty Trilogy under the pseudonym of A. N. Roquelaure. Its a BDSM fairytale, and well written, so many good scenes, Im on my 2nd copies now as I wore out the first set and the pages fell out! Anne Rice is more well know for her vampire chronicles and the film interview with a vampire, but she writes a fab naughty story!

roundandroundthehouses · 21/03/2016 20:20

The first time Achilles and Patroclus get together in The Song of Achilles is beautifully described and definitely my favourite.

StillNoFuckingEyeDeer · 21/03/2016 20:15

The only sex scene from a book that's left an impression is from Forever by Judy Blume.

Fleur78 · 21/03/2016 20:15

The helicopter position as described by Martin Amis in his novel Money.
Both hilarious and putting the screw in corkscrew!

busterj · 21/03/2016 20:05

This made me laugh from A certain age by Rebbeca ray in a book my wife was reading ........... I don’t know what made it happen. I don’t know what made the change. But looking up at his face…I felt myself get wet. It came from inside and I could feel the muscles flowing, giving out that liquid…And Oliver smiled down at me, so I guess he could feel it too. He turned me over and I heard the towel fall, crumple on the floor. I heard it, even with my face crushed in the carpet…Hard and steady on the back of my head, I could feel his fingers tangle in my hair. His palm print on my neck. It was a good feeling. And I got wetter.

Rae1000 · 21/03/2016 20:03

Has to be my fav adolescent book. Forever ... Judy Blume...Brings back some memories!

daisyduke66 · 21/03/2016 19:36

Sex scenes painted by the ever evocative and totally fun Jilly Cooper for me! Not so much explicit but hints of danger and a great bawdy storyline.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 21/03/2016 19:34

No sex scenes in Jane Austen, although I wish there had been one between Henry Crawford and Fanny Price. That would be worth reading! Grin

todays · 21/03/2016 19:28

He kissed her long and deep and made use of his tongue. How he had wanted to be here, to taste her, to feel her rippled flesh over his tongue.

CharliesMouse · 21/03/2016 19:15

Sarah Waters writes powerful sex scenes in her novels that are completely thrilling to read. I love Frances and Lilian's first encounter in The Paying Guests which begins "It was like nothing Frances had ever known. She seemed to have lost a layer of skin, to be kissing not simply with her lips but with her nerves, her muscles, her blood." It just gets steamier from there on!