by Fiona Jayde, guest blogger and author of Cold Victory.
I've been hooked on romance novels ever since my best friend in eighth grade let me borrow The Pirate and the Pagan
Sexual tension. It doesn't matter the genre of the book, the label, the slot, the shelf in a book store. If it has coiling sexual tension between characters - before, during and after the big deed - I'm hooked.
To list a couple of my favorites:
Han Solo and Princess Lea. Empire Strikes Back
Starbuck and Apollo from Battlestar Galactica
Buffy and Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Naked in Death
In Cold Victory, Zoya Scott must choose between her duty and the growing desire for the ship's Commander. I hope you enjoy the result:
“We both know what’s happening.”
She didn’t want to go there. “We don’t.” A straight cross finally made contact. His head snapped back; those wild, blue eyes flared. Excitement pumping through her blood, she lifted her fists, expecting payback. Instead, Stark caught her arm, spun her around so that her back pressed hard into his chest, his hand gripping her wrist, the heat of him fueling the tug of need inside her.
She couldn’t move, couldn’t force herself to think. In a slow, controlled motion, he banded his other arm around her, bringing her flush against him, back to chest, her buttocks pressed against an unmistakable arousal.
A biological reaction. Nothing more. And yet her pulse shuddered in her throat, her muscles tightening against him, wanting to get away, yet needing to get closer.
“I keep thinking about this,” he muttered in her ear, his rough voice an unwanted and delicious rasp over her senses. “I can’t get it to stop.”
Cold Victory © Fiona Jayde
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Blurb for Cold Victory:
Intergalactic warfare has not been kind to humans. Convicted pilot Zoya Scott has the chance to avenge her family, redeem an act of desperation with that of sacrifice. She’ll end this war if she betrays the man whose touch burns through her soul, the man whose ship and crew she must destroy. The man who is her bloodmate.
Commander Galen Stark never expected the convicted pilot on his ship to be anything more then a good looking inconvenience. A small brush of their hands grips him with vicious lust, a need he can’t control. She is his bloodmate – a biological reaction burning through his veins.
Except she carries an explosive. And Stark may have to give the order to destroy them all.
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Author Bio
Fiona Jayde is a space pilot, a ninth degree black belt in three styles of martial arts, a computer hacker, a mountain climber, a jazz singer, a weight lifter, a superspy with a talent for languages, and an evil genius.
All in her own head.
In life, she is an author of kickass, action packed, steamy romances, possesses a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do and blue belt in Aikido, a web developer, scared to death of heights, loves jazz piano, can bench-press about 20 pounds — with effort, speaks English and Russian fluently, and when not plotting murder and mayhem enjoys steamy romance novels, sexy spy thrillers, murky mysteries and movies where things frequently blow up.
Website link: www.fionajayde.com
To the readers: what are some of your favorite examples of sexual tension between characters?
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I have to admit that Han Solo and Princess Leah make a great example of sexual tension. The arguing increases as they try to deny their attraction.
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Thanks,
Jason
Oh you have my butt hopping Fiona! So, I am quickly stopping by to say hi!!! The EDJ (evil day job) has me hopping today… So, I will try to be back!
This ladies rocks if you did not know that already!
Sexual tension is definately the best! The deed is always good, but the best writers always have a great back and forth going between the two. That is what keeps you coming back for more!
Hey Jason! I agree Han and Lea just smolder on screen! Love those two!
Wasap Cecile! Glad you could stop by!
Hi Marcieo – thanks for your comment! I agree – its the back and fourth that keep me coming back for more romance novels:)
Oo Ooo Ooo!! I was just doing dishes and thought of another one! I am completely dating myself, but here is the *perfect* example!! It not only has sexual tension, but it even was a space opera from time to time, and most of us grew up on it! Remember when The Muppet Show would do the skits I think they called “Muppets from Space”?? Totally rocked, even when I was young. Got me hooked at a young age.
LOL I’ll have to see if hubby knows about it – he’s a Muppet fan:) I don’t really know much about American popular culture prior to 1990s! Was it Kermit and Ms Piggy that had all that tension??
I like the sexual tension in J. D Robb’s books. I’m more or a book person, rather than movie.
I remembered this morning it was “Pigs in Space”, and found it on the web for you – http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Pigs_in_Space
Yes, Kermit and Ms Piggy always have something going but he sure is one hansome frog.
of course you can’t forget patrick and jennifer in dirty dancing *sighs* dang now i got to watch the movie again
The first sexual tension that comes to mind is between Jake and Adrien in the Adrien English series.
Maddie and David from Moonlighting!
I’m more of a book person also. One of the best sexual tension books and one of my all time favs is Jackson Rule by Sharon Sala. Linda Howard’s Mackenzie’s Mountain is another great one.