No, there probably aren't any books exactly like the E.L. James runaway bestselling trilogy; even the Twilight books they were culled from are different. My library has almost 2700 people waiting for a copy, and the lucky ones that have already read the trilogy are now panting for more. So I trolled the internet, quizzed knowledgeable romance readers and have come up with a surprisingly lengthy list:
NOT QUITE 50 SHADES
Debra Anastasia, Poughkeepsie
Gillian Archer, Wicked Weekend
Shayla Black, Wicked Ties
Samantha Blair, Generational Sins
Louisa Burton, Bound in Moonlight
Anne Calhoun, Liberating Lucy
Opal Carew, Secret Ties
Mari Carr, Shugar and Spice
Victoria Dahl, The Wicked West
Tymber Dalton, The Reluctant Dom
Cameron Dane, Something New
Lauren Dane, Second Chances
Barbara Elsborg, An Ordinary Girl
Lori Foster, Too Much Temptation
Vonna Harper, Surrender
Megan Hart, Broken
Megan Hart, Switch
Jasmine Haynes, The Principal’s Office
Joey W. Hill, Ice Queen
Joey W. Hill, Mirror of My Soul
Joey W. Hill, Natural Law
Emma Holly, Top of Her Game
Beth Kery, Explosive
Lora Leigh, Surrender to Fire
Annabel Joseph, Mercy
Laura Kaye, Hearts in Darkness
Inez Kelley, Sweet as Sin
Cherrie Lynn, Rock Me
Sarah McCarty, Promises Linger
Cheyenne McCray
Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster
Mackenzie McKade, A Tall, Dark, Cowboy
Cara McKenna, Curio
Cara McKenna, Willing Victim
Elizabeth McNeill, Nine and Half Weeks
Susanna Moore, In the Cut
Kate Pearce, Raw Desires
Cari Quinn, Provoke Me
Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel’s Inferno
Robin Schone, The Lady’s Tutor
Cherise Sinclair, Make Me, Sir
Cherise Sinclair, Masters of the Shadowlands series
Z Stefani, Insufferable Proximity
Molly Weatherfield, Carrie’s Story
Molly Weatherfield, Safe Word
Tracy Wolff, Tie Me Down
Susan Wright, To Serve and Submit
KC Youngblood, Lethal Choices
SERIES
Harlequin Presents – Caitlin Crews;Lynn Graham; Jane Porter; Carol Marinelli; Sarah Morgan
Maya Banks, Sweet series
Shayla Black, The Wicked Lovers Series
Selena Blake, Stormy Weather series
Jaci Burton, Wild Riders series & Play-by-Play series
Lora Leigh, Pleasure books (Dangerous Pleasure, Only Pleasure, Guilty Pleasure, Shameless Embraces)
Megan Hart, Broken; Dirty; Stranger
Kathryn Harvey, Butterfly trilogy
Kathryn Harvey, Butterfly trilogy
Morgan Hawkes, Star series
Ann Jacobs, Heart of the West series
Lorelei James
Kele Moon, Eden series
Lisa Marie Rice, Protectors Series
A.N. Roqueluare, Sleeping Beauty trilogy
NEW:
July, 2012 Harlequin will release The Siren, the first book in Tiffany Reisz’s trilogy of BDSM novels, a direct comparison to 50 Shades
Bared to You by Sylvia Day
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