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If You Like Zane... Try These Authors Zane is an African-American author of erotic fiction, who, after starting in the obscurity of self-publishing, has managed to achieve tremendous success in the field of mainstream erotic romance publishing. Her greatest strengths as a writer are her straight-forward and frank treatments of sex -- each and every one of her works features at least one (and often more than one) steamy sex scene. The relationships between her characters can be complicated, and her heroines range in age from their teens to middle-age. The characters are always well-defined, and memorable -- usually black, urban professional women, frequently in the Washington D.C. area. They're not always likeable, but they usually have a character growth arc to experience, in their (often raucous and bawdy) search for love. Zane's novels deal almost exclusively with the African-American community, and usually have strong subtexts of black culture and history. You will often find social issues addressed in the context of the characters' lives -- abuse, unexpected pregnancy, infidelity, racism. However, Zane isn't particularly preachy, and most of her novels feature upbeat or happy endings. Zane's success in both the self-publishing and maintream publishing fields has caused a literal explosion of African-American themed erotic romances. Mainstream publishers have launched regular series, such as the Arabesque and Kimani "series romance" lines, although these are generally less "steamy" than the average Zane tale. Zane's success has also contributed to the proliferation of Urban Fiction, characterized by the works of E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey and Omar Tyree -- all male authors with the male perspective on the same types of relationships that Zane explores from the female perspective. Not all of the authors listed here will have the same erotic "steaminess" factor as Zane, however for readers seeking more of Zane's style of writing, these are all worth trying. The author names (and titles) in the list below are hotlinked to their holdings in our catalog, so that you may check on the availability of their titles in print, audio or downloadable formats. Home Sweet Home or other titles by Rochelle Alers God's Gift to Women or other titles by Michael Baisden Make You Mine or other titles by Niobia Bryant Before I Let You Go or other titles by Angie Daniels Pleasure or other titles by Eric Jerome Dickey Sex, Lies, Murder, Fame or other titles by Lolita Files Can't Get Enough of You or other titles by Bette Ford Words of Seduction or other titles by Dara Girard Mirror Image or other titles by Shirley Hailstock A Love of My Own or other titles by E. Lynn Harris Heart's Reward or other titles by Donna Hill Unfinished Business or other titles by Brenda Jackson Midnight or other titles by Beverly Jenkins Come Fall or other titles by Marcia King-Gamble Distant Lover or other titles by Gloria Mallette Sweeter Than Honey or other titles by Mary B. Morrison Show & Tell or other titles by George Nelson Candy Licker: An Urban Erotic Tale or other titles by Noire Freefall to Desire or other titles by Kayla Perrin Only You or other titles by Francis Ray Sin No More or other titles by Kimberla Lawson Roby Midnight or other titles by Sister Souljah Dirty Red or other titles by Vickie Stringer Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract: A Collection of Erotic Black Fiction or other titles edited by Carol Taylor What They Want or other titles by Omar Tyree As Good As the First Time or other titles by AlTonya Washington Player Haters or other titles by Carl Weber Caramel Flava: The EroticNoir.com Anthology or other titles edited by Zane Chocolate Flava: The EroticNoir.com Anthology or other titles edited by Zane Purple Panties: An EroticNoir.com Anthology or other titles edited by Zane Succulent: Chocolate Flava II: An EroticNoir.com Anthology or other titles edited by Zane last updated Jan 2011 sdc Looking for additional novels on this or other subjects? Try out the NoveList database!