50 Spicy Romance Books to Add to Your Reading List

Now considered a book series that was ahead of its time (and a precursor to "Fifty Shades of Grey"), Anne Rice's The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy is tinged with BDSM and kink, set in a medieval fantasy world.

First published in 1983, the book reimagines Beauty's age-old tale with an erotic, liberated twist, describing female sexuality in a way that was almost unheard of at the time. In the first novel, Beauty is awakened from her famous hundred-year sleep by the Prince, but, uh . . . it's not exactly with just a kiss.