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I'm interrupting the A-Z Blogging Challenge to participate in Carrie Ann Ryan's Birthday Blog Hop!!! (But scroll to the bottom and read my post for today!!)

Birthdays aren't a huge production for me and my husband, but it does include a special dinner where we get to pick the restaurant. The kids, though, we always go big, or at least as big as we can afford. We never spend much money, but we do get creative. It always includes a fun theme and a creative cake-. This year my daughter had a Hairspray the movie themed party and a tie-dye cake. My son had a Hot Wheels themed party with a race track cake.

In honor of Carrie Ann's birthday, I want to make it feel like it's your birthday! I'm giving away a $10 Amazon gift card!! :)

All you need to do is leave a comment below with your email address. Entries without an email address WILL NOT be included in the drawing :( Sorry! I need to be able to contact you if you win. For extra entries, follow my blog, Tweet or Facebook my post, or become a FB follower! :) Just tell me what you did in your comment!

AND everyone who enters my drawing will be entered into a GRAND PRIZE drawing for two prizes: a Kindle Touch and a $60 Amazon GC!!!!!!

All winners will be chosen and announced tomorrow, April 6th!

Here's a list of all the participants!! Make sure you hope around and enter all the giveaways! And every comment enters you for the grand prize drawing! (Scroll on to read today's A-Z Challenge post!!)

Name	Links
Carrie Ann Ryan	http://www.carrieannryan.blogspot.com/
Lia Davis	www.authorliadavis.com/
Beth-Ann Mason	www.bethannmason.com/blog
Writer,Author,Husband,Dad	jamieheppner.blogspot.com/
Natasha Blackthorne	jamieheppner.blogspot.com/
Romance Book Club	blog.romance-book-club.com
Daryl Devore	myeroticnotions.blogspot.com
Eliza Gayle	elizagayle.net/blog
Realmantic Moments	http://realmanticmoments.blogspot.com/
Amber Kallyn	amberkallyn.wordpress.com
Harlies Books	harliebooks.blogspot.com
Wickedly Erotic by JL Oiler	www.joiler.weebly.com
Kacey Hammel	http://kaceyhammellkreations.blogspot.com/
I Love Shape-Shifters	michelehart.blogspot.com/
Marie Dees	mariedees.com
Victoria Adams	victoriaadams.blogspot.com/
The World of Heaven Oshey	http://theworldofheavenoshey.blogspot.com/
Lucy Francis	www.lucyfrancis.net
Vickie Taylor	www.vickietaylor.com
Tara Lain	taralain.blogspot.com
Birthday Traditions	www.steelestories.com
Wendi Zwaduk	wendizwaduk.blogspot.com/
Megan Slayer	http://theauthormeganslayer.blogspot.com/
Cari Quinn	cariquinn.blogspot.com
Stephanie Haefner	http://www.stephaniehaefnerthewriter.com/
Angelique Armae	http://angeliquearmae.blogspot.com/
Cassandra Carr	http://booksbycassandracarr.com/wordpress/
Kharisma Rhayne	www.kharismarhayne.com
A Page in the Life	http://leeannsontheimermurphywriterauthor.blogspot.com/
Wendy Elys Books	www.wendyely.blogspot.com/
Jessica E. Subject	jessicasubject.com
K.E. Saxon	www.kesaxon.blogspot.com
Stacy Jubas Mysteries, Murder & More	stacyjuba.com/blog/blog/
Jessie Kimmel-Freeman	http://bellanottethebook.weebly.com/blog.html
Tracy Sumners Romance Site	www.tracysumner.com
Shells Book Corner	shellsbookcorner.blogspot.com/
Allison Merritt	havenovelwilledit.blogspot.com
Suzzana C Ryan	http://www.suzzanacryanromanceauthor.blogspt.com/
Lizzie Starr	starrwords.blogspot.com
Diana Layne Blog	blog.dianalayne.com/
Love is a Many Flavored Thing - DC Juris	dcjuris.blogspot.com
Dianne Venetta	www.diannevenetta.com
Sharon Gerlach	sharongerlach.wordpress.com
Book Lovers Haven	taiyouryu.blogspot.com
Romance you Can Sink Your Fangs into	http://www.shannanalbright.blogspot.com/
Casey Crow (18+ Over)	www.caseycrow.com/blog/
Writing with Kristine Cayne	kristinecayne.blogspot.com/
Just a Readers Ramblings	http://justareadersramblings.wordpress.com/
Angela Stone	www.angelastone.ca/blog-3
Rawiya Erotica	rawiyaerotica.wordpress.com
Conversations with Lisa Mondello	www.lisamondello.blogspot.com
Passions Recalled and Celebrated	christineleovlealand-author.blogspot.co.nz/
Bull Protettore	http://bullprotettoremurdermysteries.blogspot.com/
Louisa Bacio - Love Knows No Bounds	louisabacio.blogspot.com
Cat Johnson	catjohnson.net/2012/04/06/blog-hop/
Cynthia Woolf	www.cynthiawoolf.com/blog
Diane Alberts	dianealberts.com
Patrica Green Books	www.patriciagreenbooks.com
Discovering Nya Rayne	http://discoveringnyarayne.blogspot.com/

Now back to the A-Z Challenge!!!

E is for Erotic Romance! Oh yes, the spicy stuff!

Many people do not know the difference between erotic romance and erotica. First of all, NEITHER is porn. From what I've read, in erotica, the main plot is not romantic and the sex between characters is not romantic..just sex...and very descriptive. In erotic romance, the characters at some point fall in love and live happily ever after...and throughout the book have awesome descriptive sex :)

I do not write either, (though my characters do engage in very steamy sex...it's not quite as descriptive as erotic romance) but have read my fair share of erotic romances!! :) And I have to say, I do very much like them! I can't read too many in a row though. Usually I will read one, then switch to a contemporary or YA. But after reading a YA, I sooooo crave something with some good sex!! LOL!