I've started reading Diana Gabaldon's *Outlander Series.* Of course it's all historical and romantic and Scottish, but I realized something very strange about this series...

The author depicts married couples enjoying sex. 20th (and 18th) century couples enjoying sex and affection-- and they aren't even doomed for it! If you think about it, this is rather more shocking than the faerie/goblin/half-human/vampire/were-animal kinky sex in Laurell Hamilton's work; and in an odd way, it makes Pat Califia seem a little... well... vanilla.

The only other books where I've read hints of hot sex between legally married people... were science fiction. No, really. There is something wrong with this-- or maybe I don't read the right modern novels.