Sex Survey - Results

A couple of weeks ago, I conducted an online survey on the type of sex scenes readers prefered to read in genre books, specifically UrbanFantasy/Paranormal Romance.
I posed five options (i) No Sex, (ii) Foreplay Only, (iii) Non-Explicit Sex, (iv) Explicit Sex, (v) As Hot As You Can Get, and then placed them on here (my humble blog) and on Goodreads.
Here are the results.

Table A

Table B

What are we seeing here? Readers want some sort of sex in genre books. Building the tension between the protagonists must have a satisfactory conclusion otherwise readers feel cheated. And, it seems the Non-Explicit Sex readers are tied with the Hot As You Can Get lot.
It's an interesting conundrum, and one authors have to face when deciding whether or not to include a sex scene in their books. Or how hot to make it.
Mind you, this refers to New Adult/Adult books NOT Young Adult or erotica. That's another subject entirely.
Personally, I prefer an explicit scene which enhances the story and reflects the growing relationship between the main characters. In other words, were I to remove that scene the plot would be adversely affected.
So, authors, which option will you choose for your next book?

Feel free to leave a comment. I'd love to hear your opinions.

Do The Survey on Sex in Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy Books.

How do you feel about sex? In books, that is! Now this post is not about your personal, intimate relationships—some things should be kept private—but it's primarily to discover what you, the reader, likes and expects in a paranormal romance/urban fantasy novel. 

These days it's hard to find a book in any genre that doesn't include some sort of love scene in the story. It's almost expected. What do they say about sex selling? So, when I first began to write it was something of a dilemma for me. Should I, shouldn't I? How graphic should it be? Eventually I had to make a decision, for not only would strangers be reading my books, but my family - my new adult and adolescent nieces. Considering all this, I came to the conclusion that as long as the love scene was tastefully done, and enhanced the story and the relationship of the characters, I would include it. 

I have two short, graphic sex scenes in each of my books. The first one is usually more explicit than the second. How much I include in my third book is still conjecture. Hopefully, this survey will give me an idea what you—my readers—would like to see. 
So tell me. Do the poll, and have some fun.

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