It's clear that the interest is not going away anytime soon, especially with the "Fifty Shades" movie adaptation on the way. Still, it doesn't hurt to try and look into the future, so we asked Day what subjects or themes she thinks will be the next big thing for the genre, be it paranormal, BDSM, etc.
"Part of [the allure of] 'Fifty Shades' and 'Bared to You' is that they are really almost like 'Harlequin Presents' [novels] but with extra sex," Day said. "You've still got your tortured millionaire hero, so there still is that kind of fantasy aspect to it, but I don't know that it could continue along that vein. But for a while in erotic fiction, there was kind of this trend where it was all done in sex clubs, like dungeons, you know that sort of thing, so it's kind of evolved from the BDSM being an underground thing to being this kind of wealthy plaything sort of [setting]. I think maybe what we'll start to see is that it will pull more into the more average, everyday couple and how they pull that into their lives and maybe how it changes their relationship, a ripped-from-the-headlines kind of thing. I could see it being done very well by some of the authors that I know."
