Please avoid these words…

Lately, the author community is being targeted by Facebook.

When we buy advertisement on Facebook, they crawl our Amazon Author page, looking for specific words.

SEX is one of them.

It’s become an increasingly challenging situation for so many authors.

The following suggestion isn’t only for my books, but for books of all of your favorite authors.

Of course, none of that was done intentionally from the reader’s perspective, but unfortunately, Facebook is King Kong and we have to play by their rules even if they are completely ridiculous and even if they’re inconsistent.

Instead of using SEX in your reviews, such as “amazingly hot sex scenes,” or “No one writes sex scenes like Scarlett Avery,” I hope you can use words like:

Steamy.

Spicy.

Sexy.

Hot.

Sensual.

Hot encounters.

Sexy times.

Sizzling.

Smoking hot.

Scorching hot.

Melt your Kindle e-reader.

Holy hotness, too hot for words.

Etc…

Here are examples of reviews that clearly state the books are steamy, without using the word SEX:

★★★★★ “Make sure have a fan close by!” —Nonna8359

★★★★★ “WHOA!!! Hot steamy over the top heat!” —PFCR

★★★★★ “Hot, raunchy and sexy!” —Catarina

★★★★★ “SIZZLING!” —Wendy Crossley

★★★★★ “Heart-pounding, leg-squeezing scenes…” —Yvonne D

★★★★★“A hot, twisty, steamy ride!” —Avid Reader13

★★★★★ “Steam, Intrigue and Suspense!” —Angela Tyler

★★★★★ “…very hot and romantic series.” —Colorado Cowgirl

★★★★★ “Chemistry Is Off The Mercury Charts! Love, Love, Love this Series!” —Wolverine

★★★★★ “OMG that was hot! I can’t believe that book pulled me in and kept dragging me until the end!! HOT HOT HOT!!! Didn’t want it to end!” —Cassie

★★★★★ “I loved this story so much. It had romance, mystery, love, intrigue family drama and plenty of steamy love scenes.” —SCH

★★★★★ “This book was so sensual and held my complete interest that it held my interest from start to finish.” —Melody Murphy

★★★★★ “The written words leap and dance before the fire, getting ready to melt.” —Walt

 

Other words to avoid in reviews:

Alpha

Alpha male

Ménage

Ménage romance

Threesome

Ménage a trois

Erotic

Erotic

Erotic romance

Why choose

Why choose romance

Why choose contemporary romance

Love triangle

Polyamourous

Polyamory

MFM

Facebook and Amazon hate them.

Those are words we can no longer use in the description or keywords. Please avoid them in your reviews.

As of September 2020, Amazon is rejecting reviews that suggest there are [two men with one woman] for ménage romance books.

Thanks in advance!