In a book published in 1973 called Fear of Flying, author Erica Jong gave the world the concept of the zipless fuck -- you meet a hot stranger, you have amazing sex with them, there are no repercussions. Zipless because in this fantasy the sex is so easy that there is no fiddling with the flies on jeans; clothes just fall away.
SPOILERS:
Towards the end of the novel the narrator, protagonist Isadora, is on a train, sees a hot man, and has an opportunity for a zipless fuck -- and she is horrified. Who would want to have sex with a complete stranger without any conversation? It is scary and gross.
How to Sell a Romance, by Alexa Martin, begins with a zipless fuck and ends SPOILERS
with a zipless happily ever after.
Heroine Emerson goes to a crowded rooftop bar after attending a conference for a fictional MLM skincare company. (For the uninitiated, MLMs, or multi-level marketing companies, are pyramid schemes aimed at women who invest a lot of money in products but can only make the money back if they recruit other women to sell the products.) Emerson doesn't know anyone at the bar and is planning to leave but manages to snag a table. Suddenly an impossibly handsome man asks if he can sit with her. They exchange a few words. She asks if they can go to his hotel room. He enthusiastically agrees. She hasn't had sex is years and he has the biggest cock she has ever seen. They don't need to ask each other what they like, sex-wise, because I guess they can read each other's minds or because in this world everyone likes the same things so you don't need to communicate. The magic giant cock brings only pleasure.
Things go south the next morning when it turns out that magic-cock-man, a/k/a hero Lucas, is writing an expose on the MLM that Emerson is joining. Apparently in this world no one has ever heard of or researched MLMs because Emerson is shocked -- shocked, I tell you! -- that anyone would dare question the business savvy of investing money she doesn't have in overpriced skincare products in the hope of recruiting other people to sell them.
But, wait, there's more! Emerson is a sweet as sugar kindergarten teacher who has been recruited into the nefarious MLM by her boss, the principal. We learn over the course of the book that the principal spends all of her principal-ing time recruiting teachers to the MLM, and firing those who refuse to be recruited or who quit. I guess the school runs itself, despite what must be incredible turnover?
And -- you could not have seen this one coming! -- Lucas's daughter is placed into Emerson's kindergarten class. And, Lucas's ex-wife, mother of Moppet (™) is also in the MLM and is good friends with the principal.
At any point does anyone in this book say, it is inappropriate for a principal to run an elementary school as a front for an MLM? At any point in this book does anyone say a kindergarten teacher should not be having sex with the father of a student? No! and No! Well, okay, the principal gets fired in the end, not for running the school as a front for an MLM but for getting mad at Emerson for secretly recording their conversations (which is definitely illegal in some states, FYI). And everyone agrees that Emerson should be able to continue to have sex with Lucas and that Moppet (™) should not have to switch classes. Yay for the HEA!
Note from Jasmine Gold: As the name of this blog indicates, I write erotica. Check out my dark, dystopian novel about naked sex slaves, Mindgames. Your darkest fantasies, with a phenomenal plot and characters you will come to think of as beloved friends. Available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited and in paperback. Or read my book of short stories about hot, consensual sex, The Mature Woman's Guide to Desire, available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
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