yes but at least with words there is no real people
I would treat the authors the same way as I would treat porn stars; total avoidance
you are rationalizing.
the people on the cover of those books are often real models. sergio is a real guy and he appeared on a lot of romance book covers.
regardless, they don’t have to be real. if one pictures another person in their mind and pictures doing it with them while they read the words and pleasure themselves, that’s an affair. they’ve just fantasized having sex with that person.
don’t rationalize away the truth.