[Kaderin Triste]

I mean, honestly, I'm not really big into smutty stories. I liked the Anita ones because the first few actually had a really good plot and a potential for some really good relationship conflict with Jean Claude. But the smuttier it got, the less excited about the next books I would get. I kept hoping they would get better, but they never did.

I never kept up with the Merry ones really, they also (if I recall) were very much smut based, but I recall there being initially a decent plot? I don't really remember the ones I read very well since it was just maybe 2 or 3 of them and many years ago.
I did get into Kresley Cole for a while (again in high school), and those were kind of fun. Again with smutty, but the plots weren't terrible for being quick little romances and they did have characters that definitely were referenced and made cameos throughout the series.