“This book is an entertainment device and does not require batteries," reads the fine print in a corner on the back-cover of Play With Me (Penguin Books India, ₹ 250), the latest among a slew of erotic novels in English to have appeared this year in India. Sreemoyee Piu Kundu’s Sita’s Curse (Hachette India, ₹ 350) and Madhuri Banerjee’s Scandalous Housewives: Mumbai (Rupa Publications, ₹ 295), the first of a multi-part series, are the other recent notable additions to the genre.