I don't think they would be classified fantasy; they'd get shelved under romance, at the very least, and likely as erotica. The most recent one was okay- not on par with early Anita, but at least it had plot, and Edward, and Animators Inc. LKH brags about not needing an editor, but I honestly don't think I'd mind if she had one.

It's funny, on the day The Harlequin was released, I had some rabid LKH fans in, and they felt the opposite way, that the early books were boring, and the new ones were awesome. So I guess it just really depends what you're looking for in a book. Myself, I don't mind smut, but I'd take plot over pr0n any day.

Oh, btw, I got advance reader copies of the two Lord John books that are coming out in Sept/Nov this year. I'll post when I finish reading them.