If you want to keep the sexual heat turned up in a relationship, consider dropping the pet nicknames. At least, that’s the advice offered in a new book, “Stop Calling Him Honey and Start Having Sex: How Changing Your Everyday Habits Will Make You Hot for Each Other All Over Again.”

That’s a really long title, and we confess we’re not entirely buying the premise. It’s not so much that you call your lover “honey” or “dear” or “darling,” it’s how you say it, mean it and show it, we think.

Though we, ourselves, would in fact draw the line somewhere on this side of “snooki” and “sweetie cakes.”

But authors Maggie Arana and Julienne Davis contend it's time for couples to ditch the pet names and infuse a little mystery and respect back into relationships. What should you call your lover? Try using his or her name, they suggest.

What do Sexis readers think? Pet names—Hot or Not?