Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Off Topic Romance Novel Authors

I adore Whitney, My Love! I reread it every few years. For me a romance novel has to have a good story.

I also reread The Gift by Julie Garwood. I am attempting to slough through a book a teacher said at school was "wonderful" but 100 pages in I am still not seeing the wonderful.

I'd like to reccomend an author who i suppose
wouldn't fall under the "romance author" label
but romance is a such a strong element in her books i think some of you might enjoy her books.
Charlaine Harris is the author. She has several
series, some fall under the mystery series label.
But my favorite and the one that will soon have a HBO series called True Blood is the Southern
Vampire series. They began with Dead Until Dark
and there are i believe 5 other novels in the series with a new one due out in May. Don't let the vampire part put you off. Sookie Stackhouse
the protagonist is not a vampire by the way. I really don't know where to start to describe the novels except that Sookie is a marvelous character with a wonderful sense of humor. They are so fascinating i've read each one several times and am eagerly awaiting the new one. Here is a link to the authors' website if you would like to read more about the books.
http://www.charlaineharris.com/
There are a couple of Yahoo lists devoted to the novels too. You can find the books at the public library if you want to take a look without buying one first.
Patti

I read and re-read the following authors. Most of these stories have a component in addition to romance. Some of them have already been mentioned:

1. Nora Roberts / JD Robb
2. Amanda Quick / Jayne Ann Krentz / Jayne Castle
3. Linda Howard
4. Karen Robards
5. Karen Rose (more Thriller than Romance, tho)

By the way many of Nora Roberts' books have a Superman reference

I usually don't read a lot of romance, but I recently finished reading I Do (But I Don't) (yes Dean starred in the movie if you have seen it) and it's sequel I Did (But I Wouldn't Now) by Cara Lockwood which I found enjoyable and actually really hysterical. Though if you read the book Denise Richards looks nothing like how Lauren is described in the book. Fireman Nick on the other hand well any man (not just Dean, but he adds an extra sexiness to it) looks good dressed as a fireman.

*sigh*



The Southern Vampire novels are just fantastic. I only found them last month, but at the moment I already read book 6 and book 7 I'll buy next month. Book 8 though has to wait until it's published in May this year . Ever since I've read the 1st book I have a totally different view on Elvis Presley . I only say ... Bubba

I found a new one of my favs. Louise Allen. I love her books especially Model debutante or bride's seduction.

I like Mary Balogh and Amanda Quick
But if you can find Elizabeth Mansfield,snatch it up. Her books are really well written but harder to find as they are a bit older -- ten years or so.

Mary Balogh is great too and Nicola Cornick and Anne Ashley.

I LOVE romance/time-travel books.

One of my favorite authors is Jo Ann Simon. She wrote "Love Once in Passing" and "Love Once Again"; SUPER books.

As a young girl I loved all of Lillian Peake's stuff from Harlequin. I still have all the books in my home library!

Bobbett

I've caught the romance book bug and recently have enjoyed books by:

Karen Rose Smith
Karen Sandler
Raeanne Thayne
Janice K Johnson

A romance novel related question, does anyone know if or when the reprint of Susan Mallery's book Quinn's Woman is coming out? All amazon.com and my local Borders says is May of this year.

Thanks,
Mona

P.S.S. of sorts lol..I recently went to eharlequin.com and it appeared that you could get 2 free books with no obligation-I was wondering if anyone has found this to be actually the case?

Yes, but... There's a catch, though it's minor. By asking for the books, you're actually signing up to their Reader Service, which is a subscription - they'll send you four books a month (or however many they do now) and you pay for the books plus shipping. I think the books are discounted.

When you get your parcel of free books, you have some time - maybe it's two weeks, I'm not sure - to return the invoice, marked CANCEL. You can phone up, too, and ask them to cancel your subscription. They'll ask for a reason - just say you don't want to subscribe right now. So, yes, you do get two free books, but you MUST remember to cancel the subscription otherwise you'll get more books sent to you and you'll be billed for them.

(Yes, I have got free books from them a couple of times ).


Wendy

Thanks, Wendy! I will have to sneakily try that.

Mona

Of course, if you keep the subscription, they usually send free gifts with the books. I've gotten a whole bunch of pink wine glasses that way. Now if only I drank wine...

You reminded me of something, Karen. I think I have seen an insert in books I've gotten before that has a scratch off panel for "2 mystery gifts" in addition to the supposed 2 free books. I never checked into it but I will if I see it again. Also, I went to eharlequin this morning and it looks like the "free" books cost $1.99 shipping-not bad though.

I'm with Karen on those wineglasses, as I do not drink either. Maybe you could "trade" them for 2 more books, lol?

Mona

At the moment I read book 2 of "the MacKade Brothers" by Nora Roberts

Some of you mentioned her name here and so I bought the first book of this series and read it in February when I was on vacation in only 2 days. You say I don't have to tell you that I really enjoyed it. When I was back home I bought the other 3 books. And now I almost finished book 2 and will take book 3 to my next vacation

My favorites are:

Katherine Kinglsey (historical)
Catherine Anderson (mostly contemporary)
Sharon Sala/Dinah McCall (same author-contemporary)

I used to read a ton of romances, but I've slacked off the last couple of years after discovering fanfiction (SW and LC mostly).

My sister absolutely loves Janet Evonavich (sp?).