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I don't read that much in this subject area, but I'm starting to branch out and see what I like and don't like. So I was looking for some suggestions. I've read Sandra Hill and I love her, and I've read some Nora Roberts. But that's about it.Any suggestions?
Are you just looking for romance writers, or other genre's as well. If you like action/suspense thrillers, I would recommend Vince Flynn. He is one of my all time favorite authors!
I've just finished Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and I loved it! I don't think you need to read the series in order (I haven't).
Jess,
What do you mean by "traditional" romance writers? Are you talking about someone who writes "contemporary", "historical", "romantic suspense", etc? You'll probably get more ideas if you specify the genre, unless I'm misunderstanding the question.
Shazzy,
I love Susan Elizabeth Phillips, especially the Chicago Stars series. If you enjoyed Match Me If You Can, I highly recommend you read the entire series. Just totally great books.
Oo sorry everyone, I didn't see that people had responded to this! lol. Too many threads and too many groups haha.Yes I was referring to contemporary romance, or romantic suspense. I'm not that big a fan of historicals. From what I've seen they can be done really well, or really bad! lol.
I've been hearing a lot about Susan Elizabeth Phillips recently, I'll have to look into it.
I love Susan Elizabeth Phillips, so her books would be an auto-read for me.
Another author that I will pick up would be Jayne Ann Krentz, whether she is writing contemporary, historicals as Amanda Quick and futuristic as Jayne Castle.
For romantic suspense, I would read anything written by Suzanne Brockmann.
Yz wrote:"Shazzy,
I love Susan Elizabeth Phillips, especially the Chicago Stars series. If you enjoyed Match Me If You Can, I highly recommend you read the entire series. Just totally great books."
Yz, after reading Match me if you can ,I remembered reading the first Chicago Stars book a very long time ago and I really enjoyed it. I'll try and search for her other books, my library only has 1 more book in the Chicago Stars series.
Shazzy wrote: "Yz wrote:"Shazzy,
I love Susan Elizabeth Phillips, especially the Chicago Stars series. If you enjoyed Match Me If You Can, I highly recommend you read the entire series. Just totally great boo..."
Shazzy,
You should read the next book after Match Me If You Can. Natural Born Charmer, Dean's book, is just lovely, and the first 2 chapters have me laughing in stitches. I mean, he found the heroine dressed as a badger walking down the road..you can just start with that...LOL
oo thanks for all the new names everyone! Everyonce in a while, a person need a break from the vampires and weres and such.I almost feel like I'm running out of PNR authors lol.
I can't read the same genre for so long without overdoing it. I rarely even read a series one after the other before I burned out an author.
So I need a good variety of books when I read, so taking a break from PNR is not a bad idea.
Yz wrote:"Shazzy,
You should read the next book after Match Me If You Can. Natural Born Charmer, Dean's book, is just lovely, and the first 2 chapters have me laughing in stitches..."
LOL, it sounds great! I'll check ebay and the charity shops. I'm trying (and failing) to limit the amount of books I buy.
I'm also trying to mix my books, otherwise i'll go into PNR overload! LOL
i don't normally read modern romance novels::but::in an attempt to get my fix of The Warden (aka Jessica Bird) i borrowed one of her romances from the Library::and have to say that enjoyed it that much i've put in a reservation for all the other ones they have::
I recommend Cherry Adair for romantic suspense. I also read some good contemporaries by Lori Foster-the Buckhorn brothers series. The first 4 were really good.
Anne- I totally agree with your Lori Foster recommendation. I have read most of her books and I like almost all of them. I must say that when I read traditional romance, I definitely go for historical 80% of the time. I do like contemporary, but I love historicals.
I also prefer historicals, unless they are paranormal, erotic, or suspense romance. But those Buckhorn Brothers were none of the above, really, but MMM MMM good.
Lori Foster is a new discovery for me, having read one of her books as a Pick-It-For-Me challenge recommendation. I really enjoyed her style of writing, and will read more of her work.
I think I saw a few of Lori Foster, and I remember saying I wanted to read one of hers, let me add it before I forget lol.
I will not kid you I dislike normal romance, not sure why anyway Gena Showalter has two that I actually finished and thought were funny. They were Animal Instincts and Catch a Mate. And while this is still on my TBR I did get my hands on the Nauti Boys series by Lora Leigh it looks interesting, but I think it maybe more erotica.
Clorinda wrote: "I must say that when I read traditional romance, I definitely go for historical..."Have you ever read and of Kresely Cole's historical stuff??
I think Cole's historical books are the only ones I've ever really enjoyed lol. I love her writing style though. I read her MacCarrick series. Very nice.
Dawn wrote: "Clorinda wrote: "I must say that when I read traditional romance, I definitely go for historical..."Have you ever read and of Kresely Cole's historical stuff??
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I read the first one in her MacCarrick brothers trilogy. I liked it, but it wasn't one of my favorites. I have the other two and haven't had a chance to read them yet.
I really like Johanna Lindsey. Her historicals are excellent.
Before I got into Urban fantasy I was a major romance reader. Carly Phillips is a good contemporary romance author. I second the recommendation for Johanna Lindsey. Other good historical romance authors are Catherine Coulter, Mary Balogh, and Stephanie Laurens.
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Match Me If You Can (other topics)Cry No More (other topics)
Animal Instincts (other topics)
Catch A Mate (other topics)
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Vince Flynn (other topics)Linda Howard (other topics)
Lori Foster (other topics)
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