Author Reccomendations?

[Lauren]

I've never really read inside the 'romance' category- I mostly read General Fiction or 'Chick Lit'- any good romance authors you would recommend to start out with? :)

[Michelle]

If you're looking for historical romance, I'd recommend Julie Garwood,Teresa Medeiros, and Amanda Quick. Paranormal- the list is endless, but I really like Kresely Cole, Nalini Singh, Richelle Mead, and Karen Marie Moning, Gail Carriger etc.....

[D.G.]

The romance genre is very broad...subgenres go from historical, contemporary, romantic suspense, erotica, paranormal and some more so it would be easier to recommend you something if you would give us a guideline of what subgenre you would like to try and what's your level of comfort regarding love scenes (they can go from non explicit to all out scorching regardless of the subgenre.)

Two authors that you may like to try are:
Kristan Higgins - her books are a mix of romance and chick lit
Sarah Addison Allen - her books are a mix of contemporary fiction, fantasy and romance

Love scenes in books by these author tend to be the non explicit type. If you are willing to try something more explicit, then I can give you some other suggestions.

[Dee]

if you could give us a few ideas of authors you liked, we might be able to help as well!

my new favorite is Rachel Gibson - she writes contemporary romance, that have some humor to them. I've been working my way through her ice hockey series and its enjoyable

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

A few contemporary romance authors I like are:

Rachel Gibson
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Victoria Dahl
Jennifer Crusie
Susan Mallery

Just a few to get you started on the contemporary path.

[Joyce]

Since you like Chick Lit, if you want to get into some paranormal books check out MaryJanice Davidson

[Lauren]

Thanks so much you guys!! Yeah, I'll basically try anything and I'm not squimish or creeped out by sex scenes. I'll definitely check these authors out! :)

[Tania]

I'd suggest:

Jennifer Crusie for a laugh.

Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward for paranormal.

Lauren Dane if you want to heat things up a bit (try the Brown siblings or the Chase brothers to start with)

Stephanie Laurens for historical - start with the Cynsters.

I'm fairly new to GR so I'm only just starting to get my lists up but feel free to have a look through my read books if you like and ask questions.

What I'd really suggest is that you join up challenges on this group. This is what I did to widen my reading choices. The pick it for you challenge is really great for finding authors that you've never experienced before. Or I also do the monthly reading challenges as well. See what other people have suggested and make up a list of authors/books you've never read before. I've found some new favourites that way.

[D.G.]

Here are some of my favorites:

Historical Romance:
Lisa Kleypas
Loretta Chase

Paranormal
Nalini Singh
Larissa Ione

[Lauren]

Sweet ! Thanks I'll let you know how i like them!

[KimKirt]

I like Catherine Anderson. Her books are just simply sweet romances. No sex scenes really, just sweet. I really enjoy them.

[Gigi]

For historical books, I love LaVyrle Spencer, Judith McNaught and Jude Deveraux.

If you're looking for a different kind of Historical, try The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie.

If you find that you're in the mood for romantic suspense, try Linda Howard.

Oh and another contemporary author that I've heard a lot of great things about is Julie James.