It takes talent to write a great romance novel, but it takes even more to write three in a row and make them all worthy reads. Where Goodreads has the book, I've listed the individual novels. Almost all of those on my list are historicals. If you like to read trilogies, as I do, here’s my list of the top ones I recommend:
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109 books · 116 voters · list created February 24th, 2012 by Regan Walker (votes) .
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Sweetestsummer 1392 books
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Laura 2024 books
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E. 3877 books
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Bethany 1466 books
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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited May 12, 2019 01:43PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) "Almost all of those on my list are historicals" Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? is the first part of a contemporary romance trilogy.


message 2: by Regan (new)

Regan Walker You are advertising on my list?


message 3: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited May 13, 2019 06:31AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Regan wrote: "You are advertising on my list?"

No, I'm not the author so I'm not advertising. It just that you mentioned that most romance trilogies on your list were historical, so I thought I'd mention a contemporary trilogy I voted for, as they seem to be rare. But then again, maybe I'm reading the wrong books :-)

(I'll delete my comments if you want me to)


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