Happily Ever After Cafe discussion

What are your favorites? These are books with no villains. The plots are based on who the characters are and the relationship as the plot. I just read Which was a good example of this kind of book.

I love The Older Woman by Cheryl Reavis, but I don't know how to post a picture of the cover.

Thanks!

What a good suggestion namericanwordcat! I am going to have to delve a bit into my lists because the ones that come to mind just now have a villan in the plot in some form...*off to check my lists*....Steamy

I just read which was very character driven and good.

namericanwordcat wrote: "I just read which was very character driven and good."

Got Lush on my Kindle, good to know I was right in getting it. Lol

I really thought was a great,funny, and charming read. Has a feel of a modern Austen-like story.

ok, I would count this one as a character driven story, ....LOVED it! Anne Calhoun is a fabulous writer IMHO.

Austentatious is on my TBR list, but not yet in my possession. (And just have to throw out that Alyssa Goodnight and I have the same agent. So I know the book's GOTTA be good. *grin*)

And it's obvious that your work Abigail has also got to be good! ^_^ Wow, small world...lol

Our agent has very good taste. *grin*

Just finished and this book definitely falls in this category. I loved it and love Cam! Lol

I agree. This is my favorite New Adult I have read so far.

Yea, totally agree. Took me by surprise.

Leslie wrote: "I really thought Austentatious was a great,funny, and charming read. Has a feel of a modern Austen-like story. ..."

How did I miss this book?! I love a good Austenesque book! This one is def on my TBR now!

The books already listed sound great. I see my TBR shelf growing.

I'd love to add to the list. My recent favorite non-villain CRs are:
and . No villains in sight, although some of the heroes are a bit caddish (at least at some point in the book).

Cool! I have new one as well. Play With Me Romancing OliveAfter Hours

Here is the list http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/22...

namericanwordcat wrote: "Here is the list http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/22..."

Nice! Didn't know there was an actual list. :)

Yep, someone else started it for once! lol

Michelle (BleuTulips) wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I really thought Austentatious was a great,funny, and charming read. Has a feel of a modern Austen-like story. ..."

How did I miss this book?! I love a good Austenesque book! This o..."

Lol yea I wouldn't have known about it if it wasn't for my Amazon daily deals email. Plus there's a second book, sorta sequel Austensibly Ordinary which is on my TBR ^_^

I finished a couple weeks ago and I was floored by the story and especially with the main couple in the book. I would highly recommend this book for it's emotional punch in the gut.

Leslie wrote: "I finished a couple weeks ago and I was floored by the story and especially with the main couple in the book. I would highly recommend this book for it's em..."

Leslie, I've read book #1, have #2 and #3 on my TBR. Need to catch up so I can read this one!

Another one to add to the list... Breathe for Me. Xander was a great hero and even though there was a slow section in the middle, the story picked up and I was pleased with the direction it took and the ending.

@Michelle - I haven't read any of the previous books in the series, but I didn't feel like I missed out on anything. It was a great story on its own.

And I've read that book, and Xander was great! Good book to recommend. ^_^ Want to read the second up coming book.

I think most books by Nicholas Sparks would be perfect for this thread. I'll suggest a couple of them - The Notebook, and A Walk To Remember. Both books are by Nicholas Sparks.

namericanwordcat wrote: "Here is the list http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/22..."

Namericanwordcat: Do you know if there are any lists for character driven romance historical books? I was thinking along the lines of and

I have not seen any that are just historical.

I'd kill for some more books like the those two...they were amazing.

Okay! I now have a list going for you!

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/42...

Thank you so much. I'll add some to it too

;)

I like books where the "villain" is the character struggling within himself or herself. I also tend to like dramatic stories (for example a military veteran who has to come to terms with PTSD or an amputation). But for something more lighthearted check out Zoe Dawson (I read "Unleased" and enjoyed it). These types of books can be harder to write though (I should know)! Tracey Cramer-Kelly