Clean Romances discussion

These are old (1970s, I think), but they match all your categories: Elizabeth Peters, Street of the Five Moons, The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits, Borrower of the Night, Silhouette in Scarlet, The Seventh Sinner, and a few more I can’t think of right now.

Also old but quirky, light on romance until the last few but lots of suspense, would be Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs. Pollifax series: the first one is The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax. An older heroine.

Lucretia: or The Heiress and the Dandy

If you're looking for a clean romance novel, I'd like to let you know about my recently published book: Lucretia, which is a traditional Regency romance.
I have been delighted to receive some fantastic reviews, for example this from the Regency Reader website:
'I highly recommend this for lovers of the traditional Regency needing something a bit different but with all the familiarity of the genre. I think Rachel Carter is an upcoming talent, and worthy of taking note.'

Lucretia is available on kindle, in paperback and is also on kindle unlimited. Here's the blurb to whet your appetite. I hope some of you read and enjoy it.

Lucretia:
Kidnappings, elopements, duels, dastardly plots. Making your debut has never been so hazardous.

Hidden away from polite society, Lucretia Lanyon spent her time daydreaming of dandies, extravagant pantaloons and intricate neckties. Now an heiress and suddenly the toast of Society, she finds her ideal man in Viscount Prendergast, the one bachelor in London who doesn’t seem interested in marrying her. Lucretia must navigate around nefarious impostors, jealous mistresses, dastardly fortune hunters, and the match-making schemes of her aunt, while she tries to attract the notice of her beau.

Christopher Prendergast, an aspiring dandy, was busy perfecting the art of tying his cravat, learning how to use his quizzing glass as a social weapon, and secretly excelling at Jackson’s boxing saloon. To everyone’s surprise, Christopher finds himself in love for the first time in his life. He must now learn how to secure a lady’s affections. He stumbles through a wooing campaign that includes bizarre gifts, terrible poetry, daring rescues and, finally, honesty.

Lucretia is a traditional regency romance brimming with period detail, unlikely heroes, delicious villains, and the flourishing of an unlikely love.

Hi

My book is clean. It is not a Christian novel, but many of my friends from church have read it and enjoyed the story.

Felice, Shield-Mates of Dar, is a Fantasy/Romance. Shifters from the Kingdom of Dar, mix with the humans of Argatha, in a tale of war, treachery, and love.

There is a rape (Not detailed) that reveals the life altering after effects on woman. The story unfolds to show that the troubles in our life, are not a mold of iron, but rather malleable clay, which we can use to shape a better future.

During the romance I lead the reader to the bedroom door, but close it.

Felice: Shield-Mates of Dar is available on Kindle unlimited.

D.V. Stone

Hey y'all! It's the last day you can get all six of my Adams Grove Novels for just 0.99 cents each in kindle format.

Small town romances with a little bit of suspense. Hope you <3 them all!

Sweet Tea and Secrets
Out of Focus
Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes
Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies
Mint Juleps and Justice
Barbecue and Bad News

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Hugs and happy reading!
Nancy Naigle
www.NancyNaigle.com

I loved Love and Fat-Free Cheese
It had romance, mystery, and humor all wrapped up together. Highly recommend!

Hi everyone!
I am taking part in a 12 book series - The Beach Bride Series – It's twelve heartwarming, sweet romance novellas linked by a unifying theme written by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. This is NOT a multi-author "boxed set." It's twelve individual books, one released each week for twelve weeks. We're putting all of the books up for pre-order beginning May 17th with the release date for book #1 on May 23rd. If you pre-order the entire set, you'll get one delivered to your Kindle Library automatically each week. The set will also be available through Kindle Unlimited. We have a "Beach Brides" reader group on Facebook and we will be doing giveaways each week all summer. This is a great set by some fantastic authors. Please join us at:
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My book is #6, titled "Lisa." It debuts on June 27th. Each book is titled the name of the heroine.

Hello Everyone,
If you are looking for a clean and sweet romance, my novel, Oh Danny Boy, has been approved for Kindle Scout. I'd appreciate your nomination, and, if selected, you will receive the ebook free!

Here's the link and thanks in advance.

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This pot of gold holds more than they dreamed

When Clara’s alcoholic brother goes off the rails, a handsome musician steps forward to help. Clara swore she’d never again be taken in by good looks, a promise she quickly remembers when she discovers Danny Brady’s secret. Danny didn’t lie, he’s just tired of women going after him for his money. Clara's family loyalty and vulnerability tug at his heart. To melt her defenses, he’ll have to prove he’ll be there, even when her past threatens to tear her carefully reconstructed world to shreds.

Hello everyone,
I am a clean romance author. My readers say I have a fresh new perspective to romance that they enjoy. My characters are deeply moving, intensely loving and tenderly warm people.
Here is a list of my books with the link bellow.

Second Best
Is It Worth It
For A Lifetime
Alone In My Memories
An Independent Woman
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My books are also part of Kindle Unlimited. I know you will enjoy my clean romance novels. Don't forget to write me a review:)

Do you like bride romances? Wedding Pets & Kisses is a terrific collection of sweet stories and it releases today for only 99 cents.

Wedding Pets & Kisses...

Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love offers a fairy tale. You are cordially invited to celebrate family, friends, laughter, even a few tears, as cute, furry, four-legged pets play matchmaker and lead their owners to happily ever after in these 8 new, never-before-published sweet romances by New York Times, USA Today, and National Bestselling authors.

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I've recently uploaded the latest in my series of short, clean Regency romances, 'A Lesson In Love'. In my last story, 'Beneath Him' Miss Hayward behaves rather badly, so I thought it would be fun if she became a reformed character. Well, she's trying hard but she's not completely sure how to go about it and no sooner has she made the decision than she meets a man who challenges everything she thinks she knows about being a better person.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073X35ZLD

Denise wrote: "Do you like bride romances? Wedding Pets & Kisses is a terrific collection of sweet stories and it releases today for only 99 cents.

Wedding Pets & Kisses...

Sometimes in the middle of an ordinar..."

Thanks for the heads up, I snagged this set! :D

Somebody in this group recently recommended a book by Kristan Higgins, Just One of the Guys. I want to second that recommendation! It’s a very contemporary romance and there are quite a lot of references to characters having sex, but the sex is not explicitly described. The writing is witty and sharp and often over-the-top, but the romance is deep and full of strong emotion. Plus the heroine is part of a wonderful family and there’s an adorable dog! What more could you ask for?

Re: Abigail, wow thank you for that heads up that "there are quite a lot of references to characters having sex"! Even if the sex is not explicitly described, in the Kristan Higgins book~ Just One Of The Guys, that still sounds "trashy" with immoral people and far from being a "clean romance"!

Well, I don’t know about immoral—the heroine is in her early thirties, so it’s not like teenage sex is being portrayed or anything. That said, she is a more “full-blooded” character than I usually enjoy, but I found myself enjoying her company and sympathizing with her a lot.

I was not impressed with kristan Higgins' book! I just tried reading "My One and Only" and didn't get out of the first chapter. I read something by the author where she said she was a clean writer. That is most definitely not the case. The main character referred to body parts so openly and in such a crude way that she came across trashy (or even slutty) and not at all likeable. I wish I had seen this review thread earlier. :) thanks though because I know for sure it wasn't just this book that isn't clean.

I love Judith McNaught's books. They are usually pretty "clean" and full of twists and turns.

Stories that inspire, entertain, and linger in your heart long after you've turned the last page. The Ocean Between and it's sequel Crossing The Chasm.

The Encore Bride by USA Today bestselling author Denise Devine
Only 99 cents on Kindle and free on Kindle Unlimited
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A sweet romantic comedy about second chances.

Jenny Landon doesn’t believe in happy endings…
The tragic death of her husband has convinced her that her dreams don’t last and she never wants to risk losing her happiness—or her heart ever again. She’s totally unprepared to fall in love a second time, but when she meets Luke McCarran at her sister’s engagement party, his ability to understand her pain suggests he isn’t like other men. Can she bury the past and learn to love again?

Luke McCarran believes true love doesn’t get an encore…
Luke has his hands full with his business and a difficult teenage son. At thirty-eight, he’s too young to be widowed, but doesn’t believe he’ll ever fall in love again because he’s lost his soul mate. Then he meets Jenny Landon and he learns that although falling in love this time may be different, it is just as real. Will he convince Jenny they were meant to be together?

Hello everyone,
I published my book "LOVE IS WAITING" in January. It's a clean and wholesome romance with a touch of mystery. I'm a new writer hoping to get people to see my work. Please check out "LOVE IS WAITING" here is the link.



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Longing to be wanted. A desire to be loved. A young girl with no hope of a future, left only with a dream of what was to come. A dream that would take Rebecca into a world with a promise of love and danger looming ahead. Rebecca dreams of the man she would meet, tall and handsome with black hair. Her dreams speak to her about a future love that she feels she cannot have. Alone and desperate, she sees the man in her dreams at her door waiting for her. His name is Duncan Carmichael and she knows at once this is the man she has been waiting for. Her dreams told her so. He tells her she has an inheritance waiting in Scotland. When she arrives to collect the inheritance, she meets Aiden Burns and he sets her heart a flutter. Confused about who she loves, she soon learns Duncan is not the man she had thought. He is mysterious and dangerous leaving her with a decision to make. Was her dreams telling her Duncan was the love she was waiting for? Or, did she meet Aiden for a reason?

Kristan Higgins' early books are clean in the sense that the sex happens off page. I read a few and enjoyed the dogs and the heartwarming stories but then she started to get too graphic and her characters tossed off the most appealing language, which for some reason, is supposed to be better if it's British slang?! I gave up, despite the cute dogs.

Catch of the DayAll I Ever Wanted and Just One of the Guys were really good. Too Good to Be True was not as good, in my opinion. Not as clean or as charming are My One and Only and Until There Was You. The characters are all consenting adults and the genre is contemporary romance/women's fiction (chick lit).

I read Just One of the Guys and enjoyed it a lot! But got a bit savaged in this group for recommending it, on account of the offstage sex.

Abigail wrote: "These are old (1970s, I think), but they match all your categories: Elizabeth Peters, Street of the Five Moons, The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits, [book:Borrower of the Ni..."

Rachel John just published a new book. She writes clean and funny. I ordered it but haven't read it yet. It's called BETTER WITH YOU.

My clean romance HOW THE WEST WAS WED is now available.


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USA Today is doing an exclusive cover reveal of my book
COWBOY CHARM SCHOOL. Let me know what you think.

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I recently read a lovely historical romance (set just after the end of World War I in southern England) called The Wrong Envelope by Liz Treacher. Totally clean, highly recommended!

I recommend this book. It is a YA clean romance.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Do readers here mainly prefer contemporary written and set romances? If anyone is into clean old-fashioned romances written in the mid-20th-century, I recommend Angela Thirkell and D.E. Stevenson

QNPoohBear wrote: "Do readers here mainly prefer contemporary written and set romances? If anyone is into clean old-fashioned romances written in the mid-20th-century, I recommend Angela Thirkell and ..."

I prefer contemporary or American Frontier/historical.

I adore Angela Thirkell and enjoy D. E. Stevenson, but my sense of this group is that it tends toward contemporary. Not exclusively, though!

Betty Neels books are probably the epitome of clean, sweet reads. She wrote a lot of stories for Harlequin after she retired from nursing.
I can also recommend Heather Horrocks, Susan Hatler, Bree Livingston, and Shannon Guymon. The latter four are recent finds of mine I've been enjoying!

If you want to go into the way back machine, I enjoyed the romances of Emilie Loring. She wrote more or less a book a year from the late 1920s to the early 1970s, and each one is a little time capsule of the manners, mores, and fashions of young Americans in that year. Very romantic with an emphasis on good values.

Hello everyone! My ebook Jane and Austen is on sale for 99 cents today on Amazon (6 day promotion). It's a wholesome and fun summer read! https://www.amazon.com/Jane-Austen-St...

I just read a lovely contemporary romance called The Garden of Small Beginnings. There are a couple of hot kisses but otherwise clean, despite some not-explicit talk about sexual relationships. It centers on a mother in her thirties with two young girls whose husband died a few years earlier in a car crash, and it's very funny as well as tender and sad. I adored it!

Autumn Lady

Thank you for adding me to your group! I'm a historical romance author specializing in the Victorian era. My latest novel, Autumn Lady, takes place in 1870 San Francisco. Here is a synopsis of the novel. Happy reading!

Best,
AnneMarie Dapp

Mara McClain is a young Irish immigrant looking to begin anew in Victorian-era San Francisco, after the California Gold Rush. She struggles for both love and independence, as a budding businesswoman in a male-dominated society.

Set amid the fascinating backdrop of San Francisco’s Golden Age, Autumn Lady draws from an eclectic cast of characters, both historical and original. It’s an idiosyncratic journey through the highs and lows, ballrooms and back rooms, alleys and the promenades, and the enchantment and viciousness, of an American city on the brink of a new era.

Autumn Lady is not just the story of Mara McClain, it is the story of both a woman and a city coming of age in one of America’s most exciting historical periods.

Autumn Lady

Start your 4th of July fireworks with a sizzling historical romance! Summer dreams begin with Autumn Lady. Are you ready? #HistoricalRomance #BarbaryCoast #Autumn Lady #Torrid Books

Just a heads up, I’m adding the Sariah Wilson books I’ve read so far to the group bookshelf. (Doing it all at once so hope that’s okay?)

Quick disclaimer, I don’t know the author or have anything to do with the books but thought this was a great place to share. I stumbled upon her clean romance books a few months ago and have enjoyed them so thought it was an author for others to enjoy.

I'm looking for some historical romance novels that take place during or around the Revolutionary War. Does anyone have any good suggestions?

Mercy wrote: "I'm looking for some historical romance novels that take place during or around the Revolutionary War. Does anyone have any good suggestions?"

I haven't read this one personally, but it fits what you're looking for: Petticoat Spy

There is a book called Petticoat Spy by Carol Warburton. I loved it it had the right amount of romance and suspense. I gave it five stars.

Camille wrote: "There is a book called Petticoat Spy by Carol Warburton. I loved it it had the right amount of romance and suspense. I gave it five stars."

Petticoat Spy by Carol Warburton. I shall have to take a look at it. Thank you!

Tiana wrote: "Mercy wrote: "I'm looking for some historical romance novels that take place during or around the Revolutionary War. Does anyone have any good suggestions?"

I haven't read this one personally, but..."

Thank you! I'll go take a look!

I loved Petticoat Spy!!

New Release! ~ A Sweet Small Town Romance you might enjoy. Willow Wood by Sheri Richey

It's free on Kindle Unlimited too.
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Hey all! I am looking for a charming Valentines love story for my senior citizen book club. I would appreciate any suggestions. Needless to say bad language and sex scenes are a no-go! Thanks all!

I just discovered Fiona Hill. I really enjoyed The Country Gentleman and now plan to read through the rest of her romances. Her writing reminds me of a cross between Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, and how do you get better than that?

Kathleen wrote: "I just discovered Fiona Hill. I really enjoyed The Country Gentleman and now plan to read through the rest of her romances. Her writing reminds me of a cross between Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer..."

That does sound good. I should look her up. :-)

A world of difference


It's a beautiful and funny love story set in Spain with engaging characters. I couldn't put it down and I finished it in just a few hours. Not cheesy, typical or predictable at all. It was a great surprise and I felt like I was leaving my friends behind

some of the early Harlequin writers are clean and not quite stock novels. Betty Neels, and Essie Summers come to mind. Mary Stewart in the 60s put out some good whodunit romances, I like My Brother Michael, and my favourite Christian romance author is prob Linda Nichols, esp If I gained the world

Hello!A Cowboy's Runaway

I have just opened my ARC list for an ebook of A Cowboy's Runaway. If you gravitate toward historical romance, you might be interested in signing up.

This is a dual POV, clean romance, found family, enemies to lovers, brooding hero, stubborn heroine, one horse trope, and more!

If you are interested, feel free to click the link to receive an ebook copy on January 31:

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