Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired discussion

Which paranormal romance authors are your favorites and why? Do you have any authors whom you love, but perhaps are not so well known now? Please share!

I have so many, but overall Maggie Shayne and Amanda Ashley are my two all time favorite paranormal romance authors. I like them because they focus mainly on vampire romance, which is my favorite subgenre. Their writing always seems to grab me and most of the time I connect (on some level) to the heroine and am always sympathetic with the hero.

Maggie Shayne's Wings in the Night series is AMAZING!
and many, many more!

Well, Mercedes Lackey writes a mean PNR. Even tho she's usually filed under fantasy or UF at the book stores. But her Bardic Voices series is a lovely PNR series.

I love Charlaine Harris, Jeaniene Frost, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Sunny and Kelly Armstrong, so far. There's another author, but I'm blanking on her name although I can see the book (not the title either) in my head.

My favorite pnr/ urban fantasy romance authors are Richelle Mead, Patricia Briggs, Nalini Singh, and Karen Marie Moning. I also love Maria V. Snyder, but I don't think she's considered a pnr author.

I want to ad Jeri Smith-Ready to my list.

Oh--we haven't listed Katie MacAlister yet. In addition to PNR/UF she also writes--historical romances, modern romances and YA. Most all of them have some kind of humour in them too.

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Well, Mercedes Lackey writes a mean PNR. Even tho she's usually filed under fantasy or UF at the book stores. But her Bardic Voices series is a lovely PNR series.
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I found a copy of The Lark And The Wren, book 1 in the Bardic Voices series at the used bookstore the other day. They didn't have any of the other books in the Bardic Voices series. I was wondering if this series was one of those where evey book has a cliffhanger ending.

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Oh--we haven't listed Katie MacAlister yet. In addition to PNR/UF she also writes--historical romances, modern romances and YA. Most all of them have some kind of humour in them too."

I absolutely loved The Trouble With Harry. Was a really funny/sweet book. That was the first book I had read by Katie MacAlister.

Michelle--no, most of them are semi-stand alones. There is some interweaving of the general "history" of the society. But not cliffhangers.

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Michelle--no, most of them are semi-stand alones. There is some interweaving of the general "history" of the society. But not cliffhangers."

Thanks Ann :)

I love Katie MacAlister she makes me laugh and also Patricia Biggs!

Ann wrote: "I love Katie MacAlister she makes me laugh and also Patricia Biggs!"

I second Patricia Briggs. I've only read two Katie MacAlister novels. I loved one, and didn't care for the other. Maybe I'll have to give a few more of her books a try.

with Katie MacAlister, I like her vampires books better then her dragons books but that is just me lol...

What about Shelly Laurenston. I loved some of her stories--they just have me giggling the entire time I'm reading them. Her others are interesting too, and I like her world building.

I'm going to add Kresley Cole to my list! The IAD series seems to get better and better with each book.

I've become a huge fan of the Women of the Otherworld series written by Kelley Armstrong.

Kelley Armstrong and Cassandra Clare are two of my favourites!