Comfort Reads discussion

Hey!! I have just recently got into Teresa Medeiros' works and I have enjoyed Nobody's Darling and A Kiss to Remember. Was there any other historical romance novels that you have read?

I've read a few historical romances. Tho to be honest I can't think of any at the moment. (blushing)

Thanks, Ronyell, for starting this thread. I can't believe that we didn't already have a historical romance thread.

It seems to be a popular sub-genre on Goodreads. I added a historical-romance shelf to our bookshelves rather than shelf as historical-fiction and romance.

Lee, If you want to delete the shelf, and shelve these under historical-fiction and romance, feel free. But since we have a historical-mysteries shelf in addition to our historical-fiction shelf, I thought I'd add it for now.

Lisa wrote: "Thanks, Ronyell, for starting this thread. I can't believe that we didn't already have a historical romance thread."

You're welcome Lisa!

I have no problem with a historical romance bookshelf. It seems to be a very popular genre. I enjoy the occasional Regency Romance myself and I know I've discussed Georgette Heyer's work in another thread.

What were Georgette Heyer's works like?

Georgette Heyer was one of the first historical romance writers. Here is an article from Wikipedia about her:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgett...

My favorite historical romances are by Julie Garwood. I love The Secret and The Prize. I think I've read them both five times. I did learn later that The Secret is part of a series, followed by Ransom and Shadow Music. Ransom was good, but I didn't care for Shadow Music as much.

Another that I love is A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux. Although for that one, look for the original verson, not the special edition. In the special edition she added about 50 pages of stuff to make one of the characters an alcoholic and screwed up, imo, the storyline. Otherwise, it's a wonderful time travel historical romance that I've read more than once.

Lee wrote: "Georgette Heyer was one of the first historical romance writers. Here is an article from Wikipedia about her:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgett..."

Thanks Lee!!

ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "My favorite historical romances are by Julie Garwood. I love The Secret and The Prize. I think I've read them both five times. I did learn later that The Secret is part ..."

Julie Garwood sounds like a great author Briansgirl! I'll have to check out her books!

I recently read Acheron. It's kind of an Adult-oriented book because of all the sexual encounters and language. Still, it was an amazing book. It involved a lot of Greek Mythology, and the mystery of Atlantis (So, it is Historical). Over all, it was a romance, but that didn't really kick in until around page 160.

Sara wrote: "I recently read Acheron. It's kind of an Adult-oriented book because of all the sexual encounters and language. Still, it was an amazing book. It involved a lot of Greek Mythology, and the mystery ..."

I love Greek Mythology! I just might be interested in this book!

Ronyell wrote: "Julie Garwood sounds like a great author Briansgirl! I'll have to check out her books! "

She writes really great historicals. Maybe it's no surprise, but my british fiance reminds me alot of the hero from The Secret. However, I don't dare tell him that! lol

ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "Julie Garwood sounds like a great author Briansgirl! I'll have to check out her books! "

She writes really great historicals. Maybe it's no surprise, but my british fiance remind..."

Your fiance is from Britain? That's great! :)

Ronyell wrote: "Your fiance is from Britain? That's great! :) "

Yep, and I'm from the good ol US of A.

ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "Your fiance is from Britain? That's great! :) "

Yep, and I'm from the good ol US of A."

LOL!! So am I!

Has anyone read any of Lisa Kleypas' works? I have so far read Mine Till Midnight and I really enjoyed that book!!! Were there any other Lisa Kleypas' books you have all read?

Yep, I've read Mine Till Midnight - thought it was a bit cheesy, but quite open to the possibility of reading more of hers.

Darkpool wrote: "Yep, I've read Mine Till Midnight - thought it was a bit cheesy, but quite open to the possibility of reading more of hers."

Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to reading more of Lisa Kleypas' works after this book!

Ronyell wrote: "Has anyone read any of Lisa Kleypas' works? I have so far read Mine Till Midnight and I really enjoyed that book!!! Were there any other Lisa Kleypas' books you have all read?"

I haven't read Mine Till Midnight yet. But I've read Lisa Kleypas' Dreaming of You and really enjoyed it! I'm planning to read the Wallflower Series soon

@Vicki,
Yeah! I'm planning on reading the Wallflower series too! I heard that they were great!

Sandra Brown has a couple really good ones: Another Dawn and Hidden Fires.