Romance, Historical or Otherwise discussion

Hi Everyone:
I'm Judy and I love to read, but today the books seem monotonous and boring. Could someone please recommend some good romance books for me? I love Harlequins and Silhouette. I like steamy but clean romance stories. I also enjoy romantic mysteries, and romantic comedies. Thank you very much.

Could you name a few authors you like?

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Debbie Maccomber, Susan Mallery

I just found Jill Marie Landis and Colleen Colbe. They are both very good.

I loved This Heart of Mine, she has some great books. Love Mary Balogh or paranormal romance has many great books.

Judy, if you like Debbie Maccomber you might like to try out Susan Wiggs. She writes contemporary and historical romance. She's kind of the same ilk as Debbie. I'm a fan of Debbie myself.

Susan Wiggs

My other favorite Harlequin/Silhouette authors are: Charlotte Lamb, Barbara McMahon, Jessica Hart, Liz Fielding, Rebecca Winters, Caroline Anderson, Jessica Steele, Emma Darcy, Lucy Gordon, and Margaret Way. I think they're all pretty clean, but I've read so many I can't quite remember.

If you haven't read Pamela Clare you really should. Her McKinnon Rangers Series is amazing.

Another great series is Lisa Kleypas... , Wallflowers Series is funny, smart and fresh. She also have a few contemporary novels.

Lavyrle Spencer, She wrote such good romances, so heart warming

By clean do you mean no sex at all or do you mean it can be there but more of a closed door or low-detail thing?

I'm confused as to what "steamy but clean" means. But here are some good authors to consider:

Lisa Kleypas
Mary Balogh
Christina Dodd
Susan Mallery
Nora Roberts
Julie Garwood

Maybe she wants steamy, but not explicit details involving the act itself? No words describing genitalia, perhaps? That's about the only conclusion I could come to.

Oh my gosh, I can't believe I forgot Julie Garwood! She's one of my favorites! I think I kept her out bc I wasn't sure if the love scenes in her book fit the requirement of steamy clean. Lol

Jen, Sinatra fan wrote: "Maybe she wants steamy, but not explicit details involving the act itself? No words describing genitalia, perhaps? That's about the only conclusion I could come to.

Oh my gosh, I can't believe I ..."

I always wish for a "like" button on this site!

Hahaha…me too, Leslie.

I forgot Maggie Osborn she is good too

One of my faves is Lori Foster

If you like some funny stories try Lynsay Sands. She has a Paranormal series as well as some Medieval one. She has a brilliant wit to all her stories and I have always laughed out loud with her stories!

Try Johanna lindsay good stories ,good romances.

Johanna Lindsey is wonderful. Also, Danielle Steel, Barbara Delinsky, Jude Deveraux, and if you don't mind really steamy, Jackie Collins!

@Carolyn, I am going to have to try Lynsay Sands.

Cindy Holbrook writes clean regency romances that have an element of intrigue yet lots of fun. Lord Sayer's Ghost and Lady Megan's Masquerade are both clean and fun.

Amanda Quick is another regency romance writer that might be on more on the steamy side. Stephanie Laurens is another one.

Thank you, Jean.

I like these book by Sam Crescent they are very sexy.

Patricia wrote: "Thank you, Jean."

Your welcome. :)

Annette wrote: "I like these book by Sam Crescent they are very sexy.


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Thanks, Annette.

I would recommend Susan Andersen (especially her sisterhood diaries series), Julie James, Kristan Higgins, Lisa Kleypas, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Jill Shalvis.... and if you would want to venture out to a little more explicit (though not all that explicit imho) my absolute favourite author is Kristen Ashley and other authors I love are Toni Blake, Rachel Gibson, Thea Harrison.