Romance Novels

[Karrit]

thesurlymermaid said:

stargirl said:

Sounds just like Victoria Holt books, surly mermaid.

Perhaps I should check those out. I kind of enjoy the reading....it doesn't make too many demands of me, and occasionally, the historical aspect of it is somewhat interesting.

One other thing this Cynthia Wright woman always does plotwise....there is always a woman the man has loved in the past...sometimes she's evil, sometimes she was just a heartbreaker, but she was always the reason th man decided love was not for him, despite the fact that his parents have this perfect marriage.

I LOVED Victoria Holt books when I was a teenager. She turned me into an Anglophile.

She has a series of books that she did under the name Phillipa Carr that follows the women of an English family...from about the beginning of the 17th Century up til WWll (I think). Pretty formulaic, but she knows her history, as she also wrote as Jean Plaidy and did some pretty good historical novels.

[venusdiva429]

If you ever want a good laugh, pick up some old-school Loveswepts and Harlequins. Comedy gold- lots of women donning thier slacks, picking up thier pocketbooks, and slow-dancing to sexy sax music. Good times.

Pity some of the older authors date themselves today by using the same terms!

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I was re-reading one of my favorite contemporary romance novels, Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips but I had to skim because the descriptions of the clothes were too hilarious. Rhinestone studded keds, red rompers, patchwork vests (for the heroine) and a silk lavender cowboy shirt for the hero. Sexxxxy!

When I was younger, I never could understand why authors would rewrite their older novels. After reading Heaven, Texas I can understand the desire/necessity. That novel needs some modernization in the details!

At the moment, I am getting back into Catherine Coulter. I read a ton of her stuff about ten years ago but sort of overdosed and stopped pretty abruptly. I have been reading her "Magic" trilogy (Calypso Magic, Moonspun Magic and Midsummer Magic) and the books are awesome. The mysteries are not really that involving, but her supporting characters are almost always perfectly drawn (good enough to elevate the book but not so awesome that you wish the book was about them). I have had to deliberately pace myself because I know her hero and heroine types can get on my nerves after a while but I am totally enjoying the re-reads so far.

[garnet927]

karrit said:

thesurlymermaid said:

Perhaps I should check those out. I kind of enjoy the reading....it doesn't make too many demands of me, and occasionally, the historical aspect of it is somewhat interesting.

One other thing this Cynthia Wright woman always does plotwise....there is always a woman the man has loved in the past...sometimes she's evil, sometimes she was just a heartbreaker, but she was always the reason th man decided love was not for him, despite the fact that his parents have this perfect marriage.

I LOVED Victoria Holt books when I was a teenager. She turned me into an Anglophile.

She has a series of books that she did under the name Phillipa Carr that follows the women of an English family...from about the beginning of the 17th Century up til WWll (I think). Pretty formulaic, but she knows her history, as she also wrote as Jean Plaidy and did some pretty good historical novels.

They aren't romance novels per se, but the Jean Plaidy books are what got me interested in English royalty in my pre-teens.

[sugarhigh]

Judith McNaught's "Once and Always" is my favorite romanc novel of all time. I've read it to literal tatters.

I love Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb. I think I've read at least 75% of her novels. And she has A LOT!

I'm always trying to find this one novel I read when I was about 12 o3 13. It was set in the colonial U.S. Young girl gets kidnapped by the Native Americans. She gets taken as a wife by the Chief's son and wackiness ensues as she tries to be a proper wife but her American rebelliousness always gets her in trouble. I think she gets whipped at one point too. Sound familiar to anyone?

[venusdiva429]

sugarhigh said:

Judith McNaught's "Once and Always" is my favorite romanc novel of all time. I've read it to literal tatters.

I love Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb. I think I've read at least 75% of her novels. And she has A LOT!

I'm always trying to find this one novel I read when I was about 12 o3 13. It was set in the colonial U.S. Young girl gets kidnapped by the Native Americans. She gets taken as a wife by the Chief's son and wackiness ensues as she tries to be a proper wife but her American rebelliousness always gets her in trouble. I think she gets whipped at one point too. Sound familiar to anyone?

That sounds like something Johanna Lindsey would write, except that it would have Vikings, and lots of "Nay! Nay, Thornault!"

[franticjoy]

sugarhigh said:

Judith McNaught's "Once and Always" is my favorite romanc novel of all time. I've read it to literal tatters.

I love Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb. I think I've read at least 75% of her novels. And she has A LOT!

I'm always trying to find this one novel I read when I was about 12 o3 13. It was set in the colonial U.S. Young girl gets kidnapped by the Native Americans. She gets taken as a wife by the Chief's son and wackiness ensues as she tries to be a proper wife but her American rebelliousness always gets her in trouble. I think she gets whipped at one point too. Sound familiar to anyone?

Hmm. Was he 100% Native American? Or did he have a white mother and thus inherit her blue eyes and the everlasting hatred of his tribe? Because if it's the latter, that smacks of Jude Deveraux-ishness

[sugarhigh]

Heh no. I don't think he was mixed and he definitely lived with the tribe. I'm pretty sure that's one book I'll never find.

The most chilling romance novel I ever read was one about this chick whose ex-husband was an artist; one night he raped her and painted a picture of her lying there afterwards. Scarring! Of course, she met a gorgeous man, redecorated his house (she was an interior designer, I think), mrried him and lived happily ever after.

[twistedmartini]

sugarhigh said:

I'm always trying to find this one novel I read when I was about 12 o3 13. It was set in the colonial U.S. Young girl gets kidnapped by the Native Americans. She gets taken as a wife by the Chief's son and wackiness ensues as she tries to be a proper wife but her American rebelliousness always gets her in trouble. I think she gets whipped at one point too. Sound familiar to anyone?

Oh my GOD! I totally read this book when I was a teenager! Did she eventually return to her family and marry some guy who turned out to be gay? Now this is really going to bug me. I'm going to harass my best friend and see if she remembers what the title was.

[lallybroch]

Was it one of those YA "Starfire" romances? They were always set during some pivotal point in US history and the heroine was always a teenager who was "torn" between two men.