Mary Balogh’s Slightly Married
My next Regency read is Mary Balogh’s Slightly Married, which came to my attention from NPR’s 2015 list of top 100 romances. In terms of research and plot, it was …
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Julia Quinn’s The Viscount Who Loved Me
Last time, we learned from Johanna Lindsey that large families can be hilarious. So why not make an even larger family for even more hilarity? While this may sound implausible, …
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Johanna Lindsey’s Gentle Rogue
I think I would have enjoyed Gentle Rogue much more if I weren’t still cringing and jumping at the slightest shadows after Whitney, My Love. Gentle Rogue is the sort …
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Judith McNaught’s Whitney My Love
When I was putting together the Romancelandia Glossary, “wall banger” was one of the terms that was new to me. My mother, who worked in a library while pregnant with …
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Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
A recent bout of food poisoning means a sick day read: Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. I read it sometime in my adolescence and not since, but Alcott’s been on …
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Martial Arts Romance
A little over a week ago, I turned in my book manuscript (with a huge sigh of relief) to my copy editor and left town the next day for a …
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Georgette Heyer’s The Corinthian
After reading The Grand Sophy, I decided I needed a second Heyer to more adequately think about such a prolific and long-writing author. It was hard enough to choose among …
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Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy
With over thirty romance novels published between 1921 an 1974, Georgette Heyer is to Regency romance as Agatha Christie is to detective novels. I had a lot of trouble choosing …
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