romance novels I've read

As what I consider to be a relatively erudite person, I used to hang my head in shame for having devoured the following books. But now I just shrug and tell people to get over it. If Mary Bly can do it (and do it so damn well), then I feel okay about unmasking myself. The list below represents my best guesses as to what I've read since approximately 1993 and does not include the hundreds--yes, literally hundreds (well, over a hundred at least) of "short" form Harlequin/Silhouette/Harlequin Desire novels I would buy 5 for $1. There were some summers I remember spending entire weeks holed up in my room reading about 8 of them a day. Yes, 8 (they're short!). To put this in perspective, this past summer I read about three books a day on and off for about a month.


Brown, Sandra:
(various)

Coulter, Catherine:
The Countess
The Courtship
The Rebel Bride
The Heir
The Duke
Lord Harry
The Wyndham Legacy
The Nightingale Legacy
The Valentine Legacy
The Sherbrooke Bride
The Hellion Bride
The Heiress Bride
Mad Jack
Warrior's Song
Fire Song
Earth Song
Secret Song
Evening Star (original title Sweet Surrender)
Midnight Star
Wild Star
The Cove
The Maze
Afterglow (a truly terrible novel)
Midsummer Magic
Calypso Magic
Moonspun Magic
The Sherbrooke Twins
Lyon's Gate
The Wild Baron
Warrior's Song
Fire Song

Deveraux, Jude:
A Knight in Shining Armor
The Heiress
Wishes
The Duchess
Someone to Love
Temptation
The Maiden
First Impressions
Lavender Morning
(and many many others, though I can't recall the names)

Feather, Jane:
A Wicked Gentleman

Foley, Gaelen:
The Pirate Prince
The Duke
Prince Charming
Devil Takes a Bride
His Wicked Kiss
One Night of Sin
Lord of Fire
Lord of Ice
Lady of Desire

Garwood, Julie:
The Bride
The Gift
The Wedding
(and many others)

Gracie, Anne:
The Perfect Rake
The Perfect Stranger
The Perfect Waltz

Hutchinson, Bobby:
You Go to My Head

*James, Eloisa:
· Potent Pleasures
· Midnight Pleasures
· Enchanting Pleasures
· Duchess in Love
· Fool for Love
· A Wild Pursuit
· Your Wicked Ways
· Much Ado About You
· Kiss Me Annabel
· The Taming of the Duke
· Pleasure for Pleasure
· Desperate Duchesses
· An Affair Before Christmas
· Duchess By Night
· When the Duke Returns
· This Duchess of Mine
· A Duke of Her Own

*James is currently my very favorite romance author--simply put, her writing is witty, sensuous, and very smart. In fact, she's a tenured English professor and wrote a 2005 NY Times op-ed article defending the romance genre (click to enlarge):



Jordan, Nicole:
Desire

Jordan, Sophie:
One Night With You

Kaiser, Janice:
Wilde at Heart

Kleypas, Lisa:
Because You're Mine
It Happened One Autumn
Devil in Winter
Scandal in Spring
Stranger in My Arms

Krentz, Jayne Ann:
(various and many; see also Quick, Amanda)

*Kurland, Lynn:
Stardust of Yesterday
A Dance Through Time
This is All I Ask
The Very Thought of You
Another Chance to Dream
The More I See You
If I Had You
From This Moment On
When I Fall in Love
With Every Breath

Lamb, Arnette:
(I have definitely read one of her novels, but I can't remember which)

Lindsey, Johanna:
*Man of My Dreams (I read this several times while living in Marseille; taken from a bookcase o' free books in Venasque)
Say You Love Me
A Loving Scoundrel
Captive of My Desires
You Belong To Me
Marriage Most Scandalous
The Heir

Mann, Catherine
Executive's Surprise Baby

McCarthy, Erin:
You Don't Know Jack

McNaught, Judith:
Whitney, My Love
Remember When
Until You
A Kingdom of Dreams

Medieros, Theresa:
Breath of Magic
Touch of Enchantment

Michaels, Lynn:
Second Sight HT-449

Miller, Linda Lael:
Taming Charlotte
Sierra's Homecoming
High Country Bride

Neggers, Carla:
Night Watch

Quick, Amanda:
Seduction
Surrender
Scandal
Rendezvous
Ravished
Reckless
Deception
Desire
Dangerous
Mistress
Mystique
Mischief
Affair
With This Ring
I Thee Wed
Wicked Widow
Slightly Shady
Second Sight
Wait Until Midnight
The Paid Companion

*Quinn, Julia:
· Splendid
· Dancing at Midnight
· Everything and the Moon
· Brighter than the Sun
· To Catch an Heiress
· How to Marry a Marquis
· The Duke and I
· The Viscount Who Loved Me
· An Offer From a Gentleman
· Romancing Mister Bridgerton
· To Sir Phillip, With Love
· When He Was Wicked
· It's In His Kiss
· On the Way to the Wedding
· The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
· The Lost Duke of Wyndham
· Mr. Cavendish, I Presume
· What Happens in London
· The First Kiss from the anthology Lady Whistledown Strikes Back
· A Tale of Two Sisters from the anthology Where's My Hero?
· 36 Valentines from the anthology The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown
· Gretna Greene from the anthology Scottish Brides

Robards, Karen:
*Irresistible (I read this several times in Marseille; taken from the bookcase o' free books in Venasque)

Roberts, Nora: (possibly incomplete or over-ambitious)
Key of Valor
Key of Light
Key of Knowledge
Three Fates (in French!)
Hot Ice
Private Scandals
The Villa
The Reef
Midnight Bayou
Finding the Dream
Holding the Dream
Daring to Dream
Born in Shame
Born in Ice
Born in Fire
True Betrayals
Honest Illusions
Charmed
Entranced
Captivated
Jewels of the Sun
Tears of the Moon
Heart of the Sea
Dance Upon the Air
Heaven and Earth
Face the Fire

Ross, JoAnn:
The Prince & the Showgirl

Thomson, Vicki Lewis:
Talking About Sex...

Thorpe, Kay:
Bought By a Billionaire

Sanders, Glenda:
Dr. Hunk (4/1993) - HT-437

White, Tiffany:
Naughty Talk


(I'd like to get my hands on one called The Naked Duke by Sally Mackenzie. The cover looks interesting and funny. Also: The Proposition by Judith Ivory)