Bet Me is an excellent book; I'd say it's Crusie's best. If you like historical romance at all, you should check out Eloisa James. Any of her books are good, although I am partial to her most recent series. Lisa Kleypas also writes good historical romance, but you have to be careful because her earlier work is rather uneven. Her Wallflower series is a safe bet, however.
I don't have anyone that writes contemporaries that I recommend as whole-heartedly as Eloisa James. Crusie has other good books, although as with Kleypas her earlier work is weaker than her later books. Kathleen O'Reilly has a good series with the Harlequin Blaze line, but since those novels are serial you will only be able to find them at a used bookstore or through a website that sells used books. Rachel Gibson is good as well.
There's also Norah Roberts. I have only read her contemporaries and a large portion of her "In Death" series, but even her "meh" books are still pretty fab, and some (I'm thinking Angel's Fall here) are great.
Blah, blah, blah.... this is what happens when I get started on romance novels. I can always rec something.
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Date: 2008-12-31 02:24 am (UTC)I don't have anyone that writes contemporaries that I recommend as whole-heartedly as Eloisa James. Crusie has other good books, although as with Kleypas her earlier work is weaker than her later books. Kathleen O'Reilly has a good series with the Harlequin Blaze line, but since those novels are serial you will only be able to find them at a used bookstore or through a website that sells used books. Rachel Gibson is good as well.
There's also Norah Roberts. I have only read her contemporaries and a large portion of her "In Death" series, but even her "meh" books are still pretty fab, and some (I'm thinking Angel's Fall here) are great.
Blah, blah, blah.... this is what happens when I get started on romance novels. I can always rec something.