Thanks,
Julie

This is such a hard question to answer because I have read so many wonderful books - I don't think I can name just one book. So if you don't mind I'm going to tell you some of my all time favourite books.

Ransom by Julie Garwood - this is my comfort book. I turn to this book when I am feeling low or just want to read some of the best dialogue I have read in a book.

Comanche Moon, Baby Love & Annie's Song - I have enjoyed every book I've read by CA but these three books hold a special place in my heart. The storyline, the characters and dialogue they are very special and incredibly well written.

The Virgin River series by Robyn Carr - all seven books so far have been brilliant especially Shelter Mountain which was book two in this series. The characters are so believeable. I love the fact the readers can follow the lives of all the characters throughout the series.

Paradise & A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught - I love everything about these books - the characters, the storyline. They are so well written - like CA I have loved all of JM books, some more than others. She is a very talented author.

I have so many other book titles I could add to this list - I have read hundreds of books that I have thoroughly enjoyed but I guess the above books come to my mind immediately when asked this question.

Kathy

Comanche Heart by Catherine and Star Bright

I have so many really.

Baby Love by Catherine also.

I do love a good paranormal, time travel, vampire book.

Like Linda Lael Miller alot.

I think my favorite type of book is a western historical though.

Perfect by Judith McNaught...The title says it ALL...the book is perfect...but I will tell you that you prob should read Paradise by Judith McNaught first..Perfect is a stand alone but it just adds to the Pefectness of it all...LOL...

My other ALL time favorite is Saving Grace by Julie Garwood...all I can say about that one is *SIGH...You will laugh out loud and make your family think you are nuts and in the next paragraph you will be crying...I think Gabriel is prob my all time favorite hero...

Jules

I.C.B.B.W.I.....

Like the other ladies have said - it's very hard to choose just one.

With me, it depends on what mood I'm in at the time. Sometimes I like a fun, light read, sometimes a suspenseful read, sometimes an emotional one.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is always high on my list.
My favourite by a current writer is probably Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Sweet Nothings is my favourite by Catherine Anderson.

Joan

EDIT
Kathy, I am not as polite as you asking if we can choose more than one book - I just jumped in and did it anyway!

Specific books are much harder to list, except when they are NOT part of the above list of authors.

Recently I enjoyed Nora Robert's "A Vision in White" and Joy Nash's "A Little Light Magic" I've also come to enjoy Mary Balogh, especially her Slightly series. Debbie Macomber is also good to read, although her books aren't as hot and heavy as some authors are.

There are quite a few good authors out there. I know quite a few board members love Linda Lael Miller, and SEP. I have books by both authors in my 'to be read' pile but haven't picked up the books yet. If I had any advice to a romance newbie, it would be to go to your local library and find a bit of everything. Us girls are pretty good at recommending books that relate to each other once you know what you like.

Happy Reading!

Annies Song - Catherine Anderson - becasue this is a "disabled" character that becomes strong, and is protrayed as loving, helpful, and strong.

A Rose in Winter - Kathleen Woodiwiss - Love this whole story line. Its complex when romance books weren't

LaVyrle Spencer - The Gamble, Endearment, Years - I love this time periods in each of these books. I love the characters...flaws and all. I love the plots as weel. Strong

Lorraine Heath - Leigh brother series - I love the relationship of the brothers, how their lives are intertwined, yet each want something different in life.

Julie Garwood - Saving Grace - This character in this book changes so much. You watch her grow, and Ms. Garwoods humor also has you lol at times.

Sons and Daughters series - various authors - Hard to find a complete set. This is a unique series where each child(well, adult child) get s a quest for their 21st birthday ( I think) and they must complete the quest if they want their present which is normally fabulous. example. The girls name is Venus...shes all about her looks and beauty...her quest, accompany a blind man to help him write his book. Its a challenge for her since she can not use her beauty to charm this man.

Nora Roberts - Montana Sky. 3 sisters(who don't know each other, all different mothers), 1 father( he dies), 1 ranch, 1 condition...stay on the ranch one year to split it equally. Theres differnt story lines, murder, mystery, suspence. Love his.

Maybe I'll just stop with that.

For me I would have to say YesterYear by Dorothy Garlock...

Comanche Moon and Forever After by CA...

The Endearment by Lavyrle Spencer...

The Irish Bride, A Taste of Heaven and a couple of others of Alexis Harrington...

Lee

I, too, can't answer that with just one book....I have a top 5 list that basically always stays the same, except sometimes #2 becomes #1 or #3 becomes #1, lol

But I could live happily if these were the only books I could read for the rest of my life :

Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

Laird of the Mist by Paula Quinn

And there are soooooooooooooo many more that would be tied for like #6 on my all-time favorite reads!!! LOL

Christy

Dianne, I love SEP and I've read all of her books - most of them more than once.

I'll be rereading some of them again soon so I can be ready for Ted's book when it comes out.

Joan

You know, I've read hundreds if not thousands over the years so it's kind of impossible to narrow it to one.

I love all of Catherine's, with some of my favorites being Baby Love, Summer Breeze, Comanche Moon, Annie's Song, just to name a few. However, you all have hit on some of my all time favorites otherwise. For example: Perfect, Paradise, and all the Spencer novels, as well as a few of Krentz, most of Deveraux, and all books by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

The romantic suspense books by Sandra Brown are always a treat!

Last year I ran across Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance and was immediately engrossed. It is one of my all time favorites, I think. I suppose it may not be considered a romance, but fiction novel.

I also like books of Linda Lael Miller, Susan Wiggs, and HQN author Susan Mallery. I just know I'm leaving someone out....oh, I like some of Barbara Delinsky as well. See, if I keep typing long enough I'll come up with more authors I enjoy reading, because there's certainly more I've failed to mention.

Stephanie Vogelsong
Personal Assistant of Catherine Anderson

I'm on the reservations list at the library for Sandra Brown's new book - due out in a couple of weeks.

I've also recently read Susan Wiggs' latest and I have a couple of Susan Mallery's in my TBR pile.

Joan

Where dreams begin, because holly is a short, not perfectly thin woman(like myself)...and I love the relationship between Zach and her daughter.

Blue-eyed devil, simply because its HOT! or should I say hardy Cates is(at least in my mind he is...heehee!!!)

I have read alot of Karen Marie Moning this summer and have enjoyed them soooo much. I don't ever read time travel, but it's done in a different way than any others I've ever read. And once you get through her Highlander series, you start her Fever series, and you will be blown away. It's addicting. And for me, that makes it good writing.

Katy
Connecticut, USA