2007-06-30 06:29:36 · 6 answers · asked by - 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
One of my all time favourite Romanitic Novels has to be "Ramona" by Helen Jackson. I loved it when I read many, many years ago and have loved it since.
Also any book by Dorothy Eden. If you can get "Never Call it Loving" you will love it.
One of my favourite writers, Daphne DuMaurier, is a must to read if you like Romantic Novels.. My Cousin Rachel, Frenchman's Creek, Jamaica Inn, are all modern classics.
Santa Montefiore is also a real good Romantic Writer, try reading her "The Forget-Me-Not-Sonata", and "The Swallow and the Hummingbird".
Johanna Lindsey, Julie Garwood, Rosamunde Pilcher, Belva Plain, Beatrice Small, Teresa Medeiro are all great Historical Romance Writers. I have read many of their books.. Enjoyed everyone I read.
Danille Steele, "The Kiss", "The Promise" "Jewels" and "Answered Prayers" are all very good read if you are looking for a good modern Romance.
Andrew M. Greeley does not write Romance, but "Star Bright" is a short and lovely Romance in the same kind of style as Nickolas Sparks "The Notebook" and "The Wedding". Also try reading Andrew Greeley's "A Christmas Wedding" and "Irish Eyes"
Try getting a copy of "The Bridge of Madison County" by Robert James Waller, you will love it, if you love Romance. It will stay with you for a long time.
I have read Kristian Hannah and I love her books, one that is real special is.. "The Enchantment.. You will love it.
Of course you can always read the Classics by Emily and Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a Classic and must read. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is also one classic you cannot miss.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy is a classic I just loved.
Leo Tolstoy, "Anna Karenina" is also another must read Classic as is " Madame Bovary" by Gastave Flaubert.
I know I have given you more than one Romantic Novel but I had so many that I could not stop. I have read many novels, and thought you might like some that I have picked for you..
Well Enjoy your summer reads.
2007-06-30 09:21:41 · answer #1 · answered by Mari-Mari 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, you can go with the classics. Pretty much all of the works of the Brontes and Jane Austen are on Gutenberg, and all are worth reading. A great mystery/romance of the Victorian era is The Moonstone by Collins, or you could go to Wives and Daughters by Mrs Gaskell. The works of Walter Scott blend romance with adventure. For a more complex narrative, you could try something by Trollope.
2007-06-30 07:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by A M Frantz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try novels by Jane Austin, or the Bronte sisters. Try Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, or Wuthering Heights. There is a reason why these are called classics.
2007-06-30 06:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by pughatton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Unwilling Vestal by Edwin White. The heroine has chosen her husband and he's agreed, but when the Vestals (priestesses of Vesta) choose her to join their number, she must do her duty. For thirty years she must remain a virgin and serve the goddess first. Her beloved decides to wait for her and has his own adventures which she sometimes knows about.
Oh, in case you don't know it, there was only one penalty for a Vestal Virgin caught with a man. She would be lowered, still alive, into a crypt and given a candle, bread and water. The crypt would then be sealed and covered.
"The Unwilling Vestal" will educate you about the priestesses and there's enough of a love story to keep you interested.
2007-06-30 06:44:04 · answer #4 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read this book
The song of Solomon the expurgated verses unexpurgated plus the Daughters of Lot the deleted verses
http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/books/poetry/songsolomon.pdf
2007-06-30 07:42:14 · answer #5 · answered by ANN 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
'Twilight' series by Stephanie Meyer. It's about a forbidden love between a regular girl and a vampire.
2007-06-30 10:50:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋