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Old Favorites – I mean really old favorites

May 2nd, 2010 | 4 Comments

I was sorting through some old posts and ran across this list. Hey, I said I was doing some spring cleaning. I think I put this together back when I first created Beverly’s Book Sanctuary, which make it about 1998-99. I could probably be even more precise if I dated the books although some of them were probably published before that. Anyway, I thought I’d toss it out there again just for the memories some of the titles evoke. I mean, wow, have I come a lone way in just a decade, more or less, cause there ain’t an ebook or erotic romance title on the list that I can see. Heck, there’s barely any paranormals… ;-) The Christmas Cat anthology In Our Dreams anthology (York / Henke / Kirk / Cummings / Evans / McFadden / Miller / Potter … Read entire article »

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There be dragons here

November 12th, 2009 | Comments Off

Recently while looking for something to read that had dragons in it, I was digging through my ebook shelves and realized that I’d collected quite a few favorite dragon shifter stories. How that came to be, I’m not quite sure since dogs and cats are what usually pass for the norm in shifters. Anyway, I thought I’d share my list of top author & series that I tend to reread the most. And, yeah, quite a few of them are labeled erotic romances, but not all. D’Arc, Bianca – Dragon Knights Maiden Flight (erotic romance) Border Lair (erotic romance) Ice Dragon (romance) Prince of Spies (erotic romance) Wings of Change (erotic romance) Fire Drake (erotic romance) Dragon Storm (erotic romance) due out Nov 17, 2009 Aiken, G. A. – Dragon Kin Dragon Actually (romance/paranormal) About A Dragon (romance/paranormal) Mumford, Debbie Sorchas’ Heart … Read entire article »

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Travel to romance & mystery

August 16th, 2009 | 9 Comments

A post Maili wrote a month or so ago about exotic locales in romances got me nostalgic for some of the “travelogue romances” of yore. Now, granted there were some good points made during that discussion about the difference between stories about visitors and actual natives of various locations but I still have fond memories of some of the old series romances that featured these types of stories. Prime examples of this sub-genre are the books written by author Glenna Finley. Although a lot of Finley’s contemporary books do take place in the Pacific Northwest, many of them are scattered all over the globe. So, since I have what amounts to an original numbered set of her paperbacks from Signet New American Library – a collection of them that I’ve reread … Read entire article »

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The ones I reach for all the time

August 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment

I was thinking the other day that I hadn’t updated my list of top favorite romances in quite a while. At least not since before I started reading more ebooks than print anyways. So, it was probably time to take a look and see what was what. This is the “Top Ten” list I finally settled on, in alpha order for now because I haven’t figured out any particular ranking for them. Yet. D’Arc, Bianca: The Ice Dragon Fletcher, Donna: Tame My Wild Touch Foster, Lori: Too Much Temptation Greene, Tilly: Zandia Krentz, Jayne Ann: Shield’s Lady Laurens, Stephanie: The Perfect Lover Laurenston, Shelly: Here Kitty, Kitty Leigh, Jenna: The Wolf’s Heart Lovelace, Merline: The Captain’s Woman Mima: Wild Within Quick, Amanda: Dangerous Sinclair, Linnea: Games of Command See, the thing is that I started out trying to go for the top … Read entire article »

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New top favorites list

October 6th, 2006 | Comments Off

I’m eventually going to put this list on a page, but since I haven’t decided how I’m going to list them there yet, here’s the current rough draft of the listing in alpha by author order. Basically, the main criteria I used to look for those books that I tend to reread a lot and I may still need to do some weeding and adding. AUTHOR TITLE A-Anthology Knights of Christmas (Harlequin Historicals, No 387) A-Anthology Lovescape A-Anthology Scottish Brides A-Anthology The Truth About Cats & Dogs Alexander, Victoria Wedding Bargain Archer, Ellen Tiger Lil Avery, Anne Hidden Heart Barnett, Jill Dreaming Barnett, Jill Wonderful Bertin, Joanne Last Dragonlord Beverley, Jo Lord of Midnight Bond, Stephanie Got Your Number Byron, Eve My Lord Stranger Carroll, Susan Wooing of Miss Masters : The Bishop’s Daughters Chase, Loretta Mr. Impossible (Berkley Sensation) Christie, Agatha ABC Murders Christie, Agatha Cards on the Table Christie, Agatha Murder in Retrospect Christie, Agatha Murder Is Announced Christie, Agatha Murder of Roger Ackroyd Christie, Agatha Murder on the Orient Express Christie, Agatha Partners in Crime Christie, … Read entire article »

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Arrr, there be pirates here

September 19th, 2006 | 5 Comments

You know, I could’ve sworn I didn’t have all that many pirates pillaging through my romances but when I checked my Readerware I discovered almost 25. Who’d have thought. This listing also proves what I mean about how eclectic my tastes are because there’s everything from contemporary pirate fantasies to space pirates in it. I may add links later but I wanted to get the list out first. Anthology: In Bed With the Wild One / In Bed With the Pirate (Duets, 30) – This is actually a double book as you can see but I have anything with more than one author and story listed as anthology for simplicity sake. If I remember correctly, the pirate element here was that the couples in both stories were visiting a bed & breakfast … Read entire article »

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From superheroes and pirates to . . . barbarians???

July 12th, 2006 | 24 Comments

Yes, I’m suddenly obsessed with finding a romance featuring a barbarian. And I’m not even sure what I’m looking for. So, help, please. Okay, yeah, I know that was a little too vague but you know how these reading cravings are. Sometimes they are vague. All I know is that the other night I found myself looking at my shelves and thinking I was extremely tired of reading about barbarians lurking under civilized veneers in contemporaries, Regencies and, heck, even some medievals. Suddenly, I wanted the real thing. Whatever that is. The closest I’ve come so far from off my shelves is Stobie Piel’s Lord of the Dark Sun and, doggone it, if the hero doesn’t turn into a pirate captain on a space ship a third of the way through the book. Not quite what I was thinking … Read entire article »

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