I thought I'd take a page from the AAR (All About Romance) site and give you a short overview of my romance reading tastes.

Favorite Romance: Seize the Fire by Laura Kinsale
Favorite Romance Author:
Anne Stuart
Christina Dodd
Favorite Funny: Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Most-Hanky Read: tie between Never Love a Cowboy by Lorraine Heath and Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Most Luscious Love Story: Anything by Lisa Kleypas
Most Tortured Hero: Zarek from Dance With the Devil
Feistiest Heroine: Jessica Trent from Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Favorite Hero: three way tie between Samuel Gerard from The Shadow and The Star, Zarek from Dance With The Devil and Carter McKoy from The Texan's Wager
Favorite Heroine: Jessica Trent from Lord of Scoundrels
Favorite Couple: tie between Jessica Trent and Sebastian Ballister from Lord of Scoundrels and Bailee and Carter McKoy from The Texan's Wager
Favorite Family: The Drakes by Laura Renken
Most Annoying Hero or Heroine: The hero from The Velvet Promise by Jude Deveraux. I hated him so much that it's the only JD book I actually gave away. What a total bastard (pardon my French)
Best Discovery/Buried Treasure: Jodi Thomas
Your Biggest Glom: Lisa Kleypas
Best Villain: Daniel De Ribard in Rightfully His by Tracy Grant. What a manipulative, amoral scumbag.
Favorite Medieval: Born in Sin by Kinley MacGregor
Favorite Regency: Tallie's Knight by Anne Gracie
Favorite European Historical: Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
Favorite American/Western Historical Romance: The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas
Favorite Contemporary Romance: Some Girls Do by Leanne Banks
Favorite Series Romance: The Soldier and The Baby by Anne Stuart
Favorite Romantic Suspense: Ritual Sins by Anne Stuart
Favorite Other Romance: Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Author You Gave Up On: Catherine Coulter
Author Others Love That You Don't: Nora Roberts
Most Disappointing Read: Out of Sight by Cherry Adair
Worst Read: I can't really say right now
Most Purple Prose: Sinful Secrets by Thea Devine

Danielle



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