Comments on: Classic Romances Part 2: I Wish You’d Come Back

By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:02:44 +0000

I looove Judith Ivory/Judy Cuevas!!! I’ve read “Bliss” and “The Proposition” and I re-read them everytime I need a romance fix.

For the authors who have gotten frustrated with the mainstream publishing business, why not self-publish your work and put them up in the Internet?

By: Anne Stuart

Anne Stuart — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:43:49 +0000

Wonderful list. I think Judy Cuevas is alive and well, just concentrating on being a grandmother.
The thing is, this business really takes the heart out of you sometimes. It beats you up, and then expects you to come back for more, and many writers, particularly the brilliant ones who never got the recognition they deserved, finally say the hell with it and walk away.
I could never stop writing. But I sure the hell could walk away from the crazy brutality of the publishing world.
Ditto on Joanna Bourne, Sherry Thomas, Meredith Duran. I would lay down and die for Judy Cuevas and Laura Kinsale.
But sometimes enough is enough.

By: Helen McKenna

Helen McKenna — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:04:55 +0000

Oh how I miss Katherine Sutcliffe.She was a brilliant author and every book of hers was as good as the last one I read , whether it be historical or contemporary.On a later note, whatever happened to Samantha Saxon, her trilogy was excellent.

By: Judy W.

Judy W. — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:14:03 +0000

The pinnacle of used books is Alibris. Better world Books library is linked to it as well as Yankee Clipper etc. Its more like a used bookstore clearing house. I also could not afford the price of a used Bliss until I found this website and saw one listed for around $6. Yeah!!

By: Keishon

Keishon — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:35:35 +0000

I’m right there with you with Judith Ivory/Judy Cuevas. I thought she was awesome. I loved Bliss and Dance and some of her Avon titles. I wish she would return but I’ve come to accept that she won’t. However, I do enjoy Meredith Duran and take solace in her writing at the moment.

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By: B Bauschka

B Bauschka — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:05:28 +0000

Laura Kinsale—please write a new novel. Also, how I wish Barbara Samuels would go back to regency/historical romances.

By: Kathy W.

Kathy W. — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:24:37 +0000

SO psyched for more of Carla Kelly in e-book!!!!! Yay!!!! (But I will still hold on to my “moldy oldies”) Thank you Carla!!

By: Judy K

Judy K — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:12:24 +0000

My first romance novel was “Hummingbird” by LaVyrle Spencer (sigh) and I was mesmerized by her talent in telling wonderful stories, of course I have read everything on her book list more than once, I do wish she would take up her pen and share more stories with her fans.
As a few others have mentioned Judith McNaught, she too is one I miss.

By: Jean Wan

Jean Wan — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:54:05 +0000

Carla Kelly: Yep, Reforming Lord Ragsdale, Daughter of Fortune, Miss Whittier Makes a List, Summer Campaign,Libby’s London Merchant, One Good Turm, The Wedding Journey, in fact, most of my Signets moldy oldies will be out this year. Some I’ve returned to Signet, and some to Cedar Fort, which yes, really needs to improve its ebook delivery. I can pass on your comments to them. I’m about to re-up with Harlequin Historicals for two more books, and if you like the sea stories, I’m game. I’m also working on a mystery series set in 1780 New Mexico, still a colony of Spain, except that Spain, weak, is withdrawing from the frontier and leaving the sturdy colonists to their own salvation.I keep busy.

Thanks so much for responding, Carla. I think I speak for quite a few of us when I say that your news makes us very happy.