April 29, 2008:
The bouquets of romance (12 titles per author if their backlist is at least that
large/more if there are ties) shown here are a result of polls for favorite books by favorite authors. We originally conducted eight polls over a two year period ending in 2002. We re-polled to update and add to these "bouquets" in 2006, and have just begun, once more, to update and add to them. We know based on feedback that these bouquets are extremely useful for readers looking to try a new-to-them author (many print out these pages for UBS visits).
The authors may have
published 100 books or only five; the titles listed here are
the favorites for our readers as they ranked them during the
voting process. Readers who participated submitted their ranked
lists of up to (but no more than) 12 titles per author, with
1 as their favorite. You'll find the results below; all authors for whom bouquets were added or updated in 2008 are so noted.
The Secret Swan
The Smoke Thief
The Truelove Bride
A Kiss At Midnight
Intimate Enemies
The Promise of Rain
A Rose in Winter
The Last Mermaid
Cherry Adair
March 2006
Kiss and Tell
In Too Deep
Hide and Seek
Out of Sight
On Thin Ice
Hot Ice
Take Me
The Mercenary
Seducing Mr. Right
Dance with the Devil (Date with A Devil)
Off Limits
Getting Her Man
Absolute Trouble
All Night Long
Her Bodyguard
One Way Out
A Great Catch
Victoria Alexander
April 2006
The Marriage Lesson
The Husband List
Love With The Proper Husband
The Wedding Bargain
The Prince's Bride
The Pursuit of Marriage
When We Meet Again
The Lady in Question
Believe
Let it Be Love
A Visit from Sir Nicholas
Her Highness, My Wife
Head Over Heels
Exposure
Be My Baby
Getting Lucky
Baby, I'm Yours
Baby, Don't Go
All Shook Up
Obsessed
Present Danger
Hot and Bothered
Skintight
On Thin Ice
Catherine Anderson
June 2006
Annie's Song
Baby Love
Phantom Waltz
Keegan's Lady
Always in My Heart
Blue Skies
Simply Love
Sweet Nothings
Forever After
Cherish
Seventh Heaven
Summer Breeze
Slighty Dangerous
A Summer To Remember
The Secret Pearl
More Than a Mistress
The Notorious Rake
Slightly Married
One Night for Love
Slightly Scandalous
The Temporary Wife
Heartless
A Precious Jewel
Lord Carew's Bride
Leanne Banks
April 2006
Some Girls Do
Feet First
When She's Bad
Underfoot
The Lone-Rider Takes A Bride
The Playboy & Plain Jane
Millionaire Dad
Expectant Father
Santa Slave (short story 1)
A Rancher in Her Stocking (short story 2)
Between Duty and Desire
The Five-Minute Bride
The Secretary And The Millionaire
Bewitching
Wicked
Wonderful
Wild
Dreaming
Imagine
Just a Kiss Away
Carried Away
Sentimental Journey
The heart's Haven
Daniel & the Angel (A Holiday of Love)
Surrender a Dream
Rexanne Becnel
May 2006
The Heartbreaker
The Matchmaker
A Dove at Midnight
Dangerous to Love
The Bridemaker
The Maiden Bride
The Troublemaker
Where Magic Dwells
The Knight of Rosecliffe
The Mistress of Rosecliffe
Heart of the Storm
The Rose of Blacksword
My Man Pendleton
Her Man Friday
How to Trap a Tycoon
Just Like A Man
The Thing About Men
Take Me, I'm Yours
He Could Be the One
The Virgin and The Vagabond
The Honeymoon
The Ring on her Finger
You've Got Male
Beauty and the Brain
Devilish
My Lady Notorious
Forbidden
Something Wicked
An Unwilling Bride
Secrets of the Night
Hazard
Dark Champion
A Most Unsuitable Man
Forbidden Magic
Lord of Midnight
St. Raven
An Arranged Marriage
The Shattered Rose
JessicaBird/J.R. Ward
May 2006
Dark Lover
Lover Eternal
Heart of Gold
An Irresistible Bachelor
An Unforgettable Lady
Leaping Hearts
Beauty and The Black Sheep
From the First
His Comfort & Joy
Roseanne Bittner
June 2006
Embers of the Heart
Outlaw Hearts
In the Shadow of the Mountains
Montana Woman
Sioux Splendor
Oregon Bride
Prairie Embrace
Into the Wilderness
Sweet Mountain Magic
Thunder on the Plains
Chase the Sun
Full Circle
Elizabeth Boyle
April 2006
Something About Emmaline
One Night of Passion
Brazen Angel
Stealing the Bride
This Rake of Mine
Once Tempted
No Marriage of Convenience
It Takes a Hero
Brazen Heiress
Brazen Temptress
The Matchmaker's Bargain (Hero, Come Back )
Celeste Bradley
April 2006
The Pretender
The Imposter
The Spy
The Charmer
To Wed a Scandalous Spy
Surrender to a Wicked Spy
The Rogue
Fallen
One Night With a Spy
Wedding Knight (My Scandalous Bride
)
Barbara Bretton
April 2006
Shore Lights
The Day We Met
Girls of Summer
A Soft Place to Fall
Chances Are
At Last
Sleeping Alone
One And Only
Once Around
*Sentimental Journey (The 40s)
Someone Like You
*Stranger in Paradise (The 50s)
*From Harlequin's A Century of Romance
Pamela Britton
April 2006
In The Groove
Tempted
Dangerous Curves
Seduced
Scandal
Enchanted by You Kisses
"Wanted: One Hot Blooded Man" (short story 1)
My Fallen Angel
Cowboy Trouble
Cowboy Lessons
Big, Bad Santa (short story 2)
Over the Edge
Out of Control
Gone Too Far
The Unsung Hero
Hot Target
Prince Joe
The Admiral's Bride
Flashpoint
Forever Blue
Breaking Point
The Defiant Hero
Frisco's Kid
As You Desire
All Through the Night
My Dearest Enemy
Bridal Favors
The Bridal Season
My Pleasure
My Seduction
A Dangerous Man
My Surrender
The Ravishing One
Promise Me Heaven
The Reckless One
Sandra Brown
September 2000
Slow Heat in Heaven
Texas! Chase
Mirror Image
Texas Lucky
Texas Sage
The Witness
Where There's Smoke
French Silk
Sunset Embrace
Adam's Fall
Breath of Scandal
Fanta C
Nancy Butler
June 2006
Reclaiming Lord Rockleigh
Prospero's Daughter
The Rake's Retreat
The Ramshackle Suitor
Castaway Hearts
The Discarded Duke
The Bartered Heart
Lord Monteith's Gift
The Prodigal Hero
Keeper of the Swans
Christmas With Dora Davenport (Regency Christmas Courtship)
The Kindness of a Rogue
The Barkin Emeralds
The Boy Next Door
Educating Caroline (Patricia)
She Went All The Way
Boy Meets Girl
A Little Scandal (Patricia)
Lady of Skye (Patricia)
Portrait of my Heart (Patricia)
Every Boy's Got One
Where Roses Grow Wild (Patricia)
An Improper Proposal (Patricia)
The Princess Diaries (YA)
All-American Girl (YA)
Size 12 is Not Fat (Patricia)
Kiss the Bride (Patricia)
Sheer Pleasure
Bride
Guilty Pleasures
True Bliss
Fascination
Charmed
Dear Stanger
Yes is Forever
Pure Delights
Finding Ian
Only by Your Touch
Now You See Him
Across a Moonlit Sea
The Iron Rose
My Forever Love
The Last Arrow
Pale Moon Rider
Through a Dark Mist
The Pride of Lions
Swept Away
In the Shadow of Midnight
The Blood of Roses
Under the Desert Moon
Midnight Honor
The Devil You Know
A Woman of Virtue
My False Heart
No True Gentleman
Beauty Like the Night
A Woman Scorned
A Deal With The Devil
The Devil To Pay
Two Little Lies
One Little Sin
Let's Talk About Sex (short story 1)
Hunting Season (short story 2)
1. Big Guns Out of Uniform
2. Tea For Two
Susan Carroll
March 2006
The Bride Finder
The Night Drifter
Midnight Bride
The Dark Queen
Brighton Road
Winterbourne
The Courtesan
The Wooing of Miss Masters
The Sugar Rose
The Lady Who Hated Shakespeare
Christmas Belles
Mistress Midnight
Kimberly Cates
March 2006
Stealing Heaven
Briar Rose
Gather the Stars
Magic
Lily Fair
Morning Song
Angel's Fall
The Raider's Bride
The Raider's Daughter
Gabriel's Angel (A Gift of Love)
Picket Fence
Crown of Dreams
Fly Away Home
Restless Wind
Only Forever
The Mother's Day Garden
Megan Chance
May 2006
The Portrait
An Inconvenient Wife
A Candle in the Dark
The Way Home
The Gentleman Caller
After the Frost
Susannah Morrow
A Heart Divided
Fall From Grace
A Season in Eden
The Fatal Key
Lord of Scoundrels
Mr. Impossible
Lord Perfect
Miss Wonderful
The Last Hellion
Captive's of the Night
Devil's Delilah
Viscount Vagabond
The Lion's Daughter
The Sandalwood Princess
The English Witch
Knaves' Wager
The Sherbrooke Bride
Night Fire
The Wild Baron
The Hellion Bride
The Wyndham Legacy
The Heiress Bride
Night Shadow
Moonspun Magic
The Scottish Bride
Calypso Magic
Earth Song
Fire Song
Welcome to Temptation
Bet Me
Crazy for You
Anyone But You
Faking It
Charlie All Night
Manhunting
Getting Rid of Bradley
Tell Me Lies
Fast Women
Strange Bedpersons
The Cinderella Deal
Justine Davis/Dare
May 2002
The Morning Side of Dawn
Dangerous Games
Night Fires
Lord of the Storm
The Skypirate
Dangerous Ground
Clay Yeager's Redemption
Stevie's Chase
Leader of the Pack
A Whole Lot of Love
One Last Chance
Angel for Hire
Left at the Altar
The Undead and Unwed
Undead and Unemployed
Undead and Unappreciated
Derik's Bane
Undead and Unreturnable
The Royal Treatment
Dead and Loving It
Love's Prisoner (short story 1)
Hello, Gorgeous
The Royal Pain
Jared's Wolf (short story 2)
Biting in Plain Sight ( short story 3)
1. Secrets #6
2. Secrets #8
3. Bite
Barbara Delinsky
March 2006
Heart of the Night
The Stud
Lake News
The Vineyard
Flirting With Pete
The Passion of Chelsea Kane
More Than Friends
Coast Road
Together Alone
Twelve Across
Montana Man
The Summer I Dared
The Outsider
Jude Deveraux
September 2000
A Knight In Shining Armor
Highland Velvet
Sweet Liar
Velvet Angel
Velvet Promise
Velvet Song
Wishes
The Black Lyon
Twin of Ice
The Raider
Twin of Fire
The Princess
That Scandalous Evening
A Well Pleasured Lady
Rules of Engagement
Candle in the Window
My Favourite Bride
A Well Favoured Gentleman
A Knight to Remember
Once a Knight
One Kiss From You
Rules of Attraction
Rules of Surrender
Just the Way You Are
Shannon Drake
May 2006
Beneath a Blood Red Moon
When Darkness Falls
Ondine
Conquer the Night
The Knight Triumphant
Wicked
Deep Midnight
Seize the Dawn
Come the Morning
The Lion in Glory
No Other Man
Princess of Fire
What the Heart Knows
Reason To Believe
The Night Remembers
This TIme Forever
The Last True Cowboy
The Last Good Man
A Class Act
Carved in Stone
Once Upon a Wedding
Sunrise Song
Private Treaty
You Never Can Tell
London's Perfect Scoundrel
England's Perfect Hero
The Rake
A Matter of Scandal
Reforming a Rake
Meet Me at Midnight
Flirting with Danger
Sin and Sensibility
Taming Rafe
An Invitation to Sin
Don't Look Down
Stolen Kisses
