Johanna Lindsey is one of my favorite historical romance authors. Pure nostalgia for me as I read them in the 90s!

@tamarak9393

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favourites too. Unfortunately she passed away and we won’t get anymore from her.

@CrinklesShineMySpoonieLife

2 жыл бұрын

The 90s were my favourite years of reading. Devoured Johanna Lindsey, Julie Garwood, Judith McNaught and Virginia Henley.

@dorothysmith3120

Жыл бұрын

@@tamarak9393 i was so sad to learn she died. Her books are absolutely amazing 🥺🙏

@AteenteenSpirt

5 ай бұрын

It sucked to hear she passed, she was on my watchlist for new releases

I am shocked no one has mentioned The Prize by Julie Garwood. It is one of the best and sweetest enemies to lovers, and I re-read it once a year. All of these authors/books though are way better than most of what comes out today.

@josieposie9969

2 жыл бұрын

I love The Prize too. It has one of my favourite heroes because of how tenderly he treated the heroine.

@oshindjikagola

2 жыл бұрын

It’s been years since I read her books, but I remember loving all her books.

@butterdrop8716

2 жыл бұрын

OMG,The Prize is one of my faves and constant re-reads..I totally feel u,there seems to be none out there like these books anymore.😭

@ccat7054

2 жыл бұрын

I will have to read that.

@neripotts6047

2 жыл бұрын

I just thought of that book today!!! Love Royce, he is one of my all time favorite Hero’s🥰🥰🥰🥰

‘Whitney My Love’ by Judith McNaught. I’ve read thousands of books and it is still my favorite. It’s dark. Real in the ways that things were different then and not all unicorns and dragons.

Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught is my favorite old school HR!

@hyacinthh6900

2 жыл бұрын

One of mine too!

@anneb889

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Love Alexandra and Jordan! I also love her selection of Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught.

@kimbutler6912

2 жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes me toooooo

@shamrockkisses83

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@clara1n141

2 жыл бұрын

@@anneb889 Yup! Absolutely loved Alex & Jordan. And one of my faves too is Jordan's cousin - Ian with his Elizabeth on Almost Heaven

No list would be complete without adding KATHLEEN E. WOODIWISS. Her stories: The FLAME and the FLOWER, 1972. The WOLF and the DOVE, 1974. Are not to be missed! Should be on everyone's must read list.

@mrs.waterboy5555

2 жыл бұрын

I read all of hers years ago. I think the wolf and the dove had an r scene right off the bat almost put it down.

@litl_kim

2 жыл бұрын

Flame & the Flower one of my all time favs ❤️

@susierendle7216

2 жыл бұрын

The Flame and the Flower was one of the first historical romances I ever read. Loved it.

@somethingclever8916

2 жыл бұрын

Her books are coming to audible April 2022

@MsBluheart

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I still have all of my old original copies!

The Came You by Lisa Kleypas made me UGLY CRY, girl... it was soooo good, and of course, we're introduced to Derek Craven in this book - such an emotional story 😍❤

@aesinam

2 жыл бұрын

Ah Derek! His story is my favourite from Lisa. I've read it so many times.

@blossom_n_gin

2 жыл бұрын

@@aesinam 💖

Nobody mention shirlee busbee books, while passion sleep (Louisiana series) Deceive not my heart (Louisiana series) Spanish rose Each time we love Love be mine Love a dark rider

Julie Garwood is one of my favorite authors. Loved The Secret 💕

My absolute favorite is Johanna Lindsey 'Once a Princess' (1991). I've lost count how many times I've read it. It's got a feisty heroine , alpha hero and humor.

Most of these are from my favorite historical romance authors. Judith McNaught doesn’t have a bad book. My favorites I read dozens of times as a teenager was Kingdom of Dreams, Once & Always and Whitney My Love. I love most of Julie Garwood books. The Wedding, The Bride and The Secret were my top favs. She’s like McNaught. Doesn’t have a bad or boring book and the sense of humor was great too. Johanna Lindsay has so many. Her Mallory Family books, The Magic of you, A Loving Scoundrel and Gentle Rogue were my top favs. But I also loved Secret Fire, Fires of Winter and Paradise Wild. Most of her books are golden too. Jude Deveraux Montgomery series. My BFF gave my Velvet Song for my 14 bday. I first forage into history romance. I even named my dog Raine after the hero. The Velvet Saga is still one of my favorite books of all time. And Deveraux humor is on point. Her time travel books Legend, Remembrance and A Knight in Shining Armor are great too . Brenda Joyce is another top notch author whose books you should give a try. Promise of the Rose and Violet Fire are my favorites. Sigh. I went back and time. Nostalgia took over.

The Secret by Julie Garwood is one of my favorites. All her historicals are great. Also, A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Devereau is fun. That is a time travel historical.

@DrAB-py3ej

2 жыл бұрын

OMG..I was so gonna say that...knight in the shining armour was my first novel 12 years back and after that it was history..along with the secret both are my favorite..our choices click

@conchitaredan676

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agreee this book is also one of my all time favourite HR books of Jude Devereaux. I just loved it read it at least a 100 times 😊

I’ve read Judith Mcnaught just recently and absolutely fallen in love with her HR novels. Westmorland saga is my fav❤️

Loved The Bride and The Secret by Julie Garwood. She's definitely one of the best historical romance authors for me 💖 And btw I am excited to read the other books you've mentioned in this video. Thank you so much!!

Theres something about old historical romances that hit different. I LOVE older historical romances, especially Julie Garwood, set in medieval times. I'm constantly looking for more

Ravished by Amanda Quick is definitely my favorite discovery through the book club so far!

Love all Julie Garwood historical books. She so makes me laugh at her humorous characters. I agree with your other authors as well. Good job!

Judith Mcnaught and Johanna Lindsey are my two favorite HisRom authors. 😍😍😍😍 I think women with J in their first name are masters of HisRom novels.😍 Jane Austen, Julie Garwood, Jude Devereux are some proofs

@angelavocke8983

2 жыл бұрын

I've always said that, too! Those are my four favorite historical romance writers.

This list is everything! All my favorite books and authors. I’ve been reading romance since I was 12 and I’m now 54.

Flowers from the storm by Laura Kinsale published almost 30 years ago is one of my favorites of all HR !!

@gdjahmmm

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Laura Kinsale is a definite MUST on any list!

Oo! And who remembers writer Rosemary Rogers? Her books were scandalous!

The Bride is one of my all time favorites

Jess, read more mcnaught! Paradise is her best contemporary romance book. Almost all her historical romances are topnotch, esp kingdom of dreams, which you mentioned liking a lot. Try also julie garwoods the wedding. And her For the Roses series (claybornes fsmily). Linda howards Mckenzie family is great too, popular around the 90s (not historical, but full of alpha males galore. lol)

@TT-ri3dv

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly McNaught was the GOAT for me. I reread her historical and modern romances all the time.

@oliviahibbert6812

2 жыл бұрын

Yoooooo Paradise is THE shit!!!, ive re-read that book like 3 times and its still good every timee

1.Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey 2.A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux 3.Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught

Aww Lisa Kleypas. I love all her books. These authors are all some of my favourites

Love the Mallory series!!

@damnitjanetwoodhead5096

2 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite Johanna Lindsay books are the Mallory/Anderson series. I also loved Warrior's Woman.

Ransom, by Julie Garwood, is also very enjoyable. It is Gillian and Brodick's story and we see Iain and Judith Maitland again in that book when their young son is rescued by Gillian.

@ban1o

2 жыл бұрын

Random was really good!!

@loydeneward6613

2 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorites. Read it every year or two.

@romancereaderlisa

2 жыл бұрын

Ransom is so good! I don’t think it gets mentioned enough when people bring up Julie Garwood.

@olsonbee1

2 жыл бұрын

My absolutely favorite of s favorite author.

@biancasuiugan9866

2 жыл бұрын

Omg this is my FAVORITE book. I've read it 2 times in 3 months and now I plan to read it again 3 months after the last read. I LOVE it with my whole heart and think about it really often😂😂

Joana Lindsey, all of her books, but especially "Savage Thunder " my favorite.

A kingdom of dreams by Judith Macnaught was my first historical romance and I fell in love and never looked back ❤❤❤

I LOVE LOVE LOVEDDDDD a kingdom of dreams 😭❤️ Night song is my second runner up! Amazing list

Judith McNaught is a GOD! Read every single one of her books and it is incomparable. A Kingdom of Dreams is to die for!

A Kingdom of Dreams is my FAVORITE!!!! Judith McNaught

Shanna by Kathleen woodiwiss

I love these ones too. Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught is probably my favourite.

@nancyimuere4931

2 жыл бұрын

I always wonder why they don't mention Almost heaven it's totally my favourite Judith McNaught HR

Flowers from the Storm will always be one of my all time favorites.

For me, the best part of Then Came You is what else, meeting Derek Craven. I read Ravished when if first came out way, way back. I reread it a couple of weeks ago and adored it all over again.

Love love only once! Going back for Then Came You then Dreaming Of You 😍 Glad its on this list 😉

Johanna Lindsey is the Queen of historical romance! I never read a book from her that I don't like and i've read 15+. Savage Thunder is the one I liked best. He is a half blood and she's an English Lady. I love a good brooding hero.

I dont remember how many times I have read Kingdom of dreams 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍 one of my favourite books

I love So Worthy My Love by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. Lovely!

@LittleRedYota

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. It's my favorite book of all time!!

Hearts of Flames, - writes this down. Loves Viking Romance.

yep. do agrees, Then Came You by lisa kleypas my favorite . then second best Suddenly You by same author

the mallory novels are wonderful

Yeesss!! Love McNaught, love all her historicals and most of her contemporary books! If you love conflict/angst - Lindsey's A Gentle Feuding (deep sigh)

One of my favourite historical romance authors is Dorothy Garlock. She started writing in the 80s and has written over 40 books. 💖

I've been reading Johanna Lindsey since I was a teen. *Love Only Once* is about a large family of brothers but they are her uncles not brothers. Each brother has a book and then they extend to another set of brothers. They are by far the most beloved of Johanna's books. *Hearts Aflame* was my first JL book I ever read and each Haardrad family member has a book. I think it is the best one.

@lesliethegal4339

2 жыл бұрын

Love Only Once is my least favorite of the series. But it is a great series!

@fieryredruby

2 жыл бұрын

@@lesliethegal4339 My favorite book by Johanna is Man Of My Dreams.

@lesliethegal4339

2 жыл бұрын

Gentle Rogue is my fave. I haven't read Man of My Dreams. It sounds funny though. The comic, teasing, shameless heroes are always my favorite.

@fieryredruby

2 жыл бұрын

@@lesliethegal4339 Devlin is one of those heros that doesn't take crap. He calls the heroine a brat, because she is.

@pom11pom

2 жыл бұрын

​@@lesliethegal4339 Gentle Rogue is my favorite too. It was one of the first romance books I read and I was obsessed with it. My cousin was pregnant at the time and I gave her the idea to name her son James after the main character. I love telling my Godson how he was named after a romance book character.

Love Johanna Lindsey! Hearts 💕 Aflame is also one my favorites! Thanks for the new book ideas. I’m checking them all out.I love me a good historical romance😊

Thanks for doing this video! I'm excited about getting to The Secret and Ravished at some point!

The Bride is my all time favorite 😍

Knight in Shining, The Legend, & Eternity - Jude Deveraux Mad Jack & Temptation - Catherine Coulter

I have to recommend Laurie McBain & Shirlee Busbee

I'm obsessed with dark historical romance. I've read all the novels that you have recommended. Love them all.

Nothing excites me more than having something in common with someone and bonus, agreeing on the same thing. I totally agree with you🤩

Sunset Embrace by Sandra Brown is one of her best. Before she got into writing thrillers. Published in the mid 80s. And anything by Lavyrle Spencer! All her books are lovely and gentle romances that are incredibly well written. It's so funny watching you discover these books, when I remember when they were first published! How to make me feel ancient, lol.

@hyacinthh6900

2 жыл бұрын

It's been so enjoyable and fun watching these younger women gush over 'our' older romances. Lots to be said for an oldey but a goody! Many wonderful historical romances written years ago.

@somethingclever8916

2 жыл бұрын

Layverle Spencer is so talented

@may-fd8jc

2 жыл бұрын

@@somethingclever8916 loved Morning Glory by her

@Bytherocks

2 жыл бұрын

Morning Glory is one of my all time faves.

I agree. The prize is one of the best

I loved so many of the books you mentioned and still own the paperbacks. I feel a long overdue reread in my immediate future. Thanks for the memories!

@hyacinthh6900

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! :)

I just read the Bride and currently reading A Kingdom of Dreams. Can't wait to read all the other books. Thank you for sharing :)

Judith Mcnaught is one of my favorite old school romance authors! Have you ever read Virginia Henley? I love her books Tempted, Dream lover, and The Pirate and the Pagan.

Wallflower series by Lisa Kleypas are my favorite especially Secret of Summer Night,i prefer the heroes fall in love first to the heroines type story😊

I'm surprised that Beatrice Small wasn't on the list. Her work is so good.

The Secret was a GREAT book! You should try Black Lyon or A Knight in Shining Armor

@JudithSanchez-ht6jn

2 жыл бұрын

Agree I read the knight in shining armor many years ago. Mrs Deverous sold 800 thousands copies. I own the knight and the black lion.

@rosac464

2 жыл бұрын

Omg a knight in shining armor is epic

@JudithSanchez-ht6jn

2 жыл бұрын

A knight in shining armor was written early 80 and Jude deveraux sold, 2 millions of copy whao

@mikeeong27

2 жыл бұрын

Omggggg I thought I was the one crazy over A Knight in Shining Armor!

The first romances I read were by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, 'The Flame and the Flower' and 'The Wolf and the Dove' - real eye-openers for a 14-year-old! If you want to talk about DARK, there is a series of books from the '70s where the 'hero' locks the heroine in a charnel house (where decaying human skeletons are stored) because she wouldn't sleep with him!

I love "Then came you" sooo much 😍😍😍😍😍

Beverly Jenkins never misses with her historical romances. Such an amazing author!

Great video! Love and read all the books on this list.

Then Came You, Indigo, and The Secret? Now you have me adding the rest to my TBR those are some of my FAVOOORRIITTESS.

Been reading historical romances since 1979

oh i love u already i am a big fan of JULIE GARWOOD❤️❤️❤️ i kept repeating reading all of them the bride, the gift, oh em gee i have to write all of them here...

Love this channel. Love how you talk fast!

I love historical romance so much so loved this recommendations video! So many to add to my TBR ☺

I am currently rereading The Bride. Lisa Kleypas is my favorite Historical Romance author.

Have you read anything from Bertrice Small yet? Skye O’Malley series is a good start. Bertrice Small research the history for her books to make them more real. (For her time it was very amazing)

Every and I do mean every historical romance book reader must have in their collection is Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase. I promise you will love it - you will have every emotion reading this book.

Hello! Awsome!!! I really loved this video!!! Thank you!

Thank u so soooo much for doing this...🥰💗...absolutely loved this kind of stuff.. btw...love u a lottt too😁🙋‍♀️

All these books are fantastic and definitely some of my favorites too!

😁 Shout out to John DeSalvo for being the cover model of many of these books. Without him gracing these covers, romance of the 90's and 2000's just wouldn't be the same. Forever and ever one handsome man.

Also, finding out so many reccomedations for historical romance books feels like I've just touched a piece of heaven. Big thank you to all the reccomendations in the video and in the comments!💜

I'm reading the Secret this month and I can not wait!!

Hands down….”Katherine” by Anya Seton. Then anything by Pamela Belle

Do add Laura Kinsale to your "to read list" - you won't regret it!

My favourite old school H.R is definitely 'Suddenly You' by Lisa Kleypas! It's actually my favourite Lisa Kleypas book ( and I've read them all!). I think I love it so much for the combo of a strong independent heroine ( but she is still very sweet!) and I like the fact that it was not strictly based on the aristocratic, restricted and idle world but in a book publishing world where people actually work and have some depth of character! Julie Garwood historicals are generally very good!

@maimoonaali7597

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't it wonderful how books connect us. After reading your comment I started reading it last night and just finished it. Loved it beautifully written just 2 characters but drawn such beautifully you totally carried away. I have read her Ravenals If you could recommend any other would be delighted💙

Love your historical romance content 😍

@Lilo8519

2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy, that Jess is in a historycal mood 🤩but i"m afraid she is going to burn out and we need to starve for HR content till next year end again 🤣🤣🤣 i mean in this quantity and quality 🤣🤣🤣

Jess, really "problematic" historical romances came out long before 1992. The 90s is when they started to get tame. Thank you for reading and discussing the older books.

@MsBluheart

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I have the old seventies ones, like Sweet Savage Love, The Flame and the Flower, etc.. All were quite spicy!

@somethingclever8916

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsBluheart I go back to older books there was more challenges, adventure, action and higher stakes. I find a lot of current romance too talky and the stakes are "daddy issues" or communication, and other psychological issues.

@MsBluheart

2 жыл бұрын

@@somethingclever8916 I thought it was just me getting older and my tastes had changed, but maybe not!

Love, love, love The Secret! Have you read Ransom? So many awesome old school books. I need get mine out

Just discovered this channel ,love it

Please do another video like this, they're great. Also, would love your opinion of Love's Tender Fury.

I love your channel 💜 favorite old school romance is “The Windflower” by Laura London, for the pirate theme and the best secondary characters in a romance book in my opinion

Bertrice Small, Virginia Henley, Marsha Canham, Cynthia Wright, Valerie Sherwood, and Mallory Burgess.

I have all the Stephanie Laurens of the Cynster series and there’s a lot of them She has a few other great series as well I adore her books had them all on paper back and slowly have gotten them all on my Kindle also the same with Julie Garwood read everything she’s ever written historical and re-read them at least once a year

Hearts aflame? Goes right into my TBR list!

Hearts Aflame is my favorite of that series. Fires of Winter (Book 1) is about Kristen’s parents. It’s not a light hearted read. There is some questionable consent. I also enjoyed Love Only Once but I think Gentle Rogue is the best book of the series.

I LOVEEE Ravished so much! I can't believe it was published in the 1990s. It felt like I could have been reading an adventurous Julia Quinn novel, so I feel like it will always have timeless appeal

Fire and ice, can't remember the author but love the book so much

Thanks for the recommendation 🥰. Actually, I started reading romantic books under the influence of my grandmother, but I have only read since 2012, while she has obviously been reading for much longer. The last one I read was a futuristic one so I wanted to read some old ones to make a change and share it with her. So I will try to read some of these books and see if she likes them too😊. (Sorry if my grammar is a little weird, english is not my first language )

Devil in Winter is the best♥️

Even though I'm a guy I love romances, Historical, Fantasy, High finance, si-fi, etc. A while ago I read a detective/police romance series called "Fatal" series (6 books) by Marie Force since then I've looked for other books and authors in the same category but without success.

@hopefletcher7420

2 жыл бұрын

Have you read the "In Death" novels by J D Robb? First one is "Naked In Death", they take place in the near future in NYC. She's a Homicide Lieutenant, he's an ultra rich mostly-former criminal mastermind from Ireland.

Love Only Once and The Bride are some of my favorites as well! 💜

Historical romance is my fave book genre. 💖

I loved many books from your list but Annie’s song by Catherine Anderson and Without words by Ellen O’Connell are my most favorite.. I reread them every year … very nice post❤️

Akķkkk! My favorite era. My fave all-time HR book is A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux. It has time travel in it and it's sooo goodddd