Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I second flea's recommendation of Joanna Bourne. The books are set during the French revolution and Napoleanic era. While they are stand-alones with interconnected characters, it is best to start with =The Forbidden Rose=.
If your library does Overdrive, the books are available there.
Don't bother with =Her Ladyship's Companion= unless you're a real completist.
Aw, I totes love Her Ladyship's Companion, but it is, uh, of its time (1983), with the bruising kisses and all. The one I have trouble with is My Lord and Spymaster, because the 'hero' is such an asshole.
Of it's time, yes. I really like the heroine in ML&S, so I tend to give Sebastian a pass. The villain is all too predictable, however.
Kat, did you just rate a bunch of Lisa Kleypas books on Goodreads, or have I friended the wrong Kat?
Sorry to anyone who was confused, it seems I had an old GoodReads account that had no entries and then the one where I have books. I just closed the old account.
I got an invite from you to join the group, but then I couldn't get to it-- is that why?
shouldn't be, go ask to join and I will approve you.
Weird- the link from your facebook message said "Page not found", but when I looked for you on Goodreads, I found the group!
I can also recommend Deanna Raybourn. I like her Lady Julia Gray series, especially the first three or four - I thought the quality dropped off a bit in the later books. And I've read the first of her new series - A Curious Beginning - which I liked, but not as much as the other series. And she has several set in the 1920s which are good, but not among my favorites.
I just got curious beginning from the library after being on the hold list forever ...only to realize I somehow have already read it. Oops. I do like the Lady Grey series a lot