Books & Music Any Romance book readers here on tPF
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after reading this thread so glad now i have more authors to explore 
It happened several years ago, but I can't recall the titles. A reader found passages that were so similar that it couldn't be accidental. Roberts was going to sue, but Dailey admitted that she had *writer's block* and felt desperate to meet deadlines and copied Roberts. Roberts asked Dailey to contribute a lot of money to literacy groups as a settlement of the case.
Like her or hate her, Roberts is a top selling author.
I agree with you--her stories are becoming so similar. I've read the first 3 books of the Brides quartet and found the 3rd one kinda boring.
I suprised the name D.H. Lawrence hasn't popped up. Perhaps it's because his material is old, but I'm interested in how things were back then. And I like his realistic stories.
^There is such a wide range of explicit description in romance. Some are sweet, some are very graphic. I've read them for a long time and I guess I emphasize plot over the # of love scenes now, but I always want a happily ever after ending. They are a great escape.
I don't mind a 'happy ever after' ending, but I HATE when they wait to the very end to try to wrap it all up. Come on!
I don't need to know so many details (like how many leaves were on the tree), I rather sacrifice some of the minute details in the book for a well developed plot.
I don't need to know so many details (like how many leaves were on the tree), I rather sacrifice some of the minute details in the book for a well developed plot.
^^Agreed! Sometimes the details are nice like at the beginning when they are describing places, etc. But they get in the way of the ending usually! I have read many a romance where they hurry you through the ending and it ends up being so disappointing and anticlimactic!
Am I the only one who had terrible nightmares after McNaught's "Whitney My Love"?
I love the genre - currently I am devouring the books by Loretta Chase and Carla Kelly. Along with Balough, those authors seem to actually write in something approximating the time period
As for Nora Roberts - Key trilogy and Three Sisters really were landmark Urban Fantasy. I could take a pass on everything else. She is a good enough writer - but after 150 books,the do get a bit repetitious...
I love the genre - currently I am devouring the books by Loretta Chase and Carla Kelly. Along with Balough, those authors seem to actually write in something approximating the time period
As for Nora Roberts - Key trilogy and Three Sisters really were landmark Urban Fantasy. I could take a pass on everything else. She is a good enough writer - but after 150 books,the do get a bit repetitious...
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