[LMB] Krentz, again: Light in Shadow

[Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan]

On 12/2/07, Lois McMaster Bujold <lbujold at myinfmail.com> wrote:
> Ah ha, I've finally found a Krentz (Jayne Ann, contemporary romantic
> suspense) that I can recommend unreservedly and without caveat: the
> somewhat uninformatively titled _Light in Shadow_.  Attractive features
snipped
> Unusually
> for romance, it has an equally charming sequel, _Truth or Dare_.

ooooo!  Yes, definitely two of hers that I love.  An older one that I
absolutely love is called _Deep Waters_.  It's a bit hokey, but it's
somehow one of my favorites of hers.

> Testing reveals my one non-negotiable reader requirement in romance is
> intelligent humor, or rather, sense of humor.  The book need not be a
> comedy or a farce, but I find the completely humorless ones quite
> unreadable.

I don't know if it's an absolute requirement for me, but I certainly
enjoy it much more.  Actually, for romances that do hit the level of
farce, which I would normally not like, but do with this author:
Vicki Lewis Thompson.  She's written at least a few great romances and
I liked her when she was still writing Silhouette (or something of
that sort) even before she hit big with her "Nerd" series recently.
The "Nerd" series books definitely lean towards the farcical, but not
too much.  Hmmm... a google search tells me she's written quite a lot
and I've only read a small number.  But those I've read, I've enjoyed.
 (the Nerd books:1. Nerd in Shining Armor (2003) 2. The Nerd Who Loved
Me (2004) 3. Nerd Gone Wild (2005)4. Gone With the Nerd (2005) 5. Talk
Nerdy to Me (2006) 6. Nerds Like It Hot (2006) 7. My Nerdy Valentine
(2007))  I've only read 2 or 3 of those.  But I don't remember
off-hand which ones.

> In case anyone is wondering, the copy edit of _Passage_ went back to New
> York this week.  The cover art should be completed soon.  On evenings
> and weekends, which is the only time editors actually get to edit, mine
> is presently working on TSK#4, and I expect to get the line edit from
> her next in the week or so.   So my work queue for December is bespoke.
>
> Ta, L.  (Waiting for the next Crusie, the point-woman who first broke my
> resistance to her genre).

Yay!  I'm very happy to see Passage passing along the way to
completion and when will it be in my greedy hands?!?!  And when do we
find out what TSK#4 gets named?  "The Final Chapter" perhaps?  Or
maybe "The End of the Road"?  Okay, I'll stop with the horrible names
right there.  ;-p

Oh, and though I love romances and read a few Crusie because they were
recommended by this list and Lois and really liked them, the first one
I read -- I really hated.  (_Welcome to Temptation_, I think it was).
And somehow I think I have easy-to-please tastes.  I guess not.  Just
different from some others on the list.  ;-)

-Tora