[LMB] romance recs, was Krentz, again: Light in Shadow

[Meg Justus]

Tora:
> 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.

The first one is very good.  The second and third ones got progressively 
sillier.  I gave up after the third one.

She's another one who actually wrote better books under the constraints of 
the category romance lines, IMHO.  She didn't have as much room to get 
carried away with herself.

You've read Julia Quinn, right, Lois?  How about Loretta Chase?  Her humor 
is subtle, but pervasive.  And laugh out loud funny in places.  Start with 
Lord of Scoundrels, which is being reprinted soon.  Oh, and you might like 
Pamela Morsi.  She writes turn-of-the-last-century Americana (a rare thing 
to find in romance) that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Megaera