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

[paal at gis.net]

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> 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

I have a huge issue there.... nerds come in multiple genders--male,
female, transgendered (I've know at least three people who were
programmers who worked for Digital Equipment who were transgendered, and
went from male to female including surgery).  Gender-defining nerd=male
sets off my reactive armor defenses.... denying the existence of female
nerds, denies MY existence, after all....
 
> > 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

I read some of hers but don't have specific memories other than they
were quite readable. 

> 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.