As someone said earlier: Mercedes Lackey. I have almost every book in paperback form in the Valdemar Series. She's very upfront that she writes to cater to the masses for money though so I'm hats off to her besides I think she's also a programmer (a little occupational solidarity here
).
David
& Leigh Eddings and yeah, they're a husband and wife team writing in tandem though some of their earlier books only have David Eddings tagged onto them. They're also upfront about their writing not being high literature and I respect that.
Johanna Lindsey for the bodice rippers.
Robotech, I read these books as a teen and I still go back to read them occasionally.
Maybe a couple of Plot What Plot fanfiction novels which should be really tagged as Porn Without Plot.