@meeera
I have tried The Sharing Knife series and loved the first book but the subsequent books were too slow or in other words, has no (strong) direction in the plot. Unfortunately while I do like the characters, I found myself falling asleep in the plot.
I also have read some of the Vorkosigan books but for some reason I can't pinpoint, I didn't enjoy them as much as I would have thought.
@crossi
Jayne Castle/Jayne Krentz, Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb are a hit and miss for me. I'll probably go back to them later. I read most of Robin McKinley stuff too.

Will try out Robin Owens. Thanks