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Old 11-29-2009, 06:08 AM   #16
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It doesn't sound as if ardeegee has read any romance at all - or erotica/porn for that matter? Else he/she would have known the difference

For those interested in romance, you may be interested in "Beyond Heaving Bosoms" - a fun and intelligent look at romance novels, what they are and why they're read.
http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/book/
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It doesn't sound as if ardeegee has read any romance at all - or erotica/porn for that matter? Else he/she would have known the difference

For those interested in romance, you may be interested in "Beyond Heaving Bosoms" - a fun and intelligent look at romance novels, what they are and why they're read.
http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/book/
I have the book in paper, and I read the blog from time to time I think it can be funnier when you've read a lot of romance, I've laughed a lot.
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Old 11-29-2009, 06:53 AM   #18
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Here you can find info about some romance Freebies. I haven't read the Rat Catcher, but I read Black Silk and I liked it a lot.
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Old 11-29-2009, 07:15 AM   #19
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I have the book in paper, and I read the blog from time to time I think it can be funnier when you've read a lot of romance, I've laughed a lot.
I haven't read enough romance to laugh out loud at it, but it was very entertaining nonetheless. I read a little gay romance, and some fanfiction, especially 'slash', which I would consider a close cousin of romance, and I have been wondering about what is it about this genre that makes people 'tick' - Just as I wonder about genres such as cheap spy-thrillers, trashy westerns and lurid sci-fi

I liked the 'Outlander' series, which I would consider 'romance'. It's great fun, and Gabaldon is an entertaining story-teller.
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My wife is interested in an e-reader for Christmas but can't find any books that she would read. She goes through a stack of romance (Mills + Boon) type books also some fantasy books (often with dragons in).
Baen Free Library has a few Fantasy books. Webscription.net (the paying version) has more. But she might not like the Military SF that's there.

She might like Fiddler Fair and The Lark and the Wren by Mercedes Lackey from the Baen Free library.

From Webscription.net, bearing in Mind the Dragons, I'd suggest Dragonne's Eg

For Romance, how about checking out eHarlequin? http://www.eharlequin.com/
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Old 11-29-2009, 12:19 PM   #21
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Baen Free Library has a few Fantasy books. Webscription.net (the paying version) has more. But she might not like the Military SF that's there.
Thanks, I've just remembered Catherine Asaro, they're romance and sci-fi.
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All dragons in one place:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_dragons
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Old 12-03-2009, 06:41 AM   #23
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Robin Hobb is a fantasy/romance author I like. I believe all or most of her books are available in e-form. Fictionwise has them. The Liveship traders trilogy has dragons, but it might be better (though not mandatory) to read the Farseer trilogy first. She seems to like trilogies
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Old 12-07-2009, 09:50 PM   #24
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For free romance there's http://www.everyonesreading.com and http://www.harlequincelebrates.com (That's Mills & Boon and Harlequin, respectively) and http://www.allromanceebooks.com/category180.html has a list of free offerings from a number of different epublishers.

There are a number of discounted full-length novels from Grand Central each month, those are available at various e-tailers. Here's December's list:

* Orcs by Stan Nicholls $1.00
* Pitch Black by Susan Crandall $1.99
* Seeing Red by Susan Crandall $1.99
* Bad News by Donald E. Westlake $1.99
* Dark Harbor by David Hosp $1.99
* The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh $1.99
* Deception by Denise Mina

I'd also suggest checking out http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com and www.dearauthor.com - two romance focused review/discussion blogs that love ebooks.

As an aside, if she's going to rock the Harlequin or M&B, their pdf format is tough to read on a Sony. I buy my books in MS reader from them, use ConvertLit to remove the drm, then convert to epub in Calibre. I find that yields the most readable book. May be of questionable legality depending on where you live.

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