I loved GR so much and my mother (from whom I had snuck the book) didn’t have the first two Mallory books, so one day while my parents were at work I walked a mile to a used book store to buy Love Only Once and Tender Rebel.

I’m 99% sure that my very first romance was Gentle Rogue (the last 1% accounts for a fuzzy memory of when I first read a category, but I believe it was after). They can come close to trying-too-hard-to-be-funny, so I wouldn’t read them back-to-back, but still enjoyable.Īh, Joanna Lindsey, my first romance love. I like a lot of her Mallory series as well. This one has two sequels that I enjoyed at the time but I can’t even remember the titles now. And the heroine gets to put the hero in his place, so it’s all good. You do what I say,” but not to the level of your typical HP. Warrior Woman – I’m not embarrassed about this one! Yeah, there’s a lot of “Me man. And I’ve reread several times and it’s still one of my favorites. I was young! Shut up! On the plus side, Russia, which is a nice change. Prisoner of My Desire – Rape-y as all hell, but, um, at least it goes both ways? I’ve tried reading some of her newer works and I can’t get through them, but I still love a lot of her old stuff. Until her I’d just pick up whatever looked good on the supermarket shelf without noticing names. Johanna Lindsey is the first romance author who’s name I remembered.

So, for someone who hasn’t read Johanna Lindsey and now has their choice of old skool cover, new skool cover, or digital, which one do you recommend someone read first? Which book should a curious reader staring at a mountain of backlist start with? We’ll go author-by-author – so if you have a big name in romance you’ve always been curious about and you want to know “Which One First?”, please feel free to email me your suggestion at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with “Classic Romances” in the subject line. Now that much of Johanna Lindsey’s backlist has been digitized and is now in most retailers, including Amazon, BN, WORD Brooklyn’s eBookstore and Kobo, I have a question for you, and the start of a new feature I hope to continue over the coming months: Classic Romances: Which One First?įor those of you who haven’t read Johanna Lindsey, or another famous name in romance, this thread might help. While I am not as big a fan of medieval -set romances, I know this book has some fans.ĮSPECIALLY since the original cover looked like THIS:Ī Viking lass named Kristen who hides warships in her hair, battling Royce, Thane of Wyndhurst, and his cheekbones? How can you resist? 99c offering ( Amazon | BN | WORD | Kobo). More ebooks have been released from Avon, including Hearts Aflame, which is their current.

Secret fire by johanna lindsey