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recommendations please for romantic books that aren't 'romance'

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By Mon 15-Jun-09 18:55:22 Add message | Report | Contact poster
I really like fantasy and adventure, with a dash of romance thrown in. Any recommendations?

I've really enjoyed the Black Magician Trilogy, Garth Nix books and Phillip Pullman to give you an idea

Ta!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 27-Aug-09 09:46:15
anything by Kelley Armstrong - women of the otherworld series v g. supernatural with romance woven in. not exactly gone with the wind or high brow lit but good fun reading
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 27-Aug-09 09:40:59
A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute - sigh! I love that novel (note to self - must re-read it).
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 27-Aug-09 09:03:24
Never read him myself
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 27-Aug-09 09:02:33
Sebastian Faulks?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 27-Aug-09 09:00:41
Robin Hobb - Assassins series? and then the following ones?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 26-Aug-09 09:39:45
The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine MacMahon - set in the Crimean war.

Also ditto TTW
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 24-Aug-09 20:44:12
OK I came to this thread quite late; but wanted to suggest, in case you're still looking, any book by Susan Isaacs. Not fantasy, but whodunits with loads of wonderful, funny, inspiring, toe-curling romance
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 02-Jul-09 13:02:10
Diana Gabaldon books. I am mostly into fantasy/sci-fi but I did enjoy these. Romance and time travel, the first one is called 'Crossstitch'.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 01-Jul-09 22:19:27
Pickyvic, who is The Gargoyle by? And what's it about? I'm always looking for book recommendations.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 01-Jul-09 22:17:25
The Mortal Instruments series (City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass) by Cassandra Clare. Lots of action, vampires, werewolves, faeries, demons, but with a love story running through it.
it's 'young adult' fiction in the same way as the Twilight series.
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