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A good bonkbuster for holiday please!

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countingto10 · 28/05/2023 14:59

Haven’t read one for years so looking for recommendations for downloading for holiday Grin (fancy a change after crime fiction etc)

TIA

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SteadyGrasshopper · 31/10/2023 10:34

Thanks @Mytholmroyd I am always keen to add to the list! If you do listen to Fated Mates be aware that the numbering is a bit off at the start. It started as a series celebrating Kresley Cole’s immortals after dark series but has become its own thing. This is a great one to start with as they interview Loretta Chase https://fatedmates.net/episodes/tag/Loretta+chase

Loretta chase — Episodes — Fated Mates Podcast

The most listened to romance novel podcast, Fated Mates is co-hosted by bestselling author Sarah MacLean and romance critic Jen Prokop. Weekly episodes include romance novel read-alongs and lively discussions of the work of the genre, highlighting the...

https://fatedmates.net/episodes/tag/Loretta+chase

Mytholmroyd · 31/10/2023 10:16

@SteadyGrasshopper no not listened - thanks - will check it out!

Oh yes - huge fan for years! The authors and books you cite are some of my favourites! Jane Castel is also excellent although her books are set a bit earlier in the Roman/Early Medieval/Pictish periods - try Maximus or Blood Feud for starters!

McCarty not macartney 🙄

SteadyGrasshopper · 31/10/2023 09:07

@Mytholmroyd it’s lovely to meet a fellow historic romance reader! I will check those books out, thank you for the recommendations.

You may already listen but Sarah Maclean does a great podcast called Fated Mates.

Mytholmroyd · 30/10/2023 19:05

SteadyGrasshopper · 28/05/2023 20:59

Im quite a fan of historical romantic stuff, I get some people think they are granny books with Fabio on the cover but I assure you these are not and they are hot fun reads:

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase is simply the best and beloved by readers and Al romance authors -it has a wonderful female lead and I just love it!

Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (and any of the Ravenels, Hathaways or Wallflowers by Kleypas)

Anything written by a Sarah Maclean, Ten rules to break is really good as is the gamblers series

The Penny Royal series by Julie Anne Long, book 6 (how the marquess was won) is my favourite

The Rakess by Scarlet Peckham

You're a reader after my own heart @SteadyGrasshopper !

I would also add Monica McCartney's Highland Guard series if you like 14th century Scotland and Anne Stuart's House of Rohan series and Scandal at the House of Russel trilogy. Some more of my absolute favourite books!

Exeter39 · 28/10/2023 23:06

For anyone that doesn't mind paranormal nonsense, I would go for 'No Rest for the Wicked' - Kresley Cole. And 'Ecstasy Unveiled' - Larissa Ione.

20Months · 24/10/2023 09:01

'The Idea of You', Robinne Lee, as someone mentioned upthread. Takes itself far too seriously, but it's till enjoyable.

LaurieStrode · 24/10/2023 04:56

HermioneWeasley · 28/05/2023 20:19

The first one I ever read was Mistral’s daughter by Judith Krantz. I was about 13 and my mum got it free with a Vileda super mop. My eyes nearly popped out of my head!

Lol; i was just thinking i need a re-read of Scruples.

Dustyblue · 24/10/2023 02:32

@MaudGone Just finished Bad Brides and I can't see anything topping it. Thought it was too good to be true for all her books to be that awesome! 😍

None at my library so I ordered Bad Sisters & Divas.... won't get my hopes up but worth a shot!

MaudGone · 23/10/2023 22:41

I got a couple of other Rebecca Chance books from the library and I'm afraid I found them a huge disappointment...

MaudGone · 20/10/2023 18:35

@Dustyblue , you were warned...

AlexandraJJ · 19/10/2023 06:19

Fiona Walker - Kiss Chase, French Relations they made me laugh out loud too

ArcticBells · 19/10/2023 06:10

HermioneWeasley · 28/05/2023 20:19

The first one I ever read was Mistral’s daughter by Judith Krantz. I was about 13 and my mum got it free with a Vileda super mop. My eyes nearly popped out of my head!

Same here but most of my sex education came from Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers - that's a bonk buster if ever there was Grin

Nushyboots · 19/10/2023 05:19

The sleeping beauty series by Anne Roquelaure
(The claiming of sleeping beauty is book 1)
some of my favourite bonkfest books

Dustyblue · 19/10/2023 05:15

BAD BRIDES - how did I not know this book existed??

The 1st sex scene took me by surprise, the 2nd had my eyes boggling. Far freaking out.

I'm 173pp in and wondering what the hell is coming next. Please tell me ALL of her books are like this?

HermioneWeasley · 13/10/2023 17:22

@Dustyblue i got it on kindle but haven’t started yet. I did watch the documentary with Joan Collins on iPlayer and it’s glorious

Dustyblue · 13/10/2023 14:41

That was 2014, where's the edit button again?

Dustyblue · 13/10/2023 14:25

@hollyblueivy How fab! Must say the cover alone is great!

Mine has a sticker offering a WIN prize of £500 Beauty Bag, or £500 High Street Vouchers, thanks to Cosmopolitan. 😆

Bit late, published 2104 & I live in Australia.

hollyblueivy · 13/10/2023 10:32

Also bought bad brides as a result of this thread!

Dustyblue · 13/10/2023 05:30

Had to update the thread to say I just received my copy of BAD BRIDES in the mail.

I am excited. Bring on kiddo bedtime!

@HermioneWeasley have you got your copy of Prime Time yet?

Dustyblue · 02/10/2023 18:11

@TheInfusionist 😃aww, but I like stuff written 40 years ago!

Ok, Daisy Jones & the Six is on my local library catalogue so I've ordered it, thanks :)

LavenderfortheBees · 01/10/2023 11:35

If you like fantasy, the "Court of..." series by Sarah J Maas would work. All about high society faeries going to war and fucking each other. The first one is A Court of Thorns and Roses. Has plenty of sex but they get progressively more filthy the further through the series you get. I kept texting DP photos of extracts from the last one and he was Shock Shock Shock which was very funny.

TheInfusionist · 01/10/2023 11:27

Try Daisy Jones & The Six for something not written forty years ago! Still got sex, drugs and rock n roll, just more current, I loved it and then binge read all of the other books by the same author.

Dustyblue · 01/10/2023 09:03

@MaudGone Excellent! I can't wait. I see she's written many others (rubs hands together).

VOTD is a bit of a gold-standard. The pills, abortions, Neely in the mental asylum, cancer, more pills, the viciousness of showbiz, Helen Lawson's decline, different pills, new pills.

Also worth a read is Shadow of the Dolls, ghost-written after Jacqueline Susann's death & apparently based on a manuscript she left. I expected to loathe it but didn't, it was nicely done and thoroughly enjoyable.

MaudGone · 01/10/2023 07:24

@Dustyblue , never read "Valley of the Dolls". But "Bad Brides" makes the Joan Collins/Jilly Cooper stuff look very tame. Over the top in every respect. Hope you enjoy.

Dustyblue · 01/10/2023 05:10

@HermioneWeasley Ooh I think you'll enjoy it! When I first read it, I was convinced that sister Jackie Collins had written it. Very similar style & themes etc, but Joan is even dirtier.

I could discuss these two all day but will stop- let me know how you find it!

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