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I keep seeing Nora Roberts/JD Robb's books all over the place. She seems to have written hundreds-- romance, romantic suspense, romantic fantasy (I think), romantic sf (as J. D. Robb).
And I am looking for a new purveyer of fun popcorn page-turners, preferably with female protagonists that kick ass, having burned out on Janet Evanovich and Laurell K. Hamilton in the same week. (Evanovich: Bored a third into Ten Big Ones-- even Ranger's super-secret hideout can't keep my interest when there's nothing interesting in it or happening in it. Hamilton: I hate Jean-Claude. I hate Richard. I hate Hamilton's sex scenes. I hate any man that Anita has sex with. Which means that I enjoyed Obsidian Butterfly, despite the gratuitous child abuse, because I like Edward (who Anita isn't attracted to) and Anita doesn't have sex. But I've been told that every book after that is sex, sex, sex, so forget it.)
The first Sookie Stackhouse book bored me. I already like Barbara Michaels. I have Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking and someone's Dime Store Magic, but haven't read them yet. I read Rachel Caine's books, but they ended up annoying me.
So, who else do you recommend? Would Roberts/Robb suit? If so, which books should I try, as there seem to be hundreds. I randomly bought Key of Valor today at a thrift store, but am not sure I should start there as closer examination reveals that it is the third of a trilogy.
And I am looking for a new purveyer of fun popcorn page-turners, preferably with female protagonists that kick ass, having burned out on Janet Evanovich and Laurell K. Hamilton in the same week. (Evanovich: Bored a third into Ten Big Ones-- even Ranger's super-secret hideout can't keep my interest when there's nothing interesting in it or happening in it. Hamilton: I hate Jean-Claude. I hate Richard. I hate Hamilton's sex scenes. I hate any man that Anita has sex with. Which means that I enjoyed Obsidian Butterfly, despite the gratuitous child abuse, because I like Edward (who Anita isn't attracted to) and Anita doesn't have sex. But I've been told that every book after that is sex, sex, sex, so forget it.)
The first Sookie Stackhouse book bored me. I already like Barbara Michaels. I have Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking and someone's Dime Store Magic, but haven't read them yet. I read Rachel Caine's books, but they ended up annoying me.
So, who else do you recommend? Would Roberts/Robb suit? If so, which books should I try, as there seem to be hundreds. I randomly bought Key of Valor today at a thrift store, but am not sure I should start there as closer examination reveals that it is the third of a trilogy.