May 7 2010
Top Ten List from Author Rose Lerner
Rose Lerner is the author of In for a Penny, a debut that has garnered a lot of positive buzz. Rose Lerner discovered Georgette Heyer when she was thirteen, and wrote her first historical romance a few years later. Her writing has improved since then, but her fascination with all things Regency hasn’t changed. When not reading, writing, or researching, she enjoys cooking and marathoning old TV shows. She lives in Seattle with two roommates, four cats, and too many books and DVDs to count.
She says of her top ten list, “t was incredibly hard to narrow down, in the end I had to limit myself to Georgian and Regency-set romances I currently have on my bookshelf, and only one per author…in no particular order:
- Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
- The Grand Sophy
by Georgette Heyer
- The Last Hellion
by Loretta Chase
- The Masque of the Black Tulip
by Lauren Willig
- The Serpent Prince
by Elizabeth Hoyt
- Bound by Your Touch
by Meredith Duran
- Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte (if you read carefully, this is Regency-set! There are contradictory indicators as to the exact year, but St. John gives her a newly published copy of Scott’s Marmion and Blanche Ingram references Byron’s The Corsair.)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
- Brighter than the Sun
by Julia Quinn
- My Lord and Spymaster
by Joanna Bourne
Yours,
Rose Lerner
In for a Penny – Dorchester (Leisure Books)
on sale February 23, 2010
http://www.roselerner.com
http://rose-lerner.blogspot.com
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May 07, 2010 @ 11:15:58
What a great list. All terrific books, though it’s so hard to pick a favorite from most of these authors. Brighter Than The Sun is my favorite Quinn, too!
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May 07, 2010 @ 14:20:57
These top ten lists are really fun, particularly the ones from authors. There’s a very “If You Like” feel to them.
May 07, 2010 @ 15:15:43
Hate to nitpick, but I’m pretty sure Duran’s BOUND BY YOUR TOUCH is a (late) Victorian, not a Georgian or Regency.
May 07, 2010 @ 18:51:04
@trish: While that is definitely true, Trish, any recognition that SPECTACULAR book gets is enough to warrant a grin from me.
May 07, 2010 @ 19:03:47
First of all, Props to Jane Eyre! One of my favorite books ever. Second, I enjoyed In For a Penny but had no idea it was a debut! wow.
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