Which authors have quit writing who you wish would return?
Earlier this year, Liz Carlyle announced on Facebook that she had turned in her last historical romance to Avon. She said that she might self publish some older material or a Kemble based mystery (Kemble was a butler to one of her heroes and then appeared throughout the series at various times. I’ll confess that even though I loved Carlyle’s work, Kemble is not a character I’m interested in following).
Sharon and Tom Curtis had their old books re-released through Sourcebooks and while there were hints that they may be interested in returning to publishing, we’ve seen nothing concrete from that corner.
In 1997, LaVyrle Spencer famously retired from writing. Last year, the prolific author told a reporter from the Twin Cities that she is enjoying her retirement tremendously. “I’ve had the finest years imaginable since I retired,” Spencer said from her North Oaks home. “Now, I itch to sit down at the keyboard and compose songs.”
As a reader I often view authors as writing until they die, their fingers curled over their keyboard or the pen still clutched in the hand. But even if they don’t formally announce their retirement as Spencer did, many authors do stop writing.
According to more than one industry source, Judith McNaught still owes a couple books on a writing contract and we haven’t seen anything new from Jenny Crusie in years. Penelope Williamson is still alive but she hasn’t published a book since 2005 according to Wikipedia.
So my question to you today is what is the one author who has stopped writing that you wish would publish something today. Keishon once suggested we do a “Where Are They Now” feature. If we were to do this, who are the authors you wonder about? Who do you miss? Why?
Lorna Freeman. I loved, loved her books but the third book was really, really late and the fourth book was never published. ( I suspect Roc ran out of patience.) So re-reading the first three books is a bit bitter sweet.
I can answer that in a flash: LaVyrle Spencer.
Sigh. I need to go reread YEARS and MORNING GLORY and THE GAMBLE and THE ENDEARMENT…it’s time.
I loved Amy J Fetzer. She hasn’t published anything since 2010. I liked her romantic suspense books.
I love LaVyrle Spencer. I wish she wasn’t enjoying her retirement quite so much.
I miss Liz Maverick. I really enjoyed THE SHADOW RUNNERS, WIRED, and IRREVERSIBLE. Last I heard, she was self-publishing her backlist after getting the rights back. She also has one or two parts of a serial published by Coliloquy (titled either ARCANIA or TRIAL BY FIRE – I can’t remember), but last time I checked Coliloquy’s website, they weren’t there.
If I had to pick only one, I’d choose Judith Duncan. I absolutely love her books and have duplicates and, in some cases, triplicates, saved for the time that my reading copy falls apart completely.
Maggie Osborne. She was one of my reintroduction to romance authors and I could always count on her for a good Western.
Ooh, two off the top of my head: Tracy Cozzens, whose romance novels I loved as a teenager (she wrote from around 1999-2005 or so), and Lauren Lipton, who wrote two great books relatively recently (so might just be working on the next one).
I keep hoping Tracy Cozzens just has a new pseudonym I haven’t found yet, but maybe her life just moved on from writing.
Well, I’m luckier than most, as Stella Riley, who was writing back in the 1980/90’s, and whose final English Civil War trilogy book was never published has finally 29 years later produced The Kings Falcon which completes the trilogy….The Black Madonna & Garland of Straw were the first two books, with A Splendid Defiance being loosely linked. Her earlier books are on my keeper shelf ( and NOT for lending either), so when I saw that her books were available in e form & a new one to boot, I downloaded them faster than you could say Amazon Kindle, & pre ordered the new book too.
I spent last weekend reading it..And it was brilliant. ! Thank goodness for e publishing.
Judith Ivory. I loved her historical romances so, so much, sigh.
It’s not quite the same because neither of them have actually stopped writing, but I do really miss both Sarah Morgan and India Grey’s Presents/Modern books. Actually, I know Morgan has one out next year (yay!) but she’s spending most of her time on her single title books these days.
I used to wish that Sharon and Tom Curtis were still writing, but some recents rereads of their old books have not gone well. I loved their books back in the ’80’s and ’90’s, but the style and especially the heroines seem really dated now. The authors that I miss now tend to be the ones who have died: Dorothy Dunnett, Diana Norman/Ariana Franklin, Mary Stewart, etc.
I miss the medievals Roberta Gellis wrote, and the SF/F that Barbara Hambly wrote. They both seem to have moved on, and aside from the occasional short story from Barbara Hambly with her old Fantasy characters, it doesn’t look like there’s any possibility of either of them coming back. Sniff.
Lori Borrill wrote a bunch of Harlequin Blaze stories I enjoyed (I think it was Jane’s review which introduced to her). Then her website disappeared. Her last book was in 2010.
I also wonder what happened to Linda Turner. She was a long time autobuy for me and though her later books were more hit or miss, I would like to read the rest of her O’Reilly Brothers series. She published book 1 in 2009 and nada since. There are a lot of titles in her backlist I would love to get in digital.
I also wonder what happened to Alissa Johnson. She was one of the few histroical authors I would still read regularly (I have been leery of historicals for a few years now). Her last book was in 2012, so not that long, but I don’t see anything about new stuff on her website.
Does anyone know what happened to Naomi Horton? Her last book was in 2000 so far as I know. Same with Sandy Steen, last book I have buy her was in 2005.
I believe Carole Buck is still alive as I read she was a producer for Larry King. She was a long time autobuy author for me as well, but quit publishing in 1999.
@Cate: I just bought this series as it’s one I’ve been lusting after for years but got put off by the outrageous prices for the used print books.
@Aoife: “The authors that I miss now tend to be the ones who have died: Dorothy Dunnett, Diana Norman/Ariana Franklin, Mary Stewart, etc.”
Yes! If Jane had titled this post “Authors You Wish Weren’t Dead” I’d have listed all of these women.
@TrishJ: I’d forgotten AJF, she wrote some brilliant time travel romances before going down the romantic suspence route.
I think I’m going to be going throughy bookshelves for rereads this weekend :)
I miss Judith Ivory also.
@Jayne: I’ll put my neck on the line & say that you won’t be disappointed. Start with A Splendid Defiance as you’ll meet Justin in the later books.
I miss Marsha Canham’s swashbucklers!
I doubt this counts, because Lisa Kleypas never “retired,” but she hasn’t written a new historical in ages (which I prefer to her recent contemporaries). I was thrilled when she recently announced that she’d signed a deal to do another historical series. Can’t wait!!
I keep hoping Jennifer Crusie will have something upcoming, even though her last book was a serious disappointment for me. Same for Judith McNaught. And I really miss Maggie Osborne. I was so thrilled when I found The Best Man available for Kindle recently. It was the first of her books I read and it remains my favorite.
Charlotte Featherstone. Featherstone’s book, Addicted, was my first erotic historical read and remains a top favorite. The hero, Lindsay, still haunts me to this day. She had a great talent for historical writing. Her last published work was in 2012 and I know she had several stories in the works but sadly stopped writing due to a serious health incident.
Indigo Wren was a one hit wonder in 2010 with The Trap, an m/m contemporary published by Samhain. I really enjoyed that book and immediately went searching for a backlist but The Trap is sadly her only piece of work to date.
@Sula: She published “The Following Sea” in 2012. It’s a follow up to “Across a Moonlit Sea” and “The Iron Rose.”
Jennifer Crusie, for sure.
@Cate: I hope I will, I think I will. Years ago I enjoyed “Lucifer’s Champion” that she wrote under another name.
Judith Ivory, most definitely.
Without a doubt, LaVyrle Spencer and Maggie Osborne. Vows, The Gamble and The Best Man and The Promise of Jenny Jones are my all-time favorites of theirs.
@Jayne I know! I debated whether to list them, but I truly do miss their work, especially Ariana Franklin who died without finishing the Mistress of the Art of Death series–talk about a cliffhanger!
@Cate Aside from the Civil War series, which of Stella Riley’s books would you recommend?
Katherine Sutcliffe. I loved her books. And Candice Proctor’s romances, although she’s still writing in other genres.
Seriously DA need to do where the authors been/gone column.
@Library Addict I saw the new (at least I think it is) Alissa Johnson on sale in kindle (it may be KDP but not sure)
I love indie publishing because it brings my long time favorite back to writing. Marsha Canham is one example. Danelle Harmon is anothor who comes back.
On the one still missing, i wish Judith Ivory would come back. Love her books like crazy.
I know Nancy Gideon is still writing but I hope she writes the last book in Roselyn West penname series.
I’m glad you mentioned Judith McNaught, I loved her back in the day, especially her contemporaries I recall reading an excerpt like 10 years ago in the back of her latest book of a book that was never published!
Mine is like jamie beck’s because while Julie Garwood isn’t retired she hasn’t wrote a historical in years and I would love for her to go back to that
@Jayne: Agree. Maggie Osborne is missed. I loved “The Wives of Bowie Stone.”
Also Judy Cuevas/Judith Ivory, Denee Cody (she wrote terrific historical romances), Penelope Williamson but I learned yesterday that she still writes under the pen name of Philip Carter, tip came from Alison Kent on Twitter. One reader in the review suspected Carter was Dan Brown, so that’s the type of fiction she writes now. No more romance. I also miss LaVyrle Spencer. Kathleen Sutcliffe wrote pretty good romantic suspense but it was uneven. I didn’t read her historical romances. Antoinette Stockenberg wrote pretty good contemporary romances with some of her earlier titles having paranormal elements to them that weren’t bad at all but I preferred her romances without those elements. Laura Kinsale, despite her last release being four years ago. Annette Reynolds wrote an excellent contemporary romance, “Remember the Time” and a conflict with the editor made that her only release. She self-pubs now but I haven’t read it. I thought she had great potential. Laura Leone is another great voice of contemporary romance now missing, her Fallen From Grace was really popular. Last but not least, Roberta Gellis.
Susan Napier, her last sighting was in 2008…
I am intrigued by Tom and Sharon Curtis’ supposed new projects, but time will tell if they finish. I have come to the conclusion that authors who choose to stop writing should probably be left in peace. For years I longed for a new Laura Kinsale book, but I was underwhelmed by Lessons in French (it’s still better than most historical romances out there, but it was not as good as her older books). I eagerly bought Liz Carlyle’s The Earl’s Mistress when it came out over the summer, but it turned out to be a DNF for me (the story involved a lot of D/s and BDSM, which is not to my taste; I do not know if she always wanted to explore those themes and couldn’t before, or if she just decided to go for the 50 Shades market).
@May: Ha, I have mentioned that. A “Where are they now?” post would be fantastic.
Linda Howard for me. Even she write one book per year and also co-wrote with her pal, Linda Winstead Jones, I wish she can release more than 2 books per year. Also Jenna Maclaine, I like her Cin Craven series but no sign that she will continue it
Penelope Williamson. Her writing is sublime. Judith Ivory. More historicals from Lisa Kleypas please
@Aoife: The Marigold Chain, which takes place during the Restoration is lovely, and The Parfit Knight & The Mesalliance are both linked Georgian (1770’s) novels .. And are also well worth a read (if only for the stroppy parrot !) Seriously, she’s a really talented writer who I don’t understand WHY she wasn’t picked up by other publishing houses. Her day job is as a teacher, and you can tell..her research is excellent.
And even if she does not return to writing, I really would like to have Penelope Williamson’s entire backlist on Kindle.
@Jayne & @Aoife. I saw something in the UK press sometime in the past year, it might have been an interview by Barry Norman about his wife Diana Norman/Arianna Franklin, and I think one of their daughter’s will be finishing/completing her last book.
@Cate: Yes, thank goodness for e publishing. I bought the first book in the Stella Riley series you mentioned. Thank you!
@Cate: Not Jayne and sorry for butting in but yes, the title of it is Siege Winter and it comes out Feb 2015. I am looking forward to reading that bad boy.
@Cate I downloaded The Parfit Knight and The Marigold Chain, and am looking forward to reading them; thanks so much for the recommendation!
Interesting information about the Diana Norman/Ariana Franklin book. I honestly have mixed feelings about this since in my experience it’s never quite the same when someone else finishes a book. I’ll certainly be looking out for it, but my expectations are low.
I’ll echo the love for Judith Ivory and Liz Carlyle. Madeleine Brent, who wrote some wonderful gothics, but has been gone a long time. E author Linda Winfree, whose Hearts of the South series continues to be a comfort read favorite.
@Keishon: It’s not butting in, it’s a love of books… we can’t help it. Especially when they’re books & writers we love & want to share with others. :-)
@May: Yeah, I got all excited when I saw A Christmas Dance. But it’s actually a single release of her novella from A Christmas Ball anthology (originally titled Traditions).
I’d love to see more by Jane Fletcher. She writes f/f sci-fi/fantasy and, as far as I can tell, hasn’t published anything since 2008. I’m slowly nursing the remaining books of hers that I haven’t read yet.
Also, Ann Maxwell. Her Fire Dancer was the reason I started reading romance. I read the romance reissue and had no idea it was originally marketed as sci-fi. I know she still writes as Elizabeth Lowell, so it’s not the same as no longer writing, but I miss her sci-fi romances.
Ummm. Ariana Franklin fans… Jayne, Keishon, Aoife….. WINTER SIEGE was published on 14.10.2014, and it’s available now on both Amazon UK & USA. Happy reading ( & the early reviews are really positive)
I miss BERTRICE SMALL. According to her website, she’s been ill and I suspect she needed to take time off after the death of her husband. She’s the only old-school author that I still read and, in fact, look forward to getting swept away by each and every book she releases. Right now I’m hoping she’ll finish her Silk Merchant’s Daughter series that takes place in Renaissance Florence.
@Aoife: Ms. Hambly is still writing her vampire series. She is also still writing the Benjamin January series, even though it is not fantasy.
I’ll add that Laura Kinsale seems to be missing in action…or did I miss something. Her THE SHADOW AND THE STAR is right up in top five fave historicals EVER.
I don’t think Lisa Kleypas published a book this year. Is she still writing?
I miss Jennifer Cruisie too. I remember stumbling across a blog post of hers where she talked about her writers block. She didn’t call it that, instead she talked about her characters voices going away.
@Cate: When I log on to Amazon US (from a US location) it shows as a pre-order, releasing in February 2015 in both ebook and print forms.
Add my vote for Maggie Osborne. I’m pretty sure she retired, and I hope she is enjoying her leisure time, but I would love to read more books by her.
In terms of authors who are no longer alive, every time I read a historical mystery I think of Kate Ross’s Julian Kestrel mysteries. All lovely books, and far too few of them.
elizabeth Vaughn (I love the warprize series) and Susan Napier (she writes/wrote my fav hp)
@sandy l Much as I like to support favorite authors, I find the Benjamin January mysteries, well-written as they are, just too stressful to read. They’re almost too well researched, consequently I’m always worried about Benjamin and his family’s safety, considering the time period, and the reality that POC faced. The Asher and Ysidro series just never did it for me, unfortunately. I wish it did!
@Sunita: It’s probably because I logged in to Amazon.com from the UK. It’s showing it as available in the US
@Cate @Sunita Yes, that’s what I found on Amazon, too. I’ll definitely be watching out for this one come February, though. What I really want is a resolution for the Mistress of the Art of Death series, but it doesn’t sound as though that will ever be forthcoming.
@Cate: Yeah, it’s hard to tell sometimes about availability in other countries. They’re probably saying “available” because it has a preorder button. So not technically “unavailable”!
@Jayne: Add Elizabeth Peters in all her incarnations to the “wish they weren’t dead” list.
And I fifth? sixth? seventh? Judith Ivory.
I miss Linnea Sinclar – romantic sci/fi – I loved Games of Command, Finders Keepers and Accidental Goddess and Allison Lane who write many Regency – she was an auto-find for me when I went into any used bookstore
@Sandy l
Lisa Kleypas has a new Travis family novel coming out next year and just signed a deal for two new historicals.
I miss Jenny Crusie, Judith Ivory, and Laura Kinsale. I was going to mention Cecilia Grant because I kept checking her website, goodreads, and Amazon to see if she had any new books slated but hadn’t seen any hint of a new book coming. I just checked her website and saw she has a prequel novella to her Blackshear series coming out in a few weeks.
I miss Julie Garwood’s historicals. I know she writes contemporary mysteries but it’s just not the same. And of course I’ll be a Judith McNaught fangirl till I die. Miss her stuff!
Yes, definitely Judith Ivory. Her prose was hauntingly beautiful. It’s a shame she stopped writing.
@Keishon: I have been reading this blog on and off for years, but this is the first time that I’ve been compelled to comment. THAT’s how excited I got by your comment that Penelope Williamson is still writing under a different name. I looked up “Philip Carter” on Amazon and there is only one book listed, titled “Altar of Bones.” Is that the only one?
I wonder what happened to Josie Litton.
I miss Kate Ross and her wonderful Julian Kestrel series.
And while I am delurking…. I would have to say that, aside from Penelope Williamson and Candice Proctor, I also miss Marsha Canham, Katherine Sutcliffe, and Judith McNaught. Another one who has not been mentioned yet is Elizabeth Stuart. If you like any of the above, then I highly recommend that you read her books. From what I know, she only authored four of them, which I would rank as follows: (1) Where Love Dwells, (2) Bride of the Lion, (3) Hearstorm, and (4) Without Honor. They just don’t write books like Elizabeth Stuart (and the others I’ve mentioned above) anymore.
If anyone has information on Elizabeth Stuart, please post!!
Laura Kinsale. When I met her last year (and fangirled all over her!) she told me what she was working on and I so, so want to see this book! (not saying, because it wasn’t an on-the-record thing).
There are a lot of Presents/Modern and Desire authors I miss. The trouble is, I don’t know if they’re writing under different names. Off the top of my head, Catherine Spencer, Natalie Rivers, Day LeClaire (who was self publishing, but I loved her Dante books for Desire!), India Grey – did Presents/Modern have a purge they’re not telling us about? I want old Linda Howard back, and the old Suz Brockmann style books. They were my gateway to US romance.
Now the Kiss line has been retired, I fear we’ll lose a lot more writers.
If Presents/Modern authors are writing under another name, please let us know because we’d like to catch up with you!
Karen Kijewski, author of the Kat Colorado novels. She had one nearly every year in the 90s and then they stopped. Nothing since. Wikipedia says she’s still alive, but who knows.
Like several commenters, I miss India Grey’s M&B books. She has changed pen names and has her first historical (WW II London) scheduled for release as Iona Grey in April next year.
leslie:
Sadly Kate Ross died several years ago, and Death In Music, where she ties up a lot of loose ends regarding Julian Kestrel’s origins, was her last. I love her books too.
Delia Marshall Turner. She has several short SF novels that I just love.
@Lynne Connolly: India Grey has a historical novel coming out next year under the name Iona Grey.
@Cate: I bought the UK edition of ‘Winter Siege’ as soon as it was released. I believe the US edition won’t be available until February.
Definitely Linnea Sinclair. I’m always checking her website to see if she’s returned to writing.
Doris Egan wrote the Ivory books and City of Diamond (under a different name which escapes me) – she’s a screenwriter now, and has worked on some really big shows. Judith Ivory definitely.
Claudia Edwards was around a few years back and I desperately wish she would self publish and that the four she did publish would get released as ebooks and that she would write more. Bright & Shining Tiger, A Horsewoman in Godsland, Taming the Forest King, and Eldrie the Healer (first book of the Bastard Princess). And that was all.
If I ever hit the lottery for big money I’d spend some of it to pay advances to these and other authors to get some of these books written.
And of course Laura Kinsale!! I’ve been listening to her entire backlist recently released in audio format and it’s fantastic. And please please if anyone could let me know under which penname Penelope Williamson is writing I would be sooo grateful
I would love to read a new book by Mackenzie Taylor, Hailey North, Jennifer Greene & Kasey Michaels. Hardly any romantic comedies anymore!
I hope Judith McNaught finally comes back to publishing. I also miss seeing Paula Detmer Riggs, Kimberly Cates and Jessica Bird release anything new. Too bad Nora Roberts no longer writes in the Harlequin format. Harlequins haven’t been a must-but for me since they parted ways.
@Aoife:
Barbara Hambly is still writing, though she’s moved more into historical novels with her Benjamin January series. She also this year published another James Asher (her vampire series) novel.
Though, like you, I miss her fantasy-books. I recently re-read her Darwarth-trilogy and it’s still good.
@Gillian: I’m right there with you, Gillian! I actually bought Shadow Music in hardcover because I was SOOOO excited to have a new Garwood historical. Damn, was it disappointing! I want more like The Bride and Honor’s Splendour!!
I try not to make wishes like that too often – I once made the mistake of wishing Julie Garwood would write more historicals and was disappointed when my wish finally came true and Shadow Music was released – but Elizabeth Elliott; Indigo Wren (only one m/m book released); and Giselle Ellis (only one m/m book released) come to mind.
Although I am not a huge fan of authors continuing/re-imagining a series created by other authors I do wish for a conclusion to the Mistress of the Art of Death series by Ariana Franklin. I desperately need a resolution to that cliffhanger! Winter Seige, finished by her daughter Samantha Norman, isn’t part of the series but I would be interested in seeing if their writing styles are similar.
I now tend to wish that the backlists for authors such as Judith McNaught (pre 1996); Laurie McBain; Shirlee Busbee would be released as eBooks.
Katherine Kingsley. I particularly loved her Pascal trilogy (NO GREATER LOVE <– personal favorite, NO SWEETER HEAVEN, NO BRIGHTER DREAM) but I enjoyed a lot of her historicals. They're all kind of unabashedly romantic. For a long time I held out hope because her THE TROUBLE WITH UNICORNS was up for pre-order on Amazon for years…but it never came out.
I miss Kathleen O’Reilly. She wrote some Blaze books, one dealing with post 9/11. And speaking of Blaze, Mia Zachary.
I followed a lot of authors from Hqn Blaze, but so many good ones just fell off the face of the earth.
Beverley Hughesdon is an author my mother my mother mentions quite often. I think BH only ever wrote 4 books, and that is pretty much all I have ever been able to find out.
@ShellBell: If we’re wishing for backlists, can we add Glenna Finley, Eleanor Woods and Anne N. Reisser (both from the Candlelight Ecstasy line), Joyce Verrette, and Jan Cox Speas to the list?
Also, Shirlee Busbee has released some of her backlist in e format. I bought Deceive Not My Heart as soon as it came out because it was one of my favorites. I’m still waiting on a couple of my other faves to come out.
@Laura: Not sure if you knew, but Madeleine Brent was the pseudonym of Peter O’Donnell (creator of Modesty Blaise) and he passed away in 2010. I love Brent’s books, it’s too bad he didn’t write more of them.
@Tracey: I love romantic comedies! Thanks for some new names to try.
@Lynne Connolly: I too want the old Linda Howard back!
Another author I miss is Sandra Canfield/Karen Keast. Her categories were just wonderful. Sadly she passed away in 2003.
It does seem like a lot of Blaze authors have gone missing. Kathleen O’Reilly, Jamie Sobrato, Jill Monroe, Jillian Burns. Just to name a few.
Alison Richardson and Michele de Lully are two more I’d love to read again.
I also just read Hold by Zannie Adams, an EC author. I found it at GR under “SF/ER for picky readers.” That’s me! I really enjoyed it and immediately searched for more, but it seems the author has disappeared.
Kathleen Gilles Seidel – as in the 80s early 90s, not the women’s fiction.
Marshall Canham and Kathleen O’Reilly. I also miss Kinsale, but I assume her audiobooks took up a most her time I’m the past year or so. They’re so good, I don’t mind the lack of new books! O’Reilly has popped into Twitter a few times, but i haven’t heard about new books in the works.
I miss Julia Ross, Meryl Sawyer, Anne Mallory and Jamie Denton.
@Lisa J: The more the merrier :)
I would love to have The Spanish Rose; Tiger Lily; and While Passion Sleeps as eBooks.
I do not know if they stopped writing, but they surely remain the authors of one m/m book, at least under that name and I really really want them to write more – Felicia Watson and G.N.Chevallier. I am sure I know some more but I have to think about it.
Not so much a wish that they would continue writing, but a wish that the books would be translated into English! Years ago I read the Angelique series by Sergeanne Golon. Books 1-10 have translated and published, but apparently there are 3 more books in the series that have only been published in French. It would definitely call for a reread if the publishers ever get around to releasing English versions – would also love them in eBook!
@Mary Park: Yes, that’s the only one.
Lucius Parhelion who wrote ‘Faster Than the Speed of Light’ an outstanding original novel with an exquisitely slow romance set post WW2 in a US University physics dept- not something I had ever dreamt of reading, never mind putting it up on my favourite top ten gay lit list. This author,has to my knowledge, only written the odd very good novella since and nothing recently. If anyone has news please share.
@Rachel: Yes! Judith Ivory/ Judy Cuevas!!!
I too would love it if Kathleen Gilles Seidel took up romance writing again. I think she might be my first choice actually which is odd because she wrote contemporaries and I was always a bigger fan of historicals. But Seidel’s contemporaries almost always hit the spot for me. They are quiet books without a lot of strum and drang, written in omniscient voice too (not my usual preference either) but so thoughtful, and I love the way she delves into her characters’ psychology. Of all the authors I can think of who are still living but no longer writing romance, she’s the one I’d choose first.
After that, well, I adored a few of Patricia Gaffney’s historicals, as almost everyone who knows me knows, but she was less consistent for me and also wrote several books that didn’t do it for me. Still I love, love, love her prose. I can’t think of a romance author whose use of language I love more, not even Judith Ivory who had amazing writing chops too. So if Gaffney returned to historical romance, I’d clamor for her next book.
Laura Kinsale and Judith Ivory would come next, even though the last time I revisited books I had once loved by these authors, they didn’t hold up as well as I had hoped.
ETA: I just remembered Pam Rosenthal. I would enjoy reading her again. There must be others I’m forgetting.
Mine have already been named, but I also would love to see a list [and also, some way to try and let People Who Matter Know] of old backlist by authors who died before the ebook revolution, whose estates clearly don’t know what’s going on.
My first nomination: Tom Huff/Jennifer Wilde.
@romsfuulynn: I really loved the Claudia Edwards books as well – Taming the Forest King is one of my favorite fantasy-romance books. I believe (after a lot of googling) that she passed away a number of years back.
I would love to see more of Madeleine Urban. And Laura Baumbach, but she is busy with her publishing business.
@Mary Park: Candace Proctor is still writing, though not under that name and in a slightly different genre. She writes the Sebastian St Cyr books as CS Harris.
Joan Wolf. She writes religious stuff now, but I think her regencies are some of the best ever!
Jenny Crusie. God, I love her voice!
And I forgot Kathleen Gilles Seidel.
In Presents, Helen BIanchin. Michelle Reid,
@Cate: I think the actual involuntary squeal I just let out may have bust eardrums if there was anyone else in the room. A NEW Stella Riley! I about broke my index finger in the haste to click ‘buy’.
About the only book release that could excite me more these days would be if Diane Duane could finally complete The Door Into Starlight. One of these years, hopefully.
Add me as another person missing Susan Napier and there are two M&B authors; Helen Shelton and Linda Miles, neither of whom appear to be writing anymore.
Not even going to start on the dead ones, far too long a list.
I don’t think anybody’s mentioned Dinah Dean yet, I loved her russian series, and I’ve never seen any further info online.
@Mikaela: I agree, I loved that series and hoped she would finish it – go Rabbit!
I’m not original. I miss Jennifer Crusie and Laura Kinsale.
@Patricia Burroughs [aka pooks]: For authors who are no longer with us, I miss Eva Ibbotson!
I’m a huge LaVyrle Spencer fan. My favorite is still MORNING GLORY with THE ENDEARMENT coming second. *sigh* If she came out of retirement I’d pre-order in a second. I wish I could have had the opportunity to get signed books from her.
@Cate: @Keishon: @Aoife: What’s a little extra money spent – I just ordered it from Amazon UK rather than wait for 4 more months!
I’d love to see the conclusion of the Mistress series too but doubt that will happen.
Judith Duncan and Paula Deter Riggs
@FD: I’d love to see more from Dinah Dean too. Or even just have her books re-released.
@Jayne: I’ll second,third & fourth Dinah Dean. I paid an arm & a leg for a hardback copy of Silk & Stone about ten years ago, and there are still a couple of her books I never managed to get my hands on.
Another really underrated writer.. & her books haven’t dated at all .
Back in the late 90’s I read these three fantasy books by Anne Lesley Groell (yep, the editor of G.R.R. Martin) that I really enjoyed and then there were no more. . . ever! Apparently she wrote a couple of other books under the name Kate Brallier but what I still want to know is what happened with Jen and Thibault in the Cloak and Dagger series?
@Aoife: “The authors that I miss now tend to be the ones who have died: Dorothy Dunnett, Diana Norman/Ariana Franklin, Mary Stewart, etc.”
I’m adding Georgette Heyer to that list. Her’s were the first romances I read and they will forever have a place in my heart.
@FD: That makes at least two of us …
At least I was on my own when I let out my yell of joy :)
A name I didn’t see listed above is Julie Cohen, who used to write for Presents. I thought she had a lot of talent and potential, but it’s been a few years since I’ve seen anything from her.
Courtney Ryan/Ryanne Corey/Tonya Wood, depending on whether you were reading an SCL, Desire or Loveswept, used to write very entertaining books.
And if anyone knows Rachel Lee/Sue Civil-Brown, please tell her that she would be my very best friend if she would publish An Officer and a Gentleman in e-book format. :)
I miss Toni Andrews. Her Mercy Hollings series was one of my favorite paranormal/UF/whatevers, and she hasn’t published one in ages. Her web site is now gone, and although she’s still listed as one of the Deadline Dames, she hasn’t published a post in a really long time. I hope she’s alright.
I second (or third) many of these authors, but two that I don’t think I’ve seen are Sara Donati (Rosina Lippi) and Elizabeth Vaughn. Both wrote series that I adore and re-read all the time.
I’ll add my voice to the crowd clamoring for more from Judith Ivory and Laura Kinsale. Another writer whose books I really enjoyed is Julia Ross. I especially loved the historicals she wrote under the name Jean Ross Ewing.
Another vote for Julia Ross. She used language so beautifully. _The Seduction_ is one of my top ten romances.
I would love to know what happened to Gail Faulkner. I loved her Ghost Unit series.
@Laura: Madeleine Brent was Peter O’Donnell, who died in 2010. But last I checked, the amazing Brent gothic romances were released in ebook this fall.
I second Judith Ivory and Roberta Gellis! I’ve been on a Gellis kick for a while, re-reading her Regency and Medieval romance series’ over and over again.
I miss old Teresa Medeiros, when she wrote meatier, angstier historicals that took place in diverse settings as Victorian Australia and Western America.
@Diane/Anonym2857:
Julie Cohen is writing women’s fiction. For her books, and other UK books, you can buy with free shipping through bookdepository.com.
The top two that come to mind for me are Judith Ivory and Laura Kinsale – I see a lot of folks agree.
I am still sad and sorry that Liz Carlyle won’t be writing more historical romance – I really love her books and hearing that she has decided to stop and retire came as a big shock. I will really miss her is no more new books come.
For contemporary romance, my top two would be Linda Howard (last seen in 2012, so there’s hope) and Jennifer Crusie. The character and voice to Jenny Crusie’s books makes me smile so much, I would love a new book from her. I saw several mentions of Kathleen O’Reilly, I enjoyed her books a lot.
@Janet Mullany: Awesome! Thanks!
Maggie Osborne is at the top of my list. I cannot dig up the link, but she announced her retirement at All About Romance after Foxfire Bride (her last published book) *I think* won their annual reader’s poll. It damn near broke my heart. At this point I would settle for her backlist getting digitized. It’s a travesty that all of her books aren’t readily available.
Another one I would add is Susan Wiggs. Yes, yes – she’s still writing. And really, her contemporaries and women’s fiction titles seem to be doing well for her. But man, I miss her historicals. Especially since towards the end of her historical career she did a lot of American-Not-Westerns settings. I would give my eye teeth to see a new historical from her.
Lee Damon, Elizabeth Elliott and Amy Fetzer come to mind first of all. I am sure there are more but those are authors who I have re-read so many times I need to find replacement books.
@Diane/Anonym2857: I have An Officer and a Gentleman in digital. It was for sale as a 2-in-1 in the Harlequin Bestselling Author Collection with Merline Lovelace’s Night of the Jaguar (isbn 9781426864254). I don’t see it on the Harlequin site any longer though :(
@library addict: Sigh. Well then, I live in hope that it will come back at some point! :oP
I would like to mention Patricia Veryan. Her Golden Chonricles series was soooo good. I miss the fast paced excitement of her novels. She would be 90 yrs old this year so I guess I understand why she retired.
@Camilla: Joan Wolf recently, this month I think, self published a new regency. I haven’t tried it yet.
Definitely Susan Napier, Judith McNaught and Linda Howard. Their books are my go-to rereads, in print and digital formats.
The one I miss is Anne Weale, loved her romances.
I also miss the old Mackenzie/Kell Sabin Linda Howard. I was going to also say Joan Wolf but will be looking for the new Regency mentioned upthread.
Also, Andre Norton. Sci-Fi/Fantasy, yes, but she also wrote some of the greatest romances.
I’d love to see new books from Judith Ivory, Patricia Gaffney (her historicals) and Laura Kinsale.
Linnea Sinclair. Her last book was my favorite book of hers, and I was so incredibly ENGAGED in it, and to find out that her publisher chose not to continue the series…well, I’m sure it wasn’t as traumatic for me as for her, but gosh, it made me sad.
And boy, I wish Melanie Rawn would finish the Captal’s Tower series. I know that no one is allowed to speak of it to her, but – I just want to know how it ends! I’d even take a plot outline!
@Mary Park: I was going to mention Elizabeth Stuart! What I heard at the time was: she got married, had kids, maybe a set of twins, and there were some health problems.
@Keishon: Have you read any of Laura Leone’s fantasy novels as Laura Resnick? Looks like her current series is urban fantasy/mystery.
@ShellBell @Talthor Elizabeth Elliott published The Dark Knight , Dante’s book in 2012, it’s on Kindle & it’s good :)
@Jayne.. a woman after my own heart. I’ve been buying from Amazon US for years. I have the patience of a gnat when it comes to books I desperately want to read.
I miss Dara joy. She had some issues with her publisher, then self published a hot mess novella of sorts and disappeared. I’d like her back to the Rejar and knight of a trillion stars days. I also liked Wendy Roseau. Loved her first few silhouette books. Then, she published a few off ones and disappeared.
Cosign re Laura Kinsale and Jenny Crusie and Elizabeth Vaughan. I’d also add Christine Monson, who died tragically quite early in her career.
@Tangie: Gail Faulkner has updated her blog to say that Ghost Unit will be back in 2015
@Meredith: I was going to say Julia Ross! I re-read her books every year or so and long for more.
My list of authors include: Jessica Steele, Melissa James and Helen Bianchin. James had a website but it went off the face of this earth.
Also:
Nita Abrams (wonderful Napoleonic spy stories). Need more books from her — please.
Adele Ashworth — lover her Winter Garden and Duke books (indeed, all her books). I can’t tell if she’s actually stopped, because there were always long gaps between her books. I do hope not.
I am another who was not aware that Liz Carlyle had retired, and am sad to hear it. I’d like to urge her to come back, now she’s had a rest!
@Judy W.: Sadly she passed away a few years ago and since her only child predeceased her, I’m not sure who would own the rights to her books. I’d love to see them as ebooks.
@Cate: I used to buy a lot of Chick Lit books from the UK – speaking of which I need to add Elizabeth Young to this list of authors I want writing again now – so as to get the full language experience. Jane and I learned a lot of British slang that way.
Only one? One I’ve not heard much from lately is Laura Kinsale. I loved her earlier grittier books. I’ve read them over and over again. They read as well now as they did when I first read them.
Hands down I miss Josie Litton/Maura Seger. I’m not sure if she is writing under a new name or if she has stopped writing altogether, but I’d give up my first born if I could get another trilogy about Akora or the Vikings or their descendants.
I also really miss Jennifer Crusie. Especially the books she coauthored. Agnes and the Hitman is one of my favorite romances to read. I just wish there were other books out there similar since it looks like she is retired or at least on a long sabbatical
@LoriA: I’ve read none. I’m not a big fantasy fan.
@MaryK: going to look for it now!
i keep hoping for a new harlequin presents by Michelle Reid.
@Jill Sorenson:
I just re-read Hold this week. Loved it all over again. Thanks for this GR list!
I love this question! In my library reference desk days, I’d frequently get patrons complaining about an author not having a new book out. It was always an interesting experience to have to explain to them that authors are HUMAN BEINGS and sometimes life events happen. Our patrons were always surprised to learn that sometimes authors die, have strokes, retire, don’t feel like writing steamy romances after a divorce or losing a child, or that they change genres.
Judith McNaught and Penelope Williamson would be great to see in print again. (Jennifer Crusie is alive and well and working on a project, based on her blog, but it might not be the same type of book we think of when we think of Jennifer Crusie).
A cozy mystery writer I’d like to see come back: Rett MacPherson.
One of the late writers I really miss and adored when I was in college: Arnette Lamb.
Remembered another author–Jessica Benson! I loved The Accidental Duchess and have been waiting for the follow up for…OMG…ten years.
@Evangeline: Jessica Benson sounds familiar. I think I remember Lord Stanhope’s Proposal.
What occurs to me is that I never used to much rereading, because, way back when, I had a good enough memory for details, so rereading didn’t make much sense. (I have some vague memory, back in high school, of regaling a friend with a blow-by-blow account of a book I’d read.) So I should probably go back and reread as many of the above-mentioned books as I can, at least the ones that I can find on my shelves. ;-) My memory is a lot less … reliable, these days. It’d be interesting to see how many of the books hold up.
Yeah, I keep buying new books, hoping to find a new-to-me author–with a long backlist–to love.
Add me to the list who misses both Judith Ivory (Judy Cuevas) and Jennifer Crusie. Years ago, I found out that Judith Ivory was friends with Jennifer Crusie, so I emailed Crusie to ask about Judith Ivory. Crusie told me at the time that Ivory was having some challenges (I think they wear health challenges, but I can’t remember the exact answer). Crusie said she’s pass on my good wishes. Very nice of Crusie to even answer me back because, looking back on it, I can’t remember if I said anything complimentary about Crusie’s books, which I greatly enjoyed. I was just single-minded about finding out when I could get my hands on a new Judith Ivory book.
I’d like to add to my first response, where I limited myself to one author (Judith Duncan). I’d add to my list authors already listed above: Helen Bianchin, Michelle Reid, Paula Detmer Riggs, Susan Napier, Catherine Mulvany, Kathleen Korbel. I’d really love to see them write more, and I’d love to know where they are now.
Most of all, I’d love to just get a word to them to tell them how much I’ve enjoyed their books, and that I re-read my copies so much that they are falling apart. So my biggest request for this community is that if you know someone, who knows someone, who knows these authors – please pass along my thanks.
Of COURSE Judith Ivory. And I want to see something historical from Patricia Gaffney’s, please.
Someone has been posting on a self publishing website (The Passive Voice) as Josie Litton and I rather thought she might be the author because she has mentioned a back list.
I miss Robin McKinley. She’s not technically gone but she’s been working on book 2 in a trilogy for five years now, and I don’t see it coming any time soon.
I really enjoyed Sara Creasy’s Scarabaeus books, which I would characterize as sci fi with romantic elements. I think I first heard about them here on DA, actually. They were imaginative and really well written with a lovely low key romance. The second book came out in 2011, and there’s been nothing since then.
@andrea2: I love Judith Duncan, too. “Better than Before” is my favorite–it’s in the drawer in my bedside table. A keeper.
Lydia Joyce wrote some Gothic tone historicals and then nothing. I would love to see more from her.
@andrea2: Nalini Singh knows Susan Napier. I’ve occasionally bugged her on twitter for news. They were recently at a writing conference together, and NS tweeted that she’d passed on the love. If SN was at a writing conference, hopefully, she’s still working.
@JaneL: Not sure if you know but Norton, died a few years ago (2005). Sad, I miss her too.
One author I loved who was writing a crossover between two series she wrote (and I both loved) disappeared off the face of the earth for a while was Jane Siegel/Amanda Hemingway. She had a website that eventually disappeared too. I found a novel she’d published finally, a year or so ago but the reviews weren’t very good and the summary didn’t catch my eye. But for a while there man she was my GO TO, writer of choice. She wrote a series about time travel, witches that involved ancient Atlantis (WITHOUT being cheesey) and I was all over that in a hot minute.
Just remembered another one. Alison Richardson. She wrote the Countess Trilogy, a trio of interconnected novellas, and then that was it.
Sandy Hingston! She wrote School of Scandal and The Suitor, two of my favoritest romances of all time. I really enjoyed her other books, too. I know she had some issues with her publisher, but I’d love to find out where she is now.
Judith Ivory used to write amazing time travel romances but she kinda disappeared, as did Jane Ashford.
@andrea2: Kathleen Korbel is Eileen Dreyer. She’s currently writing historical romance. And she’s going to be on Jeopardy this Thursday …
This thread is full of fascinating “faves” and tragic hopes…
@andrea2: Kathleen Korbel is a pen name for Eileen Dreyer.
She wrote a bunch of medical suspense stories as Eileen Dreyer and has recently been pulishing historical romances as ED.
She has plans to self-publish her early Silhouette titles though I am not sure when. I will definitely buy her KK titles when she releases them in digital.
Hee, I checked her website and blog to see of there was any new info on when the KK backlist titles will be released and it seems Eileen Dreyer (aka Kathleen Korbel) will be a contestant on Jeopardy.
@Kim: @Kim:
Jessica Bird is technically still writing, but she is now writing under the name J.R. Ward.
@Kim: Jessica Bird writes under J.R.Ward now, The Paranormal books Black Dagger Brotherhood are fantastic! http://www.jrward.com/bird/
I hope Liz Carlyle reconsiders after she’s had a break. Some of her books are on my favorites list.
I’ll also second many of the authors already mentioned. (Of course, some I was unfamiliar with and then got I to trouble buying old titles or putting them on my wishlist.
For romance authors, has anyone mentioned Pam Rosenthal, Pamela Kaufman, or Betina Krahn?
For SF, RM Meluch and Laura Reeve (I really want more of the Kedros series). And DD Barant, please don’t leave the Bloodhound series where you left it. I think the latter two may have been dropped by their publishers, but self-pub is an option.
Finally, I’d also like to add my vote for more blacklists being made available as ebooks. Some OOPs are outrageously expensive in paper.
@Susan:
I mentioned Pam Rosenthal here and on Twitter. Isobel Carr told me that Rosenthal is working on a new Molly Weatherfield book. This is her other pen name, for contemporary BDSM erotica.
As several mentioned, Kathleen Gilles Seidel. I have enjoyed both her romances and her more recent contemporary fiction. Even that, however, is about 6 years old. I think I miss her books more than those of anyone else.
@Marumae: Yes, thanks, I did know that Andre Norton had died about 10 years ago. She was collaborating with other authors for a while with somewhat uneven results IMO. I think my favorites of hers were Year of the Unicorn and the Moonsinger and Gryphon books. Or, really, anything from the Witch World/High Hallack books that she wrote alone.
OK, now I have to go read some of those…
Jennifer Crusie and Deirdre Martin are two authors I’d like to see more books from.
Jesse Sandoval. He had short stories in the two Tangle anthologies Blind Eye Books published. One was m/m and the other f/f, and both were absolutely lovely.
@Janine: Thanks, Janine. I hope she’ll still write HRs, too. Almost a Gentleman is one of my favorites.
I really enjoyed Elizabeth Thornton’s Historical Romances. Sadly she passed away a few years ago.
BEST THREAD EVER. Years and years ago (like 20 years) I read a couple of books by Deborah Talmadge Bickmore. Then she just disappeared… I searched for her over the years and never saw any more. I assumed that she’d either stopped writing or perhaps she’d even died or something. I saw this thread and thought of her books immediately. Then I went to Amazon to look her up and discovered she self-pubbed a new one last year! I’ve one clicked it and now I’m going to go stalk to see if she has a website… I’m so excited!
Judith Lansdowne – she wrote some of the funniest regencies, many of which are still on my keeper shelf. She retired from writing over ten years ago.
@Taffygrrl: Coming in late here, but Melanie Rawn has said she is hoping to go back to The Captal’s Tower after she finishes her current series. I think the news came via Kate Elliott. (Otherwise it was probably A Dribble of Ink, but I think it was KE.)
@LoriA and @library addict – thank you for the updates. I will definitely purchase e-books by KK (I’m hoping she’ll pick the Kendall sibling series to e-publish.)
@MaryK – thanks for the update on Susan Napier, I’ll keep my fingers crossed that she will consider writing another one or two or three. . .
So out of my wish list of 6 authors, you’ve already found answers on two and this after only 1 day. Many thanks!
I miss the following authors: Helen Bianchin, Michelle Reid, Jacqueline Baird, Miranda Lee, Emma Darcy, Beverly Barton (died in 2011) and many others. Also, did Linda Howard stop writing? She hasn’t had a new release since 2012.
@andrea2 @MaryK Yes, Susan Napier is working on a book!
Rosamunde Pilcher! I reread Winter Solstice and Coming Home every year or so. Love, love, love her books. They’re my “comfort books.”
@Heather: I also love Rosamunde Pilcher and reread The Shell Seekers and Winter Solstice periodically as well. A friend of mine lent me her tattered copy of the Shell Seekers several years ago and after that I looked for everything Rosamunde had written.
I too miss Helen Bianchin, Linnea Sinclair and would like Diane Duane to finish the Door Into Starlight series sometime soon, as well as for Robin McKinley to do another Damar book (The Blue Sword is one of my favorite books, ever, and I always can count on it as a comfort book. Now if it would just come out on Kindle…). I’d also like for Candace Havens to finish her Caruthers sisters series and for Lois McMaster Bujold to write another book (I really love her Vorkosigan series, but the Chalion books were great too).
If we can include deceased authors, I miss Helen Mittermeyer. I keep hoping that someone will put her books out as e-books, but I think the chances are slim.
Jenna MacLaine. That woman has a fantastic imagination! I love her Cin Craven series and would love to see more from her.
I mean, I know why she stopped, but still, doesn’t mean I don’t want more.
I used to love reading the military romantic suspense books by Amy J Fetzer. She had a great series going.
Hi, Sally,
I want to thank you for missing my alter-ego, Melissa James, and my website (which I neglected shockingly near the end). I don’t know which of my books you loved, but if it was the romantic suspense, I got dropped from the line when senior editors changed. If it was the Harlequin Romances, I changed countries twice and had two deaths in the family, and just burned out. Sorry!
However, I decided I like the whole espionage thing to much to continue to let it go. I’ve taken The Nighthawks into history. The Tide Watchers, my first historical novel, which is about the real-life spies who found Napoleon’s secret invasion fleet, and must try to sabotage it using only a tiny, hand-cranked submarine, will be released June 9 2015 by Morrow Books, a division of HarperCollins.
As to a website, I’ll have another of those as well – very soon. :-)
Oh! And Laura Kinsale fans, she has a new book out – I think. I haven’t read it. She talked about it on Twitter just today!
@Lisa Chaplin: If you’re referring to The Dream Hunter, it’s been available (at least in paperback) since 1994.
@Jinni: Thank you for missing me, that’s really nice to know. I’m proud of my Blaze novels, which always had deeper content than just hot sex :-)
But circumstances change- lived my first editor but my second editor didn’t love me; they wanted me to stop including “Lifetime Movie” issues like spousal abuse and PTSD and breast cancer; and it was hard for me to continue writing romance in the midst of an ugly divorce.
I’m teaching creative writing to others and trying other genres. I’m working on my first young adult and excited to begin a modern mythology fantasy for NaNoWriMo today.
Thank you, Jinni, for inspiring me to not give up on publishing again
Dana Warren Smith, Paula Detmer Riggs (her name keeps coming up, doesn’t it?), Michelle Reid, Susan Napier, … But then I think that thirty years have passed since these these authors were first published; anything could have happened in that time span.
I also miss authors who are no longer with us, like Karen Keast/Sandra Canfield, Charlotte Lamb, and a few others I can’t think of at the moment.
On the other hand, there are authors who are still writing, and their current books can’t compare to what they wrote then. My tastes haven’t changed, because I continue to reread the good books until the pages are falling out. I’m not sure if these authors are being pressured to write different stories (I always have to remember that publishing is a business!), but too often lately their attempts fall flat.
@Diana: I’ve been reading this thread (several days old) with great enjoyment, and could add a few of my own favorites, but I had to comment regarding Rett MacPherson, a favorite mystery writer. After several years passed with no Torie mystery, I finally emailed Sharon Shinn (another favorite author of mine), who belongs to the same critique group as Rett. She told me that Rett was trying to find a new writing direction, possibly YA, but did not plan to return to Torie’s crazy world (featuring a genealogist-turned-detective). Sharon and I both thought that was a shame. Rett’s own website had been shut down, and her email address was no longer in existence. Maybe there is new information out there by now, but I wanted to get this information to you before the thread was unavailable to new posts.
Lisa J mentioned Jan Cox Speas, who is also one of my favorite authors. By coincidence, I saw that My Love, My Enemy (set in 1812 in the U.S.) has been released in digital form by Sourcebooks Casablanca Classics (for only $2.99)! That also led me to Susanna Kearsley’s website, where Speas is listed as one of her favorite authors and there’s a bio saying that Speas died in 1971, so no more books to come, unfortunately, but I’m hoping her books set in Scotland get re-issued too. I haven’t read them for years but still have vivid memories of how much I loved them.
Is Bettie Sharpe still writing?
Catherine Hart wrote awesome romances: historicals, a time-travel-with-magic, and a couple of contemporaries. The last of them was released in 1998, so while I’d love more from her, I’m thinking there was a reason the books stopped coming.
@ Nicole OCT 25, 2014 @ 18:40:23
>>>I miss Toni Andrews. Her Mercy Hollings series was one of my favorite paranormal/UF/whatevers, and she hasn’t published one in ages. Her web site is now gone, and although she’s still listed as one of the Deadline Dames, she hasn’t published a post in a really long time. I hope she’s alright.<<<
I actually e-mailed her in July 2011 and I got a reply back. This e-mail is 3.5 years old, so YMMV.
"Subject: RE: No More Mercy Books?
Actually, there will be two more, although in a slightly different format.
The publisher moved me to Silhouette Nocturne, so the books will be shorter
and more romance-ish. The next book will be mostly about Sukey. I don't
have a date yet, but watch http://www.DeadlineDames.com for an update.
I'm so glad you've enjoyed meeting the gang!
Toni"
I think I will contact her again and see if there is any update.
Michelle Reid
Karen Kijewski–I am re-reading all her books as I have all that she has written. I really enjoy her easy-reading style and heart-pounding stories. There’s usually a surprise at the end too.