Meet Pollster Lee Brewer 
Lee’s Top 10 Romance List
About Me Favorite Romance Novels
I live in Seattle, Washington, am single and work as a legal assistant. I remember learning to read (comic strips) at a young age and nowadays try to read about 5-6 books a week. I love to travel, especially to Europe, and enjoy exploring smaller towns off the tourist track though London is my favorite city in the world. While traveling, I take lots of photos that I use to make birthday cards and calendars for friends and co-workers.
Historical romance and chick lit are my favorite genres, though I like romantic suspense without a lot of violence. I’ve read many books by the authors we are tabulating votes for in AAR’s Favorite Books poll.
Absolute Favorites
The Windflower by Sharon and Tom Curtis
Favorite Classic
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Favorite Short Story
It’s a Wonderful Christmas (A Dreamspun Christmas) by Edith Layton
Personal Reading Tastes Favorites by Sub-Genre
What I’m a sucker for in a book: Stories where characters travel about the countryside, through other countries or across the sea, stories with pets who have personalities, and stories that make me laugh.
What I don’t particularly care for in a book: Books with sections devoted to the murderer’s thoughts, descriptions of extreme violence, and stories with vampires and shapeshifters.
What drives me absolutely nuts in a book: The use of the word “panther” to describe the lead male character, secret babies, stories with love scenes that go on and on for pages, and stories where the lead characters don’t communicate with each other – the kind where if they did, the story would be really short.
Favorite Romance Authors
All-Time Favorite Romance Authors
Carla Kelly
Julia Quinn
Jo Beverley
Loretta Chase
Anne Gracie
Judith Ivory
Lynn Kurland
Anne Stuart
Best Discovery/Buried Treasure Authors
Susanna Kearsley
My Biggest Glom
Mary Balogh
Contemporary:
Family Blessings by LaVyrle Spencer
Frontier or American Historical:
Always to Remember by Lorraine Heath
Gifts from the Sea by Jane Goodger
European Historical:
Silk and Secrets by Mary Jo Putney
Swept Away by Marsha Canham
A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh
The Affair by Sandy Hingston
The Widow’s Kiss by Jane Feather
Traditional Regency:
Reforming Lord Ragsdale by Carla Kelly
Marian’s Christmas Wish by Carla Kelly
The Secret Pearl by Mary Balogh
Medieval:
This Is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
Alternate Reality:
The Bride Finder by Susan Carroll
Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
Category:
Beyond All Reason by Judith Duncan
Favorite Characters Favorites by Plot Type
Favorite Hero
Asher Adams, Amazon Lily by Theresa Weir
Marquess of Rothgar, Malloren series by Jo Beverley
Favorite Heroine
Penelope Featherington, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Evelyn Cummings Whyte, Bridal Favors by Connie Brockway
Most Tortured Hero
Tanner McCall, Beyond All Reason by Judith Duncan
Clayton Holland, Always to Remember by Lorraine Heath
Strongest Heroine
Tatiana Metanova, The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Juliet Cameron, Silk and Secrets by Mary Jo Putney
Favorite Couple
Merry Wilding and Devon Crandall, The Windflower by Laura London
Max Bhagat and Gina Vitagliano, Troubleshooter series by Suzanne Brockmann
Best Villain
The Golden Leopard by Lynn Kerstan
Cabin or Road:
Chase the Moon by Catherine Nicholson
The Charm School by Susan Wiggs
Suspense:
Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann
Funny:
Bewitching by Jill Barnett
Sexy:
The Lady’s Tutor by Robin Schone
Favorites by Mood
Comfort Reads:
Family Blessings by LaVyrle Spencer
Most-Hanky Reads:
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
Tapestry by Karen Ranney
Least-Favorites
Authors I Have Given Up On
Amanda Quick
Johanna Lindsey
Authors Others Love That I Don’t
J.D. Robb
Lori Foster
Non-Romance Favorites
Favorite Author
Ayn Rand
Favorite Book
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Favorite Nonfiction
Any and all European travel guides
Favorite Women’s Fiction
Shining Through by Susan Isaacs
Favorite YA Book
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
Favorite Set of Connected Books
Betsy, Tacy, and Tib series by Maud Hart Lovelace
The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Book Most Often Reread
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
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