Meet Reviewer Tess Vanbroekhuizen About Me Favorite Romance Novels
As a teenager, I was one of those people who would go to bookstores a few times a week. If there was an author there signing books, I would pick up a signed copy, even if the book didn’t interest me at all (who knows what it could be worth in the future!). One day, Suzanne Enoch, who is now one of my favorite authors, was signing books. Of course I picked up a copy. I went home and when I began to read I realized that the first scene was very sexually graphic. I had never read anything like that, so I blushed, put down the book, and forgot about it. A few years later, I took a class in college about the “Romantic hero.” We read classics but also a few modern romances. So after reading a Danielle Steel book and 2 Harlequin Presents books I was hooked! I couldn’t believe what I had been missing all these years! I went home, grabbed my old-yet-unread copy of the Suzanne Enoch book I had previously rejected and I have been insatiable ever since!
Today, I am living in downtown Los Angeles with my boyfriend and my cat Nala. As we have a small apartment, my ever-increasing collection of romance novels takes up quite a bit of room. When not reading or reviewing for AAR, I enjoy meeting new people, going out to bars and restaurants in LA, watching good movies, listening to loud music, drinking large amounts of coffee, and discussing romance novels with other addicts!
Absolute Favorites
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Favorite Classic
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Personal Reading Tastes Favorites by Sub-Genre
What I’m a sucker for in a book:
Worldly and experienced heroines, exotic locales, regency era house parties
What I don’t particularly care for in a book:
The hero and heroine parting in the middle of the book for a long period of time,
What drives me absolutely nuts in a book:
Unreasonable jealously, meddling relatives
Favorite Romance Authors
All-Time Favorite Romance Authors
Lisa Kleypas
Suzanne Enoch
Karen Marie Moning
Toni Blake
Madeline Hunter
Best Discovery/Buried Treasure Authors
Bonnie Dee
My Biggest Glom
Karen Marie Moning
Lisa Kleypas
Frontier or American Historical:
For the Roses by Julie Garwood
European Historical:
And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke
Traditional Regency:
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Contemporary
Perfect by Judith McNaught
Category Romance
The Greek’s Convenient Wife by Melanie Milburne
Medieval:
By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter
By Design by Madeline Hunter
Alternate Reality:
The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
Favorite Characters Favorites by Plot Type
Favorite Hero
Sebastian, Viscount St. Vincent from Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Favorite Heroine
MacKayla Lane from Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
Strongest Heroine
MacKayla Lane from Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
Most Tortured Hero
Jericho Barrons from Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
Favorite Couple
Sebastian and Evie from Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Best Villain
Sebastian St Vincent from Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (Mainly because his redemption is the best!)
Cabin or Road:
Perfect by Judith McNaught
Romantic Suspense:
The Fever series by Karen Marie Moning
Funny:
What Happens in London by Julia Quinn
Sexy:
Passion by Lisa Valdez
Favorites by Mood
Comfort Reads:
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
London’s Perfect Scoundrel by Suzanne Enoch
England’s Perfect Hero by Suzanne Enoch
Guilty Pleasure:
Passion by Lisa Valdez
Least-Favorites
Most Disappointing Books
Love Only Once by Johanna Lindsey
Worst Book
Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale (I know everyone loves this book but I can’t stand it!)
Authors I Have Given Up On
Christina Dodd
Authors Others Love That I Don’t
Mary Balogh
Stephanie Laurens
Johanna Lindsey
Non-Romance Favorites
Favorite Classic Novel
Candide by Voltaire
Favorite Author
JD Salinger
John Steinbeck
Wally Lamb
Favorite Book
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Favorite Mystery
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Favorite Women’s Fiction
Anything by Jane Green
Favorite YA Book
The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Favorite SF/Horror/Fantasy
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
Book Most Often Re-Read
The entire Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
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