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Vanilla Romance novels and erotica Anonymous 05/27/20 (Wed) 10:43:57 AM No. 92743

What are you reading ?
What have you read ?
Who are some of your favorite authors

Anonymous 05/27/20 (Wed) 10:46:10 AM No. 92744

>>92743
I have been getting into cheap Amish Romance books from Amazon, despite the often atrocious covers they're not that bad and actually very culturally sensitive and often sweet

Anonymous 05/27/20 (Wed) 10:49:12 AM No. 92745

Necessaryspeed4?

Anonymous 05/27/20 (Wed) 03:28:54 PM No. 92774

>>92743
I don't read this genre often, but I've liked a few courtney milan books. I've noticed tons of them are set in Scotland. What is it with middle aged american ladies and Scotland?

Anonymous 05/27/20 (Wed) 04:02:49 PM No. 92780

>>92774
Americans have this concept of Scots being "noble brutes", it's why the accent is used for those kinds of characters in cgi kids films. Combine this with the way films only show the countryside and it gives these women a false hope that that Scotland is full of castle-dwelling strapping ginger men in kilts that do traditionally manly things like throw logs and get their hands dirty but will still defend your honor.
It's like how britaboos expect England to one big Victorian boarding school full of foppish gay boys and crumpets.

Anonymous 05/27/20 (Wed) 04:05:07 PM No. 92782

>>92744
I feel like the covers are one of the things that turn me away from romance novels. They're all cheesy same-y, just with different costumes. With so many being made I guess it makes sense. I should probably read the plot blurbs first, and find some good review sites to find authors to look for.

>Also that dude in the thread pic looks like a friend of mine and I don't know how to feel about that.

Anonymous 05/27/20 (Wed) 04:05:44 PM No. 92783

>>92774
Outlander probably helped popularize it. (Is that set in Scotland? Haven't read it myself)

Anonymous 05/28/20 (Thu) 03:34:14 AM No. 93065

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>>92780
anon these women know scotland isn't actually like this, that's why these romances are always set in the medieval period, however even then its often not historically accurate and often portrays scots as they are from braveheart
>>92783
most likely explanation but outlander had some historical accuracy, Jamie isn't a blue face paint wearing Pictman, he's a proper soldier in Eighteenth century Scotland, which is comparatively not that far back

Anonymous 05/29/20 (Fri) 12:54:04 AM No. 93511

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I used to read finnish version from this series in highschool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_the_Ice_People

I liked the witchcraft theme very much.

Anonymous 05/29/20 (Fri) 06:36:36 AM No. 93570

>>92744
I don't read romance novels but this is intriguing, do you have any recs?

Anonymous 06/15/20 (Mon) 09:27:57 AM No. 96074

Does anyone read Chinese web/light novels? They have pretty developed culture of sexy vanilla romance.

Anonymous 06/15/20 (Mon) 10:29:03 AM No. 96076

>>93511
Lol, those books were ridiculously popular in Poland in mid to late 90s. I read them in high school a while ago until volume 30 or something, when the plot became a bit too absurd for me. It's kind of a comfy read tho, if you're in the mood to waste some time.

Anonymous 06/15/20 (Mon) 11:55:03 AM No. 96083

>>96076
was it just Poland? I had no idea, thought they're just popular in general. I remember signing on the waiting list in my library bc they were constantly rented out. Such an entertaining series, even with all the absurdity.

Anonymous 06/15/20 (Mon) 02:49:28 PM No. 96099

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Precious Heart Romance is a company that publish these kind of books, sadly i have never read one but wanted to name drop them. they used to have a tv show here, iirc usually airs weekly either on a sunday or saturday afternoon with each episode on a different story. although, their popularity died down since wattpad (even before wattpad become mainstream, i think) took over in popularity and demand with live actions movies or series.

there also known for photoshopping celebrities into their covers from american actors to kpop singers.

Anonymous 06/15/20 (Mon) 10:36:48 PM No. 96122

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I'm too lazy for anything intellectually stimulating, so I read a ton of genre romances from my library's overdrive. My favorite premises involve the heroine and hero initially disliking or distrusting each other.

Some regency favorites:
>Then Came You, Lisa Kleypas
>School for Brides, Cheryl Ann Smith
>Never Deceive a Viscount, Renee Ann Miller
>Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, Julia Quinn

Other recs:
>The Escape Diaries, Juliet Rosetti
>Vamps and the City, Kerrelyn Sparks
Sparks' Love at Stake series is pretty fun for vampire romances.

Anonymous 06/16/20 (Tue) 01:53:59 AM No. 96131

I’m guessing Anita Blake counts but I didn’t get that far into the series to where it gets really dirty. Really enjoy the setting and its lore though.