Romance

Article in the Adult Fiction category.

Introduction

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a great fortune must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813.

Romance novels appeal to the heart and celebrate the power of love.

Awards

• The Rita Awards are given by the Romance Writers of America in several different categories for romance writing.

Gothic Romance

• Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Bronte

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• Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Bronte

• Rebecca (1938) by Daphne DuMaurier,

Contemporary Romance

• Sandra Brown
• Barbara Freethy*Jennifer Greene
• Tami Hoag
• Iris Johansen
• Kathleen Korbel
• Jayne Anne Krentz
• Debbie Macomber
• Nora Roberts
• Danielle Steel

Short List of Bestselling Authors

• Jane Austen

• Jill Barnett

• Jo Beverley

• Jennifer Blake

• Barbara Taylor Bradford

• Charlotte Bronte

• Sandra Brown

• Barbara Cartland

• Loretta Chase

• Mary Higgins Clark and authors like her.

• Catherine Coulter

• Sharon Curtis / Tom Curtis

• Jude Deveraux and authors like her.

• Diana Gabaldon

• Julie Garwood

• Heather Graham

• Shannon Drake

• Georgette Heyer

• Victoria Holt

• Tami Hoag

• Iris Johansen

• Judith Krantz

• Elizabeth Lowell

• Judith McNaught

• Sandra Brown

• Susan Elizabeth Phillips

• Amanda Quick

• Nora Roberts

• J.D. Robb

• LaVyrle Spencer

• Danielle Steel and authors like her

• Mary Stewart

• Phyllis A. Whitney

• Penelope Williamson

• Kathleen E. Woodiwiss