Comments on: Who’s Your Baddy?

By: lacey kaye

lacey kaye — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:38:00 +0000

I, too, am loving Rochdale. *Sigh.*

By: Maggie Robinson

Maggie Robinson — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:47:00 +0000

RevM, middle school is evil. I think all kids should be sent far away for quite some time. Glad Rochdale was a hit.

Gillian, I gotta say it. I’m a cupcake, but I wouldn’t mind a bite or two of Ranger.

Santa, thanks for the advice! Off to the library. CK would bankrupt me if I read them all. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. Stopped reading romance while I was raising my kids…just when I really could have used it, LOL…so the 80s and 90s are all brand new to me.

By: Santa

Santa — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:39:00 +0000

Maggie, while you’re diving into Carla Kelly’s world, you must take a dip in Jo Beverley’s traditional regencies. They are a delight. Not too dark but you just want to drape yourself around Piers….was that TMI? Go to your library for those. They are out of print for the time being and are outrageously expensive, even used, on line.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:16:00 +0000

Sebastian in Devil in Winter, love him.

But my fav. bad boy? Ranger in the Stephanie Plum series. YUUUMMMMMM. Just his one word “Babe…” could make me forget I’m a happily married lady

By: RevMelinda

RevMelinda — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:13:00 +0000

Janga! Obviously I am going to have to read “Lord of Scoundrels” again! (Such a burden! ::draping hand artistically against forehead::)

I love LC’s writing–and I loved Dain as a character–but he didn’t–er–ring my bell, so to speak. Whereas, oddly, the thought of St. Vincent makes me have to fan myself although I’m not in general a LK devotee. I think maybe I haven’t read “Dreaming of You,” though, so I’m putting that on the list!

My rendezvous with Rochdale went swimmingly. Although I guess I didn’t realize that Grace is SO! INCREDIBLY! BEAUTIFUL! and, frankly, that always bugs me somewhat in a novel. (I’m still emotionally scarred from middle school, LOL)

By: Maggie Robinson

Maggie Robinson — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:26:00 +0000

A Kelly book I ordered was out of stock, but yes, Janga, one of them is Mrs. Drew Plays her Hand. I remember you saying it was a favorite when Beau Crusoe came out. Amazing that I even remember that fact, because my mind is deep in Vague Territory lately.

By: Janga

Janga — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:09:00 +0000

Maggie, I hope your twofer Kelly is the one with Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand included. That’s a book I never tire of. Reforming Lord Ragsdale is another. I have lost count of how mant times I have read them.

Dain petulant? Ah, no, RevM. Granted that he is sometimes ill-tempered and irritable, but given his history and the way he uses his ill temper as a defense, I don’t find his behavior unreasonable. I adore Dain!

By: Maggie Robinson

Maggie Robinson — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:22:00 +0000

Keira, Avon was pretty untoppable, but Vidal makes for a nice ending. And I loved getting to see Leonie as a mother.

By: Maggie Robinson

Maggie Robinson — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:20:00 +0000

RevM, you’ve just inspired me to make a couple of Kelly purchases…and may I say I’m not sure I can afford to read her whole backlist, LOL. I’m started with three and we’ll take it from there. One of the books is a double, so I’ll really be reading four. Book reports to follow.

Tracy,Damerel is to die for. I remember reading about the Black Moth connection…but I read that so many years ago the moth has definitely flown away!

By: Keira Soleore

Keira Soleore — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:17:00 +0000

My heart palpitated over Heyer's devlish cub, Vidal when I first read that book as a teen. Ooh the name was heroic. Ooh the curls were cute. Ooh he threw tantrums so fetchingly. And on and on. I like Avon better now. These Old Shades was my first Heyer and the first romance book I owned (and still own), but Venetia is my favorite (for Venetia herself).