Fans of Christian Romance discussion

Hi, I'm new to Goodreads and this group. I'm looking forward to meeting lots of like-minded readers here. :)

I love to read! I'm also an author. My first book Rocky Mountain Oasis released this past summer from OakTara Publishing.

Some of my favorite authors are: Bodie Thoene, Francine Rivers, Linda Windsor, Jeanette Windle, & Linda Chaikin. (I'll stop there - the list could go on and on! lol)

Anyhow, I'd love to "meet" you and chat a little.

Who are your favorite Christian authors?

Hi Lynnette I just joined this group also after your invite and looking at your profile.

Lynnette's book is great. I would recommend it.

my favourite authors are Gilbert Morris, Mary Coneally, M.L.Tyndall, Cheryl Wyatt to name a few. love Tracie peterson and Lori Wick also.

Hi Jenny,

Nice to see you here. I really like M. L. Tyndall too. I was sad to hear that she won't be doing any more pirate books in the near future.

Oh I hadn't heard that. I love her pirate books and the ones set in that era. (Im a huge hornblower fan)

Hi Lynnette,

Welcome!

Ive read most of Jeanette Oke's books along time ago ~ and recently Ive been reading the Love Inspired line. I like the Contemporary ones, and have started my first Love Inspired Historical book. I like Lyn Cote and Janet Tronstad to name a couple of authors. :)

Hi! I love tons...Brock and Bodie Thoene, Deanne Gist, Francine Rivers, Karen Kingsbury, Kaye Dacus, Gilbert and Lynn Morris, Jannette Oke, Lori Wick, Lori Copeland....lol I better stop!

Melissa, Thank you. I keep hearing about Lyn Cote and I need to check out some of her books.

Jennifer, Karen Kingsbury is also one of my favs.

Nice to meet you guys. :)

Joy wrote: "Hi Lynnette! :)
some of my favorite authors are Tamera Alexander, Colleen Coble, DiAnn Mills, Cathy Marie Hake, Dee Henderson, Lynn Austin, and Amanda Cabot.

I'm also looking forward to readin..."

I agree with your comment "the hardest part of reading is deciding which book to read next". Since I joined paperbackswap a couple of years ago..I have a very large to be read list! lol

Hi Joy, nice to meet you. :)

I agree. I have so many that I want to read, that deciding where to start is the challange. I'm usually in the middle of reading 2 or 3 books. :)

I do that with my writing too. I work on one story for awhile, then I move to another one until I get another bit of inspiration about the first story. :)

Hello everyone, There is too many list of my favorite authors.. I would say is Colleen Coble, Dee Henderson, Terri Blackstock and Traci Petterson

Lynnette wrote: "Melissa, Thank you. I keep hearing about Lyn Cote and I need to check out some of her books.

Jennifer, Karen Kingsbury is also one of my favs.

Nice to meet you guys. :)"

I made a group for her on here since there wasn't one! I actually just got her Shades of Blue for my birthday. I'm excited to read it.

I just finished Between Sundays a couple weeks ago. Very good book. I don't think I've read any of her books that weren't good. She is a VERY talented writer.

I'll look forward to hearing what you have to say about Shades of Blue - I haven't read that one yet.

I got that one for Christmas last year. I haven't read one of hers I didn't like! She and Francine Rivers are my absolute favs.

I'm just finishing up a book by K.M. Weiland called Behold the Dawn. It is very good. I'm not quite done with it, but I will get a review up in a couple days.

Yes, Francine Rivers! I can't wait for her next book to come out. I think it is called Roaring Waters or Raging Waters or something similar to that. But I don't know when it is slated to be available. I'm sure it will be good.

Hello everyone! My name is Camille and I just joined! :)

Hi Camille! Welcome!

Hi I'm Lorie and glad I found you all!

Welcome Camille and Lori.

Some of my favorite authors are Lori Wick and Wanda Brunstetter. But I have many more.

Hi Lorie! Welcome to this group, you will enjoy it!!!

Hi Lorie and Camille

It's great to meet you, Lorie and Camille.

welcome! i love lori wick too

I recently finished Jessie by Lori Wick

Lori Wick is a great author! I read a some of her historical books back in high school. I need to pick up some of her newer books.

Welcome Megan!!!! You will definitely like this group!

Welcome Megan!

Welcome, Megan! It's great to see this group getting new members and becoming active again :)

Hi all,
I just joined and am so excited to find a group dedicated to Christian romance! Like Melissa I've also read most of Jeanette Oke's books, as well as Grace Livingston Hill from a long time ago. I also love Nicholas Sparks romance novels. Recently a friend shared her copy of Moon Dance, and I discovered a new favorite author in Susan K. Earl. The book had all the elements I enjoy, and the characters are endearing. It was such an easy read that I just couldn't put down. I hope I can find more great recommendations like this from you guys!

Welcome Mary! This is a great spot to get ideas for new authors, books and series!!!

Welcome Mary.

Hi, I have just joined. I have read most of the authors mentioned.

I got to say that my favorites include Karen Kingsbury, MaryLu Tyndall, and Kacy Barnett-Gramckow.

Hopefully I can get some more Christian novel recommendations from you all. I have read over 1000 books and hope to read more.

Welcome Melanie!!!

Welcome everyone! =)

Mary wrote: "Hi all,
I just joined and am so excited to find a group dedicated to Christian romance! Like Melissa I've also read most of Jeanette Oke's books, as well as Grace Livingston Hill from a long time a..."

What other kinds of books do you enjoy? Sounds like we have some books in common. =)

Lauraine Snelling also has the greatest series starting at Red River of the North series and ends with Home to Blessing series...Tracie Peterson and Tamera Alexander are only a few I enjoy!

I totally agree. Those are good. I also really enjoy Dee Henderson.

Welcome Melanie! I love Karen Kingsbury too! In fact I made a group on goodreads for her since she didn't have one! lol

Lona wrote: "Lauraine Snelling also has the greatest series starting at Red River of the North series and ends with Home to Blessing series...Tracie Peterson and Tamera Alexander are only a few I enjoy!"

I love those series!

An author that I would read over and over and over again would be MaryLu Tyndall. She writes really well written historical Christian romance novels. Some are about pirates, and others about the colonies, and they all are accurate. They are real too! You don't have to be worried about the characters being too fluffy or anything.

Melanie wrote: "An author that I would read over and over and over again would be MaryLu Tyndall. She writes really well written historical Christian romance novels. Some are about pirates, and others about the co..."

I agree she is a great author!

If any of you are in Northwest Florida, I have a question for you. I am writing book reviews for The Examiner, an online newspaper. It doesn't pay a whole lot, but I enjoy it. If I can find a local angle, I get $1 bonus on my pay check. they want all of the stories to be local in some way. My area is from Pensacola to Panama City.

It's hard to make a book review local, and my editor suggested that I tell the reader where to buy the books in the area. I'd like to give the smaller bookstores a chance at getting some new customers. So where do you buy Love Inspired, Silhoutte, and other Christian books? I'm not shopping for books. My mother lives out in the country, and belongs to a mail order club. she gives me the books when she's done with them.