African-American

Try:
Rochelle Alers
Bridget Anderson
Leslie Esdaile
Bette Ford
Gwynne Forster
Shirley Hailstock
Donna Hill
Brenda Jackson
Monica Jackson
Beverly Jenkins
Sandra Kitt
Raynetta Manees
Francis Ray
Marcella Sanders
Janice Sims
Eboni Snoe
Marilyn Tyner
Margie Walker
Angela Winters
Lori Bryant Woolridge

Links: 
Genesis Press

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Chick Lit

Try:
Candace Bushnell
Jenny Colgan
Jennifer Crusie
Katie Fforde
Helen Fielding
Patricia Gaffney
Mike Gayle
Olivia Goldsmith
Jane Green
Lauren Henderson ~ My Lurid Past
Wendy Holden
Lisa Jewell
Marian Keyes
Sophie Kinsella
Chris Manby ~ Getting Personal / Seven Sunny Days
Clare Naylor
Shannon Olson ~ Welcome to my Planet
Patrick Sanchez
Gemma Townley ~ When in Rome
Sarah Tucker ~ The Last Year of Being Single
Jennifer Weiner
Laura Weisberger ~ The Devil Wears Prada
Isabel Wolff
Laura Zigman

Links:
ChickLit UK
ChickLit.us

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Christmas

Try:
Mary Balogh ~ Christmas Belle / A Christmas Bride / A Christmas Promise
Jean Barrett ~ White Wedding
Jo Beverley ~ Christmas Angel / Winter Fire
Barbara Bretton ~ Mrs Scrooge
Stephanie Bond ~ Naughty or Nice?
Suzanne Brockmann ~ It Came upon a Midnight Clear
Jude Deveraux ~ The Blessing / Holly
Shannon Donnelly ~ Under the Kissing Bough
Elizabeth Doyle ~ A Country Christmas
Marcia Evanick ~ Christmas on Conrad Street
Diane Farr ~ Once Upon A Christmas
Elizabeth Graham ~ Sarah's Christmas
Heather Graham ~ A Season of Miracles
Dee Henderson ~ The Protector
Donna Hill ~ Rockin' Around That Christmas Tree
Lynn Kerstan ~ Gwen's Christmas Ghost / A Midnight Clear
Mary Kingsley ~ An Angel's Wish
Lynn Kurland ~ Christmas Spirits / Love Came Just in Time
Stephanie Laurens ~ The Promise in a Kiss
Johanna Lindsey ~ The Present
Debbie Macomber ~ Buffalo Valley/Can This be Christmas?/The Christmas Basket/Return to Promise/Snow Bride
Ellen Tanner Marsh ~ A Christmas Embrace
Gail Gaymer Martin ~ The Christmas Kite
Linda Lael Miller ~ Springwater Christmas
Celeste O. Norfleet ~ A Christmas Wish
Brenda Novak ~ We Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Mary Jo Putney ~ Christmas Revels
Sheila Rabe ~ All I Want for Christmas
Rosemary Stevens ~ How the Rogue Stole Christmas
Donna VanLiere ~ Christmas Shoes / Christmas Blessing

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Contemporary

See Also Women's Fiction

Try:
Susan Anderson
Leanne Banks
Patti Berg
Maureen Child
Jackie Collins
Millie Criswell
Susan Donovan
Marcia Evanick
Lori Foster
Rachel Gibson
Jennifer Greene ~ The Woman most likely to / Where is He Now?
Karen Kendall
Jayne Ann Krentz
Suzanne MacPherson
Susan Mallery
Deirdre Martin
Fern Michaels
Kasey Michaels
Lynn Michaels ~ Mother of the Bride / Return Engagement
Julie Ortolon
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Christie Ridgway
Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Christina Skye
Mackenzie Taylor

Links:
Contemporary Romance Writers

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Try:
Elizabeth Adler
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Janet Dailey
Judith Krantz
Fern Michaels
Sidney Sheldon
LaVyrle Spencer
Danielle Steel

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Historical

 American ~ European ~ Medieval ~ Regency

American/Western

Try:
Madeline Baker
Lynna Banning
Elaine Barbieri
Rosanne Bittner
Rebecca Brandewyne
Kate Bridges
Caroline Clemmons
Phoebe Conn
Geralyn Dawson
Cassie Edwards
Carol Finch
Shirl Henke
Norah Hess
Yvonne Jocks ~ Rancher's Daughters Series
Joan Johnston
Jill Marie Landis
Susan Kay Law
Curtiss Ann Matlock
Linda Lael Miller
Maggie Osborne
Janelle Taylor
Jodi Thomas
Linda Winstead Jones

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European

Try:
Mary Balogh
Jo Beverley
Pamela Britton
Connie Brockway
Liz Carlyle
Christina Dodd
Suzanne Enoch
Diane Farr
Jane Feather
Gaelen Foley
Jo Goodman
Karen Hawkins
Virginia Henley
Madeline Hunter ~ Seducer series
Judith Ivory
Lynn Kerstan
Lisa Kleypas
Judith Lansdowne
Stephanie Laurens
Edith Layton
Amanda Quick
Julia Quinn

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Medieval

Try:
Catherine Archer
Catherine Coulter
Claudia Dain
Shannon Drake
Dorothy Dunnett
Julie Garwood
Blythe Gifford ~ The Knave and the Maiden
Lisa Jackson ~ Enchantress
Lynn Kurland
Kinley MacGregor
Margo Maguire
Isolde Martyn
Nancy McKenzie
Glenna McReynolds
Margaret Moore
Tori Phillips ~ Cavendish Knight series
Deborah Simmons
Susan Squires ~ Danelaw / Danegeld

Links:
Historical Romance Writers

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Paranormal

(futuristic, time travel, werewolves etc.)

See Also Romance--Vampires

Try:
Laura Marie Altom ~ Kissing Frogs
Kelley Armstrong
Amanda Ashley
Susan Carroll
Janet Chapman
Dee Davis
Virginia Farmer
Christine Feehan
Donna Fletcher
Diana Gabaldon
Nancy Gideon
Susan Grant
Laurell K. Hamilton
Karen Harbaugh ~ Night Fires / Dark Enchantment
Kim Harrison ~ Dead Witch Walking
Melanie Jackson
Dara Joy
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Susan Krinard
Lynn Kurland
Glenna McReynolds
Karen Marie Moning
Robin D. Owens
J.D. Robb ~ In Death Series
Nora Roberts ~ Key Series
Maggie Shayne
Sharon Shinn
Susan Sizemore
Rebecca York

Links:
Fantasy Romance Writers
  Paranormal Romance Writers
Prism Awards given by the Futurist, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Chapter of the RWA
Time Travel Romance Writers

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Pirates

Try:
Jennifer Ashley ~ The Pirate Next Door
Marsha Canham ~ The Iron Rose
Claudia Dain ~ Tell Me Lies
Elizabeth Doyle ~ Beyond Paradise / My Lady Pirate
Jane Feather ~ The Least Likely Bride
Gaelen Foley ~ The Pirate Prince
Judith E. French ~ Falcon's Angel
Susan Grant ~ Once a Pirate
Virginia Henley ~ The Pirate and the Pagan
Cheryl Howe ~ The Pirate and the Puritan
Sabrina Jeffries ~ The Pirate Lord
Lisa Jensen ~ The Witch from the Sea
Johanna Lindsey ~ A Pirate's Love
Kinley MacGregor ~ A Pirate of Her Own
Connie Mason ~ Pirate
Linda Lael Miller ~ Pirates
Lynsay Sands ~ Lady Pirate

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Regency

Try:
Anne Barbour
Gayle Buck
Nancy Butler
June Calvin
Susannah Carleton
Elisabeth Fairchild
Sandra Heath
Emily Hendrickson
Georgette Heyer
Carla Kelly
April Kihlstrom
Martha Kirkland
Allison Lane
Elizabeth Mansfield
Amanda McCabe
Melinda McRae
Barbara Metzger
Elizabeth Powell
Debbie Raleigh
Evelyn Richardson
Regina Scott
Nonnie St. George

Links:
The Nonesuch

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Suspense

Try:
Beverly Barton
Suzanne Brockmann
Sandra Brown
Catherine Coulter
Jude Deveraux
Shannon Drake
Mignon Eberhart
Lynn Erickson
Julie Garwood
Metsy Hingle ~ Flash Point
Tami Hoag
Kay Hooper
Iris Johansen
Jayne Ann Krentz
Gennita Low
Judy Mercer
Doris Mortman ~ Before and Again / Out of Nowhere
Carla Neggers
Karen Robards
J.D. Robb
Nora Roberts
Meryl Sawyer
Maggie Shayne
Taylor Smith
Annie Solomon
Tina Wainscott

Links:
Suspense Romance Writers

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Vampires

Try:
Denise Agnew ~ Deep is the Night series
Amanda Ashley
Trisha Baker ~ Crimson Series
Nina Bangs ~ Master of Ecstasy
MaryJanice Davidson ~ Undead Series
Shannon Drake
Christine Feehan ~ Dark Series
Nancy Gideon
Laurell K. Hamilton ~ Anita Blake series
Karen Harbaugh ~ Night Fires
Charlaine Harris ~ Sookie Stackhouse series
Lori Herter ~ Demorrissey Vampire series
Michelle Jaffe ~ Lady Killer
Sherrilyn Kenyon ~ Dark Hunter Series
Nancy Kilpatrick ~ Power of the Blood series
Jacqueline Lichtenberg ~ Those of my Blood
Jean Lorrah ~ Blood will Tell
Katie Macalister
Robin McKinley ~ Sunshine
Linda Lael Miller ~ Valerian Series
Debbie Raleigh ~ My Lord Vampire / My Lord Eternity / My Lord Immortality
Lynsay Sands ~ Single White Vampire / Love Bites
Maggie Shayne
Susan Sizemore
Nancy E. Taylor
J.R. Ward

Links:
Vampire Romance Books

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Women's Fiction

Try:
Charlotte Vale Allen
Lois Battle
Barbara Bretton
Shirlee Busbee
Diane Chamberlain
Barbara Delinsky
Jude Deveraux ~ The Summerhouse / Wild Orchids
Eileen Goudge
Kristin Hannah
Dee Holmes
Viqui Litman
Debbie Macomber
Curtiss Ann Matlock
Pamela Morsi ~ Doing Good / Letting Go / Suburban Renewal
Luanne Rice
Barbara Samuel
Deborah Smith

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