Why do we love authors?

My favorite authors and why:

 Lori Foster - I love her strong male characters and spunky females.  I find them very real no matter how crazy the subject.   Also, so many of her books are tied together while still able to stand alone.  I enjoy those sneak peeks in to a previous character's life.

Lora Leigh - She just rips my heart out and puts it back together all in one book.  I love her writing style and the emotional depth she establishes with her characters.  My stomach flip flops everytime I read one of her books.  Oh, and they are HOT too.  lol

J.R. Ward - The Brothers.  I want to eat them all up!

J.K. Rowling - She really pulled me out of a reading slump when I picked up Harry Potter.  I hadn't read a book in months and then I read Sorcerer's Stone and I was hooked all over again.

Alison Kent - Her books are so exciting.  I love her style of writing and know when I am reading one of her books that everything is going to be perfectly linked together by the end of the book. 

Vikki - I could go on and on and on, but I'll stop with the above.  I only listed those because the are my tried and true and know they will never let me down.  And that reason applies to all of the above as to why they are my favorite.

I have so many favorites. But my first favorites were Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb, Linda Howard, Jayne Ann Krents and her a.k.a.'s. I think I have read everything they have written, if not, it is probably only one or two books. Other firsts were Diana Palmer and Elizabeth Lowell. In Historical's it was Mary Balogh.

Now I have so many more and amoung them are Lori Foster, Jessica Bird/J.R. Ward, Emma Darcy, Karen Templeton, Julie Miller, Emilie Rose, Miranda Lee, Erin McCarthy, Lisa Kleypas, Stephanie Lauren, Julie Garwood, Diana Duncan. . . there are more but those are the ones I can think of now.

Most of these, if not all, have heroines who are smart and spunky, and can hold there own against the heros. I like that the heros from most of these authors are usually really into the heroine from the beginning of the book even if they are not sure about marriage.

Margie :)

Naming the authors is easy.  Saying why, for me, is hard.  This is why I don't write - I suck at putting things into words.  Maybe the one quality that all my favs share is a sense of humor.  To me, there really has to be some somewhere in the story.  It can be total chaos, or just to break up the tension occasionally.  I think that's a must.  Because who can get thru the day without laughing?

So, some of my favs are:  Nora, Agatha Christie, Carole Mortimer, Janet Evanovich, Stuart Woods, JR Ward, Miranda Lee, Julie Miller, Julie Leto, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, MaryJanice Davidson, Alison Kent, Jennifer Crusie, Lori Foster, etc. . . . .  I really could go on for a while.  So quitting before everyone falls asleep

Warning: this is not a complete list.

Jayne Ann Krentz (also as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle - Not necessarily the older stuff.  I haven't read enough to know): I've said this b4 but... I love her characters.  The heroines have so much intelligence and independence but are spirited and loveable, the heros are deep, and usually have sufered some emotional scarring, but they work past that for the heroine (and yes, usually end up wrapped around her finger, though they aren't weak).  Plus, she used to be a librarian, which is what I'm going to school for now.

Mercedes Lackey: I've just been drawn into her worlds.  And one of her books, Magic's Pawn, makes me cry everytime I read it...even though that's probably been ten or more times.  If I am feeling overwhelmed, I can read this book and afterwards, I feel refreshed.

Steven Brust:  I have no idea why I like these books, or why I like the hero who is an assassin (eventually ex-assassin).  But there is something there bc I do like the books and especially Vlad Taltos.

Sherrilyn Kenyon:  Her characters.  Her stories.  The save the world mentality.

Christine Feehan: Same reasons as Kenyon.  Characters, stories, and save the world...

Nora Roberts:  Her stories.  Not the earlier ones--those kinda bored me.  But eventually...series like MacGregors, Donnavans, etc. and/or single titles like River's End, Northern Lights, etc.

There are more, but I'm going to go read.  Or maybe get some more sleep.