Summer reading and winter reading vary greatly one from the other. During the winter, readers want to cozy up with a good book by their fire places and drink a glass of Sherry or a cup of hot coca. During the summer, readers want something they can read by the pool, something that can draw their minds away from the blazing heat of the sun and into the heat of their novel.
Dark romances are best read during the winter when readers can delve into the depths of the novel and dwell on the intricate spirals of details found there, unless it has some comedic tendencies. Funny vampire books are good for summer or winter months, where as Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire is best left for a winter night when the cold chill can add to the book’s intensity.
Top 10 Summer Romance Novels of 2010
- A Rogue of my Own by Johanna Lindsey - (Pocket) Romance combines with a deceitful tangle of lies to bring about a romantic interlude that is hard to forget.
- A Lady Never Tells by Candace Camp (Pocket Star) - A humorous tale of unpolished sisters from America who flee to London to take their step into high society.
- Lover Mine by J.R. Ward (NAL) - This newest addition to the Black Dagger Brotherhood is deep and riveting as a mute Vampire and a half breed Symphath try to ignore their heads and follow their hearts.
- Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris (Ace) - The latest Sookie Stackhouse novel deals more with Sookie’s budding relationship with her vampire boyfriend and looks deeper into her mythical past.
- Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley) - A new Anita Blake- Vampire Hunter novel that takes Anita deeper into her bonds with the Mother of all Darkness.
- The Search by Nora Roberts (Putnam Adult) - The dangerous Pacific Northwest wilderness yields love for a canine search and rescue volunteer.
- Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead - (Razorbill) This teen romance novel tells the tale of a vampire romance that turns dangerous.
- Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts - (Berkley) The Bridal Quartet series continues with a romance that blooms between life-long friends.
- The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls by L. J. Smith - (Harper Teen) In this teen fiction that inspired the CW show; Vampire Diaries, Elena is caught once again between two vampire brothers.
- Big Girl by Danielle Steel - (Delacorte) Different from most romances, this novel deals with a heavier set woman as the main character who naturally deals with weight issues but finds love in the process.
Classic Summer Romances
There are always some of the older romance novels that are good to read during the summer, books like:
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger (Harcourt)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)
Top Summer Romances of 2011
Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward (NAL - April 2011)
Dark Predator by Christine Feehan (Berkley/Jove)
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