What are your favorite trashy historical romance novels?

Question

I am going to be on vacation next week and I really want to stock up on some quality reading material. Can anyone tell me the titles of some of their favorite jistorical romance novels. My favorite genre is medieval Scotland, Engand, and Ireland.

Answer 1

dunno if these would count...They're all medieval/renaissance era England

The Queen's Fool

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Constant Princess

(all by Philipa Gregory I think)

The Queen's Own Fool by Jane Yolen

The Other Boleyn Girl is the only one i would realy consider 'romance-y'...

Answer 2

Ooooo, well that depends on just how trashy you want to get! An absolutely fabulous series that encompasses all the countries listed above is the Skye O'Malley series by Bertrice Small. There are a million books in the series, but the best are the first two: Skye O'Malley and All the Sweet Tomorrows. If you like the series, you might continue with the story of Skye's equally adventurous daughter in This Heart of Mine. These books are very historical and VERY trashy to boot. Small is often called "Lust's Leading Lady," a dubious honor if you ask me, but I still love those books.

If you're looking for something a bit tamer than torrid, two of my favorite medieval romances are still the first two I ever read: A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught and Honor's Splendor by Julie Garwood. I can't recommend either of these books enough, if dramatic, heart-tugging romance is your bread and butter.

I agree that A Whisper of Roses by Teresa Medeiros is a classic; also  try Jude Deveraux's "Velvet" series:

The Velvet Promise

Highland Velvet

Velvet Song

Velvet Angel

Be warned, though; these four books MUST be read in order or they will make no sense.

If you like medieval time travel, Deveraux's A Knight In Shining Armor cannot be topped!

Answer 3

Hahahaha, definately have to go with Gone With the Wind.  Its not so much trashy, but, Scarlett is definately verrry different! and does a few trashy things (trashy in her time, of course)!  It also taught a lot about the war while following this interesting woman through the course of a few years.  If you haven't read it, I would suggest it, it is a good read, although rather long, Margaret Mitchell did a wonderful job with it.  

Answer 4

Try literally ANYTHING by Jude Deveraux. She is great at the "trashy historical romance". Plus, she is actually a really good writer too. Her stories always have a little something extra - they are not cliche.

http://www.simonsays.com/content/destina...

**********************************

(Edit: P.S. (2) of my favorite books of all time are a fictional (romantic and s**y!) accounting of the King Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot love triangle. The books are called "The Child Queen" and "The High Queen", and they were written by Nancy McKenzie. SOOOO good!!

http://www.amazon.com/Child-Queen-Tale-G...

http://www.amazon.com/High-Queen-Nancy-M...

Happy Reading!

Answer 5

Medieval Scotland and England?

Hannah Howell - http://www.hannahhowell.com/

Lynn Kurland - http://www.lynnkurland.com/

Karen Marie Moning has a time travel series in which several of her books take place in medieval Scotland as well - http://www.karenmoning.com/

Sandy Blair's Highlander books are also fun reads taking place in medieval Scotland - http://www.sandyblair.net/  

Teresa Medeiros "A Whisper of Roses" (my favorite of her books) takes place in Scotland - http://www.teresamedeiros.com/  

Christina Dodd has several of her romance books taking place in medieval England (Candle in the Window, Castles in the Air, Once a Knight and A Knight to Remember) - http://www.christinadodd.com/books.php

Answer 6

When I was young I loved the novels of Jean Plaidy,and most of them are still in print.  My favourite was 'Murder Most Royal' which is about Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and 'Royal Road to Fotheringhay' which is about Mary, Queen of Scots is very good.  Another one with a Scottish theme is 'The thistle and the Rose', which is about Henry VIII's sister Margaret, who married King James IV of Scotland.  Jean Plaidy wrote loads of others, she wrote novels about most of the kings and queens of England, and many about other kings and queens too.

Answer 7

Some older ones, which are the best in that genre, are

Rosemary Rogers,

1. Sweet Savage Love (1974)

2. Dark Fires (1975)

3. Wicked Loving Lies (1976)

4. Bound by Desire (1988)

5. Lost Love, Last Love (1980)

6. Savage Desire (2000)

Kathleen E Woodiwiss

1. Come Love a Stranger

2. A Rose in Winter

3. Ashes In The Wind

4. The Flame and the Flower

5. The Wolf and the Dove

6. Shanna

Valerie Sherwood

1. This Towering Passion (1978)

2. Her Shining Splendour (1980)

3. The Mistress (1991)

4. Lovesong (1985)

5. Windsong (1986)

6. Nightsong (1986)

Also Johanna Lindsey & Jude Deveraux