ISBN 978-0-8444-9569-9 Gentle 2014 Romances National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Washington 2014 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Gentle romances, 2014. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 978-0-8444-9569-9 1. Blind--Books and reading--Bibliography--Catalogs. 2. Talking books-- Bibliography--Catalogs. 3. Braille books--Bibliography--Catalogs. 4. Love stories-- Bibliography--Catalogs. 5. Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped--Catalogs. I. Title. Z5347.L533 2014 [HV1721] 016.823’08508--dc23 2014037860 Contents Introduction .......................................... iii pense, or paranormal events may be present, Audio ..................................................... 1 but the focus is on the relationship. Dull, Braille .................................................... 41 everyday problems tend to be glossed over Index ...................................................... 53 and, although danger may be imminent, the Audio by author .................................. 53 environment is safe for the main characters. Audio by title ...................................... 61 Much of modern fiction—romances in- Braille by author ................................. 71 cluded—contains strong language and Braille by title ..................................... 73 descriptions of sex and violence. But not Order Forms ......................................... 77 all readers want that. This bibliography Audio .................................................. 77 presents titles produced by NLS that do Braille ................................................. 79 not contain explicit sex, violence, or strong language. Even within these limits there is Note: See last two pages for the phone still great variety. Bestselling authors such number of your cooperating library. as Janet Evanovich, Peter Mayle, Colleen McCullough, Stephenie Meyer, Nicholas Sparks, and Danielle Steel are represented. Introduction Settings include Regency-period London, current-day Amish communities, NASCAR This bibliography is a guide to selected races, and the paranormal worlds of time romance titles produced by the National travel and vampires. The roles of women Library Service for the Blind and Physically run the gamut from traditional to modern. Handicapped (NLS) in audio and braille Marion Chesney’s traveling matchmaker formats. These books are available to NLS journeys around England by stagecoach patrons through their cooperating network to ply her trade, while the heroines of Dee libraries throughout the United States and its Henderson’s Uncommon Heroes series are a territories. lifeguard, a navy pilot, and a CIA agent. The love story was a staple of poets and Titles are arranged in alphabetical or- storytellers long before the invention of the der by format according to their author’s printing press or the development of the last name and are available in braille and/ novel. Enthusiasm for love stories has flour- or audiobook formats. Recorded titles are ished unabated for centuries. According to available on digital cartridge (DB) and/or on the Romance Writers of America, romance the Braille and Audio Reading Download had the largest share of the U.S. consumer (BARD) at https://nlsbard.loc.gov, which al- market in 2012, when the genre generated lows registered patrons to download digital more than $1.4 billion in sales. talking books and audio magazines. Some Romances—like mysteries, westerns, digital titles may be available only for down- and espionage novels—provide an escape load. Braille (BR) titles are also available on to a world with certain distinctive character BARD. types and situations. The story is usually about a woman and her relationship with a man. Other elements like adventure, sus- iii Audio From a Distance: Timber Ridge Remembered DB 66576 Reflections DB 69951 14 hours 59 minutes 13 hours 48 minutes by Tamera Alexander by Tamera Alexander read by Catherine Byers read by Jill Ferris Willow Springs, Colorado Territory; 1871. Colorado Territory, 1875. Elizabeth West After her mother dies in Paris, Véronique brook arrives in Timber Ridge to photo- Girard journeys to America in search of graph the Rocky Mountains and to restore her long-lost father. She hires widower her health. Former Confederate soldier Jack Brennan to take her to mining com- Daniel Ranslett protects Elizabeth after munities in the mountains, where gradu- one of her film exposures captures a mur- ally, by the grace of God, they fall in love. der. Although from different backgrounds, 2007. the two fall in love. 2008. Revealed DB 66384 The Inheritance DB 74009 12 hours 55 minutes 11 hours 25 minutes by Tamera Alexander by Tamera Alexander read by Catherine Byers read by Gabriella Cavallero Willow Springs, Colorado Territory; 1870. 1877. McKenna “Kenny” Ashford and her Former prostitute Annabelle troublesome teenage brother leave Mis- Grayson’s husband Jonathan dies on their souri to join their cousin Janie in Copper way to his Idaho land, leaving her alone Creek, Colorado. Then Janie dies, leaving and pregnant. Jonathan’s half brother Kenny her bankrupt ranch and five-year- Matthew Taylor, who despises Annabelle, old daughter. Kenny doesn’t need any reluctantly agrees to escort her to the more complications—but widowed mar- homestead. Unexpectedly, the two fall in shal Wyatt Caradon falls in love with her. love. Rita Award. 2006. Rita Award. 2009. A NASCAR Holiday, 3 DB 71100 Rekindled DB 66062 7 hours 38 minutes 12 hours 18 minutes by Liz Allison and others by Tamera Alexander read by Kate Kiley read by L.J. Ganser Four romantic holiday tales. In Jean Colorado Territory, 1868. Bostonians Brashear’s A Family for Christmas, Larson and Kathryn Jennings move west, NASCAR crew chief Gib Cameron re- but a decade later, someone sabotages turns home to Tennessee for Christmas their homestead and Larson disappears. and rediscovers romance with his high Kathryn, pregnant, trusts in God and takes school flame, Cassie. IncludesHave a a housekeeping job on a ranch. Larson, Beachy Little Christmas, Winning the burned beyond recognition, returns but Race, and All They Want for Christmas. fears facing Kathryn. Then danger strikes. 2008. Rita Award Nominee. 2006. 1 Audio Deep Dish DB 72492 The Lavender Field DB 63523 11 hours 39 minutes 11 hours 11 minutes by Mary Kay Andrews by Jeanette Baker read by Mare Trevathan read by Laura Giannarelli Atlanta chef Gina Faxton’s television Kentucky thoroughbred heiress and inter- show is cancelled after her boyfriend, national lawyer Whitney Benedict travels the producer, is caught sleeping with the to California on behalf of the Austrian sponsor’s wife. Gina competes for a spot government to bid on divorcé Gabe on the Cooking Channel but must contend Mendoza’s Lipizzaner horses. Though with Tate Moody, host of Vittles. The two Gabe is reluctant to sell, Whitney soon rivals wrangle despite their mutual attrac- falls in love with him and his zany family. tion. 2008. 2006. A Proper Pursuit DB 67039 He Married a Doctor DB 18899 14 hours 45 minutes 9 hours 2 minutes by Lynn N. Austin by Faith Baldwin read by Barbara Caruso read by Rosemary Schwartzel Chicago, 1893. Twenty-year-old Romantic story of a doctor torn between Violet Hayes leaves her hometown for the responsibilities of her medical career her grandmother’s house with the goals and the demands of her marriage. At first of finding her long-lost mother, stopping her husband seems to understand how im- her father’s upcoming wedding, and learn- portant medicine is to her, but later he is ing God’s purpose for her. Violet attends tempted by the charms of another woman, the World’s Fair and finally falls in love who is prepared to devote all of her time after three uninspiring marriage proposals. to him. 1944. 2007. The High Road DB 51389 While We’re Far Apart DB 73413 6 hours 44 minutes 14 hours 2 minutes by Faith Baldwin by Lynn N. Austin read by Jill Ferris read by Anne Hancock Jill Hamilton, twenty-five, has had a mul- Brooklyn, New York; 1943–1945. Penny titude of jobs during her seven years in Goodrich, who has a crush on widower New York. Currently, she is companion to Eddie Shaffer, volunteers to watch a wealthy man’s two spoiled granddaugh- Eddie’s son and daughter after he enlists, ters and niece. When Jill reencounters but the children have trouble adjusting. Dan Hardy, whom she originally met on Meanwhile, their elderly neighbor Jacob a cruise, she leaves her work and follows Mendel worries about his son’s family, him to South America. 1937. who are trapped in Hungary during the Holocaust. 2010. 2 Audio The Gilded Web DB 33530 The Fortune Hunter DB 34690 13 hours 32 minutes 6 hours 46 minutes by Mary Balogh by Jo Beverley read by Madelyn Buzzard read by Marcia Churchill Edmund Raine, Earl of Amberley, is used The de Lacy children are in a pickle. Their to extricating his younger brother and sis- parents are dead and there is no money for ter from various escapades. So he attempts dowries for the three girls—Beryl, Amy, to prevent his sister’s planned elopement and Jacinth—or to restore Stonycourt for by grabbing her cloaked figure from the their brother Jasper and future heirs. Their garden and locking her in her room. But only hope is for Amy, the stunning beauty he has actually captured Alexandra of the family, to marry a man with a for- Purnell. Of course he must offer marriage tune. Unfortunately, Amy finds herself —and so must his brother, who assisted falling in love with Harry Crisp, whose him. Alexandra devises a shocking plan to income is much too small. 1991. help her decide whom to accept. 1989. The Stanforth Secrets: A Regency The Rosary DB 55926 Romantic Intrigue DB 32334 12 hours 45 minutes 8 hours 34 minutes by Florence L. Barclay by Jo Beverley read by Jill Ferris read by Madelyn Buzzard Artist Garth Dalmain falls in love with Chloe had eloped six years ago, becom- Jane Champion, the Duchess of Mel- ing the bride of Lord Stephen Stanforth.