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Romantic Reads Contemporary Extra Spicy Sandra Brown Cherry Adair Meg Cabot Maya Banks Robyn Carr Sylvia Day Katherine Center Helen Hardt Samantha Chase E.L. James Jenny Colgan Regina Kyle Jackie Collins Jennifer Crusie Barbara Delinsky istorical Jude Deveraux (Edilean Series) Stephanie Evanovich Lenora Bell (Victorian) Emily Giffin Jude Deveraux (Montgomery-Taggert Shelley Shepard Gray Series/Medieval) Kristan Higgins Alyson McLayne (Medieval) Helen Hoang Joanna Shupe (Gilded Age) Abby Jimenez Lisa Kleypas (Friday Harbor Series) Literary Romance Kevin Kwan Christina Lauren Sarah Addison Allen Debbie Macomber Isabel Allende Susan Mallery Jane Austen Jill Mansell Charlotte Bronte Jenn McKinlay Emily Bronte Judith McNaught A.S. Byatt Jojo Moyes E.M. Forster Brenda Novak Diana Gabaldon Priscilla Oliveras Gabriel Garcia Marquez Susan Elizabeth Phillips Elizabeth Gaskell Nora Roberts Elizabeth George Sheila Roberts Thomas Hardy Jill Shalvis Alice Hoffman Nicholas Sparks Victoria Holt Anna Todd D.H. Lawrence Abbi Waxman Adriana Trigiani Jennifer Weiner Anne Tyler Susan Wiggs Edith Wharton Sherryl Woods Evelyn Waugh Regency Romantic Suspense Nancy Campbell Allen Sandra Brown Katharine Ashe Christina Dodd Jane Ashford Karen Harper Mary Balogh Linda Howard Lenora Bell Lisa Jackson Anna Bennett Jayne Ann Krentz Lisa Berne Kat Martin Jo Beverley Brenda Novak Kelly Bowen Erica Spindler Anna Bradley Grace Burrowes Christy Carlyle Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Marion Chesney Tessa Dare Supernatural James Blackstone Memorial Library Evie Dunmore Laurell K. Hamilton 758 Main Street Jane Feather Jayne Ann Krentz (Arcane Society Series; Branford, CT 06405 Megan Frampton Dark Legacy Series) (203) 488-1441 Madeline Hunter Karen Marie Moning Georgette Heyer J.D. Robb Library Hours Eloisa James Monday-Thursday 9 am-8 pm Sabrina Jeffries Friday-Saturday 9 am-5 pm Julie Klassen Westerns Sunday (Sept–May) 1-4 pm Lisa Kleypas (Ravenels Series; Wallflowers Series) Janet Dailey Julie Garwood Stephanie Laurens Joan Johnston Eva Leigh Lisa Kleypas (Travis Family Series) November 2020 Johanna Lindsey Johanna Lindsey (Callahan-Warren Series) Julia London (Highland Grooms Series) Linda Lael Miller Julie Anne Long Diana Palmer Vivienne Lorret Amy Sandas Sarah MacLean Renew online! Mary Jo Putney www.blackstonelibrary.org Amanda Quick Julia Quinn Joanna Shupe .
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