Romance Novels/Chick-Lit
The Proposal, Jane Feather
Duchess in Love, Eloisa James(duke flees after marriage and returns to discover wife is toast of town), Your Wicked Ways
The Amateur Marriage: A Novel, Anne Tyler
The Romantic, Barbara Gowdy
Prep
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, Mil Millington-hilarious Brit writer
Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven, Fannie Flagg-"if she knew she was going to fall out of her fig tree and meet her Maker, Elner Shimfissle might've chosen to wear something other than her ancient brown bathrobe"
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Swapping Lives, Jane Green-probably book the upcoming Kate Winslet film Holiday is based on
Susan, Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayes
Summer Light, Summer’s Child, Luanne Rice
The Gown of Glory, Agnes Sligh Turnbull
A Wedding Man is Nicer than Cats, Miss, Rachel Scott
The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks
The Shop on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber
In the Company of the Courtesan, Sarah Dunant
BTW, I already know and love Juliet Marillier and Cecilia Dart-Thornton, but as they come mostly under fantasy I haven't mentioned them.
So, finally, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE WELCOME AND ASKED FOR! I desperately need some new, good authors or books to read-finding good romance/chick lit can be an exhausting and nearly hopeless process. Nothing too horribly racy. I can put up with maybe three or so sex scenes but beyond that I am bored and rather disgusted.