What fantasy/romance books would you recommend for ADULTS?I am looking for well developed characters and plot?

Question

I read the Twilightt saga and I do not want to read any vampire stories for a while. Thanks a lot ...

Answer 1

If you like Historical fiction and time travel then read Diana Gabaldon's series. They are FANTASTIC books. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will get sucked into the story. Her writing really brings the characters to life. Her books also have factual historical events. She seamlessly blends fact and fiction.



Read the tales of Jamie and Claire and you WON'T be disappointed!



Outlander



Dragonfly in Amber



Voyager



Drums of Autumn



The Fiery Cross



A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Answer 2

I have a few to recommend. If you don't mind vampires being in the stories (they are not major characters), then you might like the Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson series. Mercy is a skinwalker—coyote—and deals with werewolves, as well as various others including Fae and vampires. There is romance in the books, great character writing and interesting plots and world construction. (I like her take on werewolves and the whole pack thing.)



I'd also highly recommend Tanya Huff's Keeper series: Summon the Keeper, The Second Summoning, and the Long Hot Summoning. They are a lot of fun—there's some very wry humor in them—but there's a serious storyline underlying everything. Among the fun yet serious parts is Austin, who is a talking cat. (well the main character can hear him; he's sort of her familiar.) Being a cat he of course has a lot of attitude. And then there's the very human caretaker, Dean, rather a hunk (and yes, the romantic interest). The first book has Catherine, a Keeper (they are humans with sort of wizard like powers, but they use that power to help protect the Earth—and our universe—from bad things happening, like holes into other dimensions or whatever that have to be at least watched or where possible patched and closed), ends up living in/running a Bed and Breakfast. Among other things, that B&B has resident salacious French ghost and a Hole into Hell—that argues with Itself. And there are some very interesting visitors who show up. Anyway, the books are vastly entertaining and among my personal favorites.

Answer 3

Read the Inheritance Cycle, by Christopher Paolini.They are amazing! The first book is called Eragon, then Eldest, and Brisingr. The fourth book is yet to be released, but will be called Eldunari. They are about a boy, who finds an dragons egg and has to save the world. It may sound corny, but they are really good books if you can get into them. I encourage you to read the whole cycle. If you want to see the cover of the fourth book, visit this website:

Answer 4

Sex and The Psychic Witch - Annette Blair was a fun read about triplet witches. This is the first in the series and man is the girl hot and she is on a quest to exorcise a local castle in Salem and there she meets the man of her dreams.



--- Kisses to Go by Irene Patterson was another cute story with a harried chef with a cheating boyfriend and she's more worried that he's doing it on her prep table than the fact that he's cheating. She runs off to England meets a Lord who is guarding the tomb of King Arthur. Sounds crazy? It is and it's a hoot and a half.



--- I enjoyed Project Date by Kate Perry which has a very fast tongued, martial arts, woman trying to win back her dead fish of a boyfriend until she meets a sexy shark. Then suddenly she can't seem to avoid her ex.



--- Wicked Magic by Cheyenne McCray is one in a series about a witch who's dating a fae, and when I say fae I mean full sized male with wings and all that healthy eating beauty and a 'me man you woman' attitude until he figures out that wanting her means he's got to think 'american' not 'fae' in order to win her over. That and a demon is on the lose trying to take over the city of los Angeles and the witches father turns out to be a troll and the fae has a minuscule pixie stalker who sprinkles lavender dust everywhere.



--- Maximum Ride is a fast easy read that is really about these flying kids but the oldest teen female has a crush on the oldest winged boy. It's not a hot and heavy sex laden romance but it is sweet and it is more sci-fi I suppose since they were genetically mutated but it is a good story.



--- For some hard core erotica (and I mean when the book opens everyone is pretty much naked and highly aroused) pick up any book from the 'Lord' series by Janie De Coster. Again you have these nature lords, water, forest, fire, air and they are hot! and horny all of them time but they are now after millenia suseptable to love.

Answer 5

I totally agree with the Stardust and Princess Bride answer. Those are great books! And movies. But I would also like to add an author. Anne Bishop writes wicked books. I would especially like to recommend the Black Jewels series and the Ephemera books. Both are noteworthy, and I loved them. I thought I wouldn't at first, then I saw the covers and was even more discouraged, but once I started reading, I couldn't put them down!

Answer 6

The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich

Answer 7

I love Meg Cabot (Heather Wells [upcoming movie]& Queen of Babble [upcoming movie], and tons of others), Sophie Kinsella's (Shopaholic [movie based on her books] & Remember Me), Jennifer Weiner (Good in Bed & Certain Girls), Jane Green (Mr. Maybe) and Emily Giffin (Something Borrowed & Something Blue) books.They are all great authors!



For a young adult/teen Meg Cabot's young adult books. She is the best author. Also best selling. She wrote tons of books including the Princess Diaries (Movies based on her books), Mediator (upcoming movie), 1-800-Missing (TV show based on her books), All-American Girl (up coming movie), Jinx, Airhead and more. She has adult books too, so you can grow with her.



If you want more info or any of the authors website's email me.



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This website will make perfect suggestions based on what you have read.

Answer 8

Why Tamara and Dgrace...! Those are MY recommendations, too! I'm so glad to see others recommending those two wonderful stories! Also, dear reader, try:



"Touch Not The Cat" by Mary Stewart. A young royal ******* named Merlin begins to develop strange powers and prophesies. He soon meets his royal uncle, Ambrosia Pendragon, and they begin to plot to put young Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, on the English throne.



"The Stand" by Stephen King. Seen by many as King's best work, this tale is of a bio-weapon that kills 99% of the world's population. In America, that would leave over 3 million people, who miraculously begin to experience two strange dreams: one of a little old black lady in a cornfield, and a dark, laughing man in Las Vegas.



"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein. A flight to rescue a failed Mars mission yields a human who was raised by Martians, and who has strange and wonderful powers. He's brought back to Earth where he begins to interact with the humans all around him. A classic!



"Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut. A WW II veteran and former POW (Prisoner Of War) has become unstuck in time, and can never tell where, or when, he'll find himself. He keeps experiencing the terrible fire-bombing of the open city of Dresden in WW II where over 75,000 (white European) Germans were burned alive!

Answer 9

Reading a good reserve offers a richer experience and can leave you with stories that can last years. Television is merely educational if you're seeing a documentary or something similar

Answer 10

I've always adored to learn. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't also enjoy TV. Throughout the day it is just a book usually.

Answer 11

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Stardust/Neil-Gaiman/e/9780061142024/?itm=4

In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, there is a town that has stood on a jut of granite for six hundred years. And immediately to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here in the town of Wall, Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. One crisp October night, as they watch, a star falls from the sky, and Victoria promises to marry Tristran if he'll retrieve that star and bring it back for her. It is this promise that sends Tristran through the only gap in the wall, across the meadow, and into the most unforgettable adventure of his life.



The Princess Bride by William Goldman

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Princess-Bride/William-Goldman/e/9780156035217/?itm=4

Originally published in 1972, William Goldman's delightful abridgement of S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and epic adventure, The Princess Bride, has reached an enormous audience, thanks greatly to Rob Reiner's wonderful film version featuring Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Andre the Giant, and William Goldman's sharp and vivacious screenplay. If you enjoyed the movie, you're certain to treasure the newly published 25th-anniversary edition for many years to come. It's a delightful, romantic, and entertaining read.

Answer 12

You do be responsive to which you're in the "video clips" section, eh? "Lonesome Dove" with the aid of Larry McMurtry "each and every of the gorgeous Horses" with the aid of Cormac McCarthy "To Kill a Mockingbird" with the aid of Harper Lee "worry and Loathing in Las Vegas" with the aid of Hunter S. Thompson

Answer 13

Try the Midnight Breed series by Lara Adrian...I guarantee you'll like it!

Answer 14

harry potter. adventures of tin tin. dragon ball. the anal adventures of jack and jill. lawl!

Answer 15

The host by stephanie meyer