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Gentle Romances
Gentle romances do not have explicit violence or sex. Also check the Inspirational Romance List for more authors.
| Faith Baldwin | Published numerous light romances from 1925-1977. Stories primarily focused on wealthy life |
| Phillipa Carr (aka Eleanor Hibbert) | wrote primarily family sagas under this pseudonym. See also Victoria Holt |
| Barbara Cartland | Queen of Romance with over 700 books to her name. Mostly historical romances of upper class English life |
| Marion Chesney (aka M.C. Beaton of cozy mystery fame) | focuses on light Regency romances |
| Catherine Cookson | prolific British author offers stories with English countryside life in the 19th and 20th centuries. Also has written under the name Catherine Marchant |
| Carola Dunn | English author of Regency romances. Also writes the Daisy Dalrymple mystery series |
| Anna Gilbert | author of gentle gothics set in early 20th century England |
| Mollie Hardwick | author of light historical romances and mysteries |
| Georgette Heyer | "The" Regency romance writer responsible for creating the genre (you can't count Jane Austen since she was writing about her own time) |
| Jane Aiken Hodge | English author of 18th century historical romances and others set during the American Revolution as well as contemporary times |
| Victoria Holt (aka Eleanor Hibbert) | wrote gothic and romantic suspense in the Victorian era under this pseudonym |
| Norah Lofts | English author of a variety of works including historical fiction. She won the Georgette Heyer Historical Novel prize for The Day of the Butterfly |
| Emilie Loring | early 20th century historical romance |
| Barbara Metzger | contemporary author of Regencies with numerous awards for her many books |
| Rosamunde Pilcher | Scottish author of numerous family sagas including The Shell Seekers |
| Jean Plaidy (aka Eleanor Hibbert) | this pseudonym wrote historical romances of royalty. See also Phillipa Carr and Victoria Holt |
| Nicholas Sparks | popular author of gentle romances involving small towns, love lost and bittersweet endings. His novels have been made into films |
| Joan Smith | prolific Regency romance author. Two of her books were chosen by the Romantic Times Magazine in their "10 best regencies ever" list |
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