Last weekend I was scarfing down the books in Maya Banks' KGI series [2] as if they were bonbons and I paused for a moment to wonder about the source of their appeal. I started reading the first book because I was in the mood for a military/adventure type of romance, but by the time I finished that one and drove to the nearest bookstore to buy the next two, I was caught up in the story of the family. It made me think of how many series I've made my way through because I really liked the characters in a family, I wanted to find out what happened in all of their imaginary lives, and I just wanted to spend more time with them.
Let's see, through the years I remember loving Linda Howard's [3] Mackenzie stories, Johanna Lindsey's Malory family [4]historical series, Julia Quinn's [5] very funny Bridgerton books, Mary Balogh's [6]Bedwyn family, Larissa Ione's [7]Demonica paranormals and Shannon McKenna's [8] intense McCloud brothers series. I'm sure there are many others I'm just not remembering right now. Any family series favorites you'd like to share?
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[1] http://hcpl.net/users/linda-stevens
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[4] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=johanna%20lindsey%20malory&index=.GH#focus
[5] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=julia%20quinn&index=.AH#focus
[6] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=mary%20balogh&index=.AH#focus
[7] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=larissa%20ione&index=.GH#focus
[8] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=shannon%20mckenna&index=.GH#focus
[9] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=mackenzies%20heroes&index=.GH#focus
[10] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=lindsey%20gentle%20rogue&index=.GH#focus
[11] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=romancing%20bridgerton&index=.GH#focus
[12] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=slightly%20married%20balogh&index=.GH#focus
[13] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=sin%20undone%20ione&index=.GH#focus
[14] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=mckenna%20edge%20midnight&index=.GH#focus
[15] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=jude%20velvet%20song&index=.GH#focus
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