As a teen, I'd read historical romances my mom passed on to me, so I had some experience with love scenes. And then I found the Clan of the Cave Bear series. You might say it was a bit educational for me. The things Ayla and Jondalar did were much more...erm, detailed. And back to my earlier post about music--Gregory Abbott's Shake You Down was popular on the radio at the time, so I associate his song with Jean M. Auel's characters.
I still remember scenes from Kathleen E. Woodiwiss' Shanna, too... and it's been years (about 25) since I picked that book up.
What couples do you remember most vividly? What made them stick with you?
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Han and Leia from Star Wars, and Paul and Chani from Dune were the of couples in fiction that really stuck with me.
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I love Kathleen E. Woodiwiss' to but I love "The Wolf and the Dove" and "The Flame and the Flower". I still have both books in my library.
Terra
Ahhh. Star Wars. Boys dug the violence and we went for romance. :)
And those are also great titles from Woodiwiss!
My first erotic romances were also Kathleen Woodiwiss storis, and those characters still remain memorable.
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Hey Piper for me I love to hear music and its nice to see someoen else that does when they write. I have yet to pick up a historical romace novel and really feel I need to start especially after your reading your blog!
It seems that Kathleen Woodiwiss' books were many of our first memorable books. I'm no exception. I can't remember the names but I do remember the scenes.
Shanna was one of the first romance books that I read. I remember digging through my mom's books and grabbing that one first. I think she still has it packed in a box somewhere. May have to dust that one off and read it again!
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Kinda wishing I'd hung onto all those old paperbacks...
I love the old standbys. Those books that stay with you and call you back every now and then.
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