A couple of months ago I was in the romance section (like I’d be in any other section) of Barnes and Noble and I overheard a woman ask her friend this question. She went on to lament that while she liked the regency and the Scottish highlander books, she loved the American West Historicals.
This got me to thinking about my favorite historical romances and I realized if I was to list my top ten historical romances at least five of them would be American West historicals. So I asked myself what happened to this awesome genre.
It’s like it was there one day and gone the next.
Recently I was at Wal-Mart and I saw two of my favorite American West Historical Romance books sitting on the shelf. They were re-issues with a pretty new cover and everything. I of course had to buy them.
I then came home and looked at my review book shelf, and went through NetGalley and Edelweiss looking to see if anyone was writing these again. Sadly I only found three authors currently writing American West Historicals.
Kaki Walker, Beverly Jenkins and Sara Luck.
Johanna Lindsey’s 50th book that came out in 2013 was a return to the American West.
I’ve recently discovered a used book store near me that has them all, and I’m rebuilding my collection of Catharine Hart and Jude Deveraux American West books.
So I have to ask, am I the only one who misses this awesome sub-genre of romance?
And for those who love it like I do where do you go to find those books?
What are some of your favorite books from that time period?
They are hard to find. My mom loves those…She just ‘re-reads them!!