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This BARD Bib is a work in process. I still need to add links and annotations to the titles available on BARD.
NOTE: 59 of the 100 titles have been produced by the NLS as either a talking book or Braille book.
— //Dan Malosh 2015/08/04 17:01//

This book list was created by NPR books and was posted to their website on July 29, 2015.

Visit their post at: http://www.npr.org/2015/07/29/426731847/happy-ever-after-100-swoon-worthy-romances

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The NLS has not produced these titles…

• The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie (2009) (MacKenzies series) by Jennifer Ashley
• Lord of Scoundrels (1995) (Scoundrels series) by Loretta Lynda Chase
• The Duke of Shadows (2008) by Meredith Duran
• Texas Destiny (1997) by Lorraine Heath
• Beast (1997) by Judith Ivory
• Indigo (1996) by Beverly Jenkins
• Blaze (1992) by Susan Johnson
• Flowers from the Storm (1992) by Laura Kinsale
• The Lotus Palace (2013) (The Lotus Palace (series)) by Jeannie Lin
• The Windflower (1984) by Laura London
• The Perils of Pleasure (2008) (Pennyroyal Green (series)) by Julie Anne Long
• The Duchess War (2012) (The Brothers Sinister (series)) by Courtney Milan
• Simple Jess (1996) by Pamela Morsi
• The Rake (1998) by Mary Jo Putney
• The Serpent Garden (1996) by Judith Merkle Riley

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• North and South (1855) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and Patricia Ingham

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• Extreme Exposure (I-Team (series)) (2005) by Pamela Clare

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1. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2009)DB 71347
2. The Broken Kingdoms (2010)DB 72762
3. The Kingdom of Gods (2011)DB 74264

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• Magic Bites (2007) (Kate Daniels (series)) by Ilona Andrews
• The Iron Duke (2010) (The Iron Seas (series)) by Meljean Brook
• Ember (2011) by Bettie Sharpe
• Slave to Sensation (2006) (Psy/Changeling (series)) by Nalini Singh

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• Minion (2003) (Vampire Huntress (series)) by L.A. Banks
• A Hunger Like No Other (2006) (Immortals After Dark (series)) by Kresley Cole
• Night Pleasures (2002) (Dark Hunter (series)) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

• The Magpie Lord (2014) by K.J. Charles
• Butterfly Tattoo (2009) by Deidre Knight
• Keeping Promise Rock (2010) by Amy Lane
• Fated Love (2004) by Radclyffe
• Hot Head (2011) by Damon Suede
• Cut & Run (2008) by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux

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• Liberating Lacey (2010) by Anne Calhoun
• The Lady's Tutor (1999) by Robin Schone

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• Motorcycle Man (2012) (Dream Man (series)) by Kristen Ashley
• The Chocolate Kiss (2012) by Laura Florand
• Intimate Betrayal (1997) by Donna Hill
• Unfinished Business (2005) (The Madaris Family (series)) by Brenda Jackson
• Sweet Filthy Boy (2014) (Wild Seasons (series)) by Christina Lauren
• Hell on Wheels (2012) (Black Knights Inc. (series)) by Julie Ann Walker

“These quick reads are most closely associated with pioneering romance publisher Harlequin, and come in dozens of subgenres from historical to inspirational… [For those who] like romance pared down to just the essential love story…”

• Her Hesitant Heart (2013) by Carla Kelly
• Doukakis's Apprentice (2011) by Sarah Morgan
• Sex, Straight Up (2008) by Kathleen O'Reilly