Calizzy Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I'm looking for "romance" stories for my 14.5 dd. She likes Jane Austen. Not crazy about prairie setting. Something coming of age without the sex scenes. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Dd liked 'The State of Grace' by Rachael Lucas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dianthus Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 L.M Montgomery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Books by Melanie Cellier, Melanie Dickerson, Kiera Cass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Dorothy Heyer wrote surprisingly good historical romances, and they are all clean. I enjoy them a lot, as does my 15yo daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitneyS Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Potentially Georgette Heyer, if she likes Jane Austen. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/01/stephen-fry-on-the-enduring-appeal-of-georgette-heyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calizzy Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Thanks for these recommendations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 My daughter and I both liked The Scarlet Pimpernel at about that age. My father recommended it as he had also liked it. Regards, Kareni 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smfmommy Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Blades of Acktar series by Tricia Mingerink More of a medieval setting. The same author under a different name also has the Elven Alliance series that is more fantasy (clean) romance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 KM Shea writes clean fantasy, fairy tale, and paranormal romances. I don't know if any are coming of age; the ones I've read are all young adult or new adult. She uses some particularly creative figurative language, and many of her books are quite funny as well. There's something like 12 books in just her Magiford series of trilogies, I absolutely loved the newest set with the young woman who can transform into a black cat. She spends almost an entire book trapped with an "evil" (not really) elf king pretending to be a cat and it's hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 12 hours ago, Cake and Pi said: She spends almost an entire book trapped with an "evil" (not really) elf king pretending to be a cat and it's hilarious. That does sound like fun! I've downloaded a sample to see what I think. Thank you! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Note Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) @CalizzyThis may be a little too close to the "prairie" genre, but maybe not. Your daughter can decide. Christy by Catherine Marshall, is an old novel (written 1967, but the setting is 1912) of a young woman who goes to a rural town in Appalachia to teach. There's a little romance, and quite a lot of coming-of-age. The novel is "Christian", but it was written long before the contemporary heavy-handed Christian romance genre. I loved it as a teenager. In fact, I think I need to read it again! Edited April 27, 2023 by Quarter Note Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Note Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 3/20/2023 at 10:35 AM, Kareni said: My daughter and I both liked The Scarlet Pimpernel at about that age. My father recommended it as he had also liked it. Regards, Kareni I still love Pimpernel! And of course, if you read the book, you also have to see the movie with Jane Seymour. I even have several of the sequels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 @Quarter Note, The Scarlet Pimpernel was one of the books that I assigned my daughter when she was in ninth grade. She so liked it that she went on to read some six sequels, all that she could locate. She enjoyed the movie, too! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenecho Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 How is she for fantasy? I read The Ordinary Princess at 14 and loved it. It's got a romance but it's very clean (and starts in friendship, which I love). It's sort of a spoof on fairy tales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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