Happily Ever After Cafe discussion

Who's your favorite, most romantic couple(s)?

Please don't forget to list the book title :-)

Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order:

1. Jamie Fraser and Claire - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Well, mostly Jamie, really. Jamie is in a category of his own and the things that man says will make you melt.

2. Derek Craven and Sara Fielding - Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas. I love pretty much all of Lisa Kleypas' heroes, but I think Derek has to be my favorite.

3. Jordan Townsende and Alexandra Lawrence - Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught. Jordan was a total knuckle head, but he comes around in the end.

4. Amanda Briars and Jack Devlin - Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas.

5. Sophia Sydney and Sir Ross Canon - Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas.

6. Alec Kinkaid and Jamie - The Bride by Julie Garwood. If you have never read Julie Garwood, you absolutely have to give it a try. I pretty much love all Julie Garwood's historicals.

7. Ian Maitland and Judith Hampton - The Secret by Julie Garwood.

8. Christina Bennett and Lyon - The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood.

9. Minerva Highwood and Colin Sandhurst - A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare.

10. James MacLeod and Elizabeth Smith - A Dance Through Time (MacLeod, #1) by Lynn Kurland (note this is not a steamy romance).

11. Sophie Beckett and Benedict Bridgerton - An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn.

12. Prudence Merridew and Gideon, Lord Carradice - The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie.

13. Nicholaa and Royce - The Prize by Julie Garwood.

14. Drustan MacKeltar and Gwen Cassidy - Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning.

15. Elizabeth Cameron and Ian Thornton - Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught. (Well, mostly I like Ian.)

The first two are in order and the rest are random. In my opinion they are all romantic in very different ways :)

1. Cat and Bones- Halfway to the Grave by Jeanine Frost

2. Qhuinn and Blay- Lover At Last by JR Ward (Because goddammit I've waited so long for their book)

3. Wrath and Beth -Dark Lover by JR Ward

4. Caroline and Simon- Wallbanger by Alice Clayton

5. Jacqueline and Lucas- Easy by Tammara Webber

6. Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Jamie & Claire-

Will & Elley-

Brianna & Grayson -

Darius & Tempest-

Jules & Robin-

Dageus & Chloe-

Lev & Rikki_

Awesome list!! Thank you everybody. I'll bookmark this page as my shopping list!

I prefer couple who bicker with each other so my list probably wouldn't very romantic

- Anthony and Kate All Bridgertons series' couples are great but Anthony and Kate are my fave.

- Callie and Gabriel I love that he called her Empress :D

Leighton and Juliana He's so stuffy, and she's so vibrant and lively, unlikely match but they're so sweet :)

- Winter and Isabel Theirs not love-hate relation like other in this list, but I just adore Winter, he's intense :)


- Cameron and Jack A perfect combo of attorney and FBI agent. Love the series :D

- Annabelle and Heath I must say that I like to hit Heath several times when I read the book, but in the end, he won me over, as well as Annabelle :)


- Min and Calvin Cute :)

Since you seem to like steamy romance, I would also recommend the following:

by Sylvia Day. Note this is a romantica/erotica regency novel.

You mentioned you do not like contemporary novels, but you should give Lisa Marie Rice a try. She has a unique style and her stalkerific heroes are quite something. One of my favorites is . This is erotica-romantica as well.

June wrote: "I prefer couple who bicker with each other so my list probably wouldn't very romantic

- Anthony and Kate All Bridgertons series' couples are great but ..."

Great list, June. It has some of my favourite couples. :)

I can't pick favourites easily, especially as many of my favourite couples wouldn't fit the 'romantic' description. I tend to go for reunion-type books with more angst than actual romance!

That said, here are a few:

I can't pick out just one couple, but since I originally read the title as "Who is the ultimate lover?" I'm going to say Caden from .

I'm probably cheating! : D

Here we go! Had to think hard...

Dominique and Summer
Gabe and Rachel
Janie and Quinn
Evie and Sebastian
Elly and Will
Bo and Blayne
Johanna and Gabriel
Hattie and Reed
Evie and Van
Melisande and Jasper
Dragos and Pia
and a few more lol

So many great couples!

I'll have to reflect on my fave couples.... I could be listing all day and night.

lol yeah I stopped.

My short list of favorites

Zach McBride and Natalie Benoit - Breaking Point

Julian Darcangelo and Tessa Novak - Hard Evidence

Marc Hunter and Sophie Alton - Unlawful Contact

Carter McCoy and Bailee Moore - The Texan's Wager

Sir Alastair Munroe and Helen Fitzwilliams - To Beguile a Beast

Mitch and Mara - Law Man

Chace and Faye - Breathe

Brodick and Gillian - Ransom

Duncan and Madelyne - Honor's Splendour

Diaz and Milla - Cry No More

Jack and Daisy - Open Season

Dageus and Chloe - The Dark Highlander

Sebastian and Evie - Devil in Winter

Marcus and Lillian - It Happened One Autumn

Harrison and Mary Rose - For the Roses

Wolf and Mary - Mackenzie's Mountain

Harry and Poppy - Tempt Me at Twilight

Jax and Maddie - Simply Irresistible

Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie Beckett - An Offer From a Gentleman

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "I'll have to reflect on my fave couples.... I could be listing all day and night."

I know! I was a little overwhelmed when I started to think of mine.

Love your "short" list, Pamela. ☺

LOL, it was hard to only list that many.

Hmmm, let me think....I don't have a lot but there are two that stand out for me:

Cam and Avery from
Nora and Soren (you can also add in Kingsley there lol) from The Original Sinners series by Tiffany Reisz

It's a very short list but they just jump out at me.

namericanwordcat wrote: Here we go! Had to think hard...
Your list contains some of my favourite couples.
As does your list, June.
You both have compiled great lists!:)

Thanks!

I agree with you all. My problem is that my favorite couple is usually in the books I just read! That would be and

Jacqueline wrote: "I agree with you all. My problem is that my favorite couple is usually in the books I just read! That would be and "


I feel the same way. So as of now, I just finish re-reading Lord of Seduction

Tanon and Gareth are mine at the moment