My romance novel wantlist

Here is my romance novel "want list" so that it can be referred to (and updated periodically) for books that come up for sale on the "books for sale" Facebook page.  For a list of romance novels that I already have, see the list of my romance novel collection. My preference is for books that are in Very Good condition, not damaged copies (although occasionally I may not be too picky).

I thought I'd write out a "want list" of romance novels, in case you have any of these at the usual "$1 each plus postage," and happen to run across any of these in your stacks of books.  Some of these "wants" you already know about, and there are doubtless many other books that I don't yet know that I want (because I've not yet heard of them).  I'm listing the "wants" first according to Publisher/imprint/series/line, then after that a list of Authors that I want to get more of. Thanks!

(Last updated on May 26, 2020.)

- Publishers/Series/Lines:

ACE INTERLUDE ROMANCE: The books will have that phrase at the top above the book's title. I have none of these historical romance novels.

ADVENTURES IN LOVE: I have books #21, 26, & 27. (There were 39 books published in this series.)

AVON REGENCY ROMANCE: Interested in getting more of these. I have only three so far: "Rogue's Masquerade" by Margaret Summerville, "The Fortune Wheel" by Valerie Bradstreet and "My Lord Lion" by Rebecca Ward.  The ones in the early-to-mid 1980s have a flowered border on the cover (like the one shown at left).  After that, the books will say "An Avon Regency Romance" on the covers with a flower next to it (like the cover shown at right).  Then by the 1990s the books will simply say "A Regency Romance" on the covers.

THE AVON ROMANCE: I have only four of these 1980s historical novels (which have a ribbon saying "The Avon Romance" in the top left corner). The four I have already are "Briar Rose" by Susan Wiggs. "Renegade Love" and "Windstorm" (both by Katherine Sutcliffe) and "Windsong" by Judith E. French. (There were 88 books published in this series.)







CAMEO ROMANCE: I only have two books: "The Magic City" and "A Most Auspicious Star."

CANDLELIGHT ROMANCE: I'm only interested in getting the 1967-1982 series, not the "Candlelight Ecstasy" series. Some of the books will say "A Candlelight Intrigue" or "A Candlelight Regency" at the top. They were all published by Dell Books and many will have green page edges.  I currently have 45 books of this series, need more.  Especially want #47 ("The New Nurses" by Arlene Hale), #62 ("Christopher's Mansion" by W.E.D. Ross), #504 ("Cameron's Landing" by Anne Stuart), #523 ("Demonwood" by Anne Stuart), #575 ("Entwined Destinies" by Rosalind Welles), #711 ("The Spinster and the Rake" by Anne Stuart), and many many more.


CHARTER BOOKS (1980s): Any Regency novels. I only have one: "Miss Pennington's Choice" by Megan Daniel.

COVENTRY ROMANCES (Fawcett, 1979-1982): Want any that I don't have.

DAWNSTAR ROMANCE (Golden Apple, 1983): I have none.

FAWCETT: Their "A Regency Romance" books, especially ones from the 1970s-1980s.

GALLEN ROMANCE (Pocket Books, 1979-1982): The novels have a frame around the image on the front covers and will usually say "Gallen Historical Romance" or "Gallen Contemporary Romance" in the corners.  Sometimes they are listed as "Cherish Romance" instead.

HARLEQUIN GOTHIC ROMANCE: I need the first 11 books in the line, published from 1983 to 1986.  The 11 books are: "The Satyr Ring" by Alison Quinn; "The Ravens of Rockhurst" by Marian Martin; "Castle at Jade Cove" by Helen B. Hicks; "An Innocent Madness" by Dulcie Hollyock; "Restless Obsession" by Jane Toombs; "Double Masquerade" by Dulcie Hollyock; "The Fourth Letter" by Alison Quinn; "Legacy of Raven's Rise" by Helen B. Hicks; "Return to Shadow Creek" by Helen B. Hicks; "The Blue House" by Dolores Holliday; and "Shadows Over Briarcliff" by Marilyn Ross.



HARLEQUIN HISTORICAL: Any that were published in either 1986 or 1987. (This was a short-lived series before the current series started.)

HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE: Generally interested in the ones published prior to 1992.  Especially want "Night Moves" by Nora Roberts (Harlequin Intrigue #9, published in June 1985).

HARLEQUIN REGENCY ROMANCE: Want books from the first series, published from 1983 to 1988.  (I already have 5 novels in this series: "The Torpid Duke," "The Imperiled Heiress," "The Grand Style," "Contrary Lovers" and "Miss Dalrymple's Virtue")  The covers will have the same cover design (with the color stripe at the top) as the one shown at left. I'm not as interested in acquiring those published after 1988.





HARLEQUIN ROMANCE SERIES: Want "Ward of Lucifer" by Mary Burchell (Harlequin Romance #1165). (I used to have this book, but no longer do.)

HEATHER BOOKS: The books say "3 Great Romances" on the cover and contain three novels. I only have one book in this line, want the rest.

MACFADDEN ROMANCE (1978-81): Any that I don't already have.

MAGNUM BOOKS: Any that I don't already have.  Some may say "Blue Fire Romance" on the covers.

NOW AND FOREVER (Pageant Books, 1988-1989): There were 7 books in this series. I have none.

PAGEANT BOOKS (1988-1989):  Pageant Books was a short-lived publisher that only existed between July 1988 to April 1989.  They published a total of 120 books, including romance novels (like the one shown at right) and I want them, especially the historical novels as well as the 10-book series "Charisma, Inc." If it says that it was published by Pageant somewhere on the cover, I probably want it.

PRECIOUS GEM (late 1990s/early 2000s): I'm especially looking for the "Precious Gem Historical Romance" books.

RAINBOW ROMANCE (late 1960s/early 1970s): I have none.

RED ROSE ROMANCE (early 1970s): I have none.

ROSEBUD ROMANCE (early 1980s): I have none.

SAPPHIRE ROMANCE (early 1980s): I want any that I don't have.  Currently I only have three books:"Journey's End" by Anna Stanton, "Sentimental Journey" by Stella March, and "Awaken Me" by Angela Noel.

SCARLET RIBBONS: A historical romance line published by Signet in 1983-1984.  There were 10 books in this series; I have none of them.

TAPESTRY ROMANCE (Pocket Books, 1982-1986): I currently need 16 books in this series.
The ones I still need are:
"Marielle" by Ena Halliday (book #1 in the Tapestry series, Oct. 1982)
"Cloak of Fate" by Eleanor Howard (#7, Jan. 1983)
"Embrace the Storm" by Lynda Trent (#14, April 1983)
"Winter Blossom" by Cynthia Sinclair (#27, Nov. 1983)
"Nevada Nights" by Ruth Ryan Langan (#55, Jan. 1985)
"A Loving Defiance" by Joan Johnston (#57, Feb. 1985)
"Captive Hearts" by Catherine Lyndell (#58, Feb. 1985)
"An Unforgotten Love" by Jacqueline Marten (#61, April 1985)
- And the rest were all written by Linda Lael Miller:
"Fletcher's Woman" (#22, Aug. 1983)
"Desire and Destiny" (#30, Dec. 1983)
"Banner O'Brien" (#44, July 1984)
"Willow" (#51, Nov. 1984)
"Corbin's Fancy" (#69, Aug. 1985)
"Memory's Embrace" (#80, Jan. 1986)

TIARA BOOKS: This line apparently came out in the early 1980s, have covers with white borders and say "A Tiara Romance," etc. at the top.  I want any Tiara books; I only have two of them: "Change of Heart" by Leona Collier and "The Moonshell" by Louise Bergstrom.

TREASURES OF LOVE: 3 novels in one book that say "3 Love Stories" on the covers.  I have none of them.

UNIBOOK (Modern Promotions; circa early 1980s): I only have three books, all of them by Peggy Gaddis: "Big City Nurse," "Emergency Nurse" and "Love is Enough."  I want any others.

VALENTINE ROMANCE: I only have two books: "The Sleeping Heart" by Marcia Miller (book #124) and "Karen" by Peggy Dern (book #187).  I want any others.

YOUR WARNER LIBRARY OF REGENCY ROMANCE: I have four books in this series already ("The Aim of a Lady" and "Lord Clayborn's Fancy," both by Laura Matthews, "Man of Honour" by Jane Ashford, and "Countess by Contract" by Juliana Davison. I want all the rest of the books in this series. (There were 32 of them.)







- Various Authors:

ALICE CHETWYND LEY:  I only have one of her books ("The Georgian Rake"). Want the rest.

AMY ELIZABETH SAUNDERS (1990s): I only have one of her novels, "Wild Summer Rose."  I'm looking for the book which preceded it, "Sweet Summer Storm."

ANNE STUART: Especially want her early books like "Barrett's Hill" (her first novel), "Cameron's Landing," "Demonwood," "The Spinster and the Rake," "Heart's Ease" (Harlequin American Romance #39), "Museum Piece" (Harlequin American Romance #52), "Housebound" (Harlequin American Romance #93), "Banish Misfortune," "The Houseparty" (Fawcett Regency), "Rocky Road" (Harlequin American Romance #126), "Bewitching Hour" (Harlequin American Romance #177), "Hand in Glove" (Harlequin Intrigue #59), "Seen and Not Heard." She also wrote a MAGGIE BENNETT mystery series for Dell in 1987 consisting of three novels: "Escape Out of Darkness," "Darkness Before the Dawn" and "At the Edge of the Sun."

ARLENE HALE: I already have 21 of her novels. (See my collection for the list.) Would like to get more, especially paperback editions of two that I already have in hardcover: "Goodbye to Yesterday" and "The Other Side of the World." Also need many that she wrote for the Candlelight Romance line in the 1960s-70s.

BARBARA CARTLAND: Especially want the Pyramid editions (circa 1970s), of which I already have 14 of them. Not wanting to get the editions published by BMI in the 1990s.

BARBARA CARTLAND'S LIBRARY OF LOVE: There were 29 books published. They were written by various authors (not written by Cartland, but condensed & edited by her).
The ones that I have already are:
#6: "The Reason Why" by Elinor Glyn (July 1977)
#14: "The Great Moment" by Elinor Glyn (Feb. 1978)
#23: "His Official Fiancee" by Berta Ruck (Sept. 1978)
#25: "It" by Elinor Glyn (Oct. 1978)

CAROLINE COURTNEY: I need book #3 ("Love Unmasked") and #19 ("The Courier of Love") of her Warner Books series.

D. E. STEVENSON: I only have two of her novels: "Bel Lamington" and "The Blue Sapphire."

DENISE ROBINS: I have none.

ELIZABETH CADELL: I have none.

ELIZABETH MANSFIELD:  I want any that I don't have.
The ones that I have already are: "The Counterfeit Husband," "The Frost Fair," "Her Man of Affairs," "The Magnificent Masquerade" and "The Reluctant Flirt."

FAITH BALDWIN: I only have one of her novels: "Love's a Puzzle."

FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES:  Want any that I don't already have.
The ones I have already are: "All That Glitters," "Blue Camellia," "Dinner at Antoine's" "Fielding's Folly," "The Great Tradition," "Honor Bright," "Joy Street," "Once on Esplanade," "Parts Unknown," "Queen Anne's Lace," "Roses in December," "The Safe Bridge," "Senator Marlowe's Daughter," "Steamboat Gothic" and "Victorine."

GEORGETTE HEYER: Want any that I don't already have.
The ones I have already are: "Bath Tangle," "Friday's Child," "The Nonesuch," "Powder and Patch," 
"The Quiet Gentleman," "Sprig Muslin" and "The Toll-Gate"

JAYNE CASTLE: She wrote a series of four Guinevere Jones books for Dell in 1986. I already have the first book ("The Desperate Game") and the second book ("The Chilling Deception") in the series, so I need the remaining two: "The Sinister Touch" and "The Fatal Fortune."

JANET LOUISE ROBERTS / JANETTE RADCLIFFE: Want any that I don't already have.
The ones I have already are: "Jade Vendetta" and "Island of Desire" (both written by Janet Louise Roberts) and "Vienna Dreams" (written under her pen-name Janette Radcliffe).

JOAN SMITH: Want any historical novels by her that I don't already have.  Need "Flowers of Eden" (1979), "Prelude to Love" (1983), "Love Bade Me Welcome" (1983), and the anthology "A Regency Christmas" (1994).

KATHLEEN NORRIS: Want any that I don't already have. Most were published by Paperback Library in the 1960s and early 1970s.

TAYLOR RYAN: "Love's Wild Wager" (Harlequin Historical #262) and "Beauty and the Beast" (Harlequin Historical #342).  I already have her two other books ("Birdie" and "The Essential Wife").  As far as I know those are the only books she has had published.

(( Note: This list will be updated and revised as time goes on. ))

By the Numbers: Joe Biden's Path to the Nomination

I did a little math this morning. A candidate needs 1,991 delegates to win the Democratic nomination on the first ballot at the convention in July. From today (March 11) until June 6 (when the last primary is held) there are 2,115 delegates remaining to be won.

Joe Biden is currently ahead in the polls in many of the remaining states, but let us imagine that Bernie Sanders received half of the remaining delegates and Biden got the other half. So that would be 1,057.5 delegates (we'll ignore the fraction) to split evenly between Biden and Sanders, to add to the number of delegates that they've already won.

According to the delegate count at the Politico website, Biden currently has 898 delegates and Sanders has 745. (Those numbers will increase for both candidates throughout the week as votes that have been already cast are still being counted, and I will update this blog accordingly. This entry was last updated on 3/17/20 at 11:28am.) (3/18/20 UPDATE: I won't be updating this particular blog entry further.  You can check the link above for the current delegate totals.  As of today, it has been said that Sanders would need to win around 60% of the remaining delegates in order to win the nomination.)

So, if we add half of all the remaining primaries' delegates evenly between the two candidates, it looks like this:

BIDEN: 1,955 delegates (i.e., 898 [current delegate count] + 1,057 [future delegates])
SANDERS: 1,802 delegates (i.e., 745 [current] + 1,057 [future])

Since 1,991 delegates are needed to win the nomination outright, both candidates would fall short in this scenario. However, Biden would be only 36 delegates short whereas Sanders would be 189 delegates short.

In reality, though, it's highly unlikely that Sanders will receive half of all the remaining delegates, given that Biden is favored in most of the remaining states. In the states that Biden has won so far, he has usually won around 10 more delegates than Sanders per state (and sometimes much more than that, like in Michigan where Biden has received 20 more delegates than Sanders).

Next Tuesday (March 17), four states vote: Arizona (67 delegates), Florida (219), Illinois (155) and Ohio (136), for a total of 577 delegates up for grabs.  (Update: Ohio's primary has been delayed and will not occur on March 17.)

Here are the results of the most recent poll taken in each of those states, to give an idea of how they will vote on March 17:

ARIZONA (poll, 3/10-15/20): Biden 50%, Sanders 37%
FLORIDA (poll, 3/11-12/20): Biden 65%, Sanders 27%
ILLINOIS (poll, 3/11-12/20): Biden 57%, Sanders 36%

If these numbers are accurate, Biden could have a delegate landslide on Tuesday, ensuring a comfortable path to the nomination. This development not only would increase Biden's delegate lead over Sanders, but would eliminate the possibility of Biden falling short of the 1,991 delegates needed to win the nomination (as outlined above with the "36 delegates short" scenario).

After March 17, it may become mathematically inevitable that Biden eventually reaches the magic number of 1,991. The question then will be whether Sanders remains in the race once the math makes his own victory an impossibility.

How long will it take for Joe Biden to receive the 1,991 delegates required to win the Democratic nomination? FiveThirtyEight forecasts that he will receive that amount by April 28, when six states hold their primaries (including New York and Pennsylvania).

One of the problems in predicting how each candidate will perform in the remaining 30 states/territories is that polls aren't available in almost half of them. And some of the polls that are available were conducted prior to Super Tuesday (March 3) when many of the second-tier candidates dropped out of the race. Some of the available polling is from last year, when there were around 20 candidates running, and therefore is not reliable for predicting outcomes today.

Here are the results of the most recent polls taken in each of the remaining states/territories to hold primaries after March 17. The name of the candidate ahead in the poll is in bold type. The amount of delegates available in each state is listed next to the name of the state.  It's possible that the coronavirus will impact the amount of delegates awarded to each state (as listed below) due to the moving of primary voting dates.  The DNC has warned that states that move their primaries past June 9 could face “a penalty that would include a state losing at least half of its delegates.”

March 29:
PUERTO RICO - 51 (no poll available) [primary is "likely to be postponed to April 26"]

April 4:
ALASKA - 15 (no poll available)
HAWAII - 24 (no poll available)
WYOMING - 14 (no recent poll available)

April 7:
WISCONSIN - 84 (poll, 3/10-11/20): Biden 55%, Sanders 39%

April 28:
CONNECTICUT - 60 (poll, 12/16/19-1/2/20): Biden 33%, Sanders 19%
DELAWARE - 21 (poll, 11/15-25/19): Biden 35%, Sanders 13%
MARYLAND - 96 (poll, 2/22-28/20): Biden 19%, Sanders 23%
NEW YORK - 274 (poll, 2/16-20/20): Biden 13%, Sanders 25% [primary "may be postponed" to June 23]
PENNSYLVANIA - 186 (poll, 3/6-8/20): Biden 59%, Sanders 31%
RHODE ISLAND - 26 (no poll available)

May 2:
GUAM - 7 (no poll available)
KANSAS - 39 (poll, 3/10-11/20): Biden 59%, Sanders 35%

May 5:
INDIANA - 82 (very old poll, 4/29/19-5/5/19): Biden 33%, Sanders 23%

May 12:
NEBRASKA - 29 (no poll available)
WEST VIRGINIA - 28 (no poll available)

May 19:
GEORGIA - 105 [originally scheduled for March 24] (poll, 2/12/20): Biden 32%, Sanders 14%
OREGON - 61 (very old poll, 3/18-19/19): Biden 26%, Sanders 27%

June 2:
MONTANA - 19 (no recent poll)
NEW JERSEY - 126 (poll, 2/12-16/20): Biden 16%, Sanders 25%
NEW MEXICO - 34 (poll, 1/3-6/20): Biden 27%, Sanders 28%
OHIO (poll, 3/10-13/20): Biden 56%, Sanders 35% ["proposed new date of Ohio primary"]
SOUTH DAKOTA - 16 (no poll available)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - 20 (no poll available)

June 6:
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - 7 (no poll available)

June 20:
LOUISIANA - 54 [originally scheduled for April 4] (no poll available)

June 23:
KENTUCKY - 54 [originally scheduled for May 19] (no poll available)

As noted earlier: "States rescheduling their primaries past a June 9 deadline set by the Democratic National Committee risk losing half of their delegates to the convention."  So that could affect some of the numbers listed here.