Then I can highly recommend those series of Lackey -- they have a different feel from Valdemar, but they are still comfortable places to be with strong characters (male and female).
The first of the Mallory/Lackey series I enjoyed because of all of the world building -- they have their own magic system going on and there's a neat kind of ranger character in that first series.
And yeah, Victoria Holt is definitely old-school romance, but they might have it? Just because her works are very influential in the genre, I think. Gothic romances are fun reads.
I'm trying to remember the name of the first one, but it is about Luke, Leia, Han, Winter (so awesome), and Grand Admiral Thrawn. Ah, yes, Heir to the Empire. :) It's a blue covered book, came out in 1991 and I remember it was one of my first "grown-up" Star Wars books.
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The first of the Mallory/Lackey series I enjoyed because of all of the world building -- they have their own magic system going on and there's a neat kind of ranger character in that first series.
And yeah, Victoria Holt is definitely old-school romance, but they might have it? Just because her works are very influential in the genre, I think. Gothic romances are fun reads.
I'm trying to remember the name of the first one, but it is about Luke, Leia, Han, Winter (so awesome), and Grand Admiral Thrawn. Ah, yes, Heir to the Empire. :) It's a blue covered book, came out in 1991 and I remember it was one of my first "grown-up" Star Wars books.