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Trilogy Suggestions Jan 7, 2018 9:21:13 GMT -7 Banana Boat likes this

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Post by tealadytoo on Jan 7, 2018 9:21:13 GMT -7

I am participating in a 2018 Reading Challenge on another board, and one of the items is "read a trilogy". So I'm looking for suggestions of trilogies you loved. Naturally, I'm expecting romance trilogy suggestions, but if you have suggestions from other genres, that's fine, too.

Thanks in advance!

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Post by kc on Jan 7, 2018 9:39:52 GMT -7

Tealady, I don't know that I know any books you've not read, but have you read all of Nora Roberts' trilogies? There's the Born set, Daring set, Gallaghers set, Chesapeake started as a trilogy but she later added the 4th brother's story so may not count. There are a lot more than these including in her Silhouette books. Hope this helps a bit!

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Post by cyndieloowho on Jan 7, 2018 9:40:10 GMT -7

Nora Roberts has several of those: Three Sisters Island, Gallaghers of Ardmore, Guardians, Dream Trilogy, Born in Fire, Ice, Shame, Inn Boonsboro Trilogy, In the Garden Trilogy, Key Trilogy, and I'm sure I've missed some.

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Jan 7, 2018 9:40:10 GMT -7 cyndieloowho said:

Nora Roberts has several of those: Three Sisters Island, Gallaghers of Ardmore, Guardians, Dream Trilogy, Born in Fire, Ice, Shame, Inn Boonsboro Trilogy, In the Garden Trilogy, Key Trilogy, and I'm sure I've missed some.

Cindylouwho, definitely a case of great minds think alike!

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Trilogy Suggestions Jan 7, 2018 10:12:57 GMT -7

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Post by Banana Boat on Jan 7, 2018 10:12:57 GMT -7

I cheated, I went to Amazon and typed in "Romance Trilogy". This is just a few of what I came across, some I've read and some I haven't.

Hope For Mr. Darcy (I've read)

High Country Bride - Linda Lael Miller (I've read)

About a Dog - Jen McKinlay

The Breathless Trilogy - Maya Banks (Haven't read)

Viscount Breckenridge - Stephanie Laurens (I've read)

Sudden Death - Allison Brennan (I've read)

And like everyone before me has mentioned Nora Roberts is the Queen of trilogies. She has tons.

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Post by Josie on Jan 7, 2018 11:32:07 GMT -7

Lorraine Heath
Leigh Brothers Texas Trilogy
Rogues in Texas
Lost Lords
London's Greatest Lovers

Tracy Anne Warren
The Trap Trilogy
The Mistress Trilogy
Princess Bride Trilogy
The Rakes of Cavendish Square

Maya Banks
The McCabe Trilogy

Renee Bernard
The Mistress Trilogy

Sara Bennett
The Greentree Sisters

Kelly Bowen
A Season For Scandal

Valerie Bowman
The Secret Brides series

Celeste Bradley
Runaway Brides
Heiress Brides

Lily Dalton
One Scandalous Season

Tessa Dare
The Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy
The Stud Club Series

ETA more books

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Post by Jackie on Jan 7, 2018 15:21:22 GMT -7

If you like fantasy romance I have quite an extensive list of trilogies!

The Kingmaker Chronicles (Trilogy) by Amanda Bouchet (Explicit)
Shadowfell Trilogy by Juliet Marillier (YA)
The Blackthorn & Grim Series by Juliet Marillier (Slow-burn, kind of clean, but worth the wait!)
Hollow Kingdom Trilogy by Clare B. Dunkle (YA)
Kushiel's Legacy by Jacqueline Carey (Explicit and a bit political heavy)
The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop (Explicit Note: The series does have eight books in the WORLD. The main trilogy consists of Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, and Queen of the Darkness.)

These are blockbuster epic fantasies with romance. Think 300+ pages. Not exactly light reading trilogies, but excellent novels nonetheless!
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

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Post by tealadytoo on Jan 7, 2018 16:16:49 GMT -7

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Forgot about Nora Roberts. I liked the Inn Boonesboro trilogy a lot, though I'm not so fond of the ParaNoras. I'll have to see what the library has. The only set on Mt. TBR right now is a quartet.

I LOVED Mistborn, Jackie Y., alas, I finished it in 2017.

Keep the suggestions coming. I actually found a trilogy on Mt. TBR that I'd forgotten about (Denise Domning's Servant of the Crown) that I could use, but that never stopped me from buying more books.

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Post by secretromancejunkie on Jan 8, 2018 10:16:47 GMT -7

I'm only suggesting trilogies where the overarching storyline is strong. I.E. it matters that you read them as a set.

Sabrina Jeffries - The Royal Brotherhood - three illegitimate sons of the Prince Regent get together to help each other
Amanda Quick - Arcane Society Looking Glass Trilogy - pnr, past-present-future set
Amanda Quick - Arcane Society Burning Lamp Trilogy - pnr, past-present-future set
Grace Burrowes - The Duke's Obsession - the first set of Windham books
Emma Wildes - Notorious Bachelors - she has several trilogies, I'm just picking the one I have read recently
Jennifer Ashley - Regency Pirates - not as good as the MacKenzies, but sill very good

I second these suggestions from Josie)
Maya Banks - Highlanders - (also known as the McCabe's)
Celeste Bradley - Runaway Brides
Celeste Bradley - Heiress Brides

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Post by flipoid on Jan 8, 2018 11:08:10 GMT -7

I am annoyed--I typed a post of suggestions and it disappeared. Here goes, for the second time.

Elizabeth Heiter has two trilogies in the Harlequin Intrigue line. I have read both and enjoyed them very much.

The first is The Lawmen. The heroine of the first book (Disarming Detective) is friends with the heroine of the third book. The hero of the second book (Seduced by the Sniper) and the heroine of the third book (SWAT Secret Admirer) are siblings. The characters show up in each others' books, but they are all individual stories.

The second trilogy is The Lawmen: Bullets and Brawn. The heroes of the three books are foster brothers who became really close; when the oldest one (the hero of the second book, Police Protector) aged out of the foster system, he worked hard to buy a house where he and his brothers could live together after the younger two also aged out. I really liked the strong bond among the brothers.

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Jan 8, 2018 11:08:10 GMT -7 flipoid said:

I am annoyed--I typed a post of suggestions and it disappeared. Here goes, for the second time.

Elizabeth Heiter has two trilogies in the Harlequin Intrigue line. I have read both and enjoyed them very much.

The first is The Lawmen. The heroine of the first book (Disarming Detective) is friends with the heroine of the third book. The hero of the second book (Seduced by the Sniper) and the heroine of the third book (SWAT Secret Admirer) are siblings. The characters show up in each others' books, but they are all individual stories.

The second trilogy is The Lawmen: Bullets and Brawn. The heroes of the three books are foster brothers who became really close; when the oldest one (the hero of the second book, Police Protector) aged out of the foster system, he worked hard to buy a house where he and his brothers could live together after the younger two also aged out. I really liked the strong bond among the brothers.

Oooh. The Lawmen look intriguing . . .

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Post by flipoid on Jan 8, 2018 19:33:06 GMT -7

Jan 8, 2018 18:59:09 GMT -7 tealadytoo said:

Jan 8, 2018 11:08:10 GMT -7 flipoid said:

I am annoyed--I typed a post of suggestions and it disappeared. Here goes, for the second time.

Elizabeth Heiter has two trilogies in the Harlequin Intrigue line. I have read both and enjoyed them very much.

The first is The Lawmen. The heroine of the first book (Disarming Detective) is friends with the heroine of the third book. The hero of the second book (Seduced by the Sniper) and the heroine of the third book (SWAT Secret Admirer) are siblings. The characters show up in each others' books, but they are all individual stories.

The second trilogy is The Lawmen: Bullets and Brawn. The heroes of the three books are foster brothers who became really close; when the oldest one (the hero of the second book, Police Protector) aged out of the foster system, he worked hard to buy a house where he and his brothers could live together after the younger two also aged out. I really liked the strong bond among the brothers.

Oooh. The Lawmen look intriguing . . .

Both trilogies were really good, tealadytoo. Heiter is now up there with Julie Miller and Marie Ferrarella as must-read romantic suspense authors.

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Post by tealadytoo on Jan 10, 2018 15:54:08 GMT -7

Oooh. The first Lawman, "Disarming Detective" is in A Harlequin bundle for $1.99. (Vs. $3.49 for the book on its own.) And there's a Cynthia Eden in there too. This warrants a "click".

Harlequin Intrigue Bundle, February 2015, Box 1

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Post by linviolet on Jan 10, 2018 20:22:18 GMT -7

Nora Roberts as you already know has a lot of trilogies, I have favorites and I recommend that are a mix of new and classics

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Sign of Seven

Born In

Key

Circle

Different authors/ Historicals
Highlands
Highland Lairds
North American Woman
Viking

Contemporary/Suspense with some supernatural
Love me With Lies (people either love it or hate it, one story told through different points of views of the characters in three different books)

Sweetwater (a favorite of mines)

Cuttersville
Phoenix Fire
For Me

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