Romantic Fiction Trivia

1. Under the pen name Amanda Quick, this author published "Close Up", the fourth book of her "Burning Cove" series, on May 5th, 2020. What is her real name?

From Quiz Love in the Time of Coronavirus

Answer: Jayne Ann Krentz

Jayne Ann Krentz (married name) has written under seven different names, but (according to her website bio) currently uses three pen names to differentiate the different 'worlds' she writes in. She uses 'Jayne Ann Krentz' for contemporary romantic-suspense. She uses 'Jayne Castle' (her maiden name) for futuristic/paranormal romantic-suspense. She uses 'Amanda Quick' for historical romantic-suspense. Other names she has also used include Stephanie James, Amanda Glass, Jayne Bentley, and Jayne Taylor. "Close Up", along with the rest of the books in the series, takes place in Burning Cove, California in the 1930s. In this story, photographer Vivian Brazier connects with investigator Nick Sundridge as they deal with a series of murders amongst the Hollywood elite.

From Quiz I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

Answer: Brokeback Mountain

Annie Proulx's story tells of an enduring love between two rough young men (Ennis and Jack), hired to tend sheep on a seasonal grazing ground. They regarded themselves as heterosexual and the emotional and sexual bond they form is sudden and unexpected. The story continues over the next 20 years, as each man pursues a "conventional" family life, but continue the liaison in secret with camping trips in remote areas.

From Quiz How You Get the Girl

Answer: he wins an archery competition

Odysseus and Penelope had got married before the Trojan War, and their only son, Telemachus, was born before Odysseus' departure. During Odysseus' absence, a group of 108 rowdy young men had taken residence in the hero's house on the island of Ithaca. Penelope had managed to keep them at bay for three years with the well-know stratagem of weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus' father, and then unweaving it at night. When her ruse was found out, inspired by the goddess Athena she announced that she would marry the man who managed to string her husband's bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads. Odysseus, disguised as a beggar by Athena, easily won the contest. Then he killed all the suitors and their accomplices before revealing himself to his wife.

From Quiz Fictional Romance Writers

Answer: Bradford

Barbara Taylor married the American Robert Bradford in 1963, and moved permanently to the USA following their marriage. She became an American citizen in 1992. 'A Woman of Substance' told the story of Emma Harte who established her own business despite numerous problems in her personal life. It became the first in a series following Emma and her family over many years. These books are just a few of Barbara's creations, and she has written many stand-alone novels, poetry, religious books for children and books giving advice on home decoration and design.

From Quiz Erotica

Answer: Sex

"Sex", despite being, as many would expect, sexual in nature, ended up topping the New York Times Bestseller List after its release in 1992. The artist, who made her fame in chart-topping CDs from the 1980s onward, darkened her image with her fifth album "Erotica", in the same year, scandalously tearing down anti-feminism at the same time. While many described the book as racy in its time, it ended up developing strong critical acclaim by being a defining work of the early 1990s. Madonna continued to rebrand herself further with subsequent works. Photographer Steven Meisel continued in the business, garnering high-profile jobs with both "Vogue" and "Vogue Italia".

From Quiz Romance? Really!

Answer: Kay Hooper

These Kay Hooper books center around Noah Bishop and the FBI unit that he personally put together to actually go into the minds of serial killers and stop them cold.

From Quiz Now Starring in Historical Romance

Answer: Romancing Mr. Bridgerton

Penelope Featherington, who was a close friend of Eloise Bridgerton, had been in love with Eloise's brother Colin since she was 16. Imagine her humiliation when she overheard him declare--in "An Offer from a Gentleman"--"I am certainly not going to marry Penelope Featherington!" But she has the last laugh in "Romancing Mr. Bridgerton."

From Quiz Historical Romance Title Confusion

Answer: Kimberly Cates

Kristin Hannah's contemporary romance is "Angel Falls." Tim Wynveen's "Angel Falls" is a mystery. Meagan Mckinney wrote a historical romance called "When Angels Fall."

From Quiz Fictional Romance: Families

Answer: Julia Quinn

In my opinion the first four books of the series were the best, because Lady Whistledown was so entertaining. I wasn't disappointed in the least when Lady Whistledown's identity was revealed, I thought it was perfect.

From Quiz Fictional Romance

Answer: Amanda Quick

Jayne Ann Krentz also writes under another pseudonym for her paranormal novels under the name Jayne Castle.

From Quiz Girlie Books

Answer: Falling For You

Maddy Harvey and Kerr McKinnon meet and fall in love, but everyone in Ashcombe knows there's no love lost between the two families.

From Quiz Romance Rave

Answer: J.D. Robb

The series begins with "Naked in Death" with the introduction of police lieutenant Eve Dallas and multi-billionaire Roarke. While hunting down a murderer Eve begins to fall in love with one of her suspects.

From Quiz Love in the Time of Coronavirus

Answer: The Banty House

Caroly Brown is a bestselling author of more than 90 romance novels (along with other contemporary works of fiction), with many of them set in Texas or Oklahoma. All of the titles listed were stand-alone novels written by Brown (not part of a series), with "The Magnolia Inn" and "The Sisters Café" both released in 2019, and "The Daydream Cabin" published in December of 2020. In "The Banty House", Betsy, Connie, and Kate Carson open their home (the former brothel that they have lived in together for more than 75 years). They take in Ginger, an expecting teen with nowhere else to go, who begins the process of healing and building a new relationship with a young handyman named Sloan.

From Quiz I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

Answer: Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte's dark tale of unfulfilled love has inspired authors and movie-makers for generations. The story is of Catherine Earnshaw, who loves Heathcliffe, but will not marry him because he is a poor orphan living on her father's charity. She marries Edgar Linton and dies in childbirth. Heathcliffe, heartbroken and bitter, takes his revenge over many years on the two families he has come to hate. Catherine and Heathcliffe are finally reunited in death.

From Quiz Fictional Romance Writers

Answer: Regency

Georgette Heyer is credited with creating the genre of Regency romantic fiction, although the novels actually span a rather longer period of about seventy years rather than just the nine years during which the Prince of Wales was acting as regent. Heyer was meticulous in her research and her novel set at the time of the Battle of Waterloo - 'An Infamous Army' - describes the battle in detail and with great accuracy. Of her novels, twenty-four were set during the Regency period, with a further fourteen set during other historical periods. Heyer also wrote detective stories, but is remembered mainly for her romances.

From Quiz Erotica

Answer: Gabriel's Inferno

"Gabriel's Inferno" paired up a professor at the University of Toronto with a college girl enrolling in his class on Dante's literature and, sure enough, things heated up. Originally penned as online fan-fiction, the popularity of other works being adapted for publishing around the same time caused Penguin to jump on the work. The novel's popularity resulted in two sequels: "Gabriel's Rapture" and "Gabriel's Redemption", which appeared in subsequent years.

From Quiz Romance? Really!

Answer: "The Drake Sisters" series

In many settings Christine Feehan is considered the queen of paranormal romance. She has written five different series of books on different types of paranormal romance: "The Ghostwalker" series, about genetically enhanced soldiers; "The Wild" series, about a species of people that can shapeshift into leopards; "The Carpathian" series, about a species of people closely resembling vampires; "The Waterbound" series, about a group of women that can each control an element; and "The Drake Sisters" Series.

From Quiz Historical Romance Title Confusion

Answer: Gaelen Foley; Catherine Coulter

Dukes are popular guys! Julia Quinn wrote about "The Duke and I." Suzanne Enoch described "Sins of a Duke." Leslie Lafoy wrote "The Duke's Proposal," Julia London advised us of "The Hazards of Hunting a Duke," Gayle Callen found "The Duke in Disguise" and Kathryn Caskie told us "How to Seduce a Duke" once we found him.

From Quiz Fictional Romance: Families

Answer: Cynster

The 'Cynster' series are Stephanie Laurens' most popular books.

From Quiz Girlie Books

Answer: Amelia

Holly is Stella's sister, Becky is Amelia's friend, and Hope is one of the main characters in "What She Wants," another Cathy Kelly book.

From Quiz Romance Rave

Answer: The Heiress

"The Bride Quest" begins with one woman's reluctance to marry and ends in true love for three lonely brothers.

From Quiz I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

Answer: The Shell Seekers

This is my favourite Rosamunde Pilcher novel, the main plot of which echoes "King Lear", with two grasping children and one loving and unselfish daughter. Penelope thinks back to the love of her life, Richard, while deciding what to do with several (now very valuable) artworks by her father, including "The Shell Seekers". She is appalled by the greed of her two older children but enraptured by the blossoming romance between her gardener, who reminds her of Richard, and Antonia, her younger daughter's dear friend.

From Quiz Fictional Romance Writers

Answer: American

Judith Krantz was born in New York and spent some time in Paris working in the fashion industry. She spent some years writing from home on a free-lance for various magazines before deciding to try her hand at writing novels. 'Scruples' was published in 1978 and was followed by 'Princess Daisy' two years later. Several more books followed, and many of Judith's books have been adapted into successful television series.

From Quiz Romance? Really!

Answer: Nora Roberts

There are over 27 books in the "In Death" series as well as three novellas. In this series cars fly and drive themselves, you go off planet for vacation and have an auto chef that cooks your meals. It is the "Back to the Future II" of the literary world, at least in the romance section.

From Quiz Historical Romance Title Confusion

Answer: Hannah Howell; Connie Mason

Highlanders may even be more popular than Dukes. Karen Marie Moning goes a step further with "To Tame a Highland Warrior." Karen Hawkins instructs us "How to Abduct a Highland Lord." Jude Deveraux's series of Highland titles includes "Highland Velvet." Leanne Burroughs offers "Higland Wishes," among other titles. Amanda Scott writes about a "Higland Princess" and Julia London's series includes "Highlander in Love."

From Quiz Fictional Romance: Families

Answer: Elizabeth Lowell

The Donovan novels were always centered around a precious gemstone. The titles of the Donovan novels went as followed; "Amber Beach", "Jade Island", "Pearl Cove", and "Midnight in Ruby Bayou".

From Quiz Girlie Books

Answer: Pliers

Ria's mother is getting lonely, so Pliers, her annoying little dog, is always on hand to keep her company!

From Quiz How You Get the Girl

Answer: maybe - the ending is left open

Raised by the sinister Miss Havisham, who taught her to despise all men as a form of revenge for having been jilted on her wedding day, Estella claims to have no heart. Throughout the novel, however, the reader suspects she harbours some feelings for Pip, because she does not toy with him as she does with other men. She eventually marries the brutish Bentley Drummle, who mistreats her. When Estella and Pip meet again eleven years later, shortly after her husband's death in a riding accident, she asks him to forgive her. He takes her hand, and - though they mention friendship rather than love - knows they will never be parted again. In the original ending, Dickens had Pip and Estella meet in London when she had already remarried. The author rewrote it after Edward Bulwer-Lytton (the author of "The Last Days of Pompeii") commented that the ending was too sad.

From Quiz Fictional Romance Writers

Answer: Barbara Cartland

Barbara Cartland's output was phenomenal, and her name appeared in the Guinness Book of Records for worldwide sales of her books - over 1,000 million were sold in her lifetime. She could produce two full length books in a year, and broke another record for the number of novels published in one year, something in excess of twenty. Cartland's books were notable for their chaste view of romance. Barbara's daughter, Raine, became the second wife of Earl Spencer in 1976, making her the stepmother of Diana and her siblings.

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