Humor and Romances

Well I've had a pretty busy week last week. Went on a job interview and was offered a nice new job with a bit of a pay raise. So that put me in a pretty happy mood! Got to thinking about books and how some of them make me laugh. For me, it's not about slap-stick humor. (I leave that to my kids and DH).

I prefer the humor that comes in stories where the male doesn't understand the thinking of the female. How frustrated and bewildered he gets at her actions. But of course as the reader I understand her reasoning, even accept it as logical.

I've been known to laugh out loud, or laugh so hard silently that the book I'm holding is shaking. Which of course, has anyone sitting near me furrow their brows and ask, "What's so funny?"

To try to explain to them what took the writer nearly half the book or more to lead up to is virtually impossible. I simply smile and say, "oh this is a very funny book." I think I've hooked more new romance readers with that line.

Some of my favorite authors do this so well. In Amanda Quick's MISTRESS the heroine believes she's killed the hero with the loss of her virginity! too funny. Julie Garwood's THE WEDDING had me laughing so hard on an airplane, the lady next to me asked if she could have the book when I was done with it!

Two of my friends do this so well. In A THIEF IN A KILT, Sandy Blair has one surprise after another for her hero Ian MacKay, most of which have to do with the heroine escaping him as she leads him a merry romp through most of Scotland.

Jane Graves has a new book coming out the first of July titled Hot Wheels and High Heels. Jane always has unique ideas for books and a quick wit when it comes to dialogue. In this one, her heroine loses everything but her Mercedes to an unscrupulous husband. Enter the hunky repo man to haul off her Mercedes. Does this send her cowering into a corner? Not our girl, no she convinces him to teach her how to be a repo woman! Ack can anything get better than that for a romance? Can't wait til this one comes out. I plan to set aside a whole afternoon to read it!

So who do you think writes good humor? Any books I should rush out and buy?