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Family, where would we be without them? I asked the authors of InspyRomance if they had any books based on family and got a hailstorm of information. We all seem to love seeing family connections in books and writers are glad to oblige.

I always said, if I could only have one child, I wanted it to be a boy. So I’ll start with the series based on brothers. Valerie Comer has a series in process call Cavanagh Cowboys Romance which follows six brothers. Her next book in the series, Give Me Another Chance, Cowboy, releases February 9, so keep an eye out for that one.

Merrillee Wren has three books in the Dalton Brother series. Mandy Blake’s Blackwater Ranch series is based on brothers. And Liwen Ho has five in her Spark Brother’s series.

Now for the sisters. Marion Morrison Ueckermann is working on the last couple of books in the Seven Suitors for Seven Sisters series. Tara Grace Ericson has The Bloom Sisters series. That was the only two responses I got for sisters. Do you find that surprising?

Now we get to the families with both brothers and sisters. Laurie Larson’s Pawleys Island Paradise follows the Harrison family. Elizabeth Perry Maddrey has two—Hope Ranch and Baxter Family Bakery. And my own The Spencer Family series has five siblings—three boys and two girls. Yeah, the boys still outnumber the girls.

Here are a few that have family within the series but aren’t based on a complete family. Toni Shiloh has a couple of relatives in her Maple Run series. Jaycee Weaver has a brother/sister set in her Everyday Love series. And I have a couple of sisters in my Walden Beach series. Maybe those two will help balance out my brothers to sisters ratio.

So what about your preference? Do you like stories surrounding a family or are you indifferent? Do you prefer brother, sisters, or a mix? I look forward to hearing from you and one lucky commenter will win an ebook copy of my latest release, When Forever Fades!

Andrea Boyd (12 Posts)

Each of Andrea Boyd’s series represents a different genre but all fall into the category of romance. All offer an element of her own brand of humor. And all are a tribute to God. Besides writing, she loves spending time with her family, quilting, going to car shows, and driving around in her 1968 Barracuda convertible. Andrea lives with her husband, Tommy, and at least a couple of cats in York County, SC.


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Comments

  2. Until your post I never considered it. I do enjoy books with crossover. Whether the characters are linked by location, situation or family isn’t important to me. Thanks for the thought provoking post. :)

  3. I enjoy reading books and series that feature siblings. I really enjoyed the Baxter family books by Karen Kingsbury which has brothers and sisters. When I was younger I read some of the Sweet Valley Twins books and they were sisters. I can’t recall reading any books about brothers.

  4. I like series based on siblings, and I don’t care if it’s boys or girls. I loved the Tales of the Grace Chapel Inn, where the Inn was run by three sisters. I’ve read all of Mandi’s Blackwater Ranch books, Liwen’s Spark Brothers, and Hallee Bridgeman has her Jewel series based on three sisters, which I’ve also read, and her Dixon Brothers books, all of which I’ve read. I’m not partial to either sex!! lol!!

  7. I do like siblings. Having only one sister myself, I’m always interested when there is a brother. I wrote my sister into my CCR series but added a few characteristics that I always wished for in a second sister, so they’re kind of two in one. ;)

  8. I enjoy series that feature siblings. I don’t always like it when the series stretches into more than 5 or 6 books, but it just depends on how invested I got with the characters.

  12. I really love stories surrounding siblings…..a mix of guys & gals is awesome! I also like when there are several older brothers with only one younger sister because the brothers tend to be overly protective when it comes to the sister finding love. Oh my goodness how fun! I’ve read several books like this and the poor love interest of the sister goes through the brother’s stringent testings to prove himself worthy of her. Makes for some hilarious scenes.

    I know Becky Wade isn’t part of Inspy Romance, but her Bradford Sister series is about three sisters. It’s a wonderful family book series that not only involves each sister, but the whole family, slew of friends and a whole cast of town folk.

    I like when series can draw me in and make me feel like I am part of the family the author is portraying. It’s a connection that I really enjoy and makes the story stick with me for a long time!

  14. I like families I don’t really have a preference as it depends more on the story than the make up but I like a mixed family. Jillian Hart’s The Grangers comes to mind as they have both boys and girls and each have a story.

    I like a series where there is a connection and we see crossover characters as I like to see what is happening. But in saying this it could be a family or a group of friends or town. Although not contemporary my all time favourite would be Gilbert Morris’s The house of Winslow which follows a family through the generations.

  17. I like books with both just brothers or sisters or a mix of both. They make them very exciting usually.

  18. I like a mix of brothers and sisters, but just brothers or just sisters is fun too. I really liked Karin Witemeyer’s series on the Archer brothers.

  19. I love families and siblings both. I don’t know if I really have a preference of boys or girls. I have enjoyed any mix that are well written. I think part of the popularity is where so many families today don’t have the same unity they used to and it’s great to read of those that do.

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