This imprint continues to publish Joan Smith and Barbara Metzger, two of the more comic Regency writers. Bantam backtracked and soon after came out with Bantam Loveswept , one of the first contemporary romance series which incorporated humor and exciting, adventurous plots. Sadly, they stopped publishing them in February of 1999. I read many of the early novels in this series. My favorite authors were Iris Johansen, Billie J. Green, Kay Hooper and the inimitable Tom and Sharon Curtis.
Bantam also publishes historical romances.
Authors I enjoy include Laura Kinsale, Amanda Quick, and Theresa Medeiros. This series included a variety of different subgenres in the one line, including contemporaries, Regencies and gothics. St. Martin's Press Primarily a hardcover publisher, St. Martin's publishes novels by Regency and Georgian romance writer Patricia Veryan, and less easily categorized romance novels by the marvelous Eva Ibbotson. The quality of Zebra books varies dramatically. They publish a variety of historical romances and Regency romances.