Romance novels with no sex, no foul language?

I have a patron whose aging mother is very particular about her books. She only reads romance novels but there can be no sex and no foul language. Ay ya! She also has difficulty if there are too many side characters.

Could someone throw some recommendations my way? After The Princess Bride, I ran out of ideas.

Thanks!

Anything by Georgette Heyer.

Edited to add that I think Patricia Veryan is also pretty tame, I believe. Both authors are classics of the genre.

You might also consider some of the Christian romance series from Harlequin, if the Christianity thing isn't an issue. The Steeple Hill lines generally avoid all of the language & sex problems and are pretty straightforward/easy on the side characters.
They also have the benefit of being inexpensive :-). Of course, I'm not sure how good they'll be. But it's a place to look.

Books by Tracie Petersen, Jeanette Oke and if you can find them by Grace Livingston Hill, which are really Christain fiction would be good choices. Also Thoene, Bodie, Jan Karon, Beverly Lewis are also good choices. Jan Karon's aren't really romances but are really good stories and alot of the older folks at our library really enjoyed them. Also Jennifer Chiaverini's quilt series would be good.

Some of Betty Neels’ novels fit this description:
The Little Dragon
An Unlikely Romance
Enchanting Samantha
Saturday’s Child
These are just a few, and several are in the large print editions.
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The NASCAR romances by Pamela Britton have no sex outside of kissing. I don't recollect that there was any bad language or not, but I'm leaning on the side of not. Of course, your friend may not be into the whole car racing thing.

I was going to say Patricia Veryan too. I've read all her books up until her last few releases and they are wonderful!!! And no sex or cussin'.

I thought I'd just throw in a recommendation for Francine Rivers' Mark of the Lion series. There is no explicit sex, but it is implied as the hero's sister engages in all the vices of ancient Rome and eventually contracts venereal disease. So maybe that doesn't qualify, but these books are found in church libraries and are very, very good.

Quite a bit of Lynn Kurland does not have explicit sex scenes.

If she doesn't mind older books, I bet she'd like Elizabeth Cadell.

Nobody mentioned the late Queen of Romance: Barbara Cartland. 670 books! 99% of the heroines are pure as snow. Most of the heroes are titled noblemen, quite wealthy and usually extremely good-looking. LOL. Kisses yes and definitely no explicit scenes or foul language. Love is usually explained in metaphors. There may be secondary characters (there's always a villain somewhere!) but the storyline mainly focuses on the hero and heroine.

Three movies were made from her books: The Lady and The Highwayman (starring Lysette Anthony and Hugh Grant and Emma Samms), A Hazard of Hearts (starring Helena Bonham-Carter and Marcus Gilbert and A Ghost in Montecarlo (starring Marcus Gilbert and Lysette Anthony). You'll see why the author had to 're-cycle' these actors. :D

If you look on Barbara Cartland's official site, ten of her books are presented as audio books for the first time on CD.

Aside from Patricia Veryan and Georgette Heyer, you might also try the regencies of Marion Chesney and Caroline Courtney (aka Penny Jordan).

Cara Colter writes for Harlequin. She writes sweet Cinderella-like stories. One example is Their Christmas Wish Come.

You might try certain authors from the sweet/tender romance line or the American Romance in Harlequin. Passionate kisses and heart pounding tension but usually no explicit scenes.

Some other authors come to mind:
Jessica Hart, Debbie Macomber (her series set in small town), Nicholas Sparks, Tracie Peterson and Lori Wick and Wendy Markham.

The list of books with "Kisses Only" and "Subtle Sensuality":
http://www.likesbooks.com/onefoot.html

Hope that helps.

Clare Darcy is another regency romance writer in the Heyer tradition. Her books are probably out of print, but if you can get them, they fit in the category you're after too. They may be available in libraries, they were written in the 70's (I read them in high school).

I just joined this group and am super excited to read this thread. I'm starving for good, CLEAN romance novels and now I have a list of authors to add to my short list. I just finished reading Cruel Seduction by Elizabeth Herbst and I enjoyed it. Thanks for all the suggestions in this thread.

Emilie Loring, Elizabeth Cadell, Georgette Heyer, Mary Elgin, Mary Burchell (old harlequins), Theresa Charles. These are all older, but definitely try the library, since many are available in Large Print editions. She might also enjoy Eva Ibbotsen's romantic YA fiction, which has recently been re-issued and is available in bookstores. They aren't strictly romances, but they all have a strong romance running through them that drives the plot. The only one that possibly wouldn't work for her is The Morning Gift. A Countess Below Stairs might be a good one to start with.

Harlequin has a fairly new imprint out called Harlequin Heartwarming for clean romances that aren't inspirationals. So far the books they've published are actually edited editions of older works but they said they might publish some new stories in the future.

I second Emilie Loring and Grace Livingston Hill

My back list regencies are around on used sites, very inexpensive and downright pristine. No wonder I never sold many!

Search: Mary Chase Comstock

"Kentucky Charm" on Kindle is a romance I read with funny sexual dialogue but no actual sex scenes. Very light-hearted and entertaining.

Kristan Higgins?

Georgette Heyer (as suggested by others) fits all your criteria - clean and not too many side characters. She wrote mysteries and regency romances. I find her mysteries dull, but all her regency romances are outstanding - charming, witty and well-written (but also simple and easy to follow). I especially recommend Frederica and The Grand Sophie.

Marion Chesney aka M. C. Beaton (also suggested by others) also writes mysteries and romances and her romances are also "clean", charming and most of them have very few side characters and are simple and easy to follow while still being reasonably intelligent. I would especially recommend the Travellng Matchmaker series she wrote as M. C. Beaton (which I found delightful) and her Poor Relations series - both series feature rather sweet romances between older characters as well as younger. I believe all of her romances are British historical romances.

Jane Aiken Hodge, Madeleine Brent and Mary Stewart all wrote (write?) British historical romances with thriller and mystery elements. They are all somewhat similar and all three are very good. Simple, not particularly complicated stories, no bad language, no sex scenes or explicit sexual language. Note that several of Madeleine Brent's books have characters that have endured sexual abuse in the character's past, although it is dealt with in a matter-of-fact, non-sensational manner and, again, no explicit language is used and no sex scenes.

If she likes fantasy magic themes, she might like the fantasy regency romance trilogy by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer - first book is Sorcery and Cecelia aka The Enchanted Chocolate Pot. Clean and charming and a little bit different, but may be too complex for her.

Elizabeth Chater has some nice clean, uncomplicated regency romances (old school, similar to Claire Darcy).