Read a lot of Debbie MacComber as she is easy to read. Grab them up whenever I can find them at rummage sales. Hope to have read all of hers someday. I too have Emilie Richards on my list. I enjoyed all of Fannie Flagg's books, and the complete set of Jan Karon and her Father Tim in Mitford books. I have almost all of the Chicken Soup books-pass those around all the time. But my all time favorite writers are a tie between Nicholas Sparks and Mitch Albom.