Part one of the collection is [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/1jz25u2/harlequins_hot_priests_my_motherinlaws_romance/), if you're curious!

I dug through the rest of the boxes today, and here are some highlights.

Image 1: {Bewitched by Barbara Cartland} from 1975. Barbara Cartland is sort of infamous in my mind for [this bonkers fight she got into with Jackie Collins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtXmlZH7Ldw&t), calling her books "evil" and implying that they are horrible disgusting smut that "help the perverts", whereas hers are pure and good and TRUE ROMANCE. Worth watching for her outfit alone.

Image 2: {The Ungrateful Governess by Mary Balogh} from 1988. One sad lonely Mary Balogh! I would kill for more of these.

Image 3: {The Golden Unicorn by Phyllis A. Whitney} from 1976.

>Courtney had been the perfect adopted child. But around her neck hung a time bomb on a chain--a tiny gold unicorn that brought her face-to-face with the violent intrigues of the past--and the murderer her real mother had not escaped....

At first I thought this would be a Fantasy Romance, but at second glance it might be Romantic Suspense? I'll report back!

Image 4: {The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood} from 1988. I've never seen this cover before and I think it's gorgeous! It's by Morgan Kane, who doesn't seem to have much of an online presence, but [here's a link to some more of his artwork.](https://www.artnet.com/artists/morgan-kane/)

Image 5: Some classic Johanna Lindsey clinch covers - {Brave the Wild Wind by Johanna Lindsey} from 1984, {Defy Not the Heart by Johanna Lindsey} from 1989, and {A Heart So Wild by Johanna Lindsey} from 1986.

Image 6: Some boring Johanna Lindsey covers - {Captive Bride by Johanna Lindsey}, {A Gentle Feuding by Johanna Lindsey}, {Love Me Forever by Johanna Lindsey}, and {Keeper of the Heart by Johanna Lindsey}.

Image 7: Love Me Forever and Keeper of the Heart compensating with some good quality stepbacks.

Image 8: Some nice but slightly dull Amanda Quick covers from the early 90s - {Ravished by Amanda Quick}, {Reckless by Amanda Quick}, and {Dangerous by Amanda Quick}. There was also a lot of Jayne Ann Krentz books in the collection (who is the same person as Amanda Quick, for those not in the know).

Image 9: Great stepbacks for the Amanda Quick books though! These are by [Pino](https://pino-artist.com/original-works/), I have a few of his covers and all of them are quite stunning!

Image 10: Approximately one bajillion Nora Roberts books.

Clinch Cover Paydirt! Highlights From My Mother-In-Laws Romance Collection