Which Romance Novel Would You Never Lend?

It used to be Laura Kinsale's SEIZE THE FIRE, because it was out of print and I had a lot of trouble finding my copy. Now, probably Judy Cuevas' DANCE, which still seems to be out of print.

@VictoriaJanssen, I own Dance also, and not only would I never lend it, but I haven't even read it yet--I am saving it for a READING EMERGENCY, like I've got it stashed behind glass I can only break in a dire situation.

I never lend any of my books. I give them away and say that I'd like them back, if possible, but not to worry if they want to keep it. It means I don't lend anything that is precious, like my signed copies.
I have two sets of Dorothy Dunnett's "Lymond Chronicles" and one set remains on my shelf. I'm happy to give the other set away, because I want tons of people to read that series and love it, as I do!

Mine would be The Bronze Horseman series. And I actually do lend it, however only because I have 3 copies. LOL Hardback, paperback and on my Kindle DIK folder. I will only lend the paperback and then only to select people that I am dying to get as much enjoyment out of it as I did and to those I know will return it.

I would NEVER lend any of my BDB series. NEVER NEVER.

I have to agree with Mara. I would buy a copy and gift it to someone before I'd lend away any of my BDB books!

I'm pretty liberal in my book lending policy. Most of my books get a "from the library of..." sticker in the front and I keep a post it note with the persons name, date and book so I don't lose track. The only exceptions are my copies of The Little Prince and Great Expectations. In fact, GE may be my most well traveled book; it has seen 4 continents and nearly a dozen countries so far. Dickens: Don't Leave Home Without It. ;)

Since I'm always looking for keepers I might have missed, what is the BDB series?

I agree with Mara and Patti, I would never lend any BDB books. Especially Lover Eternal. It's one of comfort books ("I'm not okay, Rhage!")

Wouldn't lend any DH either.

@VolFan, it's the Black Dagger Brotherhood, JR Ward's vampire series.

I will never lend "Fifty Shades of Grey", not because I wouldn't be open to having it off my Kindle, but because it's NON-LENDABLE. Thanks, DRM!
I will never lend any of my Kristen Ashley books since I usually want to re-read them over and over again. I think whoever I lent it to would think I'd turned into a stalker as I constantly asked if they were done with it yet!
I will also never lend my copy of Kathleen E Woodiwiss's "Shanna" because I have the great big paperback with the giant tropical flowers on the cover (from when it was originally published) and I would hate to have to replace it with a less garish copy.

i actually just trade my books with many friends after i read them, that way i always have a new one to read.

I don't usually lend out any of my books because people tend to not return them in the condition I gave them. But I do lend to my best friend because she totally gets my pet peeve about folks destroying your books...lol. We lend to each other actually and haven't had any problems. So, I don't lend books out as a matter of policy (except if it's a book I didn't like and want to get rid of).

As the older sister of 2 siblings, I've learned quite early not to lend anything, because it scarcely comes back to you unaltered.
My books being very precious to me, I have huge difficulties lending them to anyone, including my friends.
Some books I will never, ever lend to anyone because they have some sentimental value to me _ my great-great mother books, for instance.
Others I will never lend because I care very much for them. For instance, I own 2 books illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe : one is a compilation of various Edgar Allan Poe's tales (translated to french by Charles Baudelaire), the other is Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The edition is superb and the illustrations gorgeous, so there's absolutely no way I will lend them, to anyone.
I can't think of books I would not lend because of their content only (not because of their edition or how I got them). Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido's Blacksad comic albums perhaps (I love this series, and I'd be devastated if anything was to happen to my print copies).

@MaraGillott, PattiP, and wingZERoangel - We love our Brothers, don't we? I agree, no one can borrow V! Er--I mean my BDB books. No one can have Acheron either! *Cough* I mean, Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series. Or her League series, either. Especially not the signed ones~ If someone wants to read them, I'll gladly recommend the library or nearest bookstore~

wingZER0angel - haha! YES!!!! "I'm not okay, Rhage!" I love it.

But seriously, I'm thinking the one I would NEVER ever lend is my Suddenly You by Kleypas. I lost my original copy and FREAKED THE F**k OUT! Like tore up my entire bedroom trying to find it. :( Also, once I get another used paperback copy of Lorraine Heath's Texas Destiny, (it's out of print, so I HATE myself for throwing out my old copy) - it will never leave my bookshelf.