I do like JA Jance and have read several of her books. I've read all of Lisa Gardner's books and like her, too, although she gets pretty dark sometimes.
love those authors. RaeAnn is an up and coming author that I have been selling like crazy in my book booth. I love those kinds of stories. I have read all of Susan Mallerys newer books. I have a ton of her silhouette special editions she published a decade ago or so. Deb macomber is another great author. I love the Yarn stories. I have not read all of numbered the series yet. I got up to book #5. I love her books-have some of her books from the 1980s that are silhouette romance=those skinny ones. I kept them because I felt having the original copy is cool. Nora Roberts too. read all her early stuff=her silhouette intimate moments ones rock. those are from the mid 1980s. (that's what I read as a kid in the 1980s).
Haven't tried Harry Potter-not sure I would enjoy it but maybe some day I will try.
@Winchester JJ Jance is great-I love that her's take place in Arizona. Good mystery/suspense.
Have you tried Karen Rose or Lisa Gardner? I think you would like those.
I've read some Debbie Macomber, Robyn Carr, Susan Mallery.
Any Joanne Fluke fans from the Hannah Swanson series? Janet Evanovich from the Stephanie Plum series? I used to read them, but quit several books ago. Also Diane Mott Davidson's Goldie series.
Every once in a while, I like to bring this up again. It's a neat way to get new authors: http://www.literature-map.com/ Go to the link, type in the name of an author you like, and you will get the names of similar authors who write in the same vein. The closer the names are to your original name, the more similar they are. I've gotten some really excellent books that way. I bring this link up about 1-2 times a year because we have new people and they may not have heard about it. Try it; I think you'll enjoy it.
Another good link is http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/ If you like murder mysteries and cozy mysteries, you'll like this site.