Can we hope...

Lisa shows you Gibson's "Wall Flower" but the last paragraph of her post is what really interested me... What you you think about alternative time periods for romance novels? Do you like the comfort and familiarity of the Regency and Victorian periods to the exclusion of all other settings? Can American be an appealing backdrop for a historical romance too? If you could read a romance set in any place or time, what would you would wish for? go forth and post...