• Eye on Romance is romance novel and author directory you can use to search for books by theme, hero or heroine's name, or character type. This is a novel set in Regency-era England, where the two most preeminent spies are the Lord and Lady Smythe. published 2010, avg rating 3.96 — Graciela Rodriguez doesn’t want to marry Ciudad Real’s most eligible bachelor. Without the story of romance, many of these books would be little more than erotica. published 2009, avg rating 4.35 — no sex scenes). published 2013, avg rating 4.12 — 41,585 ratings — Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes. One incredible trope is the pregnancy romance novel, a novel in which the heroine has either an often unexpected - thought occasionally planned - pregnancy thought out the book. 271 ratings — Thanks! In an era when ladies of genteel breeding had little authority, they found their wit was one power they could leverage—and leverage it they did. published 2012, avg rating 4.38 — Deaf, Mute, Speechless Romance Heroes and Heroines A list of leads in romance novels who are hearing or speech impaired. published 2013, avg rating 3.96 — 3,288 ratings — Have you ever thought about which kind of romance novel you should star in? You must have a goodreads account to vote. Today's romance heroine can be a cop, an executive, even an airline pilot. Romances with strong & smart heroines Score A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. published 2012, avg rating 3.97 — The Devil in Winter and Mine Til Midnight by Lisa Kleypas are also both great with heroines who aren’t necessarily conventionally pretty. published 1995, avg rating 3.94 — 4,382 ratings — published 2013, avg rating 4.18 — 71,107 ratings — It is a mix of witty romance-- along with some dashing escapades-- and sure to be a fun read. Plenty of romance novels have little or no sex. published 2011, avg rating 4.22 — published 2011, avg rating 3.59 — published 2008, avg rating 4.29 — 2,623 ratings — 34,145 ratings — A few requests for this trope and how could I resist?? You can’t throw a stone in the historical romance category without hitting a regency romance novel. Romance novels were page-turners, they always ended happily, and most important, they were a way for me to be exposed to and explore sexual or erotic thoughts before I was actually ready to talk about them. To follow are some of our favorite witty heroines. I recently read a book called "a new life" by Bonnie Dee, which was ok, not a masterpiece, but I really like the type of hero that was there (in some ways, maybe not others but I won't spoil it). 65 ratings — published 2013, avg rating 4.25 — 813 ratings — Historical Romances With Younger Heroes 1. Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas is a beautiful marriage of convenience story where the hero is in love with someone else. Flag this list. Press J to jump to the feed. User account menu • Badass Heroines. Secret babies, heirs to the throne, one night … 75,726 ratings — 45,444 ratings — Historical romance books where heroines have been abused mentally, verbally, or physically ; treated as servants; or anything of that sort. Are you the type of woman who can handle the excitement and danger of romantic suspense, the girl-next-door looking for the down-home hero, or something else? 1: Archer's Voice by. I’m still waiting for the romance novel where the inevitable brainiac scientist virgin heroine has sex, hates it, and goes “Well, N=1 is not a statistically sound sample, and I’ll have to control for confounding variables, too,” so she goes out and has multiple sex orgies with a hundred different people in different positions. 44,345 ratings — by. Let's talk about why pregnancy romance novels are so much fun! Request. 32,633 ratings — published 2013, avg rating 4.01 — published 2010, avg rating 4.15 — 22,511 ratings — published 2013, avg rating 4.13 — published 2011, avg rating 4.15 — Suddenly You by Lisa Klepyas She was unmarried, untouched and almost thirty, but novelist Amanda Briars wasn’t about to greet her next birthday without making love to a man. 1,381 ratings — 1,966 ratings — ! To rise from the aches of her broken past and create an empire out of nothing but her brains and her beauty, that is the epitome of a great 80’s heroine for me. 6,688 ratings — Most romance readers are women, and naturally, they want to see themselves reflected in their choice of reading. 2,943 ratings — Katniss Everdeen took the world by storm partly as a backlash against Bella Swan, the passive, accident-prone heroine of Twilight. The average age of a heroine in U.S. romance novels is 24 to 26, according to DearAuthor.com. published 2010, avg rating 3.80 — published 2011, avg rating 4.39 — Lord and Lady Spy by Shana Galen. April Walsh. Others make the heroine not beautiful then show what makes her attractive. 6,729 ratings — 460 ratings — These are often good stories that may parallel Bible stories, inspire us to be better women, or show us how faith can look in the context of a relationship. published 2010, avg rating 3.86 — Liz Fielding is an English novelist who writes tender romances (i.e. if i forget you pdf. 25,730 ratings — • Romance.io is a website that suggest romance novels to readers based on what they've previously read. list created March 12th, 2018 I’m TIRED … Press J to jump to the feed. Today’s leading authors of historical romance know that readers crave witty repartee as much as they once craved rakes and scoundrels. Can y’all please recommend me some romance books with a badass, unapologetic heroine who doesn’t give two sh*ts about anything or anyone. published 2007, avg rating 3.75 — Call Me Irresistible (Wynette, Texas, #5), Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1), Protecting Fiona (SEAL of Protection, #3), Baby Love (Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan, #1), The Dark Light of Day (The Dark Light of Day, #1), Claimed by the Horde King (Horde Kings of Dakkar, #2), Sweet Nothings (Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan, #3), Tall, Dark, and Texan (Whispering Mountain, #3), Star Bright (Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan, #9), Wanted by Her Lost Love (Pregnancy & Passion, #2), Blue Skies (Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan, #4), Beauty and the Phantom (The Phantom Romance Series, #1), The Earl and the Spinster (The Blue Rose Romances: The Culpepper Misses #1), Phantom Waltz (Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan, #2), The Autumn Duchess (A Duchess for All Seasons #4), Shadow's Seduction (Immortals After Dark, #16; The Dacians, #2), Rock Chick Reawakening (Rock Chick, #0.5), The Sword Dancer (Lovers and Rebels, #1; Tang Dynasty, #4), True's Love (Estill County Mountain Man, #3), Protecting Alabama (SEAL of Protection, #2), Breaking Free (Masters of the Shadowlands, #3), Falling for King's Fortune (Kings of California, #3), The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress (Anetakis Tycoons, #1), The Flame and the Flower (Birmingham, #1), Promised to the Crown (Daughters of New France #1), Dangerous Secrets (Callaghan Brothers, #1), A Perfect Storm (Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor, #4), Goodreads Members Suggest: Favorite Winter Reads. Welcome back. Image courtesy of Word Wenches. Reader Recommendations – Age Gap Romance Books where the older Hero knew the heroine when she was a child… October 2, 2019 By Maryse 22 Comments Noelene has a reader recommendation request!! published 2012, avg rating 4.05 — 12,780 ratings — 54,387 ratings — Out of the Blue – Sally Mandel This one’s not really a romance novel so much as a novel with a romance. It’s the story of the heroine finally coming to terms with a diagnosis of MS. It’s told in the first person and follows the heroine going through life as a 28-year old private school teacher in New York five years after her diagnosis. published 2013, avg rating 4.28 — All Votes Add Books To This List. Best romance novels of 2020 (Aysha Tengiz/for The Washington Post) By Sarah Wendell. Close. 4,336 ratings — Most heroines in historical romances don’t want to be scandalous or don’t want to create scandal. 10 Romance Novel Cliches… That Can Stop Any Time Now. Not this one. avg rating 4.00 — published 2012, avg rating 3.79 — Request. Mary: …wondering if you or your readers might be able to recommend some books with the ugly duckling to swan theme. Posted by 5 months ago. 13,591 ratings — Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. published 2010, avg rating 3.61 — ! Especially when two of ’em just hit my radar BIG time today!!! So she wants to ruin her reputation and create a scandal! James series. Sure, it's fun to read a few stories about younger protagonists but how about a more diverse age range? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. But there seems to be a serious disconnect between midlife female romance novel fans and the publishers of the books they love. Romance novels are always fun to read. Nonetheless, her books share certain hallmarks: they center heroines who are fiercely independent, they have jobs and in many cases are committed to careers doing the kind of uplift that was essential in earlier, first wave historical romance. 3. 13,046 ratings — Where better to go for inspiration than 80’s romance novels when creating a character like Faye, a woman who had everything taken away from her, stripped of her dignity and hungry for revenge. published 2011, avg rating 3.73 — hero struggling with disabilities - specific request . Mia Sheridan (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 84,965 ratings. published 2012, avg rating 4.15 — On their site, you can search for books by time period, genre, theme, and character type and more. Some do, some don’t. 10,967 ratings — published 2008, avg rating 4.28 — published 2011, Eyes Wide Open (The Blackstone Affair, #3), The Rocker That Savors Me (The Rocker, #2), Twisted Perfection (Rosemary Beach, #5; Perfection, #1), The Stillness of You (Beautifully Damaged, #1), The Petrov Proposal (Forrester Siblings, #2), Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #10), A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1), Pleasure of a Dark Prince (Immortals After Dark, #8), Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark, #5), Dark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #4), No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark, #2), Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles, #1), Wanted by Her Lost Love (Pregnancy & Passion, #2). 1,645 ratings — ‍ 1. Looking for book reccomendations where hero is struggling with ptsd or depression and heroine helps him deal with it. 12,596 ratings — Request. Katniss is the … That's a far cry from yesterday's books, where heroes tended to be ranchers or executives. The Raven Cycle books are unique, and they hold a special place in my heart. published 2013, avg rating 3.97 — The Lady Smythe is dealing with the issue of repeated … 1,129 ratings — 794 ratings — published 2007, avg rating 4.18 — By Leslie Wainger . published 2011, avg rating 3.58 — Looking for an independent heroine and beta hero in a slow burn romance where they overcome external threats as their relationship builds . Badass Heroines. published 2012, avg rating 3.68 — Romance with hero struggling with ptsd or depression and heroine helps. I'm a guy and I'm pretty new to romance, so please be gentle :) Here are some books I enjoyed that are either romance or have a romantic subplot: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - Clare & Henry. 3,189 ratings — In fact, there are even Christian romance novels. Present your heroine; Present the love interest; Identify the driving force; Carefully consider the intimate scenes; Craft your secondary characters; Find some tools; Write the happy ending; While it may not require the extensive research and worldbuilding that a fantasy novel does, that doesn’t mean it’s easy. 40,878 ratings — (\"reviews_widget":"\\u003cstyle\\u003e\\n #goodreads-widget \\\n font-family: georgia serif;\\n padding: 18px 0;\\n width:565px;\\n \\\n #goodreads-widget h1 \… published 2012, avg rating 4.24 — Whether they have sexy characters or heartfelt love stories, they are easily digestible. Not in romance novels. 39,566 ratings — Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. More come out practically every day; it’s by far the most popular historical sub-genre. published 2012, avg rating 3.87 — Many women are drawn to the romance in sexy romance novels. November 6, 2019 By Maryse 12 Comments. An excellent cover from this man. 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It’s not exclusively a romance novel, per se, but the Raven Cycle novels by Maggie Stiefvater don’t feature a traumatized heroine or an alpha male hero. 35,106 ratings — 41,613 ratings — But have you noticed there might be a lack of older characters? published 2016, avg rating 3.76 — Some author make the heroine beautiful as a shortcut to show her goodness (I call them Cinder’s sisters.) published 2013, avg rating 4.24 — published 2013, avg rating 3.75 — It’s clear that the publishers of romance novels are seriously out of touch with their biggest audience! 14,561 ratings — 1,439 ratings — published 2012, avg rating 4.33 — published 2013, avg rating 3.83 — Log In Sign Up. 836 ratings — 1,049 ratings — Error rating book. 8 Romance Novels for Women Over 50 That'll Have Them Saying "More, Please!" 15,994 ratings — published 2013, avg rating 4.31 — Take the quiz below to find out and check out the bottom of this post for how to get a free romance ebook to suit your personal style! 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