Heroines in Romance Novels

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Tagged by time period and not the place.

Dark Age era 0 - 945
Medieval era 945 -1485
Tudors & Stuarts 1485 -1714
Georgian era 1714 - 1810
Regency period 1811 - 1837
Victorian era 1837 - 1901.
Modern era 1901 - 1950

For a specific subgenre use tags or the search engines (Elizabethan, Viking, Western)

Baby-free (epilogue) tag contemporary novels without pregnancy or children younger than 18.
Career/Workplace heroine's career is a major plot element
Courtesan (or mistress) the heroine had clients other than the hero.
Marriage of convenience tag won't have a marriage in trouble tag.
Marriage in trouble tag won't have marriage of convenience tag.
Older woman and Younger man more than a 5 year age difference
Pregnancy the heroine is pregnant for the majority of the book or trying to
Reunited lovers tag don't include married (and separated) couples tag.
Tycoon-free contemporary novels without multimillionaires heroes

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I created this blog for those of us who want to see more than the usual innocent selfless isolated martyr heroine.

Each book will be judge on four different fields with a test
1) Romantic and sexual past
2) Support system and independence
3) Martyr complex
4) Relationship with the hero

the subgenre and type of book will be taken into account

• Beyond Breathless by Kathleen O'Reilly (2007)
• Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James (2009)
• Make Me Yours by Betina Krahn (2009)
• She's No Princess by Laura Lee Guhrke (2006)
• Body Check by Deirdre Martin (2003)
• Lord Sin by Kalen Hughes (2007)
• The Italian's Wife By Sunset by Lucy Gordon (2007)
• Midnight Choices by Eileen Wilks (2003)
• Run No More by Mulvany Catherine (2004)
• The Pretender by Celeste Bradley (2003)
• Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James (2008)
• Scandal in Copper Lake by Marilyn Pappano (2009)
• The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig (2008)
  
• Their Very Special Gift by Jackie Braun (2007)
• The Prince of Midnigh by Laura Kinsale (1990)
• Death Angel by Linda Howard (2008)
• Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl (2009)
• Vision in White by Nora Roberts (2009)
• Flat-Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy (2008)
• A Hint of Wicked by Jennifer Haymore (2009)
• First Kiss by Marilyn Pappano (2000)
• The Maverick's Greek Island Mistress by Kelly Hunt (2009)
  
• Play Dirty by Sandra Brown (2007)
• Hired for the Boss's Bed by Robyn Grady (2008)
• The Unlikely Mistress by Sharon Kendrick (2002)
• The Mommy Makeover by Kristi Gold (2009)
• Mistress on Demand by Maggie Cox (2005)
• Reunited: Marriage in a Million by Liz Fielding (2007)
• Moonlight And Roses by Jackie Braun (2008)
• To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt (2009)
• His Bought Mistress by Emma Darcy (2005)
• Pregnant: Father Wanted by Claire Baxter (2008)
• Mistress Under Contract by Natalie Anderson (2009)
• Promoted: to Wife and Mother by Jessica Hart (2008)
• Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase (2008)
• Pride and Pregnancy by Karen Templeton (2007)
• Appointment at the Altar by Jessica Hart (2007)
• The Tycoon's Trophy Wife by Miranda Lee (2005)
• Dedication by Janet Mullany (2005)
• Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (2004)
• The Secret Love-Child by Miranda Lee (2002)
• Just for a Night by Miranda Lee (2001)
• The More I See You by Lynn Kurland (1999)
• The Changeling Bride by Lisa Cach (1999)
• Sleeping Beauty by Judith Ivory (1998)
• When There Is Hope by Jane Goodger (1996)
• Violet by Jane Feather (1995)
• Mirror Image by Sandra Brown (1990)