Jennifer Ashley (Goodreads Author) (shelved 5 times as heroine-almost-dies) avg rating 4.05 36,342 ratings published 2009. published 1994, avg rating 3.85 Please dont show this article to my brothers, my boyfriend, or Idris Elba.) // page settings pubID: '3211', adServer: 'googletag', bidTimeout: 4e3, params: { aps_privacy: '1YN' } The general kind. published 2012, avg rating 4.30 "//securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js"; Both scenes made me cry, but that might have been because these were the second and third romance novels I'd ever read. 1,959 ratings 2,746 ratings published 2017, avg rating 4.05 The first scene takes up a lot of time and the MMC has to care for her. })(); throw new Error("could not load device-specific stylesheet : " + err.message); }("apstag", window, document, "script", "//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); or was. published 1997, avg rating 4.13 published 1998, The Accidental Wedding (Devil Riders, #4), Shadows at Midnight (Mass Market Paperback), The Heart of the Rose (Mass Market Paperback), Revenge at Bella Terra (Scarlet Deception #2), Never Marry a Cowboy (Rogues in Texas, #3), Pleasures of a Notorious Gentleman (London's Greatest Lovers, #2), The Outlaw and the Lady (Daughters of Fortune, #1), Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet, #1), The Warrior's Touch (MacEgan Brothers #4), Love According to Lily (American Heiresses, #4), The Ground She Walks Upon (Mass Market Paperback), The Bartered Bride (The Bride Trilogy, #3), To Marry an Heiress (Daughters of Fortune, #2), Dream of Me/Believe in Me (Viking & Saxon, #1 & #2). var ue_sid = "038-4651514-8900753"; I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. pubID: '3211', adServer: 'googletag', bidTimeout: 4e3, params: { aps_privacy: '1YN' } 9. Very adult, and has an extreme romantic plot in it. A.src = t; Rate this book. "ebfg_email", "ebfg_sms"]; While there are plenty of Annes and Annies, names like Lark Morgan (A Wanted Man, by Linda Lael Miller) and Evelyn Starr Johnson (Only You, by Elizabeth Lowell) also feel right at home in the western setting. page: {requestId: "K2ZQSFSD1Y5QS9MNXTF0", meaningful: "interactive"} Program, Publisher setDisplayBids: function() {}, Shes also brilliant, loyal, funny, and kind of a snob, which is key to this romances enemies-to-lovers vibe. He will cut you if necessary, though. 1,773 ratings Hey guys.. so Ive DNFed like a thousand books and I just cant seem to get back to my reading jumbo yknow lol. Stone, Till There Was You by Lynn Kurland, Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands, Heart of Dan. Been reading romance for 70.21% of my life. published 2009, avg rating 3.62 I <3 righteous suffering and so does this book. }("apstag", window, document, "script", "//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); 220 ratings var node = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. a[a9]._Q.push([c, r]) published 2013, avg rating 3.86 {This Heart of Mine} by Brenda Novak. 1997-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. 33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, B&N Reads, Book Of The Year, Fiction, Romance, Submit your email address to receive Barnes & Noble offers & updates. Adult, please!Romance Novels where the heroine almost dies? Mainly for assault, drug and alcohol abuse, and rape. //]]> Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. 10,528 ratings var source = getCookieWithoutJQuery("source"); try { 235 ratings Heroine Almost Dies genre: new releases and popular books, including The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn, Lawless by Diana Palmer, . window.Mobvious = {}; return cookiePair[1]; Honestly all of Kristen Ashley FMCs end up in these kind of situations. Every other book by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. }, var ue_t0=window.ue_t0||+new Date(); Well, then, I give you the contemporary works of Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Please recommend romance novels in which the hero hurts the heroine so much that she withdraws into herself (in some cases) so much that she almost dies or loses the will to live.I want her to distance herself from him and I want the hero doing everything in his power to reach her.ONLY Romance novel LIST! .__prevent_empty_css_file{width:0}.featuredContentModule{margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:8px}.featuredContentModule--inline{border:1px solid #D8D8D8;padding:16px !important}.featuredContentModule--mobile{max-width:495px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.featuredContentModule__header{display:block;font-family:"Lato", "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;margin-bottom:12px;text-transform:uppercase;height:24px;border-bottom:1px solid #D8D8D8}.featuredContentModule__header--inline{border-bottom:none}.featuredContentModule__sponsoredLabel{font-family:"Lato", "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#767676;padding-left:18px}.featuredContentModule__sponsoredName{font-family:"Lato", "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#767676}.featuredContentModule__sponsoredFooter{padding-top:4px}.featuredContentModule__sponsoredBadgeIcon{background:url("/assets/react_components/icn_sponsored_badge.svg") center no-repeat;border:0;width:16px;height:16px;position:absolute;padding-top:5px}.featuredContentBorder__underline{border-bottom:1px solid #D8D8D8}.featuredContentBorder__overline{border-top:1px solid #D8D8D8}.featuredContentBlog__title{margin:12px 0 8px}.featuredContentBlog__likesAndComments{margin:8px 0 32px}.featuredContentGiveaway__description{padding-top:8px}.featuredContentGiveaway__expiration{padding:8px 0}.featuredContentList--inline{height:90px}.featuredContentList__title--inline{padding-left:12px}.featuredContentList__listDetailsContainer--inline{float:left}.featuredContentList__listDetails--inline{padding-left:12px}.featuredContentList__bookCoverContainer{display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:20%}.featuredContentList__bookCovers--inline{float:left}.featuredContentList__bookCoverImage--allowOverlap{height:140px}.featuredContentList__bookCoverImage--noOverlap{height:80px;width:55px}.featuredContentBook__imageLinkMobile{display:block;margin:0 auto;width:75px}.featuredContentBook__imageMobile{width:100%}.featuredContentBook__button{display:block;width:80%;margin:12px auto;text-align:center}.featuredContentBook__button--inline{width:auto}.featuredContentBook__button--mobile{width:100%}.featuredContentImageBody--inline{height:168px}.featuredContentImageBody__title{display:block;font-family:"Merriweather", "Georgia", serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;margin:16px 0}.featuredContentImageBody__title--mobile{font-family:"Lato", "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", sans-serif;margin:12px 0;font-size:18px}.featuredContentImageBody__title--inline{margin:0}.featuredContentImageBody__image{width:300px}.featuredContentImageBody__imageLink--inline{float:left;padding-right:16px}.featuredContentImageBody__imageMobile{width:100%}.featuredContentImageBody__likesAndComments{margin:8px 0}.featuredContentImageBody__button{display:block;margin:12px auto;text-align:center;width:80%}.featuredContentImageBody__button--inline{width:auto}.featuredContentImageBody__button--mobile{width:100%}.googleFeaturedContentModule{display:none}.adContainer{margin-left:16px;margin-right:16px} published 1987, avg rating 4.00 ( if she doesn't almost die, she gets hurt really badly and it goes on for many chapters) I especially love it when the hero is very protective and just goes feral and just basically stops functioning. Dark Twisted but OhSoGood Erotic Books Via Tumblr A = p.createElement(s); Im open to all genres, as long as I see the Heros heart being torn in two in anguish I want my heart to clench with love and sympathy..PLS HELP A GIRL OUT THANKS. The heroine almost dies in {Midsummer Moon} by Laura Kinsale. 330 ratings We have great recommendations you could find immediately! "https://":"http://";i+=f?g:k;i+=j;i+=h;c(i)}if(!e.ue_inline){if(a.loadUEFull){a.loadUEFull()}else{b()}}a.uels=c;e.ue=a})(window,document); ! The gist of the story is, A women has to marry a man, but the women doesn't think much of her would be husband as he is an aristocrat and very laid back type of person, whereas the women is a warrior women. "Events.Namespace": "csa", //]]>. window.csa("Events")("setEntity", { and our function getCookieWithoutJQuery(name) { function q(c, r) { 25,998 ratings published 2010, avg rating 3.94 published 2007, avg rating 3.99 I live for this trope after the From Blood and Ash series and now Im in a rut! published 2012, avg rating 4.05 7,531 ratings Books where the heroine almost dies. Just read {Unloved by Katy Regnery}, MFC gets attacked (not sexually, just stabbed) by a crazy guy on a hike, MMC hears her scream and carries her back to his house & nurses her back to health for several chapters. Rate this book. gads.async = true; Recently read in her defense by julianna keyes. {The Highlander Takes a Bride by Lynsay Sands} also has a near-death heroine, although is less angsty IMO. window.Mobvious.device_type = 'mobile'; Calpurnia Hartwells mother boldly named after the roman Empress, and the story starts with Callie rejecting the name after struggling to live up to it her entire life. In this futuristic series, humans have evolved into two different types (Harmonics and Wolves). avg rating 3.81 (function(e){var c=e;var a=c.ue||{};a.main_scope="mainscopecsm";a.q=[];a.t0=c.ue_t0||+new Date();a.d=g;function g(h){return +new Date()-(h?0:a.t0)}function d(h){return function(){a.q.push({n:h,a:arguments,t:a.d()})}}function b(m,l,h,j,i){var k={m:m,f:l,l:h,c:""+j,err:i,fromOnError:1,args:arguments};c.ueLogError(k);return false}b.skipTrace=1;e.onerror=b;function f(){c.uex("ld")}if(e.addEventListener){e.addEventListener("load",f,false)}else{if(e.attachEvent){e.attachEvent("onload",f)}}a.tag=d("tag");a.log=d("log");a.reset=d("rst");c.ue_csm=c;c.ue=a;c.ueLogError=d("err");c.ues=d("ues");c.uet=d("uet");c.uex=d("uex");c.uet("ue")})(window);(function(e,d){var a=e.ue||{};function c(g){if(!g){return}var f=d.head||d.getElementsByTagName("head")[0]||d.documentElement,h=d.createElement("script");h.async="async";h.src=g;f.insertBefore(h,f.firstChild)}function b(){var k=e.ue_cdn||"z-ecx.images-amazon.com",g=e.ue_cdns||"images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com",j="/images/G/01/csminstrumentation/",h=e.ue_file||"ue-full-11e51f253e8ad9d145f4ed644b40f692._V1_.js",f,i;if(h.indexOf("NSTRUMENTATION_FIL")>=0){return}if("ue_https" in e){f=e.ue_https}else{f=e.location&&e.location.protocol=="https:"?1:0}i=f? The so-called hero is billionaire CEO resort developer who (though he behaves like he's 17) is '8 years older' than his adult college-graduate younger brother who 'he raised' and whose mother is in her 60s. You just want to watch the world burn, and you know it. 31,101 ratings function(a9, a, p, s, t, A, g) { if(cookiePair[0] === name) { Elena Abelli is the favored daughter, the perfect mafia principessa . The womens friendships are (mostly!) var useSSL = "https:" == document.location.protocol; published 2011, avg rating 3.74 I love romance novels with older heroines and I just loved everything about Marley's story and where she was in life. They're cheap, self-centered, and never love her for who she is. "Application": "GoodreadsMonolith", }; 6,849 ratings Who has your favorite name in romance? var cookiePair = cookie.split('='); published 2005, avg rating 3.64 Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. Its like an urban fantasy SOAP OPERA except the HEA is sacred and assured. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart. "Events.Namespace": "csa", I read everything, so it doesn't have to be strictly historical recs. But the magic part isnt what makes this heroine, Simone, such a badass, so my point still stands! "Events.SushiEndpoint": "https://unagi.amazon.com/1/events/com.amazon.csm.csa.prod", And if youre interested in more from Jayne Ann Krentz, she also has some fantastically named heroines in her Rainshadow Series (like Sedona Snow in The Hot Zone), written under the pen name Jayne Castle. Well, you guys seemed to like that, so Im back with more KU recs! googletag.pubads().setTargeting("tags", ["582","72538","139","267","345"]); Its 1671, fam, what do you expect? You get what Im saying here, right? the eighth day of creation audiobook; published 1986, avg rating 3.82 var sourcesToHideBuyFeatures = ["ebfg_gr", "ebfg_fb", "ebfg_fbm", "ebfg_tw", document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. } } Cards, Copyright & published 1987, avg rating 4.14 } 44,732 ratings } To protect her best friend from said curse, she isolates herself from her loved ones for six year. I adore mountain man stories, possibly because I live in England where neither our mountains or our men are particularly impressive. } else { googletag.pubads().setTargeting("resource", "List_116260"); 154 ratings url = "https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/mobile/phone_hd_images-2b89833762f600506d44865a33582d11.css"; By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Here you can look for a specific keyword, and you'll get a list of book titles in various languages. Another favorite: Honey Jane Moon (Honey Moon), a former child star complete with all the drama of her youth. 1,462 ratings }); ( her getting kidnapped or whatever is fine but she shouldnt be stupid). But it doesnt matter if theyre Harmonic or Wolf, they all seem to have creative names. //]]> Low is actually a nickname for Louise, who is just trying to be one of the guys, as she prospects for gold in the Rockies. Sometimes, I want a character whose name tells you almost everything you need to know about their personality. {Loving the Marquess by Suzanna Medeiros}, {When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James}, When beauty tamed the beast was gonna be my rec!! Removing this book will also remove your associated ratings, reviews, and reading sessions. I was indeed born this selfless. var googletag = googletag || {}; 650 ratings Besides Marley who's just trying to find her purpose in life, you get a great fake boyfriend, hilarious banter and a fantastic story. Not a major plot point, but the heroine has a near-death experience and the H is uncharacteristically soft and gentle to her afterwards. init: function() { }); g.parentNode.insertBefore(A, g) gads.type = "text/javascript"; And while her hero is the mountain man survivor, Gia is the other kind. }); But maybe what you want is a contemporary romancesomething where a unique and creative name sticks out of the setting. I always felt Julie Garwood was decent at this at least once per book. 1. if (window.csa) { Welcome back. apstag.init({ q("f", arguments) She smuggles contraband into prison like a boss. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. published 2001, avg rating 3.99 5,101 ratings So I figured going back to the tropes that made me love romance can do the trick. }()); window.csa("Config", { hey,I love reading about heroines that are so badly hurt to the point of them almost dying(no sexual assault). It happens in all of the four horsemen series by Laura Thalassa. {Seduction of a Highland Lass by Maya Banks} has exactly this, with bonus situational angst surrounding the almost-dying. On their site, you can search for books by time period, genre, theme, and character type and more. 82,659 ratings also if you have a recommendation where the heroine only gets hurt once but fits the other criteria with the hero you can recommend that as well as long as it's a crucial plot point and the hero doesn't show no reaction. var gads = document.createElement("script"); And if thats not enough, check out previous post on some of our favorite creative character names in romance. } return cookiePair[1]; Just a heads up if any of that is out of ur comfort zone! published 1998, avg rating 3.61 } The best recommendation I have is (mouth to mouth by tessa bailey), this fits perfectly! 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. The Veil of Night (Night, #1) by. We use cookies to optimize our website and our service. AKA the scariest thing ever. This list was created and voted on by Goodreads members. Please try again later. //]]> mafia romance, quite over the top but fun. It's historical romance and not fantasy, unfortunately, but it's very much enemies to lovers. return false; Because being naturally great at mass-murder isnt power in and of itself; the important part is the inner strength (whether thats courage, tenacity,loveeeeee, or whatever) that allows her to murderresponsibly. If youre looking for a certain kind of book, let me know via Twitter. Jayne Ann Krentzs Lost Colony Series. function isShowingBuyableFeatures() { node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node); 7,046 ratings I prefer strong main characters. }); //]]> & Author Guidelines, B&N Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. You dont get the MMCs POV, but he has a great little speech in book 3 or 4 about wanting to protect the FMC. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. q("f", arguments) googletag.pubads().setTargeting("signedin", "false"); Protecting Alabama (SEAL of Protection, #2), The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress (Anetakis Tycoons, #1), Lady Gallant (European Renaissance Duo, #1; Ladies, #1). 3,693 ratings . Menu This romance book made my favorites list because I loved the heroine. It's the ultimate culmination of a romantic relationship for many readers. There is some vaguely-BDSM threesome action, plus magic sex. if (sourcesToHideBuyFeatures[i] == source) Not Sell My Personal Information. One of the authoritative classics of the genre, Jane Eyre' s enduring popularity is testament to the power of its central romance. 1,445 ratings //]]>, Hi, this may sound bizarre, but one of my guilty pleasures is when the heroine is living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to eat and pay rent and she works really hard at keeping her head above water. [CDATA[ 1,475 ratings //= 2; // retina display She's on the brink of death and the MMC is pretty distraught about it. 4,786 ratings published 2010, avg rating 3.95 if (sourcesToHideBuyFeatures[i] == source) This list was created and voted on by Goodreads members. There are few deal-breakers as universal as infidelity. session: { id: "038-4651514-8900753" }, Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. As one of romances most prolific writers, SEP has unsurprisingly hit on some truly great names. Thank you! stylesheet.rel = "stylesheet"; [CDATA[ 38845 books suggested | I don't feel so good.. | Source, GREAT rec for this!!!!!! Maybe you were one of those twisted souls who desperately hoped Hagrid was indeed carrying Harry "The Boy Who Lived" Potter's corpse at Voldemort's behest. //