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Character Tropes
 


Grump & Sunshine
 

The ones marked with an asterisk feature the less common reversal of the trope where the heroine is the grump and ther hero is the sunshine.

 
reformed & misunderstood villains
 

These are all the books that feature characters who were either villains in previous books and are now reformed or turn out to be simply misunderstood baddies.


Widows & Widowers
 


Ready-Made Family
 

Grump & Sunshine
Reformed Villains
Widows
Ready-Made

 
Mature Romance
 

Mature

Here's all the stories that feature more mature heroes and heroines. While "mature' is a very broad category, in this situation, it includes anyone older than than their late thirties.

 
Spinsters
 

Spinsters

Contrary to popular belief, ladies in the 1800s weren't considered spinsters until they were about thirty (in fact the average age for women to marry at that time was closer to twenty-four to twenty-five). So, these are books that feature true spinsters, though there are others that feature heroines who are inching toward that designation. 

 
Plain Janes & Wallflowers & Plus size
 

Plain Jane

Those marked with asterisks feature a plus sized heroine.

 
Bluestockings
 

Bluestocking


Ruined Reputations
 

Ruined

These books feature mains characters that either are or will struggle with social ostracism because of some supposed wrong-doing.

 
Alpha Heroes
 

Alpha

 
Doctors, Army, & Navy
 

Doc
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