Historical Romance : Hero Jerk/Cad/abusive/nasty/mean /cruel to heroine

Top 10 Historical Romance : Hero Jerk/Cad/abusive/nasty/mean /cruel to heroine : Whitney, My Love, The Flame and the Flower, Lemonade, The Wolf and the Dove, Devil in Winter, The Devil's Love, Lord Ruin, Devil's Cub, Potent Pleasures, The Switch

Whitney, My Love

Author	Judith McNaught
ISBN	1416530711

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Reading Whitney, My Love took me on such a roller coaster ride of emotions that I’ve been struggling with exactly how to review it and how to rate it. When I was upset and sobbing I wanted to give it a 1 star rating. When I was laughing, smiling and sighing, I...

The Flame and the Flower

Author	Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
ISBN	0380005255

Doomed to a life of unending toil, Heather Simmons fears for her innocence—until a shocking, desperate act forces her to flee . . . and to seek refuge in the arms of a virile and dangerous stranger.

A lusty adventurer married to the sea, Captain Brandon Birmingham courts scorn and peril when...

Lemonade

Author	Nina Pennacchi
ISBN	1503944409

As a young woman in Victorian England, Anna Champion knows all too well the social mores that value prettiness over sense, and etiquette over honesty. But when she stands up to the boorishness of dashing Christopher Davenport at a summertime ball, Anna unwittingly attracts his wrath—and becomes...

The Wolf and the Dove

Author	Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
ISBN	0380007789

The WolfNoble Aislinn grieves as the Iron Wolf and his minions storm through her beloved Darkenwald. And she burns with malice for the handsome Norman savage who would enslave her. . .even as she aches to know the rapture of the conqueror's kiss. The DoveFor the first time ever, mighty Wulfgar has been...

Devil in Winter

Author

Lisa Kleypas

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Four young ladies enter London society and band together to each find a husband. Has the third "Wallflower" now met her match?

A Devil's Bargain

Easily the shyest Wallflower, Evangeline Jenner stands to...

The Devil's Love

Author	Julia London
ISBN	0440226317

A woman's desire...

With dreams of a great romantic love, Abigail Carrington sails to England to marry the man she has loved since childhood, Michael Ingram, Marquis of Darfield. She believes her betrothed is a generous and noble man who has been longing for her. But the handsome man waiting...

Lord Ruin

Author	Carolyn Jewel
ISBN	0843951354

Could she trust her heart to the most notorious rake in London?

The Duke of Sin

The Duke of Cynssyr didn't believe in love. He planned to marry for beauty. But a night of unforgettable passion left him a changed man—a man tied to a bespectacled spinster. Anne Sinclair's long legs drove...

Devil's Cub

Author	Georgette Heyer
ISBN	0099465833

Dominic Alistair, Marquis of Vidal and fiery son of the notorious Duke of Avon, has established a rakish reputation that rivals his father's, living a life of excess and indulgence. He is a bad lot a rake and seducer, reckless, heedless, and possessed of a murderous temper. He is known by friend and foe...

Potent Pleasures

Author	Eloisa James
ISBN	0440234565

Nothing is more seductive than temptation.

Reckless desire sends Charlotte Daicheston into the garden with a dashing masked stranger. He's powerful, unforgettable, a devastatingly handsome footman who lures her--not against her will--into a grand indiscretion at a masquerade ball....

The Switch

Author	Lynsay Sands
ISBN	0843945656

When they first met Lord Jeremy William Radcliffe, Charlie and her twin sister, Elizabeth, were escaping from their uncle—taking turns acting the young gentleman to avoid detection. But Charlie couldn't help falling head over heels—and out of a window—for the handsome lord. Of course, that...

This Other Eden

Author	Marilyn Harris
ISBN	0345325915

"The secret of the entire world is whispered here at Eden...." — Since time out of memory, Eden Castle had ridden the storm-swept Devon cliffs like a ghostly figurehead on a ship of the damned. — He was the last Lord of Eden Castle, Thomas Eden, a man of brooding desire and sudden passion ... — She was...

Season of the Sun

Author	Catherine Coulter
ISBN	0451206487

A viking romance IS ALWAYS IN SEASON

First published in 1991, Season of the Sun is the glorious story of a Viking man whose love for one woman is nearly destroyed by her stubborn stepfather.



Zarabeth, with hair as red as an Irish sunset, is chosen by Magnus Haraldsson, a Viking...