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  Recs: Mad and Sickly Heroes and Heroines...?

  I just finished reading Loretta Chase's "The Mad Earl's Bride" and I loved it! I can't believe I never paid attention to this trope before, where one half of the romance couple is maybe/not really/perceived as insane or mentally unstable. So, my question is: does anyone have any good recs for insane, madmen heroes? Or mad heroines, too. Also, anyone have recs where the hero or heroine is fatally/dangerously ill throughout the book?

  I know this sounds kind of like an odd request, but I'm dying for something different! I've already read Kinsale's "Flowers from the Storm" and Anna Campbell's "Untouched", but any other recs would be great. :)

  Thanks!
  

  Agent P started this discussion 9 months ago. ( reply )

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  Arobbgirl 

  Okay, so here's a couple must reads...Jezebel by Katherine Sutcliffe. Bad Moon Rising was written by her as well. There are some other's I have read as well. I just need to recollect their names. I loved both of these books.

  posted 9 months ago. ( reply )

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  Tia (edited)

  Call Down the Moon by Katherine Kingsley is another one you should check out. The heroine's psychic ability helps her work with patients in a Sanitarium but the hero believes she is a patient herself.

  "Nuns, mad houses, and batty aunts--Katherine Kingsley flirts with some deliciously loony elements, but manages to keep them from commandeering this Regency-set romance of a dissolute younger son, Hugo Montagu, who wants to clean up his act but can't quite stick to his good intentions. He's trying to finagle an escape from a whopping new gambling debt when fate hands him an irresistible temptation--he learns by chance that a beautiful mad woman is about to inherit a fortune. Since getting married seems an obvious part of his reformation, and since one look at the mad woman, Meggie Bloom, arouses in him a powerful attraction, he decides to propose marriage to her. Of course, Meggie's not mad at all. In fact, her open enthusiasm for life is exactly what Hugo needs. But there's lots of fun along the way before they realize that. Call Down the Moon is a sequel to Once Upon a Dream, featuring Hugo's brother, Rafe."
  --Ellen Edwards

  posted 9 months ago. ( reply )

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  Karen 

  Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson

  posted 8 months ago. ( reply )

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  vickie sue 

  i will have to read these also thanks!!!!

  posted 7 months ago. ( reply )

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  Ethel Cavendish 

  try The Seduction of Sara by Karen Hawkins
  Beautiful young widow Sara Lawrence has vowed to foil her brothers' plans to marry her off again. Her first marriage was a disaster and she's determined to pick a biddable husband who will leave her to her own devices. But her exasperating, adoring, and interfering five older brothers are determined to protect her. Sara is just as determined to choose her own husband, but possible candidates are few in Bath--until the scandalous Nicholas Montrose, the Earl of Bridgeton, arrives. Nicholas takes one look at Sara and wants her in his bed, but she clearly desires marriage, and wedded bliss is not in Nicholas's plans. Furthermore, Nicholas has set his sights on establishing respectability, while Sara doesn't care a fig if she scandalizes society. Despite their differences, he can't resist the lovely Sara and agrees to aid her in her search for a pliable husband. Sara's brothers are irate when they realize that Nicholas is squiring Sara about town, and when they catch the two in a compromising position, they demand that they marry. Will Nicholas give up his rakish ways for Sara and, even if he will, is Sara willing to marry a man whom she's sure will be possessive and worse, will surely endanger her vulnerable heart? Author Karen Hawkins has a way with witty repartee and this fast-paced battle of the sexes is Regency romance at it's best. There's nothing quite so much fun as a tale of a strong-willed woman taming a bad-boy hero. Don't miss this one.

  Nicholas is the villain in Karen's previous novel

  posted 6 months ago. ( reply )

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  Agent P 

  Thanks everyone for the all of the lovely recs!

  Arobgirl - I read Jezebel and loved it! Bad Moon Rising is in my TBR pile, as well. Thanks again for the great recs. :)

  Tia - Call Down the Moon was a really great read. I never would have found that little gem if it wasn't for your rec, so thanks for helping me out!

  Karen - Thanks for the rec! This one is in my TBR pile; I can't wait to read it.

  Ethel Cavendish - I don't think I've ever read anything by Karen Hawkins, but I must say The Seduction of Sara sounds very intriguing. I also love, love, love the trope where the villain from the previous novel becomes the hero in the next book. I'll definitely have to give this a try. Thanks for the rec!

  posted 6 months ago. ( reply )

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