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Reformed. Where is the fun in that?
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Hmmm... good point!
I'll take suggestions for a good Villian as Hero book, too! ^___^
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HEHEHEHe. Okay lemme think on this and get back to you. Gonna ask my good friend who has a better memory than I. =)~
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ok...let me think ..james malory is what i can think of ..from the johanna lindsey series with the malorys..he was pretty bad ass man...i think the book was gental rouge..or tender rebel...good books..try them!
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Lindsey's Mallory books are good! I'll have to go back and check on them... and re-read a few! :)
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Thank you Angie for being my brain on the books. I just read them you know. I don't commit to memory my brain is not that big. LOL
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Gone with the Wind Rhett butler is the reformed scoundrel.
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Yes, he's almost the archetype by now, I'd say... ! :)
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My favorite reformed man is Lord St. Vincent from Lisa Kleypas "Devil in Winter".......oooooh, but he's delicious.
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absolutely, he's the definition of reformed bad bad boy. I LOVED him.
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Oh yes - Sebastian is yum!
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I agree! Love St. Vincent.
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Yep, I have to agree that Sebastian was yummy...my favorite book out of that series!
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I really have to get my hands on this Lisa Kleypas novel. A lot of my friends over at Livejournal are reccommending this book. ^_^
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Thanks for the recommendations! I read DEVIL IN WINTER and yes, Sebastian was a very good bad boy! ^___^
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Sebastian is LOVE! ♥
He's the true definition of a reformed rake. I love Devil in Winter! =)
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I think that my favourite reformed bad boys are:-
Sebastian from 'Lord of Scoundrels'
Sebastian (it that a particularly bad boy name I wonder?) from 'The Devil in Winter'
James Mallory (of course!) from 'Gentle Rogue'
There are loads more but these are the ones that spring to mind at the moment!
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I second all of the recommendations for Lord of Scoundrels and Devil in Winter. I believe that Lord of Scoundrels was recently (and presently) on the list for best romances in literary history.
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Two of my favorites, for sure. :)
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Thanks for the great recommendations! I'll definitely look for those books!
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You could also try Christina Dodd's 2 book series, "The Runaway Princess" and "Someday My Prince"...the hero of the second book is the villian of the first. They were pretty good:)
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Thanks! I'll definitely check those out! :)
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If I remember right in Johanna Lindsey's Savage Thunder you get a glimps of Angel, who has a definite attitude and a villianous killer to boot. He reforms wonderfully in his book Angel. You can't help loving him.
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I've heard of Angel, but haven't read those yet... Thanks!!!
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Hi April. I have four heroes that are not quite reformed that I have been serially in love with. Justin, Duke of Avon, in Georgette Heyer's THESE OLD SHADES, does not even begin to reform. He still hasn't and neither does his son in DEVIL'S CUB. Naturally Sebastian in Loretta Chase's LORD OF SCOUNDRELS. Also Reggie in Mary Jo Putney's THE RAKE. :-D
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THESE OLD SHADES is one of my favorite books!!! The Duke of Avon is the best of all villains! And of course THE DEVIL'S CUB is brilliant, too (love Vidal shooting a man dead on the road and leaving him there, what an opening!). Georgette Heyer is brilliant. No one touches her, I think!
I've also read THE RAKE by Mary Jo Putney. I enjoy her books a lot.
Actually my favorite villain/hero after Avon is in Patricia Veryan's DEDICATED VILLAIN. I haven't read any to match him, either. *sigh*
I actually have LORD OF SCOUNDRELS in my To Be Read Pile. I'll get to it soon.
Thanks so much for your suggestions! ^___^
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You mentioned Veryan's 'Dedicated Villian'. I found this book is sixth in the series. Do they need to be read in order? I found my local library has a copy...Thanks!
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Like most romances in series, they usually can stand alone. But if you want to read about what went before, you can wait to read them in order (if you can find the books... Veryan is usually in libraries, but they are older books and hard to find if they aren't!).
I don't really need to read about the reformed villain being the bad guy... I like 'em when they have their own books, personally! Although the earlier Veryan books are OK, too. She's one of the older, classic romance writers and usually worth reading.
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Here I am recommending in my own thread again!
I recently read WORTH ANY PRICE one of Lisa Kleypas' Bow Street Runners books and the hero, Nick Gentry, was definitely a reformed rogue. The book itself wasn't perfect (not sure if I got all I could out of his bad past and reformation and the conflict wasn't too strong) but the romance was still very nice overall.
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I agree with you.♥ It isn't a favorite Lisa Kleypas novel but I still liked it.
Nick Gentry was really an interesting character. =)
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