The Stuffy or Buttoned-Up Hero

I recently read two books that featured heroes who start off as stuffy and might even come across as judgmental: Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry (contemporary), and What a Gentleman Wants by Caroline Linden (historical).

Both are great books, so do check them out! Here's a link to the Dear Author review for the Sarah Mayberry book, which is where I first read about Her Best Worst Mistake.

Getting back to the heroes - as the stories continued, I, along with the heroine, began to see the person behind the stuffy mask, and each hero turned out to be really heroic - a truly good guy, someone the heroine can rely on through anything and everything. 
This is a trope I really love in romances. Do you? Are there any books you'd recommend that feature this kind of a hero?
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Published on May 15, 2012 16:46
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message 1: by Susana (last edited May 16, 2012 03:48PM) (new)

Susana Caroline Linden's book "What a gentleman wants" is one of my favorite historical romances. I really liked the story, and his "stuffy" character. In a way they're my favorite type of character. Even more so than "the reformed rake" character.
There's quite a few books in the historical gender that i've read, that feature these type of hero. By Laura Lee Guhrke : Guilty Pleasures (Guilty Series, #1) by Laura Lee Guhrke Secret Desires of a Gentleman (Girl Bachelors, #3) by Laura Lee Guhrke Scandal of the Year (Abandoned at the Altar #2) by Laura Lee Guhrke .
By Julia Quinn, my favorite Bridgerton : The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2) by Julia Quinn .
By Julie Anne Long: How the Marquess Was Won (Pennyroyal Green, #6) by Julie Anne Long .
One of my favorite all time books, by Loretta Chase: Lord Perfect by Loretta Chase
Fantasy and fairy tales retellings: the story of a prince who was so serious and stubborn, that gets transformed into a dunkey The Fairy Godmother (Five Hundred Kingdoms, #1) by Mercedes Lackey
Contemporaries: Juliet by Anne Fortier Sugar Daddy (Travises, #1) by Lisa Kleypas .
These are "some" of my favourites. :)


Tina "IRead2Escape" I love historical romance and I love Julia Quinn. However, I've not read the Bridgertons. I will have to give them a whirl.


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