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This list is for those super angsty, tear-jerker type of category romances. The ones that really put the heroine and/or the hero through the emotional wringer. Most of those are Harlequins/Mills and Boon books from their various lines, including the acquired Silhouette brand. However, any category romance is welcome here (ex. Candlelight Ecstasy).
Here's the definition of category romance if anyone is unsure: short, usually no more than 200 pages, or about 55,000 words. The books are published in clearly delineated lines, with a certain number of books published in each line every month. In many cases, the books are numbered sequentially within the line
Here's the definition of category romance if anyone is unsure: short, usually no more than 200 pages, or about 55,000 words. The books are published in clearly delineated lines, with a certain number of books published in each line every month. In many cases, the books are numbered sequentially within the line
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The Unwanted Wife (Unwanted, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 56,933 ratings
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The Ultimate Betrayal
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3.71 avg rating — 3,589 ratings
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Gold Ring of Betrayal
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Bond of Hatred
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3.84 avg rating — 3,037 ratings
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The Price of a Bride
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Sarah's Child (Spencer-Nyle Co, #1)
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3.68 avg rating — 7,694 ratings
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The Spaniard's Marriage Bargain (The Marriage Bargain, #1)
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Abby Green (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 2,086 ratings
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The Unfaithful Wife
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3.53 avg rating — 2,342 ratings
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After the Music
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3.94 avg rating — 2,583 ratings
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The Billionaire's Pregnant Mistress
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Lucy Monroe (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 4,334 ratings
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A Husband's Regret (Unwanted, #2)
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Natasha Anders (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 17,616 ratings
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The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress (Anetakis Tycoons, #1)
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Maya Banks (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 7,093 ratings
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The Greek's Christmas Baby (Kouros Brothers Duo, #2; Greek Tycoons, #3)
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Lucy Monroe (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 2,838 ratings
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Ishbel's Party
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3.66 avg rating — 245 ratings
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A Perfect Marriage
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3.28 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
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To the Ends of the Earth
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Elizabeth Lowell (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
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The Loving Trap
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3.47 avg rating — 237 ratings
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A Lost Love
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Carole Mortimer (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 887 ratings
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Song of the Waves
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3.78 avg rating — 344 ratings
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Rage to Possess
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Jayne Bauling (Goodreads Author)
3.02 avg rating — 228 ratings
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Marriage Meltdown
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3.59 avg rating — 1,640 ratings
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Crescendo (Harlequin Presents, #451)
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3.68 avg rating — 593 ratings
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Bittersweet Passion
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3.34 avg rating — 547 ratings
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A Savage Betrayal (This Time, Forever, #1)
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3.51 avg rating — 2,103 ratings
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Mistress of the Groom
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3.69 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
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Response
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3.20 avg rating — 630 ratings
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Fire and Rain (MacKenzie-Blackthorn #2)
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Elizabeth Lowell (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 1,330 ratings
score: 840,
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The Scorsolini Marriage Bargain
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Lucy Monroe (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 2,308 ratings
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Sale Or Return Bride
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Sarah Morgan (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 2,000 ratings
score: 804,
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The Last Grand Passion
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2.61 avg rating — 166 ratings
score: 796,
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Smoke in the Wind
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3.17 avg rating — 406 ratings
score: 790,
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The Highest Stakes of All
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3.20 avg rating — 404 ratings
score: 771,
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The Sweet Gum Tree
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4.25 avg rating — 31,258 ratings
score: 756,
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The Bad Penny
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3.59 avg rating — 254 ratings
score: 731,
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Mansion for My Love
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2.96 avg rating — 387 ratings
score: 701,
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The Second Mrs Adams
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Sandra Marton (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 375 ratings
score: 701,
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A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 56,102 ratings
score: 689,
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Duncan's Bride (Patterson-Cannon Family #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 9,289 ratings
score: 657,
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The Heart Breaker (Rocky Mountain, #2)
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Nicole Jordan (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
score: 627,
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Fearless (Long, Tall Texans, #34)
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score: 624,
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A Past Revenge
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Carole Mortimer (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 900 ratings
score: 605,
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Winter Heart
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3.44 avg rating — 448 ratings
score: 592,
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Granite Man (MacKenzie-Blackthorn #4)
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Elizabeth Lowell (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
score: 568,
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The Markonos Bride
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3.77 avg rating — 1,218 ratings
score: 555,
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Savage Destiny
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3.32 avg rating — 384 ratings
score: 546,
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In Name Only
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3.09 avg rating — 355 ratings
score: 530,
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After the Night
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4.05 avg rating — 27,092 ratings
score: 515,
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Love's Choices
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3.04 avg rating — 308 ratings
score: 507,
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Another Life
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2.71 avg rating — 58 ratings
score: 505,
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Loveplay
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3.72 avg rating — 552 ratings
score: 502,
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Saved from Sin
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3.28 avg rating — 319 ratings
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Dark Fire (McCalls, #2)
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Elizabeth Lowell (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 918 ratings
score: 456,
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The Perfect Hope (Inn Boonsboro Trilogy, #3)
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Nora Roberts (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 51,653 ratings
score: 452,
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Lawless (Long, Tall Texans #22)
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4.09 avg rating — 5,437 ratings
score: 444,
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All That Glitters
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3.08 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
score: 441,
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Something Less Than Love
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2.92 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Regan's Pride (Long, Tall Texans, #11)
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3.94 avg rating — 1,700 ratings
score: 424,
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Mistress to Her Husband
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3.36 avg rating — 589 ratings
score: 421,
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The Purchased Wife
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3.69 avg rating — 1,214 ratings
score: 419,
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Outsider (Long, Tall Texans #30)
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3.98 avg rating — 3,295 ratings
score: 414,
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The Last Mercenary (Soldiers of Fortune, #6)
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4.11 avg rating — 1,603 ratings
score: 409,
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Executive Lady
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2.95 avg rating — 76 ratings
score: 404,
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Love Song for a Raven
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Elizabeth Lowell (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 991 ratings
score: 371,
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Kiss an Angel
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 69,504 ratings
score: 367,
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Echo in the Valley
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3.31 avg rating — 174 ratings
score: 355,
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Blue Fire
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2.78 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Tainted Love
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3.78 avg rating — 301 ratings
score: 348,
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Season of Shadows
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3.11 avg rating — 221 ratings
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The Secret Pool
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4.20 avg rating — 573 ratings
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Raul's Revenge
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3.39 avg rating — 713 ratings
score: 340,
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The Wayward Bride
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3.51 avg rating — 127 ratings
score: 334,
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Slave to Love
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3.32 avg rating — 909 ratings
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The Sicilian's Defiant Mistress
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3.33 avg rating — 419 ratings
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Blind Obsession
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3.34 avg rating — 368 ratings
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Silver Lady
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2.92 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Dark Night Dawning
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3.36 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Craving Jamie
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3.22 avg rating — 147 ratings
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The Frenchman's Captive Wife
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3.42 avg rating — 377 ratings
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Deserving of His Diamonds?
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Purchased for Revenge
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The Innocent's Dark Seduction
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3.44 avg rating — 511 ratings
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The Italian's Suitable Wife
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3.71 avg rating — 1,629 ratings
score: 289,
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The Fourth Child (Family Matters #3)
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3.62 avg rating — 2,171 ratings
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The Ugly Duchess (Fairy Tales, #4)
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Eloisa James (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 15,273 ratings
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Private Arrangements
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3.80 avg rating — 10,074 ratings
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Try to Remember
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3.78 avg rating — 160 ratings
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The Best Man's Baby (Red River, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
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The Odds Against
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2.55 avg rating — 199 ratings
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The Cost Of Her Innocence
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3.42 avg rating — 611 ratings
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Princess
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Baby of Shame
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Vows of the Heart
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Set the stars on fire
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An Independent Wife
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Devil in Disguise
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Broken Destiny
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The Society Wife
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The Cutting Edge
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Hard To Get
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Carole Mortimer (Goodreads Author)
3.14 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Savage Atonement
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Preeti wrote: "love your list Katie!these are my fav kind of books.. i love to roll in angst :p
i have added almost 50 i think...will add more soon. :)"
Yay! Thanks so much. Unfortunately I only recently created a shelf to track the angsty/tearjerker types and now I can't remember the titles.
Love the list - more angsty HPs to my TBR pile.
Yay! Thanks so much. Unfortunately I only ..."i knoww!! even i thought of some shelves recently n can kick myself for not doing so earlier :p
Great list,read quite a few of them.Love a good angsty hp read. :)
Katie,I love your list! I am using it to read the books. Thank you so very much!
The Unwanted Wife is not a Harlequin published book. It is written like one though. Kiss an Angel isn't either.
Was slightly confused if non-Harlequin/Mills&Boon/Silhouette books were allowed or not, so thought I'd mention these.
:-)
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these are my fav kind of books.. i love to roll in angst :p
i have added almost 50 i think...will add more soon. :)