Bluestockings, Independent Misses, & Feminists Romances starring heroines who are considered bluestockings, intellectuals, independent misses, or strongly feminist. The few heroines who were once on the Nerds, Geeks, & (Absent-Minded) Professors list have been moved here. (List begun 09/97, updated 01/10)

	Medieval Romances
	Regency Romances
	European Historical Romances
	American Historical/Frontier Romances
	Contemporary Romances
	Alternate Reality

Medieval Romances

• The Prize (1991) by Julie Garwood - Lady Nicholaa
• Shadowheart (2004) by Laura Kinsale - Princess Elena of Monteverde
• Highland Barbarian (1990) by Ruth Langan - HH-41 - Meredith MacAlpin
• Highland Fire (1991) by Ruth Langan - HH-91 - Megan MacAlpin
• Highland Heather (1991) by Ruth Langan - HH-65 - Brenna MacAlpin
• Untamed (1993) by Elizabeth Lowell - Lady Margaret of Blackthorne
• A Flame Run Wild (1988) by Christine Monson - Liliane del Pinal
• Heaven´s Fire (1996) by Patricia Ryan - Constance of Loux
• The Sun and the Moon (2000) by Patricia Ryan - Phillipa de Paris

Regency Romances

• A Lady of Independence (1982) by Helen Argers - Astera Claybourne
• Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen - Elizabeth Bennet
• A Christmas Bride (1997) by Mary Balogh - Lady Helena Stapleton
• The Notorious Rake (1992) by Mary Balogh - Mary, Lady Mornington
• His Noble Promise (2000) by Adrienne Basso - Anne Paget
• An Unwilling Bride (1992) by Jo Beverley - Beth Armitage
• Castaway Hearts (2004) by Nancy Butler - Lydia Peartree
• Reclaiming Lord Rockleigh (2001) by Nancy Butler - Mercy Tavistock
• The Devil's Delilah (1990) by Loretta Chase - Delilah Desmond
• Crossed Quills (1998) by Carola Dunn - Pippa Lisle
• A Singular Lady (2005) by Megan Frampton - Titania Stanhope
• Devil's Cub (1930) by Georgette Heyer - Mary Challoner
• The Grand Sophy (1950) by Georgette Heyer - Sophy Stanton-Lacy
• The Irish Rogue (1999) by Emma Jensen - Ailis O'Neill
• Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career (1992) by Carla Kelly - Ellen Grimsley
• The Wily Wastrel (1999) by April Kihlstrom - Juliet Galsworthy
• A Grand Deception (1988) by Elizabeth Mansfield - Georgianna Verney
• Married by Mistake (1992) by Melinda McRae - Florrie Washburn
• Dedication (2005) by Janet Mullany - Fabienne Craigmont
• An Inconvenient Wife (1998) by Patricia Oliver - Lady Pamela Hancock
• A Spirited Bluestocking (1992) by Joan Overfield - Elinore Denning
• The Diabolical Baron (1987) by Mary Jo Putney - Caroline Hanscombe
• The Rake and The Reformer (1989) by Mary Jo Putney - Lady Alys Weston
• Poetic Justice (1994) by Alicia Rasley - Jessica Seton
• Lady Elizabeth's Comet (1985) by Sheila Simonson - Lady Elizabeth Conway
• The Ideal Bride (2003) by Nonnie St. George - Lady Nola Grenville
• Bluestocking Bride (1987) by Elizabeth Thornton - Catherine Harland
• Lord Richard's Daughter (1983) by Joan Wolf - Julianne

European Historical Romances

• The Husband List (2000) by Victoria Alexander - Lady Gillian Marley
• Love with the Proper Husband (2003) by Victoria Alexander - Gwendolyn Townsend
• My Darling Caroline (1998) by Adele Ashworth - Lady Caroline Grayson
• Slightly Scandalous (2003) by Mary Balogh - Lady Freyja Bedwyn
• Slightly Tempted (2004) by Mary Balogh - Lady Morgan Bedwyn
• Simply Magic (2007) by Mary Balogh - Susanna Osbourne
• My Dearest Enemy (1998) by Connie Brockway - Lily Bede
• Beauty Like the Night (2000) by Liz Carlyle - Helene de Severs
• Never Lie to a Lady (2007) by Liz Carlyle - Xanthia Neville
• My False Heart (1999) by Liz Carlyle - Evangeline van Artevalde
• The Last Hellion (1998) by Loretta Chase - Lydia Grenville
• Lord of Scoundrels (1995) by Loretta Chase - Jessica Trent
• Mr. Impossible (2005) by Loretta Chase - Daphne Pembroke (set in Egypt)
• A Thing of Beauty (2000) by Casey Claybourne - Belinda Croft
• Dance (1996) by Judy Cuevas (aka Judith Ivory) - Marie Du Gard
• Bound by Your Touch (2009) by Meredith Duran - Lydia Boyce
• A Matter of Scandal (2001) by Suzanne Enoch - Emma Grenville
• The Least Likely Bride (2000) by Jane Feather - Olivia Granville
• Devil Takes a Bride (2004) by Gaelen Foley - Lizzie Carlisle
• All I Ever Needed (2003) by Jo Goodman - Lady Sophia Colley
• To Catch a Bride (2009) by Anne Gracie - Ayisha (partially set in Egypt)
• Guilty Pleasures (2004) by Laura Lee Guhrke - Daphne Wade
• With Seduction in Mind (2009) by Laura Lee Guhrke - Daisy Merrick
• The Defiant One (2000) by Danelle Harmon - Celsiana Blake
• Innocent Passions (2003) by Brenda Hiatt - Rowena Riverstone
• The Suitor (2002) by Sandy Hingston - Lady Katherine Deveraux
• Lessons of Desire (2007) by Madeline Hunter - Phaedra Blair
• The Sins of Lord Easterbrook (2009) by Madeline Hunter - Leona Montgomery
• The Proposition (1999) by Judith Ivory - Lady Edwina Bollash
• Untie My Heart (2002) by Judith Ivory - Emma Hotchkiss
• A Song for Summer (1998) by Eva Ibbotson - Ellen Carr
• Lord Ruin (2002) by Carolyn Jewel - Anne Sinclair
• Midsummer Moon (1987) by Laura Kinsale - Merlin Lambourne
• Then Came You (1993) by Lisa Kleypas - Lily Lawson
• It Happened One Autumn (2005) by Lisa Kleypas - Lillian Bowman
• The Book of the Seven Delights (2005) by Betina Krahn - Abigail Merchant
• The Last Bachelor (1994) by Betina Krahn - Lady Antonia Paxton
• The Mermaid (1997) by Betina Krahn - Celeste Ashton
• Devil's Bride (1998) by Stephanie Laurens - Honoria Anstruther-Wetherby
• Wedding of the Year (2001) by Victoria Malvey - Elizabeth Everly
• The Bride and the Beast (2000) by Teresa Medeiros - Gwendolyn Wilder
• For the Love of Lila (2002) by Jennifer Malin - Lila Covington
• Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975) by Elizabeth Peters - Amelia Pembroke (set in Egypt)
• Angel Rogue (1995) by Mary Jo Putney - Maxie Collins
• Affair (1997) by Amanda Quick - Charlotte Arkendale
• Deception (1993) by Amanda Quick - Olympia Wingfield
• Mischief (1996) by Amanda Quick - Imogen Waterstone
• Mistress (1994) by Amanda Quick - Iphiginia Bright
• Ravished (1992) by Amanda Quick - Harriet Pomeroy
• Reckless (1992) by Amanda Quick - Phoebe Layton
• Rendezvous (1991) by Amanda Quick - Augusta Ballinger
• Surrender (1990) by Amanda Quick - Victoria Huntington
• With This Ring (1998) by Amanda Quick - Beatrice Poole
• Dancing at Midnight (1995) by Julia Quinn - Lady Arabella Blydon
• Romancing Mr. Bridgerton (2002) by Julia Quinn - Penelope Featherington
• Silent on the Moor (2009) by Deanna Raybourn - Lady Julia Grey
• The Devil Earl (1996) by Deborah Simmons - HH-317 - Prudence Lancaster
• Bed of Roses (1995) by Suzanne Simmons - Alyssa Gray
• Tempt Me Twice (2001) by Barbara Dawson Smith - Kate Talisford
• Scarlet Lady (1997) by Marlene Suson - Arabella Penford
• In My Heart (2004) by Melody Thomas - Lady Alexandra Marshall
• Must Have Been the Moonlight (2004) by Melody Thomas - Brianna Donally
• Sin and Scandal in England (2007) by Melody Thomas - Bethany Munroe
• Not Quite a Husband (2009) by Sherry Thomas - Bryony Asquith (partially set in India
• Almost a Princess (2003) by Elizabeth Thornton - Jane Mayberry
• Bluestocking Bride ( 1987) by Elizabeth Thornton - Catherine Harland
• Blind Fortune (2008) by Joanna Waugh - Lady Fortuna Morley

American/Frontier Historical Romances

• Rebellious Bride (1993) by Donna Fletcher - Lillian
• Crooked Hearts (1994) by Patricia Gaffney - Grace Russell
• Breathless (1999) by Laura Lee Guhrke - Lily Morgan
• Captain of My Heart (1992) by Danelle Harmon - Mira Ashton
• Kiss Me Katie (1998) by Robin Lee Hatcher - Katie Jones
• Sweet Talking Man (2000) by Betina Krahn - Beatrice von Furstenburg
• The Woman Question (1957) by Dorothea Malm - Mary Whitby
• Vows (1988) by LaVyrle Spencer - Emily Walcott
• Caroline Rose (1999) by Tracy Sumner - Charlie Whitney
• Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) by Jean Webster - Jerusha "Judy" Abbott
• Dear Enemy (1915) by Jean Webster - Sallie McBride
• The Charm School (1999) by Susan Wiggs - Isadora Peabody
• Heart of the West (1995) by Penelope Williamson - Clementine Kenicut

Contemporary Romances

• How to Trap a Tycoon (2000) by Elizabeth Bevarly - Dorsey MacGuinnes
• Frisco's Kid (1/1997) by Suzanne Brockmann - SIM-759 - Mia Summerson
• Texas! Chase (1991) by Sandra Brown - Marcie Johns
• Escorting Alicia (10/1996) by Victoria Chancellor - PGem-44 - Alicia Myers
• No Easy Way Out (12/1982) by Elaine Raco Chase - CER-100 - Dr. Virginia Farrell
• Lady in Black (1993) by Christina Dodd - Margaret Guarneri (aka A.M. Guarneri)
• Man by the Fire (9/1986) by Victoria Glenn - SR-455 - Sarah Weiss
• Duncans's Bride (9/1990) by Linda Howard - SIM-349 - Maddie Patterson
• Mackenzie's Mission (9/1992) by Linda Howard - SIM-445 - Caroline Evans
• Mackenzie's Mountain (4/1989) by Linda Howard - Mary Elizabeth Potter
• River of Eden (2002) by Glenna McReynolds - Dr. Annie Parrish
• Getting It (1/2005) by Rhonda Nelson - HT-1007 - Zora Anderson
• Getting It Now (12/2005) by Rhonda Nelson - HBZ-223 - Carrie Robbins
• Getting It Right (11/2005) by Rhonda Nelson - HBZ-217 - April Wilson
• Meltdown (8/1992) by Ruth Owen - LS-558 - Melanie Rollins
• Breathing Room (2002) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - Dr. Isabel Favor
• Nobody's Baby But Mine (1997) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - Dr. Jane Darlington
• No Cure for Love (12/1994) by Tara Taylor Quinn - HSR-624 - Marie Richmond
• Midnight Kisses (2000) by Kimberly Raye - Dr. Josephine Farrington
• Endings and Beginnings (1/1984) by Nora Roberts - SIM-33 - Olivia Carmichael
• The Fall of Shane MacKade (4/1996) by Nora Roberts - SSE-1022 - Dr. Rebecca Knight
• Baby vs. the Bar (10/1995) by M.J. Rodgers - HI-342 - Remy Westbrook
• To Die For (2/1993) by M.J. Rodgers - HI-214 - Jane Hardesty
• First You Run (2008) by Roxanne St. Claire - Dr. Miranda Lang
• A Gentle Rain (2007) by Deborah Smith - Kara Whittenbrook
• Getting Even (10/1989) by Beverly Sommers - HAR-313 - Ellie Thomas
• Bygones (1992) by LaVyrle Spencer - Bess Curran
• Cinderman (3/1994) by Anne Stuart - HAR-525 - Suzanna Molloy
• Ice Storm (2007) by Anne Stuart - Isobel Lambert
• The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (2005) by Lauren Willig - Eloise Kelley
• The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (2009) by Lauren Willig - Eloise Kelley/Lady Charlotte Landsdowne
• Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs.? (6/1997) by Linda Randall Wisdom - HAR-681 - Casey Larson

Alternate Reality

• Son of the Morning (1997) by Linda Howard - Grace St. John
• Touch of Enchantment (1997) by Teresa Medeiros - Tabitha Lennox

This list is open for submissions.