Plus-Sized Heroines

Found here are romances with heroines who are more generously proportioned. This is is an out-growth of our long-existing Beauty is in the Eye... list.

List begun 07/04, updated 02/09

  Curvy Heroines     Big & Tall Heroines
         
Medieval Romances   Medieval Romances
Regency Romances   Regency Romances
European Historical Romances   European Historical Romances
American Historical/Frontier Romances   American Historical/Frontier Romances
Contemporary Romances   Contemporary Romances
Alternate Reality   Alternate Reality

 

Curvy

Medieval Romances

  • The Bride and the Beast (2000) by Teresa Medeiros
  • Taming the Wolf (1995) by Deborah Simmons - HH-284
  • Lord of Danger (1997) by Anne Stuart

Regency Romances

  • The Obedient Bride (1989) by Mary Balogh
  • The Sugar Rose (1987) by Susan Carroll
  • A Gypsy at Almack's (1994) by Chloe Cheshire
  • A Civil Contract (1961) by Georgette Heyer
  • The Duke's Dilemma (1996) by Nadine Miller
  • Lady Delafont's Dilemma (2000) by Donna Simpson

European Historical Romances

  • The Pretender (2003) by Celeste Bradley
  • Highland Ecstasy (1993) by Mary Burkhardt
  • The Accidental Bride (1999) by Jane Feather
  • The Seduction (1997) by Laura Lee Guhrke
  • Pleasure for Pleasure (2006) by Eloisa James
  • A Dangerous Love (2000) by Sabrina Jeffries
  • Seize the Fire (1989) by Laura Kinsale
  • Suddenly You (2001) by Lisa Kleypas
  • Romancing Mr. Bridgerton (2002) by Julia Quinn
  • Perfect Stranger (1996) by Rebecca Sinclair

American Historical/Frontier Romances

  • River's Dream (1991) by Virginia Lynn
  • Runaway Hearts (2001) by Katie Rose

Contemporary Romances

  • Sweet Nothings (2002) by Catherine Anderson
  • Taylor's Temptation (7/2001) by Suzanne Brockmann - SIM-1087
  • Just Desserts (8/1984) by Dixie Browning - SSE-182
  • More to Love (6/2001) by Dixie Browning - SD-1372
  • Size 12 Is Not Fat (2006) by Meg Cabot
  • His Seductive Revenge (8/1998) by Susan Crosby - SD-1162
  • Bet Me (2004) by Jennifer Crusie
  • A Whole Lot of Love (3/2000) by Justine Davis- SD-1281
  • Take a Chance on Me (2003) by Susan Donovan
  • The Bridesmaid's Reward (5/2003) by Liz Fielding - HR-3749
  • Beguiled (1999) by Lori Foster
  • Caught in the Act (2001) by Lori Foster
  • Mr. November (11/2001) by Lori Foster - HT-856
  • Treat Her Right (10/2001) by Lori Foster - HT-852
  • Wanton (10/1999) by Lori Foster - HT-752
  • Tall Tales and Wedding Veils (2008) by Jane Graves
  • Runaway Bay (2002) by Lisa Hendrix
  • Tall, Dark, and Cajun (2003) by Sandra Hill
  • A Whole Lot of Woman (12/1985) by Anna Hudson - CER-345
  • The Millionaire Bachelor (1/1999) by Susan Mallery - SSE-1220
  • The Wedding Ring Promise (8/1998) by Susan Mallery - SSE-1190
  • The Real Deal (2004) by Lucy Monroe
  • Too Perfect (2005) by Julie Ortolon
  • Cabin Fever (2003) by Marilyn Pappano
  • Kiss or Keep (1999) by Debra Phillips
  • Museum Piece (4/1984) by Anne Stuart - HAR-52
  • Whirlwind Courtship (1980) by Jayne Taylor (Jayne Ann Krentz)
  • What a Man's Gotta Do (1/2003) by Karen Templeton - SIM-1195
  • Good in Bed (2001) by Jennifer Weiner
  • Beautiful Stranger (6/2000) by Ruth Wind - SIM-1011

Alternate Reality

  • The Changeling Bride (1999) by Lisa Cach
  • Legend (1996) by Jude Deveraux
  • Wishes (1989) by Jude Deveraux
  • The Star Princess (2003) by Susan Grant
  • Son of the Morning (1997) by Linda Howard
  • Night Play (2004) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Big & Tall Heroines

Medieval Romances

  • Earth Song (1990) by Catherine Coulter
  • Outrageous (2001) by Christina Dodd
  • The Protector (2001) by Madeline Hunter

Regency Romances

  • The Famous Heroine (1996) by Mary Balogh
  • Miss Carlyle's Curricle (1999) by Karen Harbaugh
  • The Grand Sophy (1950) by Georgette Heyer
  • The Toll Gate (1954) by Georgette Heyer

European Historical Romances

  • A Summer to Remember (2002) by Mary Balogh
  • The Courtship (2000) by Catherine Coulter
  • That Scandalous Evening (1998) by Christina Dodd
  • The Proposition (1999) by Judith Ivory
  • The Heroine's Sister (1975) by Frances Murray
  • The Rake (1998) by Mary Jo Putney
  • On a Long-ago Night (2000) by Susan Sizemore
  • For the First Time (2003) by Kathryn Smith

American Historical/Frontier Romances

  • Bitterleaf (1983) by Candace Camp
  • Traitorous Hearts (1994) by Susan Kay Law
  • I Do, I Do, I Do (2000) by Maggie Osborne
  • Land of Dreams (1995) by Cheryl St. John - HH-265
  • Beckett's Birthright (2002) by Bronwyn Williams - HH-633

Contemporary Romances

  • Looking for Laura (2001) by Judith Arnold
  • Taylor's Temptation (7/2001) by Suzanne Brockmann - SIM-1087
  • Red Roses Mean Love (1999) by Jacquie D'Alessandro
  • Taken! (9/1998) by Lori Foster - HT-698
  • Lola Carlyle Reveals All (2002) by Rachel Gibson
  • The Trouble with Valentine's Day (2005) by Rachel Gibson
  • Princess Charming (1997) by Jane Heller
  • Just One of the Guys (2008) by Kristan Higgins
  • Carried Away (4/2002) by Donna Kauffman - HT-874
  • Love Song for a Raven (6/1987) by Elizabeth Lowell - SD-355
  • The Dancing Floor (1998) by Barbara Michaels
  • A Match for Sister Maggy (2002) by Betty Neels
  • Vicky Bliss series (1973-1994) by Elizabeth Peters
  • The High Price for a Good Man (2003) by Debra Phillips
  • Walking after Midnight (1995) by Karen Robards

Alternate Reality

  • A Girl's Guide to Vampires (2003) by Katie MacAllister

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