All About Romance Novels

Point of View

Found here are romantic stories told primarily through the eye of one narrator, including first-person point of view, romantic diary fiction, and romances from the male point of view.

(List begun 12/03, updated 05/07)

First Person POV		Hero's POV
	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 Romances		Alternate Reality Romances

First-person POV

Medieval Romances

The Rogue (2002) by Claire Delacroix

Regency Romances

Come Be My Love (1981) by Diana Brown
The Emerald Necklace (1981) by Diana Brown
The Scottish Legacy (1999) by Barbara Hazard
The Wary Widow (2000) by Barbara Hazard
The Gypsy Heiress (1981) by Laura London (Sharon and Tom Curtis) - CR-644
A Heart Too Proud (1978) by Laura London (Sharon and Tom Curtis) - CR-227
Love Lessons (1983) by Elizabeth Mansfield
La Casa Dorada (1978) by Janet Louise Roberts - CR-245
Memoirs of a Hoyden (1988) by Joan Smith

European Historical Romances

Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Bronte
The Countess (1999) by Catherine Coulter
Rebecca (1938) by Daphne Du Maurier
Kilgannon (1999) by Kathleen Givens
The Painted Lady (1993) by Lucia Grahame
Shining Through (1988) by Susan Isaacs
I Capture the Castle (1948) by Dodie Smith
A Heart Possessed (1988) by Katherine Sutcliffe
Angel in Scarlet (1986) by Jennifer Wilde
The Arrangement (1997) by Joan Wolf
The Pretenders (1999) by Joan Wolf

American Historical/Frontier Romances

Carried Away (1996) by Jill Barnett
A Season in Eden (1999) by Megan Chance
Rachel's Passage (1998) by Paula Reid (Elizabeth Mansfield)

Contemporary Romances

Backpack (2002) by Emily Barr
Playing by the Rules (3/2003) by Beverly Bird - SSE-1529
The Boyfriend School (1989) by Sarah Bird
The Little Lady Agency (2006) by Hester Browne
Little Lady, Big Apple (2007) by Hester Browne
All-American Girl (2002) by Meg Cabot
The Princess Diaries Series (2000-) by Meg Cabot
Queen of Babble (2006) by Meg Cabot
Size 12 Is Not Fat (2006) by Meg Cabot
A Clean Slate (2003) by Laura Caldwell
Pink Slip (1999) by Rita Cerisi
Double Trouble (2001) by Claire Cross
Third Time Lucky (2000) by Claire Cross
Call Waiting (2004) by Michelle Cunnah
The Basque Swallow (7/1991) by Leigh Daniels - HI-166
This Lullaby (2002) by Sarah Dessen
The Truth about Forever (2004) by Sarah Dessen
The Stephanie Plum Mysteries (1995-) by Janet Evanovich
Bridget Jones's Diary (1998) by Helen Fielding
A Surprise Christmas Proposal (11/2004) by Liz Fielding - HR-3821
Secrets of Tyrone (7/1989) by Regan Forest - HI-117
When I Was Older (2000) by Garret Freymann-Weyr
The Hourglass (1999) by Elizabeth Gage
Mr. Commitment (2001) by Mike Gayle
Something Blue (2005) by Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed (2004) by Emily Giffin
Mr. Maybe (2001) by Jane Green
Fantasy Man (9/1993) by Sharon Green - HI-244
Mistress of Mellyn (1960) by Victoria Holt
High Fidelity (1996) by Nick Hornby
Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006) by Linda Howard
To Die For (2004) by Linda Howard
The Magic Hour (1995) by Susan Isaacs
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999) by Marian Keyes
Rachel's Holiday (2000) by Marian Keyes
Does She or Doesn't She? (2003) by Alisa Kwitney
Can You Keep a Secret? (2004) by Sophie Kinsella
The Undomestic Goddess (2005) by Sophie Kinsella
Come Together (1999) by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
The Boy Next Door (2002) by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
Second Helpings (2003) by Megan McCafferty
Sloppy Firsts (2001) by Megan McCafferty
The First Horseman (12/1992) by Elizabeth Morris - HI-208
The Last of the Honky Tonk Angels (2003) by Marsha Moyer
The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch (2002) by Marsha Moyer
Spanish Disco (2003) by Erica Orloff
If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend (2005) by Alison Pace
Heavens to Betsy (2005) by Beth Patillo
The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman (1995) by Louise Plummer
The Dairy Queen (2006) by Allison Rushby
No Place Like Home (2002) by Barbara Samuel
Under Venice (3/1991) by Madelyn Sanders - HI-158
Love Story (1970) by Erich Segal
On Bear Mountain (2001) by Deborah Smith
A Place to Call Home (1998) by Deborah Smith
When Venus Fell (1998) by Deborah Smith
Getting Even (10/1989) by Beverly Sommers - HAR-313
Madam, Will You Talk? (1956) by Mary Stewart
The Moon-Spinners (1963) by Mary Stewart
Touch Not the Cat (1976) by Mary Stewart
Wildfire at Midnight (1956) by Mary Stewart
Sleepwalker (11/1989) by Elaine K. Stirling - HI-126
On the Edge of the Woods (2004) by Diane Tyrrel
Texas Cooking (2003) by Lisa Wingate
Making Minty Malone (2000) by Isabel Wolff
A Girl's Best Friend (2003) by Elizabeth Young
A Promising Man (and about Time, Too) (2002) by Elizabeth Young

Alternate Reality

Bitten (2001) by Kelley Armstrong
Stolen (2003) by Kelley Armstrong
Goddess by Mistake (2001) by P.C. Cast
Wild Orchids (2003) by Jude Deveraux
The Eyre Affair (2001) by Jasper Fforde
Lost in a Good Book (2003) by Jasper Fforde
Wolf in Waiting (10/1995) by Rebecca Flanders - SS-57
Moonspell (1990) by Regan Forest
Outlander series (1991-) by Diana Gabaldon
Anita Blake series (1993-) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Merry Gentry series (2000-) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Southern Vampire series (2001-) by Charlaine Harris
Beauty (1978) by Robin McKinley
Rose Daughter (1997) by Robin McKinley
Sunshine (2003) by Robin McKinley
The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) by Audrey Niffenegger
Alice at Heart (2002) by Deborah Smith
Poison Study (2005) by Maria Snyder
Return to Bloodstone House (4/1993) by Jane Toombs - SS-5
To Say Nothing of the Dog(1998) by Connie Willis
Uncharted Territory (1994) by Connie Willis

Hero's POV