Perfect First Spouses This list contains romances with heroes or heroines who had "perfect" first relationships. Those relationships may have been in actuality wonderful or merely perceived as wonderful by the new love interest. (List begun 12/03, updated 05/08)

	Truly Wonderful First Spouses
	Deceptively "Perfect" First Spouses

Truly Wonderful First Spouses

• When a Man Loves a Woman (2000) by Alina Adams - Contemporary
• The Husband List (2000) by Victoria Alexander - European Historical
• The Notorious Rake (1992) by Mary Balogh - Regency
• The Snow Angel (1991) by Mary Balogh - Regency
• Tempting Harriet (1994) by Mary Balogh - Regency
• Web of Love (1990) by Mary Balogh - Regency
• Looking for a Hero (1998) by Patty Berg - Alternate Reality
• A Family for Gillian (2001) by Catherine Blair - Regency
• The Admiral's Bride (11/1999) by Suzanne Brockmann - SIM-962
• Fanta C (11/1987) by Sandra Brown - LS-217
• Sunset Embrace (1985) by Sandra Brown - American Historical
• Texas! Chase (1991) by Sandra Brown - Contemporary
• Rachel LeMoyne (1998) by Eileen Charbonneau - American Historical
• Lady Jane (1984) by Norma Lee Clark - Regency
• The Willing Wife (2002) by Claudia Dain - Medieval
• The Tiger's Woman (1981) by Celeste DeBlasis - American Historical
• The Heart Victorious (10/1984) by Delaney Devers - THTH-40
• Into the Wilderness (1998) by Sara Donati - American Historical
• The Renegade and the Heiress (11/2001) by Judith Duncan - SIM-1114
• A Family Resemblance (7/2006) by Margot Early - HSR-1357 - Contemporary
• Daisy's Back in Town (2004) by Rachel Gibson - Contemporary
• The Wild One (1997) by Danelle Harmon - European Historical
• Always to Remember (1996) by Lorraine Heath - American Historical
• Girls Night (2002) by Stef Ann Holm - Contemporary
• All the Queen's Men (1999) by Linda Howard - Contemporary
• Cry No More (2003) by Linda Howard - Contemporary
• Loving Evangeline (12/1994) by Linda Howard - SIM-607
• Sarah's Child (4/1985) by Linda Howard - SSE-230
• Son of the Morning (1997) by Linda Howard - Alternate Reality
• Tears of the Renegade (4/1985) by Linda Howard - SIM-92
• The Heart Breaker (1998) by Nicole Jordan - American Historical
• Her Beautiful Assassin (10/2003) by Virginia Kantra - SFS-5
• Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand (1994) by Carla Kelly - Regency
• Raven's Bride (1996) by Lynn Kerstan - Regency
• Lady Sophia's Lover (2002) by Lisa Kleypas - European Historical
• Where Dreams Begin (2000) by Lisa Kleypas - European Historical
• Some Men's Dreams (8/2003) by Kathleen Korbel - SIM-1237
• Just in Time (2003) by Judith Lansdowne - European Historical
• Miss Emmaline and the Archangel (3/1993) by Rachel Lee - SIM-482
• A Woman's Work (7/1990) by Laura Leone - SSE-608
• Starting from Square Two (2004) by Caren Lissner - Contemporary
• Wild about Harry (10/1991) by Linda Lael Miller - SD-667
• The Marriage Bed (1996) by Stephanie Mittman - American Historical
• Dedication (2005) by Janet Mullany - Regency
• Father-to-Be (10/1998) by Laurie Page - SSE-1201
• Dream a Little Dream (1998) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - Contemporary
• Beyond Sunrise (1997) by Candice Proctor - Historical
• Beyond Sunrise (2003) by Candice Proctor - Historical
• When He Was Wicked (2004) by Julia Quinn - European Historical
• Taming the Night (1999) by Paula Detmer Riggs - Contemporary
• After All These Years (7/1984) by Kathleen Gilles Seidel - HAR-2
• The Man Who Loved Christmas (12/1999) by Kathryn Shay - HSR-877
• Bittersweet (1990) by LaVyrle Spencer - Contemporary
• Wild Indigo (1998) by Judith Stanton - American Historical
• Housebound (3/1985) by Anne Stuart - HAR-93
• Everything But a Husband (12/2000) by Karen Templeton - SIM-1050
• Fathers and Other Strangers (9/2003) by Karen Templeton - SIM-1244
• The Bride's Bodyguard (1997) by Elizabeth Thornton - European Historical
• Michael's Temptation (12/2001) by Eileen Wilks - SD-1409

Deceptively "Perfect" First Spouses

• Silent Melody (1997) by Mary Balogh - European Historical
• Tangled (1994) by Mary Balogh - European Historical
• Loving Leah (3/2003) by Nikki Benjamin - SSE-1526
• Christmas Angel (1992) by Jo Beverley - Regency
• All Through the Night (1997) by Connie Brockway - European Historical
• Beauty Like the Night (2000) by Liz Carlyle - European Historical
• Element of Risk (4/1996) by Robyn Donald - HP-1803
• Rebecca (1938) by Daphne Du Maurier - Contemporary
• The Second Bride (3/1997) by Catherine George - HR-3449
• The Painted Lady (1993) by Lucia Grahame - European Historical
• Irresistible (1994) by Catherine Hart - Amer Hist/Frontier
• Untie My Heart (2002) by Judith Ivory - European Historical
• The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch (2002) by Marsha Moyer - Contemporary
• Rendezvous (1991) by Amanda Quick - European Historical
• The Coming Home Place (1994) by Mary Spencer - American Historical

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