May-December/ December-May Romances
While maybe not fitting a traditional May-December or December-May definition, these are romances about older women and younger men, and, for some of our more quirky readers, much older men and younger women. Even though the age difference may not be great, it is an important factor in the book.
(List begun 05/02, updated 07/07) |

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Reality Romances |
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Older Heroes
Medieval
Romances
- The Divided Heart (1990) by Susan
Bowden
- Roselynde (1979) by Roberta Gellis (30
years' difference)
- Lord of the Keep (1999) by Ann
Lawrence (20 years' difference)
- The Falcon and the Dove (2002) by
Paula Marshall
- Lord of the Night (1993) by Susan
Wiggs
Regency
Romances
- Emma (1815) by Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility (1811) by Jane
Austen (Secondary romance has a wide age gap)
- April Lady (1957) by Georgette Heyer
- The Convenient Marriage (1934) by
Georgette Heyer
- Friday's Child (1944) by Georgette
Heyer
- The Chadwick Ring (1982) by Julia
Jeffries
- Marian's Christmas Wish (1989) by
Carla Kelly (12 years' difference)
- Miss Whittier Makes A List (1994) by
Carla Kelly (13 years' difference)
- Love Lessons (1983) by Elizabeth
Mansfield
- Rosamund (1980) by Julia Murray
- Double Deception (1997) by Patricia
Oliver (14 years' difference)
European
Historical Romances
- Forbidden Affections in A Spring Bouquet (1996) by Jo Beverley (14 years' difference)
- The Accidental Bride (1999) by Jane
Feather
- My Lord Protector (1999) by Deborah
Hale - HH-452
- These Old Shades (1926) by Georgette
Heyer
- Beast (1997) by Judith Ivory
American
Historical/Frontier Romances
- The Tiger's Woman (1981) by Celeste
DeBlasis (15 years' difference)
- When Strangers Marry (2002) by Lisa
Kleypas
- Years (1986) by LaVyrle Spencer (20
years' difference)
- Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) by Jean Webster
Contemporary
Romances
- The Admiral's Bride (11/1999) by
Suzanne Brockmann - SIM-962 (24 years'
difference)
- The Standish Place (1976) by Isabelle Holland
- First and Forever (8/1991) by
Katherine Kendall - HT-360
- The Ivy Tree (1961) by Mary Stewart
- A Man for Mom (1/1993) by Linda
Randall Wisdom - HAR-470
Alternate
Reality
- Catch the Lightning
(1996) by Catherine Asaro (30 years' difference)
- The Quantum Rose (2000) by Catherine
Asaro (50 years' difference)
Older
Heroines
Medieval Romances
Regency
Romances
- A Promise of Spring (1990) by Mary
Balogh (10 years' difference)
- Christmas Angel (1992) by Jo Beverley
- The Ramshackle Suitor (2000) by Nancy
Butler
- The Dower House in A Mother's Joy (1994) by Carola Dunn
- An Immodest Proposal (1995) by
Patricia Oliver
- Four in Hand (1993) by Margaret
Westhaven
- The Bumblebroth (1995) by Patricia
Wynn
European Historical Romances
- In Praise of Younger Men Anthology
(2001)
- Sleeping Beauty (1998) by Judith Ivory
(8 years' difference)
- Brazen (1995) by Susan Johnson
- To Please a Lady (1999) by Susan
Johnson
- Suddenly You (2001) by Lisa Kleypas
- Just in Time (2003) by Judith
Lansdowne
American Historical/Frontier
Romances
- Summer Fancy (1997) by Anne Avery
- The Randolph Legacy (1997) by Eileen
Charbonneau
- The Invitation (1994) by Jude Deveraux
- The Rainbow Season (1979) by Lisa
Gregory
- The Outlaw and the Lady (2001) by
Lorraine Heath
- Last Chance (1995) by Jill Marie
Landis
- Courting Miss Hattie (1991) by Pamela
Morsi
- Simple Jess (1996) by Pamela Morsi
- Wild Oats (1993) by Pamela Morsi
- From Fields of Gold (1994) by
Alexandra Ripley (7 years' difference)
- The Tender Texan (1991) by Jodi Thomas
Contemporary Romances
- A Younger Man (12/2002) by Rochelle
Alers - SD-1479
- East of the Sun, West of the Moon
(2001) by Carole Bellacera (13 years' difference)
- The Defiant Hero (2001) by Suzanne
Brockmann (6 years' difference)
- Ladies' Man (2006) by Suzanne Brockmann (10 years' difference)
- First Time, Forever (8/2000) by Cara
Colter - SR-1464
- Anyone But You (8/1996) by Jennifer
Crusie - HLL-4 (10 years' difference)
- Driven to Distraction (4/1996) by
Judith Duncan - SIM-701
- The Last True Cowboy (1998) by
Kathleen Eagle
- What the Heart Knows (1999) by
Kathleen Eagle
- Mr. Family (10/1996) by Margot Early -
HSR-711 (6 years' difference)
- In Praise of a Younger Man (4/1995) by
Lyn Ellis - HT-532
- Undercover Angel (6/1985) by Suzanne
Forster - SD-215 (9 years' difference)
- Robbing the Cradle (4/1989) by Anne
Henry - HAR-292
- Challenge of a Lifetime (12/1990) by
Barbara Kaye - HSR-433
- Romeo and Julia (1999) by Annie
Kimberlin (10 years' difference)
- The Game is Played (3/1981) by Amii
Loren (Joan Hohl) - CER-77
- Guilty (1/1993) by Anne Mather -
HP-1542
- All Night Long (4/2001) by Anne Mather
- HP-2170
- Sinful Pleasures (6/1998) by Anne
Mather - HP-1959
- Snowfire (1/1994) by Anne Mather -
HP-1617
- Summertime (1/1994) by Curtiss Ann
Matlock - SSE-860
- Tim (1977) by Colleen McCullough
- Dancing at the Harvest Moon (1999) by
K.C. McKinnon
- The Older Woman (1/2002) by Cheryl
Reavis - SSE-1445
- Return to Night (1947) by Mary Renault (11 years' difference)
- One Summer (1993) by Karen Robards
- No Place Like Home (2002) by Barbara
Samuel
- Sweet Burning (8/1985) by Sandi Shane
(Sandra Canfield) - SSE-257
- The Man Who Loved Christmas (12/1999)
by Kathryn Shay - HSR-877
- Reach for the Sky (8/1988) by Beverly
Sommers - HAR-258
- Family Blessings (1994) by LaVyrle
Spencer (15 years' difference)
- Elegance (2003) by Kathleen Tessaro (9
years' difference)
- The Fix-It Man (7/1986) by Vicki Lewis
Thompson - HT-113
Alternate Reality
- The Moon's Shadow (2003) by Catherine
Asaro
- Primary Inversion (1995) by Catherine
Asaro
- Outlander Series (1991-) by Diana
Gabaldon
- Ritual of Proof (2001) by Dara Joy
- A Gift of Wings in The Queen in Winter (2006) by Sarah Monette (7 years' difference)
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