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Unusual Professions
These romances feature heroes and heroines with professions that are outside the ordinary.
List begun 05/04, updated 02/09
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Medieval Romances |
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Regency Romances |
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European Historical Romances |
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American Historical/Frontier Romances |
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Contemporary Romances |
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Alternate Reality |
Medieval Romances
- Wonderful (1997) by Jill Barnett - Lady
Clio is an alemaker.
- Masques of Gold (1990) by Roberta Gellis -
Lissa is an apothecary.
- The Rope Dancer (1987) by Roberta Gellis -
Carys, the heroine, is a rope dancer, and Telor, the hero, is a minstrel.
- By Design (2001) by Madeline Hunter -
Joan, the heroine, is a potter, and Rhys, the hero, is a mason/sculptor.
- Desire (1994) by Amanda Quick - Lady
Clare is a perfumer.
- Black Lion's Bride (2002) by Tina St.
John - Zahirah is on a mission to kill King Richard I.
Regency Romances
- The Rake's Mistress (2004) by Nicola
Cornick - Rebecca Raleigh is a professional glass
engraver.
- Miss Jacobson's Journey (1992) by
Carola Dunn - Jakob Rothschild is an insurance agent.
- Lady Elizabeth's Comet (1985) by Sheila Simonson -
Lady Elizabeth Conway is an astronomer.
European Historical Romances
- My Darling Caroline (1998) by Adele
Ashworth - Caroline Grayson is a botanist.
- Someone Irresistible (2001) by Adele
Ashworth - Mimi Marsh is a forensic sculptor.
- When It's Perfect (2002) by Adele
Ashworth - Mary Marsh designs wedding trousseaus,
Marcus Longfellow is a researcher of artifacts and
hieroglyphics.
- Bridal Favors (2002) by Connie
Brockway - Lady Evelyn is a wedding organizer.
- Lady of Skye (2001) by Patricia
Cabot - Brenna Donnegal is a doctor looking for the
cause of cholera.
- The Wildest Shore (2001) by Lisa
Cach - Anne Hazlett is a lady's maid.
- Across a Moonlit Sea (1996) by
Marsha Canham - Beau Spence is a ship's navigator,
pilot, and mapmaker.
- The Iron Rose (2003) by Marsha
Canham - Juliet Dante captains her own ship.
- Captives of the Night (1994) by
Loretta Chase - Leila Beaumont is a portrait painter,
and Ismal conducts government investigations.
- Lord Perfect (2006) by Loretta Chase -
Bathsheba Wingate is an art instructor for the sons of wealthy men.
- Bliss (1995) by Judy Cuevas - Hannah
Van Evan is an antiques appraiser in training.
- Scoundrel (1996) by Elizabeth
Elliott - Lady Lily Waters is a cryptographer.
- To Dream Again (1995) by Laura Lee
Guhrke - Nathaniel Chase is a toymaker.
- The Proposition (1999) by Judith
Ivory - Mick Tremore is a rat catcher and Edwina
Bollash is a linguist.
- Whispers of the Night (2006) by Lydia Joyce -
Alcyone Carter is a brilliant mathematician.
- Flowers from the Storm (1992) by
Laura Kinsale - Maddy Timms is an asylum nurse.
- Midsummer Moon (1987) by Laura
Kinsale - Merlin Lambourne is an inventor.
- Diamond Rain (1999) by Constance
Laux - Isabel De Quincy and Benedict Costigan design
fireworks.
- The Perils of Pleasure (2008) by Julie Anne Long -
Madeleine Greenway is a job coordinator.
- Dear Lady Disdain (1995) by Paula Marshall -
Stacy Blanchard owns and manages a bank, inherited from her father.
- Dangerous Angel (1994) by Deborah
Martin - Cordelia Shalstone is a composer.
- Gentle from the Night (1997) by
Meagan McKinney - Alexandra Benjamin is a speech
pathologist.
- Ever His Bride (1997) by Linda
Needham - Felicity Mayfield writes travel articles and
guides.
- The Wedding Night (1999) by Linda Needham -
Mairey Faelyn is a scholar of Celtic folklore and antiquities.
- The Rake (1998) by Mary Jo Putney -
Alys Weston is the steward of an estate.
- Ravished (1992) by Amanda Quick -
Harriet Pomeroy is a paleontologist.
- The Reluctant Reformer (2002) by Lynsay Sands -
Lady Margaret Westworth is an undercover reporter.
- Gabriel's Woman (2001) by Robin
Schone - Gabriel is a prostitute.
- The Lover (2000) by Robin Schone -
Michel de Anges is a prostitute.
- On My Lady's Honor (2002) by Kate
Silver - Sophie Delamanse is a French musketeer.
- The Gladiator's Honor (2006) by Michelle Styles -
Valens is a gladiator.
- Strangers at Dawn (1999) by
Elizabeth Thornton - Lord Max Worthe owns and runs a
newspaper.
American Historical/Frontier Romances
- Sweeter than Wine (1999) by Michaela
August - Siegfried Rodernwiller is a winemaker.
- More than Magic (1994) by Olga Bicos
- Dr. Polly Babcock is an archeologist and Sir Shane
McKinnon is an astronomer.
- Frannie and the Charmer (1996) by
Ann Carberry - Sean Sullivan is a magician.
- Temple's Prize (1997) by Linda
Castle - HH-394 - Temple Parish is a
paleontologist.
- Painted by the Sun (2000) by
Elizabeth Grayson - Shea Waterston is a photographer.
- To Dream Again (1995) by Laura Lee
Guhrke - Nathaniel Chase is a toymaker.
- Honey (2000) by Stef Ann Holm -
Camille Kennison manages a baseball team.
- A Touch of Fire (1992) by Linda
Howard - Annie Parker is a physician in 1871 Arizona
Territory.
- Past Promises (1993) by Jill Marie
Landis - Jessica Stanbridge is a paleontologist.
- The Wedding Gamble (1996) by Cait
Logan - Cairo Brown is a professional pool player and
pool hall owner.
- The Fortune Hunter (1998) by Meagan
McKinney - Lavinia Murphy is a fortune teller.
- Marrying Stone (1994) by Pamela
Morsi - J. Monroe Farley is a musicologist.
- Silver Lining (2000) by Maggie
Osborne - Low Down is a prospector.
- Prophet Annie (1999) by Ellen
Recknor - Annie Pinkerton Boone is a famous seer in a
circus sideshow.
- The Beloved Woman (1991) by Deborah
Smith - Katherine Blue Song is a doctor.
- Tides of Love (2000) by Tracy Sumner
- Noah Garrett is a marine biologist.
- Dear Enemy (1915) by Jean Webster -
Sallie McBride is the superintendent of an orphan asylum.
- Halfway to Heaven (2001) by Susan
Wiggs - Abigail Cabot is an astronomer.
- The Horsemaster's Daughter (1999) by
Susan Wiggs - Eliza Flyte is a horse whisperer.
Contemporary Romances
- One Way Out (2005) by Michele Albert (Michelle Jerott) -
Cassie Ashton is a fossil hunter and and Alex Martinelli is a paleontologist.
- Haunted Spouse (10/1993) by Heather
Allison - HR-3284 - Lizzie Wilcox is a haunted
house designer.
- Heart Waves (12/1992) by Gloria
Alvarez - KS-120 - Peyton Adair and Cassidy
Sloane are rival DJ's.
- Babe in the Woods (6/1998) by Pamela
Bauer - HSR-792 - Brendan Miller is a
seminarian who works as a clinical pastoral educator
at a hospital.
- A Rather Lovely Inheritance (2007) by C.A. Belmond -
Penny Nichols provides historical research to film producers.
- From the First (4/2006) by Jessica Bird (J.R. Ward) - SSE-1750 -
Alex Moorehouse is a professional sailor and boat designer.
- A Man in a Million (1/2007) by Jessica Bird (J.R. Ward) - SSE-1803 -
Madeline "Mad Dog" Maguire is a professional sailor.
- The Admiral's Bride (11/1999) by
Suzanne Brockmann - SIM-962 - Dr. Zoe Lange is
an expert in biological and chemical weapons.
- Little Lady series by Hester Browne - Melissa Romney-Jones is a personal organizer/man makeover artist.
- The Little Lady Agency (2005)
- Little Lady, Big Apple (2007)
- The Little Lady Agency and the Prince (2008) by
- To Touch the Stars (10/1986) by
Pamela Browning - HAR-170 - Julie Andrassy and
Stephen Martinovic are circus acrobats.
- Familiar Christmas (12/1999) by
Caroline Burnes - HI-542 - Hunter Semmes is a
toymaker.
- Queen of Babble series by Meg Cabot - Lizzie Nichols is a wedding gown designer.
- Queen of Babble (2006)
- Queen of Babble in the Big City (2007)
- Queen of Babble Gets Hitched (2008) by
- Dr. Yes (2003) by Lisa Cach - Rachel
Calais is a tour guide in Nepal.
- The Nekkid Truth in Big Guns out of Uniform (2003) by Nicole Camden -
Debbie Valley is a police photographer.
- No Competition (1/1993) by Marilyn
Campbell - KIS-124 - Joey Thornton is a pool
player.
- For Keeps (4/1991) by Donna Carlisle
- SD-634 - Lyn Sanders is a pet sitter.
- It's Only Make Believe (10/1992) by
Donna Carlisle - SD-741 - Stone Harrison
designs amusement parks.
- Conflict of Interest (4/1983) by
Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz) - CER-130 -
Lang Sterling invents robots.
- Dare the Devil (4/1987) by Elaine
Raco Chase - CER-499 - Cam Stirling is a movie
stuntwoman.
- Special Delivery (4/1984) by Elaine
Raco Chase - CER-226 - Roxanne Murdoch is a
singing telegram deliverer.
- On Wings of Magic (7/1982) by
Susanna Collins - SCAL-62 - Paul Deza and Carol
Braeden are animators.
- Love and Other Surprises (2/1990) by
Kathleen Creighton - SIM-322 - Toby Thomas is a
sorority housemother.
- Still Waters (11/1986) by Kathleen
Creighton - LS-163 - Maddy Gordon is a
puppeteer.
- Tiger Dawn (6/1989) by Kathleen
Creighton - SIM-289 - Sarah Fairchild is a
zoologist.
- Lightning that Lingers (12/1983) by
Sharon and Tom Curtis - LS-25 - Philip Brooks
is a stripper.
- Sign Me, Speechless in Seattle
(11/1998) by Emily Dalton - HAR-750 - Mathilda
McKinney writes an advice column.
- Jasmine Sorcery (4/1984) by Barbara
Delinsky - HAR-66 - Pepper MacNeil is a mail
carrier.
- Twelve Across (2/1987) by Barbara
Delinsky - HT-144 - Leah Gates is a crossword
creator.
- Hot Pursuit (9/1998) by Fran Earley
- HI-98 - Tally Gordon is a border patrol
agent.
- West of the Sun (5/1990) by Lynn
Erickson - HSR-404 - Ben Tanner is a UFO
investigator for the Air Force.
- The Stephanie Plum Series (1995-) by
Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter.
- Sweet Temptation (10/1992) by Marcia
Evanick - LS-570 - Garrison Fisher is a
paleontologist/professor.
- Fever Rising (2/1997) by Maggie
Ferguson - HI-408 - Raven Delandy is an
herbalist.
- Traci on the Spot (3/1997) by Marie
Ferrarella - SYT-39 - Traci Richardson is a
cartoonist.
- Practically Perfect (2008) by Katie Fforde -
Rob is a Greyhound Rescue officer.
- Best of Friends (9/1983) by Rebecca
Flanders - HAR-24 - Kelly Mitchell is a phys.
ed. teacher.
- Desert Fire (4/1984) by Rebecca
Flanders - HAR-66 - Camp Campbell is a trucker.
- The Growing Season (9/1985) by
Rebecca Flanders - HSR-180 - Pierce Lanson is a
gigolo.
- The Third Time (10/1984) by Rebecca
Flanders - HAR-74 - Dani Miller is a union
organizer.
- Star-Crossed (2/1986) by Regan
Forest - HT-95 - Brent King is a tour guide in
the African bush.
- If Looks Could Kill (10/1991) by
M.L. Gamble - HI-172 - Catherine Grand runs a
celebrity look-alike business.
- True Confessions (2001) by Rachel
Gibson - Hope Spencer is a tabloid journalist.
- To Die For (12/2000) by Sharon Green
- HI-595 - Tanda Grail is is a police dog
trainer.
- Blame It on Chocolate (2006) by Jennifer Greene -
Lucy Fitzhenry is a chocolate flavor developer.
- Vermont Valentine (2/2006) by Kristin Hardy - SSE-1739 - Jacob Trask is a maple farmer.
- The Stone Forest (2002) by Karen
Harper - Jenna Kirk designs and builds tree houses and
Mace MacCamon is a geologist.
- Shower of Stars (2004) by Nancy
Herkness - Jack Lanett is a meteorite hunter.
- Cry No More (2003) by Linda Howard -
Milla Boone traces missing children.
- Dying to Please (2002) by Linda
Howard - Sarah Stevens is a butler.
- Heart of Fire (1993) by Linda Howard
- Jillian Sherwood is an archeologist.
- Gamemaster (6/1983) by Stephanie
James (Jayne Ann Krentz) - SD-67 - Joel Cassidy
runs a videogame empire.
- Sweet Return (2007) by Anna Jeffrey -
Joanna Walsh is a free-range chicken farmer.
- Absolute Trouble (1998) by Michelle Jerott -
Dulcinea Quinn is a dollmaker and Julien Langlois is a stripper.
- Her Bodyguard (2001) by Michelle
Jerott - Lili Kavanaugh is a shoe designer.
- Long after Midnight (1997) by Iris
Johansen - Kate Denby is a research scientist.
- Mommy Said Goodbye (4/2004) by
Janice Kay Johnson - HSR-1197 - Craig Lofgren
is a commercial pilot.
- Falcon's Cry (8/1990) by Leona Karr
- HI-144 - Corey McCalley is an aerie warden.
- Wild Rain (3/95) by Donna Kauffman -
LS-732 - Jillian Bonner is a wildlife
rehabilitator.
- Midnight Touch (6/2006) by Karen Kendall - HBZ-258 -
Alejandro Torres is a male manicurist.
- Christmas in Toyland (12/1991) by
Julie Kistler - HAR-418 - Kristina Castleberry
and Tucker Bennett are toy designers.
- Delightful Jones (10/1998) by
Patricia Knoll - HLAL-53 - Erin Jones is a
butler.
- Edge of the World (1/1988) by
Kathleen Korbel - SIM-222 - Stephanie Fleming
is a film editor.
- When I Wake (2000) by Rachel Lee -
Dugan Gallagher is an undersea salvage expert.
- Fallen From Grace (2003) by Laura
Leone - Ryan Kendrick is a male escort.
- Pearl Cove (1999) by Elizabeth
Lowell - Archer Donovan and Hannah McGarry are in the
pearl industry.
- Dare to Trust (10/1985) by Anne
McAllister - HR-2721 - Colin Davis is an
archeologist.
- Through the Looking Glass (8/1990)
by Joyce McGill - SIM-347 - Lisa Gillette is a
miniature furniture designer.
- Dancing Shoes and Honky-tonk Blues (2007) by LuAnn McLane -
Rio Martin is a dance instructor for a reality TV show.
- Spike Is Missing (4/1990) by Elda
Minger - HAR-338 - Kevin MacClain is an animal
trainer.
- Untamed Heart (6/1983) by Elda
Minger - HAR-12 - Samantha Collins is an animal
trainer.
- Skyward (2003) by Mary Alice Monroe
- Harris Henderson runs a birds-of-prey bird sanctuary
and rehabilitation center.
- Bringing up Baby (4/1986) by Diana
Morgan - SCAL-329 - George Demarest is an
efficiency expert.
- Man from Forever (2/1996) by Vella
Munn - SIM-695 - Tory Kent is an
anthropologist.
- Of Dolls and Angels (7/1992) by
Virginia Nielsen - HSR-506 - Sara Eaton is a
ventriloquist turned child psychologist.
- Heavens to Betsy (2005) by Beth
Patillo - Betsy Blessing is a minister.
- It Had to Be You (1994) by Susan
Elizabeth Phillips - Phoebe Sommerville manages a
professional football team.
- Kiss an Angel (1996) by Susan
Elizabeth Phillips - Alex Romanov is a circus manager
and performer.
- Match Me If You Can (2005) by Susan
Elizabeth Phillips - Annabelle Granger is a matchmaker
and Heath Champion is a sports agent.
- Kiss Me Once, Kiss Me Twice (2004)
by Kimberly Raye - Skye Farrel teaches sexual
fulfillment to women.
- Hawaiian Heat (2/1993) by Clare
Richmond - HAR-476 - Rosie Clarke is a
volcanologist.
- Walking on Air (8/1985) by Michele
Robbe - CER-357 - Alexandra Prince crews a
blimp.
- Blue Smoke (2005) by Nora Roberts -
Reena Hale is a firefighter.
- High Noon (2007) by Nora Roberts -
Phoebe MacNamara is a crisis negotiator.
- Honest Illusions (1994) by Nora
Roberts - Luke Callahan and Roxy Nouvelle are both
illusionists.
- Tribute (2008) by Nora Roberts -
Ford Sawyer is a graphic novelist.
- On the Scent (4/1994) by M.J .
Rodgers - HI-271 - Diann Torrey is a perfume
creator.
- Santa Claus is Coming (12/1993) by
M.J. Rodgers - HI-254 - Belle Breeze and Max
Wilde are movie critics.
- One Way Out (3/2003) by Wendy Rosnau
- SIM-1211 - Joey Masado is in the mafia.
- Last Man Standing (6/2003) by Wendy
Rosnau - SIM-1227 - Lucky Masado is in the
mafia.
- Suspended Animation (2/1987) by
Jenna Ryan - HI-99 - Alex Cross owns an
animation studio and Sara Moreland does voiceovers.
- The Tender Mending (2/1982) by Lia
Sanders - CER-41 - Dee Woods produces
educational filmstrips.
- Out of Control (8/1997) by Candace
Schuler - HT-648 - Andrea Wagner is a
construction foreman.
- After All These Years (7/1984) by
Kathleen Gilles Seidel - HAR-2 - Tom Winchester
is a historic preservationist.
- Maybe This Time (1990) by Kathleen
Gilles Seidel - Emily Gordon is a manager of
professional athletes.
- The Same Last Name (4/1983) by
Kathleen Gilles Seidel - HAR-2 - April Peters
is a forest ranger.
- Roughneck (1/1996) by Alexandra Sellers - SIM-689 -
Josh Wrangler is a circus manager.
- Her Perfect Stranger (5/2002) by
Jill Shalvis - HT-878 - Mike Wright is a pilot
for the space shuttle mission; Corrine Atkinson is the
Mission Commander.
- Changing Places (11/1985) by Beverly
Sommers - HAR-125 - Carol Jones writes greeting
cards.
- Losing It (1/1989) by Beverly
Sommers - HAR-278 - Holly Benson is a bail
bondsman.
- Of Cats and Kings (9/1987) by
Beverly Sommers - HAR-216 - Harry Keyes is a
cartoonist.
- Seduction by Design (1/1983) by Erin
St. Claire (Sandra Brown) - SD-41 - Hailey
Ashton is the director of guest relations at an
amusement park.
- Cache Poor (6/1993) by Margaret St.
George (Maggie Osborne) - HI-230 - Sam
Livingston is a videogame creator.
- Arousing Suspicions (2007) by Marianne Stillings -
Tabitha March is a psychic dream interpreter.
- Hand in Glove (2/1987) by Anne
Stuart - HI-59 - Ryan Smith is the leader of a
puppeteering group.
- Darkling I Listen (2001) by
Katherine Sutcliffe - Alyson Farrington is a tabloid
journalist.
- Blue Ice (12/1990) by Marilyn Tracy
- SIM-362 - Aleksandra Shashkevich is an art
dealer and Jonathan Wyndham is an American Embassy
Physician in Russia.
- An Unsuspecting Heart (8/1989) by
Linda Turner - SIM-298 - Katie McDonald is a
police beat reporter.
- Spangles (5/1985) by Irma Walker -
HSR-163 - Tanya Rhodin is a lion trainer.
- Some Kind of Magic (1998) by Theresa
Weir - Daniel "Dylan" French is a professional chess
player.
- Between the Sheets (2008) by Robin Wells -
Emma Jamison is a professional butler.
- Heaven Sent (9/1987) by Jamisan
Whitney - SCAL-423 - Sam Leung and Bree
Jeffries have rival bike messenger companies.
- For the Fun of It (1/1992) by Karen
Toller Whittenburg - HAR-424 - Miranda Blue
Garrison and Tad Denton are toymakers.
- Under His Spell (2/1985) by Lee
Williams - SCAL-245 - Julian Sharpe is a
magician.
- Love Me Like a Rock (6/1989) by
Leigh Anne Williams - HAR-300 - Ethan Brody is
an archeologist.
- Nowhere to Run (12/1991) by Mary
Anne Wilson - SIM-410 - R.J. Tyler is a police
psychologist.
- In the Midnight Rain (2000) by Ruth
Wind - Blue Reynard is a botanist.
- O'Malley's Quest (12/1990) by Linda
Randall Wisdom - HAR-372 - Kate O'Malley and
Jared Wyatt are archeologists.
- Miranda Blue Calling (2004) by
Michelle Curry Wright - Miranda Blue has a
tele-companion service for homebound seniors and Billy
Steadman is a hydroponic farmer.
Alternate Reality
- Dangerous Waters (1997) by Amy
Fetzer - Victoria Mason is a bounty hunter.
- The Starry Child (1998) by Lynn
Hanna - Matt Macinnes is a linguist.
- Son of the Morning (1997) by Linda
Howard - Grace St. John decodes ancient text.
- Driven (2007) by Eve Kenin -
Raina Bowen is a truck driver in an ice road race.
- More than Magic (1999) by Kathleen
Nance - Isis Montgomery is a perfumer.
- Body Electric (2002) by Susan Squires -
Jodie, the hero, is a computer program.
- Cinderman (3/1994) by Anne Stuart -
HAR-525 - Dr. Daniel Crompton is a chemical
fusion scientist.
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