'Out Of Gas'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Beathen's list missed #4: the compromising situation.
Also, #5: The Arranged Marriage.
It occurs to me, as I attempt to go through and clear out my things, that I've read into the thousands of romance novels, especially Regency historicals, since I started reading the things at 13. Many (probably about 90%) I've owned. And I wonder why I don't have any space anywhere.
Neat!
I love these stories.
I'm the headstrong v...woman. I want to be wooed, dammit!
An important chunk of mine is #6, Alone in the Wilderness Together.
An important chunk of mine is #6, Alone in the Wilderness Together.
We need to come up with four more, so we can have a top ten list of Historical Romance Plots.
Ooo! #7: the Pretend Engagement! (Where a couple who doesn't want to marry pretends to be engaged with plans to break it off, but accidentally falls in love along the way.)
Oldest daughter to marry so that the younger children will have better lives
prettiest daughter to be married to the stern older man- who must settle down, do his duty and find a family. however, he finds that the bluestoking daughter is more interesting
Do we have the Broke Parent of Status Marries Off Child to Rich Person of Lower Social Class Looking to Climb?
Hmmm...
Browbeaten governess and/or poor relation gets man intended for rich cousin/charge.
This one's medieval/Scottish rather than Regency, but natural enemies must marry to unite feuding principalities/clans.
I was going to say sister to save brother who has done wrong by getting in to debt, but that can lead to alone in the wilderness or marring to save the siblings