These books feature heroines who are powerful in their own right and little or no rescuing from a much older and/or more powerful hero.
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message 2: by Abra (new)

Abra I set up this list ages ago and it’s probably out of date at this point. When I set it up there weren’t very many strong female characters, particularly in contemporary romance. I tried to include a few I knew of, but I stopped reading contemporaries.

It’s a bummer that the list is out of date. It was helpful at the time.


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