Hero marries her to restore her honor and take care of her and the baby. The Devil You Know – Liz Carlyle – Heroine spends most of the book pregnant as the result of a tryst with a childhood friend.Hero agrees to let her raise baby alone but she does come back. Lily – Patricia Gaffney – Heroine spends most of her pregnancy away from the hero. She finds out her plan worked fairly late in the book but there is sufficient discussion and the hero shows sufficient interest. I have also left out a couple that feature pregnancy but also miscarriage because nothing ruins a book for me like a miscarriage.Ī Lady Awakened – Cecilia Grant – Heroine enlists the help of her rakish neighbor to conceive. I have listed the ones that contain Noncon below the consensual ones and spoiler tagged the content so please ignore that section if it isn't your cup of tea. So if you are like me and enjoy this trope, please enjoy the below list. I know that a lot of people (especially contemporary readers) dislike the pregnancy trope, but I like it. SPOILERS FOR BOOKS BELOW!! LIKE HELLA SPOILERS!įor all of the unprotected sex that our heroines have, I have found that a pregnancy before the epilogue is pretty rare.
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