Halloween is over. A lot of romantic heroes came to my door Friday night. Vampires and firemen, super heroes and soldiers, werewolves and cowboys. There was a doctor, a policeman, a native American with a bright feathered headdress he made himself, several karate masters. Some of them were a little short, but hey, who’s measuring. Heroes every one. The best of the alpha males.
Now it’s Monday, the toilet paper has disintegrated, the pumpkins removed from doorsteps, the orange crepe paper pulled from trees.
Tomorrow, flags will wave and whoever didn’t manage to vote early will stand in line at the polling places. And it occurs to me that not one politician came to my door on Friday. (Not even a real one canvassing for his or her candidate.)
Which made me start trying to recall any romances I’ve read where the hero was a politician.
I remember one of Barbara Michaels’ romantic suspense novels was called Smoke and Mirrors and involved a Washington campaign. But I can’t remember if the hero was a politician. Does anyone know?
Jennifer Crusie’s Phineas Tucker was the mayor of Temptation in Welcome to Temptation. Phin doesn’t really fit the politician mold, but Crusie gets some good material from the squabble over family values.
Heroes of historicals may appear in Parliament or champion better working conditions or hospital reform, but their real persona is that of Duke or Knight or just plain Mr.
Can anyone come up with a romance hero who is a politician? To prod your memory cells, I’ll randomly choose one of you to receive a copy of my NEW Brava book, The Man For Me, whose hero is a baseball player, another one of those usually tabooed hero types, a guy who is American as apple pie and just as tasty.
The only one I know for sure wasn’t the hero, but hero’s father, in the last Buchanan quartet book of Susan Mallery’s (might be Irresistible, not quite sure). But I can swear that there was one I read by Sandra Brown, but I just can’t think of it — if there even was one. LOL But nope, I can’t think of any hero politicians, darn it. LOL
Lois
I remember Phin (mm!) but can’t say that I remembered too many others initially! After poking around a bit, I came up with these: Kathyrn Shay’s Someone to Believe In (Clay Wainwright is a NY senator); Nora Roberts’ All the Possibilities (Alan MacGregor’s a senator); Pamela Clare’s Extreme Exposure (Reece is a CO state senator).
And if you count royalty, there are scads of heroes who are kings or princes
Tate Rutledge was a senator in Sandra Brown’s Mirror Image is the first one that came to my mind.
I haven’t read many books where the hero or heroine is a politician. The only one I read is Pamela Clare’s “Extreme Exposure,” which Fedora mentioned.
Didn’t Nora Roberts have a political family similar to the Kennedys some years ago and one of them was actually the President of the United States?
pamela clare book
extreme exposure, reece is a senator
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Ack – just saw kh’s answer, lol and now it’ll stick with me. I LOVED Extreme Exposure…
Abe Danforth. Loved that book. I’m sure there are more I’m missing… Ah. Falling for Gracie by Susan Mallery 
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Must … ah! “Shocking the Senator” by Leanne Banks – obviously, the hero is a Senator
Congratulations on your new book, Gemma!
[And actually - here's a twist for you, in First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, the *heroine* later becomes president
You guys are good. And I had forgotten about First Lady. We shouldn’t be leaving out the heroines. I’ll be drawing a winner and posting your name on the blog. First though I’m off to vote.
Gemma
Someone mentioned Nora Roberts and the story line featuring a president, that was one of the MacGregor stories. And sorry, but the only other book that I’ve read that features a politician in contemporary times is WElcome to Temptation. *G*
The Senator’s Wife by Karen Robards????
Exclusive by Sandra Brown – the President was not the hero but just a character. Same goes for the last book in Susan Mallery’s Buchanan Series; the hero was the adopted son of a politician I think.
In most books with politics as a setting usually the hero or heroine is only related or works for a politician.
I couldn’t remember one where the hero is the politician, so I googled and found this one:
Come Be My Love (1983) by Diana Brown – Regency
Darius Wentworth, the hero, is a politician.
Jack Tolliver in THE KEPT WOMAN by Susan Donovan was a politician running for senate. That was a good book too! Have a great evening all! I’m going back to watching election coverage.
Hi Gemma!
Between the Sheets by Robin Wells – contemporary comedy, hero is a big politician who falls for a heroine accused of murdering the US President-elect.
Hugssss
LindaH
Oh I remember one I read in historicals! I think those are the ones I only remember any with politicians in them! LOL. This hero was from Maggie Osborne’s (she wrote alot of western historical romances, beautiful reads) A Stranger’s Wife, where the hero did alot of political campaigning in it as the hero runs for governor. Great topic, makes me want to check out more I missed. Thanks for those posted! I’d love to be in the contest. Thanks. I love those sport heros!
A winner!!!! I lassoed a neighbor into reaching into the hat and pulling out a name. Fedora is the winner of The Man For Me. So if you’ll send me your snail addy, I’ll pop a copy into the mail.
Congratulations.
Gemma
Congratulations, Fedora!
wtg fedora