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Thursday, August 24, 2006
The definitive cross-dressing heroine list
Down with long posts!
I'm not going to make you all cross-eyed today, trying to read my rants, but I do want your help. Over on Smart Bitches, I said the following:
Turns out a lot of ladies feel the same way. People then started listing all the books I need to read where the heroine starts out in man-drag, and I am wondering what gems I've missed. So I decided to compile the ultimate TBR list. Help me out, please! List your picks in the comments and I'll assemble it here as our go-to resource for when we're jonesing for pussy-pretending-to-have-a-penis.
PS - I saw She's the Man, twice. (I know!)
The definitive cross-dressing heroine list (a WIP)
From This Moment On - Lynn Kurland
The Switch - Lynsay Sands
Seize the Fire - Laura Kinsale
The Prince of Midnight - Laura Kinsale
The Dream Hunter - Laura Kinsale
Almost a Gentleman - Pam Rosenthal
Seduced - Virginia Henley
12th Night - Will Shakespeare
As You Like It - Will Shakespeare
My Lady Notorious - Jo Beverley
Lady of the Knight - Jackie Ivie
The Corinthian - Georgette Heyer
The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King
Ashes in the Wind - Kathleen Woodiwiss
Shield of Three Lions - Pamela Kaufman
I'm not going to make you all cross-eyed today, trying to read my rants, but I do want your help. Over on Smart Bitches, I said the following:
I have to admit, I have a real weakness for cross-dressing heroine stories. (I know!) But it just cracks me up to get into the hero’s PoV where he’s freaking out and fretting over his feelings for his young ("male") ward, assistant, secretary, cabin boy...bring it all on; I find that shit hilarious.
Turns out a lot of ladies feel the same way. People then started listing all the books I need to read where the heroine starts out in man-drag, and I am wondering what gems I've missed. So I decided to compile the ultimate TBR list. Help me out, please! List your picks in the comments and I'll assemble it here as our go-to resource for when we're jonesing for pussy-pretending-to-have-a-penis.
PS - I saw She's the Man, twice. (I know!)
The definitive cross-dressing heroine list (a WIP)
From This Moment On - Lynn Kurland
The Switch - Lynsay Sands
Seize the Fire - Laura Kinsale
The Prince of Midnight - Laura Kinsale
The Dream Hunter - Laura Kinsale
Almost a Gentleman - Pam Rosenthal
Seduced - Virginia Henley
12th Night - Will Shakespeare
As You Like It - Will Shakespeare
My Lady Notorious - Jo Beverley
Lady of the Knight - Jackie Ivie
The Corinthian - Georgette Heyer
The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King
Ashes in the Wind - Kathleen Woodiwiss
Shield of Three Lions - Pamela Kaufman
The Switch - Lynsay Sands
There's one, I can't for the life of me remember the name or author, but the heroine is looking to get revenge on the clan that wiped out hers. She dresses as a guy and ends up a paige for one fo the enemy. She can throw knives, and theres a good sceen where she tries to knick his peter thru the kilt with a knife. The hero can't help having feelings for the boy and is driving himself crazy over it. He acutally resigns himself to homogeity, only to discover that he is really a she. I loved it, but I just can't remember anything but the basica plot. It's maddening.
Seize the Fire - Laura Kinsale
The Prince of Midnight - Laura Kinsale
The Dream Hunter - Laura Kinsale
Almost a Gentleman - Pam Rosenthal
Seduced - Virginia Henley
Gentle Rogue was also suggested but as I recall, he knew she was a woman all along, which eliminates all the fun, angsty, "OMG, I'm gay!" on the part of the hero.
So hi. :-)
I wanted to visit your blog too to return the favor, but when I clicked on your profile I was overwhelmed by the choices. If you tell me where to post, I will but... so... many...blogs...
I need a good twelve-step program.
I mean, come on. In 12th, you have a male actor playing a female character who disguises herself as male.
In ASYI, you have a male actor playing a female who in the play pretends to be male, and then finds her boyfriend whom she does a little role-playing with and pretends to be his girlfriend, which is in reality her, on some level...so we have a man playing a woman playing a man playing a woman.
Just doesn't get weirder than that.
--Peppermint Joe Salutes You!
My mind is a sieve so I won't try to synopsize. I just remember that I enjoyed it, the guy in it was hot, and he had kind of a clothing fetish, which was interesting. If I'm remembering correctly.
*does the dance of joy*
Now I can stop thinking about it! Whew!
Sadly I've read most of this list already. *sniffs*
It doesn't seem like a romance in the beginning, but it gets there eventually. Plus, the heroine (who's 13) is propositioned by King Richard III while in drag (he's gay, natch). It's awesome and full of disgusting Middle Ages bodily functions.