5 Romances With Villains You’ll Love to…Love

Captives of the Night, by Loretta Chase
Villains run amok in this Loretta Chase romance! Everyone thinks Leila Beaumont is one of them: a beautiful artist accused of her husband’s murder. But her husband had a lot of enemies, and even though she is innocent, Leila is at the center of an investigation led by the dangerous Comte d’Esmond. To save her life, Leila must learn to love a man without a heart.

A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J Maas
This is one of my favorite romances where the villain gets the girl. In the first book, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Feyre meets Rhysand, the High Fae of the Night Court, while she is falling for another man. In order to save her life (and yeah, to manipulate her into spending time with him) Rhysand creates a magical bond between Feyre and himself that requires her to spend a week out of the month with him. But Rhysand is brutal and powerful, and as Feyre spends time with him, she finds herself seduced by his darkness…and the smallest sliver of light she can see within his heart. (Book three in this series, A Court of Wings and Ruin, is out this month, so binge the first two now!)

Lothaire, by Kresley Cole
Evil vampires are my kryptonite. In her Immortals After Dark series, Kresley Cole finally reveals the secrets of the Lore with the character of Lothaire. He only has eyes for one thing: the crown, and he will do anything to get it, even trade the soul of innocent Elizabeth Peirce. But Elizabeth will do anything to stay alive, including becoming the source of Lothaire’s sexual pleasure.

The White Princess, by Phillipa Gregory
Read the book that inspired the TV show everyone is talking about! But there’s a twist: in this book, both the heroine and her king are the villains. Henry Tudor has conquered Richard III on the battlefield and secured his throne. But Elizabeth, the one he is supposed to marry, is still in love with the defeated King. They both see one another as villains: Elizabeth despises Henry for killing her lover and destroying her family’s legacy on the throne…and Henry distrustes Elizabeth, because even if they marry and she gives him a son, she is still a York, and they are meant to be enemies.

Love with the Perfect Scoundrel, by Sophia Nash
Imagine this: your two closest friends marry the men you were supposed to marry. You would give up on love too, right? That’s what Grace Sheffey, Countess of Sheffield has done. She thinks running away from her life will solve her problems, but instead, it introduces her to a new one: Michael Rainier, the son of an Earl with a ruined reputation—and he has one to match. Michael thinks his sullied past will stain Grace’s future, but she’s braver than he gives her credit for; falling for the good guys has never served her well before, after all.
Who are your favorite villains of romance?