#lorraine always has multiple entries on these more controversial~ tropes bc a) her backlist is huge b) lorraine does not care

[mermaidsirennikita]

Can you recommend historicals with the plot being the heroine wanting the brother/cousin of the hero?

Well, When He Was Wicked comes to mind--I maintain that while Francesca loved John and may not have been fully aware of her attraction to Michael when John was alive... she was attracted to him. You just don't ask your hot friend/cousin-in-law about his conquests while walking alone with him at night... platonically. It's weird.

Obviously, The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath. Again, I don't really think Julia was conscious of the attraction when Albert was alive. But Edward DOES kiss her when he's alive, and there's obviously a spark.

Waking Up with The Duke by Lorraine Heath has Jayne have an affair (for baby-making purposes and with her husband's consent) with Ainsley, her husband's cousin. Again, I think she sublimated a lot of the attraction for as long as she could... but it was absolutely there, and I think that first kiss for sure awakened her.

Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt has the heroine have an affair with her fiancee's rakish brother, and it is HOT.

Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath has the heroine fall for her fiancee's brother... not that she or her fiancee KNOW at that point. Mick knows he's fiancee's brother, however, and that's WHY he starts it, lol.

His at Night by Sherry Thomas has a bit of a variation on this in that the heroine is TRYING to compromise a man she wants to marry, but she ends up accidentally doing it to his brother and having to marry him. Her new husband (who's a spy pretending to be an idiot, lol) absolutely knows what she was doing and has a very low opinion of her at first. He.... comes around.

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian has the heroine fall for her husband's illegitimate son, lol.