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* DisabledLoveInterest: Bethany Coulter in ''Phantom Waltz'' (paralyzed), Carly Adams in ''Blue Skies'' (blind), and Annie Trimble in ''Annie's Song'' (deaf). Also Luke Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' (blind), though he's a secondary character.
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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Laura Townsend, Bethany Coulter in ''Phantom Waltz''. Averted with Luke Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' until his character development.
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* ScreamingBirth / ExpressDelivery: Played for drama with poor Ceara and Quincy's daughter. Ceara doesn't just go into early labor, she delivers the baby ''in the truck on the way to the hospital''. [[spoiler: Thankfully, both manage to survive thanks to their shared magic.]]
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* [[FuckOrDie Fuck Or Loni Dies]]: In order for the curse to be broken, Quincy ''must'' consummate his impromptu marriage to Ceara. They go through with it, but not without Quincy panicking over Ceara's virginity and fearing he'll split her in half.
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* [[FuckOrDie Fuck [[MateOrDie Mate Or Loni Dies]]: In order for the curse to be broken, Quincy ''must'' consummate his impromptu marriage to Ceara. They go through with it, but not without Quincy panicking over Ceara's virginity and fearing he'll split her in half.
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* CartwrightCurse: A variation. In ''Perfect Timing'', it's revealed that thanks to an old curse placed on the Harrigan family line by a jilted druid the first wife of every Harrigan male will die young from a blood-related mishap or sickness. It's dogged the family for generations and the only way to end it is for Quincy to marry Ceara O’Ceallaigh.
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* KindheartedSimpleton: Subverted with Laura Townsend, who only appears this way because of her language difficulties, which impact her ability to do math and use complex words but otherwise have no effect on her intelligence. Isaiah points out rather sharply to his brother Tucker (also a veterinarian) that "she's probably smarter than you are!" when Tucker makes the (wrong) assumption that Laura won't understand enough about veterinary medicine to be married to a veterinarian.
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* KindheartedSimpleton: Subverted with Laura Townsend, who only appears this way because of her language difficulties, which impact her ability to do math and use complex words but otherwise have no effect on her intelligence. Isaiah points out rather sharply to his brother Tucker (also a veterinarian) that "she's probably smarter than you are!" when Tucker makes the (wrong) assumption that Laura won't understand enough about veterinary medicine to be married to a veterinarian. Given that Laura was, prior to her accident, an environmental scientist, Isaiah's point is doubly valid.
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* CompleteMonster: In-universe: Rodney Wells, Tobin Pajeck and Peter Danning. The Sebastians in ''Early Dawn'' qualify, too.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Molly's ex-husband Rodney in ''Sweet Nothings''. AND HOW!
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Belinda attempts to have sex with an uninterested Isaiah, but when they get caught by another vet at the clinic she claims he was trying to rape her. Luckily for Isaiah it doesn't work.
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* CompleteMonster: In-universe: Rodney Wells, Tobin Pajeck and Peter Danning. The Sebastians in ''Early Dawn'' qualify, too.
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* MurderersAreRapists: The Sebastian Gang in ''Early Dawn'' always gang rape a woman before they kill her, unless they plan to sell her.
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* NamesTheSame: The heroines of ''Cheyenne Amber'' and ''My Sunshine'' are both named Laura (Cheney and Townsend, respectively).
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** Laura isn't ''as'' pathological about this as Molly, but Isaiah still has to spend some time convincing her that yes, an intelligent guy like him is interested in her, brain damage and all.
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**Molly spends 2/3 of her story unable to believe Jake could seriously find someone as "fat and ugly" as her attractive, it literally takes TheirFirstTime to convince her.
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* SecondLove: Eden for Matthew, it's even discussed several times via narrative
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* AngstComa / HeroicBSOD: Rebecca Morgan is ''extremely'' prone to this given the trauma she's been through.
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* KindheartedSimpleton: Subverted ''hard'' with Laura Townsend, who only appears this way because of her language difficulties, which impact her ability to do math and use complex words but otherwise have no effect on her intelligence. Isaiah points out rather sharply to his brother Tucker (also a veterinarian) that "she's probably smarter than you are!" when Tucker makes the (wrong) assumption that Laura won't understand enough about veterinary medicine to be married to a veterinarian.
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* KindheartedSimpleton: Subverted ''hard'' with Laura Townsend, who only appears this way because of her language difficulties, which impact her ability to do math and use complex words but otherwise have no effect on her intelligence. Isaiah points out rather sharply to his brother Tucker (also a veterinarian) that "she's probably smarter than you are!" when Tucker makes the (wrong) assumption that Laura won't understand enough about veterinary medicine to be married to a veterinarian.
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* OneTrueLove: Parker Harrigan discusses this with Rainie, telling her that as far as Harrigan men are concerned, there's one woman for them and that's it.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Mandy Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' starts going to therapy to help her [[spoiler:get over her fear of marriage]]. It's really rather refreshing to see a ''romance novel'' admit that ThePowerOfLove can't cure everything, and sometimes professional help is the best answer. Also averted in ''Always In My Heart'' with the Grant family, who finally realize they need to deal with the loss of oldest son Sammy in a better way than they have.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Mandy Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' starts going to therapy to help her [[spoiler:get over her fear of marriage]]. It's really rather refreshing to see a ''romance novel'' admit that ThePowerOfLove can't cure everything, and sometimes professional help is the best answer. Also averted in ''Always In My Heart'' with Heart'', when the Grant family, who family finally realize they need to deal with the loss of oldest son Sammy in a better way than they have.
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Catherine Anderson is a romance author, specializing in both the contemporary and historical categories. She's most known for the Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan saga and the Comache series, but has done many stand-alone stories as well.
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Catherine Anderson is a romance author, specializing in both the contemporary and historical categories. She's most known for the Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan saga and the Comache Comanche series, but has done many stand-alone stories as well.
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* KindlyVet: Isaiah Coulter (''My Sunshine'') and his twin brother Tucker (''Sun Kissed'').
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Mandy Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' starts going to therapy to help her [[spoiler:get over her fear of marriage]]. It's really rather refreshing to see a ''romance novel'' admit that ThePowerOfLove can't cure everything, and sometimes professional help is the best answer.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Mandy Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' starts going to therapy to help her [[spoiler:get over her fear of marriage]]. It's really rather refreshing to see a ''romance novel'' admit that ThePowerOfLove can't cure everything, and sometimes professional help is the best answer. Also averted in ''Always In My Heart'' with the Grant family, who finally realize they need to deal with the loss of oldest son Sammy in a better way than they have.
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* KindheartedSimpleton: Subverted ''hard'' with Laura Townsend, who only appears this way because of her language difficulties, which impact her ability to do math and use complex words but otherwise have no effect on her intelligence. Isaiah points out rather sharply to his brother Tucker (a veterinarian) that "she's probably smarter than you are!" when Tucker makes the (wrong) assumption that Laura won't understand enough about veterinary medicine to be married to a veterinarian.
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* LetsDuet: Natalie and Zeke in ''Bright Eyes'' -- Natalie's a singer.
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* ShownTheirWork: Anderson goes to great lengths to get the details of things like veterinary medicine, horse training, and general horse care right.
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* FluffyTamer: Mandy Pajeck gets Zach Harrigan's attention right quick when she manages to handle the violent stallion Tornado, which no one, not even Zach, a professional horse trainer, has been able to do. It turns out that [[spoiler:Tornado was abused by his former owners, and takes to Mandy because he somehow senses that she went through the same thing]].
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** BeautyIsBad: If the heroine's love rival is pretty, she's inevitably a Bad Person (Liz, Belinda, Hazel)
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Parker Harrigan discusses this with Rainie, telling her that as far as Harrigan men are concerned, there's one woman for them and that's it, although he's talking about love, not sex.
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Catherine Anderson is a romance author, specializing in both the contemporary and historical categories. She's most known for the Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan saga and the Comache series, but has done many stand-alone stories as well.
While her work is generally well-received among fans of the genre, others are quick to point out that her plotlines and characters aren't very original, [[http://www.mrsgiggles.com/ Mrs. Giggles]] especially.
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!!Tropes associated with this author's works include:
* AbusiveParents: Poor Mandy Pajeck, Caitlin O'Shannessy, and Maggie Stanley.
* AllAbusersAreMale: And how!
* AngstComa / HeroicBSOD: Rebecca Morgan is ''extremely'' prone to this given the trauma she's been through.
* AttemptedRape: Way too much of this.
* AuthorAppeal: You can tell Catherine is a country girl at heart by her settings, her taste in romantic heroes and her focus on animals.
* BadassPreacher: Esa Paxton aims to become one.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness
** BeautyIsBad: If the heroine's love rival is pretty, she's inevitably a Bad Person (Liz, Belinda, Hazel)
* BlessedWithSuck: Poor Loni [=McEwan=] in ''Morning Light''. She's a clairvoyant whose powers are stronger than both her mother's and grandmother's, but all they've ever done is bring her heartache and make her feel isolated.
* BreakTheCutie: A lot of her heroines, but most notably Molly Sterling, Rebecca Morgan, Maggie Stanley and Rachel Hollister.
* ButWeUsedACondom: At least Carly Adams thinks Hank Coulter did in ''Blue Skies'', anyway.
* ChildByRape: Maggie Stanley's son, Jaimie in ''Baby Love'', Annie's child in ''Annie's Song'' and Daphne O'Keefe in ''Lucky Penny''. Eden Paxton is this for her mother Dory. Fortunately the children are loved in spite of the dark means of their conceptions.
* CuteKitten: Several in ''Lucky Penny''.
* DeconfirmedBachelor: The majority of the heroes, just before the heroine crosses their path for the first time.
* DistressedDamsel: Way too many of Catherine's heroines fall under this, but Rebecca Morgan in ''Cherish'' is ''the'' quintessential example.
* DistressBall: Poor Sam Harrigan can hold her own in a fight, but during the climax of ''Sun Kissed'', her JerkAss ex-husband corners her and despite her best efforts she still ends up needing to be rescued by Tucker.
* DoesNotLikeMen: A lot of Catherine's heroines have major trust issues with men at first...
* DomesticAbuser: ...because of this. Poor, ''poor'' Molly Sterling, Sam Harrigan and Rainie Hall!
* EvilRedhead: Well, she's not exactly ''evil'', but ''Always In My Heart'''s narrative makes it quite clear that Liz is ''not'' a nice person.
* FieryRedhead: Eden Paxton and Brianna O'Keefe.
* FingerPokeOfDoom: How Marvin's poking of Ellie is seen in ''Always In My Heart''.
* FoodPorn
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Laura Townsend in ''My Sunshine''.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Rodney does this to Molly in order to make her and everyone else think she's gone crazy.
* GoldDigger: Of ''both'' genders, too!
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Even if it's a rape pregnancy.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex
* GuiltyPleasure: Sure, all her novels are ridden with Mary Sues, Gary Stus, Undyingly Unrealistic Devotion And Love Everlasting and Unrealistically Perfect Sex, but if you take them as the fantastical escapism they are, they actually are quite charming.
* HurtComfortFic: The professional published version, essentially.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Used in ''Cherish''.
* TheIngenue: Rebecca Morgan is this role to a T.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Laura Townsend, Bethany Coulter in ''Phantom Waltz''. Averted with Luke Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' until his character development.
* ItsAllMyFault: Every member of the Grant family feels this about the death of oldest son Sammy in ''Always In My Heart''. Molly and Laura also frequently apologize for things that weren't their fault, and Rebecca spends a good chunk of her story weeping and wailing about how all the tragic things surrounding her are because God hates her.
* LetsDuet: Natalie and Zeke in ''Bright Eyes'' -- Natalie's a singer.
* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: Poor Molly, really. Ditto Rainie. David also seems to treat Brianna's story like this in ''Lucky Penny'', much to Brianna's ire.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Luke and Mandy unknowingly treat each other this way for years until Zach Harrigan knocks some sense into both of them.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Oh God. SO many.
* LoveMartyr: Molly Sterling would do ''anything'' to please her slimy former husband, until she realized how dangerous he was.
* ManipulativeBastard: Molly's ex-husband Rodney in ''Sweet Nothings''. AND HOW!
* MaritalRapeLicense: Brianna fears David will try to exercise this with her.
* MurderersAreRapists: The Sebastian Gang in ''Early Dawn'' always gang rape a woman before they kill her, unless they plan to sell her.
* NatureAbhorsAVirgin: Most of Catherine's virgin heroines are embarrassed about their status.
* NoAccountingForTaste: How ''do'' these heroines end up married to such sleazeballs (or in the case of ''Seventh Heaven's'' Joe Lakota an abusive shrew) anyway?
* ObviouslyEvil: Maggie's stepfather in ''Baby Love'', Rodney Wells in ''Sweet Nothings'', Peter Danning in ''Star Bright''.
* PluckyGirl: It can't be said that these ladies don't at least ''try'' to keep going in spite of all the shit life's thrown at them. Especially Eden Paxton, Laura Townsend, and Samantha Harrigan.
* PreciousPuppies: The baby rottweilers in ''My Sunshine'', as well as Hapless the mutt.
* RaisedByDudes: Samantha Harrigan, due to her mother's DeathByChildbirth.
* RapeAsDrama: Way too much: Annie Trimble, Marilee Nelson, Moira O'Keefe, Caitlin O'Shannessy, and Maggie Stanley all suffer this fate. Eden Paxton only escapes this because the bandits want to sell her.
* RealMenWearPink: Tucker Coulter lives in a white cottage with a picket fence and elegant, feminine furnishings and if his brothers have a problem with it they can go fuck themselves. (Subverted in ''Sun Kissed'' when he realizes such dainty furnishings don't suit him as well as he thought, though).
* RedHerring: Jeb Pritchard and his boys in ''Summer Breeze''.
* RescueRomance: Anderson's bread and butter.
* SlapSlapKiss: Ellie and Tucker in ''Always In My Heart''. Loni and Clint start out this way in ''Morning Light'', and Natalie's own parents have this going on in ''Bright Eyes''. But Brianna and David in ''Lucky Penny'' take the trophy for this one.
* SmugSnake: Rodney again.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Mandy Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' [[spoiler:starts going to therapy to help her get over her fear of marriage]].
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Oh boy... Averted in ''Star Bright'' and ''Sun Kissed'', though, where the climax is something else entirely.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Ellie and Tucker's oldest son Sammy is implied to have been this in ''Always In My Heart''.
* TheVamp: Liz in ''Always In My Heart'', Belinda in ''My Sunshine''
* WifeBasherBasher: Matthew Coulter. Ever since the rape and murder of his wife, he will ''not'' stand by and let anything bad happen to a woman.
* WomanScorned: Isaiah's co-worker Belinda Baxter in ''My Sunshine'', Hazel Wright in ''Lucky Penny''.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Belinda attempts to have sex with an uninterested Isaiah, but when they get caught by another vet at the clinic she claims he was trying to rape her. Luckily for Isaiah it doesn't work.
* WrongGuyFirst: Played for drama with 90% of Anderson's heroines.
* YourCheatingHeart: Half of Anderson's heroines inexplicably marry adulterers.
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!!Tropes associated with this author's works include:
* AbusiveParents: Poor Mandy Pajeck, Caitlin O'Shannessy, and Maggie Stanley.
* AllAbusersAreMale: And how!
* AngstComa / HeroicBSOD: Rebecca Morgan is ''extremely'' prone to this given the trauma she's been through.
* AttemptedRape: Way too much of this.
* AuthorAppeal: You can tell Catherine is a country girl at heart by her settings, her taste in romantic heroes and her focus on animals.
* BadassPreacher: Esa Paxton aims to become one.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness
** BeautyIsBad: If the heroine's love rival is pretty, she's inevitably a Bad Person (Liz, Belinda, Hazel)
* BlessedWithSuck: Poor Loni [=McEwan=] in ''Morning Light''. She's a clairvoyant whose powers are stronger than both her mother's and grandmother's, but all they've ever done is bring her heartache and make her feel isolated.
* BreakTheCutie: A lot of her heroines, but most notably Molly Sterling, Rebecca Morgan, Maggie Stanley and Rachel Hollister.
* ButWeUsedACondom: At least Carly Adams thinks Hank Coulter did in ''Blue Skies'', anyway.
* ChildByRape: Maggie Stanley's son, Jaimie in ''Baby Love'', Annie's child in ''Annie's Song'' and Daphne O'Keefe in ''Lucky Penny''. Eden Paxton is this for her mother Dory. Fortunately the children are loved in spite of the dark means of their conceptions.
* CuteKitten: Several in ''Lucky Penny''.
* DeconfirmedBachelor: The majority of the heroes, just before the heroine crosses their path for the first time.
* DistressedDamsel: Way too many of Catherine's heroines fall under this, but Rebecca Morgan in ''Cherish'' is ''the'' quintessential example.
* DistressBall: Poor Sam Harrigan can hold her own in a fight, but during the climax of ''Sun Kissed'', her JerkAss ex-husband corners her and despite her best efforts she still ends up needing to be rescued by Tucker.
* DoesNotLikeMen: A lot of Catherine's heroines have major trust issues with men at first...
* DomesticAbuser: ...because of this. Poor, ''poor'' Molly Sterling, Sam Harrigan and Rainie Hall!
* EvilRedhead: Well, she's not exactly ''evil'', but ''Always In My Heart'''s narrative makes it quite clear that Liz is ''not'' a nice person.
* FieryRedhead: Eden Paxton and Brianna O'Keefe.
* FingerPokeOfDoom: How Marvin's poking of Ellie is seen in ''Always In My Heart''.
* FoodPorn
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Laura Townsend in ''My Sunshine''.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Rodney does this to Molly in order to make her and everyone else think she's gone crazy.
* GoldDigger: Of ''both'' genders, too!
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Even if it's a rape pregnancy.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex
* GuiltyPleasure: Sure, all her novels are ridden with Mary Sues, Gary Stus, Undyingly Unrealistic Devotion And Love Everlasting and Unrealistically Perfect Sex, but if you take them as the fantastical escapism they are, they actually are quite charming.
* HurtComfortFic: The professional published version, essentially.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Used in ''Cherish''.
* TheIngenue: Rebecca Morgan is this role to a T.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Laura Townsend, Bethany Coulter in ''Phantom Waltz''. Averted with Luke Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' until his character development.
* ItsAllMyFault: Every member of the Grant family feels this about the death of oldest son Sammy in ''Always In My Heart''. Molly and Laura also frequently apologize for things that weren't their fault, and Rebecca spends a good chunk of her story weeping and wailing about how all the tragic things surrounding her are because God hates her.
* LetsDuet: Natalie and Zeke in ''Bright Eyes'' -- Natalie's a singer.
* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: Poor Molly, really. Ditto Rainie. David also seems to treat Brianna's story like this in ''Lucky Penny'', much to Brianna's ire.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Luke and Mandy unknowingly treat each other this way for years until Zach Harrigan knocks some sense into both of them.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Oh God. SO many.
* LoveMartyr: Molly Sterling would do ''anything'' to please her slimy former husband, until she realized how dangerous he was.
* ManipulativeBastard: Molly's ex-husband Rodney in ''Sweet Nothings''. AND HOW!
* MaritalRapeLicense: Brianna fears David will try to exercise this with her.
* MurderersAreRapists: The Sebastian Gang in ''Early Dawn'' always gang rape a woman before they kill her, unless they plan to sell her.
* NatureAbhorsAVirgin: Most of Catherine's virgin heroines are embarrassed about their status.
* NoAccountingForTaste: How ''do'' these heroines end up married to such sleazeballs (or in the case of ''Seventh Heaven's'' Joe Lakota an abusive shrew) anyway?
* ObviouslyEvil: Maggie's stepfather in ''Baby Love'', Rodney Wells in ''Sweet Nothings'', Peter Danning in ''Star Bright''.
* PluckyGirl: It can't be said that these ladies don't at least ''try'' to keep going in spite of all the shit life's thrown at them. Especially Eden Paxton, Laura Townsend, and Samantha Harrigan.
* PreciousPuppies: The baby rottweilers in ''My Sunshine'', as well as Hapless the mutt.
* RaisedByDudes: Samantha Harrigan, due to her mother's DeathByChildbirth.
* RapeAsDrama: Way too much: Annie Trimble, Marilee Nelson, Moira O'Keefe, Caitlin O'Shannessy, and Maggie Stanley all suffer this fate. Eden Paxton only escapes this because the bandits want to sell her.
* RealMenWearPink: Tucker Coulter lives in a white cottage with a picket fence and elegant, feminine furnishings and if his brothers have a problem with it they can go fuck themselves. (Subverted in ''Sun Kissed'' when he realizes such dainty furnishings don't suit him as well as he thought, though).
* RedHerring: Jeb Pritchard and his boys in ''Summer Breeze''.
* RescueRomance: Anderson's bread and butter.
* SlapSlapKiss: Ellie and Tucker in ''Always In My Heart''. Loni and Clint start out this way in ''Morning Light'', and Natalie's own parents have this going on in ''Bright Eyes''. But Brianna and David in ''Lucky Penny'' take the trophy for this one.
* SmugSnake: Rodney again.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Mandy Pajeck in ''Here to Stay'' [[spoiler:starts going to therapy to help her get over her fear of marriage]].
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Oh boy... Averted in ''Star Bright'' and ''Sun Kissed'', though, where the climax is something else entirely.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Ellie and Tucker's oldest son Sammy is implied to have been this in ''Always In My Heart''.
* TheVamp: Liz in ''Always In My Heart'', Belinda in ''My Sunshine''
* WifeBasherBasher: Matthew Coulter. Ever since the rape and murder of his wife, he will ''not'' stand by and let anything bad happen to a woman.
* WomanScorned: Isaiah's co-worker Belinda Baxter in ''My Sunshine'', Hazel Wright in ''Lucky Penny''.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Belinda attempts to have sex with an uninterested Isaiah, but when they get caught by another vet at the clinic she claims he was trying to rape her. Luckily for Isaiah it doesn't work.
* WrongGuyFirst: Played for drama with 90% of Anderson's heroines.
* YourCheatingHeart: Half of Anderson's heroines inexplicably marry adulterers.
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