Johanna is looking for a specific genre, and while I DO have a suggestion, I ALSO would love some suggestions for this, so I’m opening it up to all of our fellow readers. We are all ears!
Johanna asks:
Johanna: Maryse, I need your help again 🙂 I’m looking something a little different. An anti hero of sort, the one who doesn’t always get the girl. While I love the ones who do I was just wondering what would happen if after everything he still didn’t get the girl or vise versa. Any ideas? Thanks a mil!
Maryse: I would recommend Badger (my review). I’m not saying whether he gets the girl or not 😉 but I think this one is different enough, and just SO awesome that you’ll be very satisfied. Read it. 😀
Anyone else have any suggestions?
Linds: How did I not know this was a thing!
Maryse: If we could get a list, it would be an AWESOME thing. 😀
Jen: The first book that comes to mind is Pure Abandon. That ending was a heartbreaker.
Ashley: What about Arsen. A broken love story by Mia Asher? That fits I think. Great, great book.
Maryse: Excellent recommendation! YES! I’m adding it. 😀
Ashley: I have another one. Slammer by Tabatha Vargo. Have you read it? It’s a great book, but wow! 
that ending. Your prison post reader question made me think of it. 😀
Maryse: I’ve heard of it and now I want to read it!! I’m adding it. 😀
Kat: What about the amazingly talented Tarryn Fisher’s Mud Vein? And I totally agree on Badger, Maryse had me 1 clicking that without even knowing what it was about.
Amy: Hausfrau: A Novel. She is THE anti-heroine. I was shocked and appalled by her actions. One in particular I despised. But I *never* despised her. Not once. She was a mess but I didn’t care…I loved being a voyeur into her life. As for if she doesn’t get the guy…well, we all know *someone* always gets hurt when there is cheating going on in our books. That’s all I’m saying. 
That ending…I’ve never reacted this way to a book, but after I read the last line I ended up walking in circles and holding my head for like 5 minutes. I’m so not kidding. I literally did that. It still makes my heart and gut clench when I think of it.
MichelleS: Fairytale Come Alive, by Kristen Ashley. Loved it. And Games of the Heart (The ‘Burg Series Book 4) by Kristen Ashley. Mike didn’t get the girl in a previous book… But he does here… And it has the best side characters & story.
Kathy: Willing Captive by Belle Aurora
Yvonne: Colleen Gleason has a regency The Draculia Vampire Trilogy: Three Complete Novels of Vampire Romance in which one of the heroes does not end up with the girl. Love these books.
Johanna: Great recommendations! The only one I know is Arsen. I will definitely be adding to my tbr list
The first book that comes to mind is Pure Abandon. That ending was a heartbreaker.
YAY!! Thank you Jen! I added it. 😀
Colleen Gleason has a regency Draculia Vampire trilogy in which one of the heroes does not end up with the girl. Love these books.
Willing Captive by Belle Aurora
Fairytale Come Alive, by Kristen Ashley. Loved it.
And Games of the Heart, by Kristen Ashley. Mike didn’t get the girl in a previous book… But he does here… And it has the best side characters & story.
I’m throwing this out there again ’cause, ya know, broken record and all that. 😉
Hausfrau.
She is THE anti-heroine. I was shocked and appalled by her actions. One in particular I despised. But I *never* despised her. Not once. She was a mess but I didn’t care…I loved being a voyeur into her life.
As for if she doesn’t get the guy…well, we all know *someone* always gets hurt when there is cheating going on in our books. That’s all I’m saying. 😉 That ending…I’ve never reacted this way to a book, but after I read the last line I ended up walking in circles and holding my head for like 5 minutes. I’m so not kidding. I literally did that. It still makes my heart and gut clench when I think of it.
What about the amazingly talented Tarryn Fisher’s Mud Vein?
And I totally agree on Badger, Maryse had me 1 clicking that without even knowing what it was about.
Slammer was totally good and SURPRISE ending. Loved it!
Julie…I’m reading Slammer right now and liking it so far. 😉
And yes, yes, YES!!! Always yes for Badger. I’m so glad that quirky cover caught my eye or else I might have NEVER discovered that heartbreakingly amazing story.