Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From Waif To His Wife | 2006 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 2 | Virgin Bought and Paid For | 2007 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 3 | One Night In His Bed | 2007 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 4 | One Night with His Virgin Mistress | 2007 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 5 | The Virgin’s Wedding Night | 2007 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 6 | Count Maxime’s Virgin | 2007 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 7 | The Spanish Duke’s Virgin Bride | 2007 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 8 | The Spaniard’s Defiant Virgin | 2007 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 9 | The Billionaire’s Virgin Mistress | 2007 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 10 | The Demetrios Bridal Bargain | 2007 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 11 | Virgin: Wedded At The Italian’s Convenience | 2008 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
Innocent Mistress, Virgin Bride is an eleven-book Harlequin Presents themed collection built around innocent heroines. Published between 2006 and 2008, every book pairs a sexually inexperienced woman with a powerful, experienced hero. The titles leave little to the imagination: Virgin Bought and Paid For, The Billionaire’s Virgin Mistress, and Virgin: Wedded At The Italian’s Convenience spell out the dynamic clearly.
The innocent heroine trope was a major fixture of Harlequin Presents during this era, and this series collects some of the purest examples. The heroes include Spanish dukes, French counts, Italian businessmen, and Greek tycoons, all accustomed to sophisticated women and caught off guard by heroines who are nothing like their usual type. From Waif To His Wife opens the series with a Cinderella-style setup, while The Demetrios Bridal Bargain adds a marriage-of-convenience angle. The eleven books offer plenty of variety in setting and specific conflict, but the core appeal is the same: watching an innocent woman hold her own against a man who thinks he has seen everything.