Who, Max? Well, yes. On the other hand, I rather like that one too because he richly gets his comeuppance, and has physical courage, and is obviously well-endowed a fine figure of a man. :) Also, I agree that he doesn't have as much of a sense of humour as some, but he really is motivated by love for his ward, so we know that he has a capacity for love before we ever meet Deborah.

The Masqueraders - I liked Sir Tony, but there were a couple of references in the book that made me think he was not only tall and broad shouldered, but possibly also rather too well-padded (his sister teases him for eating too much).

I liked the hero of The Toll-Gate and The Unknown Ajax as to the physical type described. Tall, broad-shouldered (okay, so I have a type, so sue me :)), slow-speaking but deceptively quick-witted, slow to move but utterly implacable when roused, knowing their strength to an inch (to quote one of them).

But I thought Sylvester was one of her best heroes - genuinely flawed, like the heroine, and we could only hope that they would manage to pull it off because it really wasn't guaranteed, but I liked both of them very much.