Beta heroes are the bomb! They aren't overbearing or quelling, so the heroine has room to breathe and bloom. They are the rain to a heroine's soul, just as Jana says.
Oh, Mary Balogh's Bedwyn family definitely is my choice here. I'd love to find out how they are faring and whether they and Kit and Loren are still getting along. I'd also love to know if the Duke's son is turning out less stuffy than his father and whether Christine's sister has found a husband. I would imagine Christine's mother has passed away by now and would mourn her passing.