Hero without love for the heroine, perhaps (3)
I believe the answer is:
her
'the heroine perhaps' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'hero without love' is the wordplay.
'without' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'hero' with 'o' taken out is 'HER'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for her that I've seen before include "That lady's" , "Belonging to a female" , "The woman's" , "Belonging to the woman" , "That lady" .)