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  • The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster

    The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Betrayal, temptation and an impossible love.The final book in the Unmarriageable series...Some suspect that Lily Villin is the true heart of the Hart Inn, a lucky house where love always seems to blossom, whatever the obstacles. But Lily has another secret. She is in love with an enigmatic nobleman, and no luck in the world can make such a marriage possible...
  • One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley

    One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Meet the unforgettable men of London's most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke...
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  • Duchess of His Heart by Collette Cameron

    Duchess of His Heart by Collette Cameron

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He once loved her beyond all reason. Dare he risk heartbreak again? Leaving her first love behind was the hardest thing Regine, Duchess of Heartwaite, had ever done. Her marriage of convenience to another man saved her family, even as it laid waste to her heart. That was years ago, however. Now widowed, she’s ready to begin her life anew...
  • Always the Matchmaker by Emily E K Murdoch

    Always the Matchmaker by Emily E K Murdoch

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Always the matchmaker and never the bride - even when she's found her perfect partner…Miss Theodosia Ashbrooke does not believe there is anything greater than matching the perfect pair - and she's become rather expert in it. Never mind that she's never found the missing half to her own soul and body. Perhaps that's not her lot in life, even at the age of eight and twenty...
  • One Night of Passion by Erica Ridley

    One Night of Passion by Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Meet the unforgettable men of London's most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke. Seductively handsome, with charm and wit to spare, one night with these rakes and rogues will never be enough… Lifelong romantic Thaddeus Middleton is on the hunt for a wife. He hopes to find a woman more attracted to him than to money...
    Categorized as:
    regency  victorian  m-f  historical  open-door
  • The Governess Diaries by Chasity Bowlin

    The Governess Diaries by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love lost and found… As a girl, Euphemia Darrow had fallen desperately in love with the younger son of the Duke of Clarenden, Nicholas Montford. But he broke her heart with a cold dismissal before he left to join the army. Rather than pine for him, Effie found another purpose for her life...
  • To Win a Widow by Alexa Aston

    To Win a Widow by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She craved his touch—and they had yet to kiss.Book 5, the final book in the exciting new Soldiers and Soulmates series from bestselling author Alexa Aston, has arrived. A widowed duchess at loose ends, longing for love. A colonel with no family who unexpectedly becomes an earl. Two stubborn individuals who are drawn together by passion—and also find friendship . .
  • A Groom of Her Own by Christi Caldwell

    A Groom of Her Own by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Years earlier, young noblemen were ripped away from the folds of their powerful families, and forced into a dark existence on the streets. When these lost lords of London were restored to their rightful place among Polite Society, they weren't the only ones whose lives were irrevocably changed. Innocent ladies now pay the price of their families trickery and cheating..
  • A Counterfeit Courtesan by Jess Michaels

    A Counterfeit Courtesan by Jess Michaels

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    The final book in the popular series by 10 time USA Today bestselling author Jess Michaels The last of the Shelley triplets to remain unmarried, Juliana Shelley has never felt like she’s recognized as her own person. But now, scarred by a terrible attack, she’s never felt so alone. Or so tired of cleaning up every else’s mess. She longs for something just for herself...
  • Dawn with a Duke by Erica Ridley

    Dawn with a Duke by Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From a New York Times bestselling author: Secrets and scandal abound when two strong-willed opposites are snowbound together in this laugh-out-loud, heartwarming romance!As the daughter of a duke, Lady Isabelle’s pristine reputation is paramount. Her high status is how she’ll attract the titled suitor her mother insists she wed...
  • In the Dark with the Duke by Christi Caldwell

    In the Dark with the Duke by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A lady of reserve and a fierce street fighter find common ground in the second Lost Lords of London novel by USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell.Eight years ago, Lady Lila March retreated to the safe shadows of her family’s estate after a devastating tragedy. Weary of being a whisper of her former self, she is determined to brave the dangers of the outside world again...
  • The Duke's Magnificent Obsession by Chasity Bowlin

    The Duke's Magnificent Obsession by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If there is one thing I know, kisses have a tendency to alter things irrevocably.Abandoned at the family’s country estate by her employer, Minerva Stone realizes that the concerns harbored about her position with Mrs. Charlotte Entwhistle-Graves were well founded...
  • Miss Determined by Grace Burrowes

    Miss Determined by Grace Burrowes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trevor, Marquess of Tavistock, has finally decided to stop larking around on the Continent, come home, and take a bride. His solicitors applaud his decision to settle down, provided he chooses a wealthy young lady to be his marchioness. Those years Trevor spent seeing the world were bad years for the lordly coffers...
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    victorian  regency  plain heroine  historical
  • Courting Danger by Wendy Vella

    Courting Danger by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic …If only he’d taken more care, she wouldn’t now be facing her destiny.Somerset Sinclair vows not to follow in her elder siblings’ footsteps. There will be no marriages or daring rescues of any man carrying Raven blood. Somer has a career, and nothing is about to thwart that...
  • The Moonstone Marquess by Meara Platt

    The Moonstone Marquess by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    What happens when a battle-scarred hero bent on destroying himself meets an irresistible force by the name of Phoebe?Lady Phoebe Killigrew is appalled by the scandalous country parties their new neighbor, a war hero marquess, is holding at his estate in Moonstone Landing. She has every intention of keeping well away from him, until a governess arrives at her door with his two nieces...
  • Every Duke Has a Silver Lining by Tamara Gill

    Every Duke Has a Silver Lining by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He can’t deny her anything…except maybe his heart…Ashley Woodville didn’t mean any harm when she broke into Grady Kolten’s office. It was only a dare from her friends. She wasn’t supposed to get caught. And she certainly wasn’t supposed to talk the notorious gaming hell owner (and disturbingly sexy rogue) into showing her London’s wilder side. Falling for him? Also not part of the dare...
  • Duke in All But Name by Caroline Warfield

    Duke in All But Name by Caroline Warfield

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Secrets and lies threaten to pull them under, but a forced marriage may be their salvation. Gideon Kendrick grew up as the despised bastard son of the Duke of Glenmoor. Exiled to the mines by his father, he has not only survived but thrived and prospered. He lives apart, wanting nothing to do with the duke, the estate—or anything in his past, except his younger brother Phillip, the new duke...
  • Moonstone Angel by Meara Platt

    Moonstone Angel by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    He thought she was a thief, but the only thing she ever stole was his heart...
  • Tempted by Folly by Christina Dudley

    Tempted by Folly by Christina Dudley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One husband, three wives, five children…With her much-marrying father’s example before her, Miss Florence Ellsworth, eldest of the notorious “Ellsworth Assortment,” craves nothing more than respectability...
    Categorized as:
    regency  rich heroine  victorian  historical  clean
  • Impeccable by Darcy Burke

    Impeccable by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Society’s most exclusive invitation...Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London’s most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances.Former courtesan and pretend widow Evangeline Renshaw is happy with her reinvented life as a patroness of the Phoenix Club...
  • The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell

    The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In this passionate, emotional Regency romance by Christi Caldwell, society's most wicked rake meets his match in the clever Lady Chloe Edgerton! And nothing will ever be the same! She doesn’t believe in marriage…. The cruelty of men is something Lady Chloe Edgerton understands. Even in her quest to better her life and forget the past, men always seem determined to control her...
    Categorized as:
    regency  victorian  rich heroine  m-f  historical
  • Hell in a Hand Basket by Annabelle Anders

    Hell in a Hand Basket by Annabelle Anders

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sophia Babineaux has landed a husband! And a good one at that! Lord Harold, the second son of a duke, is kind, gentle, undemanding. Perhaps a little too undemanding? Because after one chance encounter with skilled rake, Captain Devlin Brooks, it is glaringly obvious that something is missing between Lord Harold and herself… pas-sion… sizzle… well… everything...
    Categorized as:
    regency  victorian  m-f  historical
  • A Wager too Wicked by Alyssa Clarke

    A Wager too Wicked by Alyssa Clarke

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Love becomes the ultimate gamble when a wager turns into a passionate affair.Lady Victoria Knightly is determined to prevent her cousin from being trapped in a loveless marriage. To achieve this, she decides to spy on Ethan Darlington, the formidable Earl of Townsend, hoping to uncover secrets to thwart his courtship intentions...
  • Forever Your Duke: A Regency Christmas Romance (12 Dukes of Christmas) by Erica Ridley

    Forever Your Duke: A Regency Christmas Romance (12 Dukes of Christmas) by Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This year, the Duke of Nottingvale's Christmastide house party doubles as a bride hunt. The handsome duke seeks a blue-blooded debutante as respectable as he is, and his parlor is brimming with paragons of propriety.Inveterate spinster and unapologetic hoyden Miss Cynthia Louise Finch does not fit the mold. Any mold...
  • Duke of Disrepute by Alexa Aston

    Duke of Disrepute by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Who doesn't love a duke? How about five of them? Welcome to bestselling author Alexa Aston's new Regency romance series, the Dukes of Distinction! These five aristocrats all come with nicknames Polite Society has bestowed upon them. Renown. Charm. Disrepute. Arrogance. Honor. A beautiful widow at the mercy of selfish relatives...A duke broken by a terrible secret..
    Categorized as:
    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  single-mother
  • Seven Nights with the Duke by Alyssa Clarke

    Seven Nights with the Duke by Alyssa Clarke

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Miss Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Fairbanks cannot forget a few abandoned moments with Rannulf Headley, the Duke of Ravenswood. Their romance had begun by accident until it ended when she discovered they were worlds apart.Now that her brother is the new Earl of Celdon, the very bad Fairbanks have been trying to behave themselves and fit into London society...
  • Ruin Me, If You Dare by Alyssa Clarke

    Ruin Me, If You Dare by Alyssa Clarke

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They are wallflowers, bluestockings, merry widows, and debutantes—members of a secret, exclusive Lady’s Club in Berkeley Square! There ladies indulge in daring wagers, learn to fight, read scandalous books, and learn the art of wooing the gentlemen they will bring to their knees…A proper lord. A rebellious lady. A dare that could ruin them both..
  • Tall, Dark & Wicked by Kathleen Ayers

    Tall, Dark & Wicked by Kathleen Ayers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    The Earl of Morwick is no gentleman. He’s not even much of an earl. Brendan would rather climb the face of a cliff than endure a London ball. When he finds himself in London for his cousin’s wedding and spies Lady Petra Grantly, he behaves like the savage he’s often accused of being. Brendan can’t wait to leave for his isolated estate where he can't be tempted by Lady Petra...
  • The Chance of Love by Meara Platt

    The Chance of Love by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    How could someone so buttoned up shoot fire through his blood the way she did? Holly Farthingale is a young widow who hardly knew her husband before he went off to war and met his untimely end. She does not want to go through the pain of that loss again and intends never to marry...
  • Taking the Spinster by Samantha Holt

    Taking the Spinster by Samantha Holt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Earl of Henleigh has no time or desire for women. Well, that’s a lie. He has the desire, but since his disastrous engagement, he’s avoided the opposite sex at all costs.It’s a shame Miss Haversham has not received the message, though.The determined reporter refuses to leave Guy alone, convinced he’s the key to a story...
    Categorized as:
    regency  class difference  m-f  historical
  • Always the Bluestocking by Emily E.K. Murdoch

    Always the Bluestocking by Emily E.K. Murdoch

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Always the bluestocking and never the bride—not that any woman should have to choose… Miss Mariah Wynn was adopted and has spent her life attempting to prove herself worthy. Intelligent and witty, it's nonetheless not a good idea to let a gentleman know you actually have brains. After all, no one marries the bluestocking, even if she is beautiful and but twenty one...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  regency  m-f  historical
  • The Hero and the Hellion by Ava Devlin

    The Hero and the Hellion by Ava Devlin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One Last Scandal, for Old Time's Sake ... A  Hero's HomecomingLieutenant Callum Laughlin has spent four long years at war. Finally, he has enough status and fortune to return to Yorkshire and reclaim the woman of his dreams - a girl he could never have wed when he was a mere stable boy. What awaits him at Somerton is far from the warm welcome he imagined...
  • The Wonder of Love by Meara Platt

    The Wonder of Love by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    She was in danger. He meant to protect her. But could he protect his heart? More Regency fun as The Book of Love brings together two reluctant hearts.Willow Farthingale never meant to punch Taunton’s magistrate, Shayne Brayden, in the nose. And she certainly did not set the fire that destroyed the coaching inn’s carriage house the very morning she was to leave for London and her society debut...
  • Missing: An Elusive Marquess: Victorian Romantic Mystery by Tammy Andresen

    Missing: An Elusive Marquess: Victorian Romantic Mystery by Tammy Andresen

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Lady Rebecca has seen a ghost…Three years after the death of her fiancé, the Marquess of Northhampton, she swears she sees him walking down the street. Why now? She can’t afford to lose her mental faculties after all this time. But then again at his father’s funeral, she sees his specter. That can’t be him under the trees...
  • Radiance by Sydney Jane Baily

    Radiance by Sydney Jane Baily

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    In this sparkling early Victorian romance by USA Today bestselling author Sydney Jane Baily, a fiery-haired Diamond daughter sets her cap at this man of science... and he doesn’t stand a chance!She’s a gifted artisan with sparkle to spare, and he’s a preoccupied man of science.At Prince Albert’s Great Exhibition, Lady Radiance Diamond falls in love..
  • Sutton's Sins by Scarlett Scott

    Sutton's Sins by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    He’s an unrepentant sinner, East End rogue, and devoted charmer of anything in petticoats. But Rafe Sutton has one small problem. He cannot seem to recall what happened between himself and one delectable, surly governess. He woke in her bed with the devil’s own headache and no memory of the evening before...
  • A Figure of Love by Minerva Spencer, S.M. LaViolette

    A Figure of Love by Minerva Spencer, S.M. LaViolette

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    These 7 Regency Era teachers are searching for work but what they get are some serious lessons in love. . . .Gareth Lockheart is one of the richest men in England, but it will take more than money for the reclusive eccentric to gain entrée into the corridors of power; it will also take a proper country estate and an aristocratic wife with impeccable connections...
  • The Mistletoe Dare by Emma V. Leech

    The Mistletoe Dare by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Outspoken Beauty…When Lady Georgina Anderson goes to spend Christmas with her godparents, The Duke and Duchess of Bedwin, she is full of anticipation. Spending the festive season with the large, boisterous family in their splendid home, away from Scotland and her three annoying older brothers will be nothing short of bliss...
  • Truly, Madly, Daring by Emma V. Leech

    Truly, Madly, Daring by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To be revealed...**** This is the seventeenth book in the series and focuses on the children of The Girls Who Dare series. They can be read separate from Girls Who Dare; however, for a more intimate experience, one should read the Girls Who Dare first. The reading order for Daring Daughters 'Heat rating of 3' -Spicy, descriptive and provocative, but not erotica...
  • My Forbidden Duchess by Miriam Minger

    My Forbidden Duchess by Miriam Minger

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Marguerite Easton dreads enduring another Season after the ton treated her so cruelly. A country parson’s daughter, she doesn’t fit in...
  • Indecent by Darcy Burke

    Indecent by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Society’s most exclusive invitation...Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London’s most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances.If Bennet St...
  • A Dream of Redemption by Bronwen Evans

    A Dream of Redemption by Bronwen Evans

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A forbidden love and a chilling mystery tease the senses in this sensuous historical romance from the USA Today bestselling author of A Kiss of Lies and A Love to Remember. Bookish and independent Lady Helen Hawkestone is expected to marry well. But, having grown up with warring parents, the institution holds little appeal...
  • To Experiment with Desire by Emma V. Leech

    To Experiment with Desire by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Girls who dare – Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen. Ten girls – Ten dares in a hat. Who will dare to risk it all? To Experiment with Desire...
  • Duke of Renown by Alexa Aston

    Duke of Renown by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Who doesn’t love a duke? How about five of them?Welcome to bestselling author Alexa Aston’s new Regency romance series, the Dukes of Distinction! These five aristocrats all come with nicknames Polite Society has bestowed upon them. Renown. Charm. Disrepute. Arrogance. Honor.A woman with a broken heart...A soldier who never dreamed he’d become a duke..
    Categorized as:
    victorian  regency  m-f  historical
  • Marquess of Fortune: Regency Romance by Tammy Andresen

    Marquess of Fortune: Regency Romance by Tammy Andresen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Marquess of Fortune is too dangerously wicked to ignore…Tall, dark, and handsome, the mysterious Lord Smith is the exact kind of man with which the sister of a baron should never consort. But he captures Miss Emily Cross's interest at every turn, her heart fluttering wildly in her chest whenever their eyes meet...
  • Insatiable by Darcy Burke

    Insatiable by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Society’s most exclusive invitation...Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London’s most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances.Lord Lucien Westbrook is Society’s most charming and helpful gentleman. Overlooked and discredited by his father, Lucien seeks to support others any way that he can—no one deserves to feel unloved...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  siblings-bff
  • Song of Love by Meara Platt

    Song of Love by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Welcome to more Regency fun and frolic in the romantic, bestselling Book of Love series. Now Violet Farthingale must put The Book of Love to the test to capture Romulus Brayden’s heart.What makes a man fall in love? Violet Farthingale is desperate to know, because she has just been caught in Captain Romulus Brayden’s home with her gown unlaced and his hands too far up her legs to explain away...
  • To Redeem a Rake by Christi Caldwell

    To Redeem a Rake by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He's spent years scandalizing society. Now, this rake must change his ways. Society's most infamous scoundrel, Daniel Winterbourne, the Earl of Monfort, has been promised a small fortune if he can relinquish his wayward, carousing lifestyle. And behaving means he must also help find a respectable companion for his youngest sister--someone who will guide her and whom she can emulate...
  • The Beast's Bargain by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont

    The Beast's Bargain by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From USATODAY Bestselling author Eva Devon, writing as Maire Claremont, comes a brand new series that will sweep you away to the drama and angst of Regency England. Glittering ballrooms, wild moors, and brooding lords waiting to be tamed by bluestockings await. . .Sometimes the only way a beast can find love is with a bargain. .
  • Dare To Be Scandalous by Tamara Gill

    Dare To Be Scandalous by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After inheriting a small fortune, Willow Perry has everything she’s ever wanted. Except a husband, that is. But not just any husband will do. She’s looking for a grand love—someone who will challenge and excite her. It’s just her folly that the one man who interests her is a notorious rake. He’s as wild and passionate as Willow is sheltered and staid...
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