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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...
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    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..
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The Moonstone Major by Meara Platt

    The Moonstone Major by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    His scars ran deep. Only Chloe had the power to heal him.It is said moonstones shine brightest in the presence of true love. Will they shine for Chloe, the youngest of the Killigrew sisters, and Fionn, the battle-scarred hero who has closed himself off to love?Lady Chloe Killigrew is surprised to find herself much sought after in Moonstone Landing's elegant society...
  • 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 Secret of My Seduction by Caroline Linden

    The Secret of My Seduction by Caroline Linden

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    The final chapter in the Scandals series... Rule #1: Be discreet No one suspects Bathsheba Crawford of being the anonymous author of a wickedly scandalous series of naughty novels. But she is. Rule #2: Do not fall in love When she approaches her publisher, rakish Liam MacGregor, with an indecent proposal, he’s shocked. But he accepts...
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    regency  victorian  m-f  historical  open-door
  • 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...
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    regency  victorian  m-f  historical  rich heroine
  • 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...
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    regency  victorian  m-f  historical
  • 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..
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    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..
  • 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...
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    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...
  • 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..
  • A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber

    A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Sebastian Gage returns home to battle the ghosts of his past and prevent them from destroying his future with Kiera in the latest exciting installment in this national bestselling series.July 1831. It's been fifteen years since Sebastian Gage has set foot in Langstone Manor...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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..
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    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...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical
  • Impeccable by Darcy Burke

    Impeccable by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 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...
  • Designs on a Duke by Ellie St. Clair

    Designs on a Duke by Ellie St. Clair

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Her secret will save a legacy... The daughter of a famed architect, Rebecca Lambert has been raised among the nobility yet understands the circumstances of her birth. As a common woman, she will never be able to pursue her passion and become an architect as well -- at least, not under her own name...
  • A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter by Emily Windsor

    A Governess Should Never... Tempt a Prizefighter by Emily Windsor

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “So tell me, Miss Griffin, why should I employ you as governess?”A question to rouse fear within the breast of any prospective governess but for Matilda, a lady without references, appropriate brown clothing or any experience with children whatsoever, doubly so...
  • Lady Lawless by Scarlett Scott

    Lady Lawless by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Scarlett Scott comes a deliciously wicked tale of danger, treachery, and passion…Tilly, the widowed Duchess of Longleigh, finally has everything she wants. Everything, that is, except for the forbidden man who stole her heart and fathered her child before disappearing from her life. Time has passed, but she has not forgotten him...
  • Entranced by the Earl by Jillian Eaton

    Entranced by the Earl by Jillian Eaton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes love is hiding in the unlikeliest of earls... Evelyn Thorncroft wants to marry a duke, but she’ll settle for an earl. The Earl of Hawkridge, to be precise. The only problem? Weston cannot stand the sight of her. At least, that’s what he says. Their passionate kisses, however, tell a very different story...From the first moment he sees Evie across a crowded ballroom, Weston desires her...
  • A Spinster for the Wicked Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Daphne Byrne

    A Spinster for the Wicked Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Daphne Byrne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She had no desire to chase…But the Duke wanted to be caught…Lady Thalia knows she has no place in the echelons of high-society, as her father’s funds are running dangerously low. But when a chance is presented to spend three weeks in the summer house of the Dowager Duchess of Hereford, she doesn’t realize her life is about to change forever...
  • The Make-Believe Widow by Darcy Burke

    The Make-Believe Widow by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Widower James Ludlow, Earl of Rotherham, attends a house party in search of a mother for his two daughters, and his primary requirement is that he doesn’t fall in love. Having already given that emotion to his former wife without reciprocation, he prefers a mutually beneficial arrangement without sentimentality...
  • Never Have I Ever With a Duke by Darcy Burke

    Never Have I Ever With a Duke by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From the USA Today bestselling author of The Untouchables series comes your next Regency obsession: The Spitfire Society... Meet the smart, independent women who've decided they don't need Society's rules, their families' expectations, or, most importantly, a husband. But just because they don't need a man doesn't mean they might not want one..
  • Naughty or Nice: A Holiday Regency Anthology by Bree Wolf, Sydney Jane Baily

    Naughty or Nice: A Holiday Regency Anthology by Bree Wolf, Sydney Jane Baily

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The weather outside may be frightful... But this collection of Regency romances by some of your favorite authors is certain to be delightful!Christmas is a time for kisses under the mistletoe, swirling silk gowns, and dances with one's true love under the glittering candlelight..
  • Her Deceptive Duke by Scarlett Scott

    Her Deceptive Duke by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Georgiana, Duchess of Leeds, hasn't seen her husband since he left her on their wedding day for an extended hunting expedition and never returned. But she isn't the sort to wait around pining for an arrogant oaf who can't bother to recall he has a wife, no matter how sinfully handsome he may be. She finds all the fulfillment she requires in caring for the stray cats and dogs of London's streets...
  • A Duke Will Never Do by Darcy Burke

    A Duke Will Never Do by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    From the USA Today bestselling author of The Untouchables series comes your next Regency obsession: The Spitfire Society... Meet the smart, independent women who’ve decided they don’t need Society’s rules, their families’ expectations, or, most importantly, a husband. But just because they don’t need a man doesn’t mean they might not want one...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  open-door
  • Truly Beloved by Grace Burrowes

    Truly Beloved by Grace Burrowes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Fabianus Haviland, Viscount Penweather, did not journey to the wilds of Dorsetshire in the dead of winter to engage in yet another dalliance with yet another lonely widow. Being a trifle lonely himself—only a trifle—he's looking for a fresh start in fresh surrounds.Fabianus has always enjoyed the company of sensible women, though, and Lady Daisy is very sensible...
  • Dukes, Actually by Erica Ridley

    Dukes, Actually by Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Duke of Azureford isn’t the arrogant, aloof lord his peers perceive him to be. Yes, he’s awkward, but he has a plan to fix it. In order to woo a respectable lady, he must learn how to flirt. The completely inappropriate girl next door would make a perfect instructor, but a terrible duchess...
  • Discouraging the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Discouraging the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to the new world from Alexa Aston—Dukes Done Wrong.Accused of something they never did. Five boys banished from their homes in disgrace, to the place where they find the brothers of their heart—and build new family ties that will last a lifetime.A lonely army captain who suddenly finds himself a duke. A gentleman’s daughter running an estate because her father no longer can...
  • A Duke's Desire by G.L. Snodgrass

    A Duke's Desire by G.L. Snodgrass

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *** A Steamy Regency Romance *** Tall, handsome, and rich, with a touch of danger. The man risked his life to save her. What woman wouldn’t fall in love. From London’s lowest rung. A penniless Miss Ann Parker is perfectly aware that women such as herself are never admitted to his world. That won’t stop her from dreaming. The Duke of Bedford had one simple rule...
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