Books like 'A Lady Most Dangerous'

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  • One Kiss Alone by Nichole Van

    One Kiss Alone by Nichole Van

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ethan Penn-Leith is the most renowned poet of his day—his likeness so widely recognized, he is regularly accosted by adoring admirers. Everyone wants something from him—his time, words, charm, torn bits of his kilt . . . Everyone, that is, but Lady Allegra Gilbert.Twin sister to the authoritarian Duke of Kendall, Lady Allegra fights for freedom from her brother’s iron-gripped control...
  • Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr

    Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 7 ratings
    As a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap. When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire...
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  • Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly

    Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The revolution has come and gone, with Amberlough City striving to rebuild itself from the ashes. The Ospies have been ousted, and the very face of the nation has been changed in the process. Now, a rising politician is determined to bring Amberlough’s traitors to justice. Including double agent Cyril DePaul. Everyone believes Cyril deserves to suffer for his crimes..
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    m-f  fantasy  historical
  • A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett

    A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In 1866, tragedy strikes at the exclusive Windfield School. A young student drowns in a mysterious accident involving a small circle of boys. The drowning and its aftermath initiates a spiraling circle of treachery that will span three decades and entwine many lives...
  • Ares by Carly Spade

    Ares by Carly Spade

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    MMA fighter Harmony “Harm” Makos steps into the ring every day for more than the fame and glory of the fight. For her, it’s the alternative to therapy. An opportunity to tame the constant beast struggling to break free. Hardened by a broken home and high school ridicule, she’s learned to control the fury but it always lurks beneath the surface...
  • Captivating the Scoundrel by Darcy Burke

    Captivating the Scoundrel by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Daphne Foliot has always known she’ll be married off to a man who, like her, descended from one of King Arthur’s fabled knights. That doesn’t mean she wants to be, even if it is her beloved father’s wish. Raised without a mother, she owes everything to the man who encouraged and funded her education and supports her dream of becoming the first female member of the Order of the Round Table...
  • The Scarlet Trefoil: A Novel by L.A. Kelly

    The Scarlet Trefoil: A Novel by L.A. Kelly

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Trilett family and friends prepare for the joyous celebration of Tahn and Netta's wedding. Returning from a party in her honor, Netta is kidnapped, and her coachman and escorts are found murdered. It looks like the work of bandits, but Tahn is secretly sent a message that Netta will be released if he will present himself in trade...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy
  • Dangerous Magic: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Monica Fairview

    Dangerous Magic: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Monica Fairview

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sparkling tale of Regency England, a forced marriage, and two mages who must work together to save the Kingdom. Elizabeth Bennet is stunned when the Royal Mages come to her peaceful country home of Longbourn to take her away. She is even more bewildered when she is commanded to marry a powerful mage by the name of Fitzwilliam Darcy...
  • The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ‘I am Rani Jindan, Mother of the Khalsa. That is my identity. That is my fate.’Daughter of the royal kennel keeper, the beautiful Jindan Kaur went on to become Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s youngest and last queen; his favourite. She became regent when her son Dalip, barely six years old, unexpectedly inherited the throne...
  • The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn

    The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Partners now in marriage and in trade, Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane have finally returned from abroad to set up housekeeping in London. But merging their respective collections of gadgets, pets and servants leaves little room for the harried newlyweds themselves, let alone Brisbane’s private enquiry business...
  • Ridiculous! by D.L. Carter

    Ridiculous! by D.L. Carter

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Identity theft regency style. After the death of her miserly cousin Antony North, Millicent Boarder is determined her family should never be poor or vulnerable again. To protect them she conceals her cousin's death and assumes his identity. Now she must face the Ton and the world as Mr. North and accept the price she must pay for her family's safety -- she will never be loved...
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    victorian  historical  humor  regency  fantasy  open-door
  • Scales and Sensibility (Regency Dragons) by Stephanie Burgis

    Scales and Sensibility (Regency Dragons) by Stephanie Burgis

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sensible, practical Elinor Tregarth really did plan to be the model poor relation when she moved into Hathergill Hall. She certainly never meant to kidnap her awful cousin Penelope's pet dragon. She never expected to fall in love with the shameless - but surprisingly sweet - fortune hunter who came to court Penelope...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  regency  fantasy  humor
  • Never Conspire with a Sinful Baron by Renee Ann Miller

    Never Conspire with a Sinful Baron by Renee Ann Miller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Last season, Lady Nina Trent fell for a scoundrel. This year, she intends to choose more wisely... When a duke more interested in fox hunting and sports than womanizing comes to town, Nina thinks him the perfect catch. Sadly, he doesn't seem to notice her...
  • Trollmåne by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Trollmåne by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Christa Lind var utvalgt til å føde Isfolkets helt spesielle barn, som med tiden skulle ta kampen opp mot selveste Tengel den onde. Christas stefar ville at hun skulle gifte seg med den kristne enkemannen Abel...
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    m-f  historical  fantasy  europe  scandinavia
  • Våroffer by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Våroffer by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Vinga Tark og Heike Lind, begge av Isfolket, hadde startet kampen for å få tilbake slektens eiendommer. Men ennå satt den hensynsløse dommer Snivel på Gråstensholm, Heikes rettsmessige arvegods...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy  europe  scandinavia
  • Dragens tenner by Margit Sandemo

    Dragens tenner by Margit Sandemo

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Først da Sölve Lind av Isfolket var nesten voksen, oppdaget han at han var en av Isfolkets rammede og hadde evner utenom det vanlige. Alt han virkelig ønsket seg, fikk han, selv om ønskene var både egoistiske og kriminelle...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy  europe  scandinavia
  • Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis

    Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Cassandra Harwood scandalized her nation when she became the first woman magician in Angland...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy
  • Feber i blodet by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Feber i blodet by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde ingått en pakt med djevelen... Villemo kunne ikke glemme sin elskede Dominic, på tross av at familien gjorde alt for å holde dem fra hverandre. Da de endelig møttes igjen i Danmark, var lengselen etter ham som en feber i blodet...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy  scandinavia  europe
  • Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

    Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The bold and beautiful Bathsheba Everdene has arrived at weatherbury, creating a stir in the idyllic community of the countryside...
  • Blodhevn by Margit Sandemo

    Blodhevn by Margit Sandemo

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Et ulykkelig kjærlighetsforhold gjorde at Villemo Kalebsdatter ble innblandet i drapet på den mektige Woller-bondens sønn. Woller svor hevn - for enhver pris...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  mystery  fantasy  europe  scandinavia
  • Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn

    Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 28 ratings
    After eight idyllic months in the Mediterranean, Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband are ready to put their investigative talents to work once more. At the urging of Julia's eccentric family, they hurry to India to aid an old friend, the newly widowed Jane Cavendish...
  • Rop av stumme røster by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rop av stumme røster by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Nataniel Gard av Isfolket var en syvende sønns syvende sønn, og utvalgt til å lede den endelige kampen mot Tengel den onde. Men ennå var han umoden og trengte vanskelige oppgaver å trene seg på...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  mystery  historical  fantasy
  • Skrekkens by by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Skrekkens by by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... En råkald januardag i 1937 kom Døden til Halden by, med en blindpassasjer på et skip fra Rotterdam. Blant de mange som ble truet på livet, var den selvutslettende og underkuede Vinnie Dahlen...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy
  • How to Catch a Sinful Marquess by Amy Rose Bennett

    How to Catch a Sinful Marquess by Amy Rose Bennett

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A reserved debutante and a former soldier make an unlikely but fated match as they hasten for the Isle of Skye. Orphaned heiress Olivia de Vere should have the world--or at least the men of the ton--at her feet. But when she's thrown out of a young ladies' academy, Olivia doubts she'll ever find someone who will love her, rather than her bank account...
  • Murder at the Mayfair Hotel by C.J. Archer

    Murder at the Mayfair Hotel by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    It was the most fashionable place to stay in London, until murder made a reservation. Solve the puzzle in this new cozy historical mystery from USA Today bestselling author of the Glass and Steele series.December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  mystery  historical  regency  suspense  fantasy
  • Herb-Wife by Elizabeth McCoy

    Herb-Wife by Elizabeth McCoy

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Lord Alchemist must be immune to hostile potions. But in all of Cymelia, there are only three with the alchemist's immunity: Iathor, his brother Iasen, and the half-barbarian herb-witch, Kessa. Though Kessa is hardly the expected wife of a noble, Iathor has secured a betrothal - but his brother has vowed to prevent the marriage by any means necessary...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy
  • How to Love a Dangerous Rogue by Scarlett Scott

    How to Love a Dangerous Rogue by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott comes a dazzling new age-gap Regency romance between a ruthless king and the daring lady who wins his jaded heart...Lady Tansy Francis has been a loyal lady-in-waiting for most of her life. In the eyes of the ton, she has come to London for the formal betrothal announcement of the princess who is like a sister to her...
  • Djevlekløften by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Djevlekløften by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Gunilla i Knapahult ble oppdratt i Herrens tukt og formaning, og det betydde pryl for synder hun aldri hadde begått. Hennes fars store drøm var å få henne gift med den fine Arv Grip, selv om Gunilla elsket en annen...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  mystery  historical  fantasy  europe  scandinavia
  • Vinden fra øst by Margit Sandemo

    Vinden fra øst by Margit Sandemo

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Da Karl XII bestemte seg for å erobre Russland, ante han neppe hvor mye sorg og elendighet han skulle forårsake. Vendel Grip av Isfolket var en av de mange ulykkelige som havnet i en russisk fangeleir langt inne i Sibir...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy  europe  scandinavia
  • Skjulte spor by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Skjulte spor by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Som jentunge ble Karine Volden brutalt voldtatt to ganger. Selv om hun til en viss grad klarte å undertrykke de grusomme opplevelsene, ble hun stadig mer innesluttet og redd for kontakt med andre...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  war  historical  fantasy
  • Vandring i mørket by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Vandring i mørket by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... I slumpområdet Marismas i Spania satt en amatørkomponist og eksperimenterte med trollstemt musikk. Han fullførte aldri "verket", men tonene var nok til å få Tengel den onde til å røre på seg...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy  europe  scandinavia
  • Den siste ridder by Margit Sandemo

    Den siste ridder by Margit Sandemo

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Tristan Paladin var Isfolkets mest følsomme og dypt ulykkelige mann. Han hadde lite å leve for før han møtte Hildegard, som ble slått og hundset av sin mann og led av en livstruende sykdom. Ridderlig som han var, ville Tristan hjelpe den stakkars kvinnen...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy  europe  scandinavia
  • Timeless by Shelly Thacker

    Timeless by Shelly Thacker

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    He defied the boundaries of time to love her forever.... LOST WORLD First came the erotic dream, so vivid it took her breath away. Then came the fierce Viking warrior who kidnapped her from Antwerp and swept her away to an enchanted island. Against her will, Lady Avril de Varennes wed her steely-armed captor, Hauk Valbrand...
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    m-f  fantasy  historical  open-door  scandinavia  europe
  • Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis

    Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 15 ratings
    In nineteenth-century Angland, magic is reserved for gentlemen while ladies attend to the more practical business of politics. But Cassandra Harwood has never followed the rules... Four months ago, Cassandra Harwood was the first woman magician in Angland, and she was betrothed to the brilliant, intense love of her life...
  • The Third Son by Elise Marion

    The Third Son by Elise Marion

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prince Damien, the spoiled youngest son of the king of Cardenas, finds that his world will never quite be the same again when a fiery Gypsy girl, Esmeralda, comes dancing into his privileged life. Rake. Rogue. Scoundrel. Each of these words has been used to describe Damien Largess, youngest prince of Cardenas, most frequently by his ridiculously somber eldest brother...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  fantasy  historical  mystery  suspense
  • The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James

    The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Many rumors abound about a mysterious gentleman said to be the love of Jane's life;finally, the truth may have been found..
  • The Guardian by Joan Wolf

    The Guardian by Joan Wolf

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Annabelle and Stephen have loved each other since first they met as children. When Stephen gets into trouble with the law and is sent to Jamaica by his family, Annabelle marries his elder brother, the Earl of Weston. The book opens with the death of Gerald and the naming of Stephen as guardian to Annabelle’s son, Giles...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  regency  historical  fantasy
  • Herb-Witch by Elizabeth McCoy

    Herb-Witch by Elizabeth McCoy

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Lord Alchemist must be immune to hostile potions. But in all the country, there are only two known immunes: Iathor Kymus, the Lord Alchemist, and his feckless brother, Iasen. Kessa is a half-barbarian herb-witch, arrested for crimes she didn't quite intend...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy  high fantasy
  • Den ensomme by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Den ensomme by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Mikael Lind av Isfolket var en ensom og dypt ulykkelig ung mann. I hele sitt liv hadde han vært tvunget til å føye seg etter andre...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  mystery  historical  fantasy  europe  scandinavia
  • Barnabas Tew and The Case Of The Missing Scarab by Columbkill Noonan

    Barnabas Tew and The Case Of The Missing Scarab by Columbkill Noonan

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Barnabas Tew is a private detective struggling to survive in his trade in Victorian London. Fearing that he is not as clever as he had hoped to be, he is plagued by a lack of confidence brought on in no small part by his failure to prevent the untimely deaths of several of his clients...
  • The Rainbow by David Herbert Lawrence

    The Rainbow by David Herbert Lawrence

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The Rainbow is a 1915 novel by British author D. H. Lawrence. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family, particularly focusing on the sexual dynamics of, and relations between, the characters...
  • Trouble at the Wedding by Laura Lee Guhrke

    Trouble at the Wedding by Laura Lee Guhrke

    Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Annabel is about to marry the perfect man . . .The last thing Miss Annabel Wheaton desires is true love. She learned the hard way that love makes a woman foolish and leads only to heartache. That’s why she agreed to marry an earl who needs her money. He’s got a pedigree and a country estate, and he won’t ever break her heart. There’s only one problem . .
  • The Sultan's Seal by Jenny White

    The Sultan's Seal by Jenny White

    Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Rich in sensuous detail, this first novel brilliantly captures the political and social upheavals of the waning Ottoman Empire. The naked body of a young Englishwoman washes up in Istanbul wearing a pendant inscribed with the seal of the deposed sultan. The death resembles the murder by strangulation of another English governess, a crime that was never solved...
  • The Professor by Charlotte Bronte

    The Professor by Charlotte Bronte

    Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    Discover the Hidden Gem from the Author of Jane Eyre! 📚 Dive into the lesser-known masterpiece from Charlotte Brontë, the genius behind Jane Eyre and Villette. In "The Professor," she weaves a compelling tale of love, ambition, and resilience. 🏫 William Crimsworth, our unconventional hero, escapes the constraints of his English society to seek adventure in the exotic world of Brussels...
  • Effi Briest illustriert by Theodor Fontane

    Effi Briest illustriert by Theodor Fontane

    Rated: 3.26 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Nach einer behüteten Kindheit heiratet die 17jährige Effi, dem Willen ihrer Eltern entsprechend, den fast 20 Jahre älteren Baron von Innstetten, ein Jugendfreund ihrer Mutter, dem sie nach Kessin, einem kleinen Ort an der Ostsee folgt...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  mystery  fantasy  historical
  • Viridis by Calista Taylor

    Viridis by Calista Taylor

    Rated: 2.73 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In steampunk Victorian London, Lady Phoebe Hughes develops an herbal elixir, Viridis, unlike any other. London’s elite flock to her club to experience the euphoria and heightened senses the drink brings. Imagine an orgasm brought on by a single kiss...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  fantasy  historical  suspense  mystery  steampunk
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