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24 current deals matching Historical Fiction + Romance
The Last Rose of Shanghai
Weina Dai Randel
Historical FictionRomance
Called “a must-read for historical fiction lovers” by Chanel Cleeton, this novel is a strong match for readers who enjoy WWII historical fiction, forbidden romance, and stories set…
Wall Street Journal Bestseller National Jewish Book Awards Finalist Goodreads Choice Awards Best Historical Fiction Nominee
"Weina Dai Randel's poignant, sweeping love story paints a vibrant portrait of a little-known slice of World War II history. Not to be missed!" ―Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code and The Huntress
"A powerful story of the relationship between a Shanghai heiress and a Jewish refugee...one readers will never forget." ―Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman with the Blue Star
"A must-read for historical fiction lovers. Filled with page-turning suspense and a poignant and unforgettable love story, Weina Dai Randel wholly immerses the reader in this richly detailed and powerfully drawn story." ―Chanel Cleeton, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and the freedom of music...
1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi's club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz—but their differences seem insurmountable, and Aiyi is engaged to another man.
As the war escalates, Aiyi and Ernest find themselves torn apart, and their choices between love and survival grow more desperate. In the face of overwhelming odds, a chain of events is set in motion that will change both their lives forever.
From the electrifying jazz clubs to the impoverished streets of a city under siege, The Last Rose of Shanghai is a timeless, sweeping story of love and redemption.
Our take
A Wall Street Journal bestseller, The Last Rose of Shanghai follows Aiyi Shao, a Shanghai nightclub owner, and Ernest Reismann, a Jewish refugee pianist, whose growing romance faces cultural barriers, family expectations, and the dangers of war in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Called “a must-read for historical fiction lovers” by Chanel Cleeton, this novel is a strong match for readers who enjoy WWII historical fiction, forbidden romance, and stories set against richly detailed historical backdrops.
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The Angel of Warsaw
Rebecca Scott
Historical FictionRomance
A good pick for fans of World War II historical fiction focused on resistance efforts, civilian rescue missions, and wartime courage.
Inspired by true events, blending white-knuckle suspense with wartime romance, a woman who would become known as the female Schindler, risks everything to smuggle children out of the ghetto and away from the grasp of the Gestapo…
Warsaw, 1939. The Nazi invasion shatters the city, as Nazi banners rise, hunger gnaws, and walls create a ghetto. SS patrols prowl and trains stand ready for “resettlement” camps of Treblinka.
Granted access to the ghetto as a “public health specialist,” Irena Sendler steps through the gates with forged papers and begins with the smallest, most dangerous act: smuggling children out and away from certain death.
With help from a group of rebels, Jewish residents and her lover, Irena builds a pipeline under the occupier’s nose, using any means necessary, including the city’s sewers.
At unimaginable personal risk, she keeps one last secret hidden. But if she is caught the truth threatens to remain hidden forever…
Inspired by the true story of Irena Sendler, the Polish social worker who helped rescue more than 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, The Angel of Warsaw is an unforgettable, heart-stopping novel of resistance, sacrifice, bravery and love.
Our take
Inspired by the true story of Irena Sendler, this historical novel follows a Polish social worker who risks her life rescuing Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation. Working with resistance members, Jewish residents, and her lover, Irena uses forged documents and secret escape routes to help children reach safety, with a 4.1-star average from more than 1,500 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for fans of World War II historical fiction focused on resistance efforts, civilian rescue missions, and wartime courage.
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A Fortunate Miscalculation
Karen Thornell
Historical FictionRomance
A warm fit for readers who like clean Regency romance, second chances, intelligent heroines, and low-spice courtship.
A wager. An inconvenient love. A fortunate miscalculation that changes everything.
Andrew Langford is an honorable man. So it is deeply inconvenient when Sophie Renard, the woman he loved, appears at his door on the very day he’s reminded of a youthful wager that will cost the last unwed man a small fortune. She is beautiful, desperate, and, Andrew believes, married.
Sophie came to London for a prestigious mathematics position that she’s worked toward for six years. But after the promised job is withdrawn, she faces humiliating failure unless she can persuade her employer to reconsider. With no one else to turn to, she seeks help from her old friend, Andrew.
Andrew offers assistance where he can, determined to be nothing more than a friend. But proximity rekindles old feelings neither of them can afford, and Sophie’s charm and brilliance remind him why he once fell for her. As secrets unravel and the future threatens to pull them apart for a second time, they both must decide what they are willing to risk for love.
A Fortunate Miscalculation is a clean regency romance without any explicit content.
Seven Gentlemen. One Reckless Wager. A Fortune in Play—and Their Hearts on the Line. A Fortunate Miscalculation is book one in The Gentlemen's Gamble, a series about six men racing to the altar in order to avoid losing a wager.
Our take
Mathematician Sophie Renard turns to former love Andrew Langford after a promised London job disappears, while he is caught in a wager that penalizes the last unmarried man. Their renewed proximity revives old feelings and mistaken assumptions, with a 4.2-star average from more than 1,100 Goodreads ratings. A warm fit for readers who like clean Regency romance, second chances, intelligent heroines, and low-spice courtship.
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Secrets of a Summer Night
Lisa Kleypas
Historical FictionRomance
A strong match for readers drawn to wallflower friendships, class differences, determined heroines, and sensual historical romance.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Devil in Disguise, the first book in her beloved Wallflowers series.
The Wallflowers: four young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands . . . no matter what it takes.
Proud and beautiful Annabelle Peyton could have her pick of suitors—if only she had a dowry. Her family is on the brink of disaster, and the only way Annabelle can save them is to marry a wealthy man. Unfortunately her most persistent admirer is the brash Simon Hunt, a handsome and ambitious entrepreneur who wants her as his mistress.
Annabelle is determined to resist Simon's wicked propositions, but she can't deny her attraction to the boldly seductive rogue, any more than he can resist the challenge she presents. As they try to outmaneuver each other, they find themselves surrendering to a love more powerful than they could have ever imagined. But fate may have other plans—and it will take all of Annabelle's courage to face a peril that could destroy everything she holds dear.
Our take
Called “By turns amusing, sensual and sober, but always compelling” in a starred Publishers Weekly review, this Regency romance follows penniless Annabelle Peyton, who needs a wealthy husband to save her family but is drawn to ambitious entrepreneur Simon Hunt. It has a 4.4-star rating from more than 8,800 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to wallflower friendships, class differences, determined heroines, and sensual historical romance.
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The Duke’s Inconvenient Bride
Jayne Rivers
Historical FictionRomance
Readers who enjoy substitute brides, marriages of convenience, shy wallflowers, and emotionally distant dukes should find plenty to like here.
A jilted duke. A shy wallflower. A marriage of convenience that neither of them wants.
When Lady Emma Carlisle’s twin sister jilts the wealthy and influential Duke of Ashford, their distraught parents pressure shy Lady Emma to marry the duke in her sister’s place, dashing her hopes of a love match.
Lady Emma is determined to make the best of the situation, but her new husband is cold, aloof, and wants nothing to do with her. In his quieter moments, she catches glimpses of a thoughtful and intelligent man she’d like to know better, if only he weren’t determined to keep her at a distance.
Lady Emma is willing to offer the duke her heart, but she knows there’s every chance he’ll break it. After all, why would the handsomest man in the ton fall for his second best bride?
If you love the glamor of Bridgerton or the drama of Downton Abbey, then The Duke's Inconvenient Bride is your next must-read book.
Our take
When Lady Emma Carlisle’s twin jilts the Duke of Ashford, Emma is pressured into taking her sister’s place in a marriage neither wants. She tries to reach the thoughtful man behind her husband’s cold reserve, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 4,600 Amazon reviewers. Readers who enjoy substitute brides, marriages of convenience, shy wallflowers, and emotionally distant dukes should find plenty to like here.
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Duke with a Reputation
Scarlett Scott
Historical FictionRomance
Best for readers who like high-heat historical romance, guarded widows, reluctant marriage, and heroes who fall first.
From USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott comes a scorching-hot enemies-to-lovers romance between a single dad duke and the fiercely independent countess who has vowed to guard her heart at all costs...
The Duke of Brandon is London’s most infamous rake. But his world crashes to a decided halt when the sins of his past come back to haunt him in the form of one small she-devil of a child who has green eyes just like his. To make matters worse, his disapproving grandmother has decided he must marry or forfeit his inheritance.
Now, he has no choice but to raise a daughter, find a suitable wife, and keep his harridan grandmother from discovering his sordid secrets as founder of the Wicked Dukes Society. So when the tempting, fiery-haired Countess of Grenfell propositions him, he offers her something else instead—a marriage of convenience.
Lottie, Countess of Grenfell, is London’s most notorious widow. Her doomed, one-sided marriage left her with a broken heart and a determination never to wed again. What she wants is simple—passion, independence, and one night in the Duke of Brandon’s bed. Or in his scandalous chair. Perhaps even against a wall. She wouldn’t marry him, however, if he were the last man on earth.
Brandon is quickly running out of time. He must persuade Lottie to become his duchess with all haste or risk losing everything. As he sets out to seduce her into marriage, he’s shocked to realize he’s done the one thing he previously believed himself incapable of along the way—he’s fallen in love. But Lottie’s bruised and battered heart is more guarded than his, and she has vowed never to allow another man to hurt her again.
Our take
Notorious widow Lottie wants passion without another marriage, while the Duke of Brandon urgently needs her to become his duchess or risk losing everything. His attempt to seduce her into marriage becomes love, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 3,500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like high-heat historical romance, guarded widows, reluctant marriage, and heroes who fall first.
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Cherish and the Duke
Meara Platt
Historical FictionRomance
Ideal for readers looking for lighthearted Regency romance, an older hero, inheritance pressure, and a courtship plan that goes off course.
Sometimes, the best-laid plans go awry in the best way.
Gawain Burton, the Duke of Bromleigh, is a Silver Duke, and everyone in the ton knows these exceptionally handsome forty-something men with some gray salted in their hair have no intention of ever marrying. However, carrying on the Bromleigh title is important, and Gawain is determined to find a proper wife for his nephew and heir. To that end, he attends a house party at the country estate of his cousin, Lady Shoreham, who claims to have found his nephew the perfect wife. Gawain heartily agrees with her choice, for Lady Cherish Northam is intelligent, soft-spoken, has a lovely sense of humor, and is beautiful. Her hair is the color of molten honey and her eyes are a dark brandy brown. The only problem is that she is shy, and Gawain must help her overcome that shyness and put herself forward so that his nephew notices her. Gawain certainly has noticed her…and, dear heaven, she seems to be noticing him. Will his heart allow him to give up Cherish?
Lady Cherish Northam’s life has taken a turn for the worse after the death of her parents. She finds herself reduced to little more than a servant in what was once her own household. Her uncle, the new Earl of Northam, is a toad who means to keep her on as unpaid help. So when her friend and neighbor, Lady Shoreham, invites her to her house party, Cherish leaps at the chance. She needs to marry to claim the trust fund inheritance her father left in the control of her uncle, but what seems a simple decision becomes quite complicated when she falls in love with Gawain. He is a Silver Duke and everyone knows these gorgeous-as-sin dukes do not marry. Can she harden her heart and marry his nephew? She doesn’t think so. But what choice does she have? Unless… Can she possibly win Gawain’s heart?
Cherish and the Duke is a lighthearted Regency historical romance, the first in the Silver Duke series. Enjoy the read as these heroes who seem to have it all find the one thing that has eluded them throughout their lives…love.
Our take
Lady Cherish Northam needs a husband to claim the inheritance controlled by her uncle, and Gawain Burton plans to help her attract his nephew. Instead, the shy heiress and confirmed bachelor duke fall for each other, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 3,000 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers looking for lighthearted Regency romance, an older hero, inheritance pressure, and a courtship plan that goes off course.
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The Banished Bride
Andrea Pickens
Historical FictionRomance
Best for readers who like secret identities, second-chance marriages, capable heroines, and Regency romance with espionage.
She's spent years as his forgotten wife. He has no idea the woman who saved him is the bride he left behind.
A drunken laugh, a roll of the dice—and Aurora Sprague's fate is sealed. Married off as a child to settle her father's gaming debt, she watches her new husband gallop away to the army moments after the ceremony. Banished to a remote estate, she becomes a wife in name only, abandoned before she ever had the chance to be known.
Years later, Aurora has grown into a woman of sharp wit and quiet fire. When she crosses paths with a wounded intelligence officer under attack, she doesn't hesitate—she acts. The man she saves is danger wrapped in duty, guarded and magnetic. The sparks between them are immediate, undeniable, and utterly forbidden.
What Aurora knows—and Alex Fenimore does not—is that she is already his. His forgotten bride. His wife in law if not in truth. And as their lives collide again, the passion neither expected may prove more dangerous than any secret he's ever kept.
A Regency romance of second chances, secret identities, and a marriage that begins with a gamble—and ignites when two strangers discover they were never strangers at all.
Our take
Aurora Sprague is married as a child to settle her father’s gambling debt, then abandoned when her new husband, Alex Fenimore, leaves for the army. Years later, she saves the intelligence officer without revealing she is the forgotten wife he left behind, with a 3.9-star average from more than 600 Goodreads ratings. Best for readers who like secret identities, second-chance marriages, capable heroines, and Regency romance with espionage.
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The Villain
Christi Caldwell
Historical FictionRomance
A sharp fit for readers drawn to ruthless aristocrats, enemies-to-lovers tension, revenge plots, and high-heat historical romance.
For readers of USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell’s The Duke Alone, The Heiress at Sea, A Sure Duke, The Captain, and While You Were Sailing—comes a darker tale of passion, power, and betrayal at the edge of empire.
The McQuoids built their fortune on the sea.
And their ruin may come from it.
When London’s most eminent shipping families ignite a feud over dominance of the seas, no one is safe from the fallout. Alliances are forged in secrets and broken in scandal. Daughters become pawns. Enemies become lovers. And every vow is bought in blood—or desire.
From the storm-lashed coastlines of England to the icy harbors of Scotland, and beyond, each story in the McQuoid Family Saga follows a love born from the wreckage of ambition: dangerous men who swore vengeance, and the women who bring them to their knees.
Ruthless. Romantic. Unforgiving.
This is not polite society.
This is war at sea—and in the heart.
Each book stands alone, but together reveals the rise, the ruin, and the redemption of the McQuoid family empire.
Our take
August Archdale, Earl of Culross, stops Meghan Smith’s wedding to use her against the shipping dynasty threatening his power, but her defiance turns his calculated revenge into obsession. This dark, explicit Regency romance has a 4.4-star rating from more than 500 Amazon reviewers. A sharp fit for readers drawn to ruthless aristocrats, enemies-to-lovers tension, revenge plots, and high-heat historical romance.
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A Lady’s Honor
A.S. Fenichel
Historical FictionRomance
A warm fit for readers who like capable heroines, widowed heroes, household transformation, and historical romance with competing suitors.
Not every match is made at the marriage mart . . .
After a disastrous, short-lived engagement and years of caring for her ailing grandmother, Phoebe Hallsmith is resigned to spinsterhood. But if she must be unmarried, far better to be of use than languishing at home, disappointing her parents. As an employee of the Everton Domestic Society of London, Phoebe accepts a position at the country home of an old friend and discovers an estate—and a lord of the manor—in a state of complete chaos.
Losing himself in the bottle has done nothing to ease Markus Flammel’s grief over losing his wife. Not even his toddler daughter can bring him back from the brink. Now this fiery, strong-minded redhead has taken over his home, firing and hiring servants at will and arousing unexpected desire. As not one, but two suitors suddenly vie for Phoebe’s hand, can Markus move past loss and fight for a future with the woman who has transformed his world?
Our take
Resigned to spinsterhood, Phoebe Hallsmith takes a position with the Everton Domestic Society and arrives at a chaotic country estate run by grieving widower Markus Flammel. As she restores order and draws his attention, two suitors begin competing for her hand, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 1,300 Amazon reviewers. A warm fit for readers who like capable heroines, widowed heroes, household transformation, and historical romance with competing suitors.
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Duchess Out Of Nowhere
Emmi West
Historical FictionRomance
Best for readers who like marriage-of-convenience Regency romance, wallflower heroines, brooding dukes, and fertility conflicts.
Henrietta Bellinger cannot have children.
Unfortunately, she is also perilously close to ruin.
So when an invitation to her dearest friend’s wedding arrives, she goes, despite everything.
But the windswept moor of Yorkshire offers no celebration.
The bride has fled.
The groom has vanished.
And on the bed lies an abandoned wedding gown.
Just for a moment, Henrietta slips into silk and lace, indulging in a fantasy that was never meant for her.
Then she turns.
And finds herself face to face with him.
The Nightmare Duke.
To prevent scandal, he makes an outrageous proposal: marry him, and he will save her from ruin.
Moments later, Miss Bellinger becomes the Duchess of Blackburrow.
She is safe.
She is secure.
And quite possibly in serious trouble.
Because the brooding Duke of Blackburrow did not marry for companionship.
He married for an heir.
How can Henrietta convince him that she cannot give him a child…
even if the Duke seems determined to try every single night?
Seductive – witty – compelling. Once a penniless wallflower… now a duchess facing the one truth that may change everything. A standalone novel with a happily-ever-after. For adult readers only.
Our take
Facing ruin, Henrietta Bellinger impulsively tries on an abandoned wedding gown and is discovered by the brooding Duke of Blackburrow, who offers marriage to prevent scandal. The bargain makes her a duchess but rests on his need for an heir she knows she cannot provide, with a 4.3-star average from more than 300 Goodreads ratings. Best for readers who like marriage-of-convenience Regency romance, wallflower heroines, brooding dukes, and fertility conflicts.
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A Most Enticing Enigma
Rebecca Connolly
Historical FictionRomance
Readers who enjoy competent heroines, estate-management conflicts, sharp banter, and restrained romance should find plenty to like here.
Elena Williams has been living at her intended’s estate, Fenmore Park, for three years while he tours Europe. With permission to run the estate in his absence, she has taken the liberty of secretly becoming the actual estate manager as well, seeing to the business aspects and running of the farms and livestock and tenants. Her work has brought prosperity to the estate that has been unexpected, and she is well aware that her time in this role is limited. When word reaches her of her intended’s passing, Ellie waits anxiously for the future of Fenmore—and herself—to be determined.
West Howard, the new Lord Bickham, is pleased to be taking over his half-brother’s estate and is determined to bring the place back to the bounty and comforts he recalls as a boy. What he does not expect is the fiery woman living at Fenmore as lady of the manor. Her blunt opinions, involvement in estate manners, and infuriating habit of wearing breeches to the farms threatens to disrupt all of his plans, and the secret she holds makes her the most unusual—and fascinating—woman he has ever had the misfortune to meet.
Our take
After her intended dies abroad, Elena Williams’s future at Fenmore Park is thrown into question just as West Howard arrives to claim his half-brother’s estate. Her secret work as the estate’s capable manager puts them at odds in this closed-door Regency romance, with a 4.3-star average from more than 700 Goodreads ratings. Readers who enjoy competent heroines, estate-management conflicts, sharp banter, and restrained romance should find plenty to like here.
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A Class Apart
Susie Murphy
Historical FictionRomance
A strong fit for readers drawn to sweeping historical romance about class, family, and social conflict.
'A beautifully written historical novel with characters who linger long after the last page is turned.' Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home
Society said they shouldn't fall in love...
It’s 1828, and Ireland is in turmoil as Irish tenants protest against their upper-class English landlords.
Nineteen-year-old Bridget Muldowney is thrilled to return to the estate in Carlow she’ll inherit when she comes of age. But since she left for Dublin seven years earlier, the tomboy has become a refined young lady, engaged to be married to a dashing English gentleman.
Cormac McGovern, now a stable hand on the estate, has missed his childhood friend. He and Bridget had once been thick as thieves, running wild around the countryside together.
When Bridget and Cormac meet again their friendship begins to rekindle, but it’s different now that they are adults. Bridget’s overbearing mother, determined to enforce the employer-servant boundaries, conspires with Bridget’s fiancé to keep the pair apart.
With the odds stacked against them, can Bridget and Cormac’s childhood attachment blossom into something more?
A Class Apart is the first book in Susie Murphy's historical fiction series A Matter of Class. The story continues in the second book, A Class Entwined.
Our take
Called “a beautifully written historical novel” by Hazel Gaynor, this 1828 Irish saga follows childhood friends Bridget Muldowney and Cormac McGovern as they reunite across the divide between landowner and servant. Family expectations, an unwanted engagement, and political unrest threaten their growing love, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 5,000 Amazon reviewers. A strong fit for readers drawn to sweeping historical romance about class, family, and social conflict.
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Unmasking the Silver Heiress
Ava Devlin
Historical FictionRomance
Ideal for readers looking for steamy Regency romance with marriage complications, espionage, mystery, and danger.
Running off with her best friend's intended was not how she imagined securing the man of her dreams. Getting tangled in a web of espionage and mystery was also less than ideal.
Nathaniel Atlas was gorgeous and charming, an impossibly good catch for an unfashionable bluestocking like Nell, but what dangerous secrets were hidden under that polished politician's mask of his? What was he really after, and how did he become entangled with the enigmatic Silver Leaf Society in the first place?
What Nell doesn't know is that her new husband is just as curious about her. How did this shy schoolgirl derail his life so thoroughly, and what in God's name is she doing involved with spies and smugglers?
To find the answer, he'll have to take her to the last place in the world he wishes to be ... his childhood home.
Secrets and sacrifice are hidden deep in the ruins of Meridian House, if they are brave enough to unearth them.
Unmasking the Silver Heiress is the first in Ava Devlin's new series, The Silver Leaf Seductions. If you love sweet and steamy Regency romances, perplexing mysteries, and a touch of danger, this is the book for you.
Our take
Bluestocking Nell Applegate elopes with her best friend’s intended, only to discover that her polished new husband is entangled with spies, smugglers, and the secretive Silver Leaf Society. Their search for answers leads them to his childhood home and the secrets buried there, with a 4.3-star average from more than 700 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers looking for steamy Regency romance with marriage complications, espionage, mystery, and danger.
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The Widow
Mary Kingswood
Historical FictionRomance
A good pick for readers who prefer drawing-room romance, a gradual rebuilding of trust, and mysteries rooted in hidden pasts.
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Nell Caldicott awaits the return of her violent sailor husband with trepidation, but for once her fears are not realised. Her husband’s ship, the Brig Minerva, has sunk off the Cornish coast. Nell is free, but her husband has left her with little money and many questions about his past. Gradually, as his secrets are laid bare, she realises she didn’t know her husband at all. Can she uncover the truth? And can she ever learn to trust a man with her heart again?
Nathan Harbottle is on a quest to find his missing cousin, but the tragic wife of the Minerva’s captain attracts him more than he cares to admit. He wants to help, but he’s powerless to intervene. However, their lives are destined to collide in unexpected ways, and his resolve to be nothing more than a friend to the beautiful widow is sorely tested. Can he set aside his own past and convince her to take a chance on love?
This is a complete story with a HEA.
Our take
When Nell Caldicott’s violent sailor husband dies in a shipwreck, she gains her freedom but inherits little money and a trail of secrets about the man she married. This traditional Regency romance combines a quiet mystery with a second chance at trust, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 3,800 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who prefer drawing-room romance, a gradual rebuilding of trust, and mysteries rooted in hidden pasts.
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The Spinster Strikes Back
Ava Devlin
Historical FictionRomance
Best for readers who like slow-burn Regency romance, enemies-to-lovers tension, witty banter, and found family.
front of the cream of London Society. One year later, when the woman she was scorned for shows up at her front door, heavily pregnant and just as scorned, the two join forces to destroy the man who betrayed them both. They’ll have to go up against the most formidable barrister in London to do it.
Silas Cain, the secret bastard brother of the rakish Earl of Bentley, will protect his badly behaved little brother at all costs, no matter how drawn he is to the fiery and determined Miss Fletcher.
The Spinster Strikes Back is an enemies-to-lovers regency romance with a twist. It is the the first installment in the Ladies' Revenge Club series, but can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story.
Our take
After Dot Fletcher is abandoned at the altar, the woman she was jilted for arrives pregnant and equally betrayed, and the two join forces against the man who wronged them. Their revenge brings Dot into conflict with Silas Cain, the formidable barrister protecting his younger brother, with a 4.5-star average from more than 600 Goodreads ratings. Best for readers who like slow-burn Regency romance, enemies-to-lovers tension, witty banter, and found family.
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A shorter, better-filtered list makes it easier to browse with a little trust. You don’t have to wonder whether every deal is there just because it exists.
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Getting started is simple. You tell us what kinds of books you want more of, and we send a curated list of deals without the usual clutter.
Less wandering around. More books that actually look worth opening.
Pick your genres
Choose the genres you read, whether that’s fantasy, thrillers, romance, or a few at once. Reading moods are unpredictable. Your inbox can handle that.
Skip the junk
We look for real deals and screen out the usual clutter. No clickbait. No bloated lists. No inbox full of books that are only there because they were cheap enough to qualify.
Check your inbox
Your curated list arrives with fresh picks, short blurbs, and clear links, so you can scan it quickly and decide what looks promising without turning the whole thing into homework.
Shop securely
When something catches your eye, click through and buy directly from the retailer, including Amazon, Kobo, or Barnes & Noble when available.
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The goal isn’t to flood your inbox with discounts. It’s to make book discovery feel easier, faster, and a lot less random.
A typical Apropos email is built to be easy to scan.
You’ll usually get three to five featured books, each with a cover, a short blurb, and the current discount. It’s enough to give you a real sense of the book, not so much that the email turns into homework before breakfast.
The tone stays short, clear, and reader-friendly. No hard sell. No random extras. Just a daily or near-daily list, depending on how active your genres are.
You should be able to open it, spot something interesting, and move on with your day in about the same amount of time it takes to regret opening a crowded deals page.
Some people want more book discounts.
Apropos readers usually want something a little more useful than that. A lower price, yes, but also a book that sounds right for the night, the weekend, or the oddly specific mood they are trying to solve.
