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Safety and freedom collide when a young woman fleeing exploitation takes refuge in the household of a guarded doctor already circling a deadly mystery.
A Lesson in Scandal
Romance · Historical Romance · Regency Romance
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Safety and freedom collide when a young woman fleeing exploitation takes refuge in the household of a guarded doctor already circling a deadly mystery. In A Lesson in Scandal, Sofia Moorland’s herbal knowledge earns her a place beside Reid Gentry, but suspicion, proximity, and a marriage of convenience pull them into something far riskier than either expected. A slow-burn historical romance threaded with danger and scandal.
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A slow-burn historical romance featuring a runaway herbalist, a brooding doctor, a deadly mystery, and a marriage of convenience that was never meant to turn into love.
Having read a secret letter, Sofia Moorland knows of her stepmother’s wicked plan to auction her virtue. With danger looming, escape is her only option. Armed with a knowledge of herbalism, she seeks refuge working for the brooding doctor, Mr Gentry. But freedom comes at a price—and Mr Gentry soon holds more than her fate in his skilled hands.
Reid Gentry never planned to hire a woman, yet Miss Moorland’s sharp wit and hidden passion prove an irresistible temptation. With patients dying under suspicious circumstances, Reid is determined to uncover the truth. But the more he delves into the mystery, the more he becomes ensnared in a web of secrets and scandal. And as the danger grows, so does his desire for Sofia.
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It fits readers who want romantic tension, class conflict, and a Dickens-inspired historical retelling.
Olivia Twist
Teen + Young Adult · Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · Historical Thriller
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A hidden past collides with high society in Olivia Twist, where survival instincts and stolen identities refuse to stay buried. Olivia has built a new life after years on London’s streets, but her loyalty to the children she left behind and her growing connection with Jack threaten everything she has tried to become. It fits readers who want romantic tension, class conflict, and a Dickens-inspired historical retelling.
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Olivia Twist is an innovative reimagining of Charles Dickens' classic tale Oliver Twist, in which Olivia was forced to live as a boy for her own safety until she was rescued from the streets. Now eighteen, Olivia finds herself at a crossroads: revealed secrets threaten to destroy the "proper" life she has built for herself, while newfound feelings for an arrogant young man she shouldn't like could derail her carefully laid plans for the future.
Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. When she is taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish dinners and soirees as a debutante in high society. But she can’t seem to escape her past … or forget the teeming slums where children just like her still scrabble to survive.
Jack MacCarron rose from his place in London's East End to become the adopted "nephew" of a society matron. Little does society know that MacCarron is a false name for a boy once known among London gangs as the Artful Dodger, and that he and his “aunt” are robbing them blind every chance they get. When Jack encounters Olivia Brownlow in places he least expects, his curiosity is piqued. Why is a society girl helping a bunch of homeless orphan thieves? Even more intriguing, why does she remind him so much of someone he once knew? Jack finds himself wondering if going legit and risking it all might be worth it for love.
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A strong match for readers drawn to melancholic queer historical romance centered on faith, redemption, grief, and recovery.
Never After
LGBTQIA+ · Historical Fiction · Romance · Gay Romance · Historical Romance
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Never After follows Michael “Micha” Dashwood, who is penniless and struggling with opium in nineteenth-century London when illness brings him into the care of Reverend Thomas Mandeville. As Micha recovers and Thomas confronts his own grief and desires, trust grows between them despite the burdens of their pasts and questions of faith, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 400 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to melancholic queer historical romance centered on faith, redemption, grief, and recovery.
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From fan-favorite author Alexis Hall comes a story of faith, redemption, and love—a melancholic tale of queer romance set in nineteenth-century England.
On the grim streets of London, a young man succumbs to his demons. Discarded by his lover and left penniless and alone, Michael “Micha” Dashwood uses sex to pay the bills and opium to numb the pain.
When a sudden illness strikes, all seems lost. But hope finds Micha in the shape of the Reverend Thomas Mandeville. Haunted by grief of his own, Thomas cannot bear to ignore another man’s plight. He brings the ailing Micha home to heal in his parish at Nettlefield.
As Micha recovers under Thomas’s care, he begins to realize that some people in this world are worthy of trust. Thomas, in turn, learns the truth of his own needs and desires. Between the secrets of the past and the burdens of the present, their future together seems impossible. Questions of faith and the shadow of opium continue to haunt them both.
Yet possibilities, like miracles, can be found wherever you look for them.
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A warm fit for readers who like queer historical romance, opposites-attract chemistry, workplace friendship, and tender slow-building relationships.
We Could Be So Good
Romance · LGBTQIA+ · Gay Romance · Historical Romance
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2023, reporter Nick Russo keeps rescuing newspaper heir Andy Fleming at work until their unlikely friendship develops into feelings they cannot safely acknowledge in late-1950s New York, with a 4.3-star average from more than 24,600 Goodreads ratings. A warm fit for readers who like queer historical romance, opposites-attract chemistry, workplace friendship, and tender slow-building relationships.
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2023
A New York Times Books Review Best Romances of 2023 pick • Apple Books’ Best Books of the Month • Amazon Best Books of the Month Editor’s Pick, Romance • An NPR “Books We Love” • Library Journal Romance Pick of the Month • LibraryReads Hall of Fame: June 2023 • Publishers Weekly Best Romances of 2023
Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century grumpy/sunshine rom-dram about a scrappy reporter and a newspaper mogul’s son "‘for Newsies shippers,’ [that] absolutely delivers” (Dahlia Adler, Buzzfeed Books).
“A spectacularly talented writer!” —Julia Quinn
Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job at one of the city’s biggest newspapers. But in this sweeping historical romance, the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he can’t let anyone into his life. He just never counted on meeting someone as impossible to say no to as Andy.
Andy Fleming’s newspaper-tycoon father wants him to take over the family business. Andy, though, has no intention of running the paper. He’s barely able to run his life—he’s never paid a bill on time, routinely gets lost on the way to work, and would rather gouge out his own eyes than deal with office politics. Andy agrees to work for a year in the newsroom, knowing he’ll make an ass of himself and hate every second of it.
Except, in a classic grumpy sunshine story, Nick Russo keeps rescuing Andy: showing him the ropes, tracking down his keys, freeing his tie when it gets stuck in the ancient filing cabinets. Their unlikely friendship soon sharpens into a slow burn of feelings they can’t deny. But what feels possible in secret—this fragile, tender forbidden romance between them—seems doomed in the light of day. Now Nick and Andy have to decide if, for the first time, they’re willing to fight.
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How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days fits historical romance readers who want sparkling banter, enemies-to-lovers tension, social maneuvering, and a witty Regency setup built for romantic…
How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days
Romance · Historical Romance · Regency Romance · RomCom
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Lydia has ten days to sabotage a secret engagement to the most eligible lord in England without destroying her reputation, which would be easier if he were less persistent and the chemistry were less annoying. How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days fits historical romance readers who want sparkling banter, enemies-to-lovers tension, social maneuvering, and a witty Regency setup built for romantic chaos.
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‘Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me’ Taylor Jenkins Reid
'I simply couldn't put this book down. Joyous, hilarious and full of sparkling enemies-to-lovers tension, it has everything you could want in a regency romcom’ Beth O’Leary, The Flat Share
From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a delicious new romance…
He wants a wife. She wants to be jilted. This. Is. War.
Rich, handsome and titled Lord Ashford has every lady in England longing for his hand in marriage.
Everyone, that is, except Miss Lydia Hanworth – the only young woman Ashford wishes to marry.
Pressured into accepting Ashford’s proposal, the announcement must be kept secret for ten days. Can Lydia free herself from her obligations before the engagement is publicly announced, without ruining her reputation? You can achieve an awful lot in ten days, after all…
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A good pick for fans of historical mysteries with scientific puzzles, secret identities, and an investigative partnership.
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Mystery · Romance · Historical Mystery · Historical Romance
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Called “Thoroughly enjoyable” by Deanna Raybourn, unconventional scientist Lord Wrexford and artist Charlotte Sloane form an unlikely alliance to expose a killer in Regency London, with a 3.97-star average from more than 17,200 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for fans of historical mysteries with scientific puzzles, secret identities, and an investigative partnership.
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In Regency London, an unconventional scientist and a fearless female artist team up to trap a cold-hearted killer: “Thoroughly enjoyable” (Deanna Raybourn, New York Times–bestselling author).
The Earl of Wrexford possesses a brilliant scientific mind, but boredom and pride lead him to reckless behavior. So when pompous, pious Reverend Josiah Holworthy publicly condemns him for debauchery, Wrexford unsheathes his rapier-sharp wit and strikes back. As their war of words escalates, London’s most popular satirical cartoonist, A.J. Quill, skewers them both. But then the clergyman is found slain in a church—his face burned by chemicals, his throat slashed ear to ear—and Wrexford finds himself the chief suspect.
An artist in her own right, Charlotte Sloane has secretly slipped into the persona of her late husband, using his nom de plume, A.J. Quill. When Wrexford discovers her true identity, she fears it will be her undoing. But he has a proposal—use her sources to unveil the clergyman’s clandestine involvement in questionable scientific practices, and unmask the real murderer. Soon Lord Wrexford and the mysterious Mrs. Sloane plunge into a dangerous shadow world hidden among London’s intellectual enclaves to trap a cunning adversary—before they fall victim to the next experiment in villainy . . .
“Sharp, engaging characters, rich period detail, and a compellingly twisty plot, Andrea Penrose delivers a winner.” —Deanna Raybourn, New York Times–bestselling author
“Fans of C.S. Harris take note! A riveting ride through Regency London, from the slums of St. Giles, to the mansions of Mayfair.” —Lauren Willig, New York Times–bestselling author
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Courage often wears an ordinary face in times of occupation and fear.
The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel
Women's Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · World War 2
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Courage often wears an ordinary face in times of occupation and fear. In The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel, Lucie Laval risks everything in 1942 France to guide children across a dangerous border, while decades later her legacy draws Hannah Stone into a hidden history of resistance. This dual timeline historical novel explores sacrifice, memory, and the bravery that shapes generations
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The war taught her to fight. The children taught her to hope...
Inspired by real acts of bravery and resistance, The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel is a heartrending and deeply moving story of one woman's courage and sacrifice during World War II, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Missing Piece of Nancy Moon.
This exquisitely beautiful novel is perfect for readers of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn, The Postmistress, Lilac Girls and The Girl from Vichy.
'A beautifully worked tale of bravery, woven into the reality of a time we can't forget' Mandy Robotham, author of The Berlin Girl
'An emotional, beautifully constructed read. I loved the way the clues from the past and present slowly knitted together, answering the questions that had been missing their answers for so long' Sunday Times bestselling author Jill Mansell
'Gripping, at times heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting, I found this beautifully written novel impossible to put down' Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Fforde
'My darling girl, I need you to find someone for me . . .'
France, 1942. At the end of the day, the schoolteacher releases her pupils. She checks they have their identity passes, and warns them not to stop until the German guards have let them through the barrier that separates occupied France from Free France. As the little ones fly across the border and into their mothers' arms, she breathes a sigh of relief. No one is safe now. Not even the children.
Berkshire, present day. A letter left to her by her beloved late grandmother Gigi takes Hannah Stone on a journey deep into the heart of the Dordogne landscape. As she begins to unravel a forgotten history of wartime bravery and sacrifice, she discovers the heartrending secret that binds her grandmother to a village schoolteacher, the remarkable Lucie Laval . . .
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War reshapes lives long before the battlefield falls silent.
When the World Fell Silent
Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · War Fiction
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War reshapes lives long before the battlefield falls silent. In When the World Fell Silent, two women in wartime Halifax navigate loss, duty, and fragile hope as their paths converge after a devastating historical tragedy. One seeks purpose through nursing, the other survival after personal ruin. Their intertwined stories explore grief, resilience, and the possibility of renewal amid irrevocable change.
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The Canadian Globe & Mail Bestseller!
'Extremely compelling' Historical Novel Society
'Alward tells this story of the wounded survivors and the people who cared for them with affecting grace' Toronto Star
1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Nora Crowell wants more than her sister’s life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corps. But trouble is looming and it won’t be long before the truth comes to light.
Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life.
When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again. Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way, trailing both heartbreak and joy its wake…
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War shatters safety and forces impossible choices when survival becomes an act of defiance.
Enemy Women
Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · Women's Fiction
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War shatters safety and forces impossible choices when survival becomes an act of defiance. During the American Civil War, young Adair Colley endures imprisonment, loss, and betrayal before escaping into a hostile countryside marked by violence and suspicion. As she travels south on faith and memory, Enemy Women blends historical fiction with romance, tracing resilience, moral courage, and the fragile hope of rebuilding a life after ruin.
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For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family’s avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee. The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women’s prison.
But young Adair finds that love can live even in a place of horror and despair. Her interrogator, a Union major, falls in love with her and vows to return for her when the fighting is over. Before he leaves for battle, he bestows upon her a precious gift: freedom.
Now an escaped "enemy woman," Adair must make her harrowing way south buoyed by a promise . . . seeking a home and a family that may be nothing more than a memory.
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Ideal for readers looking for queer historical romance, a trans lead, class differences, dry wit, and a slow-burning relationship.
A Gentleman’s Gentleman
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Historical Romance · Regency Romance
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A Lambda Literary Award winner and USA Today bestseller, this Regency romance follows Christopher, a trans earl who must marry before his twenty-fifth birthday to retain his title and estate. His plans grow complicated when he hires the handsome James Harding as his valet and their uneasy friendship develops into something more, with a 3.9-star average from more than 4,800 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers looking for queer historical romance, a trans lead, class differences, dry wit, and a slow-burning relationship.
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WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR LGBTQ+ ROMANCE
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A USA TODAY BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss, a groundbreaking trans Regency romance that's both delightfully witty and refreshingly iconoclastic.
“A Gentleman’s Gentleman is a thoroughly charming confection of a romance. If you’re looking for a tender, gentle slow burn, this is the book for you.” —Cat Sebastian, author of We Could Be So Good
The notoriously eccentric Lord Christopher Eden is a “man of unusual make” and even more unusual habits: he prefers to live far from the prying eyes and ears of the ton, and would rather have the comfortable company of his childhood cook and his aged butler than the swarm of servants and hangers-on befitting a man of his station. But Christopher’s pleasant, if occasionally lonely life is upended when he receives word from his lawyers that, according to his late father’s will, he must find a wife by the end of the Season if he intends to keep his family’s fortune and the Eden estate. Christopher cannot imagine a worse fate: as he isn’t attracted to women, his chances of making a wife happy are slim. Furthermore, if his quest to marry has any hope of succeeding, he must move to London posthaste and acquire some more suitable staff.
Enter James Harding, Christopher’s new, distractingly handsome—if rigidly traditional—valet. After a rocky start, the two strike up a fragile friendship amid the throes of the London Season . . . a friendship that threatens to shatter under the looming shadow of Christopher’s impending nuptials—and the secrets both men are keeping. With its heady combination of dry wit, slow-burn romance, and a nuanced portrait of trans identity, A Gentleman’s Gentleman stands to transform the historical romance genre as we know it.
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Survival leaves traces that surface long after danger has passed, binding lives across time and place.
After Paris
Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · World War 2
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Survival leaves traces that surface long after danger has passed, binding lives across time and place. After Paris follows Ruby Nevins as her research into a vanished French actress reveals the intertwined fates of two women navigating love, secrecy, and resistance in wartime France. This historical fiction blends generational memory, resilience, and emotional reckoning as past courage reshapes a fragile present.
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From the author of The Brighter the Light comes a haunting tale of hope that spans generations, intertwining the lives of three women who fight for survival in 1940s France and present-day Virginia.
At twenty-five, Ruby Nevins has already endured more than most. But after two years of battling cancer, she’s warily determined to move forward. Researching a new project about a French actress, she soon uncovers an old diary that will change her life forever…
Cécile, the “it” girl of early 1940s French cinema, vanished from Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942. Sylvia Rousseau, Cécile’s dressmaker and confidante, left that same year. Working to piece together the truth behind Cécile’s disappearance and Sylvia’s extraordinary life, Ruby recognizes the women as kindred spirits. They risked their hearts and lives to aid the Resistance, and each day was a struggle to survive.
Ruby knows her cancer could come back, but she’s learning to embrace the future rather than fear it. If Cécile and Sylvia could live their lives in the shadow of death, so can Ruby. Because she knows there’s so much life—and love—to fight for.
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After devastating personal loss, Libby McKenzie takes a photography job at a historic estate where new connections and an overgrown greenhouse pull her toward long-avoided truths.
Honeysuckle Season
Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · Women's Fiction
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After devastating personal loss, Libby McKenzie takes a photography job at a historic estate where new connections and an overgrown greenhouse pull her toward long-avoided truths. A discovery in her late father’s office reveals secrets that reshape her past and future. This reflective women’s fiction explores grief, healing, and inheritance, with 4.4 stars on Amazon and over 34,000 Goodreads ratings.
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An Amazon Charts bestseller.
From bestselling author Mary Ellen Taylor comes a story about profound loss, hard truths, and an overgrown greenhouse full of old secrets.
Adrift in the wake of her father’s death, a failed marriage, and multiple miscarriages, Libby McKenzie feels truly alone. Though her new life as a wedding photographer provides a semblance of purpose, it’s also a distraction from her profound pain.
When asked to photograph a wedding at the historic Woodmont estate, Libby meets the owner, Elaine Grant. Hoping to open Woodmont to the public, Elaine has employed young widower Colton Reese to help restore the grounds and asks Libby to photograph the process. Libby is immediately drawn to the old greenhouse shrouded in honeysuckle vines.
As Libby forms relationships and explores the overgrown—yet hauntingly beautiful—Woodmont estate, she finds the emotional courage to sort through her father’s office. There she discovers a letter that changes everything she knows about her parents, herself, and the estate. Beneath the vines of the old greenhouse lie generations of secrets, and it’s up to Libby to tend to the fruits born of long-buried seeds.
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