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Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer essentially established the historical romance genre and its subgenre Regency romance. Her Regencies were inspired by Jane Austen. To ensure accuracy, Heyer collected reference works and kept detailed notes on all aspects of Regency life. Beginning...

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Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins is a premier writer of African — American historical romance fiction. She specializes in 19th century African American life and has over thirty published novels to date. She has received numerous awards and also has been featured in many national publications....

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Courtney Milan
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Julia Quinn

#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn loves to dispel the myth that smart women don't read (or write) romance, and in 2001 she did so in grand fashion, appearing on the game show The Weakest Link and walking away with the $79,000 jackpot. She displayed a decided lack of knowledge...

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To Have and to Hoax

Martha Waters - Atria Books
Format: Book

In this fresh and hilarious historical rom-com, an estranged husband and wife in Regency England feign accidents and illness in an attempt to gain attention - and maybe just win each other back in the process. Five years ago, Lady Violet Grey and Lord James Audley met, fell in love,...

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The Duke Who Didn't

Courtney Milan - Independently published
Format: Book

Miss Chloe Fong has plans for her life, lists for her days, and absolutely no time for nonsense. Three years ago, she told her childhood sweetheart that he could talk to her once he planned to be serious. He disappeared that very night. Except now he's back. Jeremy Wentworth, the Duke...

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The Duke's Rules Of Engagement

Jennifer Haymore - Entangled: Amara
Format: Book

Some matches are made in hell ... Joanna Porter loves being one of London's hottest up-and-coming matchmakers. But her heavenly vocation is about to turn into a nuptial nightmare -- thanks to the Duke of Crestmont. He's as handsome as he is insufferable and obsessed with all things...

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It Takes Two to Tumble: Seducing the Sedgwicks

Cat Sebastian - Avon Impulse
Format: Book

Some of Ben Sedgwick's favorite things: After an unconventional upbringing, Ben is perfectly content with the quiet, predictable life of a country vicar, free of strife or turmoil. When he's asked to look after an absent naval captain's three wild children, he reluctantly...

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A Night to Surrender

Tessa Dare - Avon; Original edition
Format: Book

Welcome to Spindle Cove, where ladies with delicate constitutions come for the sea air, and men in their prime are...nowhere to be found. Or are they? Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with...

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A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby

Vanessa Riley - Zebra
Format: Book

Created by a shrewd countess, The Widow's Grace is a secret society with a mission: to help ill-treated widows regain their status, their families, and even find true love again - or perhaps for the very first time . . . When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned...

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Bringing Down the Duke

Evie Dunmore - Berkley
Format: Book

England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage...

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Wicked and the Wallflower

Sarah MacLean - Avon
Format: Book

When a mysterious stranger finds his way into her bedchamber and offers his help in landing a duke, Lady Felicity Faircloth agrees - on one condition. She's seen enough of the world to believe in passion, and won't accept a marriage without it. This is the first book of a trilogy.

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A Lady Awakened

Cecilia Grant - Bantam
Format: Book

Newly widowed and desperate to protect her estate and beloved servants from her malevolent brother-in-law, Martha Russell conceives a daring plan. Or rather, a daring plan to conceive. After all, if she has an heir on the way, her future will be secured. Forsaking all she knows of propriety,...

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Mr. Malcolm's List

Suzanne Allain - Berkley
Format: Book

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an arrogant bachelor insistent on a wife who meets the strictest of requirements--deserves his comeuppance. The Honourable Mr. Jeremy Malcolm is searching for a wife, but not just any wife. As the target of matchmaking mothers and desperate...

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The Convenient Marriage

Georgette Heyer - Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Book

When the Earl of Rule proposes marriage to her sister Lizzie, Horatia offers herself instead. Her sister is already in love with someone else, and Horatia is willing to sacrifice herself for her family's happiness. Everyone knows she's no beauty, but she'll do her best to keep...

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Rebel

Beverly Jenkins - Avon
Format: Mass Market Paperback

The first novel in USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly Jenkins's compelling new series follows a Northern woman south in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War . . .Valinda Lacey's mission in the steamy heart of New Orleans is to help the newly emancipated community survive and flourish....
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Half a Soul

Olivia Atwater - Orbit
Format: Book

Olivia Atwater's delightful debut will transport you to a magical version of Regency England, where the only thing more meddlesome than a fairy is a marriage-minded mother! It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul....

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