Book Reviews By Subject/Plot/Trope
We have grouped Regency Reader reviews by our favorite plot types, tropes or subjects. *After the title indicates the book is kisses only.
Cinderella/Pygmalion Theme
- Candace Camp: The Marriage Wager
- Louise Armstrong: Love’s Gamble
- A Perfect Bride (Samantha James)
- Eloisa James: Winning The Wallflower
- Brenda Hiatt: Gabriella
- Julia Quinn: An Offer from a Gentleman
- Eloisa James: A Kiss at Midnight
- Laura Lee Guhrke: Secret Desires of a Gentleman
- Alexandra Benedict: Too Scandalous to Wed
- Christina Dodd: Rules of Engagement
- Jacqueline Diamond: The Forgetful Lady
- Georgette Heyer: Arabella*
- Barbara Metzger: The Primrose Path*
- Eva Leigh: My Fake Rake
Beauty and the Beast Theme
- Lisa Kleypas: Dreaming of You
- Anya Wylde: Dorothy*
- Tessa Dare: Romancing the Duke
- Cari Hislop: A Hired Wife
- Suzanne Enoch: A Lady’s Guide to Improper Behavior
- Loretta Chase: Dukes Prefer Blondes
- Sarah MacLean: Brazen and the Beast
- Kasey Michaels: Moonlight Masquerade
- Christi Caldwell: The Duke Alone
- Erica Ridley: Too Wicked to Kiss
Georgian:
- Virgina Henley’s Undone
- Jane Feather: Almost a Bride
- Rachel Knowles: A Perfect Match *
- Julia Quinn: Because of Miss Bridgerton
Jane Fan Fiction:
- Promises (Wendi Sotis)
- The Unexpected Miss Bennett by Patrice Sarath
- Miss Darcy Falls in Love by Sharon Lathan
Marriage (or Engagement) of Convenience (or Inconvenience)
- Georgette Heyer: Friday’s Child *
- Lisa Kleypas: Devil in Winter
- Julia Quinn: The Duke and I
- Cari Hislop: A Hired Wife
- Jane Feather: The Wedding Game
- Allegra Gray: Nothing But Scandal
- Celeste Bradley: Fallen
- Diane Farr: The Fortune Hunter
- Jenna Petersen: Scandalous
- Mary Balogh: Slightly Married
- Georgette Heyer: Cotillion *
- Joy Reed: An Inconvenient Engagement
- Amanda Quick: I Thee Wed
- Georgette Heyer: A Civil Contract *
- Megan Frampton: No Groom at the Inn
- Stephanie Laurens: All About Passion
- Eloisa James: Pleasure for Pleasure
- Judith McNaught – Whitney, My Love
- Maggie Mackeever: Love Match
- Maggie Mackeever: An Eligible Connection
- Barbara Metzger: An Early Engagement*
- Eloisa James: Fool for Love
- Sherri Cobb South: The Weaver Takes a Wife*
- Vanessa Riley: The Bashful Bride
- Jess Michaels: House of Pleasure
- Eva Leigh: My Fake Rake
- Megan Frampton: Four Weeks of Scandal
- Susanna Craig: The Lady Knows Best
Masquerade/Mistaken Identity Theme
- Victoria Alexander: The Virgin’s Secret
- Anya Wylde: The Wicked Wager
- Only a Hero Will Do: Susan Lodge *
- Sophie Jordan: One Night With You
- Candace Hern: A Garden Folly *
- Elizabeth Boyle: Love Letters from a Duke
- Elizabeth Boyle: Mad About the Duke
- Jacqueline Diamond: Lady in Disguise *
- Eloisa James: Duchess By Night
- Christina Dodd: The Switching Places Series
- Georgette Heyer: The Corinthian *
- Joan Smith: Regency Masquerade *
- Brenda Hiatt: The Cygnet *
- Teresa Thomas Bohannon: A Very Merry Chase *
- Cheryl Bolen: Lady Sophia’s Rescue
- Anne Mallory: The Earl of Her Dreams
- Anne Mallory: Masquerading the Marquis
- Ariel Atwell: The Mysterious Mr. Heath
- Joan Smith: The Waltzing Widow *
- Laura Matthews: A Curious Courting *
- Carola Dunn: The Fortune Hunters *
- Joan Smith: Madcap Miss *
- Joan Smith: Blossom Time *
- Carola Dunn: Crossed Quills *
- Emily Hendrickson: Miss Cheney’s Charade
- Elizabeth Boyle: And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake
- Janet Woods: Foxing the Geese
- Carola Dunn: The Frog Earl
- Darcy Burke: One Night of Scandal
- Linore Rose Burkard: Miss Tavistock’s Mistake*
- Erica Ridley: One Night to Remember
Rakes and Companions (or Wards or Servants)
- Anne Stuart: The Devil’s Waltz
- Gabriella: Brenda Hiatt *
- Stephanie Laurens: Four in Hand
- Candace Hern: A Proper Companion*
- Christina Dodd: The Switching Places Series
- Georgette Heyer: The Regency Buck *
- Sophia Nash: The Kiss
- Jenna Petersen: Her Notorious Viscount
- Suzanne Enoch: By Love Undone
- Christina Dodd: The Governess Bride Series
- The Tenacious Miss Tamerlane: Kasey Michaels
- Kat Martin: Wicked Promise
- The Essex Sisters Series: Eloisa James
- Miranda Neville: Never Resist Temptation
- Karla Darcy: The Virtuous Ward *
- Joan Smith: Babe*
- Amanda Quick: I Thee Wed
- Barbara Metzger: Lord Heartless
- Joan Smith: Tea and Scandal*
- Jolie Beaumont: Jericho’s Child *
- Maggie Mackeever: Our Tabby*
- Carola Dunn: The Improper Governess*
- Cat Sebastian: A Little Light Mischief
- Nicola Davidson: My Lady’s Lover
- Joan Smith: The Black Diamond*
Hoydens and Reforming Rakes
- Lynn Messina: The Other Harlow Girl
- Lynn Messina: The Harlow Hoyden
- Joan Smith: Babe*
- Eloisa James: Three Weeks With Lady X
- Joan Smith: Country Flirt *
- Patricia Wynn: A Pair of Rogues
- Joan Smith: Cousin Cecilia *
- Anya Wylde: Dorothy *
- Lucille Locklin: Love on the Vine
- Kasey Michaels: The Playful Lady Penelope
- Susanna Craig: The Lady Knows Best
Spies
- Jenna Petersen: Desire Never Dies
- Never Lie to a Lady Liz Carlyle
- The Pink Carnation Spy Series: Lauren Willig
- Liz Carlyle: Tempted All Night
- Julia Quinn: What Happens in London
- Catherine Hemmerling: Taming Her Forbidden Earl
- Anne Mallory: Daring the Duke
- Robyn DeHart: Tempted At Every Turn
- Robyn DeHart: A Study in Scandal
- Celeste Bradley: To Wed a Scandalous Spy
- Sarah Granger: A Minor Inconvenience
- Lisa Kleypas: Hello Stranger
Victorian
- Secret Desires of a Gentleman
- Lisa Kleypas WallFlower Series
- Robyn DeHart: Tempted At Every Turn
- Robyn DeHart: A Study in Scandal
- Lisa Kleypas: Cold Hearted Rake
- Megan Frampton: No Groom at the Inn
- Lisa Kleypas: Hello Stranger
- Amanda Quick: Til Death Do Us Part
- Victoria Alexander: The Lady Travelers Guide to Happily Ever After
- Courtney Milan: The Duchess War
- Loretta Chase: Dukes Prefer Blondes
Second Chance Romance:
- Rhonda Woodward: Lady Emma’s Dilemma
- Olivia Kingsley: Pretty Persuasion
- Ashlyn Macnamara: What a Lady Craves
- Maggie MacKeever: An Extraordinary Flirtation
- Victoria Alexander: The Lady Travelers Guide to Happily Ever After
- Anne Gracie: Marry in Secret
- Jane Ashford: How to Cross A Marquess
- Darcy Burke: One Night of Surrender
- Eva Leigh: A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction
Indecent Proposals
Egypt (Mummies and Such)
- Loretta Chase: Mr. Impossible
- Robyn DeHart: A Study in Scandal (Egyptology, at least)
Spinsters and The Men Who Love Them
- Megan Bryce: To Catch a Spinster
- Elizabeth Boyle: Along Came a Duke
- Joan Smith: Aunt Sophie’s Diamonds
- Catherine Reynolds: The Thoroughly Compromised Bride
- Candice Hern: An Affair of Honor
- Tessa Dare: Romancing the Duke
- Joan Smith: Winter Wedding *
- Megan Frampton: No Groom at the Inn
- Joan Smith: A Country Wooing *
- Susan Carroll: Brighton Road *
- Susan Carroll: The Wooing of Miss Masters *
- Mary Balogh: At Last Comes Love
- Carola Dunn: Miss Hartwell’s Dilemma*
- Sally MacKenzie: How to Manage a Marquess
- Erica Ridley: One Night for Seduction
- Joan Smith: Sweet and Twenty*
- Darcy Burke: Never Have I Ever with a Duke
- Eva Leigh: My Fake Rake
- Darcy Burke: A Duke Will Never Do
- Jane Ashford: A Gentleman Ought to Know*
Paranormal Reg Roms
- Brooklyn Ann: Bite Me, Your Grace
- Erica Ridley: Too Sinful to Deny
- Ann Lethbridge: Lady Sybil’s Vampire
- Sandra Heath: The Halloween Husband
- Erica Ridley: Too Wicked to Kiss
- Ashley J Barner and Jennifer Sanders: Mr. Pembroke’s Ward
I love you/I hate you and Other Misunderstandings
- Clare Darcy: Georgina *
- Meg Cabot: Victoria and the Rogue *
- Sophie Jordan: All the Ways to Ruin a Rogue
- Joan Smith: The Hermit’s Daughter*
Fish Out of Water
Gothicesque
- Tracy MacNish: Stealing Midnight
- Erica Ridley: Too Wicked to Kiss
- Rebecca King: Eloisa’s Adventure
- Julia Klassen: The Silent Governess
- Joan Smith: The Black Diamond*
Fated Mates
Friends to Lovers
Help Another Find A Lover/Love School
Snowed In/Accident and Sickbed/Forced Togetherness
- Darcy Burke: A Duke Will Never Do
- Katherine Grant: The Duchess Wager
- Erica Ridley: One Night with a Duke
- Erica Ridley: Dawn with a Duke
- Eva Leigh: A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction
Cozy Mysteries
- Beth Andrews: Hidden in the Heart*
- Lynn Messina: A Brazen Curiosity* (first in a series)
*Indicates kisses only Regency Romance
Were the Regency marriages as cold as they are many times alluded to be? Mistresses for passion, wives for heirs and offspring. Were wives able to be sent to country and not seen in town if the husband forbid it?
I’m just curious as these situations appear humiliating.
Cheryl
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You should check out Marion Chesney aka M.C. Beaton. She has a number of great series with themes like renting a house out for the season, traveling matchmaker, charm school, and poor relations to name a few.
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