Historical Romance

Historical romance (also historical novel) is a broad category of fiction in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. Walter Scott helped popularise this genre in the early 19th-century, with works such as Rob Roy and Ivanhoe. Literary fiction historical romances continue to be published, and a notable recent example is Wolf Hall (2009), a multi-award winning novel by English historical novelist Hilary Mantel. It is also a genre of mass-market fiction, which is related to the broader romantic love genre.

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The Sea Witch (Salt & Sorcery, #1)
The Gilded Heiress
Gabriela and His Grace (The Luna Sisters, #3)
A Waltz on the Wild Side (The Wild Wynchesters, #6)
The Undercover Heiress of Brockton (Enduring Hope, #2)
My Best Friend's Earl (Bluestocking Booksellers, #2)
Harmonic Pleasure (Mysterious Arts #6)
How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days
The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick
Road Trip with a Rogue (Her Majesty’s Rebels, #3)
This Much Is True (The Liars' Club, #3)
No Stone Unturned
The Lady of Red River Valley (Ladies of the Wilderness, #2)
Bad Luck Bride (Scandal at the Savoy, #3)
The Darkest Oath: A Closed-Door Historical Romance of Forbidden Love and Immortality in Revolutionary France
The Women of Arlington Hall
Grace (The Shackleford Sisters #1)
La portalettere
The Hidden Girl
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6
The Lady's Mine
The Italian Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #1)
The Sunflower House
A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting (A Lady's Guide, #1)
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
An American Beauty
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The Keeper of Stars
Tears of the Wolf (Wrath and Weeping, #1)
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276 books — 2,228 voters

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Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3)
Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)
Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways, #1)
It Happened One Autumn (Wallflowers, #2)
To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5)
When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)
The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1)
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Scandal in Spring (Wallflowers, #4)
Love in the Afternoon (The Hathaways, #5)
Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)

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