by Julia Quinn (2000)
In the glamorous ballrooms of Regency London, Daphne Bridgerton and the handsome, brooding Duke of Hastings devise a clever fake engagement to keep marriage-minded mamas at bay, only to find genuine passion flaring between them.
Evie Dunmore
In 1879 Oxford, suffragette scholar Annabelle Archer is assigned to recruit men of influence to the votes-for-women cause, setting her sights on the cold, unyielding Duke of Montgomery—only to spark an explosive, forbidden romance.
Jane Austen
Eight years after being persuaded to break off her engagement to poor naval officer Frederick Wentworth, Anne Elliot meets him again—now a wealthy, decorated captain who seems indifferent to the only woman he ever loved.
Jane Austen
Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent Elizabeth Bennet and her arrogant, enigmatic paramour, Mr. Darcy. Jane Austen's romantic comedy of manners delights in the clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud suitor, examining the follies of class, wealth, and marriage in Georgian England.
Elaine Coffman
With his silver tongue and the devil's own blue eyes, shipbuilder Nick Mackinnon was temptation incarnate--but Tibbie Buchanan would never allow a man to get close enough to weaken her resolve. For five years she's lived in a self-imposed prison, hiding from the past that betrayed her. But now something inside her is yearning for release, for the freedom to live and to love. And day by day, Nick is chipping away at her defenses, at the wall around her body, her heart and her soul, determined to release the passionate woman inside and make her his own. . . .