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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Remember That Day (A Ravenswood Novel)
The Belle of Chatham
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To Love a Lady (Dollar Princess #1)
A Fortunate Miscalculation (The Gentlemen's Gamble)
My January Duke (The Rake Review: Season 2 #1)
Her Time Traveling Duke
Whispers at Painswick Court
The Christmas I Stole a Viscount
At Morning's Light (Home to Green Creek)
Miss Gideon and the Incident (Dazzling Debutantes #8)
Bluebird Gold (Lost Legends, #1)
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Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
Graceless Heart (The Spellbound History, #1)
All Our Beautiful Goodbyes
La portalettere
The Lady's Mine
The Keeper of Stars
The Hidden Girl
Behind Every Good Man
Grimm Curiosities
The Princess Knight
To Love a Lady (Dollar Princess #1)
Remember That Day (A Ravenswood Novel)
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
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)
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)
Scandal in Spring (Wallflowers, #4)
Love in the Afternoon (The Hathaways, #5)
It's in His Kiss (Bridgertons, #7)

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