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.

The terms "romance novel" and "historical romance" are ambiguous, becau
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The Halifax Hellions (Halifax Hellions, #1-2)
The Heir of Whitestone
An Unconventional Lady
Mists over the Channel Islands
If You’ll Have Me
Taming Lady Temperance (The Secret Society of Spinsters, #1)
Marrying the Matchmaker (A Shanahan Match, #4)
The Bird of Bedford Manor
A Novel Engagement (The Gentlemen's Gamble)
As Old As Thyme
Lord Valentine's Rotten February (The Rake Review: Season 2 #2)
Miss Bigsby and the Aristocrat Next Door (Dazzling Debutantes #9)
A Most Unsuitable Suitor
Like in Love with You
Rules of the Heart
Bluebird Gold (Lost Legends, #1)
A Much Maligned Miss (Victorian Reversal of Fortune, #2)
Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
Laws of Love and Logic
Land of Dreams
Tea & Alchemy
A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)
An American Beauty
The Women of Arlington Hall
薬屋のひとりごと 15 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 15]
La portalettere
Who Killed The Earl Of Moran?
The Heir of Whitestone
The Distant Daughter (The Secrets of Trelenna House #1)
The Last Love Song
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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