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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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Most Read This Week Tagged "Historical Romance"

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6
The Sky Beneath Her
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Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
When You Loved Me
Off the Record
La portalettere
In the Great Quiet
An Infinite Love Story
The Hidden Girl
The Women of Arlington Hall
The Keeper of Stars
The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney #5)
Tea & Alchemy
An American Beauty
The Distant Daughter (The Secrets of Trelenna House #1)
Tempests & Tea Leaves (The Charmed Leaf Legacy, #1)
The Italian Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #1)
Graceless Heart (The Spellbound History, #1)
To Dance with a Duke (Dollar Princess, #2)
A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting (A Lady's Guide, #1)
Land of Dreams
In This Moment (Timeless, #2)
Teach the Torches to Burn (Daughter of Montague)
An Ordinary Sort of Evil (A Rip Through Time, #5)
Into a Golden Era (Timeless, #7)
The Earl of Spades (A Lady to Suit, #3)
A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)
Christmas at Falstone Castle
ホタルの嫁入り 7 [Hotaru no Yomeiri 7]
A Bitter Cut (Lady Darby Mystery, #14)
Behind Every Good Man
The Last Lady B
Just for the Season
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)
A Perfect Hand
La sonnambula
The Duke's Bargain (Proper Romance Regency)
The Sea Child
Nineteen Steps
The Barman of the Ritz
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
Under the Oak Tree: Volume 3
Across the Ages (Timeless, #4)
To Love a Lady (Dollar Princess, #1)
The Brunswick
Every Hour until Then (Timeless, #5)
A Breach in Brocade (Fabric of Love #2)
The Half Life
Hope (The Shackleford Sisters, #4)
The Heir of Whitestone
All Our Beautiful Goodbyes
The Fur Trader's Lady (Ladies of the Wilderness, #1)
When the Wolves Are Silent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #21)
City of Iron and Ivy
The Geomagician (The Geomagician Duology #1)
The Hidden Daughter (The Lost Daughters #7)
Through Each Tomorrow (Timeless, #6)
The Cuban Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #2)
The Days I Loved You Most
The Royal Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #3)
The White Octopus Hotel
A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8)
Part of Your World (#2, Once Upon a Time in Texas)
Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2)
The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)
The Duke She Married (The Atwood Sisters, #1)
A Courtship of Conspiracies (Crown & Cipher, #1)
ホタルの嫁入り 2 [Hotaru no Yomeiri 2]
The Last Summer (Wild Isle, #1)
Under the Oak Tree, Vol. 2
Alliance Bride (Legacy of the North #1)
Witch of the Wolves (Witch of the Wolves, #1)
ホタルの嫁入り 6 [Hotaru no Yomeiri 6]
Game of Rogues: A Novel (The Palace of Rogues, #9)
A Terribly Nasty Business (Beatrice Steele, #2)
ホタルの嫁入り 5 [Hotaru no Yomeiri 5]
A Lady's Voyage (Ladies Betrayed #1)
Pits & Poison: These Godly Lies (Peaches & Honey, #2)
The Trouble with Tweed (Fabric of Love #1)
Grimm Curiosities
The Queen's Coronation
A Love Most Daring (Bow Street, #3)
With Love from Harlem
The Spy Keeper of Marseille
The Paris Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #5)
What Comes of Attending the Commoners Ball
Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons (Miss Percy Guide, #1)
A Whisper in Darkness (Raven & Wren, #6)
The Royal Artisan (Queen Esther's Court, #2)
The One and Only Vivian Stone
ホタルの嫁入り 3 [Hotaru no Yomeiri 3]
Only the Brave
A House Between Sea and Sky
A Whisper of Death (Raven & Wren, #1)
An Inconvenient Vow (Brides of Karadok, #5)
The Abduction of Rosalind Thorne (Rosalind Thorne Mysteries #9)
ホタルの嫁入り 4 [Hotaru no Yomeiri 4]
The Berlin Sisters
The Book of Last Letters

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“ You are not The Giver of My Heart’s Desire.” I took a deep breath and smiled. “You are my heart’s desire. ”
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― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
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