Most Read This Week In 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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Most Read This Week Tagged "Historical Romance"

A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)

A Much Maligned Miss (Victorian Reversal of Fortune, #2)

A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1)

A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting (A Lady's Guide, #1)

Graceless Heart (The Spellbound History, #1)

The Italian Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #1)

The Fur Trader's Lady (Ladies of the Wilderness, #1)

Witch of the Wolves (Witch of the Wolves, #1)

The Distant Daughter (The Secrets of Trelenna House #1)

An Honorable Love (The Gentlemen's Gamble)

The Cuban Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #2)

A Fortunate Miscalculation (The Gentlemen's Gamble)

Once Upon a Murder (A Lady Librarian Mystery, #2)

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)

The Hidden Daughter (The Lost Daughters #7)

A Terribly Nasty Business (Beatrice Steele, #2)

Possessed: A Dark Gothic Romance (Pythonissam Filia)

The Farmer's Bride (The Flat River Matchmaker #1)

The Marquess Move (The Whitmorelands #2)

The Queen's Cook (Queen Esther's Court, #1)

Marrying the Matchmaker (A Shanahan Match, #4)

Masquerade in London (Samantha and Wyatt Mysteries #1)

Reputation at Risk (A Chronicle of Misadventures #1)

A Confounding Regency Romance (The League of Meddling Butlers #1)

An Accidental Marriage (The Gentlemen's Gamble)

A Bewildered Bachelor (The Gentlemen's Gamble)

An Inconvenient Vow (Brides of Karadok, #5)

The Paris Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #5)

A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8)

The Fierce Scotsman (The Notorious Nightingales #6)

Who Killed The Earl of Moran? (Casebook of Barnaby Adair #13)

Faithful of Heart (A Minnesota Legacy #1)

Catching Lady Theo (Here Come the Grooms #2)

The Royal Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #3)

A Foolish Proposal (The Gentlemen's Gamble)

A Novel Engagement (The Gentlemen's Gamble)

Can't Get Enough of the Duke (The Thunderbolt Club, #2)

A Sight to Behold (Miracles on Harley Street #1)

Arrow of Fortune (Raiders of the Arcana, #3)

Murder on the Brighton Express (Cleopatra Fox, #9)

Never Fall for Your Fiancée (The Merriwell Sisters, #1)

A Most Forgettable Girl (Brides of Karadok, #7)

To Love a Beast (Once Upon a Time in Texas, #1)

The Earl’s Bluestocking Bride (Unconventional Brides, #2)

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Quotes Tagged “Historical Romance”

“ Would you like more sauce, sweeting?” His fingers strangled the stem of his wineglass. She could practically hear the grapes calling for help. She hoped that was a good sign. “If you don’t cease that nonsense,” he said, “you will regret it.” “Is that so, my heart?” “What about ‘precious’?” she suggested. “No.” “‘Angel’?” “God, no.” “‘Muffin’?” In response to that, he hit the shuttlecock so hard, it sailed all the way to the back wall and thwacked one of his ancestors right in the powdered wig. S ...more ”
― Tessa Dare, The Duchess Deal

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“ IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the "great American novel" for they aren't written they are created. If you don't write at all you won't know how "great" that simple book can be. ...more ”
― Shiree Mccarver

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