Historical Romance Book Club discussion

For the month of February 2026, we will be reading HRs that feature Friends / Sibling's Friend to Lovers: Includes Includes combined Friends to Lovers and Brother's Best Friend tropes.

VOTING IS NOW OPEN!

Please vote using this form to vote: https://forms.gle/ybNEQmHaBr9ptcwV7. This requires that you put your Goodreads name.

You can vote for up to three full-length books. Here's how the points work:

> First (or only) choice = 3 points
> Second choice = 2 points
> Third choice = 1 point

To see which books are nominated or if you prefer to vote in-thread, check out the thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... I have also listed the nominations below.

You can view the current vote tally here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Please vote by December 31st!!

At the end of the voting period, the top three vote-getters will be the BOTMs. If we need to break a tie, we will use the number of first place votes, or if that doesn't work, the number of second place votes as a tie-breaker. If we need another tie-breaker, we will discuss in thread and add to rules in future.

Happy voting!!

Books named in alphabetical order:


A Rogue to Remember - Emily Sullivan
Duke Most Wanted - Celeste Bradley
Ever Yours, Annabelle - Elisa Braden
Her Prodigal Passion - Grace Callaway
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady - Sabrina Jeffries
Master of Paradise - Virginia Henley
Rogue Spy - Joanna Bourne
Scot of Desire: Scottish Friends to Lovers Romance - Lyla Rosewood
The Duke and I - Stacy Reid
The Poet and the Earl Next Door: An Age Gap Friends to Lovers Secret Identity Clean Regency Romance - Kristina Earl
The Red Hot Earl - Darcy Burke
The Worst Woman in London - Julia Bennet
Two Rogues Make a Right -

If someone likes this trope as I do ;). I'm reading a book with this theme, I'm just in the beginning, so I don't know if it's good or not...


The Spinster's Seduction: The Lovers' Arch: Later in Life Romance

Hi Mods, I just voted, but no votes at all are showing on the current voting tally. Also, just letting you know, the form for voting for the special Christmas read is still on the google voting form. Jan

Jan wrote: "Hi Mods, I just voted, but no votes at all are showing on the current voting tally. Also, just letting you know, the form for voting for the special Christmas read is still on the google voting for..."

Thanks, Jan I'm going to check

I think now it's everything correct and working! If you see something off, pls, tell me! :)

Sandra wrote: "I think now it's everything correct and working! If you see something off, pls, tell me! :)"

Hi Sandra, The current voting tally still doesn't seem to be working properly. It's showing first votes but not who you voted for seconds and thirds. I thought it wasn't showing my votes so I voted again before I realised. Sorry - I think I may have voted twice now 🤷🏻‍♀️ Maybe you can check and remove one set of my votes if that's the case? BTW the Christmas vote thingy has now been removed 😊 Thanks, Jan

Can you believe I've checked all the first choices and because they here ok I thought all was?! 🤔

I have to see it tomorrow in the computer, thanks for flagging it Jan!

Jan, I haven't forgotten but I'm sick, so I didn't manage to go to the computer yet 😞

Good thing of being sick, I'm reading a lot, eheheh!!

So sorry to hear you aren't well, Sandra. Hope you are better soon. In the meantime, enjoy your reading :)