by Alicia Bones

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We love Bridgerton for the glamour, the costumes, castles, and, of course, the seduction. There’s nothing quite like a regency-era courtship for swooning and escaping the everyday. If you’re still craving more romance after the third season of the Netflix hit, these five regency romances are here to help you take a trip to the past.

5 of the best regency romance books

HOW NOT TO PROPOSE TO A DUKE by Louise Allen

Bridgerton is focused on the social season, where young people are introduced into high society and are available to wed. Louise Allen’s How Not to Propose to a Duke turns the well-trod story on its head: by having the heroine propose to her dream man.

Jessica Danby thinks Alexander, the Duke of Malvern, would make a fine match because of his wealth and connections. She’s being daring when decides to propose to him — but her courage is not rewarded. After he turns her down because he wants to marry for love, he becomes more to Jessica than just a duke. After her hasty proposal, will Jessica and Alexander be able see that they’re in love with each other?

This is the first book in the Season of Celebration miniseries, followed by WED IN HASTE TO THE DUKE by Sarah Mallory and THE KISS THAT MADE HER COUNTESS by Laura Martin.

ALLIANCE WITH THE NOTORIOUS LORD by Bronwyn Scott

At first, the widow Antonia Lytton-Popplewell and her late husband’s business partner Lord Cullen Allardyce don’t like each other. Why? Antonia vows to complete her husband’s dream: open a department store in London. The only catch? Cullen has to leave Tahiti and travel to England to sign contracts before she can open. Unfortunately for Antonia, Cullen never wants to set foot in England again.

After she finally persuades him to set sail back home, it’s no wonder that Cullen is cross — and that the two don’t exactly get along. But like in any enemies-to-lovers story, their chemistry supersedes their distaste, and the two begin an affair. But can their new romance survive the skeletons in Cullen’s closet and the reality that he’ll have to return to Tahiti?

This book is in the Enterprising Widows minisieries, along LIAISON WITH THE CHAMPAGNE COUNT and A DEAL WITH THE REBELLIOUS MARQUESS, both also by Bronwyn Scott.

A LIAISON WITH HER LEADING LADY by Lotte R. James

If you love sapphic romance and the theater, you’ve found your book in A Liaison with Her Leading Lady. When Ruth Connell inherits her father’s theater after his death, she learns what her father never told her: she only has a few weeks to turn a profit, or she’ll lose the place. To try to sell tickets, she tracks down grumpy Artemis Goode, a reclusive playwright who has been driven out of the public eye because of nasty rumors. She agrees to write a new play for Ruth.

Almost immediately, sparks fly between the two. But they’re soon pushed apart by fear—will the two be able to overcome their insecurities and make a life with one another?

A SEASON WITH HER FORBIDDEN EARL by Julia Justiss

Lady Margaret is one of the most marriage-skeptical women in 1830s London. And after winning money from her abusive father, Maggie doesn’t need to marry. Instead, she spends her time making matches for her friends and enjoying the parties throughout the social season.

Widower Julian Randall, Earl of Atherton, has also sworn off marriage after the death of his wife, but when he and Maggie start spending time together, he starts to have second thoughts. Maggie is attracted to him, too, but she is unwilling to forgo her independence, no matter how enthralled she is. Will Maggie and Julian be able to overcome their preconceived notions of marriage and commit to one another?

This book concludes the Least Likely to Wed trilogy. If A SEASON WITH HER FORBIDDEN EARL sounds up your alley, start with A SEASON OF FLIRTATION and THE WALLFLOWER’S LAST CHANCE SEASON.

THE MARQUESS’S YEAR TO WED by Paulia Belgado

Spicy romance alert! When the Marquess of Ashbrooke is told he has a year to marry or lose his title and money, he doesn’t think he feel passion for the woman he discovers to fit the bill. In comes mathematician Violet Avery, who turns Ash’s quest for a marriage of convenience into a quest for her heart. But is he willing to risk his livelihood for a chance with Violet?

Technically a Victorian romance rather than a regency one, The Marquess’s Year offers a neurodivergent heroine and a hero who champions her success.

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