Proper Romance

Wonderful "Pride and Prejudice" romance without all the spice!

Updated December 19, 2024
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Ashes on the moor
Eden, Sarah M.
Paper Book
The bride of Ivy Green
Klassen, Julie
Ebook
Come home to Ivy Hill, where friendship endures, romance triumphs, and mysteries are revealed in this eagerly anticipated conclusion. . . .Spring is in the air . . . and change is too. Mercy Grove has lost her girls' school and is resigned to life as a spinster, especially as the man she...
The Bride of Ivy Green Tales from Ivy Hill Series, Book 3
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
Come home to Ivy Hill, where friendship endures, romance triumphs, and mysteries are revealed in this eagerly anticipated conclusion. . . .Spring is in the air . . . and change is too. Mercy Grove has lost her girls' school and is resigned to life as a spinster, especially as the man she...
The bridge to Belle Island
Klassen, Julie
Ebook
An Island Shrouded in Mist. A Woman Haunted by Dreams. A Murder Yet Unsolved.After a humiliating mistake, lawyer Benjamin Booker resolves to never again trust a beautiful woman. When an old friend is killed, the senior partner isn't satisfied with Bow Street's efforts and asks Benjamin to...
A captain for Caroline Gray
Wright, Julie
Ebook
Regency London Caroline Gray's third season in London society ends as badly as her first two--no marriage proposal, no suitor, not even a glimmer of an interested prospect. She suspects it's because she is far too quick to speak her mind to men who are put off by her...
A Castaway in Cornwall
Klassen, Julie
Audiobook
Set adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura Callaway now lives with her uncle and his disapproving wife in North Cornwall. There she feels like a castaway, always viewed as an outsider even as she yearns to belong. While...
A castaway in Cornwall
Klassen, Julie
Audiobook
Set adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura Callaway now lives with her uncle and his disapproving wife in North Cornwall. There she feels like a castaway, always viewed as an outsider even as she yearns to belong. While...
A Castaway in Cornwall
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
"A winsome love story between an orphaned young woman and the shipwreck survivor she nurses back to health. Klassen steeps their romance in atmosphere and intrigue."--Publishers WeeklySet adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura...
The Dancing Master
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
Can dancing master Alec Valcourt bring new life to the sleepy little village of Beaworthy--and to one young woman's restless heart?
The Girl in the Gatehouse
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
Mariah Aubrey lives in seclusion with her secrets. Will an ambitious captain uncover her identity . . . and her hidden past?Banished from the only home she's ever known, Mariah Aubrey hides herself away in an abandoned gatehouse on a distant relative's estate. There she supports herself and...
The Headmistress of Rosemere
Ladd, Sarah E.
Ebook
In Regency England, the same time period as Bridgerton and Poldark, Patience Creighton has devoted her life to running her father's boarding school. But when the enigmatic master of the estate appears at her door, battered and unconscious, the young headmistress suddenly finds her livelihood--and...
The Heiress of Winterwood
Ladd, Sarah E.
Ebook
In this sweet Regency romance, Amelia Barret will risk everything to keep her word--even to the point of proposing to a sea captain she's never met. Amelia Barrett, heiress to an estate nestled in the English moors, defies family expectations and promises to raise her dying friend's baby....
The Heiress of Winterwood
Ladd, Sarah E.
Audiobook
In the shelter of Hollythorne House
Ladd, Sarah E.
Audiobook
The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill Tales From Ivy Hill, Book 1
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
First Series from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen The lifeblood of the Wiltshire village of Ivy Hill is its coaching inn, The Bell. But when the innkeeper dies suddenly, his genteel wife, Jane Bell, becomes the reluctant owner. Jane has no notion of how to run a business. However, with...
An Ivy Hill Christmas A Tales from Ivy Hill Novella
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
Spend a festive Christmas in the English village of Ivy Hill, as divine hope, friendship, and unexpected romance work their magic. . . .Richard Brockwell, the younger son of Ivy Hill's most prominent family, hasn't been home for Christmas in years. He prefers to live in the London townhouse,...
The lady and the highwayman
Eden, Sarah M.
Paper Book
Elizabeth Black is the headmistress of a girls' school and a well-respected author of "silver-fork" novels, stories written both for and about the upper-class ladies of Victorian society. But by night, she writes very different kinds of stories--the Penny Dreadfuls that are all the rage among the...
Lady of Milkweed Manor A Novel
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
The engaging and moving story of a once-proper lady who finds herself in a most unexpected situation; a romance set in Regency England.
Lakeshire Park
Walker, Megan
Ebook
Brighton, England 1820  Amelia Moore wants only one thing--to secure the future happiness of her younger sister, Clara. With their stepfather's looming death, the two sisters will soon be on their own--without family, a ...
The light at Wyndcliff
Ladd, Sarah E.
Audiobook
The maid of Fairbourne Hall
Klassen, Julie
Audiobook
Regency Romance and Mystery from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen   To escape a scheme to marry her off to a dishonorable man, Margaret Macy flees London disguised as a housemaid. If she can remain unwed until her next birthday, she will receive an inheritance, and with...
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
Find romance and danger behind the doors of Fairbourne HallTo escape a scheme to marry her off to a dishonorable man, Margaret Macy flees London disguised as a housemaid. If she can remain unwed until her next birthday, she will receive an inheritance, and with it, sweet independence. But she...
The matchmaker's lonely heart
Allen, Nancy Campbell
Paper Book
A romance develops as a detective partners with a lonely-hearts columnist to solve a murder mystery. London, 1885 Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic, which makes her the perfect columnist to answer lonely heart letters in The Marriage Gazette. When Amelie plays...
The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart LIB/e
Allen, Nancy Campbell
Paper Book
A romance develops as a detective partners with a lonely-hearts columnist to solve a murder mystery. London, 1885 Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic, which makes her the perfect columnist to answer lonely heart letters in The Marriage Gazette. When Amelie plays...
Meeting her match
Turano, Jen
Audiobook
The Painter's Daughter
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
After the man she loves abruptly sails for Italy, Sophie Dupont's future is in jeopardy. Wesley left her in dire straits, and she has nowhere to turn--until Captain Stephen Overtree comes looking for his wayward brother. He offers a solution to her dilemma, but can it truly be that simple?
Protecting her heart
Allen, Nancy Campbell
Ebook
London, 1887 When newly graduated medical doctor Charlotte Duvall receives word that her father has died, she immediately leaves America and returns home to see to her family's estate. Among her father's possessions is a box of her late mother's letters, which feels...
Shadows of Swanford Abbey
Klassen, Julie,
Ebook
Agatha Christie meets Jane Austen in this atmospheric Regency tale brimming with mystery, intrigue, and romance When Miss Rebecca Lane returns to her home village after a few years away, her brother begs for a favor: go to nearby Swanford Abbey and deliver his manuscript to an author staying...
The sheriffs of Savage Wells
Eden, Sarah M.
Audiobook
The silent governess
Klassen, Julie
Ebook
A dangerous secret...an overheard conversation...and a woman who is not what she seems. Will hidden pasts ruin their hope of finding love?
The sisters of Sea View
Klassen, Julie
Ebook
Some guests have come for a holiday, others for hidden reasons of their own . . .When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers and her genteel sisters fear they will be forced to sell the house and separate to earn livelihoods as governesses or companions....
A Stranger at Fellsworth
Ladd, Sarah E.
Ebook
The Governess of Penwythe Hall Cornwall, England, 1811 Rich with family secrets, lingering danger, and the captivating allure of new love, this Regency romance introduces us to the Twethewey family and their search for peace, justice, and love on the Cornish coast. ...
To love the brooding baron
Flint, Jentry
Ebook
The Tutor's Daughter
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
Emma Smallwood and her father have come to the Cornish coast to tutor the youngest sons of a baronet--but all is not as it seems. When mysterious things begin to happen and danger mounts, can she figure out which brother to blame...and which to trust with her heart?
A winter by the sea
Klassen, Julie
Paper Book
2024 Christy Award FinalistRoyalty comes to Sidmouth, bringing unexpected danger and the sweet possibility of romance. . . .When the Duke and Duchess of Kent and their daughter--the future Queen Victoria--rent neighboring Woolbrook Cottage for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon...
A Winter by the Sea
Klassen, Julie.
Ebook
2024 Christy Award FinalistRoyalty comes to Sidmouth, bringing unexpected danger and the sweet possibility of romance. . . .When the Duke and Duchess of Kent and their daughter--the future Queen Victoria--rent neighboring Woolbrook Cottage for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon...
With this pledge
Alexander, Tamera
Paper Book
In With This Pledge, Christy Award-winning and USA TODAY bestselling author Tamera Alexander blends gripping Civil War history with tender, conflicted romance, perfect for fans of Lynn Austin and Julie Klassen. "Against the painful and gore-filled backdrop of war, Alexander...

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