Period Romance

Adult Fiction - Period Romance

Updated May 19, 2023
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The moon looked down
Garlock, Dorothy.
Paper Book
The new Americana romance from bestselling author Dorothy Garlock, this time set against the backdrop of WWII. Sophie Heller's family immigrated from Germany to Victory, a small town in Illinois, before WWII began. Now that the war has affected the town, the townspeople discriminate against Sophie...
The steady running of the hour
Go, Justin
Paper Book
In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. A QUEST NOVEL and a historical tour de force, The Steady Running of the Hour...
Water for elephants : a novel
Gruen, Sara.
Paper Book
Over 10 million copies sold worldwide! * Now A Broadway Musical Starring Grant Gustin and Isabella McCalla #1 New York Times Bestseller * A Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Bestseller ...
Far from the madding crowd
Hardy, Thomas
Paper Book
Set in his fictional Wessex countryside in southwest England, Far from the Madding Crowd was Thomas Hardy's breakthrough work. Though it was first published anonymously in 1874, the quick and tremendous success of Far from the Madding Crowd persuaded Hardy to give up his first profession,...
Mistress Shakespeare
Harper, Karen
Paper Book
A delicious and intriguing historical novel about the woman who was William Shakespeare's secret wife by New York Times bestselling author, Karen Harper. In Mistress Shakespeare, Elizabethan beauty Anne Whateley reveals intimate details of her dangerous, daring life and her great love, William...
Enchantments : a novel
Harrison, Kathryn.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From Kathryn Harrison, one of America's most admired literary voices, comes a gorgeously written, enthralling novel set in the final days of Russia's Romanov Empire.   St. Petersburg, 1917. After Rasputin's body is pulled from the...
The Irish healer : a novel
Herriman, Nancy.
Paper Book
Accused of murdering a child under her care, Irish healer Rachel Dunne flees the ensuing scandal while vowing to never sit at another sickbed. She no longer trusts in her abilities--or God's mercy. But when a cholera epidemic sweeps through London, she feels compelled to nurse the dying...
The marriage of opposites : a novel
Hoffman, Alice.
Paper Book
"[A] luminous, Marquez-esque tale." -O, The Oprah Magazine From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who...
Under the wide and starry sky : a novel
Horan, Nancy.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK From Nancy Horan, New York Times bestselling author of Loving Frank, comes her much-anticipated second novel, which tells the improbable love story of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his...
The secret diaries of Charlotte Brontë : a novel
James, Syrie.
Paper Book
"I have written about the joys of love. I have, in my secret heart, long dreamt of an intimate connection with a man; every Jane, I believe, deserves her Rochester." Though poor, plain, and unconnected, Charlotte Bronte possesses a deeply passionate side which she reveals...
The last summer at Chelsea Beach
Jenoff, Pam
Paper Book
For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! From the sandy shores of America to the battered streets of London, one woman's search for love and redemption will defy all odds  Young Adelia Monteforte begins the...
The Borgia bride
Kalogridis, Jeanne.
Paper Book
Vivacious Sancha of Aragon arrives in Rome newly wed to a member of the notorious Borgia dynasty. Surrounded by the city's opulence and political corruption, she befriends her glamorous and deceitful sister-in-law, Lucrezia, whose jealousy is as legendary as her beauty. Some say Lucrezia has...
Devil in spring
Kleypas, Lisa
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author LISA KLEYPAS delivers the unforgettable tale of a strong-willed beauty who encounters her match in one of London's most notorious--yet irresistible--rakes . . . An eccentric wallflower  . . . Most debutantes dream of finding a husband....
The bookman's tale : a novel of obsession
Lovett, Charles C.
Paper Book
A mysterious portrait ignites an antiquarian bookseller's search through time and the works of Shakespeare for his lost love Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books, The Bookman's Tale is a former bookseller's sparkling novel and a delightful...
The doctor and the diva
McDonnell, Adrienne.
Paper Book
A breathtaking novel of romantic obsession, longing and one woman's choice between motherhood and her operatic calling It is 1903. Dr. Ravell is a young Harvard-educated obstetrician with a growing reputation for helping couples conceive. He has treated women from all walks of...
The girl who knew too much
Quick, Amanda
Other
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Amanda Quick, the bestselling author of The Other Lady Vanishes, transports readers to 1930s California, where glamour and seduction spawn a multitude of sins...   At the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel on the coast of...
The gallery of vanished husbands
Solomons, Natasha
Paper Book
A moving story of family and a life-long love affair in 1950s London, from the New York Times bestselling author of The House at Tyneford. London, 1958. It's the eve of the sexual revolution, but in Juliet Montague's conservative Jewish community...
Something to remember you by : a perilous romance
Wilder, Gene
Paper Book
From the author ofKiss Me Like a Stranger andMy French Whore,comes this romantic, dramatic fiction set during World War II. Beloved actor and author Gene Wilder's novella, SOMETHING TO REMEMBER YOU BY, begins on Christmas, 1944. In a foxhole in Bastogne, Belgium, the innocent...
The secret life of Violet Grant
Williams, Beatriz.
Paper Book
Passion, redemption, and a battered suitcase full of secrets- the New York Times-bestselling author of A Hundred Summersreturns with another engrossing tale. Manhattan, 1964. Vivian Schuyler, newly graduated from Bryn Mawr College, has recently defied the privilege of...

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