Proper Romance

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

Updated May 1, 2024
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All that makes life bright : the life and love of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Kilpack, Josi S.
Paper Book
When Harriet Beecher marries Calvin Stowe on January 6, 1836, she is sure her future will be filled romance, eventually a family, and continued opportunities to develop as a writer. Her husband Calvin is completely supportive and said she must be a literary woman. Harriet's...
Blackmoore
Donaldson, Julianne.
Paper Book
Set in Northern England in 1820, Blackmoore is a regency romance that tells the story of Kate Worthington, a young woman struggling to learn how to escape her family and follow her heart.
The bride of Ivy Green
Klassen, Julie
Paper Book
Much has happened in idyllic Ivy Hill in recent months, and while several villagers have found new love and purpose, questions remain--and a few dearly held dreams have yet to be fulfilled. Jane Bell is torn. Gabriel Locke is back and has made his intentions clear. But Jane is reluctant to...
The Bride of Ivy Green Tales from Ivy Hill Series, Book 3
Klassen, Julie.
Paper Book
Much has happened in idyllic Ivy Hill in recent months, and while several villagers have found new love and purpose, questions remain--and a few dearly held dreams have yet to be fulfilled. Jane Bell is torn. Gabriel Locke is back and has made his intentions clear. But Jane is reluctant to...
The bridge to Belle Island
Klassen, Julie
Paper Book
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 investigate. Eager to leave London for a while, Benjamin agrees. Evidence takes him to...
A captain for Caroline Gray
Wright, Julie
Paper Book
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
Paper Book
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 wreckers search for...
A Castaway in Cornwall
Klassen, Julie
Paper Book
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 wreckers search for...
A Castaway in Cornwall
Klassen, Julie.
Paper Book
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 wreckers search for...
The Dancing Master
Klassen, Julie.
Paper Book
Finding himself the man of the family, London dancing master Alec Valcourt moves his mother and sister to remote Devonshire, hoping to start over. But he is stunned to learn the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing, for reasons buried deep in her past. Alec finds an unlikely ally in...
Edenbrooke : a proper romance
Donaldson, Julianne
Paper Book
A Foreword Magazine Book of the YearThinking she'll be able to relax and enjoy her beloved English countryside while her sister snags the handsome heir of Edenbrooke, Marianne finds that even the best laid plans can go awry. From a terrifying run-in with a highwayman to a seemingly harmless...
Edenbrooke Edenbrooke Series, Book 1
Donaldson, Julianne.
Ebook
Marianne Daventry will do anything to escape the boredom of Bath and the amorous attentions of an unwanted suitor. So when an invitation arrives from her twin sister, Cecily, to join her at a sprawling country estate, she jumps at the chance. Thinking she'll be able to relax and enjoy her...
The Girl in the Gatehouse
Klassen, Julie.
Paper Book
Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative's estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how--by writing novels in secret. Captain Matthew Bryant, returning to...
The Headmistress of Rosemere
Ladd, Sarah E.
Paper Book
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...
A heart worth stealing
Barker, Joanna L.
Paper Book
The Heiress of Winterwood
Ladd, Sarah E.
Paper Book
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...
The Heiress of Winterwood
Ladd, Sarah E.
Paper Book
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...
In the shelter of Hollythorne House
Ladd, Sarah E.
Paper Book
A young widow faces an uncertain future ... until an unexpected encounter with her first love gives her heart a second chance in this Regency romance set on the Yorkshire Moors. England, 1817--Charlotte Grey thought she had seen the last of Anthony Welbourne....
The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill Tales From Ivy Hill, Book 1
Klassen, Julie.
Paper Book
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.
Paper Book
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, far away from Brockwell Court, the old family secret that haunts him, and the shadows of his past mistakes. But then his mother threatens to...
The lady of the lakes : the true love story of Sir Walter Scott
Kilpack, Josi S.
Paper Book
One is his first love. The other is his best love. Which will be Walter's true love? Walter Scott has three passions: Scotland, poetry, and Mina Stuart. Though Mina is young and they are from different stations in society, Walter is...
The Letter From Briarton Park
Ladd, Sarah E.
Paper Book
In Regency England, one letter will alter a young woman's fate when it summons her to Briarton Park--an ancient estate that holds the secrets of her past and the keys to her future. Sarah E. Ladd returns with another low-spice Regency romance, perfect for fans of Julie Klassen. ...
The light at Wyndcliff
Ladd, Sarah E.
Paper Book
Set in the same time period as Poldark and Bridgerton, this Regency romance follows a young man searching for truth among the debris of multiple shipwrecks on his newly inherited property. Cornwall, England, 1820: Raised on the sprawling and rugged Wyndcliff Estate near the...
The maid of Fairbourne Hall
Klassen, Julie
Paper Book
Regency Romance and Mystery from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen Pampered Margaret Macy flees London in disguise to escape pressure to marry a dishonorable man. With no money and nowhere else to go, she takes a position as a housemaid in the home of Nathaniel Upchurch, a suitor she once...
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
Klassen, Julie.
Paper Book
Regency Romance and Mystery from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen Pampered Margaret Macy flees London in disguise to escape pressure to marry a dishonorable man. With no money and nowhere else to go, she takes a position as a housemaid in the home of Nathaniel Upchurch, a suitor she once...
Meeting her match
Turano, Jen
Paper Book
Miss Camilla Pierpont, a renowned matchmaker and influential member of the New York Four Hundred, has vowed never to marry after suffering a devastating heartbreak during her debut years ago. However, when she is nearly abducted along the Hudson River, she finds herself rescued by an annoyingly...
The Painter's Daughter
Klassen, Julie.
Paper Book
Julie Klassen Is the Gold Standard for Inspirational Regency Fiction Sophie Dupont, daughter of a portrait painter, assists her father in his studio, keeping her own artwork out of sight. She often walks the cliffside path along the north Devon coast, popular with artists and poets. It's where...
Promises and primroses
Kilpack, Josi S.
Paper Book
Lord Elliott Mayfield aims to correct the very messy marital mistakes and spousal scandals of his brothers and sisters by requiring his nieces and nephews to choose worthy companions.  If they choose wisely, they will receive their generous share of the family's inheritance. ...
Protecting her heart
Allen, Nancy Campbell
Paper Book
" 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 like a...
Shadows of Swanford Abbey
Klassen, Julie,
Paper Book
News of her brother's worrisome behavior spurs Miss Rebecca Lane to return home to her village. Upon her arrival, he begs her to go to nearby Swanford Abbey, a medieval monastery turned grand hotel rumored to be haunted. Feeling responsible for her brother's desperate state, she reluctantly agrees...
The silent governess
Klassen, Julie
Paper Book
Believing herself guilty of a crime, Olivia Keene flees her home, eventually stumbling upon a grand estate where an elaborate celebration is in progress. But all is not as joyous as it seems. Lord Bradley has just learned a terrible secret, which, if exposed, will change his life forever. When he...
The sisters of Sea View
Klassen, Julie
Paper Book
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....
The Tutor's Daughter
Klassen, Julie.
Paper Book
Award-Winning Regency Romance from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen Emma Smallwood, determined to help her widowed father regain his spirits when his academy fails, agrees to travel with him to the distant Cornwall coast, to the cliff-top manor of a baronet and his four sons. But after they...
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.
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...
With this pledge
Alexander, Tamera
Paper Book
From the pages of history and the personal accounts of those who endured the Battle of Franklin, Tamera Alexander weaves real-life love letters into a story of unlikely romance first kindled amid the shadows of the Civil War. "Beautifully-drawn characters and rich history in...

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