Books like The Duke Who Loved Me by Alexis Hall

PhD candidate Olive Smith pretends to be in love with fellow scientist Adam Carlsen, only to find that chemistry might be more than just a lab reaction.

Alex Claremont-Diaz, the United States’ First Son, confronts diplomatic drama when he falls for the Prince of Wales, Henry. Their staged truce turns into a real romance that could reshape politics and personal identities alike.

Reimagining the Trojan War through the eyes of Achilles’ closest companion, Patroclus, the novel explores themes of friendship, heroism, and forbidden love amid mythic glory.

Urban romance meets time‑travel intrigue when New York City waitress August meets a 1970s punk rocker lost in the subway, forcing her to use her past to rescue the impossible.

Rock‑star kid Luc O'Donnell teams up with the scandal‑free barrister Oliver Blackwood for a fake boyfriend deal that turns into a real connection.

Gregory Bridgerton seeks true love, but his heart is captured by Lady Lucinda Abernathy’s witty charm while she aids him in winning over Miss Hermione Watson. With Lucy engaged, Gregory must decide whom to cherish as the wedding approaches.

Caseworker Linus travels to a remote orphanage to investigate ragged kids and their enigmatic caretaker Arthur, only to discover that the island’s magical children—and his own heart—are part of something larger than he imagined.

Isabella Goodrich, a bright Englishwoman of the Regency era, leaves her Oxford life to become a missionary in the Far East, navigating cultural expectations, mysterious mentors, and a budding romance with Phineas Snowe.

Charlotte Cameron’s ill‑fated night in Scotland turns into a tense journey when she encounters Duke Phillip Maddox, a man she betrayed, and together they confront danger and unexpected attraction.

Jennifer Whitcomb, a governess at the Parmenter estate, wins over neglected children while navigating mysterious houseguests and mesmerism, finding refuge in encounters with local lord Viscount Haverford.

Charles de Lacey, destined to become Lord Gresham, must outwit a blackmailer threatening his title while navigating a passionate, dangerous romance with the alluring Tessa Neville.

Three spirited women navigate the high seas and the social customs of Regency England, overcoming the challenges of Regency romance.

A quiet life is shattered when Penelope's aunt's jewels are stolen. Julian Rutherford, a newspaper reporter with a hidden past, becomes involved, and Penelope's adventures are suddenly exciting.

A Regency-era romance set in England, featuring a determined lady who must marry a man she doesn't love in order to save her nephew.

In Regency England, orphan Sophie Langford is drawn into the house of the eligible fifth Duke of Belfont, James, where her bold spirit and candid nature spark an unlikely romance.

A spirited heiress flirtations with a dashing stranger, only to discover he is her appointed guardian—a Regency romance that explores duty, love, and societal expectations.

In the Victorian Rebels series, the widow Imogen Pritchard reunites with Cole Talmage, Duke of Trenwyth, the man who once seduced her as a maid.

Duke: A Love Story is a stunning, deeply moving book, the warm, funny, tender and finally, tragic story of the last years of one of America's most beloved men-by the woman he loved. John Wayne and Pat Stacy were together for seven years. For all those years she was his secretary and companion, for the last five the woman he loved, so openly and with pride, and who loved him back. They shared everything together, alone and with his family and friends, and the Wayne she gives us is very different from the Wayne of legend. This is "Duke" the man, tender, loving, stubborn, generous, cantankerous, impulsive, humorous, and finally, full of rage at the cancer he had to battle for the second time in his life; the cancer that, after Stacy cared for him day after day and shared his agony, cut away at the man who had been so vital and strong-but to which he reused to succumb. Duke: A Love Story is a revelation, a book full of joy and sorrow and courage-the real John Wayne brought to vivid, loving life.

Set in 1815, "Illusion" follows Frances Woodard, an English courtesan from India, as she becomes entangled with the alluring spy Nigel Arundham, Marquess of Rivaulx, amid the political turmoil of the Waterloo campaign.

SHE'D FLED THE BED OF THE DUKE OF DEIGHTON......and returned to her life of quiet respectability. But Verity Davis-Jones could never forget Galen Bromney, "her" notorious duke, for she saw him daily in the face of their child—the daughter she must deny him, along with her heartfelt love! Ten years of self-imposed exile had done little to dissuade Galen Bromney of the rightness of being with Verity. Yet how would he ever convince the woman of his dreams that a life together raising their daughter was his deepest desire?

Tretch, a closeted gay teenager, struggles to keep his feelings for his straight best friend Matt hidden in a small town where everyone knows everyone’s business.