Books like The Duke Comes Home by Barbara Cartland

A Highland romance with a dark past, where a widowed lady seeks justice and a man from the past must learn to let go...

Set in England in 1818, the tale follows Lady Alvina Harling as she discovers a startling secret in the Duke of Harlington’s bedroom, unfolding a romance against the backdrop of post‑Napoleonic estate succession.

In the Georgian theatre world, Shimona becomes the Duke of Ravenstone’s niece’s bride to secure a fortune and support her ailing father.

In post‑winter Hong Kong, Azalea, a fragile young woman of tarnished reputation, is oppressed by her guardians, yet sparks a romance with Lord Sheldon, who seeks to unveil her hidden past.

When the Duke of Buckington saves Lady Lynda, a marriage of convenience is demanded; together they sail to the Greek Isles in search of an ancient Aphrodite carving, discovering a true romance that pleases even the gods.

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.

"His Most Noble Perfection," the London Bucks called him. The elegant Duke of Selchester was indeed perfection--with his handsomely garbed figure and his devastatingly good looks. Now he wanted the perfect wife, well-bred and obedient, who would present him with an heir to his fortune and leave him untouched by love. But a chance meeting with a winsome young beauty altered all his well-laid plans. And he was plunged into a mysterious intrigue with a woman who called him odious! Would she listen to her rebellious heart and offer him perfection of love?

A sweeping historical romance set in Lisbon, following the dramatic rise of Felicita from humble seamstress to honored noblewoman and the passionate love she shares with the proud Marques Alvaro.

A passionate love story in which a young woman confronts a powerful lord, struggling between her devotion and societal constraints.

When Luella Hanley inherits a tragic loss, she is entrusted by a mysterious stranger to escort a small Italian boy back to his father, a mysterious English Duke in Milan, setting the stage for danger, unexpected romance, and a dilemma that will test their lives.

A newly minted Duke of Otterburn, burdened by debt, marries a wealthy American heiress to save his family's fortunes, but both lovers must confront their own hearts amid a marriage of convenience.