Books like The Duke Is Trapped by Barbara Cartland

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

Set in north England, Jane Eyre follows an orphaned governess who faces abuse, hardship, and ultimately a complicated love with her employer, Edward Rochester, while contemplating marriage to her austere cousin St. John Rivers.

During a London season in 1814, Anthony Bridgerton, the acclaimed bachelor, falls in love with Kate Sheffield. Her meddling sister threatens their engagement, but temptation and heart collide in Regency romance.

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.

LOVER'S BOUNTY A sweet-talking scoundrel left Silver Matlock stranded at the altar, escaping with the meager remains of her family's fortune. Faced with financial ruin, the rebellious Colorado beauty turned to bounty hunter Jared Newman for help--entrusting her fate to the handsome and secretive stranger who had witnessed her humiliation. Haunted by the murder of his loved ones, Jared's search for the killer brought him West. And now he was saddled with a high-spirited hellion seeking vengeance of her own--a stunning spitfire whose courage kindled long-forgotten desires within the rugged, embittered manhunter...and whose blistering passion spawned the golden promise of a soul-healing love.

A daring Irish spy in Victorian London, a charismatic rogue, and a passionate love affair in the Regency era collide in Katherine O'Neal's latest historical romance adventure, perfect for fans of Regency romances and Victorian spionage alike.

A Duke desperate for an heir seeks the perfect bride at a grand masquerade, only to chase a mysterious beauty who disappears, sparking a romantic quest of secret identities, waltzes, and aristocratic intrigue.

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.

Ilina's father has died and the estate has been inherited by her cousin Sheridan. Unfortunately, there is no money and she is left the "Nizam's jewels," which are hidden somewhere in the house! Once the new duke arrives, she has to convince him to stay and take his place instead of returning to India and his life there.

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?

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.