Books like The American Cousin by Dawn Lindsey

A Regency-era romance with a twist of history, where Lady Sara sets her sights on a charming, but not perfect, match in the form of the Earl of St. Quinton.

A charming Regency Romance adventure with a dashing duchess and a young lady in need of rescue from scandalous secrets.

A captivating tale of romance and intrigue in Regency England, blending the classic romance genre with historical elements.

A wealthy young man inherits a barony and must navigate the treacherous world of his ancestor's old estate in Regency-era England, where he uncovers a web of deceit and danger, all while falling for the beautiful but guarded woman he is meant to marry...

A regency romance about a former love pursuing a daring mission to reunite with her cousin's estranged fiancé.

A young woman's quest to save her loved one amidst Regency-era intrigue and romance, as the Marchioness of Brentford's son navigates his family's schemes and secrets while Drusilla Herbert risks everything to prove her worth and save the estate from ruin.

Emily Hendrickson’s Regency romance, A Chance Encounter, follows an unexpected meeting that challenges social norms and inspires love in early 19th‑century English society, where tradition, duty, and destiny intertwine.

Set in Regency‑era Britain, Emily Hendrickson’s *The Contrary Corinthian* offers a charming look at the era’s social customs and romantic entanglements through witty dialogue, nuanced characters, and a sincere exploration of class and courtship.

Harriet's Beau is a Regency romance by Emily Hendrickson that offers a charming glimpse into early 19th-century English society, showcasing the etiquette, wit, and delicate balance of honor and affection that young women navigated during that era.

A Regency romance by Emily Hendrickson, Elizabeth's Rake follows the intricate lives and evolving relationships of its characters against the backdrop of early 19th‑century England.

A Regency romance by Emily Hendrickson that explores love, status, and secrecy in the early‑19th‑century court.

A Regency romance featuring intrigue and mistaken identity, Miss Cheney's Charade by Emily Hendrickson explores deception and the complexities of social roles in the early 19th‑century society.

A Country Miss

Newt Knight was a man who defied social rules by deserting from the Confederacy, hiding in the swamp with runaway slaves and other deserters to fight the Rebels and declare Jones County, Mississippi as the Free State of Jones. Some of his men were captured and executed and, as in the movie, the women in their family cut them down. Women also aided the Knight Company. Newt also took a black wife who had several mixed race children. Free State of Jones is an excellent comprehensive study that begins with people in the back country of North Carolina during the Revolutionary War who settled Jones County bringing with them their sense of justice and attitudes toward tyranny. Bynum mines every available source to recreate the society of Jones County through the decades from settlement into the 20th century. Bynum describes the mixed race community created by the tangled and complicated extended families who intermarried and created their own schools living in defiance of the hardening Jim Crow attitudes. Bynum expertly places Davis Knight’s 1948 charge of miscegenation in the larger historical context of the period and expertly connects it to Newt Knight’s flaunting sexual racial norms of his day. Newton Knight has been portrayed as a principled American patriot fighting for civil rights for African Americans and his mixed race progeny and as an unprincipled, villainous traitor who betrayed his race, the Confederacy and transgressed racial boundaries. Whichever narrative a person believes reveals a great deal about that person’s attitude about race and the Confederacy.

A Regency romance by Emily Hendrickson, 'Julia's Spirit' explores love and social expectations in early nineteenth‑century England.

A Regency romance that explores the social life and customs of young women, featuring a spirited heiress navigating the expectations of her era.