Books like Escapade by Jane Aiken Hodge

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

A young bride, the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter, arrives at Manderley on the Cornish coast and finds her new home haunted by the memory and housekeeper’s obsession with her mysterious, stylish predecessor—Rebecca.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

In Edwardian England, Lucy Honeychurch is poised for a conventional life until a trip to Florence opens her eyes to romance, freedom, and the conflict between her future fiancé Cecil Vyse and the passionate world of her Italian companions.

Three feckless young men embark on a light‑hearted rowing holiday along the Thames in 1888, creating a series of humorous misadventures.

American Dorothy "Daisy" Miller charms in Switzerland and Italy, but her lively spirit and romance with the young American Winterbourne clash with the conservative norms of their fellow expatriates, prompting a critique of Anglo‑American cultural differences.

Written in debtor's prison in 1784, Memoirs of Fanny Hill is the first modern English erotic novel that follows a young woman forced into prostitution by poverty, who navigates love, betrayal, and personal growth to find her own ending.

Set in a crumbling Georgian manor in rural Warwickshire, *The Little Stranger* follows a doctor arriving at a long‑standing family home where a death‑bed patient and chilling supernatural forces intertwine against the backdrop of post‑war Britain.

Kate Croy, a young American woman in London, schemes to secure a future with the amateur financier Merton Densher by courting the wealthy, ill Milly Theale; her plan highlights ambition, love, and tragedy.

Princess Isobel’s quest for Polish freedom drives a historical drama weaving romance, politics, and intrigue, featuring Napoleon, Murat, Talleyrand, and the young Tsar of Russia.

Anne Carter, given only six months to live, sees a chance to revive her career when she lands the lead in a new Beethoven opera in a small European principality. Determined, she must confront accidents, murders, and a dangerous plot that threatens the production and her life.

Caterina Fonsa returns twenty years after the battles of the Peninsular War to confront new political intrigues and the ghosts of her past in Portugal during Napoleon’s invasion.

Teenager Caterina Gomez returns to war‑torn Portugal, where she must navigate a complex family, political intrigue, and her own quest for freedom.

A lively, humorous account of life in an Amsterdam retirement home, as penned by its witty resident, Hendrik Groen.

Escapade by Susan Kyle SHE WAS FIGHTING FOR HER INHERITANCE...AND RISKING HER HEART Amanda Todd wondered if other battles had been fought on lush, breeze-kissed Lawson Island in the Bahamas. Her father's death had made her co-owner of a nearly bankrupt San Antonio newspaper, but controlling interest lay with handsome millionaire Joshua Lawson. Lithe, pretty Amanda had flown to his Caribbean estate to convince him that she could save the failing business -- and to get the hard-driving young tycoon to see her as a desirable woman instead of Harrison Todd's virginal daughter. Romantic sugar-white beaches gave her the perfect setting for seduction, yet it was Josh's playboy brother who made pass. Now, Amanda was a pawn in a competition between brothers, making enemies, and awakening volatile passions in powerful men in a breathtaking...Escapade.

A young London servant with a healing gift saves Queen Elizabeth’s life, falls in love with King Edward, and then goes into exile—while the queen plots her revenge.

A mysterious junior Miss Alethea Darcy, daughter of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, steals away from a disastrous marriage and masquerades as a gentleman, traveling to Venice with her maid Figgins and encountering an Italian opera world, a pursuit of a stolen Titian, and a challenging love interest, Titus Manningtree.

A young Englishwoman, Tasmin Berrybender, follows her family up the Missouri River, facing motherhood, a fading father, and a mysterious relationship with Native American Jim Snow amid the evolving power of her clan.

In 1782 London, the Giant O’Brien, an Irish marvel, walks the streets of a bustling metropolis, captivating audiences and earning a living—only to become the prized specimen of the renowned anatomist John Hunter.