Books like Damsel in Distress by Joan Smith

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.

The beloved classic of American literature, Little Women, narrates the adventures of four March sisters as they grow up during the Civil War era.

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.

A young governess in a remote estate discovers that the souls of two children are threatened by the malevolent ghosts of a former governess and her lover.

Walter Hartright, a drawing master, becomes entangled with Laura Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, and the scheming Count Fosco as questions of identity and madness intertwine in 19th‑century England.

A captivating Regency romance story of a young woman whose charm and determination defy the expectations of her social class and the conventions of her time.

A regency romance with a twist, where a wealthy widow seeks a suitable husband but ends up falling into the arms of a cynical and cunning Lord Harford.

Damia follows the legacy of the famed telepath Rowan, as the young Talent learns to harness her powers amid alien threats and discovering deep emotions for Afra.

A beautiful and dangerous Miss Winslow faces the pursuit of men who wish to claim her as their own, but her true purpose is to find love and respect in a world that cannot abide her beauty alone.

Miss Catherine Spenser is forced to marry the Duke of Clarendon under false pretenses. Can she trust herself to keep the promise of love in public?

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

A beautiful and tragic story of love and deception, set against the backdrop of Regency England, involving a young woman who is forced into marriage with a wealthy and arrogant earl she despises deeply.

In 1923, Daisy Dalrymple—a magazine writer and heiress—helps her friend Philip Petrie rescue Gloria Arbuckle, a millionaire’s daughter, after she is kidnapped. While Scotland Yard forbids her involvement, Daisy closes in on the kidnappers’ rural hideout.

Major Harry Davenport's rich girlfriend, Angela, has been swindled. Now she must break the terms of her marriage agreement to save her title, but the man she loves can't remember what the terms were in the first place.

A beautiful and talented woman navigates a web of intrigue, deception, and heartache in 18th-century France, as she struggles to prove her worth to a wealthy and skilled suitor while trying to keep her heart safe.

A governess in Regency England embarks on a romantic adventure with a mysterious lord, leading to unexpected misadventures and love triangles.

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.

A charming Regency romance featuring a young woman torn between the four most eligible bachelors.

Regency romance by Olivia Fontayne, exploring courtly intrigue, love, and scandal.

A Regency romance that explores the social customs and courtship rituals of early 19th‑century Britain, following a wayward woman navigating love and societal expectations.

A spirited medieval heiress, Katherine de Montrain, is forced into marriage with the noble Lord Damian Montjoy, a wandering knight allied with Robin Hood, as they combat tyranny and find love amid perilous times.

AKA: "About A Dragon" For Nolwenn witch Talaith, a bad day begins with being dragged from bed by an angry mob intent on her crispy end and culminates in rescue by-wait for it-a silver-maned dragon. Existence as a hated outcast is nothing new for a woman with such powerful secrets. The dragon, though? A tad unusual. This one has a human form to die for, and knows it. According to dragon law, Talaith is now his property, for pleasure…or otherwise. But if Lord Arrogance thinks she’s the kind of damsel to acquiesce without a word, he’s in for a surprise… Is the woman never silent? Briec the Mighty knew the moment he laid eyes on Talaith that she would be his, but he’d counted on tongue-lashings of an altogether different sort. It’s embarrassing, really, that it isn’t this outspoken female’s magicks that have the realm’s greatest dragon in her thrall. No, Briec has been spellbound by something altogether different-and if he doesn’t tread carefully, what he doesn’t know about human women could well be the undoing of his entire race…

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

Sybil Eagleton navigates a Regency Season in London, facing love's complexities and the allure of the wealthy Viscount Buckingham.

A Regency-era romance novel by Evelyn Richardson.