Books like Loving Scoundrel, A (Malory Family) by Johanna Lindsey

A dynastic betrothal unites Britain’s most powerful families, but the intended bride Milisant and groom Wulfric resist the arranged marriage, and King John opposes it—yet love eventually triumphs over politics and status.

After a fall from society, the Marquess of Bourne becomes a ruthless gambling king in London, determined to reclaim his inheritance by marrying Lady Penelope Marbury, who seeks adventure beyond an arranged marriage.

A young widow seeks the truth about the enigmatic Lord Ian Mackenzie, a Scotsman rumored to be mad and possibly murderous, in a tale of passion and intrigue set in historic England.

When Gabrielle Brooks follows her pirate father to a Caribbean island, she discovers love, danger, and adventure aboard the ocean—where passion blurs the lines between captor and captive.

During Regency England, 25‑year‑old Emily Maitland elopes with a dashing Major Sheridan Blake, only to discover the man at her side is a counterfeit. As secrets unravel, an agent of the Ministry and a spy scheme threaten their fragile romance.

When a tragedy leaves Kelsey Langton and her sister penniless, she sacrifices herself to secure their future by selling herself at auction. Lord Derek Malory, a dashing rake, buys her and discovers she is a highborn maiden, leading to love, hidden family secrets and social intrigue.

When her parents die, Kelsey Langton must sell herself at auction to protect her sister’s future, only to be bought by Lord Derek Malory—a charismatic London rake whose world of family secrets and loyalty is shaken by Kelsey’s hidden nobility and growing love.

Lord John Redgrave discovers a child he believes is his, abandoned outside his gentleman's club, and must persuade the young woman who raised her, Laurel, to keep the daughter and her mother.

(The seventh book in the Malory Family series) Jeremy, the son of gentleman pirate James Malory, falls in love.... When Danny, a young woman who grew up on the streets of London with no memory of her real family, is banished from her gang because she helped handsome rakehell Jeremy Malory steal back the jewels his friend lost in a card game, Danny demands that Jeremy give her a job. She is determined to become respectable in order to fulfill her dream of marrying and starting a family. Intrigued by her beauty and spunk, Jeremy hires Danny as his upstairs maid, although he wants her as his mistress. Under the tutelage of Jeremy and his cousin Regina, Danny blossoms into a lady. Although she is drawn to Jeremy by passionate feelings she has never experienced before, she refuses to be anything more than a servant to him because she knows he is not the marrying kind. When Danny undergoes a Cinderella-like transformation and poses as Jeremy's new love in an attempt to help him avert a scandal, a few highly placed members of the ton remark on how familiar Danny looks. Now tongues are wagging, raising the question of her true identity, which threatens not only Danny's chances of capturing Jeremy's heart but her very life. With the humor, lovable characters, and romantic intensity that have placed Johanna Lindsey's six previous Malory novels in the ranks of the best-loved and most widely read romantic novels of our time, Johanna Lindsey delights readers with an emotionally powerful tale of an irresistible scoundrel who meets his match in a brave, strong-minded young woman and can't help but fall in love.

As the entire Malory family gathers at Haverston to celebrate the season, a mysterious present arrives anonymously. The gift is an old journal -- a tender and tempestuous account of the love affair between the second Marquis, Christopher Malory, and a dark gypsy beauty named Anastasia, who seeks a love match with a non-gypsy in order to save herself from a prearranged marriage to a brute. Though the dashing English lord Anastasia sets her sight upon burns for the exquisite, exotic miss, Christopher could never consent to wed such a lowborn lady. But miracles have been known to happen in this season of peace and giving and love, as two extraordinary people seperated by cicumstance of birth begin a passionate dance of will and wiles. And in the miraculous blossoming of a glorious romance at a long ago Christmastime, there are wise and well-learned lessons that will enrich the hearts of the Malory descendants -- and, indeed, of everyone who has ever dreamed.