Books like How To Capture A Countess by Karen Hawkins

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

Eleanor & Park follows two sixteen‑year‑old high school misfits who, across a single school year, find an extraordinary first love that pushes them to confront their insecurities and the challenges of adolescence.

A World War II nurse is swept back in time to 1743 Scotland, where she must navigate war, clan politics, and a powerful romance with a young Scots warrior.

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.

In Regency London, Col. Colin Bridgerton struggles with gossip and romance as he returns home to discover his best friend’s sister, Penelope Featherington, has hidden secrets that could either threaten or secure their future together.

By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend's sister--the lovely and almost-on-the-shelf--Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of the know the truth--it's all an elaborate ruse to keep Simon free from marriage-minded society mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable....

In "Dragonfly in Amber," Diana Gabaldon transports readers across time to 18th‑century Scotland and France, following Claire Randall’s return with her daughter Brianna to uncover family secrets tied to the Jacobite uprising.

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.

Sir Richard Kenworthy courts the unlikely Iris Smythe‑Smith, and when she agrees to marry him, hidden secrets threaten the romance blossoming between a nobleman and a discreet music‑lover in Regency England.

Evangeline Jenner, the shyest of the Wallflower sisters, negotiates a perilous marriage with the notorious Viscount St. Vincent to secure her inheritance and escape traitorous relatives, insisting on a non-sexual union that challenges both hearts.

A Montgomery brother and a Maryland innkeeper's unexpected romance sparks a journey of self-discovery and reconnection in a cozy bed and breakfast setting, blending contemporary romance with family dynamics and small-town charm in the state of Maryland.

Earl Stephen Chesterfield awakens unable to remember his last three months, including his wife, Emily, a cultured countess trapped in a marriage of convenience. With a shadowy threat looming, can their trust and love reemerge before memory returns?

In Regency England, the bitter Duke Gabriel Duke tests the gentle Lady Penelope Campion by challenging her to rehome the animals she nurtures, sparking a battle of wits and hearts in an unexpected romance.

James Salter's 'All that is' is a captivating and sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition. A deeply intimate portrait of the emotional and physical experiences of being alive. Set during the golden decades following World War II, the book captures Salter's lifelong obsession with capturing the intimate, ephemeral spaces that all of us hold and leave behind on paper. After serving as a young officer in Okinawa during the war, Philip Bowman returns home to a small publishing house in New York. The frenetic social scene of New York in the post-war era is a backdrop for the story, where Bowman feels at home. However, his enduring love seems to elude him. When he meets a woman who captivates him, Bowman embarks on a journey that he never intended to take. The book is celebrated for its lyrical evocation of a post-war world imaginatively rendered and beautifully written.

Earl Hayden Fitzwalter’s "perfect" marriage to Jane Bancroft cracks under hidden secrets. When Jane retreats to a crumbling country estate, Hayden is left alone, but years later he vows to win her back—first by proving he’s changed and ready to be tamed.

Lily Balfour must choose between love and security as she weighs the enigmatic Prince Wulfinski and the affluent widower Earl of Huntley in this charming historical romance set in England.

During the Cherokee Nation’s forced relocation in the late 1830s, a young woman’s devotion to her people and love for a visionary leader are tested by war, politics, and the loss of homeland.

A historical romance novel set in medieval Scotland, exploring the forbidden romance between Lady Marsi Cargill and a mysterious knight named Hawk.

Lady Rosaline escapes her cousin who is determined to take over her substantial inheritance for himself. On the stormy night of her flight she takes shelter on the moors with a mysterious man who she fears has been sent to find her. Running away from him the next morning, she manages to join a troupe of actors incognito. But she meets the mysterious man again when she is invited to the estate of a lord who is a theater aficionado. The mystery man is the lord’s secretary, and she is free to turn to him for love and protection.

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During the Regency era a cunning countess, Nicoletta Vilandry, uses seduction to expose a spy’s hidden loyalties, turning intrigue into a perilous game of passion and deception.

Sophie Talbot flees London after aristocratic scandal, but a carriage ride with the charming Marquess of Eversley turns escape into an irresistible entanglement of secrets and forbidden desire.

When the Duchess of Harborough offers Harriet Treene a chance to model for one of her alluring paintings, Harriet accepts. Beautiful, witty, and bold, Harriet is a lowborn orange-seller in St. James Park. Can this diamond-in-the-rough be polished enough to find a place in the genteel ton -- and in the heart of London's most enigmatic rake? Devilishly irresistible William Manderville, Earl of Bonnington, refuses to take a wife because the covert risks he takes for the sake of his country put him in constant danger. A painting by his friend the duchess -- of a woman who looks like the goddess Venus -- could change his mind, however. As the duchess plays matchmaker between the enamored earl and the mysterious beauty, William finds himself caught up in a maelstrom of powerful emotions and desires he has never felt before. But can he finally take the risk of loving a woman when his love of danger and excitement will put her in harm's way?

A romance story set in the fictional town of Virgin River, featuring a man who returns to help his family run the apple orchard and falls in love with a single mother.