Books like Heart of Honor by Kat Martin

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....

Arielle Leslie, a sixteen‑year‑old, is forced into a cruel marriage with the old and abusive Paisley Cochrane. After his death she believes she is free, but the returning Earl of Ravensworth, Burke Drummond, will not let her go.

In Regency England, Reginald Mason faces social pressure when his father schemes to marry his son to the disgraced Lady Annabelle Ashton, forcing the reluctant heir into an arranged engagement that tests love, loyalty, and family ambition.

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.

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.

Legendary knight Hugh the Relentless and daring Lady Alice team up to recover a prized crystal, forcing a forced betrothal that blurs the line between treachery and desire in medieval England.

A story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of 19th-century England, where an orphaned heiress seeks to prove her worth in the pursuit of a marriage of convenience.

A tale of forbidden love and dangerous secrets in the historic English mansion of Winterset.

Lindsey Graham, writing as Lady Smart, battles London’s elite for social reform while uncovering the mystery behind her brother’s murder accusations and the deadly secrets of Viscount Merrick.

Set in 1461 amid the Wars of the Roses, "The Captive Heart" follows Alix Givet, a woman displaced from Henry VI’s court who must navigate a forced marriage and seek refuge in Scotland, where she encounters a brooding laird who may hold her salvation.

When the disgraced Bolton family faces ruin, Alexandra Bolton turns to marriage—a strategy she abandoned after her mother’s death. But her meeting with the scandal‑shrouded Duke of Clarewood rekindles forbidden passions, risking her future and an ancient secret.

In *Love With Honor*, ambitious Randi Scott marries her older boss to secure her future, but she falls for a youthful idealist, forcing her to choose between wealth, love, and moral conviction.

In London’s historic streets, a woman with a hidden past and a detective hunting a killer collide, their unlikely meeting turning into a charged romance after a single, undeniable kiss.

Red Robert, a woman who has lured seasmen with a man’s identity, vows revenge against her lifelong nemesis, Blair Colm. When she and the handsome Captain Logan Hagarty are stranded on a desert isle, they must outwit Colm and defend their burgeoning love.

Mandy Ashton fled a stifling frontier existence for the flittering social whirl of Sacramento City, California's state capital, trading childhood innocence for a woman's burning desire. Though it's risky to masquerade as her flighty cousin, Julia. Mandy is determined to give her cousin a chance at happiness with the man she loves. But Mandy is hardly faint of heart-proven time and again on a journey fraught with deadly adventure and sublime temptation. Travis Langley, know by his Indian name, Hawk, is a white man raised by the Cheyenne, a man trying to make peace with his dual heritage. The last thing he needs is a job chaperoning Julia Ashton, the California governor's spoiled daughter. But Mandy-posing as Julia- is spirited, captivating and irresistibly sensuous. By journey's end, Mandy and Hawk have become helpless prisoners of a smoldering passion that nothing can kill-except, perhaps, the secret Mandy has guarded so carefully throughout the arduous days and passionate nights of their long magnificent passage.

During the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Lucy Hathaway saves a baby girl, Maggie, and raises her through five years of turmoil and love. When the baby's true parent, banker Randolph Higgins, returns, their intertwined past sparks a tender, perilous romance.

A psychological thriller about a psychic investigator and the mysterious estate where she finds a long-lost brother.

Ally Grayson, an aspiring writer, is swept into a dreamlike romance when a highwayman robs her, revealing her fiancé Mark as the very rogue she longs for.

A U.S. Marshal hunting justice for his first wife’s murder must decide if marriage to a steadfast schoolteacher will save her reputation and restore his own redemption.

Lizzie McKettrick returns home for Christmas, where an avalanche-stranded train brings a handsome doctor into their lives, setting the stage for love, hope, and a family reunion amid the snowy wilderness.

A lighthouse keeper in Washington's rocky coast finds hope and love when a shipwreck survivor, pregnant and penniless, arrives on his lonely shore, forcing him to confront the secrets of his past.

A Regency romance where vibrant heroine Beth falls for dashing Sir Andrew, who emerges as a fallen noble after his family's fortunes collapse.

April Asbury starts a new life as a nurse in Depression‑era Missouri and finds herself drawn into a town’s secrets, a romance with Joe Jones, and a looming threat that could upend Fertile.

A windswept island draws an outlaw drifter into a fragile romance with a woman physician, as past demons, outlaw life, and the promise of home collide.

When crown prince Karim al Khalifa is sent to retrieve the runaway princess Clementina Saveneski from England, he must juggle duty, honor, and a growing attraction that threatens his mission.

Major Reese Dewar returns to England wounded, but the real battle lies in reconciling a shattered heart after a love betrayal and an uneasy truce with the widowed Elizabeth Clemens—her son’s safety entangled with his own hopes of love.