Books like Deceived by Nicola Cornick

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

A love story set in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, where Anne Elliot finds herself amidst the Regency era as her sister rents Miss Elliot's father's house, leading to an unexpected reunion with Captain Frederick Wentworth and the return of her beloved.

A housekeeper finds herself in unexpected circumstances when she becomes caretaker at the secluded Drumlarig estate, where the ailing owner, Logan Murray, mistakenly sees her as his deceased wife.

Jack Carstares, the disgraced former Earl of Wyncham, returns to Georgian England as a highwayman to rescue Diana Beauleigh from the villainous Duke of Andover, while struggling to restore his honor and love.

Lord Giles Cardross believes his 18‑year‑old wife, Helen, loves him, but her frivolous ways and rising debts make him question whether she married for money. Family scandals and hidden truths threaten their union.

A steamy Regency romance where two equally shrewd and formidable cousins unite in a marriage of power and passion.

A Chilean woman embarks on a quest to find her lover in 1840s California's goldfields, facing numerous challenges and adventures along the way.

Lady Olivia Archer struggles with a disastrous engagement to the notorious Phinneas Cole, learning to defy societal expectations while navigating intrigue, romance, and the perilous allure of a daring beau.

After a sudden windfall, 21‑year‑old Miss Amy Bainbridge returns to London society and attracts the attention of the infamous gambler Earl Joss of Tallant, who is determined to win her heart.

Cassandra and Belle, identical twins raised apart, secretly switch places, setting off a chain of mistaken identity amid Regency social customs.

Sophia, an artist living in war-torn Spain, must confront her romantic and artistic inclinations as she navigates the challenges of her new life and meets Major Lord Mark Adair, who unexpectedly becomes her confidant and mentor in the Regency era setting of Spain and England.

A servant girl discovers a passionate romance and a hidden inheritance, forcing her to confront identity, imposture, and family scandal in a historical setting.

Pat Barker reimagines the final days of the Trojan War through the eyes of Briseis, the captured concubine of Achilles, revealing the voices of the women walled in the Greek camp.

Widowed Joanna Ware resists remarriage, yet her daring kiss with Arctic explorer Lord Alex Grant sparks scandal and an unexpected inheritance, leading them on an icy quest to protect an orphaned heir amid treacherous polar dangers.

In the Regency era, young widow Mari Osborne faces murder accusations while leading a gang of highwaywomen. London detective Nick Falconer travels to Peacock Oak to solve his cousin's death and uncover the truth about Mari.

A London chimney sweep’s daughter, Jemina Jewell, marries Lord Robert Selborne to secure his inheritance, while she hopes their union will grant him a fortune beyond his expectations.

Eliza, in a convenient marriage to the Marquis of Emberay, feels her life is happy until she discovers her husband’s passion for opera diva Marisa Tarrazi threatens their domestic bliss.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

In Regency England, Captain Lewis Brabant returns home and sets his sights on a modest companion, Miss Caroline Whiston, defying class expectations and risking scandal.

"Mrs. Astor, undisputed queen of New York society in the decades before the First World War, used her prestige to create a social aristocracy in the city; an invitation to one of her parties was a coveted mark of social acceptance, and exclusion meant social banishment. Mrs. Astor's story, which reads like a novel by Edith Wharton, sheds important new light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy, and it is told here with vigor and elegance by Eric Homberger.". "Homberger argues that the arrival in New York of a tidal wave of new wealth after the Civil War pushed the city's old families into a redefinition of the practices and responsibilities of aristocracy. The public wanted to know more about the neighborhoods, clothes, marriages, entertainments, scandals, and divorces of the wealthy, so during the 1880s, Mrs. Astor presided over a revolution in their social visibility. With Ward McAllister she created the Patriarchs, whose annual balls were the most sought after social events of the era. She also established the "Four Hundred," the definitive list of the socially acceptable, ordaining which families could be accepted and which must remain in social exclusion. Homberger describes the festivities of this social elite, their homes and neighborhoods, and their social struggles. His diverting account of lives of discreet and not-so-discreet excess vividly recaptures New York's high society and shows how its members were transformed into America's first celebrities."--BOOK JACKET.

Susanna Burney, society’s feared matchbreaker, must unmask the secrets of James Devlin, the city’s most disreputable rake, before love—and lies—consume them both.

Dowager Marchioness Teresa navigates love, loyalty, and intrigue in early 20th‑century London as she seeks a future for her stepson while facing the challenges of a new marriage.

A first‑time thriller that spins a tense love triangle, in which a mother’s obsessive bid to keep her son with her threatens the life of the woman he loves.