Books like A mad, wicked folly by Sharon Biggs Waller

In a quiet South Carolina town, 16‑year‑old Ethan meets new student Lena, and they share a psychic bond that reveals a family secret set to surface on her 16th birthday.

Seventeen‑year‑old Dodger, a sewer scavenger in Victorian London, rescues a girl and finds himself drawn into a world where history and fantasy collide with figures like Sweeney Todd, Charles Dickens, and Benjamin Disraeli.

Gwen, the last member of the time‑travelling Circle of Twelve, must navigate intrigue and betrayal as she confronts Count Saint‑Germain and Gideon, ultimately uncovering the Circle’s secrets and her own destiny.

Two Boys Kissing tells the true story of seventeen‑year‑old Harry and Craig as they attempt a 32‑hour kissing marathon to break a Guinness World Record, while other teens grapple with love, identity, and belonging.

After her fiancé Will’s death in the Civil War, Jennie Lovell uses her gift to speak with the dead and partners with a spirit photographer to uncover the truth behind his murder.

After Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, Verona’s war‑torn families unite under Prince Escalus’s plan; the unlikely pairing of Benvolio and Rosaline must broker peace, proving that love can emerge amid hatred.

He'll grant her every wanton wish . . . If she gives him her hand in marriage. What will she bid? Desperate for riches, penniless Michael Tremayne, Marquess of Falconridge, is willing to auction away his only possession of value--his title--to the highest bidding American father. But Kate Rose was the last woman he had in mind to marry. The willful and headstrong Kate requires from marriage the one thing Michael is unable to give--powerful, unending love. Kate, 20, refuses to give into her husband's sensual demands until he has earned her love. Michael is not one to back down from a challenge, but neither does he believe in playing by the rules. While he is unfamiliar with love, he is extremely intimate with passion. He is determined to convince Kate that one can substitute for the other. And what better way to convince her than by patiently and skillfully seducing her? Kate never thought marriage would be so mischievous . . . or that her husband would persuade her to be so sinful.

Lady Truthful embarks on a daring London adventure to retrieve her stolen Newington Emerald, disguising herself as a mustache‑wearing man to navigate the city’s strict social codes while confronting a crook, an ally, and an evil sorceress.

In 1716 London, a sixteen‑year‑old orphan pretends to be a lady‑in‑waiting after uncovering the murder of the real girl, exposing a conspiratorial web of court spies—while a handsome artist who may be a spy himself helps unravel the mystery.

In this large‑type romance, Highland beauty Catriona Kincaid confronts danger and destiny while seeking a rogue noble’s aid to restore her clan’s honor.

Lord Jason Warwycke, a Marquess in London, escorts his nephew to society puthe meeting twin sisters Serena and Ianthe. While Robert falls for the scheming Serena, Jason finds himself drawn to the bookish Ianthe, sparking a romance that defies the gossiping aristocracy.

A sixteen‑year‑old orphan servant in Victorian London falls in love while uncovering the secrets of a clandestine society of inventors and their perilous creation.

When a violent betrothal threatens her childhood, young Jayden flees from her ancient Mesopotamian tribe to the Summer Lands, where she finds unexpected love with a mysterious youth from the Southern Lands.

In New York’s glittering high society, Elizabeth Holland embraces marriage and discovers family secrets, while her sister Diana seeks adventure abroad and members of the nation’s elite grapple with love, legacy, and destiny.

At the eve of World II, two young girls mistaken for one another at a grand English estate become unexpectedly entwined in romance and intrigue.

In an alternate 1900 New England ruled by the Brotherhood, sixteen‑year‑old Cate Cahill guards her sisters' witchcraft until a Sisterhood governess turns their hidden life into a perilous battle for survival.

A retired botanist, Professor Andrew Basnett, settles into the tranquil Oxfordshire village of Blytheford, only to find it shaken by murder and blackmail, setting the stage for a gripping debut mystery.