Books like My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid

Juliet, a wealthy heiress tired of her father's control, flees to a Caribbean island where she becomes a companion to an invalid girl. There she meets the domineering Duque Felipe Ricardo de Castro—her new love and ultimate challenge.

Set in early nineteenth‑century Scotland, "The Duke" follows the romance and intrigue at Penderleigh Castle as the new Duke of Portmaine, an English aristocrat now Earl of Penderleigh, wrestles with an old engagement, a deadly threat, and the passionate attention of Brandy Robertson.

A charming blend of romance and history, this engaging historical romance novel showcases the complex bonds of family and the challenges of love and duty.

After being abducted, Bell Barstowe escapes Captain Rose, only to discover he is the Duke of Ithorne; revenge and forbidden romance ignite a perilous tale of deception and passion.

In Regency England, orphan Sophie Langford is drawn into the house of the eligible fifth Duke of Belfont, James, where her bold spirit and candid nature spark an unlikely romance.

A clever and seductive female leads a duke on a dangerous quest to protect his loved ones, while Freya de Moray uses her powers of persuasion to unravel the mystery of a wealthy family's past.

When imprisoned on Serenity Island, former betrothed Portia confronts the Duke of Sinclair—whose arrogant nihilism once shattered her love—and the island’s indulgent orgy that awakens her deepest, forbidden desires.

Duke: A Love Story is a stunning, deeply moving book, the warm, funny, tender and finally, tragic story of the last years of one of America's most beloved men-by the woman he loved. John Wayne and Pat Stacy were together for seven years. For all those years she was his secretary and companion, for the last five the woman he loved, so openly and with pride, and who loved him back. They shared everything together, alone and with his family and friends, and the Wayne she gives us is very different from the Wayne of legend. This is "Duke" the man, tender, loving, stubborn, generous, cantankerous, impulsive, humorous, and finally, full of rage at the cancer he had to battle for the second time in his life; the cancer that, after Stacy cared for him day after day and shared his agony, cut away at the man who had been so vital and strong-but to which he reused to succumb. Duke: A Love Story is a revelation, a book full of joy and sorrow and courage-the real John Wayne brought to vivid, loving life.

Trevor Phillips returns home to claim his inheritance, only to discover his estate ruined and a stunning, youthful Dowager Duchess awaiting him. Their flirtatious dance forces both to confront duties, desires, and a secret plan that could alter their fates.

SHE'D FLED THE BED OF THE DUKE OF DEIGHTON......and returned to her life of quiet respectability. But Verity Davis-Jones could never forget Galen Bromney, "her" notorious duke, for she saw him daily in the face of their child—the daughter she must deny him, along with her heartfelt love! Ten years of self-imposed exile had done little to dissuade Galen Bromney of the rightness of being with Verity. Yet how would he ever convince the woman of his dreams that a life together raising their daughter was his deepest desire?