Books like A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

A coming‑of‑age narrative set in 19th‑century England, following young David Copperfield as he navigates orphanhood, hardship and society’s social hierarchies.

Arthur, guardian of an infant heir, must unite a fractured Britain and repel Saxon invasions while navigating political intrigue and a doomed romance.

In Regency‑era Brussels, Adrienne Castle’s family faces poverty after her father’s death. With the help of her estranged relative, Lord Creighton, she moves into his home and finds herself torn between her burgeoning love for him and his engagement to Lady Tremayne, all amid the looming Battle of Waterloo.

In Victorian London, private detective William Monk investigates a baffling missing-person case that spirals into a series of murders, exposing the era’s social mores and hidden scandals.

Ella Linton, a proper country miss, receives anonymous threats about her family's dark secret. On the eve of her debut ball, she meets the roguish Hugh Carlyle, whose charm may unravel a conspiracy or reveal her true heart.

In the misty Yorkshire moors, Lady Julia Grey returns to her ancestral home and is drawn into a deadly mystery involving a ruined manor, hidden family secrets, and a sinister past haunting the upper class.

A Regency‑era soldier falls for a Spanish noblewoman amid the Peninsular Wars, weaving military life, romance, and the harsh realities of war into a compelling historical romance.

After a stay in Italy, Lady Julia returns to her Sussex estate, only to discover a murder at a nearby abbey. With private investigator Nicholas Brisbane, she navigates intrigue, family secrets and a snowbound conspiracy to uncover the killer before another tragedy.

Set during the Napoleonic wars, the novel follows a young woman's choice between three suitors: a sailor, a trumpetmajor, and the cowardly son of a local squire.

It is an hour of desperate need for St. Frideswide's. Thrust into financial ruin by the incompetence and corruption of their former prioress, the nuns have become trapped under the thumb of Abbott Gilberd as he pries into every possible corner of the priory's life. In an effort to escape their desperate straits, Dame Frevisse is forced to journey to London in order to seek both a new prioress and financial aid for her beleaguered sisters. Once there, she turns to her wealthy cousin Alice, lady wife of the influential earl of Suffolk. But with a new Parliament warming to its arguments, Frevisse discovers that Alice's need may be even greater than her own. Caught between the powerful Gloucester, the machiavellian Bishop Beaufort, and the darkly handsome Duke of Orleans, Alice is torn by the broken loyalties of those she loves the most. Before she can unravel the twisted turns of romance and deception, Frevisse herself is caught up in the intrigue, carrying secret messages which will determine England's future. But the mystery deepens when one of the other messengers is killed, and Frevisse must solve the murder in order to save not only herself, but Alice's immortal soul. Sister Frevisse - Book 08

A young woman discovers her late husband's hidden life as an antiquities scholar, leading her through the British Museum into a perilous investigation of stolen artifacts while navigating the ambitions of two affluent suitors.

In seventeenth‑century Dorset, Dorcas Campion learns her unknown father’s secret—four enchanted seals that promise wealth and power. Pursued by a reluctant suitor, she must follow a perilous path to reunite with her first love and unlock her legacy.

An omnibus collection of Charles Dickens’ most famous novels—Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and Tale of Two Cities—offering a broad look at 19th‑century English society, poverty, orphanhood, and the French Revolution.