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Readers who enjoyed The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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A Silence in Belgrave Square by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsValiant cook and amateur sleuth Kat Holloway must uncover the secrets of Victorian London’s most elite noblemen to save the man she loves, from the New York Times bestselling author of Speculations in Sin. Kat Holloway knows that her beau and confidante Daniel McAdam has a talent for dangerous work as a Scotland Yard agent... -
The Empress of Bright Moon by Weina Dai Randel
In the captivating sequel to The Moon in the Palace, Mei must protect her people from a murderous empress. The second book in this stunning duology, The Empress of Bright Moon follows Mei as she struggles for power within the Emperor's palace, risking her life to dethrone the murderous Empress and establish herself as the new female ruler of China... -
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Reforming the Duke by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsMiss Amelia Blackmore has received the most interesting letter. The Dowager Duchess of Harrowden has requested that she visit Harrowden Hall under the guise of being her companion. Her true motive, however, is to successfully pair her son, the duke, with a potential love match... -
Her Rake Fiancé by Mariah Stone
Lord Richard Seaton will do anything to find his missing brother—even confront criminal lord Thorne Blackmore. Thorne’s price for information? Something Richard’s wounded heart vowed never to marriage. And not to one of the stunning debutantes chasing him but to Thorne’s bluestocking sister, Jane... -
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His Grace, The Duke by Emily Rath
His Grace, The Duke is book two in the SECOND SONS series. It is a steamy reverse harem romance set in the Regency era. Perfect for fans of Austen and Bridgerton who don’t want to settle for just one handsome suitor. You’re cordially invited to the wedding of His Grace, the Duke of Norland. James Corbin, Viscount Finchley, has two goals. First, guarantee his brother gets married...Categorized as:
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Amber by Elizabeth Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAmber de Burgh is a novice of the Sisters of St. Ermengild, in training to take her final vows of becoming a nun. But when the doors to the church slam open one night and a wounded man named Lucifer who everyone thinks is the devil enters, her life changes forever. Lucifer, or Lucas as he prefers to be called, has a very tarnished past and a future that fares no better... -
A Measure of Menace by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOctober 1883. When cook Kat Holloway and the kitchen staff maintain the empty Mayfair house while the family resides in the country, Lord Clifford, Lady Cynthia’s confidence-trickster father, arrives in London and asks Kat and Daniel McAdam for help. Lord Clifford might be accused of murder but won't go to the police because his involvement with the victim will implicate him in another crime... -
Amethyst by Elizabeth Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmethyst de Burgh has been sent by the archbishop as assistant to her uncle, the master mason in building a castle for the border lord, Marcus Montclair. She has always dreamed of this opportunity, but knows a woman in this position would not be accepted if it wasn't for the sealed and stamped missive giving the order, sent by the Archbishop himself... -
The Threefold Tie by Aster Glenn Gray
Everything was fine till Jack fell in love with his former lover’s wife. Shy Civil War veteran Jack never expected to be involved in an affair du coeur. It seemed like a minor miracle when he and his comrade-in-arms Everett became lovers - and a painful return to reality when Everett married his sweetheart, Sophie... -
A Counterfeit Suitor by Darcie Wilde
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt is every mama's dearest wish that her daughter marries well. But how to ensure that a seemingly earnest suitor is not merely a fortune hunter? Rosalind is involved in just such a case, discreetly investigating a client's prospective son-in-law, when she is drawn into another predicament shockingly close to home... -
Cajun Christmas by Sharan Daire
Coming home for Christmas… to my four best friends. This time, they’re not letting me escape without at least one of them by my side. Hicksburg is a place I tried to forget. I escaped the rural hometown Mom always hated but at a terrible cost...Categorized as:
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Captive Rose by Miriam Minger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFall in love with the powerful Viking warriors and ruggedly handsome Crusader knights of Miriam Minger's CAPTIVE BRIDES COLLECTION: Twin Passions, Captive Rose, and The Pagan's Prize! CAPTIVE ROSE - With the sheer strength of his muscular body, Crusader Guy de Warenne overpowered his captors and fled the hell-hole of the Syrian prison... -
Wicked Court by Ketley Allison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"You don't want a prince, darling. You want monsters. ". Four men mark me as their own. Though they're gorgeous, popular, and hold everyone's attention on campus, I see what no one else does: their soulless depths. From the shadows, they emerge—dangerous, alluring, coiled and depraved, and each one will have to decide whether to save me . .. or kill me. I never asked for their attentions... -
Shared by the Pilots by Cassie Cole
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m the pickiest dater in the world. So I made a deal with my say ‘yes’ to the first three guys who asked me out. But I never thought I’d be saying yes to these three hunks. Luke Hendricks is a calm, confident, and dry-witted former Air Force Captain who now pilots commercial aircraft... -
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Ruby by Elizabeth Rose
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 14 ratings★ He needs a strong wife as a pawn to flush out a killer ★. The Daughters of the Dagger Prequel is included in the paperback of Ruby. Ruby de Burgh acts more like the son her father always wanted, rather than a lady. She is not pleased to discover that her father offered Lord Sheffield - The Lord of Death - his choice of any of his daughters... -
Rake I'd Like to F... by Sierra Simone, Joanna Shupe
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHe's a legend in the raking . . . The Last Crimes of Peregrine Hind - Sierra Simone. Peregrine Hind, known to all as the bloodiest highwayman ever to bedevil the road, seeks only one thing—revenge against the Dartham family... -
The Price of Lemon Cake: A Below Stairs Mysteries Novella by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Kat Holloway approaches Lady Bobby Perry and Judith Townsend to help her discover what a young aristo is getting up to in a gentleman’s club, Bobby quickly accepts, coaxing a promise of Mrs. Holloway’s stupendous lemon cake in return. But the investigation quickly turns into more than a simple spy mission, forcing Judith to confront a painful part her past... -
Grabbing Your hand, Dragging you Away by 天下无病 (Tian Xia Wu Bing)
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI am a princess, moreover, I am a fool of a princess. Born in the imperial palace, my appearance is as average as that of the white radish and cabbages in the fields. Throughout the four seasons of the year, my face is always displaying a dull expression, eyes forever shrouded in haze. But in reality, I know of the secrets within this palace. Including hers, his, and theirs... -
Daughter of Cain: The Complete Series by Marie Mistry
I was my sire’s greatest warrior. The most powerful vampire Cain had turned in generations. His most beloved daughter. But I was tricked. Someone framed me for a betrayal so great that my sire chose to punish me by burying me in a silver coffin. He left me there to rot, until I was driven mad by thirst. Until I broke. A hundred feet down they buried me...Categorized as:
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Break My Fall by Kerry Taylor
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMaddie Foster is trapped. Trapped in a marriage with a man who despises her. Trapped in a city that she can never call home. Trapped in a never ending cycle of fear for the safety of herself and her three year old daughter, Willow. She knows the only option to protect herself, Willow, and her unborn child is to flee, but she has no funds, no car, no plan, and no one in her life left to help her...Categorized as:
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The Consorts by Melissa Addey
China, 1700s. The Consorts is a novella, written as a prequel to The Fragrant Concubine. Set a few years earlier, it tells the story of Lady Qing, who has spent the past seven years languishing inside the high red walls of the Forbidden City. Classed as an Honoured Lady, a lowly-ranked concubine, Qing is neglected by the Emperor, passed over for more ambitious women... -
Behind These Doors by Jude Lucens
Lucien Saxby is a journalist, writing for the society pages. The Honourable Aubrey Fanshawe, second son of an earl, is Society. They have nothing in common, until a casual encounter leads to a crisis. Aubrey isn’t looking for love. He already has it, in his long-term clandestine relationship with Lord and Lady Hernedale. And Lucien is the last man Aubrey should want...Categorized as:
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My Lord, Lady, and Gentleman by Nicola Davidson
Welcome to the Surrey Sexual Freedom Society - where unconventional and uninhibited ladies and gentlemen discuss all matters erotic. .. Estranged from his aristocratic family for choosing art over a third son’s proper path, Mr. Clayton Irving lives in wretched circumstances...Categorized as:
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Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 4 by SUOL, Gwon Gyeoeul
“When I’m with you, there’s truly never a dull moment. ”. The Hunt is on! Penelope heads off to the small-game area in hopes of finding a present for Eckles…only to run into a hostile bear! Armed with desperation and a crossbow, Penelope holds it off, until Callisto unexpectedly comes to her rescue... -
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Taming the Wolves by Lyx Robinson
First I was dragged into a fort filled with cursed Vikings. Now I'm to be used as bait. To lure out the enemy with the scent of my heat. And my only protectors are those Vikings who would claim me just as readily, if not for the reverence they show my kind. I can only hope that their reverence holds.Categorized as:
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Special Forces by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate
Special Forces is an epic work of military gay erotic fiction, which is available for free online. The three cycles are finished and published: Soldiers, (Ch 1–19) and Mercenaries (Ch 20-53) and Veterans (Ch 54-70). Special Forces has 70 chapters in total. It is the epic story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier... -
True Love Bites by Joy Demorra
In a world of dwindling hope, love has never mattered more. .. Captain Nathan J. Northland had no idea what to expect when he returned home to Lorehaven injured from war, but it certainly wasn't to find himself posted on an island full of vampires. An island whose local vampire dandy lord causes Nathan to feel strange things he'd never felt before. Particularly about fangs...Categorized as:
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The Rebel's Vision by Kristen Banet
One declaration was all it took. The Andinna Rebellion has begun. Knowing that the fight will be hard, Mave has taken back the title of Champion. King’s Champion. She’s resolved to stand tall beside King Alchan Andini and fight for him, and to fight for her people. But it’s off to a troubling start... -
Cashing In by Daniel Schinhofen
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDoc Holyday never expected to be in a new world with a new name, but Lady Luck made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Her deal came with perks; he gained the ability to heal and he could periodically avoid taking damage from any single attack. Lady Luck had assured him that the list of perks would grow over time. The offer also came with a major drawback, however— Doc had to help save the world... -
Cultivating Chaos 4 by William D. Arand
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratings(Book 4 of 9). Ash’s life is anything but normal these days. Having discovered his Dao, he’s grown in power. Grown to the point that others are now aware of him and that he could be a danger. In this world of martial arts, only the strong and the ruthless survive. Everyone else is merely a stepping stone on their path of Cultivation, or an obstacle to be overcome. Or knocked down...
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