New historical romance books
Last updated: May 5, 2025
Featuring new releases by Eloisa James, Fiona McIntosh, Amalie Howard, Aydra Richards, T.J. Alexander, Danielle Steel, D.K. Hamlin, Hyperion Knight, Holly Brickley, Allegra Goodman, Pam Jenoff among others.
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![Hardly a Gentleman by Eloisa James]()
Hardly a Gentleman by Eloisa James
New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James returns to the Accidental Brides series with a romance about a forced marriage between a feisty heroine and a Scottish laird... neither of whom have plans to marry, let alone fall in love.Desperate after her Season comes to a spectacularly disastrous end, the Honorable Miss Clara Vetry jumps into a carriage hired to take a housekeeper to Scotland... -
![The Fallen Woman by Fiona McIntosh]()
The Fallen Woman by Fiona McIntosh
In an ancient orchard, a fallen woman rises to claim her destinyIn the shadows of Edwardian society, talented botanical artist Jane Saville faces an impossible choice when her ruthless mother exiles her to the English countryside to protect another’s reputation... -
![Lady Knight by Amalie Howard]()
Lady Knight by Amalie Howard
The daughter of a duke defies the rules of London high society with the help of the resident rake—who just so happens to be her brother’s best friend—in this fun teen historical romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Queen Bee.“A ridiculously romantic, womanist, hilarious, and hugely entertaining romance that had me smiling and swooning from start to finish... -
![Mercy Fletcher Meets Her Match by Aydra Richards]()
Mercy Fletcher Meets Her Match by Aydra Richards
When Thomas, Baron Armitage, finds himself on the verge of the Season and suddenly impoverished by his unscrupulous man of business, he has no choice but to make a devil’s bargain with his nearest neighbor... -
![A Gentleman's Gentleman by T.J. Alexander]()
A Gentleman's Gentleman by T.J. Alexander
From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss, a groundbreaking trans Regency romance that's both delightfully witty and refreshingly iconoclastic... -
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![Far From Home: A Novel by Danielle Steel]()
Far From Home: A Novel by Danielle Steel
#1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel delivers an exciting and moving historical novel about a courageous wife and mother hiding in occupied France.In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she is happy to be back in France, where her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany... -
![The Charlatan by D.K. Hamlin, Hyperion Knight]()
The Charlatan by D.K. Hamlin, Hyperion Knight
INTRODUCING A TIMELESS MASTERPIECENow appearing for the first time in English, The Charlatan, a tale of high drama, forbidden love, medicine, and mystery, was the masterpiece of Polish novelist Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz.Set in 1930s Warsaw, an era of prosperity and aristocracy, renowned heart surgeon Rafal Wolf suffers a heartbreak that culminates in severe memory loss... -
![Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley]()
Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
It’s a Friday night in a campus bar in Berkeley, fall of 2000, and Percy Marks is pontificating about music again. Hall and Oates is on the jukebox, and Percy—who has no talent for music, just lots of opinions about it—can’t stop herself from overanalyzing the song, indulging what she knows to be her most annoying habit. But something is different tonight... -
![Isola by Allegra Goodman]()
Isola by Allegra Goodman
A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this epic saga of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam.Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an enigmatic and volatile man—spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France... -
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![Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff]()
Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam JenoffLondon, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop... -
![Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff]()
Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam JenoffLondon, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop... -
![Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti]()
Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti
In Alexandra Vasti’s newest Regency rom-com, a reclusive earl’s life is turned upside down when a stranger shows up on his doorstep with an astonishing proposal—and an inconvenient connection to espionage.For three years, wallflower heiress Lydia Hope-Wallace has anonymously penned seditious pamphlets... -
![Remember When: Clarissa's Story by Mary Balogh]()
Remember When: Clarissa's Story by Mary Balogh
Discover the beauty of second chances at love and life in this heartfelt new novel from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh.The Dowager Countess of Stratton, Clarissa Ware, née Greenfield, has just presented her younger daughter to the ton, and the rest of her life belongs only to herself. She returns to Ravenswood, intending to spend the summer alone there... -
![Homeseeking by Karissa Chen]()
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
An epic and intimate tale of one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland.A single choice can define an entire life.Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years... -
![Phantom by H.D. Carlton]()
Phantom by H.D. Carlton
The married woman of the manor. The stranger outside. An intoxicating novel of dark temptation and dangerous desire by the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Cat and Mouse Duet.November 12, 1944. This house holds on to souls for a lifetime. I thought I had given it to my husband when I vowed to love him until the end of time. I lied... -
![Ravager by Karina Halle]()
Ravager by Karina Halle
All Cherine Cadet has ever known is desperate circumstances—crushing poverty,cruel servitude, and no hope of escape. When a band of Vikings attacks the estatewhere she lives, her old life goes up in flames. On the verge of death, she’s rescuedby an unexpected savior—Erik the Axe, second in command of the Viking fleet... -
![A Tempest of Desire by Lorraine Heath]()
A Tempest of Desire by Lorraine Heath
New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath returns to the fan favorite series, The Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James, with the story of a viscount who has retreated to a small, secluded island only to have a mysterious and beautiful woman wash up on shore... -
![The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap]()
The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap
Historical fiction, true crime, and dark academia intertwine in a harrowing tale of murder, greed, and the grisly origins of modern medicine.Edinburgh, Scotland, 1828. Naïve but determined James Willoughby has abandoned his posh, sheltered life at Oxford to pursue a lifelong dream of studying surgery in Edinburgh... -
![Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall]()
Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall
From the author of Boyfriend Material comes the absurdist adventure of two friends determined to avoid marriage to unsuitable people as they race through Regency England to marry each other instead.Sir Horley Comewithers isn’t particularly interested in getting married, especially when his match is a perfectly respectable young woman. Sir Horley is, after all, extravagantly gay... -
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![Murder on the Brighton Express by C.J. Archer]()
Murder on the Brighton Express by C.J. Archer
Gossip, scandal and murder collide on the express train to London. Did the journalist fall from the first-class carriage, or was she pushed?Cleo’s holiday with her family to the seaside resort town of Brighton is everything she hoped it would be…until she receives a blackmail note. The blackmailer demands Cleo help her or a story revealing Cleo’s investigating will appear in the newspaper... -
![White Mulberry by Rosa Kwon Easton]()
White Mulberry by Rosa Kwon Easton
A rich, deeply moving portrait of a young Korean woman in 1930s Japan who is torn between two worlds and must reclaim her true identity to provide a future for her family.1928, Japan-occupied Korea. Eleven-year-old Miyoung has dreams too big for her tiny farming village near to become a teacher, to avoid an arranged marriage, to write her own future... -
![Floreana by Midge Raymond]()
Floreana by Midge Raymond
On the Galápagos Islands, the lives of two women—a century apart—converge in the most startling ways in a historical novel of desperate love, secrets, and deception by the author of My Last Continent.After ten years away to build a family, Mallory returns to Floreana Island in the Galápagos, and to Gavin, the mentor with whom she had a long-ago affair... -
![Floreana: A Novel by Midge Raymond]()
Floreana: A Novel by Midge Raymond
On the Galápagos Islands, the lives of two women—a century apart—converge in the most startling ways in a historical novel of desperate love, secrets, and deception by the author of My Last Continent.After ten years away to build a family, Mallory returns to Floreana Island in the Galápagos, and to Gavin, the mentor with whom she had a long-ago affair... -
![Floreana: A Novel by Midge Raymond]()
Floreana: A Novel by Midge Raymond
On the Galápagos Islands, the lives of two women—a century apart—converge in the most startling ways in a historical novel of desperate love, secrets, and deception by the author of My Last Continent.After ten years away to build a family, Mallory returns to Floreana Island in the Galápagos, and to Gavin, the mentor with whom she had a long-ago affair... -
![City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim]()
City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim
A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and loveOn a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident stalled her career... -
![The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8 by Beth Brower]()
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8 by Beth Brower
"Strange, considering it all now after a night's sleep, that I'd had no premonition of what awaited. That seems to be the nature of life, however. Things that ought to come with warnings rarely do."The Year is 1884 and Emma M. Lion has, at long last, gained her majority... -
![Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb]()
Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb
’Tis the season! The Crown meets When Harry Met Sally and Bridget Jones’s Diary, in the latest heartwarming historical novel from Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, bestselling authors of Meet Me in Monaco and Three Words for Goodbye.December 1952... -
![The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews]()
The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews
A silver-haired equestrienne and a charismatic artist turn a scandalous bargain into a vibrant portrait of love. Stella Hobhouse is a brilliant rider, stalwart friend, skilled sketch artist—and completely overlooked. Her outmodish gray hair makes her invisible to London society... -
![Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers]()
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen it was the weekend that the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park.Croydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where she has been having a long love affair with a charismatic, married doctor... -
![The Soldier's Maid by Holly Adams]()
The Soldier's Maid by Holly Adams
Adelia is an orphan from London who made a promise to herself that she'll never return to the poverty of her youth. She's fleeing the ghosts of her past under a false name, and manages to find herself employment as a maid at Wardon Manor. Michael is the son of the Earl of Wardon, struggling to forget the memories of a war that he entered as a foolhardy boy and left as a broken man...
