The Rake Review: Similar series
Wallflowers
by Lisa Kleypas
4.08 · 2474 ratings
historical · england · alpha male · m-f · audiobook · virgin heroine · victorian · dual-pov · third-person-pov · forced proximity · plain heroine · super rich hero · from hate to love · regency · possessive hero · class difference · humor · competent heroine · past-abuse · open-door
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The Hathaways
by Lisa Kleypas
4.08 · 1617 ratings
historical · m-f · regency · victorian · alpha male · audiobook · height-difference · sassy heroine · virgin heroine · possessive hero · third-person-pov · angst · independent heroine · humor · england · explicit-open-door · caretaking · cruel hero · cold hero · slow burn
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Victorian Prizefighter
by Alice Coldbreath
4.13 · 618 ratings
working class hero · fighters · explicit-open-door · victorian · possessive hero · poor heroine · virgin heroine · strong heroine · third-person-pov · historical · plain heroine · competent heroine · alpha male · m-f · audiobook · marriage of convenience · england · united-kingdom · british-isles · caretaking
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Brothers Sinister
by Courtney Milan
3.96 · 861 ratings
third-person-pov · sweet-hero · dual-pov · open-door · victorian · audiobook · m-f · historical · strong heroine · regency · england · competent heroine · class difference · tortured heroine · abuse · tortured hero · angst · slow burn · virgin heroine · mental-trauma
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Rokesbys
by Julia Quinn
3.89 · 592 ratings
historical · humor · audiobook · regency · open-door · virgin heroine · georgian · strong heroine · m-f · cheerful heroine · forced proximity · new adult · friends to lovers · sassy heroine · military · victorian · europe · siblings-bff · mystery · slow burn
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The London Trilogy
by Sherry Thomas
3.85 · 346 ratings
england · marriage of convenience · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · humor · historical · angst · tortured hero · dual-pov · strong heroine · third-person-pov · cold hero · virgin heroine · cruel hero · victorian · open-door · from hate to love · regency · competent heroine
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Difficult Dukes
by Loretta Chase
3.81 · 191 ratings
humor · forced proximity · virgin heroine · super rich hero · independent heroine · bad boys · aristocratic heroine · possessive hero · historical · open-door · england · regency · audiobook · m-f · dual-pov · competent heroine · third-person-pov · strong heroine · siblings-bff · male-pov
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Scoundrels of St. James
by Lorraine Heath
3.87 · 310 ratings
historical · victorian · audiobook · m-f · regency · class difference · tortured hero · open-door · sweet heroine · cold hero · strong heroine · alpha male · rape · rich heroine · past-child-abuse · friends to lovers · from hate to love · single-mother · abuse · angst
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Rules for the Reckless
by Meredith Duran
4.03 · 344 ratings
victorian · m-f · historical · third-person-pov · dual-pov · virgin heroine · england · tortured hero · class difference · strong heroine · cold hero · competent heroine · super rich hero · abduction · explicit-open-door · cruel hero · sassy heroine · working class heroine · independent heroine · length-medium
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Sins for All Seasons
by Lorraine Heath
3.91 · 271 ratings
dual-pov · class difference · victorian · open-door · audiobook · historical · third-person-pov · secret-relationship · virgin heroine · forbidden love · super rich hero · sweet-hero · working class hero · regency · slow burn · friends to lovers · aristocratic heroine · m-f · competent heroine · length-long
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The Bellamy Sisters
by Minerva Spencer
3.85 · 199 ratings
tortured hero · poor heroine · regency · audiobook · m-f · age difference · historical · disabilities and marks · dual-pov · third-person-pov · virgin heroine · aristocratic heroine · explicit-open-door · competent heroine · super rich hero · grumpy sunshine · possessive hero · mental illness · slut-shaming · alpha male
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Somerset Stories
by Mimi Matthews
4.11 · 229 ratings
england · m-f · super rich hero · historical · dual-pov · audiobook · europe · third-person-pov · glimpses-kisses · united-kingdom · regency · competent heroine · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · cold hero · virgin heroine · aristocratic heroine · victorian · british-isles · sassy heroine
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His
by Aydra Richards
3.82 · 151 ratings
dual-pov · third-person-pov · historical · super rich hero · m-f · competent heroine · england · regency · victorian · cruel hero · british-isles · grovel · poor heroine · virgin heroine · dub-con · angst · class difference · length-long · forced proximity · independent heroine
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The Lancaster Family
by Sarah M. Eden
4.12 · 173 ratings
audiobook · regency · historical · m-f · glimpses-kisses · clean · friends to lovers · length-medium · virgin heroine · third-person-pov · slow burn · marriage of convenience · england · sweet heroine · shy heroine · united-kingdom · christian · victorian · length-short · grumpy sunshine
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Wicked Wallflowers
by Christi Caldwell
4.19 · 156 ratings
historical · super rich hero · europe · competent heroine · audiobook · m-f · regency · england · from hate to love · british-isles · united-kingdom · victorian · third-person-pov · dual-pov · length-medium · working class heroine · tall-heroine · independent heroine · forced proximity · mental-trauma
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The Beautiful Barringtons
by Kathleen Ayers
4.08 · 261 ratings
historical · victorian · regency · m-f · explicit-open-door · dual-pov · england · cold hero · possessive hero · virgin heroine · independent heroine · audiobook · alpha male · strong heroine · super rich hero · from hate to love · height-difference · competent heroine · aristocratic heroine · tortured hero
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Wolf Brides
by T.S. Joyce
4.28 · 94 ratings
possessive hero · racism · cowboys · dual-pov · colorado · usa · werewolves · historical · fantasy · paranormal · historical western · m-f · audiobook · found-family · shapeshifters · abuse-non-mc · first-person-pov · massachusetts · slow burn · strong heroine
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The Five Deadly Sins
by Kathleen Ayers
4.10 · 112 ratings
regency · historical · explicit-open-door · length-short · from hate to love · strong heroine · forced proximity · sassy heroine · tortured hero · class difference · dual-pov · alpha male · m-f · possessive hero · virgin heroine · tortured heroine · victorian · nerdy-hero · curvy-hero · secret-relationship
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Highland Isles
by Heather McCollum
3.84 · 72 ratings
mental-trauma · british-isles · open-door · united-kingdom · scotland · virgin heroine · medieval · slow burn · third-person-pov · strong heroine · highlander · angst · abduction · christian · historical · europe · forced proximity · audiobook · m-f · sassy heroine
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Avenging Lords
by Adele Clee
4.29 · 60 ratings
regency · england · royalty · audiobook · m-f · super rich hero · male-pov · europe · mystery · historical · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · dual-pov · virgin heroine · explicit-open-door · british-isles · united-kingdom · victorian · sassy heroine · suspense
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A Trick of the Light
by Addison Cain
4.33 · 40 ratings
humor · dark · historical · tortured heroine · strong heroine · possessive hero · independent heroine · 20th century · length-short · virgin heroine · dangerous heroine · cold hero · working class hero · outlaw-heroine · small town · mafia · friends to lovers · sassy heroine · grumpy sunshine · suspense
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Book of Love
by Meara Platt
3.98 · 39 ratings
alpha male · audiobook · slow burn · strong heroine · friends to lovers · regency · historical · virgin heroine · possessive hero · men in uniform · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · england · sweet heroine · tortured hero · victorian · military · united-kingdom · humor · length-short
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The Whitmorelands
by Valerie Bowman
4.07 · 36 ratings
victorian · regency · audiobook · length-short · historical · england · m-f · open-door · friends to lovers · from hate to love · strong heroine · sassy heroine · sweet-hero · super rich hero · virgin heroine · forced proximity · other-man-woman · aristocratic heroine · rich heroine · class difference
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The Garden Girls
by Jemma Frost
3.79 · 24 ratings
victorian · historical · virgin heroine · regency · explicit-open-door · length-short · spanking · length-medium · arranged marriage · sweet heroine · england · friends to lovers · marriage of convenience · alpha male · m-f · age difference · pregnancy · christmas · plain heroine · possessive hero
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