Historical Romance

Historical romance (also historical novel) is a broad category of fiction in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. Walter Scott helped popularise this genre in the early 19th-century, with works such as Rob Roy and Ivanhoe. Literary fiction historical romances continue to be published, and a notable recent example is Wolf Hall (2009), a multi-award winning novel by English historical novelist Hilary Mantel. It is also a genre of mass-market fiction, which is related to the broader romantic love genre.

The terms "romance novel" and "historical romance" are ambiguous, becau
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Her Time Traveling Duke
Whispers at Painswick Court
The Christmas I Stole a Viscount
At Morning's Light (Home to Green Creek)
Miss Gideon and the Incident (Dazzling Debutantes #8)
The Marriage Method (The Crinoline Academy, #2)
Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters
The Maid of Sherwood Forest (A McQuivey's Costume Shop Romance, #2)
Arrow of Fortune (Raiders of the Arcana, #3)
Catching Lady Theo (Here Come the Grooms #2)
Against a Crescent Storm (The Balkan Legends, #3)
The Red Cottage
Maid for the Marquess
When He Was a Duke (The Duke's Legacy #1)
Christmas Joy
Bluebird Gold (Lost Legends, #1)
The Women of Arlington Hall
La portalettere
The Lady's Mine
The Hidden Girl
The Keeper of Stars
All Our Beautiful Goodbyes
Remember That Day (A Ravenswood Novel)
The Princess Knight
Behind Every Good Man
A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting (A Lady's Guide, #1)
To Love a Beast (Once Upon a Time in Texas, #1)
The Secret Library of Hanna Reeves
Grimm Curiosities
The Italian Daughter (The Lost Daughters, #1)
The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3)
Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)
Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways, #1)
It Happened One Autumn (Wallflowers, #2)
To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5)
When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)
The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1)
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)
Scandal in Spring (Wallflowers, #4)
Love in the Afternoon (The Hathaways, #5)
It's in His Kiss (Bridgertons, #7)

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