Books like “Flowers from the Storm”

What to read after “Flowers from the Storm” by Laura Kinsale: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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The Duchess Deal
Tessa Dare · 2017
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
Scarred and bitter, the Duke of Ashbury needs an heir, so he offers a plain marriage of convenience to Emma Gladstone, a vicar's daughter turned seamstress. She accepts on her own conditions. Inside his forbidding house, two wary strangers slowly discover warmth, trust and unexpected love.
2
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
Jennifer Ashley · 2009
Similar setting: “Asylum”
Lord Ian Mackenzie is brilliant, eccentric and widely believed to be mad. Widow Beth Ackerley looks past the rumours and sees the man beneath. Drawn together in Victorian London and the Highlands, they must face his family's secrets and a danger that has haunted him since childhood.
3
Venetia
Georgette Heyer · 1958
Same genre: “Regency romance”
Venetia Lanyon has spent her life dutifully running her family's estate. Her scandalous neighbour, the rake Lord Damerel, becomes an unexpected friend and ally. As gossip spreads and society disapproves, Venetia must weigh propriety against her own heart.
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Lord of Scoundrels
Loretta Chase · 1995
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
Jessica Trent comes to Paris to drag her foolish brother away from Sebastian Ballister, the Marquess of Dain, a notorious rake. Their battle of wills ends in a scandal, a duel and a marriage neither wanted, and two proud, guarded people slowly learn to trust each other.
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Slightly Married
Mary Balogh · 2003
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
Colonel Aidan Bedwyn promises a dying soldier that he will protect the man's sister. To honour that vow he marries Eve Morris in name only, keeping her home safe. What begins as a cold bargain between two strangers slowly softens into affection and love.
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The Ugly Duchess
Eloisa James · 2012
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
Lady Theodora Saxby weds her childhood friend James, Duke of Ashbrook, in a marriage meant to save their families. When his secret betrayal comes to light he flees abroad, and years later returns a changed man, forcing them to decide what their convenient marriage is really worth.
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Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
Sarah MacLean · 2010
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has spent her life being proper and unremarkable. She draws up a list of scandalous things she longs to try and asks Gabriel St. John, the notorious Marquess of Ralston, to help her. As he escorts her through each escapade, an old acquaintance deepens into love.
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Scandal in Spring
Lisa Kleypas · 2006
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Forced Proximity
Daisy Bowman must find a husband this season or her father will send her to America. The suitor he has chosen is Matthew Swift, a cool businessman she has disliked for years, and as the two are thrown together in London, their old quarrel turns into something else.
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The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn · 2000
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
Anthony Bridgerton has decided to marry, but only a woman he cannot fall in love with, and Kate Sheffield's sister looks ideal. Kate is set on protecting her sister from the charming rake, and the more the two argue, the harder it becomes to ignore what they feel.
10
Birthday Girl
Penelope Douglas · 2018
Similar plot moves: “Forced Proximity” and “Forbidden Love”
When nineteen-year-old Jordan and her boyfriend have nowhere else to go, they move in with his father, Pike. Sharing the house, she finds in the guarded older man the steadiness her life has lacked, and they both fight an attraction that is off-limits by every rule that matters.
11
The Duke and I
Julia Quinn · 2000
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
Daphne Bridgerton is tired of the marriage market, and Simon Basset, the new Duke of Hastings, has no wish to wed. They agree to pretend to court so that other suitors leave her alone and mothers leave him alone, and the arrangement proves harder to keep up than they expected.
12
When a Scot Ties the Knot
Tessa Dare · 2015
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Forced Proximity
- Slow Burn
Shy Maddie Gracechurch invents a soldier suitor to escape the London season and writes to him for years. Then the real Captain Logan MacKenzie appears, demanding the bride he never knew he had. To keep her home, they marry as strangers, and the arrangement slowly becomes something more.