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What to read after “The Duchess Deal” by Tessa Dare: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
The Ugly Duchess
Eloisa James · 2012
Same genre: “Regency romance”
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.
2
Lord of Scoundrels
Loretta Chase · 1995
Same genre: “Regency romance”
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.
3
Slightly Married
Mary Balogh · 2003
Same genre: “Regency romance”
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.
4
Flowers from the Storm
Laura Kinsale · 1992
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
A stroke leaves the powerful Duke of Jerveaux unable to speak, and his family shuts him away in a grim asylum. Maddy Timms, a young Quaker nurse, is the only one who sees the man inside. Her care revives him, but their growing bond offends both his world and her strict community.
5
Venetia
Georgette Heyer · 1958
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
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.
6
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Mariana Zapata · 2016
Shared in the plot: convent, marriage
Vanessa spends years as the assistant to Aiden Graves, a silent, demanding football star, and finally quits. He then turns up at her door to ask her back and follows it with a bigger request: a marriage of convenience that helps his immigration case. The practical bargain and the time it forces them to spend together wear down his reserve.
7
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.
8
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.
9
Bet Me
Jennifer Crusie · 2004
Similar plot moves: “Grumpy Sunshine” and “Slow Burn”
- Grumpy Sunshine
- Slow Burn
Minerva overhears her ex-boyfriend bet the charming Cal that he can get her into bed within a month, so she accepts his dinner invitation to turn the tables. The sceptical actuary and the commitment-shy businessman keep colliding through meddling friends and sheer bad luck, resisting an attraction neither of them wants.
10
Twice Shy
Sarah Hogle · 2021
Similar plot moves: “Grumpy Sunshine” and “Slow Burn”
- Grumpy Sunshine
- Slow Burn
Maybell inherits her great-aunt's crumbling house in the Smoky Mountains, only to learn the grouchy groundskeeper Wesley is a co-inheritor with very different plans. Forced to renovate together, the dreamer and the shy, scowling loner slowly find in each other the safety they have always wanted.
11
Beach Read
Emily Henry · 2020
Similar plot moves: “Grumpy Sunshine” and “Slow Burn”
- Grumpy Sunshine
- Slow Burn
Romance writer January and literary novelist Gus become summer neighbours in a lakeside town, both blocked and both skeptical of each other's genre. They make a bet to write in the other's style and slowly trade barbs for late-night talks, discovering the grief and hope behind their different worldviews.
12
Scandal in Spring
Lisa Kleypas · 2006
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
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.