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What to read after “The Duke and I” by Julia Quinn: 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 Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn · 2000
Same genre: “Regency romance” and “Historical romance”
- Regency England
- Rake
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.
2
Scandal in Spring
Lisa Kleypas · 2006
Same genre: “Regency romance” and “Historical 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.
3
Lord of Scoundrels
Loretta Chase · 1995
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Rake
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.
4
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
Sarah MacLean · 2010
Same genre: “Regency romance”
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.
5
Venetia
Georgette Heyer · 1958
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Rake
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 Ugly Duchess
Eloisa James · 2012
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Friends to Lovers
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.
7
The Duchess Deal
Tessa Dare · 2017
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
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.
8
When a Scot Ties the Knot
Tessa Dare · 2015
Same genre: “Regency romance” and “Historical romance”
- Fake Dating
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.
9
Flowers from the Storm
Laura Kinsale · 1992
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
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.
10
Fix Her Up
Tessa Bailey · 2019
Similar plot moves: “Brother's Best Friend” and “Fake Dating”
- Brother's Best Friend
- Fake Dating
Georgie, the party clown her family never takes seriously, has loved her brother's best friend Travis for years. When the injured former baseball star needs a respectable image and she wants to be seen as an adult, they fake a relationship, and the act starts feeling far too real.
11
The Kiss Quotient
Helen Hoang · 2018
Similar plot moves: “Fake Dating” and “Friends to Lovers”
- Fake Dating
- Friends to Lovers
Stella, a successful econometrician with autism, finds dating and physical touch bewildering, so she hires escort Michael to tutor her in intimacy. The arrangement is meant to stay businesslike, but their lessons turn into genuine feeling, and both must work through the past before they can trust it.
12
Slightly Married
Mary Balogh · 2003
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
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.