Books like “The Highwayman”

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

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A Lady's Code of Misconduct
Meredith Duran · 2017
Same genre: “Historical romance” and “Victorian romance”
Forced by her family, Jane Mason weds the cold politician Crispin Burke to secure her inheritance. After a violent attack he wakes with no memory of who he was, and Jane must guard a stranger who may be gentler than the man she married while his enemies close in.
2
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
Jennifer Ashley · 2009
Same genre: “Historical romance” and “Victorian romance”
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
Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren · 2018
Shared in the plot: decide, friend
- Second Chance Romance
- Slow Burn
As teenagers Macy and Elliot spent every weekend trading books in a closet and slowly falling in love, until one night tore them apart. Eleven years later they meet again in San Francisco, and the friendship and heartbreak they buried come rushing back as they decide whether to try once more.
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Seduce Me at Sunrise
Lisa Kleypas · 2008
Same genre: “Historical romance” and “Victorian romance”
- Byronic Hero
- Slow Burn
Win Hathaway has loved Kev Merripen, the brooding Romany boy taken in by her family, since childhood, and has spent years recovering from illness for his sake. Kev believes he is too dangerous to deserve her, and keeps his distance even as she decides to make him hers.
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Every Summer After
Carley Fortune · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance” and “Slow Burn”
- Second Chance Romance
- Slow Burn
Every summer Persephone stayed at the lake and grew up alongside Sam, the boy next door, until one mistake ended everything. Twelve years later she returns for a funeral and finds Sam again, reopening the past they both buried.
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Before We Were Strangers
Renée Carlino · 2015
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance”
- Second Chance Romance
In college, Matt and Grace were inseparable neighbours in their NYU dorm who fell in love, until lost contact after graduation pulled them apart. Fifteen years later, a missed-connections post brings Grace back into his life, and the two have one chance to understand what happened and decide whether their story is really over.
7
The Ugly Duchess
Eloisa James · 2012
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance” and “Slow Burn”
- Second Chance Romance
- 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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The Co-op
Tarah DeWitt · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance”
- Second Chance Romance
LaRynn and Deacon married young, divorced, and hoped never to see each other again. When they inherit a crumbling building that must be renovated before it can be sold, they are stuck working side by side and confronting why they failed the first time.
9
The Road Trip
Beth O'Leary · 2021
Shared in the plot: share, friend
- Second Chance Romance
Exes Addie and Dylan are forced to share a car to a friend's wedding in Scotland when their journey goes wrong. Crammed together with strangers and old wounds, they retrace how they met, why they broke up, and whether anything is left to salvage.
10
Happy Place
Emily Henry · 2023
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance”
- Second Chance Romance
Harriet and Wyn broke up months ago but still have not told the friends they spend every summer with. Sharing a room at the Maine cottage for one last week, they pretend to be the happy couple they used to be, hiding their split while old feelings refuse to stay buried.
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When a Scot Ties the Knot
Tessa Dare · 2015
Same genre: “Historical romance”
- 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.
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Lord of Scoundrels
Loretta Chase · 1995
Similar plot moves: “Byronic Hero” and “Slow Burn”
- Byronic Hero
- 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.