Books like “When a Scot Ties the Knot”

What to read after “When a Scot Ties the Knot” 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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Scandal in Spring
Lisa Kleypas · 2006
Same genre: “Regency romance” and “Historical romance”
- Wallflower Heroine
- 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 Bride
Julie Garwood · 1989
Same genre: “Historical romance”
The Scottish king orders laird Alec Kincaid to take an English bride, and spirited Jamie is sent north to marry a warrior she has never met. Wedded for peace between two suspicious peoples, the stubborn pair battle for control of their marriage until respect and tenderness take root.
3
A Lady's Code of Misconduct
Meredith Duran · 2017
Same genre: “Historical 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.
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The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Mariana Zapata · 2016
Similar plot moves: “Marriage of Convenience” and “Forced Proximity”
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.
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Slightly Married
Mary Balogh · 2003
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Marriage of Convenience
- 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 Wedding Date
Jasmine Guillory · 2018
Shared in the plot: arrange, something
- Fake Dating
- Forced Proximity
Stuck in a hotel elevator together at a wedding, Alexa agrees to be Drew's date for the weekend to avoid awkward questions. The pretend couple keeps meeting up in their two cities, and what began as a convenient arrangement becomes something they are both afraid to name.
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The Unhoneymooners
Christina Lauren · 2019
Similar plot moves: “Fake Dating” and “Forced Proximity”
After food poisoning strikes at her twin sister's wedding, unlucky Olive takes her sister's place on a free Hawaiian honeymoon, but her sworn enemy Ethan has to come too. Stranded together and posing as newlyweds to keep the perks, the two bicker their way toward something neither expected.
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The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood · 2021
Similar plot moves: “Fake Dating” and “Slow Burn”
- Fake Dating
- Slow Burn
Olive, a third-year biology PhD student, kisses the first man she sees to convince her friend that her dating life is fine, and it turns out to be the famously severe Professor Adam Carlsen. To keep the story convincing, the two agree to fake a relationship, and their staged arrangement slowly becomes real.
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The Co-op
Tarah DeWitt · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Marriage of Convenience” and “Forced Proximity”
- Marriage of Convenience
- Forced Proximity
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.
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Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston · 2019
Similar plot moves: “Fake Dating” and “Slow Burn”
- Fake Dating
- Slow Burn
A public spat between the US president's son Alex and Britain's Prince Henry forces their handlers to stage a friendship for the cameras. What starts as reluctant damage control turns into late-night texts and a secret romance that neither man can keep hidden for long.
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Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
Sarah MacLean · 2010
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Wallflower Heroine
- 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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Lord of Scoundrels
Loretta Chase · 1995
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Marriage of Convenience
- 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.