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  1. 1The Lotus Palace (2013)The Lotus Palace (2013) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2013Yue-ying is a maidservant in the entertainment district of Tang China. Solving a mystery with the aristocratic Bai Huang gives them a reason to spend time together, but his rank sharply limits what he can offer her. The question of whether she’ll accept a place as his concubine gives the attraction…0
  2. 2The Siren of Sussex (2022)The Siren of Sussex (2022)Published Jan 1, 2022Evelyn has little prospect of making a good match in a ballroom, so she tries to draw notice as a rider. Ahmad Malik, a half-Indian tailor, makes the riding clothes that help her do it. Their work together is the pleasure here. They know how to make an outfit give Evelyn a place in fashionable…0
  3. 3Rebel (2019)Rebel (2019) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2019In Reconstruction New Orleans, attackers destroy the school Valinda Lacy has set up for formerly enslaved people. Architect Drake LeVeq helps her, but her father wants her home to marry someone else. Jenkins makes rebuilding the city and keeping the school possible part of the life Valinda is…0
  4. 4The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, The (2023)The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, The (2023) 9.5/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2023A newly titled baronet on Romney Marsh testifies against a smuggler’s sister. The smuggler, Joss, can stop him by threatening to reveal that the two men were lovers. The awkward start makes the question of trust matter long after the threat itself. Read this for a romance in which family loyalty…0
  5. 5An extraordinary union (2017)An extraordinary union (2017) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2017Elle Burns leaves freedom in Massachusetts to spy for the Union in the South. Malcolm McCall is also working undercover, and their attraction has to survive the different risks each faces if discovered. The spy story gives the romance a particular kind of tension: Elle has to decide how much trust…0
  6. 6The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (2019)The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (2019) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2019Lucy takes on the translation of a French astronomy book with support from a widowed countess. The work gives them a reason to share a house and fall in love, and sabotage threatens both the translation and what they’re building together. Waite is particularly good on how much it matters for a…0
  7. 7We Could Be So Good (2023)We Could Be So Good (2023) 6.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2023Nick works as a reporter and shows Andy, the newspaper owner’s son, how to get by in the newsroom. As they grow close, each has more at stake than whether the other feels the same way. Sebastian uses the hostility toward gay men in late-1950s New York to make small acts of care and trust carry real…0
  8. 8The Duchess War (2013)The Duchess War (2013) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2013Minerva Lane has already changed her name to get away from a scandal. Drawing the attention of a duke could undo the quiet life she’s built. The fun is watching a man accustomed to getting noticed fall for someone who understands the uses of going unnoticed, especially when attention can mean…0
  9. 9A Deal at Dawn (2026)A Deal at Dawn (2026)Published Jun 30, 2026A viscountess has lost custody of her daughter in a case engineered by the duke who fathered her. When he falls ill, Katherine offers to nurse him if he helps secure her a respectable marriage. Riley makes the bargain about what can happen to a child when her parents’ legal standing and reputations…0
  10. 10Indigo (1996)Indigo (1996) 7.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 1996Hester Wyatt escaped slavery as a child and now helps others through Michigan’s Underground Railroad. When an injured conductor is brought to her cellar, hiding him puts her and her work at risk. The romance grows through care and disagreement between two people already committed to work bigger…0