9 must-read regency books like True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2) by Rose Lerner

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True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

By: Rose Lerner

3.97

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Something borrowed... Through wit and sheer force of will, Ash Cohen raised himself and his you…

"Drek. He was definitely in love with her now."

-Rose Lerner, True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

"Drek. He was definitely in love with her now."

-Rose Lerner, True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

"Drek. He was definitely in love with her now."

-Rose Lerner, True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

"People say things die in winter, but it isn't true, mostly. They just gather their strength."

-Rose Lerner, True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

If you liked the regency plot in True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2) by Rose Lerner , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold

By: Ellen O'Connell

4.28

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian's Note: an alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here. Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Go… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Connell's Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Too much strength could be a curse, leaving a person unable to bend, only break."

-Ellen O'Connell, Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold

"Her hands cupped his face, thumbs caressing his cheekbones. "I love you, Mr. Bennett." "Good thing. Hate to be the only one afflicted."

-Ellen O'Connell, Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold

"You know how it is. You make up your mind about something, and then you stop seeing anything that doesn't fit the way you already think things are."

-Ellen O'Connell, Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold

"Dr. Craig says you're the only patient he ever treated who kept saying nothing hurt when he examined you right until you passed out. You think I believe your ribs are all right?"

-Ellen O'Connell, Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold

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2. The Heiress Effect (Brothers Sinister, #2)

By: Courtney Milan

3.91

Format: 280 pages, ebook

Miss Jane Fairfield can’t do anything right. When she’s in company, she always says the wrong thing… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Milan's The Heiress Effect (Brothers Sinister, #2) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Why did you do it? Give up everything to raise another man's son?' His father did look up at that. 'I didn't raise another man's son,' he said sharply. 'I raised my own."

-Courtney Milan, The Heiress Effect (Brothers Sinister, #2)

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3. The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3)

By: Courtney Milan

3.92

Format: 309 pages, ebook

Sebastian Malheur is the most dangerous sort of rake: an educated one. When he’s not scandalizing l… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Milan's The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"I’d tell you to fetch a match, but you have always had your own spark."

-Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3)

"After everything we’ve done for each other, a few harsh words hardly signify."

-Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3)

"...having you as a friend wasn’t second prize. It wasn’t something to chafe against. It was an honor."

-Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3)

"That's the way things were; people liked Lily, and while they were busy liking her, Violet got things done. It never bothered Violet. She liked having things to do, and if her sister hadn't been ther…"

-Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3)

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4. Without Words

By: Ellen O'Connell

4.21

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

Bounty hunter Bret Sterling kills Rufus Petty, thief and murderer, less than ten feet away from a f… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Connell's Without Words book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"There will be other things to wonder at."

-Ellen O'Connell, Without Words

"Like an old photograph they had no color, no longer seemed real."

-Ellen O'Connell, Without Words

"Tell him? His idea of the best kind of present would be one she’d show him, not tell him."

-Ellen O'Connell, Without Words

"I think this moment right now is worth every day of the years wandering in the wilderness it took to get here."

-Ellen O'Connell, Without Words

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5. What I Did For a Duke (Pennyroyal Green, #5)

By: Julie Anne Long

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Mass Market Paperback

For years, he's been an object of fear, fascination...and fantasy. But of all the wicked rumors tha… read more

Similar categories in Julie Anne Long's What I Did For a Duke (Pennyroyal Green, #5) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult

6. The King's Man (Welsh Blades #1)

By: Elizabeth Kingston

4.19

Format: 384 pages,

Ranulf Ombrier's fame throughout England for his skill at swordplay is rivaled only by his notoriet… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Kingston's The King's Man (Welsh Blades #1) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

7. The Jade Temptress (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #2)

By: Jeannie Lin

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Welcome to the infamous Pingkang Li--home of the celebrated Lotus Palace courtesans, and a place of… read more

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8. The Duke of Shadows

By: Meredith Duran

4.07

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In a debut romance as passionate and sweeping as the British Empire, Meredith Duran paints a powerf… read more

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9. The Luckiest Lady in London

By: Sherry Thomas

2.69

Format: 88 pages,

Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth, is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to be and al… read more

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10. A Lady Awakened (Blackshear Family, #1)

By: Cecilia Grant

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

In Cecilia Grant's emotionally rich and deeply passionate Regency romance debut, a deal with a rumo… read more

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11. A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1)

By: Alyssa Cole

4.05

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

From acclaimed author Alyssa Cole comes the tale of a city Cinderella and her Prince Charming in di… read more

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12. The Truth About Cads and Dukes (Rescued from Ruin, #2)

By: Elisa Braden

3.99

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

His plain Jane is about to discover appearances can be deceiving... When a wager goes wrong... … read more

Similar categories in Elisa Braden's The Truth About Cads and Dukes (Rescued from Ruin, #2) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Imagine! Accusing me of stealing that loathsome pest. Next, she will posit I have spirited away with her chamber pot. Preposterous."

-Elisa Braden, The Truth About Cads and Dukes (Rescued from Ruin, #2)

13. Texas Glory (Leigh Brothers Texas Trilogy, #2)

By: Lorraine Heath

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Mass Market Paperback

SHE WAS GIVEN TO A STRANGER Cordelia McQueen was a virtual prisoner in her father's house. Until ev… read more

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14. A Gentleman Undone (Blackshear Family, #2)

By: Cecilia Grant

3.86

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A seductive beauty turns the tables on a gentleman gaming for the guiltiest of pleasures in this ri… read more

Similar categories in Cecilia Grant's A Gentleman Undone (Blackshear Family, #2) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • adult
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • m f romance
"I've never asked you to give the least considerations to my feelings." He could picture her holding the word with fingertips at arm's length, like a scullery maid disposing of a dead rat."

-Cecilia Grant, A Gentleman Undone (Blackshear Family, #2)

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15. Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane, #3)

By: Elizabeth Hoyt

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Can a pirate learn that the only true treasure lies in a woman's heart?Widowed Silence Hollingbrook… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Why?"

-Elizabeth Hoyt, Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane, #3)

"What,"

-Elizabeth Hoyt, Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane, #3)

"Humph."

-Elizabeth Hoyt, Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane, #3)

"Goggie!"

-Elizabeth Hoyt, Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane, #3)

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16. Lady Derring Takes a Lover (The Palace of Rogues #1)

By: Julie Anne Long

3.96

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

A mistress. A mountain of debt. A mysterious wreck of a building. Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of… read more

Similar categories in Julie Anne Long's Lady Derring Takes a Lover (The Palace of Rogues #1) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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17. A Bride for the Prizefighter (Victorian Prizefighters, #1)

By: Alice Coldbreath

4.02

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Mina’s well-ordered life is thrown into disarray when her father drops a bombshell on his deathbed:… read more

Similar categories in Alice Coldbreath's A Bride for the Prizefighter (Victorian Prizefighters, #1) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • historical
  • adult
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • m f romance
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18. The Unlovely Bride (Brides of Karadok, #2)

By: Alice Coldbreath

4.22

Format: 514 pages, Kindle Edition

Lenora Montmayne leads a charmed life as the most beautiful woman at King Wymer’s court, surrounded… read more

Similar categories in Alice Coldbreath's The Unlovely Bride (Brides of Karadok, #2) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Lenora Montmayne was brave as fuck or foolhardy as hell. He wasn't sure yet which it was."

-Alice Coldbreath, The Unlovely Bride (Brides of Karadok, #2)

"I will change, she vowed. While I will never have a really decent character, true love or even much by way of brains, I can still seek out some semblance of happiness."

-Alice Coldbreath, The Unlovely Bride (Brides of Karadok, #2)

"A roll in the sheets with me at present would likely snap you in half," he added. Lenora blinked. "are you so rough then, that I need to be more robust?" she asked with some acerbity."

-Alice Coldbreath, The Unlovely Bride (Brides of Karadok, #2)

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19. An Inconvenient Vow (Brides of Karadok, #5)

By: Alice Coldbreath

4.21

Format: 502 pages, Kindle Edition

Never did Sabina Burrell imagine that foiling a plot against her sister would lead to her having to… read more

Similar categories in Alice Coldbreath's An Inconvenient Vow (Brides of Karadok, #5) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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20. Her Bridegroom, Bought and Paid For (Brides of Karadok, #4)

By: Alice Coldbreath

3.93

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Aimee Ankatel, oldest daughter to the richest merchant in all Karadok only has eyes for the heavily… read more

Similar categories in Alice Coldbreath's Her Bridegroom, Bought and Paid For (Brides of Karadok, #4) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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21. True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

By: Rose Lerner

3.97

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Something borrowed... Through wit and sheer force of will, Ash Cohen raised himself and his you… read more

Similar categories in Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2) book and Rose Lerner's True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

  • romance
  • jewish
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • adult
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • m f romance
"Drek. He was definitely in love with her now."

-Rose Lerner, True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

"People say things die in winter, but it isn't true, mostly. They just gather their strength."

-Rose Lerner, True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

"She was the kind of art that was so valuable it wasn't even for sale, and she smiled when she saw Ash. His pulse jumped."

-Rose Lerner, True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

"Secrets are my profession. I know them inside and out. What separates me from someone I'm lying to isn't the lie. It's that I know I'm lying. It's a pane of glass---they can't see it, but I don't for…"

-Rose Lerner, True Pretenses (Lively St. Lemeston, #2)

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