20 must-read historical fiction books like The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3) by Lydia Drake

Cover of The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3) by Lydia Drake

The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

By: Lydia Drake

4.02

Format: 354 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A hilariously engaging romp of a romance, where a sensible governess must learn how to defy the rul…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3) by Lydia Drake , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Second Duke's the Charm (Her Majesty's Rebels #1) by Kate Bateman

1. Second Duke's the Charm (Her Majesty's Rebels #1)

By: Kate Bateman

3.98

Format: 314 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Meet Her Majesty’s Rebels: three brilliant women who run King & Co., London’s most exclusive invest… read more

Similar categories in Kate Bateman's Second Duke's the Charm (Her Majesty's Rebels #1) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of You're the Duke That I Want (The Thunderbolt Club, #1) by Lenora Bell

2. You're the Duke That I Want (The Thunderbolt Club, #1)

By: Lenora Bell

3.50

Format: 355 pages, Mass Market Paperback

USA Today bestseller Lenora Bell returns with a Grease-inspired rom-com about an innocent lady who … read more

Similar categories in Lenora Bell's You're the Duke That I Want (The Thunderbolt Club, #1) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of In Want of a Viscount (The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, #3) by Lorraine Heath

3. In Want of a Viscount (The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, #3)

By: Lorraine Heath

3.97

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

How far would an abandoned son go to get revenge?  New York Times  bestselling author Lorraine Heat… read more

Similar categories in Lorraine Heath's In Want of a Viscount (The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, #3) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of An Earl to Remember (Unforgettable Love, #2) by Stacy Reid

4. An Earl to Remember (Unforgettable Love, #2)

By: Stacy Reid

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Miss Georgianna Eleanor Heyford may be naught but a gentleman’s daughter, but even she’s heard the … read more

Similar categories in Stacy Reid's An Earl to Remember (Unforgettable Love, #2) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Her Adventures in Temptation (School for Scoundrels, #3) by Megan Frampton

5. Her Adventures in Temptation (School for Scoundrels, #3)

By: Megan Frampton

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Simeon Jones has a secret--he is soft-hearted. Despite his scandalous exterior, he will quietly giv… read more

Similar categories in Megan Frampton's Her Adventures in Temptation (School for Scoundrels, #3) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Accidentally His (Designing Debutantes #3) by Sabrina Jeffries

6. Accidentally His (Designing Debutantes #3)

By: Sabrina Jeffries

4.10

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

With a fresh new hook for readers of Regency romance by Julia Quinn, Lisa Kleypas, and Madeline Hun… read more

Similar categories in Sabrina Jeffries's Accidentally His (Designing Debutantes #3) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Season of Scandal (The Palace of Rogues #7) by Julie Anne Long

7. My Season of Scandal (The Palace of Rogues #7)

By: Julie Anne Long

4.34

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

A notorious rake meets his match in a doe-eyed girl from the country, changing the course of both o… read more

Similar categories in Julie Anne Long's My Season of Scandal (The Palace of Rogues #7) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of It Had to Be a Duke (The Liar's Club, #1) by Vivienne Lorret

8. It Had to Be a Duke (The Liar's Club, #1)

By: Vivienne Lorret

3.99

Format: 372 pages, Mass Market Paperback

USA Today bestselling author Vivienne Lorret launches a new series with a sparkling romance about a… read more

Similar categories in Vivienne Lorret's It Had to Be a Duke (The Liar's Club, #1) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rake and the Rose (Once Upon a Wallflower #3) by Eva Devon

9. The Rake and the Rose (Once Upon a Wallflower #3)

By: Eva Devon

4.12

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

The only way to expose a rake is to conspire with one…in this lively novel from USA Today bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Eva Devon's The Rake and the Rose (Once Upon a Wallflower #3) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Any Duke in a Storm (Daring Dukes #4) by Amalie Howard

10. Any Duke in a Storm (Daring Dukes #4)

By: Amalie Howard

3.96

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

Historical romance takes to the high seas. Famed spy Lady Lisbeth Medford is on a ship bound for th… read more

Similar categories in Amalie Howard's Any Duke in a Storm (Daring Dukes #4) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of One Fine May (The Rake Review #5) by Courtney McCaskill

11. One Fine May (The Rake Review #5)

By: Courtney McCaskill

4.55

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

One Fine May…Furious that his son was featured in the notorious Rake Review column, Evander Beaucle… read more

Similar categories in Courtney McCaskill's One Fine May (The Rake Review #5) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • regency romance
Cover of Sincerely, The Duke (Say I Do, #2) by Amelia Grey

12. Sincerely, The Duke (Say I Do, #2)

By: Amelia Grey

3.78

Format: 328 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Sincerely, The Duke is the second novel in the historical romance Say I Do trilogy about dukes need… read more

Similar categories in Amelia Grey's Sincerely, The Duke (Say I Do, #2) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Duke’s All That (Synneful Spinsters, #3) by Christina Britton

13. The Duke’s All That (Synneful Spinsters, #3)

By: Christina Britton

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartbreaking betrayal. A secret life. A love that deserves a second chance. Iain MacInnes, Du… read more

Similar categories in Christina Britton's The Duke’s All That (Synneful Spinsters, #3) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Seraphina,"

-Christina Britton, The Duke’s All That (Synneful Spinsters, #3)

Cover of The Heiress Swap (Dollar Princess, 1) by Maddison Michaels

14. The Heiress Swap (Dollar Princess, 1)

By: Maddison Michaels

4.01

Format: 386 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Evie Jenkins didn’t know what she was thinking by agreeing to switch places with her American heire… read more

Similar categories in Maddison Michaels's The Heiress Swap (Dollar Princess, 1) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Damned If I Duke (Drop Dead Dukes) by Anna Bradley

15. Damned If I Duke (Drop Dead Dukes)

By: Anna Bradley

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A sensible duke wants a dutiful duchess. A rakish duke wants no bride at all. But a truly wise man … read more

Similar categories in Anna Bradley's Damned If I Duke (Drop Dead Dukes) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Lady's Rules for Ruin by Jennifer Haymore

16. A Lady's Rules for Ruin

By: Jennifer Haymore

4.11

Format: 384 pages, ebook

She’s found the perfect plan to avoid marriage… Miss Frances Cherrington has long been criticize… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Haymore's A Lady's Rules for Ruin book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Fall for a Scoundrel (Her Majesty’s Rebels, #2) by Kate Bateman

17. How to Fall for a Scoundrel (Her Majesty’s Rebels, #2)

By: Kate Bateman

4.22

Format: 292 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Two unlikely allies team up to solve a case in this novel filled with Kate Bateman's signature spar… read more

Similar categories in Kate Bateman's How to Fall for a Scoundrel (Her Majesty’s Rebels, #2) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of Viscount in Love (Accidental Brides, #1) by Eloisa James

18. Viscount in Love (Accidental Brides, #1)

By: Eloisa James

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Two eccentric orphans bring together a grumpy viscount and the free-spirited heroine who steals his… read more

Similar categories in Eloisa James's Viscount in Love (Accidental Brides, #1) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Viscount Wanted Me (The Rake Chronicles #2) by Lydia Lloyd

19. When the Viscount Wanted Me (The Rake Chronicles #2)

By: Lydia Lloyd

3.88

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

Her reputation is at risk. He vows to help…but soon finds resisting her the greatest challenge of a… read more

Similar categories in Lydia Lloyd's When the Viscount Wanted Me (The Rake Chronicles #2) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3) by Lydia Drake

20. The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

By: Lydia Drake

4.02

Format: 354 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A hilariously engaging romp of a romance, where a sensible governess must learn how to defy the rul… read more

Similar categories in Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of It Takes a Rake (Rogues to Lovers, #3) by Anna  Bennett

21. It Takes a Rake (Rogues to Lovers, #3)

By: Anna Bennett

3.75

Format: 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

She’s about to face her biggest challenge yet… Since she was a girl, Miss Kitty Beckett has been… read more

Similar categories in Anna Bennett's It Takes a Rake (Rogues to Lovers, #3) book and Lydia Drake's The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3)

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

17 Top adult books like The Governess and the Duke (Renegade Dukes #3) by Lydia Drake

Transform Your Habits

Second Duke's the Charm (Her Majesty's Rebels #1)

Kate Bateman

3.98

Transform Your Habits

You're the Duke That I Want (The Thunderbolt Club, #1)

Lenora Bell

3.50

Transform Your Habits

In Want of a Viscount (The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, #3)

Lorraine Heath

3.97

Transform Your Habits

An Earl to Remember (Unforgettable Love, #2)

Stacy Reid

4.15

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16 Best adult books like A Lady's Rules for Ruin by Jennifer Haymore

Transform Your Habits

Second Duke's the Charm (Her Majesty's Rebels #1)

Kate Bateman

3.98

Transform Your Habits

You're the Duke That I Want (The Thunderbolt Club, #1)

Lenora Bell

3.50

Transform Your Habits

In Want of a Viscount (The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, #3)

Lorraine Heath

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Duke Starts a Scandal (The Duke Hunt, #4)

Sophie Jordan

3.59

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