16 Best regency books like A Kiss in the Dark by Joan Smith

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A Kiss in the Dark

By: Joan Smith

3.69

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

THERE WAS A GROWING AIR OF MYSTERY ABOUT THE HOUSE--AND ITS ENIGMATIC OWNER. Cressida Charmswort…

If you liked the regency plot in A Kiss in the Dark by Joan Smith , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Libby's London Merchant (Nesbitt, #1) by Carla Kelly

1. Libby's London Merchant (Nesbitt, #1)

By: Carla Kelly

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Beautiful Miss Libby Ames knew little about the man who landed unexpectedly at her country manor. O… read more

Similar categories in Carla Kelly's Libby's London Merchant (Nesbitt, #1) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • traditional regency
  • clean romance
  • regency
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2. The Unknown Ajax

By: Georgette Heyer

3.50

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Miles from anywhere, Darracott Place is presided over by irascible Lord Darracott. The recent drown… read more

Similar categories in Georgette Heyer's The Unknown Ajax book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • regency

3. Cousin Kate

By: Georgette Heyer

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Kate Malvern, rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, hardly knows what to expect at Staplewood - … read more

Similar categories in Georgette Heyer's Cousin Kate book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

4. The Famous Heroine / The Plumed Bonnet (Stapleton-Downes #5-6)

By: Mary Balogh

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh spins two classic stories of Regency England-… read more

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's The Famous Heroine / The Plumed Bonnet (Stapleton-Downes #5-6) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

5. Only Beloved (The Survivors' Club, #7)

By: Mary Balogh

3.82

Format: 287 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the legendary New York Timesbestselling author of Only a Kiss and Only a Promisecomes the fina… read more

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6. Only a Kiss (The Survivors' Club, #6)

By: Mary Balogh

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Survivors' Club: Six men and one woman, injured in the Napoleonic Wars, their friendships forge… read more

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's Only a Kiss (The Survivors' Club, #6) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

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7. The Work of Art (Somerset Stories, #1)

By: Mimi Matthews

4.19

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

An Uncommon Beauty... Hidden away in rural Devonshire, Phyllida Satterthwaite has always been cons… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Matthews's The Work of Art (Somerset Stories, #1) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • clean romance
  • regency
Cover of Someone to Cherish (Westcott, #8) by Mary Balogh

8. Someone to Cherish (Westcott, #8)

By: Mary Balogh

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Is love worth the loss of one's freedom and independence? This is what Mrs. Tavernor must decide in… read more

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's Someone to Cherish (Westcott, #8) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • regency
Cover of A Gentleman in Search of a Wife (The Lord Julian Mysteries #5) by Grace Burrowes

9. A Gentleman in Search of a Wife (The Lord Julian Mysteries #5)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.51

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Lord Julian Caldicott accepts a request to search for the missing wife of Mr. John Tait. Evelyn Tai… read more

Similar categories in Grace Burrowes's A Gentleman in Search of a Wife (The Lord Julian Mysteries #5) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • regency
Cover of To Charm a Lady (The Cartwells, #2) by Joanna  Barker

10. To Charm a Lady (The Cartwells, #2)

By: Joanna Barker

4.42

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Cora Atherton wants nothing more than to finally fall in love—real love, not the unrequited sort. W… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Barker's To Charm a Lady (The Cartwells, #2) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • clean romance
  • regency
Cover of The Dreadful Duke (The Bad Heir Day Tales #1) by Grace Burrowes

11. The Dreadful Duke (The Bad Heir Day Tales #1)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.44

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

He’d rather carry hod in hell… Finn Cathcart, a successful sculptor, is having a fine time on the … read more

Similar categories in Grace Burrowes's The Dreadful Duke (The Bad Heir Day Tales #1) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • regency
Cover of Lakeshire Park by Megan Walker

12. Lakeshire Park

By: Megan Walker

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Brighton, England 1820 Amelia Moore wants only one thing—to secure the future happiness of her y… read more

Similar categories in Megan Walker's Lakeshire Park book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • clean romance
  • regency
"Love was indeed pain. And to love so deeply meant to be susceptible to an equally deep agony."

-Megan Walker, Lakeshire Park

Cover of Appointment in Bath (Somerset Stories, #4) by Mimi Matthews

13. Appointment in Bath (Somerset Stories, #4)

By: Mimi Matthews

4.14

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

A chance meeting between the sheltered daughter and the forward-thinking son of rival Victorian fam… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Matthews's Appointment in Bath (Somerset Stories, #4) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • clean romance
  • regency
"Never mind her heart. She had her dignity. Sometimes that was all a lady did have when everything else was gone."

-Mimi Matthews, Appointment in Bath (Somerset Stories, #4)

"And by all her pretty blushes. And by her hair—a thickly curling mass of titian red springing loose from its pins. Strange, that. Not the color of her hair, but the unexpected beauty of it. Of her."

-Mimi Matthews, Appointment in Bath (Somerset Stories, #4)

"This time he couldn’t keep himself from staring. From thinking about what those lips would feel like. Taste like. Her mouth was appallingly sinful for a girl of eighteen, just out of the schoolroom."

-Mimi Matthews, Appointment in Bath (Somerset Stories, #4)

"Her eyes reluctantly met his. They were a delicate shade of China blue. Wide, round, and fringed with thick, ink-black lashes. Beautiful eyes, really. Ivo couldn’t recall when he’d seen the like of t…"

-Mimi Matthews, Appointment in Bath (Somerset Stories, #4)

Cover of Marry in Secret (Marriage of Convenience, #3) by Anne Gracie

14. Marry in Secret (Marriage of Convenience, #3)

By: Anne Gracie

3.92

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

A rugged and ruined naval officer comes to claim his bride in an unforgettable tale of love, reveng… read more

Similar categories in Anne Gracie's Marry in Secret (Marriage of Convenience, #3) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • regency
Cover of The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter by Mimi Matthews

15. The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter

By: Mimi Matthews

3.83

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

A WORLD-WEARY RAKE After years of unbridled debauchery, Tristan Sinclair, Viscount St. Ashton ha… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Matthews's The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • clean romance
  • regency
"I enjoyed our time together today very much. Truly I did. But no one can make anyone else happy. Not really. We all of us are responsible for our own happiness. Our own contentment. We can’t seek it …"

-Mimi Matthews, The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter

Cover of An Engagement with the Enemy (Castles and Courtship) by Sally Britton

16. An Engagement with the Enemy (Castles and Courtship)

By: Sally Britton

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

James Aldwick isn’t ready to settle down, but his father, Baron Retford, doesn’t give him a choice.… read more

Similar categories in Sally Britton's An Engagement with the Enemy (Castles and Courtship) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • clean romance
  • regency
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17. The Lady Next Door

By: Laura Matthews

3.89

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

Marianne Findlay lives next door to the Earl of Latteridge’s York townhouse. Though she has never m… read more

Similar categories in Laura Matthews's The Lady Next Door book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • clean romance
  • regency
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 Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • regency
Cover of A Kiss in the Dark by Joan Smith

19. A Kiss in the Dark

By: Joan Smith

3.69

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

THERE WAS A GROWING AIR OF MYSTERY ABOUT THE HOUSE--AND ITS ENIGMATIC OWNER. Cressida Charmswort… read more

Similar categories in Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • traditional regency
  • clean romance
  • regency
Cover of A Lady of Conscience (Somerset Stories, #5) by Mimi Matthews

20. A Lady of Conscience (Somerset Stories, #5)

By: Mimi Matthews

4.26

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

A Victorian bluestocking with a passion for lost causes attracts the unwilling attention of a frost… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Matthews's A Lady of Conscience (Somerset Stories, #5) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • clean romance
  • regency
"I must caution you,"

-Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience (Somerset Stories, #5)

"But a man doesn’t change his character, dearest."

-Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience (Somerset Stories, #5)

"It’s difficult to dispense with strategy when I want something as much as I want you."

-Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience (Somerset Stories, #5)

"In other words," James said, "let her bring home as many donkeys, dogs, and kittens as she pleases."

-Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience (Somerset Stories, #5)

Cover of A Gentleman of Unreliable Honor (The Lord Julian Mysteries #6) by Grace Burrowes

21. A Gentleman of Unreliable Honor (The Lord Julian Mysteries #6)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.58

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

He's cheated death... Lord Julian Caldicott is summoned by his estranged mother to search for ol… read more

Similar categories in Grace Burrowes's A Gentleman of Unreliable Honor (The Lord Julian Mysteries #6) book and Joan Smith's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance

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