7 Best traditional regency books like Prelude to Love by Joan Smith

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Prelude to Love

By: Joan Smith

3.60

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Vanessa Bradford’s disappointment at missing the military ball was enormous—and she scarcely believ…

If you liked the traditional regency plot in Prelude to Love by Joan Smith , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Demon's Mistress (Three Heroes, #1; Company of Rogues, #5.5)

By: Jo Beverley

3.90

Format: 484 pages, ebook

Lord Vendeiman has returned from war to find his estate bankrupt and his father dead. When wealthy … read more

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2. The Resolute Runaway

By: Charlotte Louise Dolan

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Joanna Pettigrew was leading a miserable life, so she decided to run away, gambling on something be… read more

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3. Forbidden (Company of Rogues, #4)

By: Jo Beverley

3.86

Format: 436 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Forbidden Finally freed from a cruel, depraved husband, Serena Riverton wants nothing more to d… read more

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4. An Affair of Interest

By: Barbara Metzger

3.70

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Destitute Misses Sydney and Winifred Lattimore decide that Winnie must find a wealthy husband. Sydn… read more

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5. A Rival Heir

By: Laura Matthews

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Nell Armstrong promised her dying grandfather to remain unwed and to care for her aging-and frightf… read more

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6. A Bird in Hand (Bird #1)

By: Allison Lane

4.00

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

A daring young lord, seeing a young woman floundering in an icy river, immediately dives to her res… read more

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7. Lady Whilton's Wedding

By: Barbara Metzger

4.20

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

BETWEEN A WEDDING AND A FUNERAL, SPARKS OF ROMANCE PROMISED JITTERS FOR ALL! Where was Uncle Albert… read more

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8. The Luck of the Devil

By: Barbara Metzger

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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9. Rake's Ransom

By: Barbara Metzger

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Madcap Jocelyn wants the libertine Lord Claiborne to love her, not just marry her, and in her pursu… read more

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10. The Black Widow

By: Charlotte Louise Dolan

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Kisses and Consequences Meribe Prestwich's beauty should have made her the belle of the ton --as in… read more

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11. Valentines: A Trio of Regency Love Stories for Sweethearts' Day

By: Barbara Metzger

3.79

Format: 477 pages,

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12. Minor Indiscretions

By: Barbara Metzger

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Paperback

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13. Truly Yours

By: Barbara Metzger

4.07

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

Alone in the world, Amanda Carville has no dowry, no reputation left, and no one who believes her t… read more

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14. The Painted Lady

By: Barbara Metzger

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A Private Sitting Beneath Miss Lilyanne Bannister's starched facade was a wildcat who dreamed of we… read more

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15. Jack of Clubs (House of Cards #2)

By: Barbara Metzger

4.08

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Years ago, Captain Jack Endicott's half-sister vanished after a carriage accident. He now sets out … read more

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16. The Scoundrel's Daughter (The Brides of Bellaire Gardens, #1)

By: Anne Gracie

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Lady Charlton is forced into becoming London's most reluctant matchmaker, sparks fly and roman… read more

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"What do you think it was like to come from a life involving years of hardship and turmoil and boredom and danger and responsibility, and battlefields that stank of blood and mud and worse, with the s…"

-Anne Gracie, The Scoundrel's Daughter (The Brides of Bellaire Gardens, #1)

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17. 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

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18. Miss Fleming Falls in Love (Miss Fleming #1)

By: Emma Melbourne

4.34

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

A Girl. An Earl. A Battle of Wits . . . Miss Amelia Fleming has a very good reason to hate the E… read more

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19. The Kiss of a Stranger (The Jonquil Brothers, #0)

By: Sarah M. Eden

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Crispin, Lord Cavratt, thoroughly and scandalously kisses a serving woman in the garden of a c… read more

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20. My Heart's True Delight (True Gentlemen, #10)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.13

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Ash Dorning has loved Della Haddonfield from afar for years. He has played the part of the cordial … read more

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21. Remember Love (Ravenswood, #1)

By: Mary Balogh

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The handsome and charismatic Earl of Stratton, Caleb Ware, has been exposed to the ton for his clan… read more

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22. Determination (The Chaplain's Legacy, #2)

By: Mary Kingswood

4.39

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

One man with a secret. A family torn apart by the consequences. Mr Bertram Atherton has one foot… read more

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23. The Season

By: Sophia Holloway

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The Season that changes everything … Henrietta Gaydon is making her debut in London society for … read more

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24. Hemlock Island

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.45

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A standalone horror novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Laney Kilp… read more

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"Something as brief as our marriage should die like a roman candle. One blaze of glory, imprinted on the retina for a few moments and then fading. This wasn’t that. This was a flash fire, and I am sca…"

-Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

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25. The Rake's Daughter (The Brides of Bellaire Gardens, #2)

By: Anne Gracie

3.94

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

An earl is forced to play matchmaker for the daughters of a rake in a smart and witty new Regency r… read more

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26. Worth More Than Rubies: A Regency Holiday Novella

By: Grace Burrowes

4.43

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

All the Duke of Dunfallon wants this holiday season is a respite from the machinations of the match… read more

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27. The Last True Gentleman (True Gentlemen, #12)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.32

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Sycamore Dorning has watched one sibling after another succumb to the blandishments of wedded bliss… read more

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28. Carteret (Confirmed Bachelors #3)

By: Jenny Hambly

4.39

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Dignified, reserved, and every inch the gentleman, Laurence Westerby, the fifth Viscount Carteret, … read more

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29. A Fine Gentleman

By: Laura Matthews

3.69

Format: 96 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Lady Caroline Carruthers has no intention of falling for Lord Hartville, despite his mother's schem… read more

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30. Prelude to Love

By: Joan Smith

3.60

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Vanessa Bradford’s disappointment at missing the military ball was enormous—and she scarcely believ… read more

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31. The Duke's Dilemma

By: Nadine Miller

4.02

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Miss Emily Haliburton could not hope to match her cousin Lady Lucinda Hargrave in either beauty or … read more

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