14 Top regency books like The Rake's Challenge by Beth Elliott

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The Rake's Challenge

By: Beth Elliott

4.07

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Giles Maltravers, the rakish Earl of Longwood, is weary of society life, duels and even his mistres…

"So this is goodbye?' In spite of her efforts, her voice shook. They walked to the bottom of the road and turned back up again before he said, 'Yes, Anna, this is goodbye. Promise me you'll be very careful.' She raised her face to his. 'If this is goodbye, may I ask you something?' 'Anything, my infant.' 'I want you to kiss me - properly.' He gave a gasp of laughter. 'But that would be very improper.' She grasped his lapels. 'Please...' Giles darted a look around. The road was empty of people. He pulled her a few steps further along to a doorway. There he stood and looked at her intently. She gazed hopefully up into his green eyes."

-Beth Elliott, The Rake's Challenge

"So this is goodbye?' In spite of her efforts, her voice shook. They walked to the bottom of the road and turned back up again before he said, 'Yes, Anna, this is goodbye. Promise me you'll be very careful.' She raised her face to his. 'If this is goodbye, may I ask you something?' 'Anything, my infant.' 'I want you to kiss me - properly.' He gave a gasp of laughter. 'But that would be very improper.' She grasped his lapels. 'Please...' Giles darted a look around. The road was empty of people. He pulled her a few steps further along to a doorway. There he stood and looked at her intently. She gazed hopefully up into his green eyes."

-Beth Elliott, The Rake's Challenge

"So this is goodbye?' In spite of her efforts, her voice shook. They walked to the bottom of the road and turned back up again before he said, 'Yes, Anna, this is goodbye. Promise me you'll be very careful.' She raised her face to his. 'If this is goodbye, may I ask you something?' 'Anything, my infant.' 'I want you to kiss me - properly.' He gave a gasp of laughter. 'But that would be very improper.' She grasped his lapels. 'Please...' Giles darted a look around. The road was empty of people. He pulled her a few steps further along to a doorway. There he stood and looked at her intently. She gazed hopefully up into his green eyes."

-Beth Elliott, The Rake's Challenge

If you liked the regency plot in The Rake's Challenge by Beth Elliott , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Into the Distance

By: Brenda MacKenzie

4.12

Format: 323 pages,

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2. The Unromantic Lady

By: Lucy Gordon

4.06

Format: 344 pages,

SHE BELIEVED LOVE WAS FOOLISH--UNTIL IT TAUGHT HER OTHERWISE! Diantha Halstow liked to declare that… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Gordon's The Unromantic Lady book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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3. The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)

By: Mimi Matthews

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Victorian high society’s most daring equestrienne finds love and an unexpected ally in her fight fo… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Matthews's The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
"Wonderful things didn’t happen because one was cautious. They happened because one dared."

-Mimi Matthews, The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)

"It’s not his responsibility to educate me. The ignorance is mine, and so must be the remedy for it."

-Mimi Matthews, The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)

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4. The Naturalist (The Hapgoods of Bramleigh, #1)

By: Christina Dudley

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Joseph Tierney, a naturalist commissioned by the Royal Society, stumbles upon the perfect assistant… read more

Similar categories in Christina Dudley's The Naturalist (The Hapgoods of Bramleigh, #1) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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5. A Marriage Is Arranged

By: G.L. Robinson

4.33

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Can An Arranged Marriage Be Arranged ? When the two plainest people in London enter into an arrang… read more

Similar categories in G.L. Robinson's A Marriage Is Arranged book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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6. Repairing a Broken Heart

By: G.L. Robinson

4.39

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Can you run away from love? She thought Harry loved her and she was prepared to wait for him, but … read more

Similar categories in G.L. Robinson's Repairing a Broken Heart book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
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7. Tempted by Folly (The Ellsworth Assortment, #1)

By: Christina Dudley

4.25

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Florence Ellsworth reluctantly lives in the shadow of her family’s notoriety. Mortified that her wi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Dudley's Tempted by Folly (The Ellsworth Assortment, #1) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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8. Miranda at Heart (The Ellsworth Assortment, #5)

By: Christina Dudley

4.42

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

A wary widow. A dashing gentleman. When their sons cross paths, two lone parents discover love need… read more

Similar categories in Christina Dudley's Miranda at Heart (The Ellsworth Assortment, #5) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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9. Matchless Margaret (The Hapgoods of Bramleigh, #4)

By: Christina Dudley

4.33

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

With her two older sisters married, managing family affairs has fallen to capable Miss Margaret Hap… read more

Similar categories in Christina Dudley's Matchless Margaret (The Hapgoods of Bramleigh, #4) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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10. The Earl’s Promised Bride (One Night in Blackhaven #2)

By: Mary Lancaster

4.41

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

A chance-meeting of soulmates? Or is everything a lie? Betrothed since birth to some stuffy earl… read more

Similar categories in Mary Lancaster's The Earl’s Promised Bride (One Night in Blackhaven #2) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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11. Reputation at Risk (A Chronicle of Misadventures #1)

By: Martha Keyes

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Charlotte Mandeville traffics in gossip. It not only puts money in her family’s bare pockets but en… read more

Similar categories in Martha Keyes's Reputation at Risk (A Chronicle of Misadventures #1) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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12. Minta in Spite of Herself (The Ellsworth Assortment, #3)

By: Christina Dudley

4.40

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

An unladylike young lady. A young man with something to prove. Let the games begin. Tomboy Miss … read more

Similar categories in Christina Dudley's Minta in Spite of Herself (The Ellsworth Assortment, #3) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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13. A Fickle Fortune (The Hapgoods of Bramleigh, #6)

By: Christina Dudley

4.42

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

Scandal makes its own rules... Harriet Hapgood has always delighted in arranging the lives of ot… read more

Similar categories in Christina Dudley's A Fickle Fortune (The Hapgoods of Bramleigh, #6) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • regency
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14. A Stolen Kiss (The Kingsleys #3; Generations of Love #5)

By: M.A. Nichols

4.17

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

A mistaken kiss. A forced engagement. Can it become something more? Lily Kingsley accepts that s… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Nichols's A Stolen Kiss (The Kingsleys #3; Generations of Love #5) book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • amazon
  • regency
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15. To Catch a Husband

By: Sophia Holloway

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Gloucestershire, 1813. Miss Mary Lound of Tapley End would be the first to say that she demonstrate… read more

Similar categories in Sophia Holloway's To Catch a Husband book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
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16. Lissa

By: Mira Stables

4.04

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

When Viscount Stapleford arrived at his country estate to recover from an unfortunate love affair, … read more

Similar categories in Mira Stables's Lissa book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
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17. Honey Pot

By: Mira Stables

3.98

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Russet’s mouth dropped open as she stared at him aghast. Surely, oh surely, he was not going to sug… read more

Similar categories in Mira Stables's Honey Pot book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
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18. Marriage Alliance

By: Mira Stables

3.71

Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition

Love is a time of in it all days are fair and all fields green. Youth is blest by it, old age made… read more

Similar categories in Mira Stables's Marriage Alliance book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
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19. The Rake's Challenge

By: Beth Elliott

4.07

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Giles Maltravers, the rakish Earl of Longwood, is weary of society life, duels and even his mistres… read more

Similar categories in Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
  • amazon
  • regency
"So this is goodbye?' In spite of her efforts, her voice shook. They walked to the bottom of the road and turned back up again before he said, 'Yes, Anna, this is goodbye. Promise me you'll be very ca…"

-Beth Elliott, The Rake's Challenge

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20. The Swynden Necklace

By: Mira Stables

4.10

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

She only knew that she was his to command; that her body thrilled to his lightest touch, her heart … read more

Similar categories in Mira Stables's The Swynden Necklace book and Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical romance
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21. 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 Beth Elliott's The Rake's Challenge

  • historical 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)

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Lucy Gordon

4.06

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Mimi Matthews

3.90

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Christina Dudley

4.11

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G.L. Robinson

4.33

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Mary Lancaster

4.35

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Leap of Faith (The Virtues #1)

Elizabeth Johns

4.28

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Determination (The Chaplain's Legacy, #2)

Mary Kingswood

4.39

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Mary Kingswood

4.31

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