23 Top historical books like The Waltzing Widow by Joan Smith

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The Waltzing Widow

By: Joan Smith

3.67

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

HAD HER INNOCENT MASQUERADE COME TO THIS--A PROPOSAL OF MISTRESS-SHIP? Convinced that Lucy Percy wa…

If you liked the historical plot in The Waltzing Widow by Joan Smith , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of Bride by Mistake (Devil Riders, #5) by Anne Gracie

1. Bride by Mistake (Devil Riders, #5)

By: Anne Gracie

3.92

Format: 309 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Eight years ago, Lieutentant Luke Ripton made a hasty wartime marriage-in-name-only to protect a yo… read more

Similar categories in Anne Gracie's Bride by Mistake (Devil Riders, #5) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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2. The Grand Sophy

By: Georgette Heyer

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

When the redoubtable Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy is ordered to South America on business, he leaves his… read more

Similar categories in Georgette Heyer's The Grand Sophy book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
"You are shameless!"

-Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy

"Mr. Rivenhall said to Sophy, “If this is your doing—!"

-Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy

"Do you like pets better than toys and books? I always did, so I thought very likely you would too."

-Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy

"I never indulge commonplace thoughts," said Sir Vincent... "Not, at all events, in relation to the Grand Sophy."

-Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy

Cover of Miss Treadwell's Talent (Signet Regency Romance) by Barbara Metzger

3. Miss Treadwell's Talent (Signet Regency Romance)

By: Barbara Metzger

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Finders Keepers One-and-twenty and still unwed, Maylene Treadwe ias a talent for finding people … read more

Similar categories in Barbara Metzger's Miss Treadwell's Talent (Signet Regency Romance) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • traditional regency
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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4. Aurora

By: Kim Stanley Robinson

3.77

Format: 466 pages, Hardcover

A major new novel from one of science fiction's most powerful voices, AURORA tells the incredible s… read more

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"Then it's a matter of troubleshooting, grasping the bull by the horns, seizing the nettle, coping and hoping, damning torpedoes and trying any old thing."

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Aurora

"There are ecological, biological, sociological, and psychological problems that can never be solved to make this idea work. The physical problems of propulsion have capture your fancy, and perhaps th…"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Aurora

"Statistically it was not greatly different than it had been for previous generations, but anecdotally it had become so prominent that every problem was noticed and remarked. The cognitive error calle…"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Aurora

"We had a project on this trip back to the solar system, and that project was a labor of love. It absorbed all our operations entirely. It gave a meaning to our existence. And this is a very great gif…"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Aurora

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5. The Accidental Wedding (Devil Riders, #4)

By: Anne Gracie

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

After an accident, a dashing rogue awakens in a country cottage, where he is being nursed back to h… read more

Similar categories in Anne Gracie's The Accidental Wedding (Devil Riders, #4) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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6. A Worthy Wife

By: Barbara Metzger

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Love With A Perfect Stranger Aurora Halle McPhee, a girl of humble (some might say unconventional) … read more

Similar categories in Barbara Metzger's A Worthy Wife book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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7. Elyza

By: Clare Darcy

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Elyza Leigh, young, impulsive, and pretty, borrows boys' clothes and runs away from her chaperone i… read more

Similar categories in Clare Darcy's Elyza book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • traditional regency
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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8. The Waltzing Widow

By: Joan Smith

3.67

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

HAD HER INNOCENT MASQUERADE COME TO THIS--A PROPOSAL OF MISTRESS-SHIP? Convinced that Lucy Percy wa… read more

Similar categories in Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • traditional regency
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction

9. Homeplace

By: Dorothy Garlock

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Ana is a stranger to the lonesome Iowa farm where she has gone to live after the death of her stepd… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Garlock's Homeplace book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
Cover of The Heart of Christmas (Carhart #0.5; Tallants #3.5) by Courtney Milan, Mary Balogh, Nicola Cornick

10. The Heart of Christmas (Carhart #0.5; Tallants #3.5)

By: Courtney Milan , Mary Balogh , Nicola Cornick

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Handful of Gold by Mary Balogh Not only is Julian Dare dashing and wealthy, but he's the heir to … read more

Similar categories in Courtney Milan's The Heart of Christmas (Carhart #0.5; Tallants #3.5) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
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11. Reforming Lord Ragsdale

By: Carla Kelly

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

The Rake's Progress Emma Costello owed a debt of honor to one of the most dishonorable lords in the… read more

Similar categories in Carla Kelly's Reforming Lord Ragsdale book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

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

12. The First Snowdrop (Frazer, #1)

By: Mary Balogh

3.28

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

THE ABANDONED BRIDE The handsome, elegant Alexander Stewart, Viscount Merrick, wed young and innoce… read more

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's The First Snowdrop (Frazer, #1) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

13. Newt's Emerald

By: Garth Nix

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

On her eighteenth birthday, Lady Truthful, nicknamed "Newt," will inherit her family's treasure: th… read more

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14. Gallant Waif

By: Anne Gracie

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Kidnapped by an elderly member of the peerage! Kate Farleigh was absolutely stunned when her refusa… read more

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15. To Catch a Bride (Devil Riders, #3)

By: Anne Gracie

3.17

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It was the perfect excuse to delay a dreaded marriage of convenience--head off on an exotic journey… read more

Similar categories in Anne Gracie's To Catch a Bride (Devil Riders, #3) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

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16. The Captain’s Old Love (One Night in Blackhaven #1)

By: Mary Lancaster

4.35

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

His dashing days are behind him – until an old flame dances back into his life. A hero of Trafal… read more

Similar categories in Mary Lancaster's The Captain’s Old Love (One Night in Blackhaven #1) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • historical romance
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17. The Other Bennet Sister

By: Janice Hadlow

4.16

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shad… read more

Similar categories in Janice Hadlow's The Other Bennet Sister book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
"Watching what happens isn’t the same as being part of it."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"And anyway, in our house, no-one is obliged to sparkle. Which, I find, makes it far more likely that they might."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"If I don’t have the genius to create a thing of beauty myself, at least I have the judgement to appreciate the art of others."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"...in truth, there is no state that better demonstrates real firmness of affection than the ability to remain quietly comfortable together without conversation."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

Cover of Remember Love (Ravenswood, #1) by Mary Balogh

18. 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

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's Remember Love (Ravenswood, #1) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
Cover of An Autumn Courtship (The Mercer's House, #5) by Mary Kingswood

19. An Autumn Courtship (The Mercer's House, #5)

By: Mary Kingswood

4.46

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

A family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And th… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kingswood's An Autumn Courtship (The Mercer's House, #5) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
Cover of A Noble Inheritance (Castles & Courtship) by Kasey Stockton

20. A Noble Inheritance (Castles & Courtship)

By: Kasey Stockton

4.45

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

They say reformed rakes make the best husbands... Lady Verity wants nothing more than to provide… read more

Similar categories in Kasey Stockton's A Noble Inheritance (Castles & Courtship) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
Cover of Repairing a Broken Heart by G.L. Robinson

21. 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 Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • historical romance
Cover of The Letter from Briarton Park (The Houses of Yorkshire, #1) by Sarah E. Ladd

22. The Letter from Briarton Park (The Houses of Yorkshire, #1)

By: Sarah E. Ladd

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In Regency England, one letter will alter a young woman’s fate when it summons her to Briarton Park… read more

Similar categories in Sarah E. Ladd's The Letter from Briarton Park (The Houses of Yorkshire, #1) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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23. Aphrodite

By: D.G. Rampton

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

70,000+ readers have already discovered the Regency Goddesses Series. The books, which can be read … read more

Similar categories in D.G. Rampton's Aphrodite book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Earl’s Promised Bride (One Night in Blackhaven #2) by Mary Lancaster

24. 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 Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
Cover of Minta in Spite of Herself (The Ellsworth Assortment, #3) by Christina  Dudley

25. 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 Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
Cover of Battling the Bluestocking (The Donovans #3) by Martha Keyes

26. Battling the Bluestocking (The Donovans #3)

By: Martha Keyes

4.31

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Great minds do NOT always think alike. Phineas Donovan is possessed of a sharp intellect. Fresh fr… read more

Similar categories in Martha Keyes's Battling the Bluestocking (The Donovans #3) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Capital Arrangement (The Ellsworth Assortment, #6) by Christina  Dudley

27. A Capital Arrangement (The Ellsworth Assortment, #6)

By: Christina Dudley

4.22

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

She’s a reluctant tourist. His future does not allow for detours. Will they find each other in the … read more

Similar categories in Christina Dudley's A Capital Arrangement (The Ellsworth Assortment, #6) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • regency
Cover of Petteril's Thief (Lord Petteril Mysteries #1) by Mary Lancaster

28. Petteril's Thief (Lord Petteril Mysteries #1)

By: Mary Lancaster

4.54

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing family heirloom – and one of the family stole it. In the spring of 1812, Piers Withan … read more

Similar categories in Mary Lancaster's Petteril's Thief (Lord Petteril Mysteries #1) book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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29. Olivia

By: Jennie Gallant

3.51

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Olivia Fenwick decided to become a governess after her father remarried—a very superior governess w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Gallant's Olivia book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • historical romance
  • historical
  • regency
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30. The Black Diamond

By: Jennie Gallant

3.67

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Sylvia Thompson, using the name Jane Bingham, became nursemaid to Bobby Palin in order to find out … read more

Similar categories in Jennie Gallant's The Black Diamond book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

  • regency
Cover of The Marriage Mart by Elizabeth Chater

31. The Marriage Mart

By: Elizabeth Chater

3.56

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

Athena always has her nose in a book, despite her grandmother's insistence she find herself a husba… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Chater's The Marriage Mart book and Joan Smith's The Waltzing Widow

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

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