26 must-read fiction books like The Hidden Blade (The Heart of Blade Duology #1) by Sherry Thomas

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The Hidden Blade (The Heart of Blade Duology #1)

By: Sherry Thomas

3.72

Format: 374 pages, ebook

In the waning days of the last dynasty, in a quiet, beautiful corner of imperial Peking, a young gi…

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1. A Matter of Class

By: Mary Balogh

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Just in time for Valentine's Day, from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes yet anot… read more

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's A Matter of Class book and Sherry Thomas's The Hidden Blade (The Heart of Blade Duology #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"But only a person in the depths of despair neglected to look beyond winter to the spring that inevitably followed, bringing back color and life and hope."

-Mary Balogh, A Matter of Class

"You are my flesh and blood and I have always doted on you, but right now I would have to say you deserve a haughty, ruined chit for your own and she deserves you."

-Mary Balogh, A Matter of Class

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2. The Hidden Blade (The Heart of Blade Duology #1)

By: Sherry Thomas

3.72

Format: 374 pages, ebook

In the waning days of the last dynasty, in a quiet, beautiful corner of imperial Peking, a young gi… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • china
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3. The Governess Affair (Brothers Sinister, #0.5)

By: Courtney Milan

4.25

Format: 127 pages, ebook

She will not give up... Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. Una… read more

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

4. The Duke and His Duchess (Windham, #0.6)

By: Grace Burrowes

3.75

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Percival and Esther Windham had to beat the odds and face down gossip when their brief courtship re… read more

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5. Beauty and the Clockwork Beast (Steampunk Proper Romance #1)

By: Nancy Campbell Allen

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Paperback

Jane Eyre meets Beauty and the Beast. When Lucy Pickett arrives at Blackwell Manor to tend to her a… read more

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6. Worth: Lord of Reckoning (Lonely Lords, #11)

By: Grace Burrowes

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Consummate man of business and rake at large, Worth Kettering, repairs to his country estate to sor… read more

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7. A Lady Awakened (Blackshear Family, #1)

By: Cecilia Grant

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

In Cecilia Grant's emotionally rich and deeply passionate Regency romance debut, a deal with a rumo… read more

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8. Death Below Stairs (Kat Holloway, #1)

By: Jennifer Ashley

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Victorian class lines are crossed when cook Kat Holloway is drawn into a murder that reaches all th… read more

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9. A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, i… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"A man cannot choose to die when he has not yet learnt to live." Stoker"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"If I could have created a perfect woman, I could never have imagined you. But that is my failure. Not yours."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Not everyone shares your tendency to scorn the company of others." "Scorn the company of others! Thanks to you, I speak to entirely too many people, entirely too often."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Do you mean to dissuade me? Point out the flaws in my plan? Express your objections with vehemence and eloquence?" He tipped his head. "Actually, no." "Are you entirely well? Have you a fever? Should…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

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10. A Gentleman in Pursuit of Truth (The Lord Julian Mysteries #4)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.40

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A dogged investigation... Lord Julian Caldicott is summoned to the country home of a family friend … read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Death in the Spires

By: K.J. Charles

4.42

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby d… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.32

Format: 446 pages, ebook

Marguerite Florian is a spy with two problems. A former employer wants her dead, and one of her new… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"They say the gods never give us more than we can handle, but let's just say that the gods had an overinflated sense of my abilities."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"It's the thought that counts," said Marguerite. "Not with the explosives, it isn't," said Ashes, and on that point, Marguerite had to agree."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but everything runs on them. Of course they've got power."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

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13. The Bride Goes Rogue (The Fifth Avenue Rebels, #3)

By: Joanna Shupe

4.02

Format: 357 pages, Mass Market Paperback

By beloved USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe, the third installment in the Fifth Avenue Reb… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. 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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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. A Gentleman Undone (Blackshear Family, #2)

By: Cecilia Grant

3.86

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A seductive beauty turns the tables on a gentleman gaming for the guiltiest of pleasures in this ri… read more

Similar categories in Cecilia Grant's A Gentleman Undone (Blackshear Family, #2) book and Sherry Thomas's The Hidden Blade (The Heart of Blade Duology #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I've never asked you to give the least considerations to my feelings." He could picture her holding the word with fingertips at arm's length, like a scullery maid disposing of a dead rat."

-Cecilia Grant, A Gentleman Undone (Blackshear Family, #2)

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16. What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19)

By: C.S. Harris

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. 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

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Miss Determined (Mischief in Mayfair #7)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.44

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

Trevor, Marquess of Tavistock, has finally decided to stop larking around on the Continent, come ho… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Miss Dashing (Mischief in Mayfair #8)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.35

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

She's learned to ask for nothing... Miss Hecate Brompton is on the shelf and relieved to finally be… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Duke Gets Desperate (Sirens in Silk, #1)

By: Diana Quincy

3.60

Format: 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Diana Quincy returns with a steamy affair between an Arab-American woman who inherits a run-down ca… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Remember Me (Ravenswood, #2)

By: Mary Balogh

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Can Lady Philippa Ware forgive the man who once shattered all her youthful dreams? Discover the pas… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times (The Lord Julian Mysteries #1)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.36

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A man dwelling in darkness... Lord Julian Caldicott has come home from the war in ragged health an… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. The Princess Stakes (Daring Dukes, #1)

By: Amalie Howard

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Born to an Indian maharaja, Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But with a… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. The Notorious Lord Knightly (The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, #2)

By: Lorraine Heath

3.99

Format: 367 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Who is the villainous Lord K? A scandalous book by an anonymous author takes London by storm, a… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. A Gentleman of Dubious Reputation (The Lord Julian Mysteries #2)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.42

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

A matter of matrimony... Lord Julian Caldicott is summoned to the family seat by his ducal brother… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. Nothing But This (Broken Pieces, #2)

By: Natasha Anders

3.62

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

A married couple yearns to rediscover lost love in this novel about forgiveness, reconciliation, an… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
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27. The Marquis Who Mustn't (Wedgeford Trials, #2)

By: Courtney Milan

4.25

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

One good fraud deserves another… Miss Naomi Kwan has long wanted to take ambulance classes so that … read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. A Deadly Game (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #3)

By: Carla Simpson

4.41

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1890: It's a New Year, but murder never takes a holiday. The past reaches out to the … read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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29. The Love Remedy (The Damsels of Discovery, #1)

By: Elizabeth Everett

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When a Victorian apothecary hires a stoic private investigator to protect her business, they learn … read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Deadly Secrets (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #2)

By: Carla Simpson

4.41

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

A severed foot. Fingerprints left on a wine glass. A secret cypher code. The scent of orange and ci… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. The Duke Who Didn't (Wedgeford Trials, #1)

By: Courtney Milan

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Miss Chloe Fong has plans for her life, lists for her days, and absolutely no time for nonsense. Th… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I like all your worst qualities."

-Courtney Milan, The Duke Who Didn't (Wedgeford Trials, #1)

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Mary Balogh

3.91

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Sherry Thomas

3.72

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Courtney Milan

4.25

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Deanna Raybourn

4.19

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4.40

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Eloisa James

3.97

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Julie Anne Long

4.25

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Madeline Hunter

4.13

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