17 must-read historical books like Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1) by Lisa Kleypas

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Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

By: Lisa Kleypas

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Four young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands . . . no…

"Simon,"

-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

"Simon,"

-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

"Miss Peyton,"

-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

"Miss Peyton,"

-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

If you liked the historical plot in Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1) by Lisa Kleypas , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1)

By: Sarah MacLean

3.93

Format: 386 pages, Mass Market Paperback

What a scoundrel wants, a scoundrel gets... A decade ago, the Marquess of Bourne was cast from s… read more

Similar categories in Sarah MacLean's A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What does Éloa mean?"

-Sarah MacLean, A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1)

"When in doubt, bluff."

-Sarah MacLean, A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1)

"It should all feel splendid. You tell me if it doesn't, and I shall rectify the situation."

-Sarah MacLean, A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1)

"A vision flashed of a young, kind Penelope, the opposite of what he was. Of what he'd become."

-Sarah MacLean, A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1)

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2. Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart (Love By Numbers, #3)

By: Sarah MacLean

3.99

Format: 370 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There is no telling where a scandal might lead... She lives for passion. Bold, impulsive, and… read more

Similar categories in Sarah MacLean's Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart (Love By Numbers, #3) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He called me a pie!"

-Sarah MacLean, Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart (Love By Numbers, #3)

"Don’t you . . . ever . . ."

-Sarah MacLean, Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart (Love By Numbers, #3)

"Leave it to the English to fabricate a lake,"

-Sarah MacLean, Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart (Love By Numbers, #3)

"We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon"

-Sarah MacLean, Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart (Love By Numbers, #3)

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3. Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle Cove, #4)

By: Tessa Dare , Julie Guinard

4.03

Format: 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback

What’s a duke to do, when the girl who’s perfectly wrong becomes the woman he can’t live without? … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Dare's Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle Cove, #4) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Her,"

-Tessa Dare, Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle Cove, #4)

"This?"

-Tessa Dare, Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle Cove, #4)

"Don’t. Don’t play that game."

-Tessa Dare, Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle Cove, #4)

"Another episode in today's adventures in self-sufficiency."

-Tessa Dare, Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle Cove, #4)

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4. A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove, #1)

By: Tessa Dare

3.74

Format: 372 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Welcome to Spindle Cove, where the ladies with delicate constitutions come for the sea air, and men… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Dare's A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove, #1) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Pistols, please,"

-Tessa Dare, A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove, #1)

"We have to get out of here, Bram. Before they take our bollocks and use them for pincushions."

-Tessa Dare, A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove, #1)

"You’re my home, Susanna. My home, my heart, my dearest love. Wherever you are, that’s where I belong. Always."

-Tessa Dare, A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove, #1)

"No, no. Don't make that face. Every time I propose to you, you make that twisty, unhappy face. It wears on a man's confidence."

-Tessa Dare, A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove, #1)

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5. Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2)

By: Sarah MacLean

3.88

Format: 357 pages, Mass Market Paperback

“Lord Nicholas is a paragon of manhood. And his eyes, Dear Reader! So blue!” Pearls & Pelisses, Jun… read more

Similar categories in Sarah MacLean's Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s quite pleasant, isn’t it?"

-Sarah MacLean, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2)

"She took a deep breath, looking up at the ceiling for a long moment. A raindrop moved slowly down her neck; he watched as it turned down the slope of her breast to disappear inside the collar of her …"

-Sarah MacLean, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2)

"Also-and this is critical-you are not ugly." She blinked. Nick's eyes danced with amusement. "Remember, Isabel. It was your brother who said it. I would not dare to take credit for such pretty words.…"

-Sarah MacLean, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2)

"– E se eu disser que quero que você fique? Nick não respondeu de imediato, e ela ficou mortificada ao pensar que podia ter falado a coisa errada. Então ele deu um único passo largo e a apoiou na mesa…"

-Sarah MacLean, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2)

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6. A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2)

By: Tessa Dare

4.10

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When a devilish lord and a bluestocking set off on the road to ruin... time is not on their side. … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Dare's A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Oh no. Oh God. I couldn't possibly be so stupid." "Don't limit yourself. You can be anything you wish."

-Tessa Dare, A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2)

"A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection."

-Tessa Dare, A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2)

"What on earth are you wearing? Did you take orders in a convent since we spoke last? Little Sisters of the Drab and Homely."

-Tessa Dare, A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2)

"Her chin lifted. "Very well. Here is my best offer. Half of my nakedness for all of yours." He pretended to think on it. " It's a bargain."

-Tessa Dare, A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2)

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7. The Governess Game (Girl Meets Duke, #2)

By: Tessa Dare

3.90

Format: 373 pages, Mass Market Paperback

He’s been a bad, bad rake—and it takes a governess to teach him a lesson The accidental governes… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Dare's The Governess Game (Girl Meets Duke, #2) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I have never been wistful a day in my life. I am entirely devoid of wist."

-Tessa Dare, The Governess Game (Girl Meets Duke, #2)

"When you love someone there’s always a chance you’ll hurt them. But if you let them go, hurting them isn’t a possibility — it’s a certainty."

-Tessa Dare, The Governess Game (Girl Meets Duke, #2)

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8. Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)

By: Tessa Dare

3.88

Format: 370 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the first in Tessa Dare's captivating Castles Ever After series, a mysterious fortress is the se… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Dare's Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ransom?"

-Tessa Dare, Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)

"Doubt not my love,"

-Tessa Dare, Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)

"Izzy had always been raised to believe that “please"

-Tessa Dare, Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)

"If you'll only let me hold you, I won't let you go."

-Tessa Dare, Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)

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9. Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

By: Lisa Kleypas

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Four young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands . . . no… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Simon,"

-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

"Miss Peyton,"

-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

"Where are we going?"

-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

"Here's your hat, and by the way, I'm a virgin"

-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

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10. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)

By: Sarah MacLean

4.08

Format: 397 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A lady does not smoke cheroot. She does not ride astride. She does not fence or attend duels. She d… read more

Similar categories in Sarah MacLean's Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Kisses should not leave you satisfied."

-Sarah MacLean, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)

"why couldn't someone , somewhere , want her for her ?"

-Sarah MacLean, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)

"It was a terrifying feeling. And if it was love, he wanted none of it."

-Sarah MacLean, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)

"Never doubt how beautiful you are, Callie. For your beauty has quite ruined me for all others. And, frankly, I rather wish I'd found you years ago."

-Sarah MacLean, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)

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11. Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

By: Tessa Dare

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

On the night of the Parkhurst ball, someone had a scandalous tryst in the library. • Was it Lord C… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Dare's Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'm not interrogating him. I'm merely asking him questions."

-Tessa Dare, Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

"You’re Piers Brandon, the Marquess of Granville, diplomat and secret agent in the Crown’s service."

-Tessa Dare, Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

"Bosh, she told her heart. Stop twisting and aching. He's a wealthy, powerful marquess, not a lost whelp in the rain."

-Tessa Dare, Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

"There was a moment of tenderness between them, and for a moment he experienced the most rare, ridiculous emotion- hope."

-Tessa Dare, Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

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12. The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1)

By: Tessa Dare

3.99

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

When girl meets Duke, their marriage breaks all the rules… Since his return from war, the Duke o… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Dare's The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Are you—"

-Tessa Dare, The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1)

"You’re mine,"

-Tessa Dare, The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1)

"You’re here,"

-Tessa Dare, The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1)

"If it’s a wife you want,"

-Tessa Dare, The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1)

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13. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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14. The MacKinnon's Bride (The Highland Brides, #1)

By: Tanya Anne Crosby

3.98

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

When laird Iain MacKinnon's young son is captured by the English, the fierce Scottish chieftain ret… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Anne Crosby's The MacKinnon's Bride (The Highland Brides, #1) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
Cover of Always Remember: Ben's Story (Ravenswood, #3) by Mary Balogh

15. Always Remember: Ben's Story (Ravenswood, #3)

By: Mary Balogh

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lady Jennifer Arden and Ben Ellis know that a match between them is out of the question. Yet their … read more

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's Always Remember: Ben's Story (Ravenswood, #3) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We can become obsessed with a part of ourselves we consider imperfect,"

-Mary Balogh, Always Remember: Ben's Story (Ravenswood, #3)

"Just occasionally families could be one’s worst enemy. Especially loving families."

-Mary Balogh, Always Remember: Ben's Story (Ravenswood, #3)

"How important stories were. They linked families and generations and communities and shared values and civilization itself. They created history and identity. At their best they perpetuated love. Lov…"

-Mary Balogh, Always Remember: Ben's Story (Ravenswood, #3)

"Yes, it has occurred to me that we are mad. But only because the world is. Because the world rates societal order above love. Love so nearly resembles chaos. But perhaps only love really matters? I m…"

-Mary Balogh, Always Remember: Ben's Story (Ravenswood, #3)

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16. The Forgotten Palace

By: Alexandra Walsh

4.19

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In an underground labyrinth a lost soul wanders, waiting for revenge, waiting for love…  London … read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Walsh's The Forgotten Palace book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Mayor of Maxwell Street

By: Avery Cunningham

3.56

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

When a rich Black debutante enlists the help of a low-level speakeasy manager to identify the head … read more

Similar categories in Avery Cunningham's The Mayor of Maxwell Street book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
Cover of Boy of Chaotic Making (Whimbrel House, #3) by Charlie N. Holmberg

18. Boy of Chaotic Making (Whimbrel House, #3)

By: Charlie N. Holmberg

4.32

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A boy like no other embarks on a transformative journey of magic and self-discovery in the next enc… read more

Similar categories in Charlie N. Holmberg's Boy of Chaotic Making (Whimbrel House, #3) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Just Once by Karen Kingsbury

19. Just Once

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” (Woman’s World) wr… read more

Similar categories in Karen Kingsbury's Just Once book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Ball at Versailles

By: Danielle Steel

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Four American debutantes attend a renowned Paris cotillion in #1 New York Times bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Danielle Steel's The Ball at Versailles book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
Cover of The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3) by Tessa Dare

21. The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

By: Tessa Dare

3.96

Format: 368 pages, ebook

They call him the Duke of Ruin. To an undaunted wallflower, he's just the beast next door. We… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Dare's The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3) book and Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

  • romance
  • regency romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Every creature has a soft underbelly. I'm going to find yours." "Search me if you like, Your Ladyship. I warn you, it's not softness you'll find."

-Tessa Dare, The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

"I do not believe every problem can be cured with a kitten. I do believe in love. And perhaps love can't cure every problem, but it makes the wounds heal a bit faster, with fewer scars."

-Tessa Dare, The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

"Onion tartlets, pastry puffs stuffed with cheese, a terrine of mushroom and hazelnuts. There's an pharaoh-sized pyramid of exotic fruits. The pineapples alone must have cost a small fortune. And, of …"

-Tessa Dare, The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

"I'm not your 'poppet' any longer. I own you. And in the future, if you address me at all, it will be as Lady Penelope Duke." A more fitting idea struck her, and a cold smile touched her lips. "Better…"

-Tessa Dare, The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

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