50 Books like The Davenports

Across the Barricades

by Joan Lingard

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

3.67

2k+

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love 🧓 Protective Mentor 👥 Community Pressure

Across the Barricades 91%

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

by Joan Lingard 1972

3.67

2k+ ratings

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love 🧓 Protective Mentor 👥 Community Pressure

Angel of Greenwood

by Randi Pink • 2021

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

4.18

3k+

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Angel of Greenwood 94%

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

by Randi Pink 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke

by Adriana Herrera • 2025

A renegade doctor and a Black duke share one night in Paris. Walking away proves impossible.

3.88

3k+

🩺 Feminist Romance 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🩻 Physician Heroine 👑 Outsider Hero 🤫 Secret Affair

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke 92%

A renegade doctor and a Black duke share one night in Paris. Walking away proves impossible.

by Adriana Herrera 2025

3.88

3k+ ratings

🩺 Feminist Romance 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🩻 Physician Heroine 👑 Outsider Hero 🤫 Secret Affair

Alex and Eliza

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2017

To save her family, Eliza must marry money. Then a penniless officer walks into the ball.

3.69

22k+

🏛️ Revolutionary Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👯 Sister Bonds 💎 Cross-Class Romance

Alex and Eliza 90%

To save her family, Eliza must marry money. Then a penniless officer walks into the ball.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2017

3.69

22k+ ratings

🏛️ Revolutionary Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👯 Sister Bonds 💎 Cross-Class Romance

The Black Kids

by Christina Hammonds Reed • 2020

When the Rodney King verdict ignites LA, a Black teen's private-school act goes up in flames.

4.02

11k+

🗣️ Code-Switching 🖤 Racial Reckoning 🗯️ High School Rumor 💔 Toxic Friendships 😔 Guilt And Amends

The Black Kids 90%

When the Rodney King verdict ignites LA, a Black teen's private-school act goes up in flames.

by Christina Hammonds Reed 2020

4.02

11k+ ratings

🗣️ Code-Switching 🖤 Racial Reckoning 🗯️ High School Rumor 💔 Toxic Friendships 😔 Guilt And Amends

Inharmonious

by Tammye Huf • 2025

A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.

4.41

878

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🪖 WWII Black Soldiers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏡 Housing Discrimination

Inharmonious 90%

A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.

by Tammye Huf 2025

4.41

878 ratings

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🪖 WWII Black Soldiers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏡 Housing Discrimination

Harlem Rhapsody

by Victoria Christopher Murray • 2025

She built the Harlem Renaissance from the shadows. Her secret lover was its powerful married leader.

4.06

10k+

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📖 Biographical Fiction 🎺 Jazz Age Harlem ⚖️ Mentor Affair 💼 Ambition And Sacrifice

Harlem Rhapsody 90%

She built the Harlem Renaissance from the shadows. Her secret lover was its powerful married leader.

by Victoria Christopher Murray 2025

4.06

10k+ ratings

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📖 Biographical Fiction 🎺 Jazz Age Harlem ⚖️ Mentor Affair 💼 Ambition And Sacrifice

The Unexpected Diva

by Tiffany L. Warren • 2025

Robbed of home and protector, a Black singer in 1850s America stakes survival on her voice.

4.11

902

📖 Biographical Novel 🏛️ Antebellum America ✊ Abolitionist Fiction 🎵 Women In Music 📜 Contested Inheritance

The Unexpected Diva 90%

Robbed of home and protector, a Black singer in 1850s America stakes survival on her voice.

by Tiffany L. Warren 2025

4.11

902 ratings

📖 Biographical Novel 🏛️ Antebellum America ✊ Abolitionist Fiction 🎵 Women In Music 📜 Contested Inheritance

The Personal Librarian

by Marie Benedict • 2021

A Black woman passing as white builds J.P. Morgan's legendary library, one secret away from ruin.

4.05

234k+

📖 Biographical Fiction 🏛️ Gilded Age 🎭 Passing As White 📚 Rare Books 💔 Forbidden Love

The Personal Librarian 90%

A Black woman passing as white builds J.P. Morgan's legendary library, one secret away from ruin.

by Marie Benedict 2021

4.05

234k+ ratings

📖 Biographical Fiction 🏛️ Gilded Age 🎭 Passing As White 📚 Rare Books 💔 Forbidden Love

The Luxe

by Anna Godbersen • 2007

An 1899 heiress trapped by a strategic engagement risks everything for the coachman she loves.

3.65

74k+

📍 Gilded Age New York 💕 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Scheming Socialite

The Luxe 91%

An 1899 heiress trapped by a strategic engagement risks everything for the coachman she loves.

by Anna Godbersen 2007

3.65

74k+ ratings

📍 Gilded Age New York 💕 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Scheming Socialite

The Downstairs Girl

by Stacey Lee • 2019

A Chinese maid's secret column challenges 1890 Atlanta, but discovery would cost her everything.

3.95

41k+

🎭 Hidden Identity 🫂 Found Family 📜 Secret Lineage 💎 Class Divide 🧧 Chinese American Identity

The Downstairs Girl 91%

A Chinese maid's secret column challenges 1890 Atlanta, but discovery would cost her everything.

by Stacey Lee 2019

3.95

41k+ ratings

🎭 Hidden Identity 🫂 Found Family 📜 Secret Lineage 💎 Class Divide 🧧 Chinese American Identity

Kin

by Tayari Jones

One cradle, two motherless Black girls. Jim Crow Louisiana permits only one to rise.

4.23

67k+

🎭 Respectability Politics 💔 Motherless Daughters 🌈 Queer Awakening 🏠 Found Family 👯 Lifelong Friendship

Kin 91%

One cradle, two motherless Black girls. Jim Crow Louisiana permits only one to rise.

by Tayari Jones 2026

4.23

67k+ ratings

🎭 Respectability Politics 💔 Motherless Daughters 🌈 Queer Awakening 🏠 Found Family 👯 Lifelong Friendship

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd • 2001

When her caretaker is jailed, a guilt-ridden girl flees to beekeepers who knew her mother.

4.10

1.4M+

🏠 Southern Fiction 🐝 Found Family ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 👩‍👩‍👧 Sisterhood 💕 Interracial Romance

The Secret Life of Bees 90%

When her caretaker is jailed, a guilt-ridden girl flees to beekeepers who knew her mother.

by Sue Monk Kidd 2001

4.10

1.4M+ ratings

🏠 Southern Fiction 🐝 Found Family ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 👩‍👩‍👧 Sisterhood 💕 Interracial Romance

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

by Emma R. Alban • 2024

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

3.76

22k+

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💌 Secret Relationship 🔄 Second Chance Romance

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend Summary

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend 90%

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

by Emma R. Alban 2024

3.76

22k+ ratings

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💌 Secret Relationship 🔄 Second Chance Romance

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas • 2017

A teen witnesses a police shooting and becomes the sole voice for her friend's justice.

4.45

1.0M+

🖤 Racial Injustice ✊ Teen Activism 🔄 Code Switching 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💑 Interracial Romance

The Hate U Give 90%

A teen witnesses a police shooting and becomes the sole voice for her friend's justice.

by Angie Thomas 2017

4.45

1.0M+ ratings

🖤 Racial Injustice ✊ Teen Activism 🔄 Code Switching 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💑 Interracial Romance

If You Come Softly

by Jacqueline Woodson • 1998

White girl, Black boy, Manhattan prep school. Falling in love is the easy part.

4.03

13k+

💕 Interracial First Love 🖋️ Literary Ya 📼 1990s Coming Of Age 🏫 Private School 🗽 New York City

If You Come Softly 90%

White girl, Black boy, Manhattan prep school. Falling in love is the easy part.

by Jacqueline Woodson 1998

4.03

13k+ ratings

💕 Interracial First Love 🖋️ Literary Ya 📼 1990s Coming Of Age 🏫 Private School 🗽 New York City

Indigo

by Beverly Jenkins • 1996

An Underground Railroad agent hides a wounded legend. His arrogance asks for trust she cannot give.

4.30

6k+

🕯️ Antebellum Romance 🚂 Underground Railroad 🖤 Black Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine

Indigo 90%

An Underground Railroad agent hides a wounded legend. His arrogance asks for trust she cannot give.

by Beverly Jenkins 1996

4.30

6k+ ratings

🕯️ Antebellum Romance 🚂 Underground Railroad 🖤 Black Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine

The Agency for Scandal

by Laura Wood • 2023

A Victorian wallflower spy falls for a duke who never notices her, until their missions collide.

4.23

5k+

🔍 Women Spy Ring 🎭 Secret Identity ❤️ Slow Burn Romance 💍 Fake Relationship 👑 Class Differences

The Agency for Scandal 90%

A Victorian wallflower spy falls for a duke who never notices her, until their missions collide.

by Laura Wood 2023

4.23

5k+ ratings

🔍 Women Spy Ring 🎭 Secret Identity ❤️ Slow Burn Romance 💍 Fake Relationship 👑 Class Differences

The Seven Sisters

by Lucinda Riley

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

4.20

199k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

The Seven Sisters 90%

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

by Lucinda Riley 2014

4.20

199k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

Lovely War

by Julie Berry • 2019

To sway the gods, Aphrodite weaves two mortal love stories torn by the Great War.

4.22

70k+

🕊️ Wartime Romance ⏳ Historical Fantasy 🕰️ Dual Timeline ❤️ Interracial Romance 💌 Love Letters

Lovely War 91%

To sway the gods, Aphrodite weaves two mortal love stories torn by the Great War.

by Julie Berry 2019

4.22

70k+ ratings

🕊️ Wartime Romance ⏳ Historical Fantasy 🕰️ Dual Timeline ❤️ Interracial Romance 💌 Love Letters

Mare's War

by Tanita S. Davis • 2009

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

3.84

1k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

Mare's War 91%

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

by Tanita S. Davis 2009

3.84

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

Passenger

by Alexandra Bracken • 2016

Forced from her debut into 1776, a violinist must hunt an astrolabe to ransom her mother.

3.75

42k+

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🧩 Scavenger Hunt Quest 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔍 Family Secrets

Passenger 90%

Forced from her debut into 1776, a violinist must hunt an astrolabe to ransom her mother.

by Alexandra Bracken 2016

3.75

42k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🧩 Scavenger Hunt Quest 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔍 Family Secrets

These Heathens

by Mia McKenzie • 2025

Pregnant in rural Georgia, a Black girl seeks an abortion among Atlanta's queer women and activists.

4.16

6k+

⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤝 Women's Solidarity 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Rebellion

These Heathens 90%

Pregnant in rural Georgia, a Black girl seeks an abortion among Atlanta's queer women and activists.

by Mia McKenzie 2025

4.16

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤝 Women's Solidarity 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Rebellion

Cuts Both Ways

by Candice Brathwaite • 2022

After her brother's murder, a London teen falls for a boy who might know the killer.

3.74

830

🖤 Black British 🏫 Elite Private School 💔 Sibling Grief ☠️ Forbidden Love 🔺 Love Triangle

Cuts Both Ways 90%

After her brother's murder, a London teen falls for a boy who might know the killer.

by Candice Brathwaite 2022

3.74

830 ratings

🖤 Black British 🏫 Elite Private School 💔 Sibling Grief ☠️ Forbidden Love 🔺 Love Triangle

The House of Eve

by Sadeqa Johnson • 2023

1940s America: two Black women, two unplanned pregnancies, one impossible choice: child or future.

4.25

139k+

🫄 Unwed Pregnancy 💔 Coerced Adoption 💑 Interracial Romance 🎭 Class And Colorism 📻 1940s America

The House of Eve 90%

1940s America: two Black women, two unplanned pregnancies, one impossible choice: child or future.

by Sadeqa Johnson 2023

4.25

139k+ ratings

🫄 Unwed Pregnancy 💔 Coerced Adoption 💑 Interracial Romance 🎭 Class And Colorism 📻 1940s America

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

by Rachael Lippincott • 2023

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

3.94

12k+

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh Summary

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh 89%

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

by Rachael Lippincott 2023

3.94

12k+ ratings

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love

Until Friday Night

by Abbi Glines • 2015

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

3.86

69k+

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

Until Friday Night 89%

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

by Abbi Glines 2015

3.86

69k+ ratings

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

Out of Darkness

by Ashley Hope Pérez • 2016

1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.

4.14

9k+

💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Interracial Romance 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📜 Depression Era 🌊 Lyrical Tragedy

Out of Darkness 91%

1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.

by Ashley Hope Pérez 2016

4.14

9k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Interracial Romance 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📜 Depression Era 🌊 Lyrical Tragedy

Sweet Sixteen

by Annelise Heurtier • 2013

A Black teen integrates an Arkansas high school; a white classmate learns silence has a price.

3.92

1k+

🏫 School Desegregation ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🏚️ Jim Crow South 👥 Dual Narratives 👁️ Racial Awakening

Sweet Sixteen 91%

A Black teen integrates an Arkansas high school; a white classmate learns silence has a price.

by Annelise Heurtier 2013

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏫 School Desegregation ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🏚️ Jim Crow South 👥 Dual Narratives 👁️ Racial Awakening

Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino

Banished to her matchmaker aunt, a coed discovers the old woman's secret life and her own voice.

4.48

79k+

🕰️ Midcentury Womanhood ✡️ Jewish American Life 👵 Unlikely Mentorship 🏳️‍🌈 Hidden Queer Love 🫂 Found Family

Don’t Forget to Write 89%

Banished to her matchmaker aunt, a coed discovers the old woman's secret life and her own voice.

by Sara Goodman Confino 2023

4.48

79k+ ratings

🕰️ Midcentury Womanhood ✡️ Jewish American Life 👵 Unlikely Mentorship 🏳️‍🌈 Hidden Queer Love 🫂 Found Family

The Golden Cup

by Belva Plain • 1986

A tenement fire, a radical reformer. She marries him anyway, then spends a lifetime reckoning.

4.02

2k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🕍 Jewish American Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💰 Class Divide Romance 🪖 War Trauma

The Golden Cup 89%

A tenement fire, a radical reformer. She marries him anyway, then spends a lifetime reckoning.

by Belva Plain 1986

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🕍 Jewish American Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💰 Class Divide Romance 🪖 War Trauma

Chain of Gold

by Cassandra Clare • 2020

Demon-plagued London. Cordelia's sham marriage to James Herondale buys one year to win his heart.

4.36

123k+

🕰️ Edwardian Fantasy 🦠 Supernatural Plague 💍 Sham Engagement 💔 Unrequited Love 👥 Found Family

Chain of Gold 89%

Demon-plagued London. Cordelia's sham marriage to James Herondale buys one year to win his heart.

by Cassandra Clare 2020

4.36

123k+ ratings

🕰️ Edwardian Fantasy 🦠 Supernatural Plague 💍 Sham Engagement 💔 Unrequited Love 👥 Found Family

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett • 2020

Light-skinned twins: Desiree returns to their Black town, Stella disappears into a white life.

4.12

866k+

🎭 Racial Passing 👯 Twin Estrangement 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🔐 Family Secrets

The Vanishing Half 89%

Light-skinned twins: Desiree returns to their Black town, Stella disappears into a white life.

by Brit Bennett 2020

4.12

866k+ ratings

🎭 Racial Passing 👯 Twin Estrangement 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🔐 Family Secrets

The Silk Weaver

by Liz Trenow • 2017

His silk loom, her secret sketches: forbidden love in Georgian London that could ruin them both.

3.88

2k+

💘 Forbidden Romance 🧵 Artisan Craft 🎨 Creative Partnership 👩‍🎨 Female Artist ✊ Workers' Struggle

The Silk Weaver 89%

His silk loom, her secret sketches: forbidden love in Georgian London that could ruin them both.

by Liz Trenow 2017

3.88

2k+ ratings

💘 Forbidden Romance 🧵 Artisan Craft 🎨 Creative Partnership 👩‍🎨 Female Artist ✊ Workers' Struggle

Between Earth and Sky

by Amanda Skenandore • 2018

A woman returns to her father's Indian boarding school to save a friend condemned for murder.

4.33

9k+

⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 💎 Gilded Age 🏫 Boarding School Trauma 🌾 Reservation Life 💔 Forbidden Interracial Romance

Between Earth and Sky 89%

A woman returns to her father's Indian boarding school to save a friend condemned for murder.

by Amanda Skenandore 2018

4.33

9k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 💎 Gilded Age 🏫 Boarding School Trauma 🌾 Reservation Life 💔 Forbidden Interracial Romance

Ragtime

by E.L. Doctorow • 1975

A wealthy family shelters a black woman, then faces her lover's armed fight for dignity.

3.90

47k+

🎭 Multiple Perspectives 🌟 Historical Cameos ⚖️ Racial Injustice 🧳 Immigrant Journey ⚒️ Class Conflict

Ragtime 89%

A wealthy family shelters a black woman, then faces her lover's armed fight for dignity.

by E.L. Doctorow 1975

3.90

47k+ ratings

🎭 Multiple Perspectives 🌟 Historical Cameos ⚖️ Racial Injustice 🧳 Immigrant Journey ⚒️ Class Conflict

Where the Rivers Merge

by Mary Alice Monroe

Her son schemes to sell the Lowcountry plantation. She's eighty-eight, but her story isn't finished.

4.28

16k+

🏡 Southern Family Saga 🤝 Interracial Friendship 💔 First Love Lost To War 🌾 Female Land Steward 🌿 Lowcountry Setting

Where the Rivers Merge 89%

Her son schemes to sell the Lowcountry plantation. She's eighty-eight, but her story isn't finished.

by Mary Alice Monroe 2025

4.28

16k+ ratings

🏡 Southern Family Saga 🤝 Interracial Friendship 💔 First Love Lost To War 🌾 Female Land Steward 🌿 Lowcountry Setting

The Songbook of Benny Lament

by Amy Harmon • 2021

A mobster's son falls for a Black singer hiding a dangerous legacy in 1960s New York.

4.45

9k+

🖤 Interracial Romance 🎵 Music Industry Fiction 🔍 Hidden Parentage 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🔫 Mob Ties

The Songbook of Benny Lament 91%

A mobster's son falls for a Black singer hiding a dangerous legacy in 1960s New York.

by Amy Harmon 2021

4.45

9k+ ratings

🖤 Interracial Romance 🎵 Music Industry Fiction 🔍 Hidden Parentage 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🔫 Mob Ties

Mirror Girls

by Kelly McWilliams • 2022

Biracial twins raised apart reunite in Georgia to break a curse that stole one sister's reflection.

3.95

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Jim Crow South 👯 Separated Twins 🎭 Passing As White 👻 Ancestral Ghosts

Mirror Girls 91%

Biracial twins raised apart reunite in Georgia to break a curse that stole one sister's reflection.

by Kelly McWilliams 2022

3.95

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Jim Crow South 👯 Separated Twins 🎭 Passing As White 👻 Ancestral Ghosts

The Second Mrs. Astor

by Shana Abe • 2021

At eighteen she married a scandal-ridden tycoon. Their honeymoon escape ended on the Titanic.

4.09

265

📜 Biographical Fiction 💞 Age Gap Romance 🕰️ Edwardian Era 🚢 Titanic Sinking 👁️ Public Eye

The Second Mrs. Astor 89%

At eighteen she married a scandal-ridden tycoon. Their honeymoon escape ended on the Titanic.

by Shana Abe 2021

4.09

265 ratings

📜 Biographical Fiction 💞 Age Gap Romance 🕰️ Edwardian Era 🚢 Titanic Sinking 👁️ Public Eye

Audre & Bash Are Just Friends

by Tia Williams • 2025

A perfectionist hires a mysterious newcomer for summer dares: no falling in love allowed.

4.05

6k+

💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Anxiety Rep 📋 Summer Bucket List

Audre & Bash Are Just Friends 89%

A perfectionist hires a mysterious newcomer for summer dares: no falling in love allowed.

by Tia Williams 2025

4.05

6k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Anxiety Rep 📋 Summer Bucket List

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston • 1937

She returned to town in overalls, the story of three husbands and a hurricane inside her.

3.99

391k+

👩🏿 Black Women's Journeys 💔 Tragic Love Story 🔗 Oppressive Marriage 🌸 Sensual Awakening 🌿 Everglades Life

Their Eyes Were Watching God 89%

She returned to town in overalls, the story of three husbands and a hurricane inside her.

by Zora Neale Hurston 1937

3.99

391k+ ratings

👩🏿 Black Women's Journeys 💔 Tragic Love Story 🔗 Oppressive Marriage 🌸 Sensual Awakening 🌿 Everglades Life

The Duke Undone

by Joanna Lowell • 2021

A struggling artist paints a naked duke; scandal binds them in a bargain neither can afford.

3.62

5k+

🎨 Artist Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Class Difference 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Duke Undone 89%

A struggling artist paints a naked duke; scandal binds them in a bargain neither can afford.

by Joanna Lowell 2021

3.62

5k+ ratings

🎨 Artist Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Class Difference 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love

by Alice Murphy • 2025

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

3.64

657

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love Summary

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love 90%

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

by Alice Murphy 2025

3.64

657 ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

Hattie Big Sky

by Kirby Larson • 2006

An orphan inherits a Montana claim in 1918 and must survive brutal prairie and war prejudice.

4.03

20k+

🏡 Female Homesteader 🎖️ WWI Home Front 🔥 Wartime Hysteria 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist

Hattie Big Sky 90%

An orphan inherits a Montana claim in 1918 and must survive brutal prairie and war prejudice.

by Kirby Larson 2006

4.03

20k+ ratings

🏡 Female Homesteader 🎖️ WWI Home Front 🔥 Wartime Hysteria 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist

Go as a River

by Shelley Read

When her drifter vanishes, a seventeen-year-old farm girl leaves their baby on a stranger's car.

4.25

198k+

🌾 Rural Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🤱 Motherhood Sacrifice 🏜️ American West 🌿 Nature Writing

Go as a River 89%

When her drifter vanishes, a seventeen-year-old farm girl leaves their baby on a stranger's car.

by Shelley Read 2023

4.25

198k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🤱 Motherhood Sacrifice 🏜️ American West 🌿 Nature Writing

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An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

3.95

6k+

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Rules for Ruin 89%

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

by Mimi Matthews 2025

3.95

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

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by Dennis Lehane • 2008

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

4.08

29k+

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Given Day 89%

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

by Dennis Lehane 2008

4.08

29k+ ratings

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

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by Sue Monk Kidd • 2014

Given an enslaved child, a Charleston girl becomes an abolitionist as that child plots her escape.

4.26

334k+

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The Invention of Wings 89%

Given an enslaved child, a Charleston girl becomes an abolitionist as that child plots her escape.

by Sue Monk Kidd 2014

4.26

334k+ ratings

🏛️ Antebellum South ✊ Abolitionist Movement 🌸 Feminist Awakening 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🧵 Mother-Daughter Legacy

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by Lorie Langdon • 2018

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

3.88

4k+

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Olivia Twist 89%

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

by Lorie Langdon 2018

3.88

4k+ ratings

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

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