50 Books like The Second Mrs. Astor

The Missing Pages

by Alyson Richman

A Harvard library ghost pulls a grieving student into the love story the Titanic buried with him.

4.10

6k+

⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 👻 Ghost Narrator 📜 Rare Book World 🔑 Hidden Family Legacy 🌸 Class-Divided Romance

The Missing Pages 91%

A Harvard library ghost pulls a grieving student into the love story the Titanic buried with him.

by Alyson Richman 2025

4.10

6k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 👻 Ghost Narrator 📜 Rare Book World 🔑 Hidden Family Legacy 🌸 Class-Divided Romance

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 98%

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

The Titanic Sisters

by Patricia Falvey • 2019

Two Irish sisters survive the Titanic's sinking. One takes the other's name and her future.

3.94

8k+

🍀 Irish Diaspora 🚢 Titanic Survival 👯 Sister Rivalry 🎭 Identity Swap 👩‍🏫 Governess Romance

The Titanic Sisters 93%

Two Irish sisters survive the Titanic's sinking. One takes the other's name and her future.

by Patricia Falvey 2019

3.94

8k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Diaspora 🚢 Titanic Survival 👯 Sister Rivalry 🎭 Identity Swap 👩‍🏫 Governess Romance

Luck of the Titanic

by Stacey Lee • 2021

To join the circus with her twin, a Chinese British teen stows away on the Titanic.

3.66

10k+

🚢 Titanic 🧧 Chinese Diaspora 🤹 Circus Acrobats 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Twin Bond

Luck of the Titanic 91%

To join the circus with her twin, a Chinese British teen stows away on the Titanic.

by Stacey Lee 2021

3.66

10k+ ratings

🚢 Titanic 🧧 Chinese Diaspora 🤹 Circus Acrobats 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Twin Bond

Kaleidoscope

by Danielle Steel • 1987

A murder-suicide leaves three sisters orphaned and scattered across continents and separate lives.

3.99

17k+

🎭 Family Saga 👯 Separated Siblings 🤫 Hidden Parentage ⬆️ Rags To Riches 💔 Orphaned Heroines

Kaleidoscope 91%

A murder-suicide leaves three sisters orphaned and scattered across continents and separate lives.

by Danielle Steel 1987

3.99

17k+ ratings

🎭 Family Saga 👯 Separated Siblings 🤫 Hidden Parentage ⬆️ Rags To Riches 💔 Orphaned Heroines

Nineteen Steps

by Millie Bobby Brown • 2023

She loves two men. Then a London shelter crush kills 173, including her father and sister.

3.76

21k+

🏠 Wwii Home Front 💣 Blitz Romance 💔 Love Triangle 😔 Survivor Guilt 🥀 Bittersweet

Nineteen Steps 91%

She loves two men. Then a London shelter crush kills 173, including her father and sister.

by Millie Bobby Brown 2023

3.76

21k+ ratings

🏠 Wwii Home Front 💣 Blitz Romance 💔 Love Triangle 😔 Survivor Guilt 🥀 Bittersweet

Sisi

by Allison Pataki • 2016

A restless empress flees the gilded cage, chasing wild freedom across Europe, but tragedy follows.

4.00

12k+

📖 Biographical Fiction 💔 Forbidden Love 💧 Estranged Marriage 🏰 Gilded Prison 🥀 Doomed Romance

Sisi 90%

A restless empress flees the gilded cage, chasing wild freedom across Europe, but tragedy follows.

by Allison Pataki 2016

4.00

12k+ ratings

📖 Biographical Fiction 💔 Forbidden Love 💧 Estranged Marriage 🏰 Gilded Prison 🥀 Doomed Romance

The Social Graces

by Renée Rosen • 2021

In Gilded Age New York, an old-money queen and an ambitious newcomer battle for society’s throne.

3.98

16k+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💎 Old Money New Money 🚪 Ambitious Outsider ⚔️ Female Rivalry 📰 Society Scandal

The Social Graces 90%

In Gilded Age New York, an old-money queen and an ambitious newcomer battle for society’s throne.

by Renée Rosen 2021

3.98

16k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💎 Old Money New Money 🚪 Ambitious Outsider ⚔️ Female Rivalry 📰 Society Scandal

The Buccaneers

by Edith Wharton • 1938

Snubbed by New York, Nan St George sails to England to hunt a title, whatever the price.

3.85

9k+

🏙️ Gilded Age 🎭 Social Satire 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Forbidden Love 🏰 Gilded Cage

The Buccaneers 90%

Snubbed by New York, Nan St George sails to England to hunt a title, whatever the price.

by Edith Wharton 1938

3.85

9k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age 🎭 Social Satire 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Forbidden Love 🏰 Gilded Cage

The Secrets of Flowers

by Sally Page • 2024

Grieving scientist trades her lab for a flower shop, then chases the Titanic’s florist.

3.98

7k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🌸 Flower Arranging 🖤 Grieving Widow 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Secrets of Flowers 90%

Grieving scientist trades her lab for a flower shop, then chases the Titanic’s florist.

by Sally Page 2024

3.98

7k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🌸 Flower Arranging 🖤 Grieving Widow 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Chanel Sisters

by Judithe Little • 2020

The forgotten sister who built Chanel tells the story Coco never would.

3.95

9k+

🧵 Fashion History 👤 Woman Behind The Icon 🏙️ Belle ÉPoque Paris ⚔️ Wartime Separation 👩‍👩‍👧 Orphaned Sisters

The Chanel Sisters 90%

The forgotten sister who built Chanel tells the story Coco never would.

by Judithe Little 2020

3.95

9k+ ratings

🧵 Fashion History 👤 Woman Behind The Icon 🏙️ Belle ÉPoque Paris ⚔️ Wartime Separation 👩‍👩‍👧 Orphaned Sisters

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

by Lauren Tarshis • 2010

A curious boy aboard the Titanic must navigate chaos when an iceberg seals the ship's fate.

4.09

20k+

🚢 Titanic Disaster 🌊 Shipwreck Survival 👫 Sibling Bond 👦 Boy Protagonist ⚡ Tense Survival

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Summary

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 90%

A curious boy aboard the Titanic must navigate chaos when an iceberg seals the ship's fate.

by Lauren Tarshis 2010

4.09

20k+ ratings

🚢 Titanic Disaster 🌊 Shipwreck Survival 👫 Sibling Bond 👦 Boy Protagonist ⚡ Tense Survival

Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen • 2006

Orphaned, a vet student joins a traveling circus and falls for the mercurial animal trainer's wife.

4.11

1.7M+

🎪 Circus Fiction 🏚️ Great Depression ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Abusive Marriage

Water for Elephants 90%

Orphaned, a vet student joins a traveling circus and falls for the mercurial animal trainer's wife.

by Sara Gruen 2006

4.11

1.7M+ ratings

🎪 Circus Fiction 🏚️ Great Depression ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Abusive Marriage

A Fortune of Sand

by Ruta Sepetys • 2026

Inside a Jazz Age arts retreat, a Detroit heiress discovers the mansion is a gilded asylum.

3.61

4k+

🎷 Jazz Age 🖤 Gothic Mystery 🏚️ Decaying Dynasty 🏰 Gilded Cage 💎 Hidden Fortune

A Fortune of Sand 90%

Inside a Jazz Age arts retreat, a Detroit heiress discovers the mansion is a gilded asylum.

by Ruta Sepetys 2026

3.61

4k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age 🖤 Gothic Mystery 🏚️ Decaying Dynasty 🏰 Gilded Cage 💎 Hidden Fortune

The Promise

by Emma Heatherington • 2021

After a bombing, a Catholic nurse and Protestant minister's son vow to find each other again.

3.97

449

🚫 Forbidden Love 🇮🇪 The Troubles 💔 Trauma Healing 💫 Second Chance Love 🩹 Survivor's Guilt

The Promise 90%

After a bombing, a Catholic nurse and Protestant minister's son vow to find each other again.

by Emma Heatherington 2021

3.97

449 ratings

🚫 Forbidden Love 🇮🇪 The Troubles 💔 Trauma Healing 💫 Second Chance Love 🩹 Survivor's Guilt

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah • 2018

1974 Alaska: a girl discovers the wilderness is less cruel than her father's love.

4.46

1.2M+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🖤 Domestic Abuse 🪖 War Trauma 💔 Forbidden Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance

The Great Alone 90%

1974 Alaska: a girl discovers the wilderness is less cruel than her father's love.

by Kristin Hannah 2018

4.46

1.2M+ ratings

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🖤 Domestic Abuse 🪖 War Trauma 💔 Forbidden Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance

Master of His Fate

by Barbara Taylor Bradford • 2018

A barrow boy and heiress pursue ambition through commerce, loss, and love in Victorian London.

3.75

3k+

🏛️ Victorian Family Saga 📈 Rags To Riches 💼 Self-Made Hero 👩‍💼 Independent Heroine 💔 Tragic Romance

Master of His Fate 90%

A barrow boy and heiress pursue ambition through commerce, loss, and love in Victorian London.

by Barbara Taylor Bradford 2018

3.75

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Victorian Family Saga 📈 Rags To Riches 💼 Self-Made Hero 👩‍💼 Independent Heroine 💔 Tragic Romance

A Well-Behaved Woman

by Therese Anne Fowler • 2018

Her family ruined, Alva Smith marries a Vanderbilt. But old New York keeps its gates shut tight.

3.96

24k+

🏛️ Biographical Novel 🪜 Social Climbing 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Betrayed Wife

A Well-Behaved Woman 92%

Her family ruined, Alva Smith marries a Vanderbilt. But old New York keeps its gates shut tight.

by Therese Anne Fowler 2018

3.96

24k+ ratings

🏛️ Biographical Novel 🪜 Social Climbing 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Betrayed Wife

An American Beauty

by Shana Abe • 2023

A Richmond saloon girl becomes a tycoon's mistress and claws her way through Gilded Age society.

4.12

29k+

🎭 Gilded Age Society 🌿 Post Civil War South 💍 Mistress To Wife 💪 Self-Made Woman 🪜 Social Climbing

An American Beauty 92%

A Richmond saloon girl becomes a tycoon's mistress and claws her way through Gilded Age society.

by Shana Abe 2023

4.12

29k+ ratings

🎭 Gilded Age Society 🌿 Post Civil War South 💍 Mistress To Wife 💪 Self-Made Woman 🪜 Social Climbing

The Bronze Horseman

by Paullina Simons

She meets a soldier the day war begins, then learns he is her sister's lover.

4.29

97k+

🏚️ Siege Of Leningrad 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Secret Identity 👯 Sister Rivalry 💧 Devastating Love Story

The Bronze Horseman 90%

She meets a soldier the day war begins, then learns he is her sister's lover.

by Paullina Simons 2000

4.29

97k+ ratings

🏚️ Siege Of Leningrad 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Secret Identity 👯 Sister Rivalry 💧 Devastating Love Story

The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton • 1905

Penniless and nearly thirty in Gilded Age New York, Lily Bart's social currency is expiring.

3.98

107k+

🎭 Tragedy Of Manners 💍 Marriage Market 📉 Social Downfall 💔 Unspoken Love 🏛️ Gilded Age

The House of Mirth 90%

Penniless and nearly thirty in Gilded Age New York, Lily Bart's social currency is expiring.

by Edith Wharton 1905

3.98

107k+ ratings

🎭 Tragedy Of Manners 💍 Marriage Market 📉 Social Downfall 💔 Unspoken Love 🏛️ Gilded Age

The Lioness of Boston

by Emily Franklin • 2023

A New York heiress marries into Boston society and discovers every door is bolted shut.

3.64

10k+

🏛️ Gilded Age Boston 🚪 Outsider In Society 🏗️ Woman Builds Legacy 🎨 Grief Into Art 👥 Chosen Family

The Lioness of Boston 90%

A New York heiress marries into Boston society and discovers every door is bolted shut.

by Emily Franklin 2023

3.64

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Gilded Age Boston 🚪 Outsider In Society 🏗️ Woman Builds Legacy 🎨 Grief Into Art 👥 Chosen Family

The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton • 1920

An engaged New York lawyer falls for his fiancée's cousin, a countess who fled her marriage.

3.97

198k+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💔 Forbidden Love ⚖️ Duty Versus Desire 🎭 Unconventional Woman 🥀 Restrained Longing

The Age of Innocence 90%

An engaged New York lawyer falls for his fiancée's cousin, a countess who fled her marriage.

by Edith Wharton 1920

3.97

198k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💔 Forbidden Love ⚖️ Duty Versus Desire 🎭 Unconventional Woman 🥀 Restrained Longing

Rules of Civility

by Amor Towles • 2011

A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.

4.09

273k+

🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Love Triangle 💪 Self-Made Woman 🎩 Manners And Society 🕰️ Bittersweet Nostalgia

Rules of Civility 90%

A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.

by Amor Towles 2011

4.09

273k+ ratings

🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Love Triangle 💪 Self-Made Woman 🎩 Manners And Society 🕰️ Bittersweet Nostalgia

Meant to Be

by Emily Giffin • 2022

A political heir meets a model with a hidden past, but his family's dark legacy threatens them.

3.91

98k+

🏛️ American Political Dynasty 🌟 Rags To Riches 📸 Public Scrutiny 💞 Opposites Attract ⚡ Instant Chemistry

Meant to Be 90%

A political heir meets a model with a hidden past, but his family's dark legacy threatens them.

by Emily Giffin 2022

3.91

98k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political Dynasty 🌟 Rags To Riches 📸 Public Scrutiny 💞 Opposites Attract ⚡ Instant Chemistry

Under the Stars

by Beatriz Williams • 2025

A faded star and her daughter flee to an island where a body unearths buried secrets.

3.74

12k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 👩‍👧 Difficult Mothers 🌟 Faded Starlet 💞 Second Chance Love 🎨 Lost Art Discovery

Under the Stars 90%

A faded star and her daughter flee to an island where a body unearths buried secrets.

by Beatriz Williams 2025

3.74

12k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 👩‍👧 Difficult Mothers 🌟 Faded Starlet 💞 Second Chance Love 🎨 Lost Art Discovery

The Last Days of Night

by Graham Moore • 2016

An untested lawyer battles Edison in the patent war to decide who lights the modern world.

4.16

45k+

🏙️ Gilded Age ⚖️ Legal Drama ⚡ Genius Rivalry 🧠 Tragic Genius 🖤 Dark Ambition

The Last Days of Night 90%

An untested lawyer battles Edison in the patent war to decide who lights the modern world.

by Graham Moore 2016

4.16

45k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age ⚖️ Legal Drama ⚡ Genius Rivalry 🧠 Tragic Genius 🖤 Dark Ambition

Los días en los que más te quise

by Amy Neff • 2024

After a lifetime of love, they give their family one year to say goodbye.

4.02

15k+

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 💖 Literary Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🕊️ Right To Die Fiction 😢 Bittersweet

Los días en los que más te quise Summary

Los días en los que más te quise 90%

After a lifetime of love, they give their family one year to say goodbye.

by Amy Neff 2024

4.02

15k+ ratings

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 💖 Literary Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🕊️ Right To Die Fiction 😢 Bittersweet

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 89%

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

The Outlaw Noble Salt

by Amy Harmon • 2024

Butch Cassidy didn't die. He's now a bodyguard, married to a singer on the run.

4.38

14k+

🤠 Outlaw Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ✝️ Redemption Arc

The Outlaw Noble Salt 89%

Butch Cassidy didn't die. He's now a bodyguard, married to a singer on the run.

by Amy Harmon 2024

4.38

14k+ ratings

🤠 Outlaw Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ✝️ Redemption Arc

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton • 1913

A small-town beauty carries herself into old New York, where acceptance only sharpens her appetite.

4.07

16k+

🎭 Novel Of Manners 🥂 Gilded Age New York 🏙️ Social Climber 💔 Doomed Marriage 🗼 Belle ÉPoque Paris

The Custom of the Country 89%

A small-town beauty carries herself into old New York, where acceptance only sharpens her appetite.

by Edith Wharton 1913

4.07

16k+ ratings

🎭 Novel Of Manners 🥂 Gilded Age New York 🏙️ Social Climber 💔 Doomed Marriage 🗼 Belle ÉPoque Paris

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 89%

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

The Japanese Lover

by Isabel Allende • 2015

Polish refugee and Japanese gardener's son keep a secret love across decades of war and separation.

3.89

98k+

👪 Multigenerational Saga 🌹 Wartime Romance ⏳ Lifelong Affair ✉️ Letters Across Time 🏘️ Found Family

The Japanese Lover 89%

Polish refugee and Japanese gardener's son keep a secret love across decades of war and separation.

by Isabel Allende 2015

3.89

98k+ ratings

👪 Multigenerational Saga 🌹 Wartime Romance ⏳ Lifelong Affair ✉️ Letters Across Time 🏘️ Found Family

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 89%

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 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 89%

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

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 92%

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 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 92%

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

The Letter

by Kathryn Hughes • 2013

A woman in a violent marriage finds a 1939 love letter and vows to deliver it.

4.06

67k+

🕰️ Dual Timelines ✉️ Lost Letter 💔 Domestic Abuse 🥀 Forced Adoption 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Letter 89%

A woman in a violent marriage finds a 1939 love letter and vows to deliver it.

by Kathryn Hughes 2013

4.06

67k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timelines ✉️ Lost Letter 💔 Domestic Abuse 🥀 Forced Adoption 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

A Rose for the Crown

by Anne Easter Smith • 2006

A peasant girl becomes the secret mistress of Richard III, hiding their children from the crown.

4.03

5k+

🏰 Wars Of The Roses 👑 Royal Mistress 🌿 Peasant To Nobility ⚔️ Ricardian Fiction 🩸 Royal Bastards

A Rose for the Crown 89%

A peasant girl becomes the secret mistress of Richard III, hiding their children from the crown.

by Anne Easter Smith 2006

4.03

5k+ ratings

🏰 Wars Of The Roses 👑 Royal Mistress 🌿 Peasant To Nobility ⚔️ Ricardian Fiction 🩸 Royal Bastards

The Summer Before the War

by Helen Simonson • 2016

A Latin teacher finds purpose and impossible love in a Sussex town the summer the Great War begins.

3.79

45k+

🏘️ Edwardian Village 🏠 Home Front Drama 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💔 Duty Versus Heart 🧳 Wartime Refugees

The Summer Before the War 89%

A Latin teacher finds purpose and impossible love in a Sussex town the summer the Great War begins.

by Helen Simonson 2016

3.79

45k+ ratings

🏘️ Edwardian Village 🏠 Home Front Drama 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💔 Duty Versus Heart 🧳 Wartime Refugees

The Words in My Hand

by Guinevere Glasfurd • 2015

Descartes' maid lover learns to write; if found, the letters will reveal their hidden daughter.

3.99

2k+

💔 Forbidden Love ⚖️ Class Divide 📖 Illiterate Protagonist 🧹 Maid Protagonist 🇳🇱 17th Century Netherlands

The Words in My Hand 89%

Descartes' maid lover learns to write; if found, the letters will reveal their hidden daughter.

by Guinevere Glasfurd 2015

3.99

2k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love ⚖️ Class Divide 📖 Illiterate Protagonist 🧹 Maid Protagonist 🇳🇱 17th Century Netherlands

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 89%

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

Winter's Tale

by Mark Helprin • 1983

A magical white horse rescues a thief, then fate places a dying heiress in his path.

3.51

30k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Doomed Lovers ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🐴 Magical Animal Companion

Winter's Tale 89%

A magical white horse rescues a thief, then fate places a dying heiress in his path.

by Mark Helprin 1983

3.51

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Doomed Lovers ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🐴 Magical Animal Companion

The Nurse's Secret

by Amanda Skenandore • 2022

A pickpocket hiding in Bellevue's nursing school discovers a killer stalking the wards.

4.14

36k+

🕵️‍♀️ Gilded Age Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 👮‍♀️ Unlikely Sleuth 🌆 1880s New York City 🤝 Found Family

The Nurse's Secret 89%

A pickpocket hiding in Bellevue's nursing school discovers a killer stalking the wards.

by Amanda Skenandore 2022

4.14

36k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Gilded Age Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 👮‍♀️ Unlikely Sleuth 🌆 1880s New York City 🤝 Found Family

Shadows in the Moonlight

by Santa Montefiore • 2024

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

4.30

5k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance 🔮 Psychic Investigator 📜 Governess Gothic

Shadows in the Moonlight 89%

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

by Santa Montefiore 2024

4.30

5k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance 🔮 Psychic Investigator 📜 Governess Gothic

Los amantes de Praga

by Alyson Richman • 2011

Prague newlyweds separated by the Holocaust reunite decades later at their grandchildren's wedding.

4.25

65k+

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Los amantes de Praga 89%

Prague newlyweds separated by the Holocaust reunite decades later at their grandchildren's wedding.

by Alyson Richman 2011

4.25

65k+ ratings

🔄 Dual Timeline 💔 Wartime Separation 💞 First Love Reunited 🎨 Art As Survival 😔 Survivor Guilt

All the Forgivenesses

by Elizabeth Hardinger • 2019

After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.

4.25

21k+

🌾 Rural Historical 🇺🇸 Early 1900s America 👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden 😔 Childhood Guilt 🏚️ Hardscrabble Life

All the Forgivenesses 89%

After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.

by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019

4.25

21k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Historical 🇺🇸 Early 1900s America 👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden 😔 Childhood Guilt 🏚️ Hardscrabble Life

Great Circle

by Maggie Shipstead • 2021

A biplane over Montana: an orphan girl decides nothing will keep her from the sky.

4.09

84k+

🛩️ Female Aviator 📖 Epic Life Saga 👯 Twin Connection 🥃 Prohibition-Era 🔄 Self-Reinvention

Great Circle 89%

A biplane over Montana: an orphan girl decides nothing will keep her from the sky.

by Maggie Shipstead 2021

4.09

84k+ ratings

🛩️ Female Aviator 📖 Epic Life Saga 👯 Twin Connection 🥃 Prohibition-Era 🔄 Self-Reinvention

The Unknown Beloved

by Amy Harmon • 2022

A woman reads history in cloth. A federal agent needs her to catch Cleveland's serial butcher.

4.32

20k+

🧵 Psychometry 🔪 Historical Serial Killer 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance 📰 Based On True Crime 🏚️ Depression Era

The Unknown Beloved 89%

A woman reads history in cloth. A federal agent needs her to catch Cleveland's serial butcher.

by Amy Harmon 2022

4.32

20k+ ratings

🧵 Psychometry 🔪 Historical Serial Killer 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance 📰 Based On True Crime 🏚️ Depression Era

Trespasses

by Louise Kennedy • 2022

A Catholic teacher risks everything for an affair with a Protestant barrister during the Troubles.

3.96

53k+

🕊️ The Troubles 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⏳ Age Gap Relationship ⚔️ Sectarian Divide 📚 Teacher Protagonist

Trespasses 89%

A Catholic teacher risks everything for an affair with a Protestant barrister during the Troubles.

by Louise Kennedy 2022

3.96

53k+ ratings

🕊️ The Troubles 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⏳ Age Gap Relationship ⚔️ Sectarian Divide 📚 Teacher Protagonist

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