18 books like The well-beloved

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Ladies whose bright eyes Ford Madox Ford · 1911 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares British and irish fiction, Romance & Relationships, England with this book.

Autumn Lover Elizabeth Lowell · 1996 · ★ 3.8 · 504p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Returning to her Wyoming ranch at the Civil War's end, Elyssa Sutton finds it picked bare by scavengers and coveted by determined men. Yet the proud young woman vows never again to abandon her Ruby Mountain home-though it means enlisting the aid of a dark and dangerous stranger who lives for revenge alone. Hunter Maxwell has suffered from the savagery of outlaws and the faithlessness of a… Shares Romance & Relationships, Historical Fiction, Romance

Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock quire Thomas Hardy · 1872 · ★ 3.6 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Under the Greenwood Tree is the story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. A pleasant romantic tale set in the Victorian era, Under the Greenwood Tree is one of Thomas Hardy's most gentle and pastoral novels. Shares Wessex, British and irish fiction, Romance & Relationships, Historical Fiction

The Black Robe Wilkie Collins · 1881 · ★ 3.7 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The church has lost out on a valuable piece of land through wars and transfers. Father Benwell is determined to reclaim that property by the conversion of the owner, Lewis Romayne. Enter beautiful Stella, who captures the heart of Romayne. Should Stella capture the love and devotion of Romayne, Father Benwell's scheme would fail, and that is something that he cannot allow. Complicating things is… Shares British and irish fiction, Romance & Relationships, England

The Regency Brides Collection Michelle Griep · 2017 · 609p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Seven couples must navigate society's gauntlet to secure the hand of true love.... Shares Romance & Relationships, England, Romance

The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Challenging When country-girl Grace Melbury returns home from her middle-class school she feels she has risen above her suitor, the simple woodsman Giles Winterborne. Though marriage had been discussed between her and Giles, Grace finds herself captivated by Dr Edred Fitzpiers, a sophisticated newcomer to the area - a relationship that is encouraged by her socially ambitious father. Hardy's novel of… Shares Wessex, British and irish fiction, England, Historical Fiction

Clayhanger Arnold Bennett · 1910 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This coming-of-age story set in the Midlands of Victorian England follows Edwin Clayhanger as he leaves school, takes over the family business and falls in love. Bennett wrote it in 1910 at the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton, and in Lausanne. Edwin Clayhanger's father, Darius, has risen from an extremely poor background, which Bennett repeatedly returns to, to become a prominent printer in Bursley.… Shares British and irish fiction, Romance & Relationships, England

Coniston Winston Churchill · 1906 · ★ 3.6 · 566p · ≈ 18h · Moderate This book is about a love-story of long ago, of a time some little while after General Jackson had got into the White House and had shown the world what a real democracy was. The Era of the first six presidents had closed, and a new Era had begun. I am speaking of political Eras. Certain gentlemen, with a pious belief in democracy, but with a firmer determination to get on top, arose,—and got on… Shares British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

Miss or Mrs.? Wilkie Collins · 1892 · ★ 3.5 · 84p · ≈ 2h · Challenging The night had come to an end. The new-born day waited for its quickening light in the silence that is never known on land - the silence before sunrise, in a calm at sea. Shares British and irish fiction, Romance & Relationships, England, Romance

The Lies They Told

The Lies They Told Ellen Marie Wiseman In rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America’s rising eugenics movement – when widespread support for policies of prejudice drove imprisonment and forced sterilizations based on class, race, disability, education, and country of origin – in this tragic and uplifting novel of social injustice, survival, and hope for readers of Susan… Shares Romance

The Chaperone

The Chaperone Laura Moriarty Made into a feature film by the creators of Downton Abbey, The Chaperone is a New York Times-bestselling novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in the 1920s and the summer that would change them both.Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study… Shares Romance

Twice

Twice Mitch Albom · 2025 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Romance with this book.

The Boleyn Secret

The Boleyn Secret Alison Weir Shares Romance with this book.

The Second Mrs. Astor

The Second Mrs. Astor Shana Abé "Abé is an exquisite storyteller. Rich in detail and deeply moving." —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace"One of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. A gorgeous, phenomenal novel I won’t soon forget.” —Ellen Marie Wiseman New York Times bestselling Author of The Orphan CollectorPerfect for fans of Jennifer Chiaverini and… Shares Romance

The Magnolia Palace

The Magnolia Palace Fiona Davis INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City's most impressive Gilded Age mansions.Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter's life has completely fallen apart. For… Shares Romance

The Book of Lost and Found

The Book of Lost and Found Lucy Foley From London to Corsica to Paris—two captivating love stories unfurl in this captivating novel from a New York Times bestselling author as a young woman pursues the truth about her late mother. Kate Darling's enigmatic mother—a once-famous ballerina—has passed away, leaving Kate bereft. When her grandmother falls ill and bequeaths to Kate a small portrait of a woman who bears a striking… Shares Romance

The Queens of Crime

The Queens of Crime Marie Benedict INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER AND INDIE BESTSELLER!From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie—a thrilling story of the five greatest women writers of the Golden Age of Mystery and their bid to solve a real-life murder. London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer… Shares Romance

The Fighting Agents

The Fighting Agents W. E. B. Griffin The Philippines, 1943: As the ragged remnants of the American forces stand against the might of the Imperial Japanese Army, a determined cadre of OSS agents becomes their only contact with the outside world-and their only hope for survival. Shares Romance

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