Historical Romance Books Featuring Floyd (A Favorite Stock Photo Model)

An Improper Christmas by Amy Rose Bennett (2018)

Historical romance, Regency era England. Smutty novella. Young lady catches her fiancee with another woman and runs away from a house party. She ends up riding in a carriage with a notorious rake and then spends the night in his home. Quick and smutty, with a nice little change of heart for our rake.

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Patience for Christmas by Grace Burrowes (2016)

Patience is a newspaper advice columnist in a friendly rivalry with another paper’s advice columnist. Her publisher has suggested that she challenge the other writer with a competition answering readers’ questions. It turns out though that the rival columnist is really the publisher himself, wanting to increase newspaper sales, and also wanting to spend more time with the lady.

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Duke for Hire by Nicola Davidson (2021)

Standalone novella, originally published in the Duke I’d Like to F anthology. This one is quick and steamy. Full steam. We have a vicar’s daughter and total spinster who just wants to get ravished. So she hires the local duke to do the job. They proceed to have a month long tryst and try all the things.

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One Night with an Earl by Tina Gabrielle (2021)

Historical romance. Regency or Victorian-era England. Book 1 of the Daring Ladies series. We start strong here right at a brothel, where Ana is trying to lose her virginity before her thirtieth birthday. Ruined by family scandal a decade prior, Ana now works as a chaperone to a young lady making her debut into society. She seeks one night of pleasure and has the brothel madam help her. Oliver is a newly inherited earl after the death of his father and brother (both of whom were irresponsible and gross) and at the brothel with his brother’s friend’s. Of course, Ana and Oliver are instantly attracted and proceed with a tryst. Later, Ana finds Oliver at her house to court her charge and also that his family is the one who ruined hers. So much potential angst and drama here with the intertwined families, plus Ana has been hiding her identity from the world. At some point, I know the lies will catch up to her, but in the meantime, the development of the romance between these two is absolutely delightful.

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Sins of a Duke by Stacy Reid (2015)

Book 3 of the Scandalous House of Calydon series. Revenge trope here. One duke is mad at another duke because he thinks the other man is responsible for his sister’s death. So he sets out to seduce and ruin that guy’s sister. But then he falls in love instead. These revenge stories always go wrong….

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Taming the Rake by Erica Ridley (2023)

Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 2 of the Lords in Love series. Gladys the wallflower is at the Marrywell Matchmaking Festival for the fourth time and needs to find a marriage match before her dowry is given to her delightful younger sister. She finds herself kissed in a garden and expected a proposal from the handsome gentleman, but he never shows up, and she was spotted in a disheveled state, so now she’s publicly ruined as well. Her family cuts her off completely and she has to survive on her own. Five years later, she returns to Marrywell to find the man who ruined her and seek revenge. But he’s a lot less rakish than he seemed before and Gladys is at risk of falling in love. I really enjoyed Gladys’ transformation to a confident woman and the development of her relationship with Reuben.

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In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation by Alexandra Vasti (2022)

Historical romance novella. Margo is a scandalous young lady known for causing trouble with her twin sister. When her twin has eloped with a much older man, Margo seeks out the calm and steady Henry (her brother’s solicitor friend) to assist in chasing her down. Of course, Henry has been in love with Margo forever, knows it’s a bad idea to be in close proximity to her, and goes with her anyway. Steamy road trip romance that’s a quick read and I highly recommend it.

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