Historical Romance Books
To escape the tragedy of her past Analee Gilbretta assumes the identity of another woman and travels to Hatteras Island to nurse an elderly couple. Then, a ...
In Kathleen Eagle's Medicine Woman Kezawin had seen James Garrett in adream. She tried to warn him that any man she loved would die. But Jamesdidn't believe ...
He was an unlikely savior... Until Jed Blackstone came into her life, battered and bruised, widow Eleanor Miller saw no escape from her grasping in laws. But ...
In the 1890's, a young Irishwoman flees her poverty-stricken homeland for North Carolina in a last desperate chance at happiness, to find the man for whom ...
A young woman returns home to the Outer Banks after ten years at boarding school and becomes caught between her fiery attraction to a half-naked savage and a ...
Matilda Jane Anderson drives a brand new 1917 Model T with Sweet Tilly painted on the heavy metal plate covering the radiator. Tilly doesn't care what people ...
Clara Anderson has her routine, and she likes it that way. But oil has brought change to Healdton, Oklahoma, and she doesn't like it one bit. She might not ...
Returning to his small town roots to rescue his father's ailing law practice, Quinton Cormack has conquered the frosty Rachel Saxon in a courtroom encounter. ...
Abigail Merchant travels to Casablanca to search for the remnants of the Great Library of Alexandria. There, her quest becomes entangled with the fate of a ...
To get funding for her first expedition, Cordelia Blackburn finds herself searching for three Mayan stone carvings and something known as "the gift of the ...
New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn delivers another charming, witty medieval romance in this follow-up to the highly praised The Husband Test. ...
New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn will delight her many fans with this lively addition to the Convent of the Brides of Virtue series. This time, ...
From New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn comes a tale of passion, adventure, and a most regal romance... Fiercely independent, and wholly ...
New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn's warmhearted and witty new romance is filled with sparkling surprises... When Frances Bumgarten ...
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn comes a beguiling new romance brimming with her signature wit, timeless sensuality, and ...
New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn delivers an irresistible romance shimmering with light-hearted wit and thrilling twists... The youngest ...
Description
Historical romance (also historical novel) is a broad category of fiction in which the plot is set in a historical period. Walter Scott helped popularize this genre in the early 19th century with works such as Rob Roy and Ivanhoe. Literary fiction historical romances continue to be published, with a notable recent example being Wolf Hall (2009), a multi-award-winning novel by English historical novelist Hilary Mantel. It is also a genre of mass-market fiction, related to the broader romantic love genre.
The terms "romance novel" and "historical romance" are ambiguous, as the word "romance" and the related term "romantic" carry multiple meanings. On one hand, there is the mass-market genre of "fiction dealing with love," such as Harlequin romance, and on the other hand, "a romance" can also be defined as "a fictitious narrative in prose or verse, the interest of which turns upon marvelous and uncommon incidents." However, many romances, including the historical romances of Walter Scott, are also frequently called novels, and Scott describes romance as a "kindred term." Adding to the confusion, literary fiction romances, such as Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, often feature a strong love story element. Other European languages do not distinguish between romance and novel: "a novel is le roman, der Roman, il romanzo."