Hello
Would someone recommend me some historical romances that feature a debutante as the heroine? However, I want her to be smart and witty, not a wallflower, and have the hero not only approach her because of sexual attractions.

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Lisa Kleypas, Johanna Lindsey, Ann Herries, Catherine Coulter, Christina Dodd are a good place to start.

Johanna Lindsey


Cardinia's Royal Family
1. Once a Princess (1991)
2. You Belong to Me (1994)

Judith McNaught


Westmoreland Dynasty Saga
1. A Kingdom of Dreams (1989)
2. Whitney, My Love (1985)
3. Until You (1994)
4. "Miracles" in A Holiday of Love (1995/Oct) (with Jill Barnett, Jude Deveraux, Arnette Lamb) & in Simple Gifts(1997) (with Jude Deveraux)


Sequels Series
1. Once and Always (1987)
2. Something Wonderful (1988)
3. Almost Heaven (1990)

Julie Garwood

Medieval:

THE SECRET
RANSOM
SHADOW MUSIC
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THE BRIDE
THE WEDDING

Regency:

THE LION'S LADY
GUARDIAN ANGEL
THE GIFT
CASTLES


Those are a few of the ones that i've read...i hope this helps..

Another vote for Kleypas

The Hathaways and Wallflower series by Lisa Kleypas are really great in my opinion Love them

I would recommend Jalia Quinn's Bevelstoke's trilogy:

1. The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever (2007)
2. What Happens in London (2009)
3. Ten Things I Love About You (2010)

Regency romance with big dose of laugh mixed in. Still remember them fondly

Oh and ''Minx'' from same author, she was definitely spunky

I would recommend you Judith McNaught. She is the best historical romance writer ever Next in line would be Lisa Kleypas, shes actually quiet good too...and then Christina Dodd,Johanna Lindsey, Julie Garwood, Jude Devereux, Julia Quinn they all are on the top historical romance authors...hope u find it a useful info

Jude Deveraux writes historical romances? I never knew. Not regencies though right?

Jude Deveraux writes historical romances? I never knew. Not regencies though right?

I don't know, couldn't find any here, but then I dearched randomly. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/jude-deveraux/
But still, her writing is intense and worth reading.

Jude Deveraux writes historical romances? I never knew. Not regencies though right?

I don't know, couldn't find any here, but then I dearched randomly. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/jude-deveraux/
But still, her writing is intense and worth reading.

Oh sorry I thought you meant just Historical romance...Jude Deveraux writes American historical romance! Judith McNaught however writes pure regency romance, also Jihanna Lindsey's Mallory series is a good regency romance series, same goes for Christina Dodd, Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn

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Jude Deveraux writes historical romances? I never knew. Not regencies though right?

Yup, she wrote historicals, way back in the day. Medievals, surprisingly enough. I think the first books I read of hers were the Velvet series, which was the familial start of the Montegomery in the Americas. She didn't do too many Regency historicals, maybe one, The Duchess..?

To add to the excellent suggestions in the prior posts:

Sara MacLean
Anne Gracie
Amanda Quick
Gaelen Foley
Eloisa James

Thanks for all the recommendations

I'll just use this existing thread to ask for some more recs:
1. historical romance (regency preferable) with virgin widow
2. heroine is the sister of hero's best friend or something like that

Books by Patricia Grasso. She's my favorite historical romance author.

Accidental series by Michelle Willingham.

The Accidental Princess.
The Accidental Countess.
The Accidental Seduction.

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Sarah Maclean's writing reminds me of Lisa Kleypas's style when she first started writing historicals. Try her Love by Numbers and Rules of Scoundrels series. I also enjoy Julianne Maclean's books as well. I don't think the authors are related, just happened to have the same last name. Stephanie Lauren is one of my go to authors for intelligent H/H and if you like Scotland/Highland books NOT ALLOWED has recently written some very good ones.