Regency Romances For Spring

Published Wednesday, April 23, 2025

As the weather warms up and the sunshine appears, I always feel like it's time to mix up the genres I've been reading all winter. To me, no genre feels more Spring-y than Regency Romances. From the elegant balls and dresses to the witty banter and promenades around the park, there's something so vibrant about Regency romances that they call out to be read in the springtime.

The Regency Era took place in England from 1795 to 1837. In modern times, it's viewed as a time of elegance and refinement, likely due to the excessive wealth possessed by the noble class at the time. The Industrial Revolution, paired with increased wealth, led to the rise of elaborate fashion and architecture. Along with the strict social customs around courting and marriage, it makes a lush and interesting setting for romance.

Whether you're well acquainted with the Regency romance genre or you're just looking to dip your toes in, I've compiled a list of novels that would be perfect to pick up and read outside on a beautiful spring day!

A Lady Would Know Better

Emma Theriault

Earl Jasper Maycott is grimly going through the motions of maintaining his household and lands while still grieving the loss of his fiance and much of his family to scarlet fever. His daily routine is abruptly changed when he comes across an unconscious young woman alone in the street of his property. After bringing her home, he finds that she doesn't remember her name, where she came from, or anything else besides the fact that someone is after her. His sense of duty won't allow him to throw her out all alone, so he and his sisters take her in until she can get her memories back. They nickname her "Jane" after Jane Austen and introduce her to everyone in hopes it will jog her memory. "Jane" acts like a proper high-born lady, but Jasper has no way of knowing if she's being sincere or if she is a fortune hunter lying to get to him and his money. Despite his suspicions, Jasper can't help the way he's feeling about "Jane", but he swore off love after his fiance's death. "Jane" finds herself developing feelings for him too, even if she knows that a lady would know better.

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Ne'er Duke Well

Alexandra Vasti

Growing up in New Orleans, Peter Kent never expected to inherit his grandfather's dukedom, but here he is: in London and already causing a scandal. With his newly found title and properties, he sets out to become the guardian of his young half-sibbligs. A problem that polite society wishes he would just ignore. In order to become a respectable duke and win the judge's favor, he enlists the help of Lady Selina Ravenscroft, the smartest and most respectable person he knows. Selina comes up with a plan to marry him off to a noble woman to help him seem more responsible and settled down. The more time that Peter spends with Selina, the less he understands why she isn't an option for his wife. But Selina has a secret of her own, for years she's been running a selacious womens only circulating library. As she grows closer to Peter, she knows she could never marry him lest her secret get out. The last thing she wants to do is to hurt his chances of caring for his half-siblings.

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A Lady for a Duke

Alexis Hall

Viola Carroll seized the opportunity to live her life authentically after she was presumed dead after the battle of Waterloo. However, being true to herself comes at a cost; besides her family, everyone thinks she's dead, including her best friend, the Duke of Gracewood. Years after her transition, word reaches her of the poor state Gracewood has been in. Convinced by her sister-in-law, she decided to pay her old friend a visit in an attempt to lift his spirits. She finds Duke Gracewood still dealing with the grief of losing his friend as well as PTSD from the war. She wants to help him, but is afraid to get close to him for fear of him recognizing her and learning her secret. Getting closer, and learning to love, might just be what they both need to heal.

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The Queer Principles of Kit Webb

Cat Sebastian

Kit Webb is enjoying his retirement running a coffee shop. The shop patrons may all be criminals, but Kit's highwayman past is behind him- even if sometimes he misses the rush of the chase. His peace is disrupted when Lord Percy Holland walks into his shop, looking out of place in his silks and finery and asking questions of all of his customers. Percy is on a mission to save his closest friend and to do so, he's going to need to steal a very important book that his father never lets leave his person. Kit isn't willing to endanger his reputation by committing the crime for him and instead agrees to train Percy to rob his father. But, schemes never go as smoothly as you want, and Kit and Perecy find they have a lot more in common than they expected.

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The Duke and I

Julia Quinn

The eight Bridgerton children grew up noble and well cared for. Even after the death of their father, their house was always full of love with the knowledge that their parents shared a love match instead of an arranged marriage like many other nobles. Daphne, as the oldest daughter, expects the same for herself, to marry for love and not status. As she makes her court debut on the marriage mart, she's not finding the connections she was hoping for. Another person new to the marriage mart is the Duke of Hastings, Simon Basset. Despite being the most desirable bachelor of the year, Simon wants nothing to do with his title or marriage. With this in mind, Daphne comes up with a plan: if they pretend to be courting, other women will leave Simon alone, thinking he's off the market, and interest from a Duke will make Daphne seem more desirable, bringing more marriage options her way. A mutually beneficial plan that will end as soon as Daphne finds her love match.

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The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

Olivia Waite

After Lucy Muchelney's girlfriend leaves her for a shame wedding to a nobleman, Lucy is searching for anything to distract herself. The perfect escape comes in the form of a letter seeking someone to translate a new and possibly groundbreaking astronomy text. When the Countess of Moth, Catherine, sent out the letter, she was only looking for someone to finish her late husband's work so that she could put all of his experiments behind her. What she did not expect was Lucy showing up at her door, begging for the job and insisting that she was more qualified for the position than any man. However, the translation isn't turning out to be the distraction Lucy expected as she finds herself drawn to the beautiful and dignified Countess Catherine. While a windowed Countess has the luxury to do anything she likes, Lucy doesn't have the same option. As she works on her translation, she must also grapple with her feelings for Catherine and society's expectations of her.

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The Duchess Deal

Tessa Dare

Emma Gladstone may be a Vicar's daughter, but after escaping her family's cruelty, she's been working as a seamstress to make ends meet. When a Duke stiffs her on his payment for an extravagant wedding dress, she takes matters into her own hands, arriving at his house wearing the dress and demanding payment. The Duke of Ashberry has no use for the wedding dress since his fiance left him after he returned home from the war severely scarred physically and mentally. Since then, his only goal has been to find a wife to produce his heir so he can be done with her responsibility to carry on the family name. When Emma arrives at his door, he makes the shocking decision to propose to her on the spot. A sudden marriage to a Duke she's never met would normally seem like a terrible idea, but Emma realizes it would be her best opportunity to have a life of financial stability and comfort that she has been without since escaping her family. Together Emma and the Duke will need to come up with an agreement for their marriage that leaves no room for love or romance.

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Bringing Down the Duke

Evie Dunmore

At the height of the women's suffrage movement in England, Annabelle Archer has received a scholarship to become a member of the first cohort of female scholars at Oxford University. Her scholarship is sponsored by a women's suffrage organization, and in return for their financial backing, she must help them with bringing more men to help their cause. Her first target is the Duke of Montgomery, Sebastian Devereux. The Duke holds the power of influencing the Queen, but he's also hardheaded and not responsive to her appeals for his help. Annabelle believes the Duke must be the most insufferable man she's ever met, but despite that, she can't help but feel a spark of attraction. Sebastain might even feel the same way, but there's no way he could allow himself to marry someone so far below his station.

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About the Author

Jacqueline is a Circulation Clerk in the Adult Library who started in 2024. She enjoys reading epic fantasy books and cozy rom-coms; and believes the best way to read is with the physical book and the audiobook together. When she’s not reading she also loves going to the movies.