10 Amazing Historical Romances in Kobo Plus
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Here are a few of my favorite historical romance finds in Kobo Plus - books with both steam and substance, real history and true love.
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A Fine Looking Soldier, by Jane Hadley
Desperate to step out of his brothers’ shadows, Henry Schaefer enlists in the Second Minnesota Regiment, and finds himself stuck in a squad with the infuriating Charley Smith.
What Henry doesn’t know is that “Charley” is actually Cate Ellis, a woman in disguise whose survival—and dreams of freedom—depend on keeping her secret at all costs.
As tensions rise at Fort Snelling, Cate’s efforts to drive Henry away are complicated by the inconvenient fact that he’s far more appealing than she ever intended.
Band Sinister, by KJ Charles
Sir Philip Rookwood, notorious rake and rumored leader of the scandalous Murder, is the disgrace of the county—and proud of it.
When Guy Frisby brings his injured sister to recuperate at Rookwood Hall, he discovers that the whispered orgies mask a circle of brilliant, unconventional people, and that Philip himself is charming, kind, and irresistibly dangerous to Guy’s carefully buried desires.
As gossip threatens to destroy their fragile refuge, Guy must decide whether loving a bastard baronet is worth risking his reputation forever.
Roses in Red Wax, by Louise Mayberry
In 1820 Scotland, grief-stricken Jane Stuart is cast adrift in the fog of Glasgow after losing her love, her home, and the orchard she built with her own hands.
Percy Sommerbell, a free-spirited musician forced north by family duty, is shaken to discover that his privileged life is funded by the brutal exploitation of children in his father’s mills.
Drawn together amid industrial smoke and Highland wilds, Jane and Percy find love and rebellion entwined as they search for meaning beyond loss and inherited guilt.
Blueprints, Battlelines and Ballrooms, by Alivia Fleur
Johannes Hempel, an architect devoted to the craftsmanship of the past, struggles to find his place in a world obsessed with speed—only to be further undone by his growing attraction to his employer’s daughter.
Florence Murray has crossed the globe to London to claim her future and earn her place at the drafting table, determined not to be sidelined by old-world thinking or distracted by her father’s quiet, compelling assistant.
As ambition and desire collide, both must decide what they’re willing to compromise to build a life—and a love—on their own terms.
Traitor's Knot, by Cryssa Bazos
Amid the English Civil War, royalist Elizabeth Seaton risks everything to aid fugitives from Parliament—until her path collides with the dangerous James Hart.
A former Royalist officer turned highwayman, James draws Elizabeth into a forbidden romance that tests her loyalties as war threatens to flare again.
In a nation divided, they must decide whether love can survive treachery, duty, and the cost of choosing a side.
Provoked, by Joanna Chambers
Edinburgh lawyer David Lauriston represses his forbidden desires and painful past in a bid to succeed in the city’s elite legal world. His hard-won control unravels when he’s drawn to the cynical, unapologetic Lord Murdo Balfour—and to Euan MacLennan, whose search for the agent who destroyed his family pulls David into dangerous political waters.
Torn between desire, conscience, and ambition, David risks everything he’s built to pursue truth and a life he’s long denied himself.
The Lover's Eye, by Lauren Hayworth
Isobel Ridgeway, a quietly young woman from rural Cumberland, braves a winter storm to reach her ailing sister and instead finds refuge with the reclusive Lord Giles Trevelyan.
Drawn together by circumstance, Trevelyan begins to hope for a future again, even as Isobel’s future is bound by an arranged marriage and shadows linger over his vanished bride. When the mystery of that disappearance resurfaces, Isobel is thrust into a perilous tangle of love, loss, and truth.
The Viscount without Virtue, by Katherine Grant
Determined to expose the celebrated Northfield Hall, Maximilian Hainsworth disguises himself as a carpenter to uncover the Preston family’s supposed secrets. His plan unravels when no one will speak ill of the Prestons—and when Ellen Preston, clever and suspicious, discovers his true identity and resolves to stop him.
As attraction flares and truths surface, both must decide whether their principles matter more than the love growing between them.
Out with Lanterns, by Hillary Bowen
In 1917 England, Ophelia Blackwood joins the Women’s Land Army to escape an arranged future and claim her independence, only to be unsettled by the return of Silas Larke, the man she never quite forgot.
Wounded and disillusioned, Silas is sent to work on the same farm, where wartime shortages and the threat of repossession test them both.
As a long summer draws them together, they must decide whether independence and tradition can combine into something powerful enough to survive love and war.
His by Opening Day, by Kat Sterling
Rosie Fontaine, a devoted butterfly enthusiast, must fend off family pressure to accept an unwanted marriage proposal and preserve her independence.
When Theodore Townsend agrees to a fake relationship, both struggle to keep their hearts in check. But as their connection deepens, they risk more than just appearances—discovering that desire and love may be impossible to resist.