Historical Romance Challenge

Historical Romance Challenge

January 1 - December 31, 2022

 
 
 
What Counts
Any book over 80ish pages counts (please no short stories)
Books MUST be read this year
All book formats count!
Re-reads & challenge crossovers count!
 
Anyone can join! If you don't blog you can use a dedicated shelf on Goodreads or similar.
 
 
Ancient - between the 8th century BC and the 5th or 6th century AD
Medieval - from the 5th to the 15th century
Renaissance - from the 14th century to the 17th century (slight overlap with Medieval, your choice where to put it)
17th Century - falls between Renaissance and Georgian
Georgian - 1714 to around 1830–37
Regency - 1811 – 1820 subcategory of Georgian, but a genre all its own
Victorian - 1837 – 1901
American West - same time period as Victorian, but a very different genre than Victorian
20th century - a category of its own as it covers a span of time from horse and buggy to space travel
 
 
Ancient
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Medieval
1. Highland Wolf - Lynsay Sands (Avon - Jan 2022) - Mar 8

2. A Nun for the Viking Warrior - Lucy Morris (HH #1616 - Nov 2021) (912) - Apr 15

3. The Iron Warrior Returns - Michelle Willingham (HH #1647 - May 2022) (1205) - Apr 27

4. The Viking's Stolen Princess - Sarah Rodi (HH #1622 - Dec 2021) (896) - July 5

5. The Welsh Lord's Convenient Bride - Lissa Morgan (HH #1658 - June 2022) (1294) - Aug 23

6. Escaping with Her Saxon Enemy - Sarah Rodi (HH #1652 - May 2022) (821) - Sept 13

7. The Viking She Would Have Married - Lucy Morris (HH #1657 - June 2022) (913) - Oct 1
 
 
Renaissance
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17th Century
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Georgian
1. The Highlander's Holiday Wife - Vanessa Kelly (Zebra - Oct 2022) (1826) - Oct 20

2. The Duke's Defiant Cinderella - Parker J. Cole (HH #1682 - Oct 2022) (1771) - Oct 21

3. The Gentleman of Holly Street - Lotte R. James (HH #1694 - Dec 2022) (1831) - Nov 30
 
 
Regency
1. The Penniless Debutante - Janice Preston (HH #1614 - Nov 2021) (1816) - Jan 3

2. Lord Grantwell's Christmas Wish - Diane Gaston (HH #1607 - Oct 2021) (1817) - Jan 12

3. Cinderella and the Scarred Viscount - Sarah Mallory (HH #1618 - Dec 2021) (1817) - Apr 4

4. A Duke for Diana - Sabrina Jeffries (Zebra - May 2022) (1811) - May 12

5. The Viscount's New Housekeeper - Lucy Ashford (HH #1624 - Jan 2022) (1816) - May 14

6. A Scandal at Midnight - Annie Burrows (HH #1600 - Sept 2021) (1816) - May 19

7. How to Catch a Viscount - Annie Burrows (HH #1653 - June 2022) (1816) - May 24

8. The Debutante's Secret - Sophia James (HH #1659 - July 2022) (1815) - June 21

9. Christian Seaton: Duke of Danger - Carole Mortimer (HH #1252 - Oct 2015) (1815) - July 7

10. The Scoundrel's Daughter - Anne Gracie (Penguin - Aug 2021) (1818) - Aug 9

11. The Rake's Daughter - Anne Gracie (Penguin - Aug 2022) (1818) - Aug 12

12. How to Woo a Wallflower - Virginia Heath (HH #1671 - Sept 2022) (1813) - Aug 22

13. The Wife the Marquess Left Behind - Ann Lethbridge (HH #1660 - July 2022) - Sept 17

14. A Lady Never Surrenders - Bronwen Evans (Bronwen Evans -Sept 2022) (1808) - Oct 7

15. The Officer's Convenient Proposal - Joanna Johnson (HH #1668 - Aug 2022) (1815) - Oct 12

16. The Duke's Protector - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade Pub - Dec 2022) - Dec 14

17. A Match to Fool Society - Laura Martin (HH #1697 - Jan 2023) - Dec 27
 
 
Victorian
1. The Heiress Gets a Duke - Harper St. George (Penguin - Feb 2021) (1875) - Feb 11

2. The Lady Tempts an Heir - Harper St. George (Penguin - Feb 2022) (1875) - Feb 24

3. White Knight Needed - Betina Krahn (Zebra - Apr 2022) (1883) - Mar 10

4. Saving Her Mysterious Soldier - Bronwyn Scott (HH #1623 - Jan 2022) (1855) - Apr 6

5. The Earl Who Sees Her Beauty - Marguerite Kaye (HH #1608 - Oct 2021) (1862) - Apr 15

6. My Highland Rogue - Karen Ranney (Avon - Aug 2020) (1870) - June 2

7. Miss Peverett's Secret Scandal - Bronwyn Scott (HH #1648 - May 2022) (1855) - June 15

8. Lady Armstrong's Scandalous Awakening - Marguerite Kaye (HH #1642 - Apr 2022) (1863) - Aug 2
 
 
American West
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20th century
1. Marriage or Ruin for the Heiress - Lauri Robinson (HH#1628 - January 2022) (1933) - Jan 2

2. The Heiress and the Baby Boom - Lauri Robinson (HH #1634 - Feb 2022) (1956) - Mar 1

3. A Blues Singer to Redeem Him - Elle Jackson (HH #1604 - Sept 2021) (1926) - Mar 11

4. Compromised Into a Scandalous Marriage - Lydia San Andres (HH #1670 - Aug 2022) (1904) - July 16

5. The Captain's Christmas Homecoming - Lauri Robinson (HH #1688 - Nov 2022) (1918) - Nov 10