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Top 10 Historical Fiction Novels with a Touch of Romance

If you are a fan of historical fiction novels that also have a captivating romance, you are in for a treat. Combining the allure of the past with heartwarming love stories, these books transport readers to different eras while keeping them engrossed in the affairs of the heart. Here are ten must-read historical fiction novels with a touch of romance:

1. "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon: Set in 18th-century Scotland, this series follows the adventures of Claire Randall, a time-traveling nurse who finds love amidst the turmoil of the Jacobite uprising.

2. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen: No list of historical romance is complete without this classic. Follow the tumultuous relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in Regency-era England.

3. "The Bronze Horseman" by Paullina Simons: Set in World War II Russia, this epic love story between Tatiana and Alexander will keep you on the edge of your seat as they navigate the challenges of war and secrets.

4. "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell: Immerse yourself in the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era with Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler's passionate and tempestuous love affair.

5. "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah: Set in German-occupied France during World War II, this powerful tale of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, showcases their bravery, sacrifice, and love in the face of adversity.

6. "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah: Travel to 1970s Alaska and witness Leni's coming-of-age story, as she navigates a tumultuous relationship alongside her family's struggle to survive in the wilderness.

7. "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak: This unique tale is narrated by Death itself and follows Liesel Meminger's journey in Nazi Germany, where she discovers the power of words and forms an unlikely friendship.

8. "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden: Transport yourself to 1920s Japan and delve into the secretive and mesmerizing world of a geisha through the eyes of Sayuri as she seeks love and freedom.

9. "The Thorn Birds" by Colleen McCullough: Set in the Australian Outback, this sweeping saga tells the story of forbidden love between the Cleary family's daughter, Meggie, and a Catholic priest, Ralph de Bricassart.

10. "Winter Garden" by Kristin Hannah: In this captivating tale, a mother and her two daughters delve into the secrets of their family's past, uncovering a heartbreaking love story amidst the backdrop of World War II.

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Indulge in the enchanting world of historical fiction with a hint of romance, where rich storytelling and love affairs intertwine to create an unforgettable reading experience. Happy reading!
Don't waste the cold summer. Fiction
Don't waste the cold summer.

You finally came back before I grew old in loneliness. Later, Lin Mochen became the chairman of a conglomerate with assets worth billions, one of the youngest tycoons in the domestic business world. Someone asked him, "What is so good about her that you can't forget her for so many years?" Lin Mochen answered, "I used to think that I deserved better. But in this world, who could be better than the woman I love?"

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Good morning, Mr. President! Fiction
Good morning, Mr. President!

[The Book Title "He and the Stars are Dazzling" Available for Purchase on Dangdang Website Signed Edition] Unexpectedly, she became pregnant. Despite going to the hospital to terminate the pregnancy, no one dared to perform the operation, forcing her to give birth to the child. Five years later, the child was suddenly abducted, and then, a dignified and domineering man barged into her world. What? He is the child's father? Not only that, but he is also the president of a nation above all? Is this really not a dream?... [Recommended New Book: "Hello, Arrogant Mr. Huo!"]

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Rebirth in a Chaotic World with Space Fiction
Rebirth in a Chaotic World with Space

With a space ring, a martial arts skillset, medical expertise and ethics, and experience in battles and killings, she fears nothing even in a turbulent era because there is a man who has promised to protect her for the rest of her life by her side. This is a story inspired by the Chinese version of "Dae Jang Geum", written in simple language. I hope you all enjoy it. This novel is only based on the author's fleeting insights and may have its flaws. Your understanding and support are greatly appreciated. The novel is almost complete, awaiting upload.

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Encounter of the Ice-faced Demon King and Love Fiction
Encounter of the Ice-faced Demon King and Love

Fresh out of school, Yu Wuwu was fortunate enough to enter the Taiya Group. Being naive, she was almost deceived by a married man. Boss Xiang said, 'It should be safe to keep you in my office.' 'Not safe, how can it guard against a dedicated homewrecker?' Through ups and downs, misunderstandings abound, she eventually escapes. 'Xiao Han, where is your mother?' 'Shen Lianyi is not my mother, my mother is Yu Wuwu!' the little one emphasized again. 'Don't come and provoke me again.' said someone with unknown whereabouts. 'It's too late...' Boss Xiang replied.

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The Husband Selection Fiction
The Husband Selection

On her eighteenth birthday, Yulin chose Xuzhian, a talented scholar, to be her husband, unknowingly unraveling a shocking secret. Living in a web of lies for the past sixteen years, how will Yulin face the truth? After much consideration, since more people prefer the title 'The Husband Selection', let's temporarily use that...

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Sweet Orange, the Perfect Couple Fiction
Sweet Orange, the Perfect Couple

Ye Cheng feels that the entertainment industry is a pit, a bottomless pit, filled with ghosts and monsters. You never know what kind of ghost you will encounter in this industry! With a positive attitude towards the different paths of humans and monsters, novice assistant Ye Cheng only wants to have enough to eat, dress warmly, and have savings, staying away from monsters and living a long life! Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned. The more you walk the night road, the more ghosts you are bound to encounter. Hey, you there! Humans and monsters may have different paths, but you're still a monster. Please stay away from me!

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Transmigration: The Legitimate Daughter's Splendid Years Fiction
Transmigration: The Legitimate Daughter's Splendid Years

Traveled through time, with a father, a mother, older siblings, younger siblings, and it all seemed perfect! But father doesn't care, mother doesn't love, grandmother despises, elder brother ignores, and younger siblings neglect. Watch as she quietly plans, aiming for a splendid life, taking control of her own destiny!

109.22 Million words | 2020-09-10 05:58Update

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Pride brings much fortune. Fiction
Pride brings much fortune.

In the noblewomen circle of the capital city, Han Ling is an extraordinary existence. While those young ladies from prestigious families strive to secure a favorable marriage, abiding by the principles of filial piety and obedience to their husbands, she rebels against the norms and conventions. "I do not conform to the virtues of the ancient emperors and sages," she declares, seeking freedom and putting herself above societal norms. In her previous life, it was this audacity that earned her a brilliant career and a blissful marriage. However, she could never have imagined that in the end, she would be betrayed by the two people she trusted the most, and everything she had worked for would turn out to be an illusion. Reborn in her childhood, when she sees her closest loved ones still by her side... she realizes that in this life, she should restrain her pride and pursue a "happy and fulfilling" life for herself and those who genuinely care for her. (Partly based on the historical period of Emperor Jiajing, however, the story itself is fictional. Historians, please don't take it too seriously!)

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World-Devouring Empress Fiction
World-Devouring Empress

The story revolves around palace intrigue, love, and a breathtaking masterpiece that has captivated millions of girls. She is the princess of the fallen Xia kingdom, and the beloved of three emperors, yet she can only be a concubine for life. When love clashes with power, which weighs more heavily, the empire or the woman? Witness the protagonist navigate the treacherous world of power and bloodshed. As skies intertwine, two realms vast and boundless, she realizes that a dream from eleven years ago was but an illusion...

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Quick Transmigration: The Pampered Wife possesses a Spirit Field Fiction
Quick Transmigration: The Pampered Wife possesses a Spirit Field

New Article ["The Protagonist of the Quick Transmigration Story Only Farms"] Click on the author's name to bookmark. Completed nostalgic piece ["Bringing a Supermarket Back to the 1950s"] Welcome subscriptions. A beautiful and wealthy woman unexpectedly gains a personal space. The prediction of an approaching apocalypse leads her to sell stocks, sell companies, and gather resources. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself back in an era of scarce resources. However, her personal space is sealed, requiring her to complete quick transmigration missions to obtain resources. Her life becomes a series of: transmigrating to ancient times and salvaging antiques, buying monkey tickets in the 1980s, and hoarding post-apocalyptic high-tech automotive inventions. She studies for imperial examinations in ancient times, studies design, law, and medicine in modern times, and learns supernatural abilities in the post-apocalyptic world. If they aren't part of a prestigious family, they create one. If they aren't part of a powerful family, they establish their own myth. The result of "the wife accompanying her husband" is that one stands confidently at the

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Rebirth of the Rural Phoenix Fiction
Rebirth of the Rural Phoenix

After spending thirty years in modern life, she returns to her familiar homeland, only to find everything has changed. The once-humble childhood friend has become someone prestigious, already in a loving relationship. In that case, she decides to step away from his world and embark on her own different life. Disheartened, Mu Qianlan returns to her old stomping grounds and unexpectedly encounters a pair of orphaned siblings with no home, dressed in rags, and looking pale as grass. This sets her off on her journey of farming. How can she support the two siblings with only two acres of land? How can she find shelter in a dilapidated temple? Fear not, she has a golden finger. Setting up a stall, raising chickens, digging medicinal herbs, cultivating barren land, planting fruit trees, and even digging a well, all seem like child's play to her. The thirty years of her past life were not in vain; she learned all the necessary skills. If she still can't make a living, then she can only blame herself for being incompetent...

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Light Breeze Blows Fiction
Light Breeze Blows

If flowers and plants were granted the ability to speak, what would be the first words they uttered? Would they still choose silence or pour out all their words (language of flowers)? The pale horizon is gently soaked, adorned with poetic haze and covered in various colors. From now on: one person, one city, one journey; turned into: a pair of individuals, a realm of emotions, a lifetime. Some entanglements are destined for two people, leaving no room for one to exit midway. Do you believe in destiny? Or is it that their hearts have never been apart? Some say that frequent glances in past lives become a chance encounter in the present. Perhaps he and she have long resided in each other's eyes and hearts. Intertwined. Relentlessly. Here, Cloud City. Here, there's her, there's him, there's him, there's her... Here, for others, it may be just a transitional phase in life. But for Su Yishu and them, it's where they exhaust half a lifetime's worth of emotions. Time does not age, and love is hard to sever...

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Gracefully calm Fiction
Gracefully calm

Arriving in ancient times, I was bestowed with a pair of cunning parents and a pair of devious brothers. My days were blissfully content. I thought I would follow the steps of an ancient girl's life and find an economically suitable man. But then, I became disfigured. Oh heavens, I truly cannot marry now. Is it my fate to be a leftover woman for two lifetimes? I thought I would spend my whole life like this until I met him. What? He wants to be my husband! No, this man is too treacherous. What? It's not up to me? You, you, you, you actually plotted against me? And I have been manipulated my whole life. I had no extraordinary beauty, no business talent, and certainly no ambitions or schemes. This is just the story of an ordinary modern woman's joys and sorrows in ancient times. Please, dear readers, listen as I tell my tale.

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The Fortunate Return Fiction
The Fortunate Return

With her handsome husband missing, her loving mother-in-law setting herself on fire, she returned to her parents' home with the belief of living a mediocre life with her child. But to her surprise, her beloved uncle from childhood was also missing, and he seemed to be plotting against her! However, just when things seemed hopeless, unexpected events unfolded - her long-dead father reappeared. What was happening? And who was this person claiming to be her father? Questions filled her mind as she navigated through this mysterious journey.

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Fashion Immortal in Prosperous Times Fiction
Fashion Immortal in Prosperous Times

She is a modern fashion designer who travels back in time and opens an unprecedented ready-to-wear clothing store. In that self-sufficient ancient era, will people come to buy? Join her daily struggle and find out!

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As prosperous as brocade Fiction
As prosperous as brocade

In the previous life, Jiang Rujin tried her best but failed to change her fate. In the end, she died full of regret. In this life, she believes that everything should be eradicated from the root, including scumbags, weirdos, and people with snake-like hearts. An unknown prince said, "I fell for you at first sight, girl. Come home with me and I'll take care of you for the rest of your life." Jiang Rujin looked at the prince with disdain and said, "I'm rich enough to rival a country. I don't need you to take care of me!" In her second chance, Jiang Rujin understood one thing: happiness needs to be pursued by oneself. As long as she works hard, there will be endless wealth and countless handsome men surrounding her!

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Rebirth: Don't Call Me Mr. Perfect Fiction
Rebirth: Don't Call Me Mr. Perfect

When Song Yu, a tomboy at heart trapped in a girly exterior, wakes up one day and sees her new image in the mirror, she is astonished to find the word 'male' on her identification card. To make matters worse, as she walks down the street, countless girls flock to her, shouting, 'Marry me, Mr. Perfect!' Just as she decides to revert back to her feminine look, a system drops from the sky...[New author, seeking collection recommendations, please leave a message.]

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Sweet Fragrance Farm Fiction
Sweet Fragrance Farm

The female CEO crossed over to the body of a homeless beggar with amnesia, fought against an evil stepmother, and found a cherished confidant. She resumed her former profession, creating ancient western-style pastries, and rebuilt her own dessert kingdom. She also found a loyal and courageous young general. Come, let the domineering CEO shower you with affection!

129.24 Million words | 2020-07-25 05:18Update

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Eight Lucky Concubines in Qing Dynasty Fiction
Eight Lucky Concubines in Qing Dynasty

Oh god, why do you despise her so much? She had a tough childhood, and just when she finally started to live a good life, this happened. She has to wear these clothes, and on top of that, she is disliked by two generations of emperors. This is truly enough.

156.33 Million words | 2023-01-01 12:22Update

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The Reversal of Fortune of an Ancient Peasant Fiction
The Reversal of Fortune of an Ancient Peasant

Without any warning, I time-traveled back to ancient times, becoming a poverty-stricken peasant. Countless times I marveled at the unpredictability of fate, and then silently began my journey of counterattack. ******Updated daily at nine in the morning and evening.*****

87.79 Million words | 2021-02-07 11:54Update

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The Legitimate Spring Fiction
The Legitimate Spring

The Jiang family has a daughter named Yurao, who is beautiful and gentle. Yurao never expected that her efforts would end in failure, with her husband's betrayal, her sister's provocation, and the killing of the infant in the cradle. She regrets deeply and wishes that she could start over again. She is determined to change her destiny. Yesterday's events, like yesterday's death; today's events, like today's rebirth. Upon being reborn, what path will she choose?

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