Books like The Reluctant Widow
12 books with a reading profile close to The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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The Grand Sophy
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Set during the English Regency, the story follows Sophy Stanton-Lacy as she arrives at Berkeley Square to stay with her aunt, Lady Ombersley.
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4 Blondes
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Four novellas follow four women in Manhattan, each a blonde in her own style, living through the city's rituals of dating, status and ambition.
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Big Girl Panties
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Holly Brennan is a recent widow, in her thirties, who is overweight and unhappy.
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Ain't She Sweet?
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Sugar Beth Carey was once the queen of the high school in Parrish, Mississippi, a cruel beauty who tormented the local kids.
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When It's Real
by Erin Watt
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Oakley Ford is a nineteen-year-old pop star whose reputation for hard partying and creative stagnation threatens his music career.
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Under Currents
by Nora Roberts
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Zane Bigelow grows up in a Blue Ridge Mountains mansion where his father, a respected surgeon, maintains a perfect public image while systematically brutalizing his wife and children.
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Come Sundown
by Nora Roberts
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Bodine Longbow manages the day-to-day operations of her family’s luxury resort ranch in Montana, balancing profit margins and staff logistics.
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The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Shen Yuan is a cynical online reader who finishes a trashy web novel called Proud Immortal Demon Way and rants about its flaws.
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An Enchantment of Ravens
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Isobel is a portrait artist living in an enclave where humans trade craft for the magical enchantments of the fair folk.
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The Murder at the Vicarage
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, classic literature
Colonel Lucius Protheroe, a magistrate universally disliked in the village of St.
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Winter’s Orbit
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Prince Kiem, the disappointing grandson of the Iskat Emperor, is forced into a political marriage with Count Jainan to secure a critical planetary treaty.
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The Man in the Brown Suit
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, classic literature
Anne Beddingfeld, an orphan seeking adventure in London, witnesses a fatal accident at Hyde Park Corner tube station.
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