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YA Books to Love Most Ardently

These young adult novels capture the magic of romance during the regency period. There is finery, waltzing, and yearning galore within these pages. Suitable for age 13+.

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  • When Audrey gets sent back in time by a local grump who just might be her guardian angel, she doesn't expect to become a historical heroine, and she certainly doesn't expect to fall in love with one either. This Pride and Prejudice inspired story…
    Book, 2023New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023. — YA LIPPINCO
  • Most Ardently

    a Pride & Prejudice Remix

    Novoa, Gabe Cole,
    Oliver Bennet is living a lie. He is forced to spend his days as a woman in want of a husband. At night though, he can dress as his true self. It is then, that he meets Fitzwilliam Darcy. This graphic novel casts Lizzie Bennet as a trans man, and…
    Book, 2024New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2024. — YA REMIXED bk. 9
  • In order to receive her inheritance, Stella needs a husband. She careens headfirst into the London season and is hounded by suitors, just to find that her heart might belong to the one man she's known all along. Stella's story deals with all the…
    Book, 2025New York : Storytide, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — YA ISABELLE
  • When Jane finds herself married off to Gifford to secure the line of succession, she's not interested in romance. She prefers the company of a good book. But there's a conspiracy growing in England. The fact that her new husband is a horse-by-day,…
    Book, 2016New York : HarperTeen, an imprint HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — YA HAND C
  • Theodora was cursed by fairies to lack fear, embarrassment, and social sensibility. When the most irreverent lord in London learns of her predicament, Dora finds herself in the middle of a season she'll never forget. Readers of this book can expect…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Orbit, 2022. — YA ATWATER REGENCY bk. 1
  • Queen Bee

    An Anti-historical Regency Romp

    Howard, Amalie
    When Ela's best friend betrays her, casting her out of societal graces, she plots revenge. The only thing that could possibly derail her plan is Keston, the boy she's always loved, and the very reason she needs revenge in the first place. This book…
    Book, 2023New York : Joy Revolution, [2023] — YA HOWARD A
  • As a lower-class Frenchmen and extremely talented pianist, Leon will do anything to find the patronage he needs to play on the world stage. But when his rise in society corresponds with him losing touch with his best friend Felix, he begins to…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — YA SCHREFER
  • Beau wants to inherit his family's fortune, but first he needs to win a bet that he can turn the lowly baker's daughter into the jewel of their Parisian school. Enter Evie, who has a mind and a plan of her own. This book is for readers who enjoy a…
    Book, 2023New York : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — YA LILAC J
  • Jane Eyre arrives to become a governess, only to find that her new employer has a woman trapped in the attic. In this story, Jane Eyre is a black woman, and when she falls in love with the woman in the attic, she'll stop at nothing to free them…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — YA MCKINNEY
  • Monty has one more trip before he'll be forced to resign himself to his responsibilities to his family. When the trip goes horribly awry, he is forced to step up to the plate and face his fears, and feelings, head on. This romp across Europe is…
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — YA LEE M