Prepare to swoon...

Hey all! I have a confession today! I've been sucked into this love of books that most people would probably call Regency period. I just can't seem to get enough! You know...the proper ladies and gentlemen...the Austen like characters if you will! I think of this-

I've been watching every BBC video on Netflix. North and South, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, and my newest favorite Under the Greenwood Tree. If you have not watched Under the Greenwood Tree I would HIGHLY recommend you doing it because o my word I loved it!!! In fact just stop reading this and go and watch it! I won't be offended in the least! 

Under the Greenwood Tree...sigh...

What is it about the almost touches and the proper decorum that captures our minds and attention?! So I thought to myself...'Hey Erika, why don't you share some of your favorite regency books with your blogger friends?!' So that is what I will do! Please keep in mind that these books are not of the serious variety! These are books that are supposed to just make your heart flutter a bit! And bonus they are all clean reads! I'm so excited! Okay...

#1 Nicola and the Viscount by Meg Cabot

Nicola Sparks, sixteen and an orphan, is ready to dive headlong into her first glittering London society season. She's also ready to dive headlong into the arms of handsome and debonair Lord Sebastian Bartholomew. Nicola's dream is a proposal from the viscount--a dream she's about to realize at last. So naturally, Nathaniel Sheridan's insinuations about her fiance's flawed character annoy her mightily.
But when Nicola's natural curiosity gets the best of her, she begins to piece together a few things for herself. This book is adorable! It's one of those reads that you want the character to just realize that if they took this path they would be happy but they seem to be getting in their own way! 







#2 The Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen

To escape a scheme to marry her off to a dishonorable man, Margaret Macy flees London disguised as a housemaid. If she can remain unwed until her next birthday, she will receive an inheritance, and with it, sweet independence. But she never planned on actually working as a servant. And certainly not in the home of Nathaniel and Lewis Upchurch--both former suitors. As she fumbles through the first real work of her life, Margaret struggles to keep her identity secret when suspicions arise and prying eyes visit Fairbourne Hall. I loved this book for the hidden identity aspect as well as it's just plain fun! 






#3 Victoria and the Rogue by Meg Cabot

Once again I chose a Meg Cabot. Is there anything that lady can't do! Growing up in far-off India, wealthy young heiress Lady Victoria Arbuthnot was accustomed to handling her own affairs -- not to mention everyone else's. But in her sixteenth year, Vicky is unceremoniously shipped off to London to find a husband. With her usual aplomb, however, Lady Victoria gets herself engaged to the perfect English gentleman, even before setting foot on British soil. Hugo Rothschild, ninth earl of Malfrey, is everything a girl could want in a future husband: he is handsome and worldly, if not rich. Lady Victoria has everything just as she'd like it. That is, if raffish young ship captain Jacob Carstairs would leave well enough alone.








#4 The Highwayman of Tanglewood by Marcia Lynn McClure

"Faris gasped as a gloved hand of a sudden covered her mouth from behind. Be still. The Highwayman of Tanglewood owns ya now. Faris smiled...as he whispered, Do not struggle. Ill not harm ya, lass Come away with me, sweet Faris, the highwayman whispered. What say ye?"
A chambermaid in the house of Tremeshton, Faris Shayhan well knew torment, despair and trepidation. To Faris it seemed the future stretched long and desolate before her -- bleak and as dark as a lonesome midnight path. Still, the moon oft casts hopeful luminosity to light ones way. So it was that Lady Maranda Rockrimmon cast hope upon Farisset Faris upon a different path -- a path of happiness, serenity and love. Faris abandoned the tainted air of Tremeshton in favor of the amethyst sunsets of Loch Loland Castle and her new mistress Lady Rockrimmon. Further, it was on the very night of her emancipation that Faris first met the man of her dreams -- the man of every woman's dreams -- the rogue Highwayman of Tanglewood. This one may cause swooning!!!




#5 Shackles of Honor by Marcia Lynn McClure

Just as a heads up the girl in this book has a tendency to cry! Soldier on! It's one of my top favorites! The boy in this is on of my top favorites! Cassidy Shea's life was nothing if not serene. Loving parents and a doting brother provided happiness and innocent hope as life's experience. Yes-life was blissful at Cassidy's beloved home, Terrill. Still, for all Terrill's beauty and tranquility, ever there was something intangible and evasive lurking in the shadows. And though Cassidy wasted little worry on it, still she sensed its existence-looming as a menacing fate bent on ruin. And when a dark stranger appeared, Cassidy could no longer ignore the ominous whispers of the secrets surrounding her. Mason Carlisle, an angry, unpredictable man, materialized-with Cassidy's black fate at his heels. Thus, thrust into a world completely unknown to her, Cassidy found herself trapped, wandering in a labyrinth of mystery and concealments. Will forever be a favorite of mine! 





#6 Born for Thorton's Sake by Marcia Lynn McClure 

Last Marcia on the list I promise! Maria Castillo Holt the only daughter of a valiant Lord and his Spanish beauty. Following the tragic deaths of her parents, Maria would find herself spirited away by conniving kindred in an endurance of neglect and misery. However, rescued at the age of thirteen by Brockton Thorton, the son of her father's devoted friend, Lord Richard Thorton, Maria would at last find blessed reprieve. Further, the heir to Lord Thorton's title, Brockton Thorton became from that day forth, ever the absolute center of Maria's very existence. And as the day of her sixteenth birthday dawned, Maria's dreams of owning her heart's desire, seemed to become a blissful reality. But bliss can never last long and there is trouble on the horizon! 








#7 Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson

Marianne Daventry will do anything to escape the boredom of Bath and the amorous attentions of an unwanted suitor. So when an invitation arrives from her twin sister, Cecily, to join her at a sprawling country estate, she jumps at the chance. Thinking she’ll be able to relax and enjoy her beloved English countryside while her sister snags the handsome heir of Edenbrooke, Marianne finds that even the best laid plans can go awry. LOVE!!! Swoon-worthy! It's one of those books that even though it's slightly predictable you don't care because you just enjoy the ride! My friend described it as a book that makes you believe in love! I will agree because it was just adorable! I was laughing at the dialogue and how well the author seemed to catch the perspective of a woman's way of thinking! If you love Mr. Thornton, Mr. Darcy, or Edward Rochester-Phillip Wyndham will most likely make your list of timeless classic hotties! :D






Well darlings there you have it! Go enjoy these! I feel a massive reading splurge coming on just from reviewing them for you! :D