🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance

Love stories set in past centuries, where desire must be whispered in drawing rooms, smuggled in letters, or stolen in moments the world wasn't meant to see.

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee • 2017

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

4.02

146k+

❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💰 Heist

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Summary

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 92%

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

by Mackenzi Lee 2017

4.02

146k+ ratings

❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💰 Heist

A Lady for All Seasons

by T.J. Alexander • 2026

She weds a tailor to survive, but a genderfluid poet threatens her scheme and her heart.

3.89

1k+

🎩 Queer Regency Romance 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Historical 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

A Lady for All Seasons 92%

She weds a tailor to survive, but a genderfluid poet threatens her scheme and her heart.

by T.J. Alexander 2026

3.89

1k+ ratings

🎩 Queer Regency Romance 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Historical 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

A Rulebook for Restless Rogues

by Jess Everlee • 2023

Two childhood friends running a Victorian molly house face a raid and their unspoken love.

3.75

1k+

🖤 Gay Historical Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 🕰️ Second Chance Romance

A Rulebook for Restless Rogues 92%

Two childhood friends running a Victorian molly house face a raid and their unspoken love.

by Jess Everlee 2023

3.75

1k+ ratings

🖤 Gay Historical Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 🕰️ Second Chance Romance

The Inverts

by Crystal Jeans • 2021

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

3.22

864

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening

The Inverts 92%

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

by Crystal Jeans 2021

3.22

864 ratings

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

Hunting his father's killer, a British major falls for his future stepbrother in 1758 London.

3.96

30k+

🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Gay Romance 💕 Stepbrothers To Lovers

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade Summary

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade 91%

Hunting his father's killer, a British major falls for his future stepbrother in 1758 London.

by Diana Gabaldon 2007

3.96

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Gay Romance 💕 Stepbrothers To Lovers

Copper Script

by K.J. Charles • 2025

A London detective investigates a graphologist in 1925 and finds a man who reads him perfectly.

4.07

4k+

🔍 Queer Historical Mystery 💕 Allies To Lovers 🚔 Police Corruption

Copper Script 91%

A London detective investigates a graphologist in 1925 and finds a man who reads him perfectly.

by K.J. Charles 2025

4.07

4k+ ratings

🔍 Queer Historical Mystery 💕 Allies To Lovers 🚔 Police Corruption

The Companion

by E.E. Ottoman • 2021

A trans writer becomes a reclusive novelist's companion, then falls for him and his fierce neighbor.

3.64

2k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Romance 💕 Polyamory 🏡 Chosen Family

The Companion 91%

A trans writer becomes a reclusive novelist's companion, then falls for him and his fierce neighbor.

by E.E. Ottoman 2021

3.64

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Romance 💕 Polyamory 🏡 Chosen Family

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

by Emma R. Alban • 2024

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

3.76

22k+

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend Summary

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend 91%

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

by Emma R. Alban 2024

3.76

22k+ ratings

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance

We Could Be So Good

by Cat Sebastian • 2023

A guarded reporter and his boss's gentle son risk everything for love in 1950s New York.

4.26

21k+

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

We Could Be So Good 91%

A guarded reporter and his boss's gentle son risk everything for love in 1950s New York.

by Cat Sebastian 2023

4.26

21k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

A Duke in Disguise

by Cat Sebastian • 2019

A radical bookseller's guarded heart is tested when her engraver best friend discovers he is a duke.

3.77

2k+

🧵 Working Class Heroine 💜 Bisexual Heroine 🤝 Found Family

A Duke in Disguise 91%

A radical bookseller's guarded heart is tested when her engraver best friend discovers he is a duke.

by Cat Sebastian 2019

3.77

2k+ ratings

🧵 Working Class Heroine 💜 Bisexual Heroine 🤝 Found Family

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

by Sarah Waters • 2006

In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.

3.71

33k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 💔 Forbidden Love ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters 91%

In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.

by Sarah Waters 2006

3.71

33k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 💔 Forbidden Love ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Scottish Prisoner

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Old enemies unite to decode a cryptic Irish poem that threatens a new treasonous plot.

4.24

36k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery ⚔️ Jacobite Rebellion 🤝 Reluctant Allies

The Scottish Prisoner 91%

Old enemies unite to decode a cryptic Irish poem that threatens a new treasonous plot.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011

4.24

36k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery ⚔️ Jacobite Rebellion 🤝 Reluctant Allies

Fellow Travelers

by Thomas Mallon • 2007

In McCarthy's Washington, a diplomat and a young idealist risk everything for a hidden affair.

3.60

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lavender Scare 🚪 Closeted Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance

Fellow Travelers 91%

In McCarthy's Washington, a diplomat and a young idealist risk everything for a hidden affair.

by Thomas Mallon 2007

3.60

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lavender Scare 🚪 Closeted Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance

The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault • 1972

A Persian noble boy, gelded and sold into slavery, becomes the lover of Alexander the Great.

4.18

11k+

🏛️ Ancient World Fiction 👁️ Outsider At Court 👑 Royal Favorite

The Persian Boy 90%

A Persian noble boy, gelded and sold into slavery, becomes the lover of Alexander the Great.

by Mary Renault 1972

4.18

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient World Fiction 👁️ Outsider At Court 👑 Royal Favorite

Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey • 2022

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

3.55

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics

Bad Gays 90%

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

by Huw Lemmey 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle

by Neil Blackmore • 2020

On the Grand Tour, Benjamin Bowen meets a dazzling rebel who becomes his lover and his undoing.

3.49

2k+

🖤 Tragic Gay Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle 90%

On the Grand Tour, Benjamin Bowen meets a dazzling rebel who becomes his lover and his undoing.

by Neil Blackmore 2020

3.49

2k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Gay Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening

Hild

by Nicola Griffith • 2013

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

3.85

13k+

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love

Hild 90%

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

by Nicola Griffith 2013

3.85

13k+ ratings

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love

Maurice

by E.M. Forster • 1971

After his first love marries, an Edwardian gentleman finds a second chance with a bold gamekeeper.

4.08

60k+

🏰 Edwardian England 📚 Queer Classic 🌱 Gay Coming Of Age

Maurice 90%

After his first love marries, an Edwardian gentleman finds a second chance with a bold gamekeeper.

by E.M. Forster 1971

4.08

60k+ ratings

🏰 Edwardian England 📚 Queer Classic 🌱 Gay Coming Of Age

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

by Rachael Lippincott • 2023

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

3.94

12k+

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh Summary

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh 90%

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

by Rachael Lippincott 2023

3.94

12k+ ratings

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era

Arcane Entanglement

by Ava Marie Salinger • 2024

A secret archmage and a magic-resistant Brute must solve a murder without falling in love.

4.08

645

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers

Arcane Entanglement 90%

A secret archmage and a magic-resistant Brute must solve a murder without falling in love.

by Ava Marie Salinger 2024

4.08

645 ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers

I Am You

by Victoria Redel • 2025

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

3.88

2k+

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love

I Am You 90%

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

by Victoria Redel 2025

3.88

2k+ ratings

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love

Fingersmith

by Sarah Waters • 2002

In Victorian England, an orphan thief falls for the heiress she was hired to help defraud.

4.02

120k+

📜 Queer Historical 🏚️ Gothic Estate 🎩 Victorian London

Fingersmith 89%

In Victorian England, an orphan thief falls for the heiress she was hired to help defraud.

by Sarah Waters 2002

4.02

120k+ ratings

📜 Queer Historical 🏚️ Gothic Estate 🎩 Victorian London

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith

by Rebecca Ide • 2025

Sealed inside a decaying manor, an heir must trust his first love to catch a killer.

3.62

973

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith 89%

Sealed inside a decaying manor, an heir must trust his first love to catch a killer.

by Rebecca Ide 2025

3.62

973 ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne • 2017

Adopted into a family that calls him stranger, a gay man searches a lifetime for belonging.

4.51

217k+

🕰️ Epic Historical Saga ☘️ Mid-Century Ireland ✝️ Catholic Guilt

The Heart's Invisible Furies 89%

Adopted into a family that calls him stranger, a gay man searches a lifetime for belonging.

by John Boyne 2017

4.51

217k+ ratings

🕰️ Epic Historical Saga ☘️ Mid-Century Ireland ✝️ Catholic Guilt

Tell It to the Bees

by Fiona Shaw • 2009

Through a boy's bees, his mother falls for a woman doctor, scandalizing a small postwar town.

4.10

4k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💌 Clandestine Love 🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor

Tell It to the Bees 89%

Through a boy's bees, his mother falls for a woman doctor, scandalizing a small postwar town.

by Fiona Shaw 2009

4.10

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💌 Clandestine Love 🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor

In Memoriam

by Alice Winn • 2023

In 1914, two schoolboys cannot speak their love, so they go to war instead.

4.50

80k+

🎖️ World War I 💔 Forbidden Love 💭 Mutual Pining

In Memoriam 89%

In 1914, two schoolboys cannot speak their love, so they go to war instead.

by Alice Winn 2023

4.50

80k+ ratings

🎖️ World War I 💔 Forbidden Love 💭 Mutual Pining

Dark Rise

by C.S. Pacat • 2021

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

4.15

42k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order

Dark Rise 89%

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

by C.S. Pacat 2021

4.15

42k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

by Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

3.95

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women'S Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Summary

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 89%

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

by Anne Lister 1992

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women'S Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

3.93

21k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society

Lord John and the Hand of Devils Summary

Lord John and the Hand of Devils 89%

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

by Diana Gabaldon 2007

3.93

21k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society

There's Only One Sin in Hollywood

by Rasheed Newson • 2026

A Black fixer in 1950s Hollywood falls for a rising star, risking the studio's deadliest secrets.

4.07

609

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Forbidden Love

There's Only One Sin in Hollywood Summary

There's Only One Sin in Hollywood 89%

A Black fixer in 1950s Hollywood falls for a rising star, risking the studio's deadliest secrets.

by Rasheed Newson 2026

4.07

609 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Forbidden Love

The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden • 2024

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

4.06

138k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Safekeep 89%

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

by Yael van der Wouden 2024

4.06

138k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity

Lord John and the Private Matter

by Diana Gabaldon • 2003

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

3.76

51k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives

Lord John and the Private Matter Summary

Lord John and the Private Matter 89%

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

by Diana Gabaldon 2003

3.76

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives

That Green Eyed Girl

by Julie Owen Moylan • 2022

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

3.87

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love

That Green Eyed Girl 89%

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

by Julie Owen Moylan 2022

3.87

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love

Now Is the Hour

by Tom Spanbauer • 2006

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

4.14

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love

Now Is the Hour 89%

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

by Tom Spanbauer 2006

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love

When the Tides Held the Moon

by Venessa Vida Kelley • 2025

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

4.14

14k+

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

When the Tides Held the Moon 89%

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

by Venessa Vida Kelley 2025

4.14

14k+ ratings

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Longshadow

by Olivia Atwater • 2021

A magician's daughter and a laundress who sees ghosts hunt a faerie killing London's young women.

3.85

8k+

🏰 Regency Faerie Tale 💀 Death And The Maiden 👻 Ghost Companion

Longshadow 89%

A magician's daughter and a laundress who sees ghosts hunt a faerie killing London's young women.

by Olivia Atwater 2021

3.85

8k+ ratings

🏰 Regency Faerie Tale 💀 Death And The Maiden 👻 Ghost Companion

A Language of Limbs

by Dylin Hardcastle • 2024

Two girls caught loving each other in 1972: one exiled, one silent, both haunted for decades.

4.29

8k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 👥 Parallel Lives 🏠 Chosen Family

A Language of Limbs 89%

Two girls caught loving each other in 1972: one exiled, one silent, both haunted for decades.

by Dylin Hardcastle 2024

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 👥 Parallel Lives 🏠 Chosen Family

The Binding

by Bridget Collins • 2019

Apprenticed to a binder of memories, a farm boy finds the book holding his lost love.

3.85

89k+

🔮 Memory Magic 🕰️ Alternate Victorian 💭 Erased Memories

The Binding 89%

Apprenticed to a binder of memories, a farm boy finds the book holding his lost love.

by Bridget Collins 2019

3.85

89k+ ratings

🔮 Memory Magic 🕰️ Alternate Victorian 💭 Erased Memories

The Texan's Wager

by Jodi Thomas • 2002

Banished women enter a frontier wife lottery. Bailee draws a silent farmer who speaks in sign.

3.88

8k+

🤠 Western Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🤫 Silent Hero

The Texan's Wager 89%

Banished women enter a frontier wife lottery. Bailee draws a silent farmer who speaks in sign.

by Jodi Thomas 2002

3.88

8k+ ratings

🤠 Western Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🤫 Silent Hero

The Stonewall Riots

by Gayle E. Pitman • 2019

A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.

4.04

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History ✊ Civil Rights History 🌃 Underground Subcultures

The Stonewall Riots 89%

A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.

by Gayle E. Pitman 2019

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History ✊ Civil Rights History 🌃 Underground Subcultures

In the Shadow of Truth

by J.E. Leak • 2023

She joined the OSS to fight Nazis, then fell for the woman training her to kill.

4.46

376

🔍 WWII Espionage 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 🎭 Undercover Agents

In the Shadow of Truth 89%

She joined the OSS to fight Nazis, then fell for the woman training her to kill.

by J.E. Leak 2023

4.46

376 ratings

🔍 WWII Espionage 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 🎭 Undercover Agents

Openly Straight

by Bill Konigsberg • 2013

Tired of labels, he hides his sexuality at a new school and falls for a friend.

3.85

34k+

🏫 Boarding School 🌱 Queer Coming Of Age 🌈 Gay Romance

Openly Straight 89%

Tired of labels, he hides his sexuality at a new school and falls for a friend.

by Bill Konigsberg 2013

3.85

34k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School 🌱 Queer Coming Of Age 🌈 Gay Romance

A Family Matter

by Claire Lynch • 2025

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

3.77

40k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother

A Family Matter 89%

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

by Claire Lynch 2025

3.77

40k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother

Kings Rising

by C.S. Pacat • 2016

A former slave turned king needs the prince who deceived him to save both their kingdoms.

4.43

83k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Kings Rising 89%

A former slave turned king needs the prince who deceived him to save both their kingdoms.

by C.S. Pacat 2016

4.43

83k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Heaven Official's Blessing

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2022

A fallen prince wears the Heavenly Emperor's crown; Xie Lian's only weapon is Hua Cheng's love.

4.61

23k+

🏮 Xianxia 🌸 Danmei 💞 Immortal Romance

Heaven Official's Blessing 89%

A fallen prince wears the Heavenly Emperor's crown; Xie Lian's only weapon is Hua Cheng's love.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2022

4.61

23k+ ratings

🏮 Xianxia 🌸 Danmei 💞 Immortal Romance

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2017

Reclusive screen legend Evelyn Hugo tells a journalist the love story she hid behind seven husbands.

4.39

4.2M+

🎬 Old Hollywood 💋 Sapphic Romance 💍 Fake Marriage

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 89%

Reclusive screen legend Evelyn Hugo tells a journalist the love story she hid behind seven husbands.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017

4.39

4.2M+ ratings

🎬 Old Hollywood 💋 Sapphic Romance 💍 Fake Marriage

The Physician's Barbarian

by Amy Padilla • 2025

A physician becomes barbarian tribute to save his sister and is claimed by a gentle horsemaster.

4.16

2k+

🗣️ Language Barrier Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💊 Healer Protagonist

The Physician's Barbarian 89%

A physician becomes barbarian tribute to save his sister and is claimed by a gentle horsemaster.

by Amy Padilla 2025

4.16

2k+ ratings

🗣️ Language Barrier Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💊 Healer Protagonist

Heaven Official's Blessing

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2022

A fallen god enters Ghost City, where a ghost king's devotion has smoldered for eight centuries.

4.63

37k+

🔥 Xianxia Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love

Heaven Official's Blessing 89%

A fallen god enters Ghost City, where a ghost king's devotion has smoldered for eight centuries.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2022

4.63

37k+ ratings

🔥 Xianxia Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love

by Alice Murphy • 2025

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

3.64

657

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love Summary

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love 89%

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

by Alice Murphy 2025

3.64

657 ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine

Florenzer

by Phil Melanson • 2025

Florence, 1478: Leonardo hides forbidden desires as the Medici brothers walk into a conspiracy.

3.83

1k+

🏛️ Renaissance Florence 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🎨 Artist Protagonist

Florenzer 88%

Florence, 1478: Leonardo hides forbidden desires as the Medici brothers walk into a conspiracy.

by Phil Melanson 2025

3.83

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Florence 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🎨 Artist Protagonist

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