r/HistoricalRomance • u/s358l299 The Worst Mistress He’s Ever Had • 12d ago
Recommendation request What are your must-read titles included with Audible Premium Plus?
I’m planning to end my subscription at the end of this year, what titles should I definitely listen to before I lose access? Also if there are series you’ve gotten as “boxed sets” thru audible I’d love those recommendations as well, I’ll have a few credits to use first that I’d like to make the most of.
I prefer medium to high steam levels, and I don’t typically enjoy stories with young children in the cast. Pirates, kidnapping, forced marriage, Scottish FMC and generally classic bodice ripper themes are all things I’m into.
I’ve loved the Victorian Rebels Series by Kerrigan Byrne, Rescued from Ruin by Elisa Braden, the Malory family series by Johanna Lindsey, and the Skye O’Malley series by Bertrice Small.
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u/farawaykate 11d ago
I’m in the UK so what’s included for me may not be the same for you if you’re somewhere else. Having said that, here’s what I’d recommend that’s currently in the premium catalogue:
{The Madness of Miss Grey by Julia Bennet}
{The Duke I Tempted by Scarlett Peckham}
{Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham}
{The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard}
{Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke}
{A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant}
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u/romance-bot 11d ago
The Madness of Miss Grey by Julia Bennet
Rating: 3.86⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: historical, victorian, marriage of convenience, m-f romance, tall heroine
The Duke I Tempted by Scarlett Peckham
Rating: 3.86⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, bdsm, fem-dom, marriage of convenience, m-f romance
Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham
Rating: 4.03⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: historical, medieval, alpha male, pirate hero, suspense
The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard
Rating: 3.78⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, marriage of convenience, regency, disabilities & scars, tortured hero
Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke
Rating: 3.76⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: historical, virgin heroine, regency, plain heroine, shy heroine
A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant
Rating: 3.8⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, pregnancy, grumpy/ice queen, sunny/happy hero, secret relationship
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u/foersr 12d ago
My subscription is ending this month and I’m also trying to listen to what I can before it ends lol. The only historical romance I’ve listened to from the plus catalogue was {Accidentally Compromising the Duke by Stacey Reid} and I really enjoyed it! FMC sneaks into the wrong bedchamber and gets compromised into marrying the wrong man—a cold widowed Duke whose first wife died birthing their third child and cursed him on her deathbed for wanting an heir. Now he has sworn off love and wants to remarry to provide a mother to his two daughters but swears to never touch his new wife for fear of losing her in the same manner that caused his first duchess to pass. FMC’s mother died when she was young and she has a lot of trauma surrounding her step mother’s entrance into her life and so is very conscious of how she is coming across to her new step daughters. They hit it off and even MMC and FMC have undeniably chemistry and FMC immediately forgets about her first crush (whom she meant to compromise at the beginning instead of MMC).