Morning Song by Karen Robards is set in pre-Civil War era Mississippi.An interracial historical set in post WW II deep South Sweeter Than Wine by Michaela August, which is set in California just after WWI.Defiant by Pamela Clare (during the French and Indian wars).Untamed by Pamela Clare (during the French and Indian wars).Surrender by Pamela Clare (during the French and Indian wars).November of the Heart by LaVyrle Spencer (Gilded Age Minnesota resort town).

Wild at Heart by Patricia Gaffney (Gilded Age Chicago).Hunter’s Hill by Mary Bishop (New England late 19th C).Midnight Confessions by Candace Proctor (Civil War New Orleans w/ a female doctor AND older woman/younger man).Breathless by Laura Lee Gurhke (Gilded Age Atlanta/Georgia).Charade by Laura Lee Gurhke (prior to the American Revolution).The Sleeping Night – Barbara Samuel (WWII, American South).The Horsemasters Daughter – Susan Wiggs (late 1800s, North Carolina).The Charm School – Susan Wiggs (Victorian Boston and South America).With One Look by Jennifer Horsman (New Orleans 1818), I vaguely remember the heroine being blind in this book.Lions and Lace by Megan McKinney (NY, turn of Century).Jennifer Donnelly’s Rose trilogy (late Victorian up through WWI, diverse settings).As You Desire by Connie Brockway (late 19th century Egypt).Heroine is meddlesome and disguises herself as a frumpy housemaid in his home.) Slightly Western in that the hero ran away to America and comes back a gunslinger. Lady Dangerous by Suzanne Robinson (late Victorian England.Beyond Sunrise by Candace Proctor (Polynesia/Oceania Victorian).A tortured heroine and an equally tortured hero) This is the sequel to Lions and Lace, and I think it’s much, much better. Fair Is The Rose by Meagan McKinney (1870s Montana, I believe.The Wives of Bowie Stone by Maggie Osborne (American West).Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne (Western, Frontier).Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath (Western).Only in My Arms by Jo Goodman (former nun heroine).Pure Sin by Susan Johnson (Absarokee hero).Forbidden by Susan Johnson (partly takes place in Montana, New York, and France).We have a great body of readers here at Dear Author so let’s put our heads together and put forth a list of really great Non Regency Historicals. In response to my article yesterday which I provocatively titled “We should let the historical genre die”, I received several emails saying how much they, too, loved the historical genre and still wanted to read it but they needed suggestions. Jane If You Like best of list / historical romance / If You Like 101 Comments

The Painted Lady by Lucia Grahame