Historical Romance Book Club discussion

For the month of JUNE 2025, we will be reading historical romance with the following theme ‘ Scandal: : These are romances that feature scandal as main plot point

Rules of Nominations:

1. Not more than 2 novel nominations per member.
2. No book we have read as a group read in the last 2 yrs. (Please check the group's Bookshelf)
3. No author we have read in the last one year (see below).

(*we are no longer including novella’s as a separate BOTM. If a novella is nominated, please note the number of pages)

>> Nominations end on April 16th <<

Authors ineligible for June 2025:

KJ Charles – May 2025
Alexis Hall – May 2025
Olivia Waite – May 2025
Lisa Kleypas – April 2025
Lynsay Sands – April 2025
Erica Ridley – April 2025
Mary Balogh – March 2025
Amanda Quick – March 2025
Tessa Dare – March 2025
Liz Carlyle- Feb 2025
C.J. Archer – Feb 2025
Annie Burrows – Feb 2025
Georgette Heyer – January 2025
Judith Ivory – January 2025
Elisa Braden – January 2025
Julie Garwood – December 2024
Jo Goodman – December 2024
Jodie Thomas – December 2024
Vivienne Lorret – November 2024
Candace Camp – November 2024
Olivia Parker – November 2024
Jane Feather – October 2024
LM Montgomery – October 2024
Laura Lee Guhrke – October 2024
Loretta Chase – September 2024
Grace Burrowes – September 2024
Minerva Spencer – September 2024
Shana Galen – August 2024
Alice Coldbreath – August 2024
Mimi Matthews – August 2024
Suzanne Enoch - July 2024
Lenora Bell - July 2024
Sabrina Jeffries - July 2024
Julia Quinn - June 2024
Virgina Henley - June 2024
Carla Kelly - June 2024

The Trouble with His Lordship's Trousers by Jayne Fresina. The unusual book title comes from the name of a scandalous satiric column ('His Lordship's Trousers') that the FMC writes for her father's newspaper.


That Camden Summer by Lavryle Spencer. Set in early 20th century Camden, Maine, USA. The MFC has returned home with her three daughters, to much scandal, as she has divorced her (abusive) husband.

A Wild Pursuit by Eloisa James (The Duchess Quartet #3) series

Indiscreet by Carolyn Jewel

I will nominate:

Whisper of Scandal - by Nicola Cornick

I nominateDuke of My Heart by Kelly Bowenand The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean

I'll nominate: by Sue London (funny good) and by Nicole Jordan ( can be read as a standalone. I never read the first book)

I nominate
A Selfish Heart by Rose Pearson

Scandal’s Virgin by Louise Allen