The Classics Aren't So Bad: Clean Historical Romance to Get Teens into Classic Lit

Try these books if you’re looking for:
• Classics or gateways to classics
• Clean reads
• Historical Fiction
• Romance
• Female protagonists

An Old-Fashioned Girl 
Louisa May Alcott
J F ALCOTT
Polly's friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth about the relationship between happiness and riches.

Edenbrooke 
Julianne Donaldson
ROMANCE DONADSO
When Marianne receives an invitation to spend the summer with her twin sister in Edenbrooke, she has no idea of the romance and adventure that await her once she meets the dashing Sir Philip.  

The Blue Castle 
Lucy Maud Montgomery
YA FICTION MONTGOME
Valancy Stirling, an inhibited twenty-nine-year-old spinster, undergoes a total personality change when a doctor tells her she has no more than one year to live. 

Longing for Home 
Sarah Eden
ROMANCE EDEN
Longing #1
Twenty-six-year-old Katie Macauley has placed all her hope in Hope Springs, a small town in the 1870 Wyoming Territory. But if she wants to return home to Ireland to make amends with her estranged family, she'll need to convince the influential Joseph Archer to hold true to his word and keep her on his payroll as his housekeeper--despite her Irish roots. 

Emma: A Latter-day Tale 
Rebecca H. Jamison
ROMANCE JAMISON
Jane Austen's classic matchmaking tale with a modern twist. Emma isn't so good at the whole life-coaching thing. Her first client ended up with a broken heart and is threatening to relapse in her bad habits. Now Emma has problems of her own to deal with, and they all start with one name: Justin. Justin is her best friend, so it's hard for Emma not to feel betrayed when she suspects he is falling for her childhood rival. And she knows she's losing him despite her best efforts. How is she supposed to help other people when she's drowning in her own failures.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond 
Elizabeth George Speare
YA F SPEARE
Kit Tyler leaves her luxurious home in Barbados to visit her Puritan aunt in colonial Connecticut. While there she becomes friendly with Hannah, the witch of Blackbird Pond. 

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