Historical Fiction with Romance

Try these books if you're looking for:

• historical fiction
• some romance

The Apothecary’s Daughter 
By Julie Klassen
F KLASSEN
Yearning for more adventure in her life and longing to know the truth behind her mother’s disappearance, Lillian Haswell, the daughter of the local apothecary, seizes the opportunity when a distant aunt offers to educate her as a lady in London. Delightfully set in Regency England, when society’s rules allowed women little advancement of the mind or spirit, Lilly tries to balance two worlds.

Violins of Autumn 
By Amy McAuley
YA MCAULEY
After lying about her age, Betty has become a Special Operations Executive, alias Adele, and parachutes into France to serve as a courier for the French resistance. Adele has been well-trained but nothing can quite prepare someone for the dangers of spying, nor is Adele, who has been isolated and lonely for most of her life, prepared for falling love.

Courting Miss Amsel
By Kim Vogel Sawyer
ROMANCE SAWYER
Edythe Amsel is the new schoolteacher in Walnut Grove. Some of the parents seem opposed to her teaching methods and curriculum, however, Joel Townsend supports her fully. His two orphaned nephews finally love going to school and Joel appreciates what Miss Amsel has done for them. He begins to have feelings for her and wants to court her, but Edythe, who spent fourteen years raising her younger siblings, doesn’t want to give up her teaching job and has no intention of getting married.