Best American Patriotic Historical Romances

 

 

So you want to get in the mood to celebrate America’s Independence? And you want to do it with a hunky hero and a worthy heroine set in times when America’s future was on the line? Well, here’s the list you’ll want to pick from—all good ones!

Some are a part of a trilogy or a series…and I do recommend you read all of them, as they are all good even though not all may be listed here. I have rated these 4 or 5 stars.

The War of Independence/Revolutionary War:

Caroline, Touch the Sun and Spring Fires, from the Beauvisage series by Cynthia Wright

Devon and the sequel The Black Angel by Cordia Byers

Love a Rebel, Love a Rogue by Shirl Henke

Love Among the Rabble by Lauren Laviolette

Love Not a Rebel, 3^rd in the North American Woman trilogy by Heather Graham

Master of My Dreams and Captain of My Heart by Danelle Harmon

Mood Indigo by Parris Afton Bond

Passion’s Ransom by Betina Krahn

Ride out the Storm by Aleen Malcolm

Scarlett Ribbons by Judith E. French

Silver Storm, from the Raveneau series by Cynthia Wright

The Paradise Bargain by Betina Krahn (Whiskey Rebellion)

Under Crimson Sails by Lynna Lawton (post Revolutionary War)

Velvet Chains by Constance O’Banyon

The War of 1812:

Lord of the Sea by Danelle Harmon

Masque of Jade by Emma Merritt

Midnight Masquerade by Shirlee Busbee

My Love, My Enemy by Jan Cox Speas

The Captain’s Captive by Christine Dorsey

The Windflower by Laura London (aka Sharon and Tom Curtis)

The Underground Railroad:

Passion’s Joy by Jennifer Horsman

The Civil War:

An Outlaw in Wonderland by Lori Austin

Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen Woodiwiss

Beauty and the Bounty Hunter by Lori Austin (post Civil War)

Bonds of Love by Lisa Gregory

Dark Stranger and Rides a Hero (first two books in the Slater Brothers Civil War trilogy;    the third, Apache Summer, takes place after the war in Texas) by Heather Graham

Master of Paradise by Virginia Henley

Midnight Confessions by Candice Proctor

One Wore Blue, And One Word Gray, And One Rode West, Cameron, Civil War trilogy by Heather Graham

Rebel, Surrender, Glory and Triumph (from the Old Florida's McKenzies series) by Heather Graham

Sing My Name by Ellen O’Connell

Straight for the Heart by Marsha Canham

Surrender in Moonlight by Jennifer Blake

The Black Swan and Moss Rose, duology by Day Taylor

Tomorrow the Glory by Shannon Drake

When the Splendor Falls by Laurie McBain

WWI:

While not an American romance as such, I also commend to you the following poignant story of the brave Australians who fought (and died) in World War I, and the love between an Australian nurse and an English officer serving in the Australian Army: A Rose in No-Man’s Land by Margaret Tanner

And, if you want to read a seafaring adventure that is ribboned with references to the War of 1812, you might enjoy my own novel Wind Raven!