Books like This is all I ask

A tender medieval romance about two deeply scarred people finding solace and healing in one another. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with This is all I ask.

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01
From This Moment On
Lynn Kurland · 2002
A gentle, sweeping medieval romance about seeing past fearsome reputations to find a surprisingly tender love.
Shares:
- earnest
- tender
02
When I Fall in Love
Lynn Kurland · 2007
A sweet, fish-out-of-water time-travel romance that proves chivalry is alive and well in the thirteenth century.
Shares:
- earnest
03
A Family for Gillian
Catherine Blair
A tender, low-angst historical romance that wraps the reader in the cozy warmth of an unexpected, ready-made family.
Shares:
- earnest
- tender
04
Enchanted
Ann Maxwell · 1994
A sweeping historical romance where two guarded souls must learn to trust and surrender to passion.
Shares:
- earnest
05
A Dark Champion
Kinley MacGregor
A sweeping historical romance where rigid vows of honor clash with an undeniable, forbidden yearning.
Shares:
- earnest
06
Lord of the Land
Margaret Rome
A sweeping, vintage melodrama of sun-baked mountains, arrogant aristocrats, and the irresistible pull of a dangerous romance.
Shares:
- atmospheric
- earnest
07
A Rose In Winter
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
A sweeping, gothic-tinged historical romance where duty and forbidden desire collide in the shadow of a masked stranger.
Shares:
- earnest
08
Defy Not the Heart
Johanna Lindsey · 1989
A tempestuous battle of wills wrapped in the lush, high-stakes drama of medieval chivalry and undeniable attraction.
Shares:
- earnest
09
When Love Awaits
Johanna Lindsey · 1986
A stormy, high-angst medieval romance where bitter vengeance collides with undeniable, fiery passion.
Shares:
- earnest
10
Devilish
Jo Beverley
A fiery battle of wills melts into passionate surrender in this intense historical romance.
Feels:
- tense
- sweeping
- emotionally charged
11
Desire
Nicole Jordan
A sweeping, gothic-tinged historical romance where scorching chemistry collides with deadly espionage on the atmospheric Cornish coast.
Shares:
- atmospheric
- earnest
12
Tempted By His Kiss
Tracy Anne Warren
A cozy snowbound encounter melts into a scandalous high-society charade in this swoony historical romance.
Feels:
- cozy
- swoony
- tempestuous

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