Book suggestions for Bridgerton

Haunted by a deadly secret, Sebastian Rockwood, Earl of Melton values emotional restraint in all things. As patriarch of the Clan Stewart's Reckless Rockwoods, Sebastian never yields to the family's reputaiton for impulsiveness. But his prized self-control vanishes when he spontaneously bids on Helen Rivenall in a brothel. Now his heart is in control as he gives way to a reckless temptation.

Romance enters the life of Wulfric Bedwyn, Duke of Bewcastle, the eldest brother and head of the Bedwyn family. By the author of Slightly Scandalous and Slightly Sinful. Reprint.

When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man, John Thornton, as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction. In North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell skillfully fuses individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale creates one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature.

Elevated to the ranks of the aristocracy due to an inheritance, Amelia Hathaway is ill-prepared to deal with the intricacies of the ton, especially her growing attraction to Cam Rohan, a man who dreams of returning to his gypsy roots.