Prince Charming

by Peter Wright

Stuart has that same gift for making morally ambiguous characters magnetic—your Masked Rider has a spiritual cousin in her antiheroes who operate in shadows and deception. The Mediterranean intrigue and the way she builds tension between captivity and desire will feel immediately familiar, but her prose cuts sharper and her plots twist in ways that'll keep you guessing.

by Ken Follett

I'm recommending this because you clearly love immersive historical settings with political machinations that threaten kingdoms—but Follett gives you that on an epic, architectural scale. Instead of one couple navigating treachery, you get an entire cathedral's worth of characters whose fates interweave across decades. It's got the same sense of destiny and passion, just spread across a canvas that's almost impossibly grand.

by Erin Morgenstern

Here's your surprise pick: it's got the moonlit magic and star-crossed lovers of Prince Charming, but wrapped in atmospheric literary fiction rather than traditional romance. Two young magicians are bound in competition they don't understand, and their connection unfolds through a mysterious circus that appears without warning. The sensory detail rivals Foley's glorious settings, but Morgenstern makes the setting itself a character—almost a third lover in the story.

by Unknown

Woodiwiss essentially invented the modern historical romance novel, and this is where it all began. Like Foley, she builds worlds of sensual detail and creates that particular alchemy where a woman's defiance makes a powerful man vulnerable. The kidnapping-to-love arc and the way she handles class differences between her protagonists will feel like returning to the source code of what you just loved.

by Yudl Rosenberg

This one pairs the intimate, character-driven romance you loved with a richly detailed historical setting (1900s New York) and a touch of the fantastical. Two impossible creatures navigate desire, belonging, and the question of whether they can have a future together. Wecker writes with Foley's attention to sensory detail and emotional intensity, but she's also interested in what it means to be an outsider—which gives the romance a deeper, more bittersweet edge.