Amalie Howard Books in Order: The Complete Reading Guide

Good news up front: Howard's books are true standalones. Each novel delivers its own couple and its own happily-ever-after, and the three series — The Regency Rogues, Daring Dukes, and The Taming of the Dukes — do not depend on one another. Within a series you will catch cameos and shared social circles by reading in order, but nothing breaks if you jump straight to the premise that grabs you. (And with premises like "ballerina fake-dates an icy duke," something will grab you.)

The Regency Rogues in order

The series that made her a historical-romance name, led by one of the great grumpy heroes.

1. The Beast of Beswick (2019) — Lady Astrid needs to protect her younger sister from a fortune hunter, so she proposes a marriage of convenience to the most feared man in the county: a scarred, reclusive, magnificently bad-tempered duke. Beauty and the Beast with the heat turned up.
2. The Rakehell of Roth (2021) — A marquess marries, bolts for London the morning after, and spends years building a rake's reputation — while his abandoned wife quietly becomes a force of nature. When they collide again, sparks and secrets fly.
3. The Wolf of Westmore (2022) — The third Regency Rogues romance, completing the set with another irresistible aristocratic scoundrel brought to heel.

Daring Dukes in order

Her most adventurous series — ocean crossings, disguises, and heroines of color front and centre.

1. The Princess Stakes (2021) — An Indian princess fleeing danger stows away on the ship of a brooding captain-turned-duke she once knew. Forced proximity on the high seas, published in some editions as The Duke's Princess Bride.
2. Rules for Heiresses (2021) — A runaway lady living by her wits (and her card skills) is dragged back toward respectability by a duke who cannot decide whether to expose her or marry her.
3. The Duke in Question (2022) — Espionage at sea: a duke on a mission and a deceptively demure young woman who is far more dangerous than her embroidery suggests.
4. Any Duke in a Storm (2024) — The series finale takes to the water one last time, with a fierce captain heroine, a hero with secrets, and a storm-tossed slow burn.

The Taming of the Dukes in order

Her Victorian-set series for Forever — modern-feeling, banter-heavy, and full of heroines with unconventional careers.

1. Always Be My Duchess (2022) — An icy, spreadsheet-brained duke hires a ballerina to pose as his fiancée to close a business deal. She has one rule: don't fall in love. Reader, the rule does not survive.
2. Never Met a Duke Like You (2023) — A meddling heiress with a matchmaking habit and the duke who has been her sparring partner since childhood get trapped into close quarters. Friends-to-lovers chaos ensues.
3. The Worst Duke in London (2024) — A grumpy duke with a ruined reputation meets his match in a sunshine heroine who refuses to be scandalized by him. Grump-versus-sunshine perfection.

Beyond the dukes

Howard's backlist runs deeper if you want it: the Scottish-flavored Tartans and Titans trilogy (Sweet Home Highlander, A Lord for the Lass, What a Scot Wants) and the Lords of Essex quartet co-written with Angie Morgan, beginning with My Rogue, My Ruin. She also writes young adult fiction under the same name — check the shelf label before you one-click for a friend.

Where to start

Start with The Beast of Beswick if you want the book that built her reputation — it is the platonic ideal of the grumpy-duke romance. Start with Always Be My Duchess if you like your historicals with a rom-com sparkle and a fake-dating hook. And if you want something no one else in the genre is doing, go straight to The Princess Stakes — a Regency-era romance that actually leaves England, with a princess worth the voyage.