starchy to feral

Collected by Hillary Bowen — Hillary (she/her) is a swoon advocate, debut historical romance author, and devotee of the starchy-to-down bad pipeline. You can find her at hillarybowen.com and on Instagram.

“There is nothing better than a starchy hero coming completely undone for their love. I will drink this straight from the bottle, thank you.”

— Hillary Bowen

BRINGING DOWN THE DUKE by Evie Dunmore

UNMASKED BY THE MARQUESS by Cat Sebastian

THIEF OF SHADOWS by Elizabeth Hoyt

THINK OF ENGLAND by KJ Charles

THE RAKESS by Scarlett Peckham

UNCLAIMED by Courtney Milan

WAITING FOR A SCOT LIKE YOU by Eva Leigh

LADY DERRING TAKES A LOVER by Julie Anne Long

THE DUCHESS DEAL by Tessa Dare

ONE GOOD EARL DESERVES A LOVER by Sarah MacLean

We’ve talked about UNMASKED BY THE MARQUESS quite a bit, notably in its own deep dive episode. We talked about THEIF OF SHADOWS in Maquerades and Books We Love With Tropes We Don’t. We covered THINK OF ENGLAND in So You Want to Read a Historical and Diamond Dogs Book Club. We did WAITING FOR A SCOT LIKE YOU in Romance Retellings. We included THE DUCHESS DEAL in All About Dukes. ONE GOOD EARL DESERVES A LOVER comes up quite a bit, and it’ll get its own episode someday.