The 1797 Club Books in Order
Part ofJess Michaels Books in OrderFind The 1797 Club books in order by Jess Michaels, with quick summaries, series background, and where to start with this beloved duke-filled Regency series.
Last updated: June 29, 2026
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The 1797 Club books in publication order
10 books
Her Favorite Duke
by Jess Michaels
2017
Simon has loved Meg for years, even while she was promised to his best friend. One stormy scandal forces marriage, but love will still have to fight its way past guilt and fear.
The Broken Duke
by Jess Michaels
2017
Adelaide is a bluestocking by day and a celebrated actress by night. Graham is drawn to both women without realizing they are one and the same, until secrets and danger crash through the fantasy.
The Daring Duke
by Jess Michaels
2017
Emma only wants a fake courtship long enough to attract a real husband. James, Duke of Abernathe, agrees to help, then finds himself in a very real romance he never planned for.
The Silent Duke
by Jess Michaels
2017
Mute Duke Ewan has spent his life carrying scars from a brutal childhood. When longtime admirer Charlotte joins him for a snowbound Christmas, old affection and new danger leave no room for silence.
The Duke of Desire
by Jess Michaels
2018
Cold, restless Robert Smithton sets his sights on widowed Katherine, who blames him for the path that wrecked her life. Their battle of attraction and revenge threatens to become something much deeper.
The Duke of Hearts
by Jess Michaels
2018
A masked night at Donville gives grieving Duke Matthew and curious widow Isabel one blazing encounter. When she realizes who he is, and why her family hates him, desire turns dangerous.
The Duke of Nothing
by Jess Michaels
2018
Baldwin is a duke in name only, with debts closing around him and marriage looking like his only escape. The woman he notices may not be the heiress he expects, but she may be the one he truly needs.
The Duke Who Lied
by Jess Michaels
2018
Hugh forces Amelia into marriage to save her from a worse match, but he does it with a lie. Their growing passion is real, which only makes the truth more likely to destroy them.
The Last Duke
by Jess Michaels
2018
Newly titled Kit Collins inherits responsibility for a young half sister and the governess he would rather avoid. Caring for the same child draws him and Sarah together, just as old mistrust and new danger rise.
The Undercover Duke
by Jess Michaels
2018
Spy Lucas Vincent comes home badly wounded and furious at being sidelined. Diana, a healer who knows the costs of his work, helps mend his body while the past threatens to drag him away again.
The 1797 Club books in chronological order

The Daring Duke
by Jess Michaels
2017The 1797 Club, Book 1
Her Favorite Duke
by Jess Michaels
2017The 1797 Club, Book 2
The Broken Duke
by Jess Michaels
2017The 1797 Club, Book 3
The Silent Duke
by Jess Michaels
2017The 1797 Club, Book 4
The Duke of Nothing
by Jess Michaels
2018The 1797 Club, Book 5
The Undercover Duke
by Jess Michaels
2018The 1797 Club, Book 6
The Duke of Hearts
by Jess Michaels
2018The 1797 Club, Book 7
The Duke Who Lied
by Jess Michaels
2018The 1797 Club, Book 8
The Duke of Desire
by Jess Michaels
2018The 1797 Club, Book 9
The Last Duke
by Jess Michaels
2018The 1797 Club, Book 10
Series background & context
The 1797 Club is probably the easiest Jess Michaels series to recommend to someone who wants a big, immersive historical romance world. The premise is simple and irresistible: ten boys who know they will someday become dukes form a private club in 1797, a pact of friendship and support that follows them into adulthood.
That friendship is the whole point.
By the time the series opens with The Daring Duke, the men are grown, titled, and carrying all kinds of private burdens. One is hiding pain behind charm. One has loved the same woman for years. One is broken by public humiliation. One carries the scars of abuse. Another has been living as a spy. Because they have known each other for so long, the books never feel isolated. Each love story matters on its own, but the larger pleasure is watching the group keep showing up for one another.
Michaels gets a lot of mileage out of that structure. The series can move from fake courtship to snowbound longing, from secret actresses to wounded widows, from financial disaster to blackmail and revenge, and it still feels coherent because the emotional home base stays the same. Titles like Her Favorite Duke, The Broken Duke, The Undercover Duke, The Duke Who Lied, and The Last Duke all have different flavors, but they belong to the same world.
There are plenty of dukes here, obviously, but the books are not just about rank. They are about the cost of living under expectation. These men have money, status, and power, yet they are often lonely, guilty, disabled, grieving, or frightened of being fully known. The women who match them are not there to admire titles. They challenge them, unsettle them, and make real intimacy possible.
If you want found family, recurring characters, strong reading momentum, and a long line of emotionally messy dukes getting the lives they never thought they could have, The 1797 Club delivers.
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