Here are 5 romance novels that made us swoon and think this month.

Duchess by DesignBy Maya RodaleReview:People love to designate romance novels as escapist.

She does this and then some.

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Credit: Forever; Avon Books; Rebekah Weatherspoon Presents

How much our lives were (and sometimes still are) determined by reputation and absurd double standards.

But, oh, does it feel good to roll around and luxuriate in that fluff.

Dr. Sloan Copeland is an accomplished cardio surgeon with two twin daughters, Addison and Avery.

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She is left in the lurch when her nanny up and quits with no warning.

Enter Rafe Whitcomb, a buff, bearded, hot nanny who has a knack for wrangling rambunctious six-year-olds.

Sloan questions falling for someone so quickly, but Weatherspoon makes it easy to see why hes irresistible.

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One-Eyed Standish, and Lady Daphne Davenport.

Spencers story begins as a promising swashbuckler, but remains more land-logged than one might hope.

And thats something that leaves us howling for more.Heat Rating:????

BarbarousBook by Minerva SpencerCR: Kensington

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