Historical romance Books

The next steamy historical romance from USA Today Bestseller Jess Michaels.Imogen Huxley was already questioning her decision to seek out a lover at a notorious brothel, but never more so than after she witnesses a murder! She flees for her life and runs...

In the year 2014 Annie Ross has gone through her life a bit lost. She's about to find herself misplaced in time as well--all the way back to 878 A.D.--where she will take her place as a guardian of the Stone of Destiny, and find a way to restore the...

"Silent Sin delivers in spades with romance, drama, rich infusions of historical details, and a happy ever after worthy of the movies." --Joyfully Jay When tailor Marvin Gottschalk abandoned New York City for the brash boomtown of...

The citizens of Dominion Falls are just getting over the chaotic, and tragic, events around their celebratory summer. Dark forces aren't done with them yet, though.Sally is studying hard to be every bit the detective Tommy is. When a mysterious stranger...

The best journey brings you home.Boston, 1849. Shattered by the devastating loss of his wife and children during the Irish famine, Sean Deacey has given up on love and happiness. So when he rescues an infant from an immigrant shipwreck, he gives the...

Two former lovers unexpectedly cross paths once again under troublesome circumstances. How will they overcome their turbulent past together to protect their future?Lady Cecilia Maitland has everything an unmarried woman could want: money of her own, high...

From a New York Times bestselling author: Sparks fly in this definitely-not-falling-in-love workplace romance between a handsome drifter chasing adventure, and a small-town jeweler who would never leave her home behind...Dashing Scot Jonathan MacLean...

William Cole cannot forget the cruel burden he carries, not with the pock marks that serve as an outward reminder. Riddled with guilt, he assumed the solitary life of a long hunter, traveling into the wilds of Kentucky each year. But his quiet existence...

Dreams of adventure send him across the country. She prefers to keep her feet firmly planted in Ohio.Rennie Hill has no illusions about the hardships in life, which is why it's so important her beau, John Welch, keeps his secure job with the newspaper...

A dark family secret... Merrick von Hayden had every intention of honoring his family's marital contract with the Pennsylvanian Hartmann family. That was until he saw Caroline, the younger sister. He can't explain the aching attraction he feels for her,...

Is a marriage of convenience the answer?Franklin Vine has worked hard to build the ranch he inherited into one of the most successful in the majestic Colorado mountains. If only he had an heir to one day inherit the legacy he's...

INNOCENT? Or... not?After spending the first twenty-one years of her life tucked away in the country, studious Rowena Riverstone can't wait to experience London for the first time. She especially looks forward to meeting many of the forward-thinking...

A rebellious bride and a double deception . . .When Lord Marcus Northrup takes over the role of that legendary Regency Robin Hood, the Saint of Seven Dials, he looks forward to adding adventure and purpose to his otherwise dissipated and useless...

Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. She began it soon after she had finished Emma, completing it in August 1816. She died, aged 41, in 1817; Persuasion was published in December that year (but dated 1818).Persuasion is linked to Northanger...

Set during the Opium Wars, this steamy and spellbinding Charlie's Angels meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon romance will leave you breathless.Their love is forbidden...and irresistible.The daughter of a half-Chinese duke and a lady fossil hunter, Lady...

Fresh off the boat from Roaring Twenties Paris, Henrietta "Henri" Adams lands in New York in the midst of the Queer Craze that is taking the city by storm. An art critic by day and lady lover by night, she ventures into the clandestine worlds of...

"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."When Fitzwilliam Darcy spoke these words to Elizabeth Bennet as part of his marriage proposal, they expressed his concealed feelings completely, but their meaning was at odds with the...

Roman Britain 85 ADYoung Beathan of Garrigill is captured after the battle at Beinn na Ciche in northern Caledonia - between the Caledon allies, under the leadership of 'the swordsman' Calgach, and General Gnaeus Iulius Agricola's mighty Ancient Roman...

A modern love story opens the door to a long-ago love and a shared history...When Celia Robertson, a financially independent young black woman living in London in 1880, comes to live in her adopted family's London townhouse for the season, she falls in...

In the sleepy Yorkshire village of Shadworth, Elizabeth Manners' childhood is steeped in tales of the Great War, recounted by her parents and older brothers. Sheltered within the idyllic countryside, she understands the trials they endured, yet always...

Her love life is inspiring a story...When Felicity Blackburn meets Max Fitzroy at the Steventon assembly she's not impressed. While his friend Evan Pringle charms the ladies, including her sister Harriet, stony-faced Max refuses to dance and doesn't have...

It's 1776, and England is in the grip of a phenomenon that will become to be known as 'Canal Mania'.In the next fifty years or so, thousands of miles of these man-made waterways will criss-cross the country, opening up trade on a scale previously...

Pride meets prejudice - can love blossom?Beautiful young widow Lady Eliza Wyndham is determined never to remarry after a disastrous first marriage. The undeniable attraction that fizzes between her and Major Nathaniel Overton terrifies her. She rejects...

Oxfordshire, 1919The instant that Lily Brown and Robert Linford set eyes on each other, they fall in love. The instant that Robert's father, Joseph, head of the family's successful building company, sets eyes on Lily, he feels a deep distrust of...

Alixandra Evans has spent most of her life studying and romanticizing history. But when an ancient brooch transports her back to twelfth-century France, she soon discovers that history is vastly different and much harsher than her scholarly books have...

When Satan himself comes calling, what would you do?In the summer of 1869 evil once again threatens England from the endless darkness of the Aether, with humans and their new supernatural allies locked in a battle for survival against the malevolent...

It's been two months since Will Darling saw Kim Secretan, and he doesn't expect to see him again. What do a rough and ready soldier-turned-bookseller and a disgraced, shady aristocrat have to do with each other anyway?But when Will encounters a face from...

She toils behind the scenes to keep those on the frontlines safe. But she might be the one in danger...England, 1941.When a sudden reassignment gives Lily Baker only three days to report to mysterious Bletchley Park, she's confused but excitedly answers...

Dachau, 1942. Emilie has been told she's here to nurse evil men. But the first patient she sees in the cold, dark room is hauntingly familiar. Her first love is not wicked. He couldn't be. What is he doing here? Emilie's heart stops as she takes in...

Missouri, 1846: In the frontier town of Independence the sound of a gunshot shatters the night. As the pistol drops from her hand and clatters to the ground, Grace knows she has no choice but to leave. Now.In this inspiring and deeply moving story of...

Where do ghosts go when they disappear from view? Do they know they are dead? Are they only on Earth to fulfil some greater purpose? Down-to-earth stone mason John Townsend had never considered these questions until he met the ghost of Penny Peverell,...

Paris, 1941. As we drive down the cobbled street, I take in the red banners with swastikas covering every building. Suddenly a group of guards appears in the street. I duck beneath the window of the car, and my heart thumps as my hand jumps to my chest...

When Maud McIntyre sets up her own private detective agency, she never imagines her first case will involve murder... A mystery in the Highlands? The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency is on the case!Edinburgh, 1911: When Maud McIntyre and...

Book one in The Spartan Chronicles SeriesWhen a spirited, Carthaginian slave and a noble Spartan general are thrust together, passion flourishes between the unlikely pair. But is passion enough to weather the turmoil of treachery, war and murder brewing...

In the face of all odds, the tenacity of the mid 17th century settlers of New France enabled them to become a force strong enough to become the unique francophone nation that they are today inside the great nation of Canada. A nation that owes its very...

After a family disaster, Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school. There, Lucy becomes progressively closer to the irascible, autocratic, and male chauvinist professor,...

A Jane Austen-inspired mystery, set in the world of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, being the fourth novel in the Miss Mary Investigates series.When Mary Bennet befriends Elinor Dashwood, she expects to become part...

Georges Duroy grew up a peasant, but now has the opportunity to rise to the upper-middle class. After spending three years in the military, Duroy starts a career as a journalist, making connections with politicians who provide him with confidential...

A sweet, sassy madam needs a fast-drawing gambler to free her from a bind of her own making.Sugar Ellie is the feisty pint-sized madam of a cathouse in Rattler's Gulch, Colorado. But Sugar has a secret that could ruin her, and when her secret-and her...

Vanity Fair follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. The two women are ostensibly friends, who are always in opposition to one another: when Amelia falls into a crisis,...

When Gertrude Coppard meets a rough-hewn miner, Walter Morel, at a Christmas dance, she falls into a whirlwind romance characterised by physical passion. But soon after her marriage to Walter, she realises the difficulties of living off his meagre salary...

What was Sally trying to say on her deathbed? Her incoherent words send cousins Polly and Pauline on a mission to uncover the mystery!Sally, mourning the loss of her sister, Mavis, is on her deathbed with terminal cancer. In her final days, she tries to...

Step into 1670 France to unravel a mystery of intrigue, superstition and courage, at time of early medical experimentation when the terrors of the plague and syphilis ravaged society. Within this milieu witch hysteria finds its niche. The destruction of...

Pirates of the Caribbean, Treasure Island, and Mutiny on the Bounty rolled into one thrilling adventure with a pair of feisty, independent female characters at the helm!A MURDER. A MAP. A MUTINY.You can't run away from yourself...The year is 1720 and two...

Plompzakkers & Poepstampers, weblogs by Fred van der Wal about sexual history

The Bradshaws, who readers first met in Hot Winter Sun, are living a peaceful life in Restoration England, under the gay and clever King Charles II. A season is launched for their unusually beautiful and high-spirited daughter, Julia. However, after an...