Historical romance Books

From a young age, Tansy Bellrose Gant has been getting into trouble and wanting what she should not have. Just because she can make certain things happen by wishing doesn't mean she's a witch. But when she rashly curses a neighbor, her fellow villagers...

In 1950s New Orleans, perversity rules; there are no saints, but plenty of sinners. In the shadowy world of clandestine sex clubs, the police are a lethal force and sexuality can be deadly. Desiree Broussard is trapped in the black vortex of the sordid...

The Kerr Construction Company Dalhart McIlhenny wants something different in his life. Something others of his generation wouldn't understand. His search takes him to the Indian Capital of America, to a minimum wage job as a construction laborer with the...

WWI is over and light is starting to shine at the end of the depression when newly graduated aeronautic engineer John Staples stops in New York for a quick visit with his ex-stepfather who generously paid for his university education. Unfortunately, the...

Sarah Haskins' last family member died months ago, and since then she's put in way too much overtime at her job as a 911 dispatcher. Looking forward to a much-needed vacation and some peace of mind, she has no way of knowing that buying a piece of...

London's cutthroat shipping trade is no place for a lady, although Olivia Cantarell has secretly acted as her father's assistant for years. Now she has inherited his company, she has no mind to give up control over it-and herself-by marrying, however...

Wick map Radoc has lost his direction. Following the death of his parents in a brutal raid, the Caledonian tribesman surrenders his place as chief and flees to the Scottish countryside. Tracked through snow by a band of enemy Gaels, he escapes by way of...

London, 1812. After fleeing the clutches of her vile brother-in-law, Rose Evans finds refuge in the home of her dear friend, Lord Ashton Sennett. They come to an agreement, a marriage of friendly convenience. Since another holds claim to Ashton's heart...

Gracie McBride isn't looking for love; she's looking for respect. But in this man's world of Civil War medicine, Gracie is expected to maintain her place changing beds and writing letters. Her biggest nemesis is the ward surgeon, Doctor Charles Ellard,...

It was a new age, one called the Age of Aquarius, with a restless, ideological generation full of a reverence for new worlds opening up to new ideas. When the Beatles introduced the mystique of India to pop culture, the Hippie Trail was established as...

Miss Alexandra Farris lost her heart to her older brother's friend, Lord Maxon Collins, long, long ago. Despite her girlhood attempts to win him, he never noticed her. Now that her first season is underway, she understands why. He prefers willowy...

Jericho, just out of the Marines, returns to his roots in Texas only to face the anti-war movement that demonizes all Vietnam vets. He needs to sort through his life away from all that, and in his travels he stumbles upon a Shangri-La called the Lake...

Accused of ruining Mae Ballard and faced with a shotgun wedding, Jefferson Lind knows exactly who's to blame. He's been taking the fall for Jedediah's sins as long as he can remember. Mae's a shrieking shrew, and he hasn't seen Jed, his identical twin,...

When Kat Delaney's last romance ends in disaster, she flees from the city to claim a dubious inheritance from an eccentric aunt. Determined to stick to her new no-men-allowed rule, she settles in at Mill Pond and attempts to figure out her next move. It...

An immigrant from Ireland, Jeremy McKetcheon took the place of a wealthy New Englander drafted into the Union Army during the Civil War. Jeremy, terribly scarred by a shell that set fire to his tent, is now a reclusive lighthouse keeper on an island off...

Ruthann Cooper can barely remember the fiancé whose plane went down in flames over Nazi Germany. He faded as she did her bit for the war effort in the munitions factory. Now, the war over, she meets the faculty on her first day as a schoolteacher. From...

America's most famous ex-child star Jana Lane is starring in The Detective's Wife, a murder mystery television show in 1985. Guest starring on the show is Christa Bianca, a rags-to-riches ingénue who has flooded the entertainment press. Life imitates...

Samuel Hinton learned at the tender age of fifteen just how violent some men could be. But as a grown man, a detective with the police force in 1910, he must deal with the murder of a schoolteacher, and is shocked by the brutality. Kathleen Campbell...

When a duke gets a chance to pursue a lady as someone else, he would be a fool not to take it. Logan Eastworth, the Tenth Duke of Waking, returns to England to find a woman to marry. When Miss Eleanor Ashford assumes he holds the title of baronet, he...

It's the 1970s and all Chloe Monroe wants is a little peace, some love, and a smidge of rock and roll. Instead, she lives with her ailing war hero uncle and three eccentric boarders in a crumbling house in Lobster Cove. She'd love to fix the place up and...

Aghast that she fell into the arms of a scurrilous rake, Lady Amy Spencer tries to find a solution that will save not only her pride but her reputation as well. Lord Oliver Gregory realizes as he watches from afar that his childhood friend is no longer a...

Murder, corruption, and scandals rock Washington, D.C.... America's most famous ex-child star, Jana Lane, is playing a US Senator in a 1983 film. Just as she and her family arrive in DC, two Washington power players are murdered, and Jana is caught in...

Is art imitating life in 1982? Jana Lane, ex-child star, is doing a comeback film about murder. When a crew member is killed on the set, it looks like Jana could be next. Thickening the plot is Jana's breathtakingly handsome and muscular leading man,...

Crown Prince Stefan Vanechka has no choice but to accept the bride chosen for him, whom he's never met. The woman chosen to be his queen has the gift of second sight and because of this, he will do what he must in order to protect his people and his...

Nicola Highbridge travels to London to honor a childhood pledge and foil a plot that threatens both the British Museum and her sister who works there. But wherever she goes, she crosses paths with a disturbing workman who both distracts and attracts her...

Dorothea Sinclair has left her small home town in Maine and come to Boston to begin a career as a newspaper reporter. But so far her job on the Guardian has proved disappointing. More skivvy than reporter, she's even been subjected to a humiliating...

Abandoned by her father and her fiancé, Nicole Waltham is forced to seek employment with Lady Scott when she has nowhere else to go. Against her better judgement, she becomes embroiled in a scheme of marriage by Lady Scott and her nephew. Notorious rake...

Rescued by tomb looter, Miguel Zamora, Sonrisa Lyons struggles between her contempt for Miguel's thievery and her need for his help in returning to civilization. Miguel, haunted by the loss of his wife and son would like to abandon the troublesome...

World War II has ended and the soldiers are coming home. After years of following her crop worker father, motherless Claire Flanagan is also coming home. If she can keep her father in one place long enough, she plans to follow her dreams to Hollywood...

No one messed with Georgia Mae Collins unless they wanted to deal with Nicholas Santiano. For sixteen years he protected her as if she was family. But the day he no longer saw her as a skinny girl was the day he faced his biggest fight…his growing...

When the trawler White Gull was lost in a storm off the coast of Lobster Cove, Lisbeth O'Shea's husband, Declan, was lost along with it. At least that's what Lisbeth believes until, a year later, she hears Declan's voice in the night and sees him...

Halifax, North Carolina, 1783. Captain Stuart Monroe returns home from the Revolutionary War to find Thornton Hall threatened by a peacetime foe: debt. He knows the location of a treasure amassed to pay for the capture of Benedict Arnold that would...

January 2, 1981 The story continues...Margo Fischer-Owens' life falls out from under her immediately following her brother's wedding, necessitating an urgent intervention and rescue from the newlyweds. Her return to Minitonas for care, support, and...

A passionate dramatic saga set in late 19th century amid the haunting beauty of Tuscany, and aftermath of the Italian re-unification wars. It follows the adventures and fortunes of the exquisitely beautiful Maria Leopardi, and her wealthy tradition-bound...

The loyalty of a once-proud nation exploited by a pact it must honour; a war that divides families, friends and communities. Catelina Marés, a stubborn, beautiful and fiercely proud Catalan woman must fight for all she loves and holds dear while the...

A Jewel of a Girl is a novel written by May Crommelin and published in 1879. The story is set in the Victorian era and revolves around the life of a young girl named Elinor. Elinor is the daughter of a wealthy family and is known for her beauty and charm...

A Heritage of Hate is a novel written by Charles Garvice and published in 1899. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the lives of two families, the Wintons and the Bertrams, who are bitter enemies due to a long-standing feud. The novel...

""A Heart Twice Won V2: A Novel"" is a book written by Harriet Lydia Stevenson and originally published in 1864. It is the second volume of a two-part novel that tells the story of a young woman named Edith who falls in love with two men, Arthur and...

A Harvest of Wild Oats V2: A Novel is a book written by Florence Marryat and originally published in 1877. The novel is a sequel to Marryat's earlier work, A Harvest of Wild Oats, and continues the story of the main character, Grace Lambert. The book...

""A Hard Knot V2: A Novel"" is a literary work written by Charles Gibbon and published in 1885. The book is the second volume of a two-part series and follows the story of a young woman named May Wedderburn. May is a beautiful and intelligent woman who...

Disllusioned with life in the Imperial palace in 1890s China, April brings her young son back to San Francisco, and sets out to exact revenge on her mother and Peter McNair, whom she blames for the death of her beloved. Lydia, Peter, Raymond, Leon, even...

""Gold und Name V1: Eine Erz�����hlung"" ist ein Roman von Marie Sophie Schwartz, der erstmals im Jahr 1864 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Die Geschichte handelt von einer jungen Frau namens Gertrud, die in �����rmlichen Verh�����ltnissen aufw�����chst, aber...

Not every mail-order bride falls in love with her groom.Dianna Brittler isn't interested in love anyway. She's looking for an adventure. Sick of the stuffy life of a Manhattan socialite, Dianna takes a terrifying chance and rides West...

Enjoy a fun, fish-out-of-water, opposites-attract romantic comedy adventure on the high seas from a New York Times bestselling author! Captain Blackheart leads a simple life of roving the seas, wenching and treasure-hunting. He steers clear of...

A second chances, long-lost lovers, military hero romance from a New York Times bestselling author: Miss Sarah Fairfax is having a wretched year. Her intended perished at war. His child is in her belly. To secure her future, she resigns herself to a...

A pining-for-you, military hero, snowbound together romance from a New York Times bestselling author:Captain Xavier Grey's body is back amongst the beau monde, but his mind cannot break free from the horrors of war. His friends try to help him find peace...

A rags-to-riches, forbidden love, opposites attract romance from a New York Times bestselling author:Oliver York returns from war to find his father dead, his finances in arrears, and himself the new Earl of Carlisle. If he doesn't marry an heiress-and...

Love is the most powerful kind of magic.Baodan McMillan values many things in life: friendship, loyalty, kindness, but certainly not love. After the tragic death of his wife many years ago, he hardened himself to the idea of giving his heart to another...