Historical romance Books

The Bridge of Isfahan is a love story, set in Iran during the postwar 1940s, a time of burgeoning hopes and dangerous conflicts -- not the least among them the cold war.Shirene is the green-eyed granddaughter of the empress of Persia. Jamshid is the...

Between 1939 and 1945 there were four major conflicts fought throughout the world, collectively known simply as World War II. The Australian Imperial Forces were the only ground troops from any Allied nations to play a major role in two of those wars,...

Book three in the Marsh Saga series!She’s the third sister, often overlooked and the last to know about anything that’s happening in the family.Cece is gifted a cottage in the Scottish Highlands. She doesn’t want a cottage or to go to...

It is the story of two young children, born into the poverty-stricken years of the Isle of Man, when drunkenness and smuggling were rife. Two children who were imprisoned for the heinous crime of stealing a scrap of food to keep themselves alive.Daniel,...

Huérfana, Victoria Carlton, fue adoptada por su tío, un banquero, para que fuera una dama y tuviera un buen matrimonio. Sin embargo, a ella le atrae ayudar a las familias de bajos recursos en los barrios pobres, algo que a su familia le...

The shield-maiden must marry…Heir to her father’s Jarldom, Rúna Isaksson will soon ascend to replace him as leader, but first she must marry a warrior from another clan to form a powerful alliance. When her father creates a contest to...

After Abigail Martin's father sells his business and promises her in marriage to the evil new owner, she flees in fear of her life. Her only option is to become a mail order bride.Ethan Harper needs a wife. Running his new bakery on his own is exhausting...

When 20-year-old Elena Allegro leaves the Italian village of Laurino to study Fashion Design in Milan, she’s certain her dreams are about to come true. Despite her father’s warnings that risk comes with her newfound freedom, she loves her...

Eva Abbott sells her inheritance in England, Bellerose Manor, to provide for the care of her nephew. She buys a pineapple plantation in Hawaii but discovers her neighbour, Luc Martineau, will do anything to take it from her. When Eva discovers a...

From USA TODAY Bestselling author, Kathryn Gauci, comes a powerful and unforgettable portrayal of the hardships of war combined with the darker forces of village life.'I saw him everywhere: in the brightest star, in the birds that came to my window - he...

Home is the sailor, home from the sea…Five years after he’s lost off the coast of South America, presumed dead, Captain Robert Nash escapes cruel captivity, and returns to London and the bride he loves, but barely knows. When he stumbles...

THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"An exquisitely told ... beautifully realised historical tale." - Mrs B's Book Reviews"A haunting and beautiful tale, weaving fiction and history together." - Demelza, Amazon"The...

Used to living a life of privilege, Clarissa Reyes, a confirmed spinster, finds herself in a quandary after her parent's sudden death. To save herself from being forced to marry an evil, but extremely wealthy man, Clarissa secretly becomes a proxy bride...

Half merchant. Half noble. Wholly aggrieved.ROMANCE WRITERS OF AUSTRALIA RUBY FINALIST 2022Lyndal Suttone is done watching the merchants suffer. So when an opportunity to help them presents itself, she grabs hold of it with both hands. Now she must...

Ben Willis is now president and CEO of the company his grandfather initiated and his father/uncle nurtured into a large corporation. After Ben's aunt and uncle adopted Ben and his sister Linda when they were five and three years-old, respectively...

A revolution is roaring into the 1920s! Vampires, who previously killed to feed, now thrill to feed.The revolution is led by a four-hundred-year-old vampire, Rick Hiatt, and his newly turned ward, Matt Brenner. This is not the first time Rick...

Ellen Flood begins her journey in Westmeath, Ireland in 1902. Ellen and her sister, Mary Anne, leave for America, sadly leaving family behind. They tell themselves it is to find jobs, husbands and raise families. Both find work as maids in the streetcar...

Witty, passionate and fast-paced, this sparkling debut Regency romance is a must-read for any fan of Georgette Heyer. She's running from her past; he's hiding from his. Miss Ellen Burney doesn't have a penny to her name. Determined to escape scandal,...

In the slums of London, she'll do almost anything to survive … London, 1810. Margaret Forsythe never expected to become a condom maker. But she is a widow, and due to her late husband's careless will, she has lost everything. Now she has been exiled to...

Norka, a German colony in the Volga region of Russia, is the backdrop for this story of love and betrayal during the twilight years of imperial Russia. A German Christian from Norka falls in love with a Jewess from the shtetl of Novaskaya. Life is hard...

Many rumors abound about a mysterious gentleman said to be the love of Jane's life--finally, the truth may have been found. . . .What if, hidden in an old attic chest, Jane Austen's memoirs were discovered after hundreds of years? What if those pages...

As befitting her name, lovely Submit Channing-Downes was the proper, obedient wife of an aging Marquess--until her husband′s death left her penniless and alone...with one final obligation to fulfill. Entrusted with delivering a small black box to its...

She was taught to submit, to obey . . . but she dreamed of an empire.The sole heir to the House of Omura, a venerable family of Kobe sake brewers, nineteen-year-old Rie hears but cannot heed her mother's advice: that in nineteenth-century Japan, a woman...

"With caustic wit, some wildly original characters, and plenty of sex, Herendeen creates her own delightfully imaginative and boldly sensual take on the classic Regency marriage-of-convenience plot." -- BooklistA fresh talent offers a rollicking new...

Regency heiress Philomena Wellesley-Clegg has rather strong opinions about men and clothing. As to the former, so far two lords, a viscount, and a mad poet have fallen far short of her expectations. But she is about to meet Inigo Linsley, an unshaven,...

One of the brightest stars of romantic fiction, the incomparable New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens flings wide the gates of the Bastion Club -- an elite society of unmarried London gentlemen dedicated to determining their own...

In New York City's Spanish Harlem, Julio and Maritza are each searching for a path that will give their lives meaning, even if it's shadowed by controversy. Julio is an arsonist for hire, pocketing thousands of dollars from investors eager to capitalize...

When the Calloway family moves to Tupelo in the1950's and enroll their sons in school, the Calloway brothers immediately run into trouble with two of the meanest boys in Tupelo. When the boys meet the trouble head on, it impresses the whole school and in...

The First World War is over, and parts of Natal are thrown open to white settlers for development; Donald Kirkwood acquires 1500 acres of raw veld to develop a cotton farm. While camping there with little more than a tent and a post box made from a...

After years of wandering, Pace Williams expects to find a home in the Oregon Country. He doesn't expect to fall in love with a fiery Irishwoman bent on returning home to avenge her people.Oona Moriarty expects one thing: to exact revenge on the English...

In medieval Scotland, the illegitimate children of a notorious criminal vie to claim their birthrights, and find that love is an even greater prize...Edinburgh merchant Tavish Cameron has no choice but to pay outrageous tolls to the nobility, until fate...

A lonely French woman named Madame Duval, owner of a hotel on the Cote d'Azur, was looking for her rightful heir. Vladimir Lozhkin, a man with a criminal past, responded to the request of the Parisian genealogical firm from St. Petersburg. Unraveling the...

A spicy Victorian novella by USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe...Violet knows that her father's best friend, the Duke of Ravensthorpe, is the most powerful man in all of London with a reputation for sin.But nothing can stop Violet from wanting to...

It's spring of 1867, and Lucy Cavanagh-NYC heiress, literary lover, and dreamer-is taking the biggest risk of her life. She's left everything behind to journey west, in the hopes of reconnecting with the only person who can answer questions that have...

איך האָב קוים אין אַ פּאָזיציע צו גאָר חתונה, מיט ווי אויף מיין הענט, וועגן מיר ווי אַ סאָרט פון פאטער. ווען רעגגי געקומען צו לעבן אין די מאָאַט הויז ווי ער איז געווען באַקאַנט. אין לויף פון צייט איך איז געווען ינפאָרמד אַז זיי זענען פאַרקנאַסט. כּמעט...

פרוי פלעמינג, פון קווין אַן ס פאַרם, איז געווען די פרוי פון אַ יאָאָמאַן-פּויער פון די קאָונטי. ביידע זייַנען געווען געזונט קענטיש יקסטראַקשאַן, כאָטש ווערייאַטיז פון די האָדעווען. די פאַרם האט זיין נאָמען פֿון אַ טראַדיציע, וואָס איז געווען פּראָסט צו...

A mistaken identity. A gruesome murder.Trained as a warrior...Brighit of Clonascra despises the trappings and demands of womanhood and is far more comfortable training for battle. Long held alliances require she set aside selfish dreams and take Darragh...

***A steamy medieval romance***He wishes to prove himself... Marcán of Clonascra comes from the direct line of King Brian Boru. His prowess as a warrior is as legendary as his sire's and has earned him great respect from everyone but Astrid, the...

Fated to be a healer...Aednat has spent her entire life training to be the Great healer and is more than willing to remain alone and untouched to attain that goal. When she meets Diarmuid, the intense attraction she feels toward him shakes her resolve to...

Only a man with secrets can save her...Lanora isn't your typical daughter of a duke. She cares nothing for love, marriage, dances or gowns. She cares about people and family. When the rakish Lord William courts her, Lanora sets out to discover what dark...

After a youthful infatuation went terribly wrong, Lady Samantha Lennox gave up all thought of suitors and happily-ever-after. But when she angers her strict and demanding father, the Earl of Stratford, he retaliates by arranging a marriage for her to a...

An insight into the life of one of the most enigmatic characters in history. It's her story, told by her, in her own voice. It's a love story in the true sense of the word, between a woman and a man who just wanted to be together, but who weren't allowed...

The beauty known as the Winderfield Diamond hides a ruinous secret. Society's newest viscount holds the key.Sarah Winderfield has refused every offer of marriage she has received since Nathaniel Beauclair convinced her to run away...