Historical romance Books

When a lighthouse keeper's daughter finds a mysterious sailor with amnesia, the secrets she uncovers may change her life forever.  Elizabeth Montonna, daughter of the Tibbett's Point Lighthouse keeper, thought she'd love the lighthouse life...

She's a wealthy debutante with the finest ancestry in Kentucky horseracing circles...  He's a member of New York's Gilded Age elite, yet on the brink of financial ruin... Neither of them want an arranged marriage...or do...

He's bent on destroying everything she values, stealing her heart in the process.As a vicar's daughter, Emily Thompson has always put her family's reputation first, even when it meant setting aside her aspirations of joining the Royal Art Academy. But...

A widowed father...a heartbroken nanny...and a wagon train journey that will change their lives forever.Since the death of her fiancé, Anne Forbes has given up on the life she thought she'd have. After taking a role as nanny to her two young nephews,...

Who could resist a wager from London's most popular detective, Sherlock Holmes? Certainly not his scientist neighbor, Elise Hamblin.The challenge: Study the primal nature of men; but not just any man for her study will do. Sherlock has chosen the Earl of...

A Yorkshire orphan struggling for opportunity against 18th-century odds reluctantly transforms into a Venetian courtesan during the Empire's last days.Sixteen-year-old Renna Covert toils away in the shadows of a Yorkshire workhouse, her days filled with...

Sometimes finding love can become our biggest weakness...Wymar Norwood understands responsibility. His two brothers have been in his care since his parent's death. With his title and lands stripped from him by the usurper Stephen, he aligns himself with...

If nice things come in small packages, surely lovely things come in larger ones?In the unforgiving world of Regency-era London, Isabelle Carrington bears the weight of society's harshest judgments. Her ample curves and gentle nature make her a target of...

Ein Gentleman auf der Suche nach Wiedergutmachung trifft auf eine Dame, die auf Sünde aus ist. Wird die Ehre siegen ... oder doch die Versuchung? Finden Sie es heraus in dieser sinnlichen, herzerweichenden Geschichte, inspiriert von Die Schöne und das...

Auf Gesetzlose ist heutzutage einfach kein Verlass mehr...Ich bin Willa Scarlett und meine Mutter hat mich gelehrt, niemals auf einen Mann zu zählen. Ein typisches Beispiel: Meine geheime Mission, eine Truhe mit einem unbezahlbaren Schatz vor Prinz John...

From the time they were teenagers, Emilia, Wren and Aiden knew they desired and loved each other, but their disparate classes and her father's intention to wed her to a title separated them cruelly for years. They had all accepted that they would likely...

Nachdem sie den Großteil ihres jungen Lebens in einem französischen Kloster verbracht hat, wird die schöne Elienor mit einem Grafen verlobt – bis sie ein goldhaariger Wikinger-Krieger entführt, der ihre geheimsten...

Eliza is forced into marriage with no idea her life will change for the better. Married less than a year, her unwilling rake of a husband is surprisingly kind to her—until his sudden death. The widowed Countess of Sunderland remains under her...

When the dastardly Baron Dorchester kidnaps Little Bo Peep from a costume ball and carries her onto a ship bound for France, the captain of the Molly, Blake Russell, must take on the guise of a pirate to rescue his booty in this delightful tale of a...

Flirtatious behavior isn't to be tolerated... said no man everDespite having been raised in a proper home with a proper nursemaid and then an even more proper governess, prim and proper Vivian wants anything but to behave properly seven years after her...

Verity Beaumont has suffered domineering men most of her life, first with her father and then with her husband. Free from both men, she has finally found peace. Even meeting a kind and hard-working gentleman who just might be the perfect father her young...

With her betrothal to a duke in tatters and scandal imminent, Diana Kingman has two choices: live in certain ignominy or flee into obscurity. Diana wants solitude. She never wished to wed in the first place. However, her father will stop at nothing to...

Everyone Nicholas Bateman ever loved has died. Except Violet Caulfield, which must mean he never loved her. Nine years after she threw him over to marry a viscount, Nick is a widowed duke who prefers isolation. When a friend convinces him to leave his...

Difficult and defiant as a child, Bran Crowther, Earl of Knighton left England as a young man to pursue independence and adventure. He never expected to inherit the title and when duty calls him home, he still finds Society’s codes constricting and...

Miss Lucinda Parnell is out of money. A dismal failure at the Marriage Mart, she’d just as soon leave Society far behind. Desperate to earn funds to retire with her grandmother to the country, Lucy disguises herself as a man to gamble in...

~Winner of the 2019 Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/ Suspense~~Finalist for the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award~A Quest for RedemptionShattered by betrayal, former scholar Harry Kent finds new purpose as a policeman. Sent...

 When Jenna Leyton stumbled into the nineteenth century, she had no idea that she would find love there with the local sheriff. But when he rejects her after she confesses “when” she is from, Jenna decides that she wants to live in the...

AI-FREE! 100% certified organic author-created content. No artificial intelligence was used in the writing of this book."Rich wit, delicious characters, and heartwarming romance...a must read!"-Laurin Wittig, Bestselling authorWhen Sir Noël de Ware comes...

Orphaned when her father leaves her to go fight in the civil war, stuck in a life that seems to be going nowhere, Margaret Roe signs up to be a mail-order bride.Now, fifteen years later, she takes care of the present set of children who are in the...

A week to be wicked...Widowed Selina Martin faces another marriage founded on duty, not love. When notorious libertine Lord Bruard invites her to his isolated hunting lodge, he promises discretion - and seven days of hedonistic pleasure before she weds...

A Duke who needs a wife, but doesn't want one; a Lady who needs to marry for money, but would far prefer love; an envious acquaintance, lies, deception and manipulation; a dramatic pursuit of truth; a love reclaimed from the storm.Lady Hope Spencer needs...

Harry Fletcher is a confident young man.Harry’s sure that he will marry Nora MacTiernan, no matter what their families say. He’s certain that he will always be there to protect Eddie, the boy his father saved from the gutters of Port Adelaide...

Quando il conte di Salt Hendon sposa Jane Despard, figlia di un signorotto di campagna, l’alta società inorridisce. Ma Jane e Lord Salt hanno in comune un passato di sfiducia, angoscia e tristezza. Sono costretti a un matrimonio che nessuno...

After the loss of her husband-and her left foot-Ophelia Shaw threw herself into running his distinguished cousin's country estate, to great success. But managing the Duke of Montrose himself was never a task she'd anticipated...until he returns from...

Husband. Father. Son. Earl. Rupert Manning has thoroughly lost his way. Already resigned to a loveless marriage, he never expected that to be taken away from him too when his wife is murdered. Implicated her death unless he can clear his name, he’s...

On the surface, Raphael has everything he needs: good friends, a title, and membership to the decadent Hunt Club where forbidden pleasure can be had at a moments notice. Pretending is not what he wants. Expectations by family and friends keep his...

The Duke of Staines has the worst luck in wives and lovers. A widow for fifteen years, Ambrose is busy running his gentleman’s club, snatches pleasure from transient lovers, and relies on Francis Redding to provide intelligent companionship between...

The trappings of wealth and power give Aiden Banks, Duke of Lewes, little joy and certainly no pleasure. Tormented by grave mistakes he made in the past, he's learned control of his temper at great personal cost, finally shouldering the blame that he...

When the Duke of Byworth's empty marriage is threatened by a fellow duke he is naturally aggrieved. Nathan cannot allow the potentially damaging contents of his wife's diary to reveal the depths of their estrangement because exposure of his...

Margaret Stockwick is still mourning the loss of her beloved parents when her brother whisks her away from the family estate. Unbeknownst to Meg, Hector has no plans to allow her to return. Instead, he’ll see her ensconced in London after the...

Born in the English Lake District in 1738, John Rigg, known as 'Moses' to his companions, is by 1762 a successful smuggler of graphite forcibly stolen from the royal wad mines near Keswick. John's childhood sweetheart Elicia Salkeld lives near...

Floating and Sinking on the Sea of Officialdom is the second volume of the trilogy of modern Chinese historical fiction. It is a compelling historical novel with a moving love story. In Volume I, Sailing Across the Red Storm, the main...

1944, Germany: Gazing through the barbed wire fence, up to the pale blue sky, Antonia dreams of home: cherry orchards, golden fields, and the man she loves, who she may never see again...Resistance fighter Antonia is out in the forest behind...

Emily Woodhouse a perdu son mari, un parieur invétéré qui la traitait mal. Sa situation est désespérée, la voici désormais veuve, sans un sou vaillant et à la rue. Bien décidée...

Chance weiß genau, was Rose braucht…und er wird es ihr geben.Rose Lenox hat sich schon immer auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes wohler gefühlt als in Spitze und Bändern. Jahrelang war sie zufrieden damit, auf er Familienranch zu...

Emma James fühlte sich in ihrem Leben sicher. Geld, sozialer Status und unter dem Schutz ihres Stiefbruders. Jedenfalls dachte sie das. Als sie seine dunklen Geheimnisse entdeckt, wendet er sich gegen sie und verkauft sie an ein Bordell im Westen,...

Chasing the infamous outlaw, they may be the ones getting caught.Maddie didn't want to be a criminal, but fate forced her hand. Now she's the wild and dangerous thief infamous in the Montana Territory for a string of bank robberies. But she...

Determined to protect her, Jack will risk everything, even Lily’s love, to save her.Jack Matthews came to the Montana Territory to track an outlaw, not claim a bride. But when he saves Lily Lenox from being run down by a stage, he doesn't want...

★★★★★ "Adventure, danger, romance and spice makes for a wonderful read!"There's only one thing he can do to protect her desire and her reputation...marry her.Daisy Lenox has always felt invisible next her beautiful and vivacious sisters...

Garrison's been patient long enough. It's time to win his bride.Dahlia Lenox is tired of the rules and restrictions of ranch life. The poker table is her domain and the only place she yields to no one. The biggest win of her life—a prize...

★★★★★ "I would love to get wrapped up in Chance's rope! WOW! What a cowboy!"A feisty heroine and an alpha cowboy determined to make her his. Rose Lenox has always been more comfortable on the back of a horse than wearing ribbons and...