Historical romance Books

A feisty hoyden. A devilish rake.Step back in time to Regency London.The ton is ready for another season to start, but is the ton ready for Lady Charlotte Fitzroy of Kentwell?The Marquess of Sunderland, Adam Langdon, will not know what hits him when he...

It is 1833, and fiery Edinburgh widow Isla is dying. Ready to meet her maker and eager to reunite with the love of her life, she is not afraid of passing, but Isla's death is only the beginning of a series of otherworldly adventures that she must...

Now on exhibition for a few days only, the strange, the wonderful, sights you have never beheld before - Burnham's Carnival, Including Mrs Anna Tufton, the Giantess. Matilda Hayward is determined to have a career, after all, it is 1888! While...

Beautiful muse, Miss Sapphire Reubens, the inspiration for her lover's latest art exhibition, is missing - items of her clothing found in the river. Worryingly, Miss Matilda Hayward and her fellow writer for the Women's Journal, Miss Alice Doran,...

Far from home and family, and with the threat of war looming. How can the promise of happiness ever be fulfilled?In 1930s New Zealand, stability and contentment are hard won, especially for a young wife and mother. When Alice Simpson agrees to move to a...

Etched in Starlight MaxentiusOnly eighteen years of age, army recruit Lucius Maxentius Valerius, arrives in Armenia, a world away from the comforts of Rome. Rather than a career in politics, as his family would have preferred, he has chosen a life in the...

Romance and psychic danger in brass buttons and petticoatsThe Soldier's Woman re-issue is the first book of The Bladewood Legacy.Some arcane objects are just too dangerous to be in the world. Novice paranormal artefact hunter, Charlotte Everslea, must...

Magics, murder, and mermaid tears...An uncivilised vampiri has stolen the Moria Pearls! Miss Elinor Avely and her tiny companion, Aldreda, are determined to chase the rascal to London - despite warnings to keep Elinor's Gift a secret, and the perturbing...

Chanity was the beloved daughter of the Chieftain and Lady of Holdenworth. She enjoyed a happy childhood until the day raiders attacked. Vorik the merciless slew her father and enslaved her mother, Serina. After Serina's death, Chanity was alone and in...

"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you." ― Jane Austen, PersuasionPersuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. Persuasion has been the...

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Madame Fontenoy is a historical novel written by Margaret Roberts and first published in 1866. Set in 18th-century France, the story follows the life of the titular character, Madame Fontenoy, a wealthy and influential woman who becomes embroiled in the...

Cicely's Choice is a novel written by Eleanor Grace O'Reilly and published in 1875. The story is set in Ireland and follows the life of Cicely, a young woman who is faced with a difficult decision. Cicely is in love with her childhood friend, Roland, but...

Berkeley Castle V1: A Historical Romance is a novel written by Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley and originally published in 1836. The story is set in the 17th century and centers around the historical Berkeley Castle, located in Gloucestershire, England...

Allanston Or The Infidel V1: A Novel is a work of historical fiction written by Georgiana Chatterton and first published in 1844. The novel chronicles the life of the titular character, Allanston, who is portrayed as an infidel - a person who does not...

At Home With The Jardines is a novel written by Lilian Bell and first published in 1904. The story follows the Jardine family, a wealthy and privileged group living in New York City at the turn of the century. The Jardines are known for their lavish...

AD 1618 — Post-Reformation Central Europe is on the verge of a cataclysmic new religious conflict—the Thirty Years War—that will ultimately lead to the deaths of eight million and the dramatic alteration of European civilization.When...

In His Name is Jacob Harris (2ndEdition), the main characters of the book are loosely based on the author’s great-great grandfather, Jacob, and Jacob’s brother, Lorenzo.  They were adopted when quite young after Indians...

Perfect for fans of Poldark, Sarah Ladd's latest Regency romance, The Thief of Lanwyn Manor, explores Cornwall, England, and the secrets within one of its historic manor houses.

In the first of a new series from beloved Regency romance author, Sarah Ladd, Delia, a governess to five recently orphaned children, would risk anything to protect them . . . even her heart.

An inheritance could provide her with financial freedom, a rare accomplishment for a woman in the Regency era; she only has to marry one of two men to gain it. But what if her heart belongs to a third?

Se solicita el placer de su compañía en la boda de Miss Eliza Cynster... pero no hasta que ella sea rescatada de un osado secuestro ¡por parte del más inesperado de los héroes!

How does one choose between two suitors, when one doesn't love either of them?Poor Lady Diana is being forced into marriage by her new stepmother, who doesn't care who she marries, so long as she no longer lives at her father's house.But...

She will fight for her freedom. He will fight for her life.Mila might be slaveborn, but she has no intention of remaining a slave. Impatient for her freedom, the nineteen-year-old takes matters into her own hands. Armed with the combat skills her...

Compelled to perform or incentive to trust? Catherine Nicolson’s choice to flee from her home led to hershunning. Having compromised her values and forfeited her inheritance, she finds herself living in impoverished circumstances...

Regicide at Four. Supper Strictly at Eight.When aspiring young novelist Miss Diana Crewe falls asleep on her manuscript in early nineteenth century England, the last thing she expects is to wake in the middle of the world she's created...a world in...

What happens when two people whose elusive hearts fight an indefinable attraction, neither looked for nor desired, dare to dream?When her fiancé and sister abscond to Gretna Green on her wedding day, Sapphira Beresford longs to escape, to avoid the...

A comfy suburban home, a life filled with love and a large, happy family. Not such a big ask-is it?Dawn Burton is happy with her high heeled shoes, movie nights, and a social, city hairdressing career. She even tolerates her overbearing mother. But all...

No enemy can defeat a determined heart.Lina is no stranger to conflict. When her clan arrives on the shores of Cardiganshire for the summer, she is prepared for trouble. Sea warriors are tolerated in the Irish Sea but never on land. Luckily, the...

York, Yorkshire, England, 1852When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow, her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm. A rash decision to travel to York to find work doesn't turn out as she expected. Alone and vulnerable, she is unprepared for the...

Unsure of his real past or name, Finn O'Connor thinks he was born in Ireland and taken from his mother as a baby by a gypsy woman. As a toddler, an English woman then took him to London. About ten he fled to join a gang of boys who survived by their wits...

An American heiress and an English earl fight against the conventions of society -- and their attraction to each other -- in the second book in the Dary to Defy series by USA Today bestselling author Syrie James.Madeleine Atherton is no typical American...

He was only supposed to keep an eye on his friend's sister . . . now he's about to lose his heart . . .When Thomas Heathmore, Duke of Coventry, agrees to steer his friend's inexperienced younger sister through society, he doesn't expect the lady in...

"A bright, intelligent, heart-tugging romance." - Kirkus Lisa Berne's Penhallow Dynasty series continues as a Highlander marries against his will--and discovers he may have found the perfect bride Alasdair Penhallow, laird of his clan and master of...

USA Today bestselling author Caroline Linden's third novel in her Scandalous series brings together a feisty heiress, a notorious rake, and a shocking book that could bring one woman the utmost despair-- or the greatest pleasure.Penelope Weston does not...

In Book One of the Westward Hearts series, orphans Fannie Caldwell and her two young siblings have spent the last three years as indentured servants under a cruel master. Desperately wanting a better life for her brother and sister, Fannie devises a plan...

Gregg: A Novel is a book written by Fleta Campbell Springer and published in 1919. The novel tells the story of a young man named Gregg, who is a successful businessman but is unhappy with his life. He feels unfulfilled and longs for something more...

For Love And Honor V3: A Novel is a book written by Francis Addison and originally published in 1882. The novel tells the story of a young woman named Honor who is torn between her love for a man named Lionel and her sense of duty to her family. Lionel...

Coming Out V2: And The Field Of The Forty Footsteps is a novel written by Jane Porter and first published in 1828. The book is a sequel to the first volume of Coming Out, which follows the story of a young woman named Julia who is making her debut into...

Castle Sombras is a historical romance novel written by Herbert Greenough Smith and first published in 1895. The story is set in medieval Spain and follows the adventures of the young and beautiful Lady Isabel, who is forced to marry the cruel and...

Castle Czvargas: A Romance, Being A Plain Story Of The Romantic Adventures Of Two Brothers, Told By The Younger Of Them (1899) is a novel written by Archibald Birt. The book tells the story of two brothers, with the younger one narrating their romantic...

An Unsatisfactory Lover is a novel written by Duchess and published in 1894. The story follows the life of a young woman named Lady Adela Lillingstone, who is forced into an arranged marriage with a wealthy and titled man named Lord Delamarne. Despite...

<b>Miss Clara Marie Stanton's family may be eccentric, but they certainly aren't insane.<br/><br/></b><i>London, England, 1860<br/></i>When Clara's ex-fianc&eacute; begins to spread rumors that her family...

Mari Westin, an irrepressible, well-bred 18th century English girl, rebels against the restraints of her times. She seizes opportunity wherever life leads her and whatever it throws at her:From gentrified upbringing, to forced labor in the colonies;...