Historical romance Books

2 March 1810 . . . Today, I fell in love.At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her--until the afternoon when Nigel Bevelstoke, the handsome and...

Growing up motherless with an outlaw father made Ginger Freeman hard and unforgiving--and for the past seven years she's been driven by a single goal: to make Grant Kelley pay for letting her brother die. Now that she's tracked the hated doctor to a...

Toni Rodden has escaped a life of prostitution and vows she'll never let a man control her again. After months on the wagon train, she's finally earned her place, albeit grudgingly from some, and has found a surrogate family in Fannie Caldwell and her...

August Book Sense PickA fading aristocrat and self-proclaimed 'scientist of women.' A purring, voluptuous siren. A young shop-girl enduring the clammy touch of her boss and hating herself for accepting the modest banknotes he tucks into her pocket...

The only thing I felt was a strong hand around my neck, another around my waist, and -- before I could cry out -- I smelled the thick, sweet scent of a mandrake-soaked cloth. Unforgiving hands clapped it against my face, and all went dark.Alaïs, the king...

From the glamorous world of opera to the underbelly of New York's seediest tenements, a page-turning rollercoaster ride of kidnappings, betrayals, friendships, spies, bribes, hidden identities, and twisted intrigues ... By 1908, Francesca Frascatti has...

A stunning debut novel from a new voice in literary fiction, set on Lake Michigan following World War II, The Water Dancers limns the divide between the worlds of the wealthy elite "summer people" and the poor native population who serve them-and what...

حادث سير مروِّع يؤدي إلى إصابة الزوجة "لمى" إصابة بليغة حين كانت تسعف زوجها "هاني" ولتصبح بعدها مشوهة الجسد، وليتركها زوجها بعد حين هائماً بعاملة المنزل"رضية" فائقة الجمال،التي عاشت بدورها علاقة غرامية مع...

A young couple living by the seaside in 19th Century Scotland meet by chance and fall in love. Their considerate nature takes them away from their destined fates by their ill-fated meeting with a Cailleach. After being lost at sea, they find themselves...

Business Wise is the riveting, emotional story about the determination and resilience of women in business in the struggling economy of 1980's Australia.All Marie wants is to prove herself in business. She also wants love.When Marie meets Ryan Gallagher...

Caroline Willians queria cumprir seu único e maior desejo: ajudar sua mãe com os problemas financeiros. Porém, não contava com os imprevistos e artimanhas do destino que, de um jeito nada convencional, tornaram-na uma lady. Albert Frederick Harper,...

A historical tradition of Roman origin represents Livia Drusilla, the third and much-beloved wife of Caesar Augustus, as a conniving, Borgia-like criminal. This view of Livia maintains that to promote the political career of her son by her former...

London 1585: Wie jeden Morgen bricht die junge Alyson zu einer Diebestour auf, um sich und ihre Geschwister zu ernähren. Wenig später wird sie Zeugin eines Mordes, was sie nicht nur in Lebensgefahr bringt, sondern auch in den Tower. Sir Francis...

Zwei Frauen, zwei Welten, eine Liebe, die alles überwindet.Bailee Winters' Leben ist die Hölle. Gekettet an die Ehe mit einem grausamen Mann lebt sie in einem goldenen Käfig. Doch dann rettet die Bordellbesitzerin Jade ihr Leben. Zwischen den ungleichen...

Elouise isn't simply Charming by name...Charming is the job.When trouble strikes Everwell Manor, headquarters of her fellow Scandalous Spinsters and the only real home she's ever known, being charming isn't enough. Especially when the job calls...

England 1650: Civil War has given way to an uneasy peace . . .  Royalist officer James Hart refuses to accept the tyranny of the new government after the execution of King Charles I, and to raise funds for the restoration of the king's son, he...

WINNER! 2024 National Excellence in Storytelling AwardShe's good enough for a betrothal, but not to actually marry?Anne Larchmont, deep into her twenties, has never experienced a serious flirt, much less a real kiss. That's what becomes of being...

Meet a Shakespeare-quoting shapeshifter who wants nothing to do with love...Nash senses the man across from him in the cramped stagecoach is trouble, a danger to the veiled woman accompanying her lofty "protector". Nash knows he's no hero, yet she...

Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, Nine Miles North tells the story of Patriot soldier and spy Ethan Shaye, who carries out a series of daring missions, slipping behind enemy lines to secure vital information for the Continental Army...

"Morna's Accomplice" is the SWEET/CLEAN version of "Love Beyond Measure" by USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Bethany Claire. This version is for readers who prefer clean language in their stories and love scenes that stay...

An agent of the Home Office, Miss Daisy Albright has volunteered to assist in exposing the man behind a smuggling ring operating in Yorkshire. Her assignment will require she become the mistress of the suspect. Trouble is, she has no experience as a...

True love binds them. Deceit divides them. Will they choose love?Lady Coira Norwood spent her youth traveling with her grandfather. Now well past the age men prefer when they choose a wife, she has resigned herself to remain a maiden. But everything...

In this follow-up, to Wigginton’s (Angelina’s Secret), the focus is on Isabella Deveraux, the daughter of Lady Angelina Marguerite Amelia Deveraux, the heroine of the first book. As the story begins, Isabella experiences a disturbing dream...

L'inguaribile romantico Thaddeus Middleton sta cercando moglie. Spera di trovare una donna attratta più da lui che dal denaro. Invece, si ritrova accattivato da una ragazza tutta pepe che non prova il minimo interesse nei suoi confronti! O almeno, questo...

Quando il Duca Malandrino sfida il duca di Colehaven a trovare un corteggiatore per una pupilla improponibile, Cole accetta immediatamente. Lui vince sempre, e in fondo, quanto può essere davvero improponibile una bella giovane? Cole assume i ruoli di...

Il celebre frustino Giles Langford è stupito nell'apprendere che il suo fabbro è una ragazza, sconvolto nel rendersi conto che si tratta dell'inaccessibile sorella di un duca, e inorridito nello scoprire di essere comunque innamorato di questa donna...

From a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author:Meg Church adores two things: life in a village of perennial Yuletide, and the freedoms of being a spinster with no reputation to protect. Oh, very well, three things: She’s harbored a secret...

The riskier the wager...Everyone knows that Gemma Templeton is a wonderful, cheerful, friendly young woman who is well worth one’s acquaintance. She is vibrant and warm, and plays the violin with exquisite talent. The only thing she lacks is a...

After returning the heads of assassins to the Master of Hashashini, Talon flees with his family and closest companions to the Kingdom of Jerusalem to escape retribution. But death and disaster follow them, dashing hopes of finding a safe haven. Talon and...

In the world of the wealthy, things are never quite as they appear.Ellie Hastings is tired of playing social gatekeeper-and poor-relation companion-to her Gibson Girl of a cousin. But her aunt insists Ellie lift her nose out of her detective novel long...

Ashton Fenwick was raised to be the bastard older brother--the charming, happy bastard older brother. Now, an earldom has been foisted upon him, and his family urgently needs him to find and marry the right countess. With charm at the ready, Ashton is...

In this second installment of Tracey Devlyn's Nexus Spymasters series, readers will be immersed into this enemies to friends love story between an infamous spy and a desperate widow bent on solving her husband's murder and protecting her precocious...

In this first book of Tracey Devlyn's Nexus Spymaster series, readers will be swept away into this friends to lovers story between a British spy and his best friend's sister who has infiltrated the French elite in order to track down her parents'...

Will a mysterious note from the past doom the love of Jane Austen's most beloved couple?A Peculiar Connection begins near the close of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice. Bent on preventing the engagement of her nephew to Elizabeth Bennet, Lady Catherine de...

Half a dozen young men find themselves at the end of their university years facing the awful prospect that they must now support themselves. They decide to found an Ideal Commonwealth, in the Navigator Islands - Samoa (where, by a wonderful coincidence,...

When Beatrice married Victor Davenport she intended to have his children. He's a wealthy banker, used to getting his own way. Neither of them bargained for one summer's evening and its unexpected guest. Set in London, New York and Oxfordshire in 1911,...

Emma Holt has been happily married for many years to the gardener of the local Quaker school. Headmaster Philip Manners, on the other hand, has been unhappily married to the Bishop's daughter for just as long.When Philip finds Emma in the school library,...

1940, Bletchley Park: I stand alone outside the gates, with no idea what lies ahead. It's cold and dark. All I have are my suitcases and a handful of letters from my fiancé. Every day, the bombs have been getting closer. I'm only an ordinary civilian,...

Die Bridgewater Sitte, dass zwei Männer eine Frau heiraten, ist ungewöhnlich im Montana Territorium. Aber dass drei Männer eine Frau heiraten? Das ist gänzlich unbekannt, vor allem für die hübsche Olivia Weston. Denn ihr...

Marisal. A villa on a sleepy Spanish island. A place that time had forgotten. A place of long ago summers, sun-kissed memories and one terrible betrayal …When Charlotte’s husband James tragically dies, he leaves her an...

A gripping book club novel about forbidden love, friendship and family secrets in a time of war. Perfect for fans of The Letter by Kathryn Hughes, The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie...

An engaging love story set in eighteenth century Whitby and on the romantic North Yorkshire Moors. Penelope is a very young and beautiful girl, refined and educated, with no desire for an arranged marriage. But she can hardly imagine how her life will...

In these modern times women have choices.  They can marry, have a career, raise a family and if problems arise from deprivation or physical abuse, a network of help is ready to support them.So perhaps it is difficult to imagine the true plight of an...

When you do hear people talking about a happily married couple on TV, it's usually about who is separating or who is having an affair. I'd like to challenge the everyday housewife to step it up! If hubby wants his wife to be more amorous, then he has to...

Orphaned as a child, Miss Jane Milton lives to serve her Stover cousins, tending to their every need. Her beloved cousin Blair suffered a slow and painful death from wounds received at the Battle of Waterloo, and now, ten months later, Miss Milton feels...