Historical romance Books

The Barrett family had owned three of the largest plantations in Georgia before the Civil War. Near the end of the war, they had to flee their homes. They settled in Massachusetts, eventually owning vast textile mills. Liz, the daughter of Kathleen and...

Set in ancient Egypt, this is a love story, tender and at the same time erotic and sensitive, that will enchant and captivate the reader

A heart-warming story of a young woman, Lauren Bradford, who is determined to save her family legacy from bank foreclosure and unmask the villian behind her grandfather's attempted murder. In the middle of her battle, Lauren comes face to face with a...

Becky stood up abruptly and began to walk back towards the Inn. He followed her and grabbed her hand. "Don't you see? I want to be free so that you and I can be together."

A spell, cast by the shaman many suns ago, forecasts the arrival of a strong-willed woman to the Crow village. According to the legend, when she arrives, she will be paired with the bravest warrior, and will bear a male child whose destiny is to save...

The World's Fair has introduced many new ideas to Chicago society---but can two individuals from very different backgrounds find love together?

The year is 1918 and writing gritty dime novels simply isn't done by a woman. So Daphne McKinley---smart, pretty, talented---publishes her rough-and-tumble books under a male pseudonym. But a newspaperman enlists her aid in restoring his grandfather's...

Cordelia Watson is ready to start over. Her husband didn't return from the war, her fiancé jilted her, and she's had enough. J.B. Wood agrees to help Delia start anew in Virginia City, even though all he really wants to do is mine his claim for gold...

Close to perfectionAda Williamson lived her whole life in the shadow of her charismatic, capricious sister. But when the beautiful Melinda decides to jilt her mail-order groom on the way to meet him in Seattle, Washington Territory, Ada's conscience...

He's no prince charming. She's no damsel in distress.Yara Conrad might not have been accepted into the Royal Veterinary School, but she knew her worth. Undeterred from living the life she wanted, she picked up her faithful dog, convinced her mother to...

Seti I is most frequently known as the father of Ramesses II, but in fact, he was a great pharaoh himself, though with a relatively short reign of just eleven years. A great warrior king, a strategic thinker, and a man who knew the life of the ordinary...

When a spirited spinster enlists her butler's help to turn her life around, it leads to an unfathomable mystery, great danger, and a chance at love in this rollicking Regency romance.Lady Avery Heywood has never been kissed. She's never had a Season,...

Hiver 1683, Paris.Par un concours de circonstances, Lise, une villageoise de dix-sept ans croise la route de Louis XIV. Une confusion inattendue donne la possibilité à la jeune femme d'accompagner le roi dans son nouveau palais à Versailles. Elle y...

The present day - 24-year-old librarian Gwen goes to scatter her father's ashes on Glastonbury Tor and is kidnapped back in time to become King Arthur's Dark Age queen - Guinevere.Welcome to book 1 in the exciting new series Guinevere from Dragonblade...

1459. A gifted woman artist. A ruthless Scottish privateer. And an audacious plan that throws them together-with dangerous consequences. No one on the Greek island of Rhodes suspects Anica is responsible for her Venetian father's exquisite...

A defiant Scottish heiress and a Highland warrior discover that love is the fiercest battle of all...  Lydia Farnsworth, the resilient heir to Tornbury Fortress, faces a future dictated by her father's archaic wishes-a contest that offers her...

Sometimes, a kiss is only a kiss. Meaningless. Their kiss was not that kind...Arieen Fleming is desperate. She'll do anything to force her betrothed into calling off their arranged marriage-even create a public scandal that could leave her disowned,...

Zelda Rawle has one chance to accomplish her dreams. Just a little marriage, and she'll have the money and title it takes to live the bigger life she imagined all those years she was confined to a tiny room.Lord Geoffrey's broad shoulders are better...

Does Anthony's lonely past doom him to a lonely future?He's never breathed a word of who he was before he ran away from home. Now someone knows who he is.Worse, brazen David Castle knows what he likes.Anthony's survived by being what others want him to...

A complete omnibus of three swashbuckling, swoon-worthy pirate adventures! Pirate's PrizeA woman scorned by a thief. A pirate captain on the hunt to change his stars. Scammed by the man she trusted, all Emily wants is a fun day with her friends at...

In one tragic moment, Celeste Gabriele loses all it has taken a lifetime to create. Surrounded by political upheaval and personal turmoil in 1497 Florence, she feels betrayed and utterly alone. Can she summon the courage and strength to conquer her...

Steeped with nostalgia, warmth, and kindness, author Rose Elaine brews another tale of intergenerational friendship, family values, unconditional love, and unforgettable characters that you'll remember for years to come. When an unwelcome guest arrives...

This first book in the Big Creek Appalachian series begins in dark places where children are traded as child brides to men who are willing to work the family farm.  Hard Cover edition.A 1920s saga of Emerald Ashby coming-of-age. "I'm poetic in an...

Two Texas Rangers and One Wild Bride?Unmarried and alone is dangerous in the wilds of Texas. Lillian Bradley's family died leaving her to run the ranch that her lowlife neighbor covets. And someone is stealing her cattle. She needs a protector, a...

Londres — 1940. Alors que les bombes pleuvent sur la ville de Londres, Emma Bradley prépare sa valise à la hâte, berce son nouveau-né dans ses bras et embarque à bord d'un train, accompagnée de deux enfants...

The Caribbean, or Spanish Main, has been home to Indians, pirates, explorers, divers, and treasure hunters. One island in particular, lying in the western Caribbean, has a rich history involving all of them. This is the story of that island. “...

He returned a changed man, with a son she knew nothing about.Will his new life mean the end to what they'd once shared?Cole Santori faces each day with three goals: be a good father to his adopted son, excel at his job as a Splendor deputy, and do...

Erik and Clarette Torsten are committed to each other and to God. After all, together they survived the race riots back in Tulsa. So surely they can face a little small-town prejudice in Erik's home town. But when a flood drives their small weekly...

Tessa Jurgen knows all too well that prejudice and hatred do not vanish overnight. Because of her past, the man she loves has been falsely arrested and thrown in jail. Because of her past she cannot forgive herself or her adversaries, and she cannot...

Living under the oppressive thumb of her controlling older sister is difficult, but Kassie is committed to fulfill her late grandfather's wish--for the two sisters to rebuild their relationship. Life with her successful sister, Glorene, in a large...

Bandy O'Sullivan is a little confused. God promised to bless her in all her endeavors, didn't He? And yet, things keep going wrong. An underhanded employee tries to sabotage Bandy's business. Her stepmother conspires to hurt her...

By 1933, the Great Depression has reached its tentacles into the small town of Red Fork, Oklahoma. There, following her oil-magnate father's fortune-loss and subsequent suicide, Lucie Patton is struggling to discover who she is and where she fits...

She's determined to get what she wants out of life. When Clarette Fortier is on assignment, the competition had better run for cover. An up-and-coming reporter for a New York newspaper, Clarette is now in Tulsa, hot on the trail of the inside story of...

Sorrow and regrets…Lady Helen was a young, naïve girl when she gave up everything for a charismatic Irishman and eloped. Finding herself a widow after a few short years, she is disillusioned with love and raising a three-year-old daughter...

Kathleen James has put her practical side away for once and looks forward to the perfect romantic evening: an intimate dinner with the man of her dreams—and an engagement ring. She is not prepared to hear that he wants to bring his grandmother back...

He's inherited the title of rake. She hides behind her independence... Fate accepts the challenge.Grace Beaumont has seen what love can do to a woman. Her mother sacrificed her life to produce the coveted son and heir. A devastated father and newborn...

Sometimes love finds you when you least expect it… Patience, the young Dowager Countess of Seahaven has the weight of the world on her shoulders. With a bevy of stepdaughters under her care, a Season to find them all husbands is completely...

Sometimes all it takes to find your heart's desire is to make a wish… After a series of failed relationships, Bridgette Harris would like a fresh start. If only she could escape her ex-boyfriend since they participate in the same renaissance...

Compelling romance and swashbuckling thrills.The dramatic and gripping story of one man with two lives and the woman he craves, but cannot have…He was the handsome aristocrat and charismatic adventurer who created a dynasty and she was the feisty,...

Anything Can Happen at a Masquerade – Just Ask OliviaEighteen-year-old Olivia's naval captain father is 'somewhere at sea' fighting the French when her mother dies suddenly, leaving her daughter homeless. Desperately in need of security...

A Duke can demand anything-except his wife's love. A chance meeting with a bereaved father makes Jeffrey, Duke of Gracechurch realise how hollow his own marriage and family life are. Persuaded to marry at a young age, he and his Duchess, Flora,...

And they lived happily ever after.Or did they? Cast out by her father for refusing the suitor of his choice, Lallie Grey accepts Hugo Tamrisk’s proposal, confident that he loves her as she loves him. But what were Hugo’s reasons for marriage...

Shortlisted for the Historical Novel Society's 2015 Indie Prize, A Just and Upright Man shows us life in northeast England in the 1760s not as lived by the rich and powerful but from the point of view of those at the bottom of the heap. Life was...