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Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIn her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period... -
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The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsIn ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history. The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family—all with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti...Categorized as:
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![Finley’s Way An Alternate Earth LGBTQ short story by Julie Mannino]()
Finley’s Way An Alternate Earth LGBTQ short story by Julie Mannino
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter being kicked out of his village for being a homosexual, Finley isn’t sure how he’ll survive. He has skill as a carpenter, but he’s only fourteen and entirely alone in the world. He has no family, no community, and almost no money. He finds an abandoned shed and makes a friend with another teenager... -
![A Loyal Heart by Jody Hedlund]()
A Loyal Heart by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s taken her as his prisoner. But she’s holding his heart captive. In gaining their freedom, will they lose what matters most? When Lady Olivia’s castle is besieged, she and her sister are taken captive and held for ransom by her father’s enemy, Lord Pitt. Loyalty to family means everything to Olivia... -
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![Baron of Blackwood by Tamara Leigh]()
Baron of Blackwood by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTHE FEUD. England, 1308. Boursier, De Arell, Verdun—three noblemen who secretly gather to ally against their treacherous lord. Though each is elevated to a baron in his own right and given a portion of his lord’s lands, jealousy and reprisal lead to a twenty-five-year feud, pitting family against family, passing father to son. THE PRIZE. England, 1333... -
![The FitzOsbornes at War by Michelle Cooper]()
The FitzOsbornes at War by Michelle Cooper
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMichelle Cooper completes her heart-stealing epic drama of history and romance with The FitzOsbornes at War. Sophie FitzOsborne and the royal family of Montmaray escaped their remote island home when the Nazis attacked. But as war breaks out in England and around the world, nowhere is safe. Sophie fills her journal with tales of a life during wartime. Blackouts and the Blitz... -
![The Highlander’s Inconvenient Wife by Eloise Madigan]()
The Highlander’s Inconvenient Wife by Eloise Madigan
“You can’t keep me locked up in here forever! ”. “I shall be the one to decide if ye stay in here forever or not. ”. Rumored to have killed even those closest to him, losing an eye in the process, Laird Jasper doesn’t let anyone near. Until a feisty English Lady, Joan, stumbles into his castle... -
![Lady Of Conquest by Tamara Leigh]()
Lady Of Conquest by Tamara Leigh
Called the Bloodlust Warrior of Hastings, Maxen Pendery retreats to a monastery after the Normans conquer England, hoping a life of contemplation will wash the blood from his soul. But soon he is out to avenge his brother's murder, only to fall in love with a woman--who may turn out to be his brothCURSED...Categorized as:
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![Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor]()
Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA sequel to the universally acclaimed Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, continuing in the story of the Logan family in Mississippi during the Depression. The children, especially Cassie, are happy in their warm, stable family but outside is a climate of fear and tension. Their friend T. J. goes on trial for murder and stands before an all-white jury... -
![The Rake and Lady Julia by Claudia Stone]()
The Rake and Lady Julia by Claudia Stone
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLady Julia Cavendish has always been a most sensible and practical young woman. So when her parents declare that she must marry, or spend the rest of her days acting as a companion to her dreadful Aunt Mildred, she agrees. Love, she believes, is not real, and an advantageous marriage is far preferable to the life of a servant. But then she meets Lord Montague. .Categorized as:
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Always by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fierce elite guard. A loyal lady in waiting. They must work together to save three princesses from certain death. On the verge of dying after giving birth to twins, the queen of Mercia pleads with Lady Felicia to save her infant daughters... -
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The Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe thrilling story of the French princess who became an English queen from the author of critically acclaimed Agincourt Bride. Even the greatest of queens have rules – to break them would cost her dearly…... -
![The Fallen Princess by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Fallen Princess by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHallowmas 1144. With the harvest festival approaching, Gareth has returned from fighting in the south, hoping for a few months of peace with Gwen before the birth of their first child... -
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My Something Wonderful by Jill Barnett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSISTERS OF SCOTLAND SERIES. by Jill Barnett. At a time when kings fought for the right to rule, some won, some lost, and the women who loved them paid the price…. MY SOMETHING WONDERFUL. Book One. When a stranger, a golden knight who is one of the king's barons, comes to Glenna Gordon's isolated island farm, she learns her whole life has been a lie...Categorized as:
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![The Renegade Merchant by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Renegade Merchant by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarch 1147. Determined to escape the gloom that has descended on Aber, Gareth and Gwen travel to Shrewsbury in an attempt to find answers about Rhun’s death, about the whereabouts and plans of Prince Cadwaladr, and about Gwen’s family ties to England... -
![The Highlander’s Twisted Games: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan]()
The Highlander’s Twisted Games: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan
“Let me show ye what I mean when I say ye are mine. ”. Green-fingered Emma loves being a healer. Her only problem is the rakish Laird she works handsome, but dangerous. So when he asks her to be his fake betrothed for a day, she has no choice but to agree. Laird Thomas needs a wife; but he doesn’t want to get married. So he picks a certain hellion to help him delay the inevitable... -
![The Viking's Warrior Bride by Mairibeth MacMillan]()
The Viking's Warrior Bride by Mairibeth MacMillan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBjorn and Ylva. Two warriors who fight side by side. Two lovers who avoid commitments. But their convenient relationship just got complicated. Determined to redeem her father’s name through her own brave deeds as a warrior, Ylva has no desire to give that up to be a mother... -
![A Worthy Rebel by Jody Hedlund]()
A Worthy Rebel by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA desperate noblewoman, a rebellious peasant, and a forbidden love. While fleeing an arranged betrothal to a heartless lord, Lady Isabelle becomes injured and lost. Rescued by a young peasant man, she hides her identity as a noblewoman for fear of reprisal from the peasants who are bitter and angry toward the nobility... -
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The FitzOsbornes in Exile by Michelle Cooper
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsForced to leave their island kingdom, Sophie FitzOsborne and her eccentric family take shelter in England... -
![Captain Tempesta by Emilio Salgari]()
Captain Tempesta by Emilio Salgari
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA female warrior in disguise. A lover to be rescued. A city under siege. Cyprus, 1571. An island at war. The powerful Ottoman army has taken every city save one, Famagusta, a Venetian port and stronghold. Besieged by a force of 80,000 men, the city has valiantly fought back with its small force of warriors and mercenaries... -
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The Uninvited Guest by Sarah Woodbury
It is the winter of 1143 and all is not well in the court of Owain, King of north Wales. His future in-laws are untrustworthy, the Norman lords on his eastern border are restless, and among his wedding guests lurks a cold-blooded killer... -
![The Viking's Cursed Bride by Mairibeth MacMillan]()
The Viking's Cursed Bride by Mairibeth MacMillan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalf Briton, half Pict, Aoife has been an outsider all her life. Rejected by her family, despite saving them from the Norse raid on Alt Clut, she is forced to marry one of the invaders to ensure her family’s safety and rid them of a cursed daughter, while putting her own life at risk. Jarl Tormod intends to settle on the Clyde and to marry a Briton... -
![Robyn Hood: Fight For Freedom by K.M. Shea]()
Robyn Hood: Fight For Freedom by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe ballads lie. Robin Hood, the Bold and Brave Outlaw of Sherwood Forest, is cowardly, spineless, and a girl. Robyn left her band of Merry Men after losing an archery contest against Little John and runs to the last place her men would expect: the courts of Prince John. Robyn successfully masks her identity until Little John and Will Scarlet locate her with Marian’s help... -
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Loyal Heart by Anna Markland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn impossible choice…love or family loyalty. Book I of a brand new series from Anna Markland, The Von Wolfenberg Dynasty. Sophia falls in love with a guest at her brother’s wedding, but he is an envoy sent by her father’s enemies. Brandt intends to return home as soon as his unwelcome obligation to attend the wedding is fulfilled... -
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![Queenbreaker: Perseverance by Catherine McCarran]()
Queenbreaker: Perseverance by Catherine McCarran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere are games played only at court for power, love, revenge. .. Fourteen-year old Mary Shelton must learn to play them all when she enters the cauldron of spite, ambition, and danger that is the court of King Henry VIII. No one in her family expects Mary to go far; she’s the middle daughter, sharp-tongued, not the favorite, not pretty... -
![Cloak of Scarlet by Melanie Dickerson]()
Cloak of Scarlet by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this exciting retelling of the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairytale, Melanie Dickerson sweeps readers away into a thrilling adventure and a charming romance. Violet—so named because of the unusual color of her eyes—knows almost nothing about her birth mother. She has formed a close bond with her grandmother, who fills her heart with dreams of true love... -
![Goong: Palace Story Vol.1 by Park So Hee]()
Goong: Palace Story Vol.1 by Park So Hee
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMonarchy ended long ago in Korea, but there are still other countries with Kings, Queens, princes and princesses... -
![The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Miller Haines]()
The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Miller Haines
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIris Anderson and her father have finally come to an understanding. Iris is allowed to help out at her Pop's detective agency as long as she follows his rules and learns from his technique. But when Iris uncovers details about her mother's supposed suicide, suddenly Iris is thrown headfirst into her most intense and personal case yet.Categorized as:
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![The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette by Carolyn Meyer]()
The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette by Carolyn Meyer
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHistory paints her as a shallow party girl, a spoiled fashionista, a callous ruler. Perhaps no other royal has been so maligned and so misunderstood as Marie-Antoinette. From the moment she was betrothed to the dauphin of France at age fourteen, perfection was demanded of Marie-Antoinette... -
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Doomed Queen Anne by Carolyn Meyer
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsShe risked everything to become queen. Though born without great beauty, wealth, or title, Anne Boleyn blossomed into a captivating woman. She used her wiles to win the heart of England’s most powerful man, King Henry VIII, and to persuade him to defy everyoneincluding his own wifeto make her his new queen. But Anne’s ambition proved to be her fatal flaw. -
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The Betrayal by Mary Hooper
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn this follow-up to By Royal Command , Lucy is asked to continue her work on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I. But will her romance with Tomas, the queen's fool, get in the way? There's also Mistress Juliette, the mysterious new lady-in-waiting...Categorized as:
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![Rue For Repentance by Felicity Pulman]()
Rue For Repentance by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe second medieval mystery in the deliciously readable Janna Mysteries. After her mother dies and her home is burned to the ground, Janna is forced to flee for her life. She is given shelter at a manor farm, but all is not as it seems... -
![Drawing a Blank: Or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams by Daniel Ehrenhaft, Trevor Ristow]()
Drawing a Blank: Or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams by Daniel Ehrenhaft, Trevor Ristow
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI don't know how this happened. One day I'm snug in my loner existence at Carnegie Mansion School, and the next I'm tramping through the Scottish wilderness looking for my dad. Who's been kidnapped. Because of a feud that started in medieval times. Or something. Suffice it to say, I never paid too much attention because I thought the whole thing was some twisted figment of my dad's imagination... -
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Lilies For Love by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove, revenge, secrets, and murder in medieval England. On the run from Lord Robert, the man who will stop at nothing to hide his secret, Janna takes refuge at Wiltune Abbey. While there, she desperately seeks to learn to read so she can uncover the truth about her unknown father—but first there are mysteries to be solved... -
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![Willows For Weeping by Felicity Pulman]()
Willows For Weeping by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMurder at Stonehenge, and a letter that could change the fate of a medieval kingdom at war. Janna has joined a band of pilgrims en route to Oxeneford. Along the journey she finds a dead man carrying a letter bearing the seal of Henry, Bishop of Winchester, now a supporter of the Empress Matilda... -
![In The Midst of Madness: Tudor Chronicles Book Two by Lesley Jepson]()
In The Midst of Madness: Tudor Chronicles Book Two by Lesley Jepson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnne Boleyn is dead and with her the hope of power for the Howard family. Can pretty Kitty Howard tempt Henry VIII away from his political marriage to Anne of Cleves? Will Katharine Parr ever marry her first love, Tom Seymour and will Meg, maid to the Howards, find out that the clerk she loves is not quite who he seems? -
![Rivals in the Tudor Court by D.L. Bogdan]()
Rivals in the Tudor Court by D.L. Bogdan
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs Queen Catherine's maid and daughter of the Duke of Buckingham, the future seems bright for Elizabeth Stafford. But when her father gives her hand to Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, the spirited young woman must sacrifice all for duty. Yet Elizabeth is surprised by her passion for her powerful new husband...Categorized as:
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The Queen's Lady by Eve Edwards
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEngland, 1584. When beautiful Lady Jane Rievaulx begins her service to the Queen at Richmond Palace, she is thrilled to see the court's newest arrival . . . Master James Lacey. No matter that Jane was previously courted by the eldest Lacey brother—James is the one who has won her heart. For his part, James cannot deny his fascination with Jane; his plans, however, do not allow for love... -
![The Secret: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Lesley Jepson]()
The Secret: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Lesley Jepson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKing Henry VIII of England fell in love with Anne Boleyn, divorcing Queen Katharine and changing the religion of the country in order to make Anne his wife. But what if Anne loved someone else? Upon returning to England after a girlhood spent serving at the Court of France, Anne is astonished to catch the eye of King Henry VIII... -
![The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (Author)]()
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (Author)
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![The Rogue's Princess by Eve Edwards]()
The Rogue's Princess by Eve Edwards
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 13 ratings1586 – London, England. Sixteen-year-old Mercy Hart is the daughter of one of London’s richest – and strictest – cloth merchants. Kit Turner is an actor and the illegitimate son of the late Earl of Dorset. A chance encounter finds Kit falling for the beautiful Mercy’s charms, but their love is forbidden. A merchant’s daughter and a vagabond – it simply cannot be... -
![The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle]()
The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle
An adventure worthy of legend, for fans of Game of Thrones and Rangers Apprentice. When fifteen-year-old Æthelflæd is suddenly and reluctantly betrothed to an ally of her father, the king, her world will never be the same. For as a noblewoman in the late 800s, she will be expected to be meek and unlearned-and Flæd is anything but meek and unlearned...Categorized as:
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![Patience, Princess Catherine by Carolyn Meyer]()
Patience, Princess Catherine by Carolyn Meyer
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWill Catherine ever become queen? England anxiously awaits Prince Arthur’s betrothed—the Spanish princess who will be its future queen. But when Arthur dies not long after the wedding, Catherine of Aragon’s fate becomes uncertain... -
![The Tempest: A Gisborne Novel by Charlotte Hawkins]()
The Tempest: A Gisborne Novel by Charlotte Hawkins
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGuy of Gisborne, a man of great darkness and sin, meets the woman who will be his redemption. .. Sir Guy is a fierce, brooding knight. He is both feared and scorned by those under his command. But under his harsh exterior lies a tortured soul, haunted by a tragic past. .. Cassia is a peasant healer, with a secret admiration for the fearsome lord Gisborne... -
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![The Virgin Elizabeth: A Novel by Robin Maxwell]()
The Virgin Elizabeth: A Novel by Robin Maxwell
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA book of passion, of sixteenth-century England, of greed and political ambition unto death. Historians and novelists have written extensively about the various aspects of Queen Elizabeth I's long, rich, and tumultuous life. No one has ever given us a fully. realized portrait of the greatest English monarch as a young girl... -
![Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer]()
Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsElizabeth Tudor's teenage years are hardly those of a fairy-tale princess. Her father has beheaded her mother; her jealous half sister has her locked away in the Tower of London; and her only love has betrayed her in his own quest for the throne. Told in the voice of the young Elizabeth and ending when she is crowned queen, this is the second novel in the exciting Young Royals series. -
![Jepp, Who Defied the Stars by Katherine Marsh]()
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars by Katherine Marsh
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFate:. Is it written in the stars from the moment we are born? Or is it a bendable thing that we can shape with our own hands? Jepp of Astraveld needs to know. He left his countryside home on the empty promise of a stranger, only to become a captive in a luxurious prison: Coudenberg Palace, the royal court of the Spanish Infanta... -
![The Forgotten Queen by D.L. Bogdan]()
The Forgotten Queen by D.L. Bogdan
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOne of the most intriguing yet most overlooked figures of the Tudor age—Margaret, Queen of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII, and sister to Henry VIII—comes to vivid life in a stunning novel of love and ambition, from the acclaimed author of The Sumerton Women. From her earliest days, Margaret Tudor knows she will not have the luxury of choosing a husband. Her duty is to gain alliances for England...Categorized as:
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![The Conquest by Jude Deveraux]()
The Conquest by Jude Deveraux
Lovely Zared Peregrine was the pride of her family, a treasure her rough-hewn brothers would strive at any cost to protect from their ancient enemies, the Howards. The Peregrines had suffered loss enough. Thus Zared's brothers trained her in the arts of war, and dressed her in boy's clothing. Beyond the castle walls, none knew that the youngest Peregrine was a girl. .. -
![Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 (The Royal Diaries) by Laurence Yep]()
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 (The Royal Diaries) by Laurence Yep
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe Royal Diaries proudly presents two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep, whose stunning diary of sixteen-year-old Lady of Ch'iao Kuo takes readers on a remarkable adventure to Southern China in the sixth century A. D. A born leader, Lady of Ch'iao Kuo, also known as Princess Redbird, is both courageous and keenly intelligent.
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