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  • A Crying Shame by Rosie Goodwin

    A Crying Shame by Rosie Goodwin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Claire Nightingale is haunted by the memory of childhood abuse and the painful choices she was forced to make. Longing to find peace, she knows she must first confront her demons.Moving to Solihull with her adopted daughter Nikki, she tries to make amends with the family she left behind...
  • The Wrath of the King by Danielle Bourdon

    The Wrath of the King by Danielle Bourdon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Rocked by an unexpected attack, Latvala and its citizens find themselves at the mercy of a man whose sole intent is to shake up the monarchy. Queen for less than a year, Chey must choose between protecting the man she loves and protecting her unborn child. It's a decision that threatens to tear the fabric of her family apart...
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  • All My Secrets by Lynn Austin

    All My Secrets by Lynn Austin

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bestselling author Lynn Austin returns with a luminous work of historical fiction set amid the opulence of Gilded Age New York, where three generations of women in one family must reckon with the choices they have made and their hopes for the future.New York, 1898...
  • To Love A Prince by Rachel Hauck

    To Love A Prince by Rachel Hauck

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    Daffodil Caron is not a princess, even though she once dreamed of being one. After all, she grew up as a playmate to royal princes, running through the halls of Perrigwynn Palace and dining with the queen. But the day she stumbled upon a royal secret, everything changed.Flash forward eighteen years, and Daffy’s living a sweet, non-royal life...
  • Destiny's Path by Anna Jacobs

    Destiny's Path by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three Blake sisters remain in the Swan River Colony in 1866 and two are quite happy to forge new lives for themselves there.The third, Xanthe, yearns to see the world. But even if she could afford to travel, could she persuade her beloved twin to let her go? Maia has fallen in love with their employer, and would surely be happiest staying behind with him...
  • His Royal Highness: The Royals Of Kéra Asnela Book 1  (Elite Alliance) by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    His Royal Highness: The Royals Of Kéra Asnela Book 1 (Elite Alliance) by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    To love him was forbidden, and it would come with a price... Princess Cadena Winthrope was well aware of the splintering heat that sizzled her flesh whenever Gemini was nearby. As her loyal guard, Gemini remained standing in the shadows, watching her every move—his gaze catching the dark corners of the room as well as her body's outline...
  • Theirs by Serena Akeroyd

    Theirs by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Perry was a nobody. A nothing. Until she met him and became THEIRS. Farmers' stock with curves as thick as her Tennessee accent, Perry didn't expect much out of life. She had a cause she fought tooth and nail for, a career that meant everything, and a best friend who meant the world to her. Of course, that best friend wasn't just anyone...
  • Sander and Chey: Legacy by Danielle Bourdon

    Sander and Chey: Legacy by Danielle Bourdon

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Note: This book is meant to be read after the Royals series, books 1-5. * * * After an unexpected demand from a neighboring king, Sander Ahtissari is forced to make a choice that could mean the life or death of his people. A blatant threat to his kingdom involves danger not just to the citizens of Latvala, but to his immediate family...
    Categorized as:
    royalty  suspense  contemporary  length-short
  • High Street by Anna Jacobs

    High Street by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In 1845 Annie Gibson can finally leave Salem Street. Her dreams of being able to open an elegant dressmaking salon in the High Street of Bilsden, a Lancashire mill town, have come true. And she is going to take her father and his second family with her, away from poverty, away from the Rows. But Annie has not left trouble behind. Someone is trying to undermine her business...
  • Taunting Callum by Kristen Proby

    Taunting Callum by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    His Royal Highness Callum Wakefield lives a carefree, luxurious life. As the King of England’s youngest son, and thus not the heir apparent, he has more freedom and less royal responsibilities. He spends his days traveling the world, indulging in the extravagance afforded by his family name...
  • Resilient Reign by Aleatha Romig

    Resilient Reign by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.” ~ Lao TzuThe halls of Molave Palace and Annabella Castle have secrets that are meant to stay buried. As the reflective veil is ripped away, Princess Lucille is forced to accept the deception surrounding all that she once believed to be true...
  • Heir to Greyladies by Anna Jacobs

    Heir to Greyladies by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hampshire, 1900. With the sudden death of her father, the life of fifteen-year-old Harriet Benson changes forever. Forced from her home to escape the advances of her leering stepbrother Norris, Harriet is sent into service to provide for the family. Arriving at the grand Dalton House, she meets the owners' crippled son Joseph, with whom friendship soon blossoms...
  • How to Catch a Prince by Rachel Hauck

    How to Catch a Prince by Rachel Hauck

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Prince Stephen came to America to escape responsibility. But what he found complicates his life more than ever. Corina Del Rey is happy with her life in Melbourne, Florida. She spends her days engrossed in her career as a journalist and has her sights set on climbing the corporate ladder if for no other reason, to distract herself from her dissolving family...
  • Cheeky King by Nana Malone

    Cheeky King by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What good is a King without his Queen? Sebastian… I never wanted the crown, but now it's mine. Instead of my freedom–instead of her. But even though she’s not mine to keep, I can’t seem to stay away. Penny… The moment he became king, I knew we were over. Now I’ve returned home some kind of conquering hero. If only they all knew that we'd both lost our hearts...
  • The Prince's Bewildered Bride by Evangeline Kelly

    The Prince's Bewildered Bride by Evangeline Kelly

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They told her she married a prince. Too bad she couldn’t remember the wedding…or anything else. Will her memories return in time to save her marriage or was it doomed from the beginning? When Prince Edward of Calais received a note implicating his wife in an affair, he was furious...
  • The Prince’s Bride: Beginning Forever by J.J. McAvoy

    The Prince’s Bride: Beginning Forever by J.J. McAvoy

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    With the fairytale wedding now over and the reality of their new roles placed on their shoulders, can Gale and Odette survive the sea of politics, family secrets, and scandal that awaits them? Can they still be true to themselves and their hearts?The whole country...even the world is watching and not everyone is happy for them...
  • Claiming My Duchess by Jessica Blake

    Claiming My Duchess by Jessica Blake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the Duke of Becktonas, I have it all. But it’s nothing without her. Second in line to the throne of a beautiful island nation, I have my pick of the sexiest women, fastest cars, whatever my heart desires. What I want is my freedom — so much that they call me The Runaway Duke. Some call me The Duke of Debauchery. Both are correct...
    Categorized as:
    royalty  humor  new adult  contemporary
  • The Crown Jewels Boxed Set (A Crown Jewels Romantic Comedy Series) by Melanie Summers

    The Crown Jewels Boxed Set (A Crown Jewels Romantic Comedy Series) by Melanie Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    3 Wildly Funny Full-Length Novels + 1 Hilarious Bonus Short by international bestselling author Melanie SummersA gorgeously funny, romantic and seductive modern fairy-tale…I have never laughed out loud so much in my life…incredibly funny, witty, romantic, swoony…wonderfully charming and deliriously dreamy…~MammieBabbie Book ClubAbsolutely brilliant…original…hilarious…I have to HIGHLY HIGHLY...
  • Beau of the Ball by Carol Moncado

    Beau of the Ball by Carol Moncado

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s having a ball for her birthday.He’s a soldier on leave.Can she find him in time to claim her rightful inheritance?Castles & CourtshipsBook 1Royals of EyjaniaPrincess Angelina Quatremaine is about to reach the age of majority which means she’ll finally have access to the property her great-grandfather left her in Sargasso...
  • The Trader's Sister by Anna Jacobs

    The Trader's Sister by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ismay Deagan has one wish in the world - to leave Ireland and join her brother, Bram, in Australia. However, her father has other ideas and orders her to marry their vicious neighbour Rory Flynn, even though she loathes him. But after Rory brutally attacks her Ismay realises she has to escape...
  • Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a prolific writer and reviewer in the Victorian period, and in her lifetime, her reputation as a poet was at least as great as that of her husband, poet Robert Browning. Some of her poetry has been noted in recent years for strong feminist themes, but the poems for which Elizabeth Barrett Browning is undoubtedly best know are Sonnets from the Portuguese...
  • The Dowry Of Miss Lydia Clark by Lawana Blackwell

    The Dowry Of Miss Lydia Clark by Lawana Blackwell

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Books 1-3 of The author Lawana Blackwell, The Gresham Chronicles, Bethany House...
  • Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott

    Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 46 ratings
    When Rose Campbell, a shy orphan, arrives at "The Aunt Hill" to live with her six aunts and seven boisterous male cousins, she is quite overwhelmed. How could such a delicate young lady, used to the quiet hallways of a girls' boarding school, exist in such a spirited home? It is the arrival of Uncle Alec that changes everything...
  • To Defy a King by Elizabeth Chadwick

    To Defy a King by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A story of huge emotional power set against the road to Magna Carta and the fight to bring a tyrant king to heel. The privileged daughter of one of the most powerful men in England, Mahelt Marshal's life changes dramatically when her father is suspected by King John. Her brothers become hostages and Mahelt is married to Hugh Bigod, heir to the earldom of Norfolk...
  • Freedom's Land by Anna Jacobs

    Freedom's Land by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her husband was killed in the Great War. His wife is dead. Why not journey to the other side of the world and start again from scratch? What does it matter if they don't know each other, they will in time, after all? Norah thinks it is the most stupid idea she has ever heard. But Andrew needs no persuading...
  • The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Eleanor of Aquitaine is a 12th century icon who has fascinated readers for 800 years. But the real Eleanor remains elusive. This stunning novel introduces an Eleanor that all other writers have missed. Based on the most up-to-date research, it is the first novel to show Eleanor beginning her married life at 13...
  • A Bucket of Ashes by P.B. Ryan

    A Bucket of Ashes by P.B. Ryan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “As always, the author excels at setting the scene, evoking the time and place by use of the day-to-day details as well as historical events. The resolution of the central mystery is almost secondary to the revelations about Nell’s past and the way the author ties up all the loose ends of her present situation. Longtime readers will enjoy this aspect immensely; I know I did...
  • King Size by Lexi Whitlow

    King Size by Lexi Whitlow

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My one-night-stand wants me to pose as his queen.He's insufferable. Cocky. And hotter than sin itself.I'll say yes--to get my family out of debt. Then I'm gone.But I'm pregnant with two heirs to the throne.And this king-size lie is starting to feel real. Owen: I never wanted to be king--and I never planned on having a wife...
  • Waiting for Ru by Barbara Elsborg

    Waiting for Ru by Barbara Elsborg

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ruari Byrne may not have had an easy life, but now he’s determined to live in the present, not his past. Trouble is, it’s hard to be independent when you’ve no money and no qualifications. All Ru knows is horses, and when he finds out that his beloved Joni and Cookie are off to auction, his heart is in his throat...
    Categorized as:
    royalty  sports  m-m  age difference  contemporary  queer
  • The Trader's Wife by Anna Jacobs

    The Trader's Wife by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Singapore in the 1860s is exotic and yet terrifying for a penniless Englishwoman, alone and vulnerable after her mother's death. Too pretty to obtain a governess's job, Isabella Saunders accepts an offer from a Singapore merchant to teach him English and live with his family. Two years later Bram Deagan arrives in Singapore, determined to make his fortune as a trader...
  • The Gown by Jennifer Robson

    The Gown by Jennifer Robson

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    One of the most anticipated reads from InStyle, HelloGiggles, Hypable, Bookbub, and Bookriot! One of Real Simple's Best Historical Fiction novels of the year!   “The Gown is marvelous and moving, a vivid portrait of female self-reliance in a world racked by the cost of war...
  • Forever Princess by Meg Cabot

    Forever Princess by Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 48 ratings
    What's a Princess to do? It's Mia's senior year, and things seem great. She aced her senior project, got accepted to her dream college(s), and has her birthday gala coming up . . . not to mention prom, graduation, and Genovia's first-ever elections. What's not to love about her life? Well . . .Her senior project? It's a romance novel she secretly wrote, and no one wants to publish it...
  • Royal Rogue by Jessica Peterson

    Royal Rogue by Jessica Peterson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Releasing July 12, 2018! Dear Jane, You’re a princess. I’m a thief. This isn’t a Disney movie. We never had a chance in hell of a happy ending. But I still wish I could have given you one. When we met, I had you pegged as a snob. All polo and private jets. But you turned out to be the exact opposite. I fell for you the first day we met. I lied to you about a lot of things...
  • Murder In the North End by P.B. Ryan

    Murder In the North End by P.B. Ryan

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “It’s always a good day when a new Nell Sweeney book arrives.” —CA Reviews July 1870: Nell Sweeney’s position as governess for the venerable Hewitts of Boston affords her a unique perspective in an era of sharp class distinctions. Neither servant nor gentlewoman, she can fit in among the denizens of a waterfront tenement or the bluebloods of Colonnade Row...
  • Triplets For The Exiled Prince by Layla Valentine

    Triplets For The Exiled Prince by Layla Valentine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s the tearaway prince who finally went too far,Disinherited, exiled from his kingdom, and told to clean up his act...He’s about to find himself in three times more trouble!I’ve never been afraid to push the limits of my parents’ patience,But exile really seems like a step too far...
    Categorized as:
    royalty  contemporary  suspense  length-short
  • The Trader's Dream by Anna Jacobs

    The Trader's Dream by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bram Deagan dreams of bringing his family from Ireland to join him in Australia, where he now runs a successful trading business. But when a typhus epidemic strikes Ireland, it leaves the Deagan family decimated. And, with other family members scattered round the world, it is left to Maura Deagan to look after her orphaned nieces and nephew...
  • The Trader's Reward by Anna Jacobs

    The Trader's Reward by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    1871. When Fergus Deagan's wife dies in childbirth, she makes him promise to take their family from Ireland to Western Australia to join his brother Bram, and also to marry again to make sure their children don't miss out on a mother's love. Disowned by her father for becoming pregnant, Cara Payton bears a stillborn baby...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  historical  contemporary
  • The Run Around by Bernadette Franklin

    The Run Around by Bernadette Franklin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Arranging a wedding for her brother and a five-time thoroughbride tests Hope’s skills and patience. She’d believed the vows would be the most dangerous part of the ceremony, but a baseball to the head during the photography session proves her wrong and lands her in the sights of her brother’s best friend, Fredrick. He wants her to plan his wedding. She wants to be his bride...
  • In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh

    In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brielle Adebayo is fully content teaching at a New York City public school and taking annual summer vacations with her mother to Martha's Vineyard...
  • To Enchant a Lady's Heart by Robin Lee Hatcher

    To Enchant a Lady's Heart by Robin Lee Hatcher

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He has nothing to offer. She has everything to lose. Despite the dishonorable circumstances of his own birth, Adam Faulkner has never begrudged his half-brother Sebastian's legitimate position as the Viscount Willowthorpe. Having a title and everything that goes with it never mattered to Adam—until “everything” became the hand of Miss Eliza Southwick...
  • Prince From Her Past by Carol Moncado

    Prince From Her Past by Carol Moncado

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Yvette of Mevendia has been engaged since before her first birthday. Thanks to the ridiculous contract her father signed, the engagement is still intact and the wedding set to occur a week after her eighteenth birthday, even though the groom's been dead for over seventeen years...
  • Legacy by Susan Kay

    Legacy by Susan Kay

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The much-praised Legacy offers an exquisite psychological portrait of the Queen who defined an era, beloved and touted by readers for its stunning storytelling and intriguing take on the monarch's life...
  • Code Name: Tiara by Sawyer Bennett

    Code Name: Tiara by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I joined Jameson Force Security for three reasons: the missions, the danger, and the money. I definitely didn’t join the team to be an overpriced babysitter for a spoiled princess. Ask anyone who knows me, and they’ll tell you Jackson Gale is an adventurer through and through. Yet here I am, halfway across the world, watching over Princess Camille of the House Winterbourne...
  • Her Heart for a Compass by Sarah Ferguson

    Her Heart for a Compass by Sarah Ferguson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    From one of the most famous former members of the British royal family, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York —a mesmerizing novel of a young noblewoman’s coming-of-age that richly details both high society and low in Victorian England.Queen Victoria’s close friend, the Scottish Duke of Buccleuch, Lady Margaret Montagu Scott is expected to make an advantageous marriage...
  • Royal Line by Carrie Ann Ryan, Nana Malone

    Royal Line by Carrie Ann Ryan, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A princess on the run finds her version of a prince in this epic beginning to the Tattered Royals stand-alone series.I never asked for my tiara.My dreams were always bigger than a palace. They're as big as the world.Being fourth in line for the throne should have guaranteed me freedom. I thought I was one step from walking away forever, but a long-forgotten rule forces me to run instead...
  • The Last Queen of India by Michelle Moran

    The Last Queen of India by Michelle Moran

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    1857, India. At nineteen years old, Sita is the shining star of Queen Lakshmi of India's imperial guard, having pledged herself to a life of celibacy in the name of protecting the young ruler. When Sita agrees to train Lakshmi in the art of military combat, a close friendship develops between the two women...
  • The Royal Elite: Ahsan by Danielle Bourdon

    The Royal Elite: Ahsan by Danielle Bourdon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sheikh Ahsan Afshar is a rogue of the highest order, prone to scandal, seduction and womanizing. He's a devilish yet complicated creature with an over-sized ego and more arrogance than he knows what to do with. When fate brings him face to face with Miss Sessily Pavel, he finds himself issuing a challenge that brings her into his home—and into his life. Sessily Pavel has a secret...
  • Cashelmara by Susan Howatch

    Cashelmara by Susan Howatch

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    There were two subjects which lonely widower Edward de Salis never discussed: his dead wife and his family home in Ireland, 'matchless Cashelmara'. So when he meets Marguerite, a bright young American with whom he can talk freely about both, he is able to love again and takes her back to Ireland as his wife...
  • A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick

    A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The early twelfth century is a time for ambitious men to prosper, and royal servant John FitzGilbert is one of them. But when the old king dies and his successor is appointed, John faces a terrible choice: he must join the rival faction-his enemies- or risk losing everything. His new wife helps him carry his burden, but his final choice will seal not only her fate, but those of his young children...
  • Bad Reputation by S.L. Scott

    Bad Reputation by S.L. Scott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Being bad never felt so good. I fell for Ally the moment I saw her. Who doesn't like a confident, intelligent woman with curves I could spend days exploring? Who am I kidding? I have. Many times. Our story ended abruptly when she packed her bags and left like we weren't meant to be. We are. So I'm calling her bluff...
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