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  • Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard… It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together.At least not in 1884.Or in the small town where she’s settled.Or anywhere else.It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has...
  • Into the Darkest Day by Kate Hewitt

    Into the Darkest Day by Kate Hewitt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She had to step outside and hold the paper up to the moonlight to read it, but when she was able to make out the words, her heart felt as if it would drop right out of her chest. Because the message was in German.1944, London:When Lily meets enigmatic GI Matthew in war-torn London, she doesn’t expect to fall in love...
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  • The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell

    The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In this passionate, emotional Regency romance by Christi Caldwell, society's most wicked rake meets his match in the clever Lady Chloe Edgerton! And nothing will ever be the same! She doesn’t believe in marriage…. The cruelty of men is something Lady Chloe Edgerton understands. Even in her quest to better her life and forget the past, men always seem determined to control her...
  • Wings of the Morning by Lori Wick

    Wings of the Morning by Lori Wick

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Victoria “Smokey” Simmons stands silently on deck as her father’s body is lowered into the Atlantic, asking God for the strength she will need to command the Aramis alone. Not wanting to remain at sea forever, Smokey dreams of the time when she can trade her life aboard ship for a home and family. When she meets another captain, Dallas Knight, Smokey believes her dream will finally come true...
  • My Name Is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner

    My Name Is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Nancy Turner burst onto the literary scene with her hugely popular novels These Is My Words, Sarah's Quilt, and The Star Garden. Now Turner has written the novel she was born to write, this exciting and heartfelt story of a woman struggling to find herself during the tumultuous years preceding the American Revolution...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  war  length-epic
  • Letters Across the Sea by Genevieve Graham

    Letters Across the Sea by Genevieve Graham

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour are caught up in the terrible wave of hate sweeping the globe on the eve of war in this powerful love story that’s perfect for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.If you’re reading this letter, that means I’m dead...
  • Charity's Cross by MaryLu Tyndall

    Charity's Cross by MaryLu Tyndall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the Winner of 2015's Inspirational Readers Choice Award for The Ransom comes a new romantic adventure ! Suspected of killing her husband, Charity Westcott flees on the first ship out of Portsmouth, England heading for the colonies. Loathing all men after her abusive marriage, she hopes to reunite with her family in Charles Towne, but the ship’s destination is Nassau...
  • The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Port Royal, Jamaica 1692 Living in a city deemed the wickedest in the world is no easy task for Miss Juliana Dutton. To make matters worse, with an ailing father and a drunken fool for a brother, she is forced to take over the running of the family business in order to survive...
  • His Make-Believe Bride by Cynthia Wright

    His Make-Believe Bride by Cynthia Wright

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    GUARDED HEARTSA French pirate of smoldering passions, Justin St. Briac has vowed never to marry. However, when his manipulative mother beckons him to her deathbed in Cornwall, he succumbs to her plea that he take a bride – devising an elaborate charade to appear to grant her dying wish...
  • The Redemption by M.L. Tyndall, MaryLu Tyndall

    The Redemption by M.L. Tyndall, MaryLu Tyndall

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    2006 Christy Award Nominee! The Redemption is a rousing pirate adventure filled with sea battles, chases, arrests, and betrayal. Tyndall expertly interweaves history with fiction to create a spellbinding tale any lover of pirate romance will enjoy...
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    pirates  christian  historical  length-long
  • Highland Wrath by Madeline Martin

    Highland Wrath by Madeline Martin

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Madeline Martin comes a thrilling Scottish Historical Romance featuring a female assassin on the hunt to find the men that slaughtered her family, perfect for fans of Monica McCarty and Margaret Mallory...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  historical  highlander  suspense
  • No Rest for the Wicked by Lauren Smith

    No Rest for the Wicked by Lauren Smith

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wicked pirate, a lady-turned cabin boy and a love reaching the distant horizon. Your next Pirate Adventure awaits You! A lady’s guide to surviving aboard a pirate ship: 1) Dress as a cabin boy. 2) Avoid drinking too much rum when the handsome captain is around. 3) Do not let the captain kiss you…again...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  m-f  length-medium
  • Beautiful Tempest by Johanna Lindsey

    Beautiful Tempest by Johanna Lindsey

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey now reveals the tempestuous story of Jacqueline Malory whose furious desire for revenge leads to a confrontation with the handsome pirate who abducted her—and sparks a much steamier kind of desire...
  • Craving Vera: An Aces Novella  (The Aces MC) by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Craving Vera: An Aces Novella (The Aces MC) by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the Aces and their families come together for Thanksgiving, new memories are made and an old story is told for the first time. This is how the king crowned his queen...
  • Tomorrow's Promises by Anna Jacobs

    Tomorrow's Promises by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ellen Dawson is glad when the Great War ends, but sad that Lady Bingram's aides are to be disbanded. She can't bear to go back into service again after working as a driver and mechanic in London. But she is forced by her mother's illness to accept her old position as housemaid in order to stay in the small Lancashire town, and her stepfather will stop at nothing to get her under his control again...
  • The Secret of Love by Cynthia Wright

    The Secret of Love by Cynthia Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A STOLEN HEARTWhen Lady Isabella Trevarre first set eyes on Gabriel St. Briac, she announced to her best friend: “That is the man I will marry!” Now a woman grown, Izzie has traded her girlish dreams for the independent life of an artist, but she never quite forgot the dazzling Frenchman who captivated her young heart. When he appears again in Cornwall, sparks of desire kindle between them..
  • The Sisters of Corinth by Angela Elwell Hunt

    The Sisters of Corinth by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Angela Hunt takes her craft to new heights--and depths--as she fully immerses us in the lives and struggles of first-century followers of Yeshua."--Tamera Alexander, bestselling author on The Woman from LydiaWhen the new provincial governor arrives in Corinth, the esteemed Chief Magistrate Narkis Ligus, father to Mariana and Prima, is delighted...
  • The Duke of Desire by Jess Michaels

    The Duke of Desire by Jess Michaels

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    The 9th Book in the beloved 1797 Club series from USA Today Bestseller Jess Michaels Robert Smithton, Duke of Roseford is known for his lusty appetites and his cold, cold heart. Still thanks to his title and his fortune, everyone wants him and he’s bored of it all. He wants something, but he cannot place what exactly that is. Until he meets Katherine, the Countess of Gainsworth...
  • Scandalous by Minerva Spencer

    Scandalous by Minerva Spencer

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    "Have you no decency?" Straight-laced missionary Sarah Fisher has never met a man like Captain Martin Bouchard. He is the most beautiful person—male or female—she's ever seen. Overwhelmingly masculine, elegantly attired despite months at sea, he is in complete command of everyone and everything around him: everyone, that is, except Sarah...
  • The Duke's Privateer by Amy Jarecki

    The Duke's Privateer by Amy Jarecki

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When it comes to women, the Duke of Danby is an audacious rake, but when it comes to ridding the kingdom of smugglers, he’s leading the charge. The Prince Regent has bankrupted the country more than once, and Danby isn’t about to go down with a sinking ship...
  • Tempted by Folly by Christina Dudley

    Tempted by Folly by Christina Dudley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One husband, three wives, five children…With her much-marrying father’s example before her, Miss Florence Ellsworth, eldest of the notorious “Ellsworth Assortment,” craves nothing more than respectability...
  • The Heart of an Earl by K.J. Jackson

    The Heart of an Earl by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A lady willing to do anything to escape death. A long lost earl determined to stay adrift. Fates meet and a cursed journey begins, sparking to life an attraction that will consume both of them in this newest novel from USA Today Bestseller, K.J. Jackson. A lady willing to do anything to escape death...
  • The Love of a Libertine by Jess Michaels

    The Love of a Libertine by Jess Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Morgan Banfield wakes up in Newgate after a night of debauchery, the last thing he wants to see is his estranged brother. But in exchange for his help, Morgan must agree to take on responsibility and try to get his life together by taking on the job of Man of Affairs for a friend.The last thing Lizzie Margolis wants is some rogue coming onto her brother's staff...
  • The Far Horizon by Marsha Canham

    The Far Horizon by Marsha Canham

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Far Horizon is the fourth and final installment in the Award-Winning Pirate Wolf series. The series follows the Dante family through forty years of turbulent sea adventures, beginning with the patriarch fighting alongside Sir Francis Drake, and ending with Jonas Dante's pursuit of revenge.Jonas Dante is the eldest son of Simon Dante, the infamous Pirate Wolf...
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    pirates  historical  medieval  length-medium
  • Fortune Favors the Sparrow by Rebecca Connolly

    Fortune Favors the Sparrow by Rebecca Connolly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mischief is as mischief does... Clara Harlow is perfectly content with her life as a teacher of art and French at the Miss Masters Finishing School, so nothing startles her more than to discover that the school is far more than it seems, and its purposes more complicated than anything she could have imagined...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  historical  regency  length-medium
  • Lord of the Sea by Danelle Harmon

    Lord of the Sea by Danelle Harmon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    A Sea Devil Who’s Reckless At Heart...Captain Connor Merrick’s thirst for danger has brought him fame and fortune as one of the most brazenly successful privateers of the War of 1812. But deep beneath his swagger, derring-do and charm, the handsome American captain is hiding a devastating secret, and he’ll go to any lengths to protect it . . .A Beauty Who Gets More Than She Bargained For..
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  victorian  regency
  • The Georgian Romance Collection: Ask for It / Passion for the Game / A Passion for Him / Don't Tempt Me by Sylvia Day

    The Georgian Romance Collection: Ask for It / Passion for the Game / A Passion for Him / Don't Tempt Me by Sylvia Day

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Four Georgian romance novels from No. 1 bestselling author, Sylvia Day, now available in one exclusive e-bundle Ask For It - Agent to the Crown, Marcus Ashford has fought numerous sword fights and dodged bullets. Yet nothing arouses him more than his hunger for former fiance, Elizabeth. Years ago, she'd abandoned him for the charming Lord Hawthorne...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  georgian  historical  length-epic
  • God of the Seas by Alexa Aston

    God of the Seas by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the Pirates of Britannia Connected World. GOD OF THE SEAS brings Poseidon’s Legion to life during the 13th century and is full of adventure and passion. 1263 A.D. – Melisent Winchester grew up in a convent, orphaned at so young an age that she can’t remember her parents...
  • Lady of the Mist by Elizabeth Rose

    Lady of the Mist by Elizabeth Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Garrett is a baron of the Cinque Ports fleet, and has sworn allegiance to King Edward III to keep the channel safe from marauders. But when he stumbles across the pirate ship that has been evading him, his life changes.Echo is the daughter of an infamous pirate and raised as the son the man always wished for...
  • Once Upon a Pirate by Merry Farmer, Amy Rose Bennett

    Once Upon a Pirate by Merry Farmer, Amy Rose Bennett

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As perilous battles, treachery and revenge give way to sinful kisses, no heart is safe. Set sail to the lush heat of the Tropics, the storm-tossed Northern realms, the wild Barbary Coast, and the hazardous waters of the South Seas, for tales of scandalous adventure and smouldering desire. Masterful pirate lords. Courageous heroines. Defying danger in pursuit of all-consuming love...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  length-epic
  • Blue Enchantress by M.L. Tyndall, MaryLu Tyndall

    Blue Enchantress by M.L. Tyndall, MaryLu Tyndall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How does a British Admiral’s daughter end up being sold as a slave on the auction block in St. Kitts? Could it be the loss of her mother, the verbal abuse of a strict father, the violation by a family member? Or maybe that her sister is a pirate! All these things and more drove Hope Westcott to seek love and value in the arms of unscrupulous men and hence into this dire situation...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  christian  historical  length-medium
  • War Girl Ursula by Marion Kummerow

    War Girl Ursula by Marion Kummerow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Berlin 1943: Compassion is a crime. A prisoner escapes. A guard looks the other way. Why does Ursula Hermann risk her life and brave the Gestapo to save a man she barely knows? Ursula has always lived the law, never broken the rules in her life. That is until the day she finds escapee British airman Tom Westlake and all the right she’s worked so hard to maintain goes wrong..
  • What Dreams May Come by Dana LeCheminant

    What Dreams May Come by Dana LeCheminant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a bid to escape the incessant attentions of a man she does not love, governess Lucy Hayes embarks on a journey to begin a new post. But when she’s stranded in a storm, her plans go shockingly awry. Desperate times call for desperate against her better judgment, she agrees to a foolhardy scheme presented by a handsome stranger, known to her as only William...
  • His Wicked Embrace by Lauren Smith

    His Wicked Embrace by Lauren Smith

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    HE’S A WILD ROGUE WITH A GUARDED HEART. Notorious rogue, Lawrence Russell has no desire to marry—or heaven forbid, fall in love. Although he enjoys his fair share of pleasure, Lawrence prefers to protect his heart...
  • The False Heir by Merry Farmer

    The False Heir by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    She has constructed a world of lies in order to protect herself…Lady Yvette Mortimer has been the life of the house party at Nedworth Hall right from the start. But underneath her gregarious and exciting personality, she is running for her life...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  historical  regency  victorian  abuse  open-door
  • Rogue Knight by Regan Walker

    Rogue Knight by Regan Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Mesmerizing medieval romance! A vivid portrayal of love flourishing amidst the turbulence of the years after the Norman Conquest." -- Kathryn Le Veque, USA Today Bestselling Author York, England 1069… three years after the Norman Conquest The North of England seethes with discontent under the heavy hand of William the Conqueror, who unleashes his fury on the rebels who dare to defy him...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  historical  medieval  length-medium
  • Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat

    Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seven decades after German troops march into her village, Céleste Roussel is still unable to assuage her guilt. 1943. German soldiers occupy provincial Lucie-sur-Vionne, and as the villagers pursue treacherous schemes to deceive and swindle the enemy, Céleste embarks on her own perilous mission as her passion for a Reich officer flourishes...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  historical  medieval  war  length-long
  • Nor Gold by Kerry Lynne

    Nor Gold by Kerry Lynne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Nor Gold" picks up where "The Pirate Captain" left off: Cate Mackenzie, a woman who lost everything to the Jacobite Uprising, trying to make sense out of being sold to Thomas, Nathanael Blackthorne’s pirate friend. Once again, Fate has robbed her of both her heart and her home. As Nathan sails off, Cate tries to come to terms with her new situation...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  length-epic
  • Risking the Detective by Ellie St. Clair

    Risking the Detective by Ellie St. Clair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was swindled, ruined, and left for dead. She is determined to rise -- but she will never fall in love again.Madeline Castleton was played for a fool, tricked into a sham of a marriage to a masquerading earl who only wanted her fortune. Now she is determined to prove that she is not a naive young woman but capable of running her father’s stone company...
  • The Eve of Our September by P.R. Keys

    The Eve of Our September by P.R. Keys

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Edythe Jamison, a young debutante of the 1920s, has been pining for Henry Barton Jr, ever since he rescued her from embarrassment. But her thoughts of him are just a fantasy. She's convinced that he would never be interested in a girl like her. Henry, a newly licensed attorney, is not ready to settle down with any girl just yet...
  • The Pirate's Purchase by Elva Cobb Martin

    The Pirate's Purchase by Elva Cobb Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s fleeing the secrets of her dangerous past. A swashbuckling privateer is her last hope. And the Inquisition is closing in…Captain Ethan Becket, a former Charles Town minister, sails the seas as a privateer, leaving behind the God who took everything from him. When his sister is taken by his enemies, he sets off to Cartagena in pursuit...
  • The Guise of a Gentleman by Donna Hatch

    The Guise of a Gentleman by Donna Hatch

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Though her heart longs for adventure, Elise strives to be a perfect English lady living within the stifling confines of society for the sake of her impressionable young son. Her quiet world is shattered when she meets the impulsive and scandalous Jared Amesbury. His roguish charm awakens her yearning for adventure. But his irrepressible grin and sea-green eyes hide a secret...
  • A Lesson in Forgiveness by Jennifer Connors

    A Lesson in Forgiveness by Jennifer Connors

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Ginny figured being a 21st century woman, stuck in the past, playing other people's lives would be fun. It turns out, it's just work. Her new persona, Bethany, is a society daughter whose only purpose is to make an excellent marriage, while playing by a long list of rules. When her parents bring her to a house party so she can meet eligible bachelors, Bethany has her hands full...
  • Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman

    Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The rules of engagement were never so scandalous. . . A rumored pirate and the scurrilous black sheep of his well-to- do family, Cade Cavendish relishes his world of rebellion, deception, and seduction. Nothing and no one can hold him to be the duty-bound, honorable man he is expected to be...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  regency  historical  m-f  length-medium
  • In the Devil's Bed by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont

    In the Devil's Bed by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Soldier Driven By Revenge: Captain Jack Hazard was raised in the slums of the East End. He’s clawed his way to the top of London commerce as the owner of the most powerful bodyguard service in the country. With such achievements, he should be happy. But Jack will never know happiness until he destroys the Duke of Chiles, the man responsible for his only friend’s brutal death...
  • My Lady Pirate by Danelle Harmon

    My Lady Pirate by Danelle Harmon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Note to readers: This e-book is an extensively revised edition of the 1994 paperback. Proud Pirate Queen. With her feisty band of warrior women, Maeve Merrick, the notorious Pirate Queen of the Caribbean, commands the seas in her beautiful schooner Kestrel. Burned by the treachery of men and nursing a painful betrayal from her past, Maeve wants for nothing ..
  • Spinster Ever After by Rebecca Connolly

    Spinster Ever After by Rebecca Connolly

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a man loves a spinster...Charlotte Wright had had enough. All of her friends have now married, leaving her the lone writer of the Spinster Chronicles who is still a true spinster. So she's decided it is time for her to join the ranks and get married, groom to be determined. She's an heiress, after all...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  highlander  historical  regency
  • A Debt of Dishonor by Lillian Marek

    A Debt of Dishonor by Lillian Marek

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Kate Russell is furious. It was bad enough that her father had let her grow up in virtual poverty, but now, her dissolute brother wants to use her as payment for his debts. She runs away, determined to make her way so that she will never again be at the mercy of powerful men. Then she encounters the Duke of Ashleigh...
  • Windsong by Valerie Sherwood

    Windsong by Valerie Sherwood

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ADRIFT UPON THE SURGING TIDES OF LOVE... the incandescent beauty Carolina and her dashing buccaneer, Kells, sail from his Caribbean stronghold to her native Virginia there to await his royal pardon and their glorious wedding. But when an imposter masquerades as Kells, savaging British ships, he is once again outlawed...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  length-long
  • The Spring Duke by Jillian Eaton

    The Spring Duke by Jillian Eaton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She can't stand arrogant dukes…He despises impertinent Americans…When these two meet, one thing is guaranteed: sparks are going to fly! Miss Athena Dogwood has eighteen days before she turns thirty, and her dowry is passed on to loathsome Cousin Adelaide. But Athena isn't worried. She has a plan. One that involves the curmudgeonly (albeit very handsome) Duke of Blackburn...
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