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  • The Virgins of Venice by Gina Buonaguro

    The Virgins of Venice by Gina Buonaguro

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for herVenice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The displeasure of Pope Julius II is a continuing threat to the republic, as is the barely contained fighting in the countryside. Amid this turmoil, noblewoman Justina Soranzo, just sixteen, hopes to make a rare love marriage with her sweetheart, Luca Cicogna...
  • Addicted to his Highland Bride by Lydia Kendall

    Addicted to his Highland Bride by Lydia Kendall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everytime he smelled her perfume, he went even more crazy for her…Lady Edwina Young is content to remain a spinster for the rest of her life, after her father’s death. But she is caught in a compromising position during a feast, and now she must marry the aloof and dangerous Laird of Moore.Having lost everything from a young age, Felix Quinn, Laird of Moore, wants to remain alone...
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  • Born of the Sun by Joan Wolf

    Born of the Sun by Joan Wolf

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In this beautifully executed continuation of The Road to Avalon , her earlier depiction of sixth-century Britain, Wolf tells the story of Niniane, a Celtic princess, and Ceawlin, bastard son of the King of the West Saxons. Eighty years after the death of Arthur, the Celts are disorganized, drifting away from the cities built by the Romans...
  • Braveheart by Randall Wallace

    Braveheart by Randall Wallace

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    For love of country, for love of maiden, for love of freedom...he became the hammer and scourge of England. In one of history's darkest hours there arose from humble beginnings a man of courage and honor -- the likes of whom the world may never see again...
  • Elfking's Lady by Hannah Howell

    Elfking's Lady by Hannah Howell

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Among the feuding Scottish clans of the HIghlands, tales of fierce Parlan MacGuin were legendary. So when lovely young Aimil was taken captive while riding the moors, she feared for her virtue and her life--until Parlan's gentle touch awakened a raging passion within her...
  • 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...
  • The MacGregors: Alan & Grant by Nora Roberts

    The MacGregors: Alan & Grant by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nora Roberts enchants again with two more beloved classics about the passionate and headstrong MacGregor family.All the PossibilitiesCreative, compelling, unconventional—Shelby Campbell was unlike any woman Senator Alan MacGregor had ever known...
  • Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram

    Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 6 ratings
    The redhead hooted gleefully and grappled Julitta to him, spinning her round adroitly so that she could only kick back at his legs. He heaved her from her feet and slung her over his shoulder. He tried to kiss her, but she ducked her head into the cloak so that her crown caught his chin and made his teeth clack. "Let me go!" she gasped...
  • Whose Turn for the Stairs? by Robert Douglas

    Whose Turn for the Stairs? by Robert Douglas

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is an utterly charming story about twelve families and their tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the war, the close rebuilds its ties and the strong sense of community and friendly neighbourhood bonds are soon back in place...
  • Serpent by Kathryn Le Veque, Scott Moreland

    Serpent by Kathryn Le Veque, Scott Moreland

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    1283 A.D. - Edward I is in the midst of his campaign to tame the Welsh, but rising from the chaos is a Welsh knight known as the Serpent. Bhrodi ap Gaerwen de Shera is a warrior of tremendous range and power. Descended from the kings of Anglesey on his mother's side and the earls of Coventry on his father's, Bhrodi is in the unique position of having Welsh royalty and English nobility...
  • In Pursuit of the Green Lion by Judith Merkle Riley

    In Pursuit of the Green Lion by Judith Merkle Riley

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The unforgettable Margaret of Ashbury returns in the second book of the trilogy that began with A Vision of Light . Margaret, a resourceful midwife, is living with the insufferable relatives of her third husband, Gilbert de Vilers, known as Gregory. She is carving out a life for herself and her daughters despite the hostility and greed of her in-laws...
  • The Golden Cross by Angela Elwell Hunt

    The Golden Cross by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "It is said that as Cahira, daughter of the great Irish king Rory O'Connor, lay dying of a wound from a Norman blade, she lifted her hand toward heaven and beseeched God that others would follow after her, bright stars who would break forth from the courses to which they are bound and restore right in this murderous world..
  • The Golden Cross by Angela Elwell Hunt

    The Golden Cross by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    THE HEIRS OF CAHIRA O’CONNOR SERIESBOOK TWOA line of women who would be warriors for truth“It is said that as Cahira, daughter of the great Irish king Rory O’Connor, lay dying of a wound from a Norman blade, she lifted her hand toward heaven and beseeched God that others would follow after her, bright stars who would break forth from the courses to which they are bound and restore right in this...
  • 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...
  • The Last MacKlenna by Katherine Lowry Logan

    The Last MacKlenna by Katherine Lowry Logan

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Alternate cover edition for 9780615880501 Let an eclectic group of friends and family keep you spellbound in this eye-misting romantic suspense and mystery with shades of chick lit (with an edge) set in the Napa Wine Country, Scotland and a Thoroughbred farm in Lexington, Kentucky...
  • Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir

    Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII's fourth wife, as a grieving king chooses a bride sight unseen in the fourth novel in the epic and intrigue-filled Six Tudor Queens series. Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to insure the royal succession...
  • The Strangled Queen by Maurice Druon

    The Strangled Queen by Maurice Druon

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The King is dead. Long live the King. With King Philip IV dead, and the Kingdom left in disarray, as the fatal curse of the Templars plagues the royal house of France. Imprisoned in Chateau Gaillard, Marguerite of Burgundy has fallen into disgrace. Her infidelity has left her estranged husband, Louis X King of France, with neither heir nor wife...
  • Wee William's Woman, Book Three of The Clan MacDougall Series by Suzan Tisdale

    Wee William's Woman, Book Three of The Clan MacDougall Series by Suzan Tisdale

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Scotland, 1345 They call him Wee William. Though he stands nearly seven feet tall, with arms and legs the size of tree trunks and hands as big as buckets, there is nothing wee about him. His scowl alone is enough to make most men's bones rattle with fear. And women, rather than swooning, tend to run in the opposite direction...
  • 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...
  • Lords Of The White Castle by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Lords Of The White Castle by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Westminster, 1184-- in the court of King Henry, playful competition is about to turn into something far more serious. Young courtier Fulke FitzWarin would not be an obvious companion for Prince John, but the boy from the Welsh Marches is there as a reward for his family's loyalty to the crown...
  • Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Two very different women are linked by destiny and the struggle for the English crown. Matilda, daughter of Henry I, is determined to win back her crown from Stephen, the usurper king. Adeliza, Henry's widowed queen and Matilda's stepmother, is now married to William D'Albini, a warrior of the opposition. Both women are strong and prepared to stand firm for what they know is right...
  • The Complete Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Keach

    The Complete Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Keach

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    ‘O pure of heart! thou need’st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be!’ One of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius...
  • A Holiday of Love by Judith McNaught, Jude Deveraux

    A Holiday of Love by Judith McNaught, Jude Deveraux

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    When the weather outside is frightful, what better way to warm up than with four magnificent new tales of love and adventure from your favorite romance authors? Slip into a bubble bath or curl up in front of a roaring fire-- and let Jude Deveraux Judith McNaught Arnette Lamb & Jill Barnett whisk you away..
  • Joanna by Roberta Gellis

    Joanna by Roberta Gellis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beautiful, iron-willed heiress to power, Joanna secretly burns with an explosive inner passion as wild and-- radiant as her flaming red hair. But her deepest emotions are tragically frozen by the cold fear of a man's tender love...
    Categorized as:
    medieval  contemporary  historical
  • A Highland Heist by Cali MacKay

    A Highland Heist by Cali MacKay

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Feisty and fiery security expert, Maggie Brennan, is thrilled when she lands the job to design the security system for the Highlander’s Hope. At the top of her field, she usually prefers to work alone, but when the owner of the priceless jewels insists she work with his computer security expert, Conall Stewart, she doesn’t mind it as much as she thought she would...
  • The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet by Stephanie Morrill

    The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet by Stephanie Morrill

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ellie Sweet is a lot of things—good girl, novelist, silent adorer of the new boy at school, Palmer. But when “outcast” gets added to the list, she decides it’s time to take reality into her own hands … and tweak it as needed. In the pages of her book, she’s Lady Gabrielle, favorite of the medieval Italian court...
  • Bel Lamington by D.E. Stevenson

    Bel Lamington by D.E. Stevenson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bel Lamington finds London a very lonely place - until a charming young artist literally drops in on her rooftop garden... Bel Lamington, an orphan daughter of an Army colonel, is brought up in an English village and flung into the whirl of London life to earn a hard living as a secretary while attempting to navigate romance, unexpected friendships and urban life...
  • The Blue Sapphire by D.E. Stevenson

    The Blue Sapphire by D.E. Stevenson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The blue sapphire is the gem which the Ancients called the hyacinthus and which Solinus described as ‘a gem that feels the influence of the air and sympathises with the heavens and does not shine equally if the sky be cloudy or bright...’ On a beautiful spring day Julia Harburn sat on a seat in Kensington Gardens enjoying the sunshine...
  • Her Heart For A Compass by Ferguson, Sarah, The Duchess of York

    Her Heart For A Compass by Ferguson, Sarah, The Duchess of York

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller‘A tale of daring and determination, set against the glamorous heights, and the harsh restrictions of aristocratic society in the middle years of the British nineteenth century...
  • A Scottish Highland Surprise: The brand new feel good escapist read for armchair travel in 2022 by Julie Shackman

    A Scottish Highland Surprise: The brand new feel good escapist read for armchair travel in 2022 by Julie Shackman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Discover the secrets and surprises that the scenic Scottish town of Briar Glen has to offer…‘A warm beautiful read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐NetGalley Reviewer‘A great story . .
  • The Last Dress from Paris by Jade Beer

    The Last Dress from Paris by Jade Beer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The secret is hidden within a collection of Dior dresses... London, 2017. There's no one Lucille adores more than her grandmother. So when her beloved Granny Sylvie asks for Lucille's assistance with a small matter, she's happy to help. The next thing she knows, Lucille is on a train to Paris, tasked with retrieving a priceless Dior dress...
  • The Highlander's Temptation by Eliza Knight

    The Highlander's Temptation by Eliza Knight

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The long awaited prequel to the Stolen Bride Series!!!! Desire tempted them, but love conquered all... Laird Jamie Montgomery is a warrior with a mission. When he travels to the northern Highlands on the orders of William Wallace, temptation in the form of an alluring lass, could be his undoing. Lady Lorna Sutherland can't resist the charms of one irresistible Highlander...
  • The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    1501: Henry VIII Paul, great-grandson of Elanor Morland, has inherited the Morland estates, and his own Amyas is set to be his heir. But Paul fathers a beloved illigitimate son, and bitter jealousy causes a destructive rift between the two half-brothers which will lead to death...
  • Vittoria Cottage by D.E. Stevenson

    Vittoria Cottage by D.E. Stevenson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Caroline Dering, a young widow, lives in Vittoria Cottage in Ashbridge, a small country town in rural England. Her son and daughter fall in love with the children of the local squire, while Caroline herself becomes interested in a handsome widower who has just moved to town...
  • The Champion by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Champion by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Royal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero. A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she appoints him tutor to the heir to the throne, the volatile and fickle Prince Henry...
  • The Bewitching Twin by Donna Fletcher

    The Bewitching Twin by Donna Fletcher

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Popular author Donna Fletcher completes her identical twin sisters series in this spellbinding story about a man's fight for the love of his life. Rogan of the Wolf clan needs a healer to cure a relentless illness that is claiming the lives of his people. Hearing of Aliss's legendary healing skills, he abducts her from her clan Hellewyk...
  • I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

    I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Publicly declared a bastard at the age of three, daughter of a disgraced and executed mother, last in the line of succession to the throne of England, Elizabeth I inherited an England ravaged by bloody religious conflict, at war with Spain and France, and badly in debt...
  • The Falcons Of Montabard by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Falcons Of Montabard by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Sabin FitzSimon, disgraced son of an earl, has the opportunity to rebuild his career and salvage his reputation when the knight Edmund Strongfist leaves for the Holy Land to offer his sword and services to the King of Jerusalem. He asks Sabin to join him...
  • Shields of Pride by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Shields of Pride by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The year is 1173. King Henry's efforts to crush his rebellious sons ignite bloody border skirmishes throughout the land. Yet it is a time of triumph for mercenary Josceline de Gael, bastard son of the king's most trusted ally. Victorious on the battlefield, de Gael suffers sweet defeat when his heart is conquered by the lovely Linnet de Montsorrel...
  • The Love Knot by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Love Knot by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    In the summer of 1140, Oliver Pascal returns home from a long pilgrimage to discover England ravaged by civil war and his family lands forfeit to the conflict between Henry I's daughter Mathilda, and her cousin Stephen of Blois, who has seized the crown at her expense...
  • Knight of Pleasure by Margaret Mallory

    Knight of Pleasure by Margaret Mallory

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    THE GREATEST PASSION Lady Isobel Hume is an expert swordswoman who knows how to choose her battles. When the king asks her to wed a French nobleman to form a political alliance, she agrees. But that's before the devilishly charming Sir Stephen Carleton captures her heart-and tempts her to betray her betrothed, her king, and her country...
  • The Princess by Claire Delacroix

    The Princess by Claire Delacroix

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    "I will wed only my one true love!" declared Princess Brianna despite King Henry's decree that she marry one of the sons of the man who had conquered her family's castle.  So Brianna issued a seemingly impossible challenge: He who returned with a gift that made her laugh would win her hand.  And thus began the bride quest of the three brothers Fitzgavin. . .
  • Castile for Isabella by Jean Plaidy

    Castile for Isabella by Jean Plaidy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Castile for Isabella covers the early life of the most significant of all Spanish monarchs: Isabella of Castile. Isabella is seen as a young girl,within a few steps of the throne; first in the care of an ambitious but unbalanced mother; later in the licentious court of her half-brother HenryIV; and at length ascending the throne, Ferdinand beside her...
  • The Bastard King by Jean Plaidy

    The Bastard King by Jean Plaidy

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    DISCOVER A LOST CLASSIC IN PLAIDY'S FABULOUS GEORGIAN SERIES This glorious novel chronicles the life of William the Conqueror, the bastard son of the Duke of Normandy, from childhood until his death in 1087...
  • Belle Catherine by Juliette Benzoni, Jocasta Goodwin

    Belle Catherine by Juliette Benzoni, Jocasta Goodwin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "...she will be beautiful enough to make a man die of love..." Violet-eyed Catherine -- born to the violence, terror and sensuality of the Hundred Years War -- knew well the madness of the masses. She had seen them sack the Dauphin's palace, destroy her own home and kill her father, a Parisian goldsmith...
  • Catherine by Juliette Benzoni

    Catherine by Juliette Benzoni

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "...she will be beautiful enough to make a man die of love..." Violet eyed Catherine born to the violence, terror and sensuality of the Hundred Years War, knew well the madness of the masses. She had seen them sack the Dauphin's palace, destroy her own home and kill her father, a Parisian goldsmith...
  • Catherine and Arnaud by Juliette Benzoni

    Catherine and Arnaud by Juliette Benzoni

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Voici Catherine en Espagne parmi les pèlerins de Compostelle. La grâce qu'elle veut obtenir de Dieu, c'est de rejoindre enfin son époux, Arnaud le lépreux, qui s'est enfui de la maladrerie de Calves pour chercher, au tombeau de saint Jacques, une improbable guérison. Étrange route, en vérité, semée de peines et d'embûches, de terribles dangers... et aussi d'étranges surprises...
  • Highland Fling by Shelli Stevens

    Highland Fling by Shelli Stevens

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sleeping with her boss can only lead to trouble. And pleasure. "The McLaughlins, Book 4" Delonna comes by her Scottish-style frugality honestly-her parents' spendthrift ways once left her temporarily homeless. She's been tending bar at McLaughlin's Pub, looking forward to the day she can call her own shots. Until her now ex-boyfriend makes off with her hard-earned savings...
    Categorized as:
    highlander  contemporary  length-short
  • Tall, Dark and Kilted by Lizzie Lamb

    Tall, Dark and Kilted by Lizzie Lamb

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Notting Hill Meets Monarch of the Glen . . . Fliss Bagshawe longs for a passport out of Pimlico where she works as a holistic therapist. After attending a party in Notting Hill she loses her job and with it her dream of one day being her own boss. When she’s offered the chance to take over a failing therapy centre, she grabs it with both hands...
  • Great Maria by Cecelia Holland

    Great Maria by Cecelia Holland

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Courage of a king, Strength of a knight, Heart of a woman "A literary phenomenon." -New York Times Her father is a robber baron... Her husband has grand ambitions and a quick temper... She will become...the Great Maria. A lush portrait of the eleventh century that leaves out none of its harshest nature, Great Maria is Cecelia Holland at her most evocative...
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