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  • 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...
  • Heart of Courage by Lois Walfrid Johnson

    Heart of Courage by Lois Walfrid Johnson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Bree learns that her brother, Devin, her sister, Keely, and her friend, Lil, will set out for Ireland, she longs to go with them. Instead, Mikkel asks her to be a cook for voyage to Greenland. Somehow her excellent food becomes inedible and the Vikings think she's trying to sabotage their voyage. Join Bree and Devin for more adventures in this fourth installment of the Viking Quest series...
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    vikings  contemporary  length-short
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  • 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 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Johanna Lindsey Collection 2: Heart of a Warrior, The Pursuit, and A Man to Call My Own by Johanna Lindsey, Michael Page

    Johanna Lindsey Collection 2: Heart of a Warrior, The Pursuit, and A Man to Call My Own by Johanna Lindsey, Michael Page

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heart of a Warrior (Narrator: Laural Merlington, Director: Ruth Bloomquist, Engineer: Jill Sovis): Brittany Callaghan thinks she's dreaming when a blond, nearly seven-feet-tall Nordic god shows up on her doorstep in her tiny California town. She is taken aback when Dalden, a spectacular Viking who is a long way from home, needs her help - and is willing to pay for it...
  • 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...
  • 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
    · 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...
  • 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 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 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    medieval  contemporary  historical
  • 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...
  • 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 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...
  • Elizabeth Chadwick Bundle: The Greatest Knight, The Scarlet Lion, and For the King's Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Elizabeth Chadwick Bundle: The Greatest Knight, The Scarlet Lion, and For the King's Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hailed by the Times of London as "an author who makes historical fiction come gloriously alive," Elizabeth Chadwick is a gifted storyteller who captures the passion, deceit, honor, and heartbreak of Medieval England like none other. Now, get three books from historical fiction powerhouse Elizabeth Chadwick at one low price...
  • What Happens At Christmas... by T.A. Williams

    What Happens At Christmas... by T.A. Williams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the perfect Christmas… When career-girl Holly Brice learns that her estranged father has died, she decides to take a trip down memory lane and find out about the man she never knew...
  • 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...
  • Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross

    Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Pope Joan: A Novel, by Cross, Donna...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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..
  • 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...
  • Behold the Dawn by K.M. Weiland

    Behold the Dawn by K.M. Weiland

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marcus Annan, a tourneyer famed for his prowess on the battlefield, thought he could keep the secrets of his past buried forever. But when a mysterious crippled monk demands Annan help him find justice for the transgressions of sixteen years ago, Annan is forced to leave the tourneys and join the Third Crusade...
  • 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...
  • Atone: A Fairytale by Jessica Grey

    Atone: A Fairytale by Jessica Grey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Becca Ward knows that magic is real... Two years ago not only had she and her best friend Alex found a real-life Sleeping Beauty in the middle of Los Angeles, they also discovered that they were powerful in their own right. They’ve managed to keep both their fae powers and their friend Lilia’s identity as a medieval princess a secret and live a normal life...
  • The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    US Title : For the King's Favor A captivating story of a mother's love stretched to breaking and a knight determined to rebuild his life with the royal mistress, For the King's Favor is Elizabeth Chadwick at her best. Based on a true story never before told and impeccably researched, this is a testament to the power of sacrifice and the strength of love...
  • The Chains of Fate by Pamela Belle

    The Chains of Fate by Pamela Belle

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The blood red tide of civil war ran deep over the land, and Thomazine became the man of a wife she would learn to hate for his perfidy. She married Dominic whom she could never love, believing her Francis to be dead. When she learned the truth ... that Francis lived, Thomazine rode north on a mission hung with the chains of fate...
  • They Came on Viking Ships by Jackie French

    They Came on Viking Ships by Jackie French

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As a puppy, Snarf is fortuitously rescued by a young girl called Hekja when he is badly injured, their simple but happy lives are changed unrecognisably when their village is raided by Vikings. This work is suitable for children aged 10-14...
  • 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...
  • The Conquest by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Conquest by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The year is 1066 and the world is about to change. Suddenly life in England is going to be completely different, especially for Ailith, a young Saxon wife. It is the year in which she loses both her husband and young son, and the year in which the Normans come, not as friends, but in search of conquest...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy

    Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    One powerful king. Two tragic queens. In the court of Henry VIII, it was dangerous for a woman to catch the king’s eye. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were cousins. Both were beautiful women, though very different in temperament. They each learned that Henry’s passion was all-consuming–and fickle...
  • Beloved Enemy: The Passions of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Ellen Jones

    Beloved Enemy: The Passions of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Ellen Jones

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the twelfth century, as France and England compete for dominion, one woman’s passions and ambitions will change history . . . “Aquitaine is mine. It will never belong to anyone else.” With these words, fifteen-year-old Eleanor seals her fate...
  • Legal Action 2 by Kimball Lee

    Legal Action 2 by Kimball Lee

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The rock your world sequel to Legal Action !!!!! This is Legal Action in extreme overdrive!!!! Charlotte will make her choice between riveting, gorgeous billionaire Bly and back-from-the-dead, too-hot-to-handle, Special-Ops hunk Finn and her decision will mean sweet, sweet, savage love for Charlotte and the man of her dreams...
  • Legal Action 4 by Kimball Lee

    Legal Action 4 by Kimball Lee

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THIS IS IT… THE FINAL BOOK IN THE LEGAL ACTION SERIES!!! Alexander Bly is missing, Finn and JP are caught on a mountain wracked by avalanches, Amanda is a basket case, and Natalie isn’t offering any information… Will Charlotte surrender to despair??? Absolutely NOT!!!! There are good choices, bad choices and hard choices in every life, and they lead straight to the heart of...
  • The Sixth Wife by Jean Plaidy

    The Sixth Wife by Jean Plaidy

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Dangerous court intrigue and affairs of the heart collide as renowned novelist Jean Plaidy tells the story of Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s six queens. Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Katherine Howard, was both foolish and unfaithful, and she paid for it with her life. Henry vowed that his sixth wife would be different, and she was. Katherine Parr was twice widowed and thirty-one years old...
  • Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell, Candy Tan

    Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell, Candy Tan

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name... We do it in the dark. Under the sheets. With a penlight. We wear sunglasses and a baseball hat at the bookstore. We have a "special place" where we store them. Let's face it: Not many folks are willing to publicly admit they love romance novels. Meanwhile, romance continues to be the bestselling fiction genre. Ever...
    Categorized as:
    vikings  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Water Devil by Judith Merkle Riley

    The Water Devil by Judith Merkle Riley

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The final adventure in the beloved and bestselling Margaret of Ashbury trilogy, which began with "A Vision of Light" and "In Pursuit of the Green Lion." Margaret of Ashbury is ready to settle down; the medieval healer is looking forward to an uneventful life in the country...
  • Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth

    Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the award-winning author of The King's Daughter comes a story of love and defiance during the War of the Roses. It is 1497. The news of the survival of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, has set royal houses ablaze with intrigue and rocked the fledgling Tudor dynasty...
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