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The Hathaways Complete Series by Lisa Kleypas
Here together for the first time in a convenient ebook bundle, the five books from The Hathaways series by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas: Mine Til Midnight , Seduce Me at Sunrise , Tempt Me at Twilight , Married by Morning , and Love in the Afternoon... -
![Love and Duty at Blackberry Farm by Rosie Clarke]()
Love and Duty at Blackberry Farm by Rosie Clarke
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCambridgeshire – 1942 As a new year begins and the war continues, young Artie Talbot feels trapped. In his heart he longs to fight, like his two brothers, for his king and country but is duty tied to Blackberry Farm. As feelings grow between Artie and Jeanie Salmons, Artie wonders if marriage will help him to finally accept his lot and settle down... -
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![A Crying Shame by Rosie Goodwin]()
A Crying Shame by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsClaire 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 Little Angel by Rosie Goodwin]()
The Little Angel by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom Sunday Times bestselling author of Mothering Sunday, Rosie Goodwin, comes the next in this heartwarming and heartbreaking Christmas treat.1896, Nuneaton.Left on the doorstep of Treetops Children's Home, young Kitty captures the heart of her guardian, Sunday Branning, who has never been blessed with a child of her own... -
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![The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde]()
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsLady Windermere's Fan/Salomé/A Woman of No Importance/An Ideal Husband/A Florentine Tragedy/The Importance of Being Earnest'To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness'The Importance of Being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette... -
![Murder in an Irish Castle by Verity Bright]()
Murder in an Irish Castle by Verity Bright
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIrish whiskey, rolling green hills, a traditional Christmas feast and… a murder? Lady Swift will need the luck of the Irish to survive this holiday season!Christmas, 1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has received a rather unexpected invitation to the village Christmas party in the tiny, rural hamlet of Derrydee in the west of Ireland... -
![The River Girl by Tania Crosse]()
The River Girl by Tania Crosse
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDartmoor, 1858.Elizabeth Thornton has every reason to want to escape from home — a ramshackle farm in the middle of nowhere on the wilds of Dartmoor. Since her father’s death, she’s been trapped here, in the clutches of her lascivious uncle.When a position opens up at Rosebank Hall, she jumps at the chance. She will be a domestic drudge at the beck and call of the house’s cantankerous master... -
![A Ration Book Christmas by Jean Fullerton]()
A Ration Book Christmas by Jean Fullerton
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt's 1940 and the German Luftwaffe have started their nightly reign of death and destruction over London's East End. The Brogan family is braced and ready to take on Hitler single-handed, if need be, but with rationing, air-raids and the threat of Nazi invasion hanging over this doughty family, their spirits are taking a bit of a battering.. -
![A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes]()
A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLord Julian Caldicott is standing in for his ducal brother as manager of Yuletide merriment at the family seat. Alas for his lordship, nothing is going as planned. Cranky relatives arrive uninvited, family squabbles ensue, and Julian's annual case of the blue devils is worsening by the day.Julian decides to combat the mayhem and melancholia by anonymously spreading good cheer... -
![The Waterfront Lass by AnneMarie Brear]()
The Waterfront Lass by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWakefield 1870On the banks of the River Calder, Meg Taylor struggles to care for her younger siblings and sick mother whilst her father is away working as a boatman on the canals. The slums where they live are rife with disease, and Meg longs for a different life, away from the grinding poverty, but she'll never leave her family... -
![A Family of His Own by Stephanie Laurens]()
A Family of His Own by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 12 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the quintessential question of what family means to a Cynster in this tale of the last unmarried member of the Cynster Next Generation and the final mission that opens his eyes.Toby Cynster is not amused when informed that his new mission is to be his last in the shadowy service of Drake, Marquess of Winchelsea... -
![Christmas with the Ops Room Girls: A festive and feel-good WW2 saga (The Women's Auxiliary Air Force) by Vicki Beeby]()
Christmas with the Ops Room Girls: A festive and feel-good WW2 saga (The Women's Auxiliary Air Force) by Vicki Beeby
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen there’s so much to be afraid of, can May help bring festive cheer to the Ops Room?After failing to help evacuee siblings whom she witnesses being separated, May wishes she’d had the confidence to speak up. When Jess suggests a pantomime to boost morale on the station, May is desperate to help – but is held back by her own insecurities... -
![The Asylum Daughter by Rosie Darling]()
The Asylum Daughter by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBorn in the dark horrors of the Victorian Bedlam, Beth Thursday was a no-one. An inconsequential inconvenience.After eight years of dreaming of an unknown mother rescuing her from the workhouse, Beth is unexpectedly liberated to become an apprentice in Mr Whitaker's tailor's shop... -
![The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster]()
The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster
Betrayal, temptation and an impossible love.The final book in the Unmarriageable series...Some suspect that Lily Villin is the true heart of the Hart Inn, a lucky house where love always seems to blossom, whatever the obstacles. But Lily has another secret. She is in love with an enigmatic nobleman, and no luck in the world can make such a marriage possible... -
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![Don’t Cry Alone by Josephine Cox]()
Don’t Cry Alone by Josephine Cox
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn this nineteenth-century historical saga from a “born storyteller,” a woman from a prominent family becomes pregnant by her father’s hired hand ( Bedfordshire Times) . Beth Ward and Tyler Blacklock share a love they know will last forever. But Beth is daughter to prosperous land developer Richard Ward and Tyler a mere employee... -
![On a Turning Tide by Ellie Dean]()
On a Turning Tide by Ellie Dean
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCliffehaven, October 1944 As the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View Boarding House is still full of uncertainty. Rosie’s plans for her wedding to Ron Reilly are plagued with misunderstandings. And when Ron takes on a secret assignment just days before they are due to say their vows, it seems their plans for a future together may be doomed... -
![Christmas at O'Mara's by Michelle Vernal]()
Christmas at O'Mara's by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWelcome to the guesthouse on the Green, where Mammy and her girls will make you feel part of the family. Settle in and enjoy your stay at O'Mara's, where stories abound, romance lurks and laughter sounds. Two Christmases, two second chances. A heart-warming O’Mara family Christmas story that will have you laughing out loud.. -
![The Christmas Orphan by Rosie Darling]()
The Christmas Orphan by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAfter her father’s sudden death little Jane Walker had been forced to sell flowers on the London streets to the wealthy in order to make ends meet. At the end of each day she would return to the terrible streets of Whitechapel where her heavily pregnant mother awaited her return... -
![The Ward of the Castle by Stacey Reynolds]()
The Ward of the Castle by Stacey Reynolds
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSpanning two decades, from the wild coast of a Tasmanian penal colony to the west coast of Ireland, an exiled rebel’s betrayal precedes his return to his homeland.In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland, a small girl arrives on the same dock her mother departed from six years earlier. Laoise Hogan is alone, traumatized, and bearing letters from her mother addressed to the man who abandoned them... -
![Sealed With a Loving Kiss by Ellie Dean]()
Sealed With a Loving Kiss by Ellie Dean
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of While We're Apart.After the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father’s diaries. Her search for the truth brings her to Cliffehaven on the south coast... -
![My Kind of Scoundrel by Adele Clee]()
My Kind of Scoundrel by Adele Clee
By day, Miss Eleanor Darrow is one of London’s finest modistes. By night, she is a trusted confidante and the keeper of the ton’s scandalous secrets. But what began as an innocent way to supplement her income has her fearing for her life. Her box of secrets is missing. Fortunately, she knows the identity of the handsome scoundrel who stole it... -
![Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster]()
Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA merry Christmas for the Petterils?Piers wants to make their first Christmas together special, and so it proves to be - just not quite in the way he planned.His eccentric Great Aunt Prudence summons him to London with the news that she is dying and that one of her servants is stealing from her. Only one of these claims turns out to be true, though both require investigating... -
![The Dreadful Duke by Grace Burrowes]()
The Dreadful Duke by Grace Burrowes
He’d rather carry hod in hell…Finn Cathcart, a successful sculptor, is having a fine time on the Continent cavorting with alabaster nymphs and marble goddesses (so to speak), when he’s informed that a ducal title awaits him back in England. The same family who disowned Finn’s father now needs an heir to prevent all their wealth from falling into the Crown’s greedy hands....She’d rather he did too... -
![Grace's Courage by AnneMarie Brear]()
Grace's Courage by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPerfect for the fans of Anna Jacobs. Grace Woodruff fights for her sisters' rights to happiness while sacrificing any chance for her own. The eldest of seven daughters, Grace is the core of strength around which the unhappy members of the Woodruff family revolve... -
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![An Orphan's Christmas Dream by Rosie Darling]()
An Orphan's Christmas Dream by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the workhouse, little orphan Holly Green dreamed of a Christmas filled with roast beef and plum pudding. But Holly's beautiful Christmas dream was soon to contort into a cruel nightmare.One snowy Christmas Eve, two vulnerable little girls run away from the harsh workhouse, into the unknown and unforgiving world that was Victorian London... -
![The Earl's Iron Warrant by Kate Archer]()
The Earl's Iron Warrant by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Icy Lady and an Implacable Lord... Charles Battersea, Earl of Dalton and heir to the Duke of Glastonburg, is the last holdout among the six young heirs who have been pressured to marry by way of the Dukes’ Pact. This surprises precisely nobody, especially not himself. He has unaccountably lost his friend, Grayson, to Miss Dell, but if he is forced to tow the bachelorhood line alone, so be it... -
![Alley Urchin by Josephine Cox]()
Alley Urchin by Josephine Cox
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA captivating historical romance of revenge, hatred, lust and true love It is 1870 and Emma Grady has spent seven years of servitude as a convict in Australia. Now, having earned her ticket-of-leave, she is held by chains of honour and friendship... -
![The Country Bride by Dilly Court]()
The Country Bride by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe third book in the dramatic new Village Secrets trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author. The time had come to leave Creek Manor. Their relationship was doomed from the start, he was the master of the house and she the servant… Summer, Little Creek 1879For most of her life, Judy Begg has been a loyal servant at Creek Manor and to Jack Fox, its future lord... -
![To Dare the Darkness by Emma V. Leech]()
To Dare the Darkness by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA young woman who is bolder than she knows... Miss Evie Knight, the daughter of Mr. Gabriel Knight and Lady Helena Knight has been the unlikely friend and confidante of the Comte de Villen for years. But despite her own shortcomings and the unlikeliness of a man like Louis César falling for plump little Evie, she must concede Louis appears to be madly in love with her... -
![Women of Straw by Carole Llewellyn]()
Women of Straw by Carole Llewellyn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn 1865, Luton in Bedfordshire is famous for manufacturing straw boaters worn everywhere, although times and fashions are changing. Kate Devlin, the eldest of three children, helps her mother, Rose, run the Devlin plait-school at 10 Plaiters Way. The plait produced there is sold to the Stratton Hat Company, and Kate’s ambition is to become a hat-maker... -
![Forging the Shilling Girl by Emma Hardwick]()
Forging the Shilling Girl by Emma Hardwick
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt is December 1849. Young, widowed Clare Byrne, is escaping the famine in Ireland. On the coffin ship from Dublin, in the final hours of the journey to England, Clare goes into labour. Weakened and alone, the young, beleaguered mother gives birth near the quayside... -
![The Snow Orphan’s Destiny by Daisy Carter]()
The Snow Orphan’s Destiny by Daisy Carter
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAs the snow falls and secrets swirl around her, Penny is torn between two worlds. Does a gift hold the key to her past, and will her true destiny bring her the happiness she longs for?FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED.Penny Frost understands that she’s had an unusual start in life. Taken in by a kind-hearted woman, she becomes part of the close-knit Bevan family of Sketty Lane... -
![Miss Determined by Grace Burrowes]()
Miss Determined by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTrevor, Marquess of Tavistock, has finally decided to stop larking around on the Continent, come home, and take a bride. His solicitors applaud his decision to settle down, provided he chooses a wealthy young lady to be his marchioness. Those years Trevor spent seeing the world were bad years for the lordly coffers... -
![Fall of the Lyon: The Lyon's Den by Chasity Bowlin]()
Fall of the Lyon: The Lyon's Den by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEnter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves... -
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![Vagabonds by Josephine Cox]()
Vagabonds by Josephine Cox
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA beautiful historical novel of survival, love, and redemption It is 1885 and Emma Grady has returned to her home town of Blackburn and been reunited with her lover Marlow. Now married, with a beautiful home, loving husband and wonderful son, she is still haunted by the past, unable to forget the cruelty of her uncle Caleb Crowther, who ignored her pleas to save her and her tragic first-born... -
![The Poet’s Stern Critic: A Regency Historical Romance by Mary Lancaster]()
The Poet’s Stern Critic: A Regency Historical Romance by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn elusive poet clashes with an opinionated young lady… Cornelius Vale, hard-working steward of his brother’s land, has another secret identity as acclaimed poet Simon Sacheverill. No one has ever met the mysterious poet – except the woman who once accosted him in a London bookshop and tore his works to shreds.When he encounters That Girl again at a Blackhaven ball, he is appalled... -
![Rag-and-Bone Christmas: the new heartwarming Christmas historical fiction saga from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller by Dilly Court]()
Rag-and-Bone Christmas: the new heartwarming Christmas historical fiction saga from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDon’t miss the brand-new winter saga from bestselling author Dilly Court... -
![Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss by Bree Wolf]()
Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA meddlesome lady.An honor-bound lord.And quite a few misunderstandings. England 1749: LADY EDITH WESTON, daughter to the EARL OF SWANSBOROUGH, is determined to see her friend wed to a man she loves. Unfortunately, Lady Adele, however, has been promised since birth and refuses to break her father’s heart by going against his wishes... -
![The Christmas Wedding by Dilly Court]()
The Christmas Wedding by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe first book in the dramatic new saga from the Sunday Times bestselling authorHolding the letter in trembling hands, Daisy’s future crumbled before her – the words engraved on her heart forever. The village of Little Creek, the long winter of 1867 The first flakes of snow are falling when Daisy Marshall, secretly engaged to her master's son, finds herself jilted at the altar... -
![The Mistletoe Seller by Dilly Court]()
The Mistletoe Seller by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s Christmas Eve. Flurries of snow fall on the cobbled streets of Whitechapel and an abandoned baby, swaddled in a blanket, is found on a doorstep in Angel Lane . . .Named after the street on which she was found, Angel Winter was blessed to be taken from the harsh streets into a loving home... -
![My Merry Marquess by Annabelle Anders]()
My Merry Marquess by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Marquess to keep the holidays Merry…Stranded by a snowstorm in Maybridge Falls, the Marquess of Merriweather runs into the last person in the world he wants to see—Lady Eve Bailey. Because the last time he saw the auburn-haired beauty, she stole his heart and then crushed it into a thousand pieces. Lucky for him, he’s over her... -
![The Mistletoe Dare by Emma V. Leech]()
The Mistletoe Dare by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Outspoken Beauty…When Lady Georgina Anderson goes to spend Christmas with her godparents, The Duke and Duchess of Bedwin, she is full of anticipation. Spending the festive season with the large, boisterous family in their splendid home, away from Scotland and her three annoying older brothers will be nothing short of bliss... -
![The Christmas Shop by Hattie Finch]()
The Christmas Shop by Hattie Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Christmas Shop was a place of magic. A place of wonder. But for Hope, it would be the last happy place she visited for many years***FREE with Kindle Unlimited***Hope and her parents are visiting London in the weeks before Christmas... -
![The Marquis, the Minx, and the Mistletoe by Ava Devlin]()
The Marquis, the Minx, and the Mistletoe by Ava Devlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Steamy Regency Christmas RomanceA Yuletide JiltingShe was running away. Again.The only white Tatiana Everstead would wear on her wedding day was the dusting of snow that clung to her cloak as she fled the aisle. She flees north, seeking sanctuary with an old friend and chased by the doubt and the tauntings of a long-ago fortune-telling... -
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![My Yuletide Earl: Regency Romance by Tammy Andresen]()
My Yuletide Earl: Regency Romance by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA rogue by any other name…Lady Holly Bailey knows a rake when she meets one and the Earl of Tidemore is most definitely that. From his improper suggestions to his lewd stare, he has nothing wholesome on his mind. Fortunately, she has a weapon in hand. All right, fine, it was actually just a stick of bread and now it’s been ruined since she was forced to beat him back with the baked good... -
![Duke in a Box: Twelve Steamy Historical Holiday Novellas by Kate Bateman, Amy Rose Bennett]()
Duke in a Box: Twelve Steamy Historical Holiday Novellas by Kate Bateman, Amy Rose Bennett
Twelve novellas from your favorite historical romance authors featuring never-before-published steamy holiday stories. Don’t miss this limited time collection—on sale only from November 1-December 31, 2022...Categorized as:
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![The Christmas Card by Dilly Court]()
The Christmas Card by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe perfect heartwarming romance for Christmas, rich in historical detail. She turned the picture of the Christmas card over with her frozen hands, a pretty picture of a family gathering at Yuletide. How different from her own life; stiff with cold on the icy cobbles, aching for shelter . . -
![O Night Divine: A Holiday Collection of Spirited Christmas Tales by Kathryn Le Veque, Caroline Lee]()
O Night Divine: A Holiday Collection of Spirited Christmas Tales by Kathryn Le Veque, Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA MASTERPIECE OF HOLIDAY STORYTELLING...Enjoy this stunning holiday collection from some of your favorite Dragonblade Publishing authors in this collection of never-before published seasonal tales!Imagine, if you will, that it is Christmas Eve.The candles are guttered, one by one, and a hush falls over the parlor... -
![Have Yourself a Merry Little Scandal: a Christmas collection of Historical Romance by Anna Campbell, Sasha Cottman]()
Have Yourself a Merry Little Scandal: a Christmas collection of Historical Romance by Anna Campbell, Sasha Cottman
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHave Yourself a Merry Little... Scandal!From the snowbound Scottish Highlands to the glittering ballrooms of London, our fearless heroines enter the Christmas season in pursuit of their heart's desire.But, the course of true love never did run smooth... especially when SCANDAL is afoot.Settle in to enjoy these tales of romantic adventure, sizzling passion, and heartwarming holiday romance... -
![My Dashing Duke: Regency Romance by Tammy Andresen, Annabelle Anders]()
My Dashing Duke: Regency Romance by Tammy Andresen, Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA duke by any other name…When the Duke of Dashlington gets stuck into a tiny village during a snowstorm, there is little to do but drink himself into a stupor. The problem? Well, it’s hard to count just one. He stumbles into the snow, falls down, and can’t seem to get himself back up again...
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