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The Complete Novels by Jane Austen
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 51 ratingsFew novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, she paints vivid portraits of English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close... -
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Angels of the Resistance by Noelle Salazar
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratings“Angels of the Resistance brings to life a deadly-effective and deeply moving sisterhood.” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose CodeFrom the bestselling author of The Flight Girls comes a story inspired by true events, about courageous women who risked everything for country, for family, and for each other... -
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![Angels of the Resistance: A WWII Novel by Noelle Salazar]()
Angels of the Resistance: A WWII Novel by Noelle Salazar
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratings“Angels of the Resistance brings to life a deadly-effective and deeply moving sisterhood.” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose CodeFrom the bestselling author of The Flight Girls comes a story inspired by true events, about courageous women who risked everything for country, for family, and for each other... -
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Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIn her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period... -
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![A Loyal Heart by Jody Hedlund]()
A Loyal Heart by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s taken her as his prisoner. But she’s holding his heart captive. In gaining their freedom, will they lose what matters most? When Lady Olivia’s castle is besieged, she and her sister are taken captive and held for ransom by her father’s enemy, Lord Pitt. Loyalty to family means everything to Olivia... -
![Baron of Blackwood by Tamara Leigh]()
Baron of Blackwood by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTHE FEUD England, 1308. Boursier, De Arell, Verdun—three noblemen who secretly gather to ally against their treacherous lord. Though each is elevated to a baron in his own right and given a portion of his lord’s lands, jealousy and reprisal lead to a twenty-five-year feud, pitting family against family, passing father to son. THE PRIZE England, 1333... -
![Mr Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester]()
Mr Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAs a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves... -
![Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin]()
Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLions of the Desert opens up in 1915, over a year after the conclusion of Arabian Winds. Nurse Allison Wescott arrives in busy Cairo to serve the British military confronting Kaiser's Germany and their ally, Turkey. In Cairo, Allison meets Major Bret Holden again after his return from London, and their previous romantic but rocky relationship is resumed... -
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The Highlander’s Inconvenient Wife by Eloise Madigan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“You can’t keep me locked up in here forever!”“I shall be the one to decide if ye stay in here forever or not.”Rumored to have killed even those closest to him, losing an eye in the process, Laird Jasper doesn’t let anyone near.Until a feisty English Lady, Joan, stumbles into his castle.Fleeing from London and her own dark past, Joan finds herself in the arms of the most dangerous Highlander... -
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Lady Of Conquest by Tamara Leigh
Called the Bloodlust Warrior of Hastings, Maxen Pendery retreats to a monastery after the Normans conquer England, hoping a life of contemplation will wash the blood from his soul...Categorized as:
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![Highland Angels by Ceci Giltenan]()
Highland Angels by Ceci Giltenan
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnna MacKay fears the MacLeods. Andrew MacLeod fears love. Anna, angry with her brother, took a walk to cool her temper. She had no intention of venturing so close to MacLeod territory—until she saw a wee lad fall through the ice. Andrew becomes enraged when it appears the MacKay lass has abducted his son, his last precious connection to the wife he lost—until he learns the truth... -
![The Lost Brother by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Lost Brother by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNovember 1146. Gwynedd is at war with Ranulf, Earl of Chester, who seeks to gain a foothold in Wales against the day peace finally comes to England. On the eve of King Owain’s counter-assault on Mold Castle, the body of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Gwen is discovered buried in someone else’s grave... -
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An Officer, Not a Gentleman by Elizabeth Johns
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDespite Tobin O'Neill's humble origins, he finds himself a lieutenant in His Majesty's army, serving on Wellington's staff. When the roguish Irishman strikes up an unlikely friendship with a General's daughter, they somehow become enmeshed in navigating the perils of the greatest battle of their age.Bridget Murphy had grown up following the drum... -
![Married to the Highland Devil: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan]()
Married to the Highland Devil: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I am here for yer hand. Who do I have to kill for it?”When Lady Amelia's father declares a competition for her hand, gentlemen flock at her door. But the Duke's blind daughter doesn't want any of them.Until the Devil of the Highlands decides to join.Dark and dangerous Laird Duncan thinks a marriage of convenience is the only way to help his clan without going to war - again...Categorized as:
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![Highlander's Runaway Bride by Maddie MacKenna]()
Highlander's Runaway Bride by Maddie MacKenna
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I need to marry a laird by the end of the week.”After running away from her own wedding, Delilah, daughter of Laird McGunn, can’t outrun fate anymore. But finding a husband again is impossible. Until she gets an irresistible deal from the most dangerous her father’s enemy…Evan O’Reid is determined to achieve what no Laird before him peace with the McGunns... -
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Always by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fierce elite guard. A loyal lady in waiting. They must work together to save three princesses from certain death. On the verge of dying after giving birth to twins, the queen of Mercia pleads with Lady Felicia to save her infant daughters... -
![Loving Lieutenant Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden]()
Loving Lieutenant Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsOrphaned as a child, Arabella Hampton was the unwanted and unloved charge of a cruel aunt and neglectful uncle. The only light in her young life was the kindness of the Jonquil family, and she clung to the childish dream of someday living with them at Lampton Park... -
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All We Left Behind by Danielle R. Graham, D.R. Graham
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe Secret Orphan meets The Tattooist of Auschwitz with a dash of Wild Swans A powerful and incredibly moving historical novel inspired by an untold story of the Second World War. Vancouver 1941 As the war rages around the world, Hitler’s fury is yet to be felt on the peaceful shores of Mayne Island. Sweethearts Hayden and Chidori are in love. But everything changes after Pearl Harbor... -
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Poppy's War by Lily Baxter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsInternational bestselling author Lily Baxter returns with another emotional, heart-pounding saga set in World War II England. In 1939, thirteen-year-old Poppy is forced to evacuate her London home and flee to a grand country house on the coast of England... -
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The Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe thrilling story of the French princess who became an English queen from the author of critically acclaimed Agincourt Bride... -
![The Fallen Princess by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Fallen Princess by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHallowmas 1144. With the harvest festival approaching, Gareth has returned from fighting in the south, hoping for a few months of peace with Gwen before the birth of their first child... -
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My Something Wonderful by Jill Barnett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSISTERS OF SCOTLAND SERIESby Jill BarnettAt a time when kings fought for the right to rule, some won, some lost, and the women who loved them paid the price….MY SOMETHING WONDERFULBook One When a stranger, a golden knight who is one of the king's barons, comes to Glenna Gordon's isolated island farm, she learns her whole life has been a lie... -
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Shadow of a Century by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA journalist in modern New York stumbles across a story from a century earlier when the streets of Dublin were ablaze as men and women fought valiantly for liberation from the British Empire. This is the story of three women. Mary Doyle was reared by nuns and knows nothing of her parents, except that they were a source of shame... -
![The Girls of Gullwing Farm: A Land Girl at war by Kate Peterson]()
The Girls of Gullwing Farm: A Land Girl at war by Kate Peterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe much loved writer Kate Peterson brings us a charming story about the entangled lives of three Land Girls in a Yorkshire village.1939 is Britain’s darkest hour; men have been conscripted and the country calls upon its women to put their shoulders to the wheel and assist with the war effort. Eva Cartwright hears the call and leaves her hometown of Hull to enlist in the Women’s Land Army... -
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![The Renegade Merchant by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Renegade Merchant by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarch 1147. Determined to escape the gloom that has descended on Aber, Gareth and Gwen travel to Shrewsbury in an attempt to find answers about Rhun’s death, about the whereabouts and plans of Prince Cadwaladr, and about Gwen’s family ties to England... -
![The Highlander’s Twisted Games: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan]()
The Highlander’s Twisted Games: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Let me show ye what I mean when I say ye are mine.”Green-fingered Emma loves being a healer. Her only problem is the rakish Laird she works handsome, but dangerous. So when he asks her to be his fake betrothed for a day, she has no choice but to agree.Laird Thomas needs a wife; but he doesn’t want to get married. So he picks a certain hellion to help him delay the inevitable... -
![Highlander’s Scarred Bride: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Maddie MacKenna]()
Highlander’s Scarred Bride: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Maddie MacKenna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“She’s under me protection… I’ll kill anyone who hurts her.”One look at Laird Dominic’s scarred face is enough to terrify anyone. Except a beautiful healer who doesn’t shy away from his gaze when they meet. And now images of her on his bed start haunting him…Violet’s hard work as a healer is not enough to raise her siblings...Categorized as:
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![The Viking's Warrior Bride by Mairibeth MacMillan]()
The Viking's Warrior Bride by Mairibeth MacMillan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBjorn and Ylva. Two warriors who fight side by side. Two lovers who avoid commitments. But their convenient relationship just got complicated.Determined to redeem her father’s name through her own brave deeds as a warrior, Ylva has no desire to give that up to be a mother... -
![A Worthy Rebel by Jody Hedlund]()
A Worthy Rebel by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA desperate noblewoman, a rebellious peasant, and a forbidden love. While fleeing an arranged betrothal to a heartless lord, Lady Isabelle becomes injured and lost. Rescued by a young peasant man, she hides her identity as a noblewoman for fear of reprisal from the peasants who are bitter and angry toward the nobility... -
![The Children of Freedom by Marc Levy]()
The Children of Freedom by Marc Levy
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA remarkable story of struggle and survival in World War II by France's No. 1 bestselling novelist Early in 1942, two young brothers join a Resistance group. All the members of the group are young, most of their families came from elsewhere in Europe or North Africa and all of them are passionately committed to the freedom of France and Europe... -
![Lady Thief by A.C. Gaughen]()
Lady Thief by A.C. Gaughen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsScarlet’s true identity has been revealed, but her future is uncertain. Her forced marriage to Lord Gisbourne threatens Robin and Scarlet’s love, and as the royal court descends upon Nottingham for the appointment of a new Sheriff, the people of Nottingham hope that Prince John will appoint their beloved Robin Hood...Categorized as:
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![Captain Tempesta by Emilio Salgari]()
Captain Tempesta by Emilio Salgari
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA female warrior in disguise. A lover to be rescued. A city under siege.Cyprus, 1571. An island at war. The powerful Ottoman army has taken every city save one, Famagusta, a Venetian port and stronghold. Besieged by a force of 80,000 men, the city has valiantly fought back with its small force of warriors and mercenaries... -
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The Uninvited Guest by Sarah Woodbury
It is the winter of 1143 and all is not well in the court of Owain, King of north Wales. His future in-laws are untrustworthy, the Norman lords on his eastern border are restless, and among his wedding guests lurks a cold-blooded killer... -
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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox Jr.
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn John Jr. Fox's novel, 'The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come,' readers are taken on a journey through the rural landscapes of Kentucky during the tumultuous years of the Civil War and Reconstruction. The story follows the life of Chad Buford, a young shepherd boy who is caught in the middle of the conflict and forced to navigate the complexities of loyalty, identity, and honor... -
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![The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox Jr.]()
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox Jr.
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJohn Jr. Fox's 'The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come' is a captivating novel set during the American Civil War. The book follows the journey of a young shepherd boy, Chad Buford, as he navigates through the complexities of loyalty, love, and honor... -
![Viking's Dawn by Henry Treece]()
Viking's Dawn by Henry Treece
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarold is an adolescent who sails with his father on a raid to Scotland. They come to grief on an island in the Hebrides... -
![The Viking's Cursed Bride by Mairibeth MacMillan]()
The Viking's Cursed Bride by Mairibeth MacMillan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalf Briton, half Pict, Aoife has been an outsider all her life. Rejected by her family, despite saving them from the Norse raid on Alt Clut, she is forced to marry one of the invaders to ensure her family’s safety and rid them of a cursed daughter, while putting her own life at risk.Jarl Tormod intends to settle on the Clyde and to marry a Briton... -
![Robyn Hood: Fight For Freedom by K.M. Shea]()
Robyn Hood: Fight For Freedom by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe ballads lie. Robin Hood, the Bold and Brave Outlaw of Sherwood Forest, is cowardly, spineless, and a girl. Robyn left her band of Merry Men after losing an archery contest against Little John and runs to the last place her men would expect: the courts of Prince John. Robyn successfully masks her identity until Little John and Will Scarlet locate her with Marian’s help... -
![Magenta Mine by Janet Elizabeth Henderson]()
Magenta Mine by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHarry Boyle’s genius IQ has failed him. The alpha geek stupidly followed relationship advice from Invertary’s resident evil mastermind—eighty-seven year old Betty. That’s how he ended up trapped in an abandoned mine waiting to be rescued by his high school crush. The same crush he still loves. The one he’s come back to town to claim... -
![Loyal Heart by Anna Markland]()
Loyal Heart by Anna Markland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn impossible choice…love or family loyalty. Book I of a brand new series from Anna Markland, The Von Wolfenberg Dynasty. Sophia falls in love with a guest at her brother’s wedding, but he is an envoy sent by her father’s enemies. Brandt intends to return home as soon as his unwelcome obligation to attend the wedding is fulfilled... -
![Queenbreaker: Perseverance by Catherine McCarran]()
Queenbreaker: Perseverance by Catherine McCarran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere are games played only at court for power, love, revenge...Fourteen-year old Mary Shelton must learn to play them all when she enters the cauldron of spite, ambition, and danger that is the court of King Henry VIII. No one in her family expects Mary to go far; she’s the middle daughter, sharp-tongued, not the favorite, not pretty... -
![Summer of '42 by Herman Raucher]()
Summer of '42 by Herman Raucher
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn everyone's life there is a summer of '42...In that particular summer Hermie was fifteen, wildly obsessed with sex, deeply and passionately in love with an "older woman" of twenty-two. Summer of '42 is the story of Hermie and the lovely Dorothy, of Hermie's frantic efforts to become a man, and of his glorious and heartbreaking initiation into sex... -
![Scandalous Endeavors by Amanda Marie]()
Scandalous Endeavors by Amanda Marie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Amelia has only known the comfort of life in mid-eighteenth century English aristocracy. But when first her mother and then her father die, she finds herself alone, grief stricken and….. not of age. Her appointed guardian, an American uncle, has ordered her travel to his plantation where she must remain for at least two years when she will come of age... -
![The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Miller Haines]()
The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Miller Haines
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIris Anderson and her father have finally come to an understanding. Iris is allowed to help out at her Pop's detective agency as long as she follows his rules and learns from his technique. But when Iris uncovers details about her mother's supposed suicide, suddenly Iris is thrown headfirst into her most intense and personal case yet... -
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![Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman]()
Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAn extraordinary story inspired by the real Women’s Air Raid Defense, where an unlikely recruit and her sisters-in-arms forge their place in WWII history.Daisy Wilder prefers the company of horses to people, bare feet and salt water to high heels and society parties... -
![Moonshine by Tess Oliver]()
Moonshine by Tess Oliver
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA sexy, historical romance with plenty of drama, suspense and hot scenes. Having been 'dry' long before Prohibition, locals living in Virginia, along the base of the Blue Ridge mountains, had a head start on the moonshine business. And when the country craved something to quench its thirst, the Tidewater bootleggers were ready... -
![The Scoundrel and I: A Novella by Katharine Ashe]()
The Scoundrel and I: A Novella by Katharine Ashe
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA sexy, heartwarming novella from the author of RITA® Award Finalists My Lady, My Lord and How to Marry a Highlander… Printer’s assistant Gabrielle Flood just made the worst mistake of her life. Then handsome, dashing Captain Anthony Masinter came along… And made it even worse. And he’s the last man on earth who can help her fix it... -
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Rue For Repentance by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe second medieval mystery in the deliciously readable Janna Mysteries After her mother dies and her home is burned to the ground, Janna is forced to flee for her life. She is given shelter at a manor farm, but all is not as it seems... -
![The Betting Season by Ava Stone, Jerrica Knight-Catania]()
The Betting Season by Ava Stone, Jerrica Knight-Catania
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Ava Stone's By Any Other Name... Lady Philippa Casemore caused quite a scene at her very first ball of her very first season. She even landed herself, somehow, on the pages of the infamous betting book at White's gentleman's club. Unfortunately, she doesn't remember one moment of the night in question. Not the music. Not the notorious rake she'd dragged into the middle of the dance floor... -
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Drummer Boy at Bull Run by Gilbert Morris
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJeff Majors and Leah Carter share a sorrowful goodbye as the Civil War brings a heartbreaking separation of friends. Despite being on opposite sides of the War, Jeff and Leah vow to stay friends forever and see each other through battle after battle, both on the field and off...
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