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  • The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy

    The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Loch Ewe, 1940. When gamekeeper’s daughter Flora’s remote highland village finds itself the base for the Royal Navy’s Arctic convoys, life in her close-knit community changes forever. In defiance of his disapproving father, the laird’s son falls in love with Flora, and as tensions build in their disrupted home, any chance of their happiness seems doomed...
  • All My Tomorrows by Ellie Dean

    All My Tomorrows by Ellie Dean

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The compelling new Second World War novel from the author of Always in My Heart. In defending herself against her brutal husband, eighteen-year-old Ruby Clark is forced to flee London. She has no idea where Cliffehaven is, or what she will find there, but she knows that she will never be able to return home again. At first it seems she's fallen on her feet...
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  • Of Mortal Fury: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    Of Mortal Fury: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Morgan de Wolfe, commander of Richmond Castle, is called by his liege Caius d’Avignon (Winter of Solace) into the full-fledged world of the Executioner Knights to go deep under cover, a de Wolfe becomes a Wolfe in sheep’s clothing for the sake of William Marshal and his spy ring...
  • Shelter from the Storm by Ellie Dean

    Shelter from the Storm by Ellie Dean

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nineteen-year-old April Wilton has just enlisted in the WRENs in Portsmouth, where she works servicing engines on ships. She finds herself immersed in dockyard life and surrounded by soldiers - from England and America. The atmosphere is one of spontaneity and impulsiveness, brought on by the unpredictability of war...
  • The Gunpowder Girl by Tania Crosse

    The Gunpowder Girl by Tania Crosse

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Originally published as Cherrybrook Rose and A Bouquet of Thorns.A GRIPPING TALE OF LOVE AND SELF-SACRIFICE SET ON WILD DARTMOORDartmoor, 1875. Rose Maddiford, beautiful, vivacious and intelligent, could have her pick of men across Dartmoor. But she is in no hurry to marry unless it is for true love — and certainly not while she can help her father manage the Cherrybrook Gunpowder Mills...
  • On a Turning Tide by Ellie Dean

    On a Turning Tide by Ellie Dean

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cliffehaven, 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...
  • Sealed With a Loving Kiss by Ellie Dean

    Sealed With a Loving Kiss by Ellie Dean

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The 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...
  • The Railway Girl by Tania Crosse

    The Railway Girl by Tania Crosse

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Originally published as The Wrong Side of Happiness.A STRUGGLE TO FIND LOVE AND HAPPINESS AGAINST THE ODDSDevon, 1887. Life has not been kind to dairymaid Tresca Ladycott. She can’t rely on her flighty farmhand father, Emmanuel, so she relies on herself.Then comes a devastating blow. Tresca is sacked from the dairy and the pair lose their home...
  • Lady Brazen by Scarlett Scott

    Lady Brazen by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lady Philippa Shaw had it all: a husband who was madly in love with her, a sweet baby daughter, and a house in the most exclusive square in London. Until a shocking discovery after her husband’s death revealed her happy life was a lie. Now, his past crimes are returning to haunt her, bringing danger, devastation, and the one man she’s spent the past few years despising...
  • Courage of the Shipyard Girls by Nancy Revell

    Courage of the Shipyard Girls by Nancy Revell

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sunderland, 1942: Polly's heart and her future are hanging in the balance… Polly’s sweetheart Tommy has been declared missing while serving overseas, and although there is no certainty that he is dead, there is no guarantee that he will return home. Now Polly needs her friends more than ever, and the other women welders are ready to rally around her while she waits for news...
  • Sutton's Scandal by Scarlett Scott

    Sutton's Scandal by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's a battle of wits and wills between a bold East End lady and the icy shop owner she can't resist in this deliciously steamy Regency romance from USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott.Lily Sutton has been running wild for years beneath her siblings’ noses. Born and raised in the rookeries, she is not afraid of anything or anyone...
  • The Quarry Girl by Tania Crosse

    The Quarry Girl by Tania Crosse

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Originally published as A Dream Rides By.August 1883. The future for Ling Southcott, a quarryman’s daughter, seems to be already mapped. Marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Barney, a cluster of children, a life contained to the hamlet of Foggintor Quarry. For Ling, with her sharp, enquiring mind and love of books, it is an accepted, if unwelcome fate...
  • Nunnery Brides: A Medieval Romance Collection by Kathryn Le Veque

    Nunnery Brides: A Medieval Romance Collection by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never judge a bride by her habit... Nothing speaks more strongly of romance than a woman resigned to facing a life a religious servitude suddenly finding herself with a suitor… and a soulmate. Medieval Historical Romance has never been more surprising, intense, or sexy. In this four-book collection, you’ll discover the good, the very bad, and the passionate of knights and their nunnery brides...
  • The Scullery Maid's Salvation by Emma Hardwick

    The Scullery Maid's Salvation by Emma Hardwick

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The start to young Ebba Sheehan’s life would never be that of a fairy-tale princess.Born to an aggressive drunk of an Irish father, and an English mother lacking any maternal interest, times were hard.Facing many challenges, she is forced to look after herself at a tender age...
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  • Beguiled by a Baron by Christi Caldwell

    Beguiled by a Baron by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Lady with a Secret… Partially deaf, with a birthmark marring her face, Bridget Hamilton is content with her life, even if she’s been cast out of her family. But her peaceful existence—expanding her mind with her study of rare books—is threatened with an ultimatum from her evil brother—steal a valuable book or give up her son. Bridget has no choice; her son is her world...
  • Christmas with the Shipyard Girls by Nancy Revell

    Christmas with the Shipyard Girls by Nancy Revell

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD GIRLS SERIES. ‘Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!’ Northern Echo____________________________________________________________Sunderland, 1942: Christmas is fast approaching and with it comes a flurry of snow and surprises… Against all odds, Polly’s fiancé has finally returned home from the front line...
  • Lyon of the Highlands: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Emily Royal

    Lyon of the Highlands: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Emily Royal

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marriage to an Earl destroyed her—can a highland beast mend her heart?After surviving an abusive marriage to an older man, Wilhelmina Redstone retreated from society. Her stepson’s wife, Lily, once her rival, promises to find Mina the perfect husband—a man to love her as she deserves—by engaging the services of Bessie Dove-Lyon, proprietress of the Lyon’s Den, who secured Lily’s own marriage...
  • The Lost Daughter by Iris Cole

    The Lost Daughter by Iris Cole

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Clary only wanted to find her mother. She couldn’t know the terrible price she would pay.Clary’s home is the foundling hospital where she has lived since birth. When a terrible tragedy occurs, Clary is blamed and thrown to the streets with her only possession - a token, left by her birth mother...
  • Catrina's Return by AnneMarie Brear

    Catrina's Return by AnneMarie Brear

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Scottish Highlands, 1899. A life altering event led Catrina Davies to hide from her family and society. Alone in The Highlands she exists in a lonely world cared for only by her savior, a kind old gentleman. When she receives a surprise visitor, Travis Millard, the man she used to love, her head and heart are thrown into turmoil...
  • Seduced by the Scot by Jillian Eaton

    Seduced by the Scot by Jillian Eaton

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A promise made... When Lady Brynne Weston was just fourteen, she made a pact with her brother’s friend, Lord Lachlan Campbell, a charming Scottish boy with a rebellious streak that called to her own sense of adventure. If, in ten years, neither was married, they would marry each other. The promise was sealed with a stick of sugar, and then forgotten about..
  • To Dance until Dawn by Emma V. Leech

    To Dance until Dawn by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Girls who dare – Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen.Twelve girls – twelve dares in a hat...
  • The Angel and the Aristocrat by Merry Farmer

    The Angel and the Aristocrat by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You are cordially invited to the country house party of the summer...Five years ago, six exceptional ladies graduated from Twittingham Academy and successfully nabbed themselves the most sought-after matrimonial prizes in London. Actually, they didn't. Not one of them...
  • A Mackenzie Yuletide by Jennifer Ashley

    A Mackenzie Yuletide by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Celebrate the holidays with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ashley's Mackenzie clan in a never before published Mackenzie Christmas novella! Join the Mackenzies for a warmhearted Yuletide celebration! The Mackenzie Christmas gathering gets off to an interesting start when Mac Mackenzie swears he spies a ghost in the attics...
  • A Scandalous Christmas by Tracy Sumner, Amanda Mariel

    A Scandalous Christmas by Tracy Sumner, Amanda Mariel

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Love and scandal are the best Christmas gifts. Open up each story and fall in love with the scandalous behavior of the rogues and ladies of this anthology. Embrace the romance and discover the magic of the holiday season with all eight of these stories...
  • Lady Frederica and the Scot Who Would Not by Julie Johnstone

    Lady Frederica and the Scot Who Would Not by Julie Johnstone

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When the guarded King of the Underworld collides with a maddeningly reckless lady, the road to ruination becomes impossible not to take. Lady Frederica Darlington isn’t prim, obedient, or appropriately dispassionate as a proper lady of the aristocracy should be. Nor is she interested in securing a husband, whether rake, rogue, duke, or lord...
  • The Marquess' Angel by Julia Sinclair

    The Marquess' Angel by Julia Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone knows that good missionary girls are plain and dull.  And that's just the way Blythe likes it!  . Lady Blythe Dennings has craved adventure her entire life, but due to her relation to the powerful Carrow family, there was no way she was going to get it. So... she became a missionary...
  • Highlander’s Venomous Snake: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Alisa Adams

    Highlander’s Venomous Snake: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Alisa Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    he lass that nearly killed him is now in danger.Catriona MacKay is lying in her bed, sick, writing her last letter in agony. She does not know if she will still be alive when the words reach her dear friend Kaithira…Kaithria panics and, until she can meet Catriona herself, she asks from her brother, Caden Zahrah Keith, a man with a past as dark as one can have, to run to her aid...
  • All About That Duke by Merry Farmer

    All About That Duke by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lady Chloe O’Shea lives life with her head in the clouds—or, rather, the stars. As a budding astrologer, she thinks the course of the world and her life is written in the stars, and if she just looks hard enough, she can see where the future will take her. But the last thing she saw coming was a handsome duke with a secret...
  • Earls Just Wanna Have Fun by Merry Farmer

    Earls Just Wanna Have Fun by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Lady Shannon O’Shea has seen all of her sisters married off by their brother, Fergus, in order to keep them out of trouble, and she is determined not to encounter the same fate. She has far too many other things on her hands, including her secretive, scandalous, and growing beer brewing business...
  • Workhouse Girl's Christmas Dream: Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Workhouse Girl's Christmas Dream: Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cruel Christmas tragedy. A soldier saved by the actions of a little girl. One woman’s determined journey from helpless rags to the rich arms of love…Amanda Wood adored her father. Until that awful Christmas day when he was taken.But the Victorian world and workhouse care little for a poor girl’s heartbreak. Even less for her dreams of freedom...
  • The Blood of a Baron by K.J. Jackson

    The Blood of a Baron by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A deal with the devil never goes according to plan in this newest novel from USA Today Bestseller K.J. Jackson.Her last hope.With her brother dead and destitution looming, spinster Lady Elania has only one hope left—finding the mysterious box her brother had left her and trading it for the modest fortune that would last her the rest of her days...
  • Sin and the Soldier by Mary Lancaster

    Sin and the Soldier by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A damaged soldier bound to a musician with a past.They have never spoken. But for two years, the haunted soldier has attended Natalie’s concerts at Maida Gardens, bringing her a little self-belief and a few harmless daydreams.Captain Lord Richard Gorse, wounded in body and soul, finds the beautiful harpist’s music is the only thing that soothes his troubled spirit...
  • The Sin Commandments by Kathryn Le Veque

    The Sin Commandments by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Get ready for a scandalous Regency romp. Meet the Sinning Flynns!Rory Flynn, grandson of the Duke of Savernake, is embittered by his family’s reputation as a wealthy family from Irish stock. They are hated by the Ton but accepted because of their links to the duke. Rory has a list of those who have offended his family the most and he intends to do something about it...
  • Too Deep for Tears by Kathryn Lynn Davis

    Too Deep for Tears by Kathryn Lynn Davis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A rare, exquisite novel of courage and passion, betrayal and love. Dashing English diplomat Charles Kittridge relished the abundant pleasures of the world...and in his far-flung wanderings, he left behind three remarkable daughters: Ailsa Rose, a beauty of the Scottish highlands, endowed with her father's lust for adventure. She betrays her heart to follow the one man who promises her the world...
  • Scandalous Duke by Scarlett Scott

    Scandalous Duke by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Felix Markham, Duke of Winchelsea, has devoted his life to being the perfect statesman and raising his daughter after his beloved wife’s death. But when devastating bombings on the railway leave London in an uproar, he is determined to bring the mastermind of the attacks to justice. He will lure the fox from his den by any means...
  • Kiss Me Duke by Tamara Gill

    Kiss Me Duke by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Molly Clare is living her dream. Being a guest in a gorgeous villa while she explores Rome is everything she could’ve hoped for and more. The man who owns the villa is equally charming—and entirely too tempting. At least, that’s what he appears to be. The truth of who and what he really is…well, that’s infinitely more complicated.Lord Hugh Farley is living a nightmare...
  • The Christmas Pauper by Iris Cole

    The Christmas Pauper by Iris Cole

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In the early hours of Christmas eve, a young girl hides in doorways seeking refuge from the icy streets. But London is not kind to orphans and paupers and survival can exact an unthinkable price.On Christmas Eve in 1881, eight year old Luella Morris is suddenly and tragically alone in the world...
  • Dare To Be Scandalous by Tamara Gill

    Dare To Be Scandalous by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After inheriting a small fortune, Willow Perry has everything she’s ever wanted. Except a husband, that is. But not just any husband will do. She’s looking for a grand love—someone who will challenge and excite her. It’s just her folly that the one man who interests her is a notorious rake. He’s as wild and passionate as Willow is sheltered and staid...
  • The Buccaneer and the Bastard by Merry Farmer

    The Buccaneer and the Bastard by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    American dollar princess Melanie Pennypacker has accepted her former teacher’s invitation to join a matchmaking house party for the summer for one reason and one reason only—to find a partner. But not a marriage partner. Melanie is looking for a business partner to invest in her dream of opening a new department store of the sort that are taking London by storm...
  • The Spinster's Captain by Audrey Harrison

    The Spinster's Captain by Audrey Harrison

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Based on a true story.A journey halfway across the world. Two people determined to remain on their chosen paths. But life doesn't always go to plan...Captain Robert Crawford is proud to have achieved his first command. Despite his taciturn manner, he loves his ship, and those who serve under him are loyal and steadfast...
  • A Story of Love by Minerva Spencer, S.M. LaViolette

    A Story of Love by Minerva Spencer, S.M. LaViolette

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This bluestocking and rake romance features feisty English-teacher-turned-muckraking-newspaperwoman Lorelei Fontenot and Stand Fast Severn, the man all England knows as the King of the Rakes... Intrepid young newspaperwoman Lorelei Fontenot went looking for the truth...
    Categorized as:
    highlander  victorian  historical  m-f
  • The Odd Mystery of the Cursed Duke: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel by Abby Ayles

    The Odd Mystery of the Cursed Duke: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel by Abby Ayles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel When all hope seems lost, a deal between them offers them a new life. But within his castle walls, something evil seeks to destroy their happiness... After her heart was broken, Beatrice Leeson has forsaken love. Close to spinsterhood, she is content to help with her sister’s family...
  • The Lady of the Lighthouse: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Abby Ayles

    The Lady of the Lighthouse: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Abby Ayles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She needs to escape. He wishes to bring truth to light. But there is love waiting for them by the Lighthouse and it is about to set them free... Diana Douglass, daughter of the Earl of Winthrop, is desperate to escape the grim future others planned for her...
  • Wicked Exile by K.J. Jackson

    Wicked Exile by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She can't afford to love anyone. He will never marry. They can never have a future...or can they?A fallen lady with a heart of gold and a spine of steel.Long ago, Madame Juliet Thomson was exiled from her family. A fallen lady, she's worked in one of London's most famous gaming hells for the last six years...
  • The Captain's Daughter by Victoria Cornwall

    The Captain's Daughter by Victoria Cornwall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, 1868.When tragedy strikes, Janey Carhart finds herself torn from her comfortable life as the daughter of the captain of a merchant ship.Janey is forced into service and eventually accepts a job as a lady’s maid at the imposing Bosvenna Manor on the edge of Bodmin Moor.But Janey struggles to settle into life at Bosvenna Manor...
  • The Scholar and the Scot by Caroline Lee

    The Scholar and the Scot by Caroline Lee

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Miss Olive L’arbre is doomed by the curse of comparison: Unlike the rest of her talented siblings, she possesses nothing which sets her apart. Her singing voice has been likened to a cat stuck in a well, she cannot ride worth a damn, and the less said about her ill-fated attempt at watercolors, the better...
    Categorized as:
    highlander  victorian  historical  m-f
  • The Rogue and the Wallflower by Collette Cameron

    The Rogue and the Wallflower by Collette Cameron

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He loved her beyond anything and everything—precisely why he must never marry her. Love—sentimental drivel for weak, feckless fools. Since an explosion ravaged Captain Morgan Le Draco’s face and cost him his commission in the Royal Dragoons, he’s fortified himself behind a rampart of cynicism and distrust. He’s put aside all thoughts of marrying until he risks his life to save a drowning woman...
  • I Kissed an Earl by Merry Farmer

    I Kissed an Earl by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Lady Marie O'Shea lives life by her own rules...But her days of running free end when her brother, Lord Fergus O'Shea, returns from England, intent on marrying his sisters off to keep them from being the scourge of the county. And when Marie lands herself in a scandalous amount of trouble, she ends up as the first sister doomed to whatever marriage of convenience her brother can arrange...
  • Kissing the Highland Twin by Amy Jarecki

    Kissing the Highland Twin by Amy Jarecki

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When Lord Andrew MacGalloway agrees to attend a house party, posing as his twin, he does so with good intentions. After all, it wouldn’t be fair to his brother’s fiancé if he did not assume his twin’s mantle...
  • The Last Duke  (The Valiant Love Regency Romance)  (A Historical Romance Book) by Deborah Wilson

    The Last Duke (The Valiant Love Regency Romance) (A Historical Romance Book) by Deborah Wilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lady Valiant is facing the challenge of her life as she faces the murderous, handsome brute, the Duke of Cartelle. Three Reasons Lady Valiant Chase Should Avoid the Dashing Duke of Cartelle: 1- He's a murderer, a brute, and will challenge any man to a duel for the barest of slights- including those gentlemen who offend her. 2- He's a shameless flirt... and his kisses leave her breathless...
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