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  • Just Once: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    Just Once: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” ( Woman’s World ) writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers.In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take much notice of the war raging overseas...
  • The Trouble With Secrets: The Kilteegan Bridge Story by Jean Grainger

    The Trouble With Secrets: The Kilteegan Bridge Story by Jean Grainger

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Kilteegan Bridge, County Cork 1958For eighteen year old Lena Mullery, life is predictable and dull. A future of hard work, marriage to a local boy, and a family of her own one day is all she has to look forward to. People from her background know not expect too much, but Lena yearns for something different.Malachy Berger was different, for him, the world is at his feet...
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    suspense  christian  historical  audiobook
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  • God Still Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe

    God Still Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe's heart-stopping tale about a woman who's suffered too much to give up on herself, even if everyone else has. . . Growing up, Annette Goode thought all men were as low-down as the father who abandoned her, including the boarder who abused her for years and the men she slept with to earn the money she needed to run away from her life...
  • Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard… It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together.At least not in 1884.Or in the small town where she’s settled.Or anywhere else.It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has...
  • The Women of Fishers Wharf by Tracy Baines

    The Women of Fishers Wharf by Tracy Baines

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can you leave the past behind and embrace the future? - A brand new series from Tracy BainesGreat Grimsby, 1912Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future...
  • An Autumn Courtship by Mary Kingswood

    An Autumn Courtship by Mary Kingswood

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And the sons and daughters caught in the middle.Johnny Fletcher is exactly where he wants to be - a Fellow at Cambridge, with a lifetime of scholarly pursuits in front of him. He’s not allowed to marry, but he has no need for a wife when he has his books for company...
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    regency  christian  historical  m-f  audiobook
  • A Winter Chase by Mary Kingswood

    A Winter Chase by Mary Kingswood

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And the sons and daughters caught in the middle.Julia Fletcher is the unimportant daughter of the Fletcher family, with neither beauty nor wit nor accomplishments, but always in a scrape. Somehow she never manages to get through the day without breaking or spilling or tearing something...
  • What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris

    What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Sebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious killer had been brought to justice until a shocking series of gruesome new murders stuns the city in this thrilling historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Speaks for the Damned.It's October 1814. The war with France is finally over and Europe's diplomats are convening in Vienna for a conference that will put their world back together...
  • A Lady on the Chase by Jessica Scarlett

    A Lady on the Chase by Jessica Scarlett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her father promised her to one man.She promised her heart to the second.Until she meets the third.Lady Alicia Kendall has it all: wealth, beauty, suitors--and a history of creating scandals. The only thing she doesn't have is her best friend and man of her dreams, Henry Crawley...
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    regency  christian  historical  length-medium
  • Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris

    Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebastian St. Cyr’s past combine to put C. S. Harris’s “troubled but compelling antihero” (Booklist) to the ultimate test in this taut, thrilling mystery.London, 1813. The vicious decapitation of Stanley Preston, a wealthy, socially ambitious plantation owner, at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St...
  • When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris

    When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Ayleswick-on-Teme, England, 1813. Sebastian has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and to learn more about his own ancestry. But when the body of a lovely widow is found on the banks of the River Teme, a bottle of laudanum at her side, the village’s inexperienced new magistrate turns to St. Cyr for help...
  • Stay With Me by Liz Bradford, Sara Blackard

    Stay With Me by Liz Bradford, Sara Blackard

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abandoned - Liz BradfordPolice officer Zara Grant is new to Hazel Hill, and despite her attempts to keep people at arms-length, she’s connected with the strong and steady, Officer Will Cooper. But how long will he stay around? Everyone else in her life leaves, why not him? Especially when her past creeps up on her in the form of a previous arrestee coming to town and making threats...
  • The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

    The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Near the end of the Cold War, a CIA code breaker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childhood, which launches her across the world to the heart of Berlin just before the wall comes tumbling down...
  • Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury

    Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Brad Cutler, twenty-eight, is a rising star at his New York ad agency, about to marry the girl of his dreams. Anyone would agree he has it all … a great career, a beautiful and loving fiancée, and a fairy tale life ahead of him—when memories of a high school girlfriend begin to torment him...
  • Thunder of Heaven: A Joshua Jordan Novel by Tim LaHaye

    Thunder of Heaven: A Joshua Jordan Novel by Tim LaHaye

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Economies have fallen, freedom has been suppressed, and peace is a distant memory. The world is falling apart. Joshua Jordan's protege Ethan March, along with Jimmy Louder and Rivka Reuban have been left behind in a world that is rapidly coming under the complete influence of the Antichrist...
  • A Lord of Many Masks by Jessica Scarlett

    A Lord of Many Masks by Jessica Scarlett

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For her, love is a dream. For him, it’s a dagger—to be used when it suits him. Eliza Wycliffe has always dreamed of falling in love. But when her mother reveals a secret that threatens her inheritance, Eliza realizes she must secure her future and marry before her Season ends—with or without love...
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    christian  regency  historical
  • Wings of the Morning by Lori Wick

    Wings of the Morning by Lori Wick

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Victoria “Smokey” Simmons stands silently on deck as her father’s body is lowered into the Atlantic, asking God for the strength she will need to command the Aramis alone. Not wanting to remain at sea forever, Smokey dreams of the time when she can trade her life aboard ship for a home and family. When she meets another captain, Dallas Knight, Smokey believes her dream will finally come true...
  • A Lasting Impression by Tamera Alexander

    A Lasting Impression by Tamera Alexander

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    After an unwanted past, Claire strives to create something that will last as an artist among Nashville's elite society in the 1860s. Claire Laurent's greatest aspiration is to paint something that will bring her acclaim. Yet her father insists she work as a copyist. A forger...
  • Surrender the Night by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    Surrender the Night by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Step into a breathtaking novel of adventure and romance set amid the War of 1812. During an assault by an enemy sailor, timid farm girl Rose McGuire is saved by the least likely of heroes—a British Naval Lieutenant. Now that he’s wounded, she’ll have to heal as well as hide him. Alex Reed is being aided and abetted by his enemy—albeit an innocent and attractive one...
  • Surrender the Dawn by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    Surrender the Dawn by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    You’ll be gasping for air in this seafaring romance by popular author and Christy Award nominee MaryLu Tyndall. Baltimore’s Cassandra Channing will do anything to provide for her family—even if it means hiring the town rogue as a privateer. Luke Heaton is a handsome rake with a tortured past who is blackmailed by the British into selling supplies to their ships just off the coast...
    Categorized as:
    regency  christian  historical  length-medium
  • Stranger at the Cottage by Mary Kingswood

    Stranger at the Cottage by Mary Kingswood

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An out-of-work governess tries to start a school in the village.Deborah Hollingsworth, grand-daughter of a baron, has come down in the world, reduced to acting as unpaid governess for her relations...
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    regency  christian  historical  audiobook
  • The Seaside Homecoming by Julie Klassen

    The Seaside Homecoming by Julie Klassen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Disgraced eldest sister Claire Summers has been living in exile as companion to a stern great-aunt in Scotland. About to become homeless and longing to be reconciled with her estranged family, Claire answers an advertisement from someone looking for a "respectable female partner" in a Sidmouth boarding house...
  • The Lost Lieutenant by Erica Vetsch

    The Lost Lieutenant by Erica Vetsch

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He's doing what he can to save the Prince Regent's life . . . but can he save his new marriage as well? Evan Eldridge never meant to be a war hero--he just wanted to fight Napoleon for the future of his country. And he certainly didn't think that saving the life of a peer would mean being made the Earl of Whitelock...
  • No Dukes Need Apply by Gemma Blackwood

    No Dukes Need Apply by Gemma Blackwood

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lady Selina Balfour would make the perfect duchess. But the Duke of Caversham is far from her idea of the perfect husband.Malcolm Locke is everything Selina hates about powerful men – reckless, arrogant, and all too aware of his own chiselled jaw. Which makes it all the more important that Selina’s candidate beats his in the upcoming election. Someone needs to teach the duke to behave...
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    regency  christian  historical  length-short
  • Nameless by Julie Cooper

    Nameless by Julie Cooper

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “This was not a man who would explode in a rage, or who would give way to shame or temper...which meant my choices were simple: either he had killed her in cold blood, or he had not killed her at all.”ORPHANED AND ALONE IN THE WORLD, Elizabeth Bennet has found reasonable contentment as a companion to the Dowager Countess of Matlock, the affairs of 1811 and Fitzwilliam Darcy long forgotten...
  • An Accidental Meeting by Melanie Rachel

    An Accidental Meeting by Melanie Rachel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An accident at Pemberley leads to the revelation of a family secret--and might give Darcy a second chance to win Elizabeth's heart.Fitzwilliam Darcy has been working to improve himself since Elizabeth Bennet’s scorching rejection of his proposal four months ago...
  • The Sapphire Intrigue: A Crown Jewels Regency Mystery by Lynn Morrison, Anne Radcliffe

    The Sapphire Intrigue: A Crown Jewels Regency Mystery by Lynn Morrison, Anne Radcliffe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A stolen code, a locked-down Pavilion, and a love on the line—Regency Brighton’s season of secrets is just beginning.Brighton, 1813: The upper class departs London’s bustling streets for the serene seaside elegance of the Royal Pavilion. A summer of relaxation and romance beckons, especially for Lord Roland Percy and Lady Grace Tilbury...
  • 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...
  • The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

    The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Near the end of the Cold War, a CIA code breaker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childhood, which launches her across the world to the heart of Berlin just before the wall comes tumbling down...
  • The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep

    The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Cross-Country Trip through Regency England Brings Intrigue, Rogues, and High Adventure  The must-read conclusion to Michelle Griep’s Bow Street Runners Trilogy: Life couldn’t be better for Abigail Gilbert—but it’s been a long time in coming. Having lived with a family who hated her, it’s finally her time for love...
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    christian  regency  suspense  historical  humor  audiobook
  • Field of Dreams by J. Dawn King

    Field of Dreams by J. Dawn King

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A TENDER MR. DARCY...A VULNERABLE ELIZABETH BENNETElizabeth Bennet is in dire straits. Desperate for guidance, she hides her identity as a female before appealing to a knowledgeable and highly recommended gentleman from Derbyshire for advice.Fitzwilliam Darcy is pleased to aid the young man from Hertfordshire. E.R. Bennet asked reasonable questions in a well-crafted letter...
  • The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep

    The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Mercy Lytton, a scout with keen eyesight raised among the Mohawks, and Elias Dubois, a condemned traitor working both sides of the conflict, must join together to get a shipment of gold safely into British hands. A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees...
  • The Starlet Spy by Rachel Scott McDaniel

    The Starlet Spy by Rachel Scott McDaniel

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hollywood Star Turns Spy In 1943, Movie producer Henrik Zoltan approaches Amelie Blake under the guise of offering the Hollywood star a leading part in his upcoming film, but he has a more meaningful role in mind. Amelie’s homeland of Sweden declared neutrality in the war, but Stockholm has become the ‘Casablanca of the North...
  • The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen

    The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers convinces her sisters to open their seaside home to guests to provide for their ailing mother. Emily and Georgiana agree, but Viola, who wears a veil to cover a scar, detests the idea. Determined to stay together, the sisters begin the new venture...
  • A Beautiful Disguise by Roseanna M. White

    A Beautiful Disguise by Roseanna M. White

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Left with an estate on the brink of bankruptcy after their father's death, Lady Marigold Fairfax and her brother open a private investigation firm marketed to the elite . . . to spy on the elite. Dubbed The Imposters, Ltd., their anonymous group soon becomes the go-to for the crème of society when they want answers delivered surreptitiously...
  • A Deadly Entanglement by Laura Beers

    A Deadly Entanglement by Laura Beers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Spies were never meant to fall in love...Reginald, Marquess of Haddington, has been assigned to determine if a dangerous weapons dealer operating in the rookeries poses a threat to the Crown. It appears to be a straightforward case until he is also assigned to partner with Miss Ashmore, a beautiful but stubborn woman he has always loved...
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    christian  regency  historical  length-medium
  • A Devious Secret by Laura Beers

    A Devious Secret by Laura Beers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Love can come in the least expected place, in the least expected ways.Mr. Stephen Wycomb is utterly miserable as the unrelenting grief of his past failures in the Royal Navy continue to haunt him. After a failed attempt at a courtship, the only thing keeping him in London is to ensure his sister is happily settled with her new husband- a man he has an uneasy alliance with...
    Categorized as:
    christian  regency  historical  length-medium
  • A Beguiling Ruse by Laura Beers

    A Beguiling Ruse by Laura Beers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He needed to marry her for her dowry but falling in love with her foiled his plans.Miss Rosamond Hendre has had the most remarkable change of fortune for a daughter of a seaman. She went from living a simple life in the countryside to being introduced to high Society as the ward of a marquess...
  • Millstone of Doubt by Erica Vetsch

    Millstone of Doubt by Erica Vetsch

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Regency London's detective duo is back on a new case--and this one is going to be a killerCaught in the explosion of the Hammersmith Mill in London, Bow Street Runner Daniel Swann rushes to help any survivors only to find the mill's owner dead of an apparent gunshot...
  • The Holly and the Ivy by Sarah M. Eden, Esther Hatch

    The Holly and the Ivy by Sarah M. Eden, Esther Hatch

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "All four stories deliver witty exchanges, personal growth, and holiday goodness in spades. Readers looking for wholesome Christmas reading will be pleased. -Publishers WeeklySpend the holidays with four of your favorite historical romance authors, whose stories of Yuletide romance will brighten the season with humor, hope, and the promise of true love. “The Holly and the Ivy” by Sarah M...
  • On Equal Ground: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary by Elizabeth Adams

    On Equal Ground: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary by Elizabeth Adams

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Well-read, observant, and spirited, a young Elizabeth Bennet draws the attention of a wealthy widower. When she finally meets Mr. Darcy, she outranks him. Of course, that doesn’t stop him from insulting her. Married and wealthy, is she still beneath his notice? Elizabeth’s high society connections create new opportunities for her sisters and, in turn, keep Darcy close to her family...
    Categorized as:
    regency  christian  historical  length-medium
  • Cotton Girl Orphan & The Stolen Man: Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Cotton Girl Orphan & The Stolen Man: Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Winchester home hides a terrible secret for the Cotton girl orphan, one that will change her life forever. **FREE to Read On Kindle Unlimited**There is a love so strong that it transcends distance and time. When Salome Cotton and Oliver Burnham meet as children, a deep and abiding friendship forms between them...
  • The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham

    The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New Mystery in Need of Solving   Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice...
  • The Painter by Mary Kingswood

    The Painter by Mary Kingswood

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The sinking of the Brig Minerva results in many deaths, while for others, the future is suddenly brighter. But it’s not always easy to leave the past behind… Felicia Oakes is the illegitimate daughter of… well, someone or other...
    Categorized as:
    christian  regency  humor  historical
  • Children of the Shadows by Erica Vetsch

    Children of the Shadows by Erica Vetsch

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    >Detective Daniel Swann and debutante Juliette Thorndike once again team up to solve a dangerous mystery--while trying to keep their growing romance secret. Someone is preying upon the street children of Regency London. They seem to think no one will notice when urchins go missing--and even if they are noticed, who will care? Daniel needs to do something about the missing children...
  • Soul Raging by Ronie Kendig

    Soul Raging by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes, the only hope is the enemy.Leif Metcalfe is done waiting for answers and seizes control, a move that comes with a high price and a deadly risk: teaming up with the enemy. He can only hope that what he uncovers will heal the wounds he's inflicted on those he loves...
  • His Accidental Amish Family by Rachel J. Good

    His Accidental Amish Family by Rachel J. Good

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the picturesque Amish community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, life's detours may prove the path to true happiness . . . After a buggy accident when she was a teenager, Anna Flaud was told she would never walk again. Unwilling to be an object of pity, she put aside her dreams of marriage and found purpose as an assistant at a Community Care Center...
  • Undercurrent of Secrets (Doors to the Past) by Rachel Scott McDaniel

    Undercurrent of Secrets (Doors to the Past) by Rachel Scott McDaniel

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two women, a century apart, are bound by a haunting secret aboard a legendary steamboat.Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure...
  • A Picture of Hope  (Heroines of WWII) by Liz Tolsma

    A Picture of Hope (Heroines of WWII) by Liz Tolsma

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Photojournalist Risks Her Life to Save ChildrenFull of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII. Journalist Nellie Wilkerson has spent the bulk of the war in London, photographing pilots taking off and landing—and she’s bored. She jumps at the chance to go to France, where the Allied forces recently landed...
  • In the Family Way: Another John Pickett Mystery by Sheri Cobb South

    In the Family Way: Another John Pickett Mystery by Sheri Cobb South

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With a beautiful and clever wife, a growing investigative business, and a baby due any day, former Bow Street Runner John Pickett finally has a respectable life far removed from his beginnings as a juvenile pickpocket in the rookeries of St. Giles. Then his father returns from transportation to Botany Bay, and Pickett’s hard-won respectability threatens to collapse like a house of cards...
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    regency  suspense  historical  mystery  humor  audiobook
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