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  • Ha'Penny Schemes by Gemma Jackson

    Ha'Penny Schemes by Gemma Jackson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In 1920’s inner-city Dublin tenements, Ivy Rose Murphy struggles to survive and thrive in the harsh poverty-stricken environment she was born into. She is trying to adapt to her new role as a married woman. There are those jealous of the improvements she has managed to make in her life. To Ivy it seems everyone wants a piece of her. She is stretched to breaking point...
  • A Song Unheard by Roseanna M. White

    A Song Unheard by Roseanna M. White

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    Willa Forsythe is both a violin prodigy and top-notch thief, which makes her the perfect choice for a crucial task at the outset of World War I--to steal a cypher from a famous violinist currently in Wales. Lukas De Wilde has enjoyed the life of fame he's won--until now, when being recognized nearly gets him killed. Everyone wants the key to his father's work as a cryptologist...
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  • The Ha'Penny Place by Gemma Jackson

    The Ha'Penny Place by Gemma Jackson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Through hard work and determination, Ivy Rose Murphy has come up in the world. She still begs for discards from the homes of the wealthy which lie only a stone’s throw from The Lane, the poverty-ridden tenements where she lives. These discards she repairs and sells around the Dublin markets. But being in the ha’penny place may soon be a thing of the past for Ivy...
  • Ha'Penny Chance by Gemma Jackson

    Ha'Penny Chance by Gemma Jackson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ivy Rose Murphy dreams of a better future. For years she has set out daily from the tenements known as ‘The Lane’ to beg for discards from the homes of the wealthy – discards she turns into items to sell around the Dublin markets. And now she has grander schemes afoot...
  • The Governess Diaries by Chasity Bowlin

    The Governess Diaries by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Love lost and found…. As a girl, Euphemia Darrow had fallen desperately in love with the younger son of the Duke of Clarenden, Nicholas Montford. But he broke her heart with a cold dismissal before he left to join the army. Rather than pine for him, Effie found another purpose for her life...
  • The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster

    The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    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...
  • 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: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • A Duchess to Unravel: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Violet Hamers

    A Duchess to Unravel: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Violet Hamers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Don’t ye dare hide that scar from me again, wife. Every part of ye belongs to me…”. Scarred and insecure, Theodosia feels alive only at the Devil’s Masquerade. Until she makes one reckless kissing an alluring stranger and praying she’ll never see him again…. Duke Alistair is no ordinary man...
  • Ruby in the Rough by Tamara Gill

    Ruby in the Rough by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A cold-hearted duke. A spirited heiress. One scandalous surrender. Lady Cordelia Ravensmere wanted a love match. Instead, she wed the enigmatic Duke of Walpole, a man who warned her he would never give his heart. But Christian North is nothing like she expected—aloof yet magnetic, cold yet burning with a passion he cannot hide...
  • The Earl's Iron Warrant by Kate Archer

    The Earl's Iron Warrant by Kate Archer

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An 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...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  historical  regency  length-short
  • The Country Bride by Dilly Court

    The Country Bride by Dilly Court

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The 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 1879. For most of her life, Judy Begg has been a loyal servant at Creek Manor and to Jack Fox, its future lord...
  • Sutton's Scoundrel by Scarlett Scott

    Sutton's Scoundrel by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In this deliciously steamy Regency romance from USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott, a lady determined to restore her reputation meets her match in a seductive East End rogue she can't deny. Dubbed Lady Scandal thanks to her gossip-stirring past, Portia Fairhaven, the widowed Countess of Blakewell, is no stranger to rumors and innuendos...
  • Miss Determined by Grace Burrowes

    Miss Determined by Grace Burrowes

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Trevor, 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...
  • Sleepless in Southampton by Chasity Bowlin

    Sleepless in Southampton by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Every touch brings with it a world of temptation. Eventually, there is a point of no return. Miss Sophia Upchurch is not having a good day. Her employer is dead, she’s been robbed, she’s now stranded in a strange city, and the handsome man she’d met on the stage, the man she’d flirted with, is no longer simply Mr. Henry Meredith, a possible suitor...
  • 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...
  • A Lesson Learned by Rosie Goodwin

    A Lesson Learned by Rosie Goodwin

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nuneaton, 1850. Growing up on a canal boat has meant life for young Saffie Doyle has been hard. Her mother, Olivia, was cast out by her well-to-do family when she fell in love with Saffie's father, a lowly boatman named Reuben. But as the years have passed, Reuben has become a bitter and cruel drunk, forced to work for the local crook, Seth Black, to keep their family afloat...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  historical  length-long  audiobook
  • The Fallen Viscount by Wendy Vella

    The Fallen Viscount by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ruined in the eyes of society, and removed from the only world they’d ever known, the Nightingale siblings vow never to be victims again. They will build their new life on what they’d once ignored. Being a clairvoyant is an excellent survival skill. Could she be the one to save him? Leopold Nightingale was a man who could find things no one else could...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  historical  regency  length-medium
  • A Village Scandal by Dilly Court

    A Village Scandal by Dilly Court

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The second book in the dramatic new Village Secrets trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author. It was her wedding day… the roses and bluebells were blooming and their sweet-scent was filling the air, so why did Daisy feel the cold fingers of fear run down her spine? Spring in the village, April 1869. It’s spring in Little Creek and wedding bells are ringing...
  • My Kind of Scoundrel by Adele Clee

    My Kind of Scoundrel by Adele Clee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    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...
  • Polishing the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Polishing the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A haberdashery owner who suddenly discovers he’s a duke . . . A woman of the ton stained by scandal . . . A deathbed request which brings this pair together . . . Haberdasher Pierce Selkirk always knew he was the son of an earl. Much to his surprise, he learns he is not illegitimate as he had been led to believe...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  historical  regency  length-medium
  • A Rogue to Ruin by Darcy Burke

    A Rogue to Ruin by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Darcy Burke, your next Regency obsession: The Pretenders! Set in Burke’s popular world of The Untouchables, indulge in the saga of a trio of siblings who excel at being something they’re not...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  historical  regency  length-medium
  • A Dangerous Passion by Chasity Bowlin

    A Dangerous Passion by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    He felt as if he’d been born to want the woman before him, as if desiring her was simply his destiny. On a whim, the Hound of Whitehall saved widowed reformer, Honoria Blaylock, from a terrible fate… and in so doing, sealed his own...
  • Jewel of the Ball by Tamara Gill

    Jewel of the Ball by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He was meant for the Church. She was never meant to tempt him. Lady Angelica Ravensmere never expected to fall for the wounded gentleman she helped recover—nor that he would be bound for holy orders. Devoted, principled, and determined to turn from the world, Lord Benedict Deverell is everything she should avoid… and everything her heart yearns for...
  • In the Dark with the Duke by Christi Caldwell

    In the Dark with the Duke by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    A lady of reserve and a fierce street fighter find common ground in the second Lost Lords of London novel by USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell. Eight years ago, Lady Lila March retreated to the safe shadows of her family’s estate after a devastating tragedy. Weary of being a whisper of her former self, she is determined to brave the dangers of the outside world again...
  • 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...
  • How to Climb a Lady's Tower by Bree Wolf

    How to Climb a Lady's Tower by Bree Wolf

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In this fairy tale Regency romance by USA Today bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author BREE WOLF, a daring miss and an American heir discover that adventure can be found anywhere. .. as long as you got the right person by your side. An untamed lady. A stranger in the night. And a match made in heaven...
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    victorian  m-f  regency  historical  length-medium
  • A Scandalous Bargain by Darcy Burke

    A Scandalous Bargain by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Darcy Burke, your next Regency obsession: The Pretenders! Set in Burke’s popular world of The Untouchables, indulge in the saga of a trio of siblings who excel at being something they’re not...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  historical  regency  length-medium
  • One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley

    One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Meet the unforgettable men of London's most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke. Seductively handsome, with charm and wit to spare, one night with these rakes and rogues will never be enough…...
  • Irresistible by Darcy Burke

    Irresistible by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Jessamine Goodfellow has spent six Seasons avoiding the parson’s trap, and spinsterhood is finally within her grasp. A brilliant scholar, she longs for adventure and new experiences, things her family frowns upon. Presented with the opportunity to use her puzzle-solving talent on a secret mission for the Foreign Office, Jess eagerly accepts...
  • The Christmas Wedding by Dilly Court

    The Christmas Wedding by Dilly Court

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The first book in the dramatic new saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Holding 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 Spinster Who Saved a Scoundrel by Christi Caldwell

    The Spinster Who Saved a Scoundrel by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the next Brethren installment, a clever spinster is matched with a traitor to the Crown. The death of her father leaves Miss Francesca Cornworthy . .. . alone, and with one last wish to fulfill—that she marry a safe, respectable gentleman. She sets herself on a course to honor that request. That is until she crosses paths with Mr...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  regency  historical  audiobook
  • A Matchmaker for a Marquess by Christi Caldwell

    A Matchmaker for a Marquess by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Be prepared to smile, swoon, and sigh in Christi Caldwell's latest 'Heart of a Scandal' installment where a matchmaker firmly on the shelf is about to fall head over heels for her best friend's younger brother. She lived by a strict set of rules…. Meredith Durant believes those who won’t marry, matchmake, and she’s made a notable career for herself helping young women find the perfect mate...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  humor  regency  historical  audiobook
  • The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett

    The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Two women. One house. Centuries of secrets. East Sussex Coast, 1855. Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets Edwin; a mysterious and handsome man on the beach, who promises her a world beyond the small costal village she’s trapped in...
  • Earl of Spades by Tammy Andresen

    Earl of Spades by Tammy Andresen

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    She’s a beauty beyond compare…. Ash can’t deny that her fragile beauty holds him captive. And then there’s the fact that he stands between her and the danger circling ever closer. What man doesn’t wish to save a woman like Lily? He’d protect her with his last breath even he can’t give her a future. They are worlds apart and deep down he knows that love isn’t for a man like him...
  • Radiance by Sydney Jane Baily

    Radiance by Sydney Jane Baily

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In this sparkling early Victorian romance by USA Today bestselling author Sydney Jane Baily, a fiery-haired Diamond daughter sets her cap at this man of science. .. and he doesn’t stand a chance! She’s a gifted artisan with sparkle to spare, and he’s a preoccupied man of science. At Prince Albert’s Great Exhibition, Lady Radiance Diamond falls in love. .
  • Always the Matchmaker by Emily E K Murdoch

    Always the Matchmaker by Emily E K Murdoch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Always the matchmaker and never the bride - even when she's found her perfect partner…. Miss Theodosia Ashbrooke does not believe there is anything greater than matching the perfect pair - and she's become rather expert in it. Never mind that she's never found the missing half to her own soul and body. Perhaps that's not her lot in life, even at the age of eight and twenty...
  • 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...
  • For the Love of Catherine by Carole Llewellyn

    For the Love of Catherine by Carole Llewellyn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    14 April 1912. The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg. At 11:40 p. m. Mair Parsons wakes up, heart thumping. A loud noise vibrates through the ship. The Titanic is sinking. Chaos ensues. The disaster will change her life for ever. Mair awakes in a Manhattan hospital confused and afraid. And ready to face her past...
  • One Night of Passion by Erica Ridley

    One Night of Passion by Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Meet the unforgettable men of London's most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke. Seductively handsome, with charm and wit to spare, one night with these rakes and rogues will never be enough…. Lifelong romantic Thaddeus Middleton is on the hunt for a wife. He hopes to find a woman more attracted to him than to money...
  • Shadowmoor by Kathryn Le Veque

    Shadowmoor by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    1236 A. D. - Daniel de Lohr, son of David de Lohr (STEELHEART, RISE OF THE DEFENDER, ARCHANGEL, UNENDING LOVE), is a highly trained knight of the highest order from one of the finest families in England. But he is also a wanderer, a gypsy, who prefers to travel rather than be tied down to one castle, one lord, or even one woman...
  • How to Steal a Thief's Heart by Bree Wolf

    How to Steal a Thief's Heart by Bree Wolf

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What happens when a knight of the road meets a wallflower on a mission? An unusual wallflower. A knight of the road. And a moment that changed all they thought they knew. Devoted to the children at her orphanage, Miss Caroline Hawkins hides her beauty behind thick spectacles and drab clothing in order to remain unwed. .. and free to do as she pleases...
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    victorian  m-f  historical  regency  length-medium
  • Fallen by Jessie Lewis

    Fallen by Jessie Lewis

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    The air was all gone, and coldness overtook her, as though she had fallen into icy water and was sinking into the blackness. Her stomach churned, as it was wont to do these days. He would not marry her. She was ruined. THE ARRIVAL OF TWO ELIGIBLE GENTLEMEN at Netherfield Park sends ripples of excitement through nearby Meryton...
  • Indecent by Darcy Burke

    Indecent by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Society’s most exclusive invitation. .. Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London’s most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances. If Bennet St...
  • Defending Danger by Wendy Vella

    Defending Danger by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When a pirate captures her heart. Running an investigative service with her siblings gives Dorset Sinclair a purpose now she’s lost her twin to love. But trouble steps into her path in the guise of a pirate. She didn’t expect to save the life of the wickedly handsome stranger, and is shocked at the sparks of attraction that flare between them...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  historical  regency  length-medium
  • 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...
  • Moonstone Angel by Meara Platt

    Moonstone Angel by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    He thought she was a thief, but the only thing she ever stole was his heart...
  • Kiss Me, My Duke by Fenna Edgewood

    Kiss Me, My Duke by Fenna Edgewood

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    In this simmering steamy Regency romance by USA Today bestselling author Fenna Edgewood, a handsome but arrogant duke and a prim young housekeeper join forces in a dangerous endeavour… only to find out that falling in love will be the greatest risk of all. Lost: One duke's sister. Found: The unexpected love of a lifetime...
  • Hell in a Hand Basket by Annabelle Anders

    Hell in a Hand Basket by Annabelle Anders

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sophia Babineaux has landed a husband! And a good one at that! Lord Harold, the second son of a duke, is kind, gentle, undemanding. Perhaps a little too undemanding? Because after one chance encounter with skilled rake, Captain Devlin Brooks, it is glaringly obvious that something is missing between Lord Harold and herself… pas-sion… sizzle… well… everything...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  m-f  regency  historical  audiobook
  • The Hunt for Mr. October by Tabetha Waite

    The Hunt for Mr. October by Tabetha Waite

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    It had been the moment Elwood Tyburne, the Earl of Belmont, had been dreading for months. Ever since that Brazen Belle and her dastardly, Rake Review had started wreaking havoc upon all of his friends and acquaintances—some of which were wrongly accused—he had been in a state of panic...
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