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A Deadly Vow by Carla Simpson
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA THIRTY YEAR OLD MURDER. .. Old Town, Edinburgh, in a squalid tenement where poverty, rats, and disease are rampant, a young woman who worked in a local tavern lies dying. Just another number and bound for a pauper's grave in Greyfriar's kirkyard. A BOY FOUND STANDING IN HIS MOTHER'S BLOOD. .Categorized as:
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![A Murder in Trinity Lane by Magda Alexander]()
A Murder in Trinity Lane by Magda Alexander
A forbidden passion. A dangerous secret. A truth some would kill for to keep buried. London, 1889. Hoping society has moved on from the scandal that once shadowed her, Lady Rosalynd turns her attention to one of her most cherished causes—the Home for Unwed Mothers, a discreet refuge where poor, unmarried women can give birth in safety and dignity... -
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![Word of the Wicked by Mary Lancaster]()
Word of the Wicked by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars · 0 ratingsToo many mysteries – and no time for love…. Silver and Grey’s inquiry service is proving so popular that Constance and Solomon have been working apart on separate cases and missing each other. So, they jump at the opportunity to investigate together in the village of Sutton May, where a spate of anonymous letters is causing problems... -
![Method of Revenge by Cara Devlin]()
Method of Revenge by Cara Devlin
Murder never shocks Leonora Spencer. Violence is a fact of life in Victorian London, and most of the corpses Leo attends to inside her uncle’s city morgue are its victims... -
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![A Secret Correspondence by Kasey Stockton]()
A Secret Correspondence by Kasey Stockton
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer letters revealed everything but the thing he most needs—her name. Samuel Harding has a flair for fashion, a talent for flirtation, and a reputation as Harewood's most charming dandy. But beneath the cravats and clever repartee lies a heart recently bruised from watching the woman he loved marry his cousin... -
![Vengeance in Venice by Mary Lancaster]()
Vengeance in Venice by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven on their rapturous honeymoon, mystery intrudes…. Constance and Solomon are enchanted by Venice and each other when a street fight forces Solomon to intervene, and Constance is abducted by strangers. Somehow, they have stumbled into a vicious feud and are forced to confront the seething aftermath of recent revolution, war and siege in the most serene city... -
![Duke of Eccess by Mariah Stone]()
Duke of Eccess by Mariah Stone
A mad heiress. A damaged duke. Christmas in London will never be the same. .. Octavius Everard, the wealthy Duke of Eccess, indulges in London’s most decadent offerings to escape the pain that haunts him—especially at Christmas. The richest food, the best cognac and the most beautiful women make the “happiest” time of the year a little more bearable... -
![A Deadly Game by Carla Simpson]()
A Deadly Game by Carla Simpson
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLondon, 1890:. It's a New Year, but murder never takes a holiday. The past reaches out to the unlikely investigative team of Angus Brodie and Mikaela Forsythe when a man Mikaela was once engaged to seeks her assistance to find his young runaway son...Categorized as:
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![Courier of Death by Cara Devlin]()
Courier of Death by Cara Devlin
Months after a devastating discovery about the murder of her family, Leonora Spencer is still struggling to cope. She has kept her distance from Scotland Yard—and from Detective Inspector Jasper Reid—just as she has vowed to do... -
![Deadly Obsession by Carla Simpson]()
Deadly Obsession by Carla Simpson
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA photograph taken of the daughter of one of London’s most prominent citizens in a private setting sets Brodie and Mikaela off on a new inquiry case to find out who took the photograph and then sent it to the family. The case begins simply enough until the young woman goes missing...Categorized as:
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![Petteril's Folly by Mary Lancaster]()
Petteril's Folly by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTime to confront reality – and a worrying mystery. Lord Petteril and his new viscountess return to England to face the consequences of their unequal marriage, only to discover that Petteril’s valet, the enigmatic Stewart, has been arrested for theft... -
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The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster
Betrayal, temptation and an impossible love. The final book in the Unmarriageable series. .. Some suspect that Lily Villin is the true heart of the Hart Inn, a lucky house where love always seems to blossom, whatever the obstacles. But Lily has another secret. She is in love with an enigmatic nobleman, and no luck in the world can make such a marriage possible... -
![Murder at Traitors' Gate by Irina Shapiro]()
Murder at Traitors' Gate by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe chill of winter has descended on London. But for Sebastian Bell and Gemma Tate, there will be little cheer this season…. Gemma Tate has a new job and a new address. She is putting her past – her memories of nursing in the Crimean war – behind her. Until Jacob Harrow, a journalist with ties to Crimea, is found brutally killed, and Gemma is pulled into the investigation... -
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![Petteril's Wife by Mary Lancaster]()
Petteril's Wife by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIncognito in Portugal…Lord Petteril’s cousin, the newly commissioned Major Bertie Withan, has gone missing somewhere between landing in Lisbon and joining his regiment on the front line of the Peninsular War... -
![Dear Nameless Stranger by Jeannie Peneaux]()
Dear Nameless Stranger by Jeannie Peneaux
“Please admire my docile and obedient nature. I will not thank you for providing us with a home, nor will I even breathe a word of gratitude for your provision of such funds as will feed us each quarter. I will not even write such platitudes as ‘You are very good,’ given that you have also provided us with respectability in the form of Mrs. Ingles. There...Categorized as:
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![Evidence of Evil: Victorian Historical Romance Mystery by Mary Lancaster]()
Evidence of Evil: Victorian Historical Romance Mystery by Mary Lancaster
Pursuing murder and fighting love…. Several weeks after they parted company, courtesan Constance calls on the wealthy business-man Solomon Grey to request his help solving another mystery. Her old friend Elizabeth, now the wife of respected magistrate Sir Humphrey Maule, is being accused of murder... -
![Ghost in the Garden by Mary Lancaster]()
Ghost in the Garden by Mary Lancaster
Partners in crime… but not in love? Silver & Grey take on their first official inquiry, when Mrs. Angela Lambert hires Constance and Solomon to discover the truth about the ghost haunting her garden... -
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Aurora by D.G. Rampton
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 16 ratings70,000+ readers have already discovered the Regency Goddesses Series. The books, which can be read in any order, are regularly in the U. S. top 20 for Historical Romance and Humor & Satire. ♥ an opposites-attract romance. ♥ a formidable hero. ♥ an irrepressible heroine. ♥ a menagerie of lovable characters... -
![Betrayal from Beyond by Deb Marlowe]()
Betrayal from Beyond by Deb Marlowe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery betrayal is rife with pain--but betrayal from beyond the grave? Terrifying. After terror, turmoil and more than their fair share of murder, the newly married Duke and Duchess of Sedwick have reached a calmer, more serene phase, both in life and in their relationship... -
![Murder in the Soho Graveyard by Emily Organ]()
Murder in the Soho Graveyard by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA churchyard discovery. A shocking secret. A deadly confrontation. London,1889. When the body of a wealthy widow is found in the neglected graveyard of St Anne’s Church, Soho, Emma Langley and Penny Green soon discover her respectable façade concealed a web of bitter enemies... -
![Dark Tidings on the Thames by Deb Marlowe]()
Dark Tidings on the Thames by Deb Marlowe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondon’s great river runs as dark, dirty, and deep . . . as murder. The Duke and Duchess of Sedwick and their small band of friends and family are recovering from some serious losses. They are slowly making steps to get back to normal routines when they receive a cry for help from one of their own. The Waif’s Wardrobe, a charitable place of good works, has encountered tragedy... -
![Yours: A Variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Susan Adriani]()
Yours: A Variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Susan Adriani
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy heart is, and always will be, yours-Edward Ferrars, Sense & Sensibility. Two years ago, Elizabeth Bennet walked away from Mr Darcy with a broken heart and no reason to expect their paths would ever cross again. Tragedy, scandal, and loss forced her from Longbourn, and her family now lives in quiet obscurity in Yorkshire—until a chance encounter at a winter ball changes everything... -
![Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King]()
Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMary Russell’s allegiances are tested by the reappearance of her long-lost uncle—and a tantalizing case not even Sherlock Holmes could solve. When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her black sheep Uncle Jake. But she hasn’t heard from him in many years, and she assumed that his ne’er-do-well ways had brought him to a bad end somewhere—until he presents himself at her Sussex door... -
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![Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster]()
Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA merry Christmas for the Petterils? Piers wants to make their first Christmas together special, and so it proves to be - just not quite in the way he planned. His eccentric Great Aunt Prudence summons him to London with the news that she is dying and that one of her servants is stealing from her. Only one of these claims turns out to be true, though both require investigating... -
![A Devil in Silk by Adele Clee]()
A Devil in Silk by Adele Clee
Two weeks, one scandalous list — and a love neither of them planned. After a tragic accident leaves Clara Dalton blind in one eye, she’s determined to seize one last taste of freedom before retiring to the country. Her list of daring pursuits includes everything a lady should avoid — duels, séances, and moonlit swims — not to mention the handsome viscount she can’t seem to shake from her mind...Categorized as:
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![Petteril's Corpse by Mary Lancaster]()
Petteril's Corpse by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA murdered stranger in his home wood…. The discovery of a naked corpse upsets the new Viscount Petteril’s return to his ancestral acres. The local magistrate, Robert Lindon, has no idea how to proceed with so heinous a crime... -
![A Deadly Deception by Carla Simpson]()
A Deadly Deception by Carla Simpson
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSir James Redstone has recently returned from abroad. He is handsome, well-educated, heir to the Redstone title and family fortune, and a fellow traveler of Mikaela Forsythe. He is also a member of the royal inner circle, close friend of the Prince of Wales, and well known to Mikaela’s aunt, Lady Antonia Montgomery. In the past he and Mikaela traveled in the same group to Egypt and the Far East...Categorized as:
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![A Singular Woman by Sarah F. Noel]()
A Singular Woman by Sarah F. Noel
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWolf had hoped he could put his thief-taking life behind him when he unexpectedly inherited an earldom. Wolf, the new Earl of Pembroke, against his better judgment, finds himself sucked back into another investigation. He knows better than to think he can keep Tabitha out of it... -
![Deadly Lies by Carla Simpson]()
Deadly Lies by Carla Simpson
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA young woman has been murdered at the prime of her life, striking fear into the hearts of women across London and anguish into the heart of her dear fiancé. There are no answers, only a single red rose left on the young woman’s body, the calling card once used for a cold-blooded killer who left a trail of dead women across the East End years ago... -
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Impossible by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSociety’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. Ada Treadway has been in love before, and it brought nothing but heartache...Categorized as:
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![Taken to the Grave by Cara Devlin]()
Taken to the Grave by Cara Devlin
The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series comes to a thrilling conclusion in the seventh and final book, Taken to the Grave. As Audrey Sinclair reaches the end of her mourning period, she and Hugh Marsden, the Viscount Neatham, are at long last looking toward their future together — and hoping for a respite from the dangerous criminal investigations they’ve found themselves entrenched in... -
![The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King]()
The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn Laurie R. King’s latest Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes mystery, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author delivers a thriller of ingenious surprises and unrelenting suspense—as the famous husband and wife sleuths are pursued by a killer immune from the sting of justice... -
![A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber]()
A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber
Sebastian Gage returns home to battle the ghosts of his past and prevent them from destroying his future with Kiera in the latest exciting installment in this national bestselling series. July 1831. It's been fifteen years since Sebastian Gage has set foot in Langstone Manor... -
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![What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris]()
What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe latest request for help from Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin--from the Archbishop of Canterbury, no less--is undeniably intriguing: The bodies of two men have been found in an ancient crypt, their violent deaths separated by decades. One is the Bishop of London, the elderly Archbishop's favored but controversial successor... -
![Nature of the Crime by Cara Devlin]()
Nature of the Crime by Cara Devlin
The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series continues in January 2024 with the sixth Audrey Sinclair and Hugh Marsden investigation. .. When a fellow passenger is found dead on Audrey’s packet ship from France, a mysterious note on the body points to her as the killer... -
![Love Blooms with the Duke by Alexa Aston]()
Love Blooms with the Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA fourth son instantly propelled into a dukedom . . . A beautiful woman trying to support herself as a governess . . . Two people who want to be accepted—and who long for love . . . Xander Hughes, London’s biggest rake, suddenly finds himself in over his head, becoming the Duke of Brockbank and guardian to two nieces he has never met... -
![A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas]()
A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas
Charlotte Holmes’s brilliant mind and deductive skills are pulled into a dangerous investigation at sea in the new mystery in the bestselling Lady Sherlock series. After feigning her own death in Cornwall to escape from Moriarty’s perilous attention, Charlotte Holmes goes into hiding...Categorized as:
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![In the Dark with the Duke by Christi Caldwell]()
In the Dark with the Duke by Christi Caldwell
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...Categorized as:
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![An Independent Woman by Sarah F. Noel]()
An Independent Woman by Sarah F. Noel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSummoned to Edinburgh by the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, Tabitha and Wolf reluctantly board a train and head north. The dowager's granddaughter Lily refuses to participate in the preparations for her first season unless Tabitha and Wolf investigate the disappearance of her friend, Peter... -
![The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear]()
The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYorkshire Dales 1850. As a terrible storm rages, Annabelle Wallis is shocked to find a distressed young woman at her cottage door, heavy with child. Moments later a baby girl is born. But by dawn, the mother has vanished, leaving behind the helpless child wrapped only in a silk peacock shawl... -
![Once Upon an Accidentally Bewitching Kiss by Bree Wolf]()
Once Upon an Accidentally Bewitching Kiss by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn this second-chance Regency romance by USA Today bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author BREE WOLF, a jilted lord and a young widow are forced to risk their hearts all over again. Once, he loved her. Once, he lost her. Now, he must fight for her. England 1803: TROY BEAUMONT, only son to the EARL OF WHICKERTON, risked his heart once…and came to regret it... -
![One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley]()
One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley
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…... -
![Murder at Kingscote by Alyssa Maxwell]()
Murder at Kingscote by Alyssa Maxwell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries…. In late nineteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, journalist Emma Cross discovers the newest form of transportation has become the newest type of murder weapon . . -
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![A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas]()
A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsCharlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself in a dreadfully precarious position as the bestselling Lady Sherlock series continues. Charlotte’s success on the RMS Provence has afforded her a certain measure of time and assurance. Taking advantage of that, she has been busy, plotting to prise the man her sister loves from Moriarty’s iron grip... -
![Deadly Curse by Carla Simpson]()
Deadly Curse by Carla Simpson
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe British Museum gets one more corpse than they bargained for as doors open for their new Egyptian exhibit. Excitement is palpable among London Society as the opening of the exhibit draws near... -
![Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose]()
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Andrea Penrose’s atmospheric mystery series sends newlywed sleuths, Lady Charlotte and the Earl of Wrexford, beyond the glittering ballrooms and salons of Regency London to untangle a web of international intrigue. .Categorized as:
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![Ruin Me, If You Dare by Alyssa Clarke]()
Ruin Me, If You Dare by Alyssa Clarke
They are wallflowers, bluestockings, merry widows, and debutantes—members of a secret, exclusive Lady’s Club in Berkeley Square! There ladies indulge in daring wagers, learn to fight, read scandalous books, and learn the art of wooing the gentlemen they will bring to their knees…. A proper lord. A rebellious lady. A dare that could ruin them both. . -
![An Infamous Betrayal by Lynn Messina]()
An Infamous Betrayal by Lynn Messina
Having solved the two murders that somehow fell in her path, Beatrice Hyde-Clare is on the lookout for a third. Through a absurd quirk of stupid fate, the shy spinster has fallen in love with the thoroughly unattainable Duke of Kesgrave and is desperate for something, anything, to occupy her mind. A dead body would do nicely...Categorized as:
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![A Vicious Machination by Lynn Messina]()
A Vicious Machination by Lynn Messina
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs eager as Beatrice, Duchess of Kesgrave, is to meet her husband’s newly discovered illegitimate half sister, she does not want it to happen like in the keeper's house at Newgate. Yes, that Newgate, the abject prison filled with squalor and misery to which Verity Lark has been consigned for murder...
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