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Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFor the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions. Pawn in Frankincense is the fourth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles . Somewhere within the bejeweled labyrinth of the Ottoman empire, a child is hidden... -
![Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett]()
Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFor the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions. Second in the legendary Lymond Chronicles , Queen's Play follows Frances Crawford of Lymond who has been abruptly called into the service of Mary Queen of Scots...Categorized as:
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![The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett]()
The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWith the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe... -
![Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey by Abigail Wilson]()
Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey by Abigail Wilson
In this new Regency romance, Elizabeth knows she must protect her heart from the charm of her new husband, Lord Torrington. She is not, however, prepared to protect her life. When the widowed Lord Torrington agreed to spy for the crown, he never planned to impersonate a highwayman, let alone rob the wrong carriage...Categorized as:
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![Crouchback by Sarah Woodbury]()
Crouchback by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings**Crouchback is a medieval word derived from crossed-back and indicates participation in a Crusade** April 1284. As a newly widowed lady-in-waiting to the very pregnant Queen Eleanor of England, Catrin never expected to return to Wales again... -
![When a Highlander Vows: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Maddie MacKenna]()
When a Highlander Vows: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Maddie MacKenna
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow can he protect her from his own desires?With her eyesight gradually getting worse, Caitlin McLennan has few people she can trust. When she learns that her brother’s ship sank, she is now all alone in the world. Until the Laird of her clan appears on her doorstep, demanding that she comes with him to his castle.Laird Lucas has a vow to fulfill: protect his dead best friend’s sister... -
![Highlander’s Twisted Love: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Lydia Kendall]()
Highlander’s Twisted Love: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Lydia Kendall
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery monster has an obsession…She is his.On the betrothal feast of her younger sister, Willow gets abducted while protecting her family. And the man who took her is the most dangerous Laird of all…The so-called Laird in the North.Laird Scott needs to show that his clan is not to be trifled with... -
![In Pursuit of the Green Lion by Judith Merkle Riley]()
In Pursuit of the Green Lion by Judith Merkle Riley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe unforgettable Margaret of Ashbury returns in the second book of the trilogy that began with A Vision of Light . Margaret, a resourceful midwife, is living with the insufferable relatives of her third husband, Gilbert de Vilers, known as Gregory. She is carving out a life for herself and her daughters despite the hostility and greed of her in-laws... -
![Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin]()
Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsCombining the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of medieval fiction, New York Times' bestselling author Ariana Franklin returns with the third title in the Mistress of the Art of Death series. England, 1176. Beautiful, tranquil Glastonbury Abbey—one of England's holiest sites, and believed by some to be King Arthur's sacred Isle of Avalon—has been burned almost to the ground... -
![A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin]()
A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAdelia is back in this thrilling fourth installment of the Mistress of the Art of Death series. In 1176, King Henry II sends his daughter Joanna to Palermo to marry his cousin, the king of Sicily. Henry chooses Adelia Aguilar, his Mistress of the Art of Death, to travel with the princess and safeguard her health... -
![In the Shadow of Croft Towers by Abigail Wilson]()
In the Shadow of Croft Towers by Abigail Wilson
From debut author Abigail Wilson comes a shadowy Regency tale of secrets and spies, love and treachery. Croft Towers holds more than its share of secrets . . . and Sybil is determined to uncover them all. When Sybil Delafield’s coach to Croft Towers was robbed by highwaymen, she should have realized that her new position as companion to old Mrs. Chalcroft would be no ordinary job...Categorized as:
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![An Antic Disposition by Alan Gordon]()
An Antic Disposition by Alan Gordon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1204 A.D., the Fools' Guild is on the run from an enraged Pope Innocent III and the Papal troops he's dispatched to destroy them... -
![The Parisian Prodigal: A Fools' Guild Mystery by Alan Gordon]()
The Parisian Prodigal: A Fools' Guild Mystery by Alan Gordon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Only a fool would pass this one up.” —Laurie R. KingIn 1205, Theophilos—a fool by trade, a family man by choice, and a spy by design—belongs, along with his family, to the Fools’ Guild, a group that secretly maintains the fragile order of society... -
![The Moneylender of Toulouse by Alan Gordon]()
The Moneylender of Toulouse by Alan Gordon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1204 A.D., Theophilos, jester and agent for the Fools’ Guild, is sent to Toulouse with his jester wife, infant daughter and young apprentice with one simple mission – get the current Bishop to quietly retire so that the position can be filled with one more sympathetic to the Guild's goals... -
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![The Arsenic Eater's Wife by Tonya Mitchell]()
The Arsenic Eater's Wife by Tonya Mitchell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA woman is accused of killing her husband, but is she actually guilty? Inspired by a true historical case. Liverpool, England, 1889: In the shadowy streets, the air is thick with secrets and the line between guilt and innocence blurs. Twenty-six-year-old Constance Sullivan is brought to trial charged with poisoning her husband, William... -
![Surrender to the Highlander by Lynsay Sands]()
Surrender to the Highlander by Lynsay Sands
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEdith Drummond owes her life to Niels Buchanan and his brothers. Waking after an illness to a castle overrun by rugged Highlanders is disconcerting, but so is learning that she’s slowly being poisoned. Niels insists on staying by her side, and Edith soon discovers that even more dangerous is her wild attraction to the fierce warrior...Categorized as:
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![In the Shadow of Croft Towers by Abigail Wilson]()
In the Shadow of Croft Towers by Abigail Wilson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom debut author Abigail Wilson comes a mysterious Regency tale of secrets and spies, love and treachery. Orphaned Sybil Delafield jumps at the opportunity for a position at the mysterious Croft Towers... -
![Red Blossom in Snow by Jeannie Lin]()
Red Blossom in Snow by Jeannie Lin
The next installment of the Lotus Palace mystery series. Magistrate Li Chen and celebrated courtesan Song Yi become entangled in a murder investigation when an outsider to the Pingkang li is found strangled in a pleasure house. As they search for the truth, the secrets they uncover turn out to be their own...Categorized as:
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![The Highlander's Untamed Tempest by Heather McCollum]()
The Highlander's Untamed Tempest by Heather McCollum
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA stranger walks among the Macquarie clan. But is she their destiny…or their doom? Don’t miss the alluring fifth Brothers of Wolf Isle book from USA Today bestselling author Heather McCollumEagan Macquarie doesn’t believe in love—nor does he want a wife. There is an entire world beyond Wolf Isle, and mo Dhia, he will seek it out... -
![A Queen's Traitor by Samantha Burnell, Samantha Burnell]()
A Queen's Traitor by Samantha Burnell, Samantha Burnell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRichard and Jack are back. The Historical Adventure set in 16th Century Tudor England continues. Elizabeth Tudor needs a hero. Murder, Mystery & Intrigue with a Splash of Romance... -
![Chateau of Secrets by Melanie Dobson]()
Chateau of Secrets by Melanie Dobson
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA courageous young noblewoman risks her life to hide French resistance fighters; seventy years later, her granddaughter visits the family’s abandoned chateau and uncovers shocking secrets from the past. Gisèle Duchant guards a secret that could cost her life. Tunnels snake through the hill under her family’s medieval chateau in Normandy... -
![The Prioress' Tale by Margaret Frazer]()
The Prioress' Tale by Margaret Frazer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDARK CORRUPTION AND THE PENITENCE OF DEATH...Under the harsh hand of its newly elected prioress, St. Frideswide's has become a place of deadly sin. The corruption has grown subtly and slowly, but it has found fertile soil in the rage and greed of Domina Alys, who has turned the priory into a boarding house for her relatives, the Godfreys... -
![Jester Leaps In by Alan Gordon]()
Jester Leaps In by Alan Gordon
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn 13th century Europe, political turmoil is the order of the day and the Fool's Guild and its agents - jesters, jugglers, and knaves to a man - works behind the scenes to manipulate events, trying to maintain a balance of power... -
![The Swan-Daughter by Carol McGrath]()
The Swan-Daughter by Carol McGrath
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Swan Daughter is a true 11th C tale of elopement and a love triangle by best-selling author of The Handfasted Wife, Carol McGrath. A marriage made in Heaven or Hell. 1075 and Dowager Queen Edith has died... -
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![Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon]()
Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwelfth Night is for revelry, Thirteenth Night is for revelations... "Orsino is dead." The message sends the jester Feste, disguised as a German merchant, back to the duchy where, years earlier, he had foiled the plans of Saladin's agent, Malvolio, and secured the duchy for Orsino and his bride, Viola... -
![The Betrothed Sister by Carol McGrath]()
The Betrothed Sister by Carol McGrath
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt is September 1068. Thea, also known as Gytha, the elder daughter of King Harold II travels with her brothers and grandmother into exile carrying revenge in her heart. She is soon betrothed to a prince of Kiev. Will her betrothal and marriage bring her happiness as she confronts enemies from inside and outside Russian territories... -
![The Lion and the Rose by Kate Quinn]()
The Lion and the Rose by Kate Quinn
From the national bestselling author of The Serpent and the Pearl comes the continuing saga of the ruthless family that holds all of Rome in its grasp, and the three outsiders thrust into their twisted web of blood and deceit . . . As the cherished concubine of the Borgia Pope Alexander VI, Giulia Farnese has Rome at her feet... -
![A Death in the Venetian Quarter by Alan Gordon]()
A Death in the Venetian Quarter by Alan Gordon
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn 1203, the relative peace of the Byzantine Empire is imperiled when the ships of the Fourth Crusade show up outside the walls of Constantinople. Instead of traveling to the Holy Land to battle the infidels, the Crusade, having sailed out of Venice, has been subverted and is now besieging the city... -
![Her Celtic Masters by Ashe Barker]()
Her Celtic Masters by Ashe Barker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLeft penniless and without a home by a sudden, tragic turn of events, twenty-year-old Kristin Lofnsdottir plans to start a new life as a seafaring trader. If she is going to have any chance at surviving, however, let alone succeeding, she'll need money and capable men to protect her... -
![My Brother's Crown by Mindy Starns Clark, Leslie Gould]()
My Brother's Crown by Mindy Starns Clark, Leslie Gould
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Christy award-winning authors Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould comes a brand-new sweeping family saga. Close-knit cousins are individually led on a redemptive journey as they follow the threads of their family's mysterious past and discover how it impacts the future... -
![The Widow of Jerusalem by Alan Gordon]()
The Widow of Jerusalem by Alan Gordon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1204 A.D. The Fools’ Guild is on the run from an increasingly intolerant Church. Arriving too late at the Guildhall to join them, the jester couple Theophilos and Claudia and their newborn daughter Portia must now flee the Papal army, having first risked their lives to steal, of all things, a tavern sign... -
![The Lark's Lament by Alan Gordon]()
The Lark's Lament by Alan Gordon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1204 A.D., the Fools' Guild is in hiding, under attack from the forces of Pope Innocent III. Theophilos and Claudia, jesters with the Guild, are sent to enlist the help of a former guild member - the minstrel Folquet, now the abbot Folq at a Cistercian monastery - to intercede with the pope on their behalf... -
![The Crediton Killings by Michael Jecks]()
The Crediton Killings by Michael Jecks
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Knights TemplarThey were warrior monks, dedicated to the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land—until an avaricious king who wanted their wealth savagely destroyed the order. One knight, however, escaped the stake, vowing justice for his innocent murdered brothers... -
![The King's Grace by Anne Easter Smith]()
The King's Grace by Anne Easter Smith
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe bestselling author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York takes a young woman that history noticed only once and sets her on a quest for the truth about the murder of two boys and a man who claims to be king. All that history knows of Grace Plantagenet is that she was an illegitimate daughter of Edward IV and one of two attendants aboard the funeral barge of his widowed queen... -
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![Loyalty's Web by Joyce DiPastena]()
Loyalty's Web by Joyce DiPastena
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHelene de Laurant has not forgotten how the Earl of Gunthar destroyed her father's castle during Henry II's war with his sons. Apparently neither have her family and friends, for when someone tries to murder Gunthar, every sign points in their direction. Helene realizes the only way to prove her loved ones' innocence is by exposing the true assassin...Categorized as:
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![The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley]()
The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn the court of Henry VIII, there are many secrets—and some people will kill to keep them hidden.Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is murdered, Susanna is suddenly left with a household to provide for and nothing to her name... -
![Ruby by Elizabeth Rose]()
Ruby by Elizabeth Rose
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 14 ratings★ He needs a strong wife as a pawn to flush out a killer ★ The Daughters of the Dagger Prequel is included in the paperback of Ruby. Ruby de Burgh acts more like the son her father always wanted, rather than a lady. She is not pleased to discover that her father offered Lord Sheffield - The Lord of Death - his choice of any of his daughters... -
![The Water Devil by Judith Merkle Riley]()
The Water Devil by Judith Merkle Riley
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe final adventure in the beloved and bestselling Margaret of Ashbury trilogy, which began with "A Vision of Light" and "In Pursuit of the Green Lion." Margaret of Ashbury is ready to settle down; the medieval healer is looking forward to an uneventful life in the country... -
![The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato]()
The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn this exhilarating cross between The Da Vinci Code and The Birth of Venus, an irrepressible young woman in 15th-century Italy must flee for her life after stumbling upon a deadly secret when she serves as a model for Botticelli.. -
![The Blessing Stone by Barbara Wood]()
The Blessing Stone by Barbara Wood
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMillions of years ago, a meteorite fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain---and it formed her destiny, as well as the destiny of generations to come... -
![The Handfasted Wife by Carol McGrath]()
The Handfasted Wife by Carol McGrath
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Handfasted Wife is the story of the Norman Conquest from the perspective of Edith (Elditha) Swanneck, Harold's common-law wife. She is set aside for a political marriage when Harold becomes king in 1066. Determined to protect her children's destinies and control her economic future, she is taken to William's camp when her estate is sacked on the eve of the Battle of Hastings... -
![Templar by Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham]()
Templar by Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMartin is one of a handful of Templar Knights to escape when the king of France and the pope conspire to destroy the noble order. The pope and king aim to frame the Templars for heresy, execute all of them, and make off with their legendary treasure. That's the plan, anyway, but Martin and several other surviving knights mount a counter-campaign to regain the lost treasure of the Knights Templar... -
![The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn]()
The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsOne powerful family holds a city, a faith, and a woman in its grasp—from the national bestselling author of Daughters of Rome and Mistress of Rome.Rome, 1492. The Holy City is drenched with blood and teeming with secrets. A pope lies dying and the throne of God is left vacant, a prize awarded only to the most virtuous—or the most ruthless... -
![The Prisoner by Karyn Monk]()
The Prisoner by Karyn Monk
Filled with charm and humor, The Prisoner is Karyn Monk's passionate new romance of a proud Scottish nobleman, an unconventional beauty, and a love that defies all odds. He was a fugitive from justice.. -
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![The Poisoned Serpent by Joan Wolf]()
The Poisoned Serpent by Joan Wolf
Norman England has little to celebrate in the new year of 1140. The country is immersed in a bitter civil war from which no one is immune, including Hugh de Leon, heir to an earldom. His Uncle Guy has arranged his marriage to the spoiled daughter of the newly named Earl of Lincoln. It is a merger that will combine two of the land's largest fortunes -- and give the de Leons unparalleled power... -
![The Sherbrooke Twins by Catherine Coulter]()
The Sherbrooke Twins by Catherine Coulter
The Sherbrooke family saga continues with James and Jason Sherbrooke, identical male twins who look exactly like their beautiful Aunt Melissande, and not at all like their father, the earl, which riles him to no end. — James, 28 minutes older than his brother, is the heir. He is solid, is James... -
![The Courtship by Catherine Coulter]()
The Courtship by Catherine Coulter
Dear Reader: You met Heatherington in The Sherbrooke Bride and Helen Mayberry in Mad Jack . Now the two get together to track down a mystical treasure that Helen calls King Edward's Lamp. Helen is a big girl --- only two inches shorter than Heatherington --- a resolute taskmistress, owner of her own inn. She adores her father, Lord Prith, and wants to find the lamp more than anything...Categorized as:
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![I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis]()
I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"My name is Lisa di Antonio Gherardini Giocondo, though to acquaintances, I am known simply as Madonna Lisa. My story begins not with my birth but a murder, committed the year before I was born…" Florence , April 1478: The handsome Giuliano de' Medici is brutally assassinated in Florence's magnificent Duomo... -
![A Knight's Temptation by Catherine Kean]()
A Knight's Temptation by Catherine Kean
A ruby pendant stands at the center of this tale of disgrace, plotting, redemption, and the reunion of childhood friends. Aldwin Treynarde is a squire who, in his youth, was banished from home for shooting Lord Geoffrey de Lanceau with a crossbow bolt and nearly killing the man... -
![Wild and Wicked by Lisa Jackson]()
Wild and Wicked by Lisa Jackson
This #1 New York Times bestselling author takes medieval romance to new heights as vengeance stirs the forbidden passion of a lord and a lady in danger . . . and in love. Every eye is on Lady Apryll as she floats through the revelers, a wanton angel in a clinging white gown. Not even Lord Devlynn can resist the promise of ecstasy she offers...
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