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  • Petteril's Folly by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Folly by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Time 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...
  • 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...
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  • Petteril's Wife by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Wife by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Incognito 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...
  • Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A 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...
  • Petteril's Corpse by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Corpse by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A 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...
  • Petteril's Ladybird by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Ladybird by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An earl’s son, shot in the home of his mistress…. Lord Petteril, with his redoubtable assistant April, is called back to London to help prove the innocence of his friend, Percy Austen, who is suspected of murder. Percy was once the lover of the victim’s mistress, and his pistol was found at the scene of the crime...
  • 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  regency  m-f  historical  length-short
  • Her Dangerous Beast by Scarlett Scott

    Her Dangerous Beast by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    A royal prince exiled from his country long ago, Theo St. George forged a new life in London's dark and seedy underworld. As a coldhearted mercenary, he's willing to do anything for a price. But when he accepts a position as bodyguard to a duke in danger, he finds his true opponent in the nobleman's prim and icy sister...
  • 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...
  • Fall of the Lyon: The Lyon's Den by Chasity Bowlin

    Fall of the Lyon: The Lyon's Den by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Enter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made. .. unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives. .. and loves...
  • 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...
  • 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:
    regency  victorian  m-f  historical  length-medium
  • Lost with a Scot by Lauren Smith

    Lost with a Scot by Lauren Smith

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aiden Kincade hasn't had it easy. As the youngest of three Scottish brothers, he's watched his two older brothers fall head over heels in love. Unlike his brothers, he is destined to be alone. Due to an old family prophecy, he knows whoever he loves will suffer a tragic death too soon. So he hides in the woods of Scotland, sharing his solitude with his animals...
  • 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...
  • Love Blooms with the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Love Blooms with the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A 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...
  • 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  regency  m-f  historical  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  regency  m-f  historical  length-medium
  • Miss Devoted by Grace Burrowes

    Miss Devoted by Grace Burrowes

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Psyche Fremont has known two constants in life: Her passion for her art, and society’s determination to ignore her talent. She isn’t looking for anything other than a handsome model when she crosses paths with Michael Delancey, and he’s only interested in making a few discreet coins lounging about in the altogether...
  • Remembering Jamie by Nichole Van

    Remembering Jamie by Nichole Van

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Miss Eilidh Fyffe always assumed her life would follow a predictable pattern—meet a charming man, fall in love, marry, and live happily ever after. But when an accident damages her memory, she is left with only questions. Has she already fallen in love and married? If only she could remember. .. Master Kieran MacTavish has spent six years searching for his lost wife...
  • Petteril's Portrait by Mary Lancaster

    Petteril's Portrait by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A defaced portrait and the death of an artist – but is anything quite what it seems? To the furious disapproval of his assistant, April, Lord Petteril insists on calling in on Lady Haggard’s country house party – only to discover his hostess and her guests in uproar over a portrait of the late Sir Weston Haggard which has been deliberately damaged...
  • 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...
  • Into the Lyon of Fire: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Abigail Bridges

    Into the Lyon of Fire: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Abigail Bridges

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being indebted to the Black Widow of Whitehall could be a catastrophe in the making—or a path to salvation. Sarah Montague Ainsworth has tucked away the darkest of her secrets. A widow who never wants to marry again, Sarah is relieved her abusive husband died but is struggling to keep her household solvent. She bought her current home with a loan from Mrs...
  • Lyon of the Highlands: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Emily Royal

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

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

    Make Believe with the Marquess by Annabelle Anders

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When he mistakes you for a chambermaid… The Marquess has something this teacher wants, and, as luck would have it, she has something he needs. Beatrice Wolcott is desperate to keep her past a secret...
  • Henrietta by Beverley Watts

    Henrietta by Beverley Watts

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Henrietta Carew has always been practical, sensible, and generally immune to flights of fancy. Until she meets Raphael Augustin. King William IV's most dangerous intelligence agent is everything Henrietta shouldn't want - ruthless, secretive, and devastatingly handsome...
  • 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    regency  victorian  m-f  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  regency  m-f  historical  length-medium
  • Persuading the Earl by Audrey Harrison

    Persuading the Earl by Audrey Harrison

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fast-paced Regency Romance with a dash of mystery and a young woman who is determined to right a wrong. Lord Douglas, Richard Fox, has been spurned once, and he is not planning to repeat that painful experience. His meddling aunt, however, is intent on marrying off her wayward son, and if she can achieve the same for her nephew, Richard, then so be it...
  • 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…...
  • Murder at Hambledon Hall by C.J. Archer

    Murder at Hambledon Hall by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The genteel tranquility of a country house party is shattered when the gamekeeper is shot. Was his death the result of his recent indiscretions, or long-buried secrets? The weekend was supposed to be an enjoyable time with her family at the neo-Gothic manor of Lord and Lady Kershaw, but when the gamekeeper is murdered, Cleo can’t rest until the killer is caught...
  • 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:
    regency  victorian  m-f  historical  audiobook
  • The Duke's Wicked Widow (Surprise! Dukes) by Caroline Lee

    The Duke's Wicked Widow (Surprise! Dukes) by Caroline Lee

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    They call him the Duke of Death, but he’s her last chance at a life worth living! To Society, Fawkes MacMillian is a nobody; a hanger-on at the edge of respectability with a murky past and an even murkier lineage. But to Lady Danielle Aycock, he is her only hope of salvation before a horrible Christmas deadline...
  • 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:
    regency  victorian  m-f  humor  historical  audiobook
  • The Angel and the Aristocrat by Merry Farmer

    The Angel and the Aristocrat by Merry Farmer

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

    His Reckless Bargain by Cynthia Wright

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Special Author's Cut Edition. Originally published by Ballantine Books as BARBADOS. 1818: Nathan Raveneau is known as “The Scapegrace” in Regency London for his rakish exploits and devastating good looks. He's also a sea captain with an estate on Barbados, where his enemy Xavier Crowe lives...
  • A Scandalous Christmas by Tracy Sumner, Amanda Mariel

    A Scandalous Christmas by Tracy Sumner, Amanda Mariel

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Love and scandal are the best Christmas gifts. Open up each story and fall in love with the scandalous behavior of the rogues and ladies of this anthology. Embrace the romance and discover the magic of the holiday season with all eight of these stories. Amanda Mariel. Rebecca Lovell. Dawn Brower. Christina McKnight. Angelique Armae. Sandra Sookoo. Jane Charles. Tracy Sumner.
  • Lady Frederica and the Scot Who Would Not by Julie Johnstone

    Lady Frederica and the Scot Who Would Not by Julie Johnstone

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

    Found by Tammy Andresen

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The Baron Brightmore is the exact sort of rake a debutante should stay far away from…. Not that Miss Alexi Starlit need worry about rogues. She’s too busy blending into the wall to catch the eye of a man like that. That is until this wallflower stumbles across a derelict and drunk baron having a tryst in the garden with an unknown lady...
  • 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...
  • Vacancy: Viscount Preferred by Tammy Andresen

    Vacancy: Viscount Preferred by Tammy Andresen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lady Priscilla is in trouble…. When a cousin she didn’t even know existed inherits her father’s title, the new Earl of Purlington wants more than just the earldom, he want’s Priscilla too. Or at least, her dowry. What she needs is a hero. A man to swoop in and save her despite her cousin’s intimidating lurking...
  • Schooled by the Bastard by Annabelle Anders

    Schooled by the Bastard by Annabelle Anders

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Second Chance * Secret Past * Bastard Hero. In this second chance Regency Romance by Annabelle Anders, an independent headmistress fights to keep her all-girls school open even as the only man she’s ever loved—and lost—barges back into her life. As the daughter of a cruel marquess, Augusta Primm has fought tooth and nail to establish her independence...
  • The Untamed Duke by Melanie Rose Clarke

    The Untamed Duke by Melanie Rose Clarke

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When a Scottish duke targets her brother, Sophia will do anything to protect her family, including kidnapping the powerful lord. What happens when the duke kidnaps her instead? Welcome to book 3 in the bestselling series The Secret Crusaders from the talented Melanie Rose Clarke! Social justice crusader Sophia Hawkins will do anything to protect her family...
  • 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. .
  • Lyon's Lover by Maggie Sims

    Lyon's Lover by Maggie Sims

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A wastrel lord and an ex-courtesan forced together must pay the price of their past sins. She’s planning for the future…. Having enjoyed a successful career as mistress to various members of the Ton, Isabella Rossi longs to walk away from her past. She wants a normal life with all it entails—a husband, a home, and children...
  • Highlander’s Venomous Snake: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Alisa Adams

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

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

    Surrender to the Duke by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Surrendering to the Duke will be easy. Not losing her heart to him is another matter entirely…. Miss Lila York should have refused her sister’s request. But since she didn’t, she’s now in the unfortunate position of traveling to London, pretending to be her sister, and rejecting a man—a man she’s long coveted from afar for herself. If only saying no was as easy as everyone seems to think…...
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