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Warrior of Mercia by M.J. Porter
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIcel is a lone wolf no more...Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warrior band, Icelcontinues to forge his own destiny on the path to becoming the Warrior of Mercia.With King Ecgberht of Wessex defeated and Londonium back under Mercian control, the Wessex invasion of Mercia is over. But the Wessex king was never Mercia’s only enemy... -
The Nature of a Lady by Roseanna M. White
1906Lady Elizabeth "Libby" Sinclair, with her love of microscopes and nature, isn't favored in society. She flees to the beautiful Isles of Scilly for the summer and stumbles into the dangerous secrets left behind by her holiday cottage's former occupant, also named Elizabeth, who mysteriously vanished...Categorized as:
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Bride of Fire by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Glynnis Campbell... A hot-tempered warrior lass and an unwelcome Highlander fight over a castle, but when he takes her hostage, his tragic tale and his motherless infant kindle a new flame in her heart... -
The Angel and the Highlander by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe fearless warrior has finally met his match . . .When Alyce Bunnock's father tried to marry her off, she fled, taking shelter at Everagis Abbey, donning a nun's habit, and renaming herself Sister Terese. But when Lachlan Sinclare arrives to restore her to her family, the safety of the convent is shattered...Categorized as:
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Wild Heart by Leslie North
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRecovering at the ranch has never been so… vigorous.With a knee injury capable of ending his football career, all Charlie Wild should be focusing on is recovery. But that's the last thing on his mind when Dylan Rose walks into the small town hospital he’s healing at. She's stunningly beautiful…Too bad the gorgeous doctor seems immune to his charms... -
Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA mother who cannot face her future.A daughter who cannot escape her past. Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the auld ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her. Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well hidden from the household, yet whispered among the town gossips...Categorized as:
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The Scotsman Who Swept Me Away by Hannah Howell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell brings the proud heart of Scotland to life in her magnificent novels. Now the seven MacEnroy brothers are about to take America by storm . . . Off the New England coast, courageous Mehitabel Ampleford wields a rifle to protect her home from a brutish band of men who are after her land...Categorized as:
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Dover Beach by Leslie Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSummer 1940. The evacuation of Dunkirk proves that the British can rise to a challenge, even against seemingly insurmountable odds. But now the soldiers walk the streets of Dover, even wandering through Woolworths store, and take weary turns on the town's skating rink. Life, despite the threat of invasion and the reality of bombing, must go on and people must take comfort where they find it... -
The Highlander's Bride by Donna Fletcher
Forced to marry . . . Cullen Longton was stunned by the news: he has a son! Cullen is now determined to find his child, who was stolen by a vengeful enemy, and has followed the trail to a nunnery in the Scottish Highlands. A beautiful, desperate woman promises to assist him in his quest . . . for a price... -
Under the Highlander's Spell by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA Thrilling Rescue. . . Highland warrior Artair Sinclare would do anything to find his missing brother. But the only woman who can help him is about to be burned at the stake! Zia, a talented healer, has been branded a witch by vicious local villagers. Swooping in to save her at the very last moment, Artair swears to protect her . .Categorized as:
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Root of the Tudor Rose by Mari Griffith
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 14 ratings1421: Henry V and his young bride, Catherine de Valois, are blessed with the birth of a son - but their happiness is short-lived. Catherine is widowed and when her father, the French king, also dies, her son inherits the crowns of France and England. Just ten months old, Henry VI needs all his mother's watchful care to protect him from political intrigue... -
Cherokee Storm by Janelle Taylor
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTravelling west of the colonies with a small party in 1756, Shannon O'Shea loses her way in the wilderness, soon drenched by driving rains and forced by powerful winds into the shelter of a cave. Stripping quickly, she is drawn to the flickering warmth of a fire deep within, but she stops cold - surely she must be dreaming...Categorized as:
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First Love Wild Love by Janelle Taylor
Reared in the civilized society of far-off England, Calinda Braxton was unschooled in the ways of passion until she arrived in the exotic wilds of the untamed western frontier and a rugged, gunsliging stranger stole into her hotel room--and her bed! Roused from slumber by his breathless kisses, the beguiling innocent surrendered to her bold seducer's virile charms. .Categorized as:
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Lakota Winds by Janelle Taylor
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Janelle Taylor comes Lakota Winds , the first book in a magnificent Native American saga of a tribe, a family, and the struggle for survival that joins two hearts-and threatens to consume a nation. When his wife and young son are slaughtered by Crow warriors, Wind Dancer is let embittered and lonely... -
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Beauty and the Bounty Hunter by Lori Austin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove and revenge both come at a price. Cathleen Chase is no killer—but as Cat O'Banyon, she is a ruthless bounty hunter who always gets her man. Catching one lowlife after another, she continues her search for the only man she really cares to locate. The one whose voice she will never forget; the man who murdered her husband. She'll stop at nothing to find him...Categorized as:
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Lord of the Night by Connie Mason
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLORD OF DARKNESS After his father is wrongfully hanged by the Greys and his birthright is taken from him, Jaime Mortimer is forced into exile. Known only as the Lord of Darkness, he became a smuggler, vowing one day to avenge his father's death and reclaim all that belonged to him...Categorized as:
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The Perfect Seduction by Margo Maguire
To burn with passion . . . to surrender to the power of a man's desire . . . Kathryn de St. Marie's years in a French convent have taught her such things are forbidden. Still the chaste Norman beauty dreams of a soul-stirring love... -
Kentucky Bride by Hannah Howell
Beautiful Clover Sherwood never expected such a cruel fate. Her father's death has left her penniless, ostracized from Pennsylvania society, and abandoned by her fiancé. All she has now is a grieving mother, two hungry little brothers and no prospects...until a wealthy Kentucky backwoodsman with a deep Scottish burr comes to town-and inspires her to make a most daring move.. -
One Man's Love by Karen Ranney
She Swore to Hate Him... He was her enemy, a British colonel in war torn Scotland. But as a youth, Alec Landers, Earl of Sherbourne, had spent his summers known only as Ian, running free on the Scottish Highlands—and falling in love with the tempting Leitis MacRae...Categorized as:
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The Queen's Promise by Lyn Andrews
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom bestselling author Lyn Andrews comes a compelling historical epic set at the endlessly fascinating Tudor court about the most infamous woman of the age - Anne Boleyn - and the man who loved her before she became queen... -
Wild Conquest by Hannah Howell
From New York Times bestseller Hannah Howell, a classic love story of a Scottish hero too wild to be tamed and the woman he's destined to set free. Pleasance Dunstan is used to silently bearing the cruelties put upon her by her thoughtless family. But nothing can prepare her for the greatest indignity of all: being sold into servitude to a man as wild as Tearlach O'Duine...Categorized as:
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The Maiden Bride by Linda Needham
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today Best Selling Author Linda Needham: THE MAIDEN BRIDE (A Castle Keep Romance) Refreshed and Expanded and ready to melt your heart.Rampant Inflation...Labor Shortages...Families in Crisis.. -
A Historical Christmas Present by Lisa Kleypas, Lynsay Sands
Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThroughout the ages, Christmas has been a time of love and rejoicing. Now, from Dorchester Publishing, comes a selection of three classic tales to warm the hearts of historical romance readers everywhere. RITA Award-winning "I Will" LISA KLEYPAS When a Georgian bluestocking is propositioned by a rakish noble, she finds the unlikely deal he proposes is the gift of a lifetime...Categorized as:
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The Pirate and the Pagan by Virginia Henley
Wild as a pagan goddess, Lady Summer galloped her stallion along the Cornish coast. She had dabbled in the smuggler's game to save her family estate, but a wealthy marriage would better serve her purpose now. Lord Ruark Helford seemed the answer to her reckless prayers. But as his hot, hungry kisses drew her toward deception and irresistible acts of love, she had to hesitate...Categorized as:
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The Marriage Bed by Claudia Dain
Sexual tension and chivalry make a compelling combination with daring exploits and devout prayer in Claudia Dain's delightful medieval romance. As an orphaned heiress of marriageable age, Isabel of Dornei knew that safety lay in a swift wedding...Categorized as:
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The Deadliest Sin by Caroline Richards
Rated: 2.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDark Dreams They had haunted Julia Woolcott all her life, but the strangest of all began with an invitation to a scandalous house party and a game more dangerously arousing than any she'd ever imagined...Categorized as:
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So Shines the Night by Tracy L. Higley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a city teetering at the brink of anarchy, Daria finds hope among people of The Way. She escaped a past of danger and found respite in beautiful Ephesus, a trading center on the Aegean coast, serving as tutor to Lucas, the wealthy merchant who rescued her.But the darkness she fled has caught up with her...Categorized as:
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Highland Storm by Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEach Man to His destiny. As the last male heir of the dún Scoti clan, Keane’s future is known from the hour of his birth: Someday, he must take his brother's place as Guardian of the true Stone of Destiny. A Storm is Brewing. Alas, the fickle Highland winds must turn...Categorized as:
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Garden of Madness by Tracy L. Higley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe untold story of King Nebuchadnezzar's daughterFor seven years the Babylonian princess Tiamat has waited for the mad king Nebuchadnezzar to return to his family and to his kingdom. Driven from his throne to live as a beast, he prowls his luxurious Hanging Gardens, secreted away from the world.Since her treaty marriage at a young age, Tia has lived an opulent yet oppressive life in the palace... -
The Queen's Handmaid by Tracy L. Higley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the servant halls of Cleopatra’s Egyptian palace to the courts of Herod the Great, Lydia will serve two queens to see prophecy fulfilled. Alexandria, Egypt 39 BC Orphaned at birth, Lydia was raised as a servant in Cleopatra's palace, working hard to please while keeping everyone at arm's length. She's been rejected and left with a broken heart too many times in her short life...Categorized as:
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