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Through Each Tomorrow : An Inspirational Elizabethan and Victorian-Era Time-Travel Romance by Gabrielle Meyer
In 1883, Charles Hollingsworth is a poor farmer desperate to secure financial stability for his mother and sister, as he is unsure which of his time-crossing paths he will choose on his twenty-fifth birthday. Posing as the Earl of Norfolk, he enters the opulent circles of Newport's elite to assist a fellow time-crossing friend, Drew... -
The Messengers of Magic by Jessica Dodge
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1955. Pen Turner, long bound by responsibility, is finally given the chance to go on an adventure of his own when he inherits a bookshop in the Scottish town of Helensburgh. But nestled inside the ivy-covered walls, among hundreds of dusty old books, is something far rarer, an artifact once created by occultist John Dee. And with it, a mystery that begins to stir the edges of reality. 1989... -
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The Empire and the Wolf King by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hero from the future must save Magnus and his family in the past... -
So Close To Heaven: Far From Home: A Scottish Time-Travel Romance by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe never imagined her fresh start would lead her centuries into the past…. American-born Ivy Mitchell thought she’d finally found her footing in the misty Highlands of Scotland—until an afternoon hike leaves her ripped from her world and hurled into the heart of 14th-century Scotland... -
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The Physician of Nineveh: A Time Travel Historical Fantasy of Ancient Mesopotamia, Forbidden Magic, and Love Across Time by Glenn Cooper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA love lost in time. A cure buried in history. A mystery that spans millennia. For fans of historical fantasy, archaeological thrillers, and sweeping time travel fiction, Glenn Cooper’s newest novel brings the ancient world vividly to life. The Physician of Nineveh blends the intrigue of an ancient Mesopotamian empire with the heart of a love story across centuries. London, present day. Dr... -
Wedding the Highlander by Janet Chapman
"A runaway beauty finds love in the brawny arms of a handsome stranger. .. "Talented surgeon Libby Hart is fleeing to Pine Creek, Maine, when her car spins out of control and crashes into a pond. She is rescued by Michael MacBain, a medieval highlander trapped in the modern world by a wizard's spell... -
I Loved You Then: Far From Home: A Scottish Time-Travel Romance by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1296, Berwick-on-Tweed. Amid the ruin of Scotland’s defeat, young warrior Ciaran Kerr kneels beside a dying woman whose last words shatter “I’ve been waiting for you. ” He never learns her name. But he never forgets her face... -
The Villainess Turns the Hourglass by Ant Studio
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter her lowly mother married a count, Aria enjoyed a life full of luxury while harassing her gentle stepsister Mielle. Several years later, Aria is about to be executed when Mielle reveals that she wickedly tricked Aria into building the bad reputation that ultimately brought her to the scaffold... -
Long Live the King by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMagnus has been focused on his present, the loops and time shifts behind him, but that is not all in the past. There is also a throne that must be held, a historic event that must be protected, and a kingdom that needs him to rule... -
No. 23 Burlington Square by Jenni Keer
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsLondon, 1927: One house. Three lives. A decision that will change everything. A powerful, unique timeslip story, perfect for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Miniaturist, and Lucinda Riley... -
The Peculiar Incident at Thistlewick House by Jenni Keer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the bones start to fall, the spirits will rise…. Norfolk, England, 1895: When renowned spiritualist Edward Blackmore receives a desperate message from his cousin Barnabas, begging him to come to the coastal village of Thistlewick Tye, his first thought is to ignore the request... -
The Dawn by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagnus has built an empire. He is a king in 1292. He is a king in the 24th century. And there are centuries between that must be guarded. He and his family are living in the past, attempting to keep the historical record and the timeline orderly, and the succession of kings straight, but now they have a new villain, Asgall, who is coming to power... -
The Empire and the Wolf King by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA hero from the future must save Magnus and his family in the past... -
Delighting Her Highland Devil by Maeve Greyson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe tumbles back three centuries into the arms of a gruff Highlander and wins his heart—until she endangers everyone he’s ever protected. Jovianna Jacobs, a history professor specializing in Scottish culture, is brilliant and students flock to sign up for her classes. Not because of her brilliance—but because of her foibles during her lectures... -
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Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
From the winner of the Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize, this mesmerizing, suspenseful, and richly atmospheric tale of time travel draws us into the heart of a heroine we won't soon forget. .. The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew that it was her house. And now that she’s at last become its owner, she suspects that she was drawn there for a reason... -
One Enchanted Evening by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTime-travel romances have made Lynn Kurland a bestseller in the here-and-now. A duty-bound knight has taken on the task of rebuilding the most dilapidated castle in all of England. A costume designer gets her chance to shine by showcasing her fairy- tale designs at an upscale party in an authentic medieval castle... -
The Clearing by Lina J. Potter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEnjoy the complete historical romance series now! You change the world, but the world changes you in turn — there is no getting around it. A simple wish to survive irrevocably changed the life of Aliya, a medical student from the modern era. Trapped in a body that isn’t hers in a world in which she does not belong to, Aliya has made her decision – she will live… and she will thrive... -
Dragon Knight’s Ring by Mary Morgan
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCrusader, Adam MacFhearguis is on one last quest to the standing stones in Scotland where he seeks to bury the past. However, a silent prayer sends him to an unknown future and to his beloved Meggie. When he uncovers a shocking revelation, Adam questions everything about the woman he thought he knew and loved. He may have traveled the veil of ages, but time is now his enemy...Categorized as:
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A Time of Omens by Katharine Kerr
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 32 ratings“This grand saga is by a wide margin the best Celtic fantasy around. ”— Chicago Sun-Times. In Deverry the volatile history of humanity continues as a dashing young king journeys to his throne in disguise, fulfilling an ancient prophecy... -
Camdyn : A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn amateur magician’s disappearing act lands her in medieval Scotland. Although Isabel Murray loves a good joke, she can hardly believe the elaborate prank of finding herself in an ancient forge. But things get a little more real when its bad-tempered armorer hauls her in front of the rest of the MacRoss warriors... -
Dragon Knight's Shield by Mary Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAngus MacKay, leader of the Dragon Knights, failed his brothers and his clan upon the death of his sister. Now he must fight the darkness of despair tempting his soul. Back on Scottish soil, he comes face to face with Deirdre who can wield a sword as mightily as his warriors, and he takes her captive... -
The Book of Carraig by Andrea Matthews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlmost a year after waking to find himself in twentieth-century New York, fifth-century Celt Ciarán Donnelly has finally returned to his childhood home, but Ireland is nothing like he remembers it. The realization is overwhelming and taking a toll on his relationship with archaeologist Caitlin O’Connell as well. Keeping his secret from her has been no easy task... -
Wait for Me by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the darkness closes all around,. Beauty is still there just waiting to be found. Dawson Huxham blames himself for his sister’s death . . . until he briefly crosses time and discovers she’s alive in the Middle Ages. Hoping to reconnect with her, he searches for the holy water that will help him visit the past for a longer duration... -
Legacy of the Runes by Christina Courtenay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay does for the Vikings what Diana Gabaldon's Outlander and Clanlands does for Scottish history. Pre-order the epic conclusion to The Runes series now! Inscribed Viking axe head. Good condition. Probably late 9th century. This was it, his passport to the past... -
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All For You by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFALLING THROUGH TIME IS DANGEROUS…. Peaches Alexander is thrilled to receive an unexpected invitation to a weekend party given by the handsome, eligible Duke of Kenneworth. The only Stephen de Piaget, a stuffy medieval studies scholar who seems determined to get in the way. Peaches has absolutely no desire to get involved with Stephen, until a quirk of Fate sends her hurtling through time…... -
The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
When Eva's film star sister Katrina dies, she leaves California and returns to Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina's ashes and in doing so return her to the place where she belongs. But Eva must also confront the ghosts from her own past, as well as those from a time long before her own... -
Once Found: The Pocket Watch Chronicles by Ceci Giltenan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElsie thought she had found love. The handsome young minstrel awoke her desire and his music fed her soul. But just as love was blossoming, the inconceivable happened—Elsie awoke more than seven hundred years in the future, in the body of Dr. Elizabeth Quinn. Gabriel Soldani thought he had found love several times, only to have it slip from his grasp... -
A Time to Weep by Tracy L. Higley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes the only way forward is back. Sahara Aldridge, a young Egyptologist in 1922, is chasing down the trail of her parents through the unknown corridors of time. But when all clues point to Ancient Rome as the next place to search, Sahara retreats into the safety of her archaeological work, cataloguing treasures from the newly-discovered tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun... -
Heart of a Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA bloodthirsty evil stalks the Connor Clan…. Brave, beautiful, and haunted by her past, demon hunter Anna MacKinley will do anything to help the Connors. Under divine orders, the headstrong warrior travels the world, slaying demons and vampires... -
Love Came Just in Time by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFour classic novellas from theUSA Todaybestselling author, including "The Gift of Christmas Past," "The Three Wise Ghosts," "And the Groom Wore Tulle," and "The Icing on the Cake. ". -
シノビライフ 10 by Shoko Conami
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMany, many years ago, a ninja named Kagetora devoted his life to protecting Princess Beni (”Beni-Hime”). Unfortunately, they were attacked and Kagetora was flung into a lake, and sank to the bottom… And is somehow warped to the future where he sees the princess Beni being kidnapped. Little does Kagetora know that Beni is not the real princess, but rather her descendant... -
Highlander's Curse by Melissa Mayhue
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen COLIN MACALISTER is cursed by the Faerie Queen and ends up in the bed of a twenty-first-century woman—who also happens to be the most beautiful creature he’s ever laid eyes on—he’s torn between anger and lust... -
Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn this captivating novel from the author of Wife 22, a woman who feels lost in her own time stumbles across a California community that has, impossibly, been marooned in the early twentieth century perfect for readers of The Time Traveler's Wife, Time and Again, and Sarah Addison Allen. Lux is a single mom struggling to make her way when she discovers an idyllic community in the Sonoma Valley... -
The Last Daughter of York by Nicola Cornick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the winter of 1483, Francis Lovell is Richard III’s Lord Chamberlain and confidante, but the threat of Henry Tudor’s rebels has the king entrusting to Francis and his wife, Anne, his most crucial mission: protecting the young Richard of York, his brother’s surviving son and a threat to Henry’s claims to the throne... -
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Killing Time by K.J. Waters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Strongest Hurricane in Decades Takes Aim at Florida. Will Ronnie Escape its Wrath or be Lost in Time Forever? Ronnie Andrews is lucky to be alive after a time travel glitch nearly took her life during Hurricane Frances... -
Beloved Enemy: Far From Home: a Scottish Time-Travel Romance by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlotte O’Rourke, a lonely kindergarten teacher in 21st century Florida, travels to Scotland on a whim, seeking adventure and a break from her mundane existence... -
Everything in Its Time by Dee Davis
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsYears ago while vacationing in Scotland, Katherine St. Claire believed she’d found the love of her life. She shared a night of passion with a stranger, in a hotel castle called Duncreag. But come morning, her lover had disappeared. And she has spent the last eight years trying to convince herself it was all a dream. . -
House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Kate Vavasour wakes in hospital, she can remember nothing about the family gathered around her bed, or of her life before the accident. The doctors diagnose post-traumatic amnesia and say the memories should start returning. Which they do . . . but these memories are not her own. They belong to Isabel Vavasour, who lived and died at Askerby Hall over four hundred years earlier . . -
Lord of The Isles by Debbie Mazzuca
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter traveling to Scotland on business, the bed of a highland laird is the last place Ali Graham expected to wake up. But there's no mistaking the irresistibly masculine Scottish Highlander whose chamber she's accidentally infiltrated--or the severe wound he's suffered in battle. As a doctor, Ali knows how to heal his injury, how to nurse his body back to health... -
実は私が本物だった 2 (I Am the Real One (Manhwa) #2) by March, yuun
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratings実の娘は私だと名乗る謎の美少女コゼットの登場によって、無実の罪で処刑され、1度目の人生を終えた公女キイラ。. 回帰後は自分を大切に思ってくれる人たちと共に過ごしたいと第2の人生を歩み始める! まずは周りのみんなと仲良くなるため、恋愛小説を読み始めたりと新しいことに挑戦していくキイラは、騎士団員のアーサーの誘いで副団長のジョセフと新米騎士レイナ、弟ジークと一緒にカジノへ行くことに――! ! そこでキイラは運命的な出会いを果たし……! ? 新しい未来に奔走する公女の成長ラブファンタジー、第2巻! ! -
I've Become a True Villainess by Flowing Honey, Bumho
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI have to survive, no matter what! I've died and been reincarnated as the villain of a romance novel! In order to avoid the hideous fate that awaits me, I've righted her wrongs and even gotten engaged. I should be home free, but strange things have started happening ever since the heroine appeared. Why won't her fiancé leave me alone? As written from Manta. -
Green Darkness by Anya Seton
"The theme of this book is reincarnation, an attempt to show the interplay—the law of cause and effect, good and evil, among certain individual souls in two periods of English history. ". Green Darkness is the story of a great love, in which mysticism, suspense, and mystery form a web of good and evil forces that stretches from Tudor England to the England of the twentieth century... -
Ever My Love by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo people are caught up in love—and in time—in the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Stars in Your Eyes. In search of a fresh start, Emma Barton has traveled to Scotland to try to forget her rocky love life. Luckily, the gorgeous Highlander who owns the house up the path from her rental cottage might be exactly the kind of distraction she needs... -
Quinn by L.L. Muir
A desperate American lass flees from a hit man. .. into the arms of a 15th century Highlander. Jules escapes her security detail and goes to Scotland to claim a fortune that should be hers. With a hit man on her tail, however, she must run again. Only this time, she runs into the past where a shooter is not the only danger. Quinn is running out of time... -
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The Quiet Earth by Elizabeth Harris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinter 1994, and in the Wye Valley a story hidden for almost eight centuries has just been unearthed. For Nina, an ecologist working alongside local archaeologists, the discovery of a baby’s grave dating from the thirteenth century is of far more interest than just academic... -
冷血公爵の心変わり 1 by Bandalbanji, 에디
백작가의 사생아였던 에르인. 반역자가 되어 도망친 가족을 대신해 희생 되기 직전. 그녀는 목숨을 거두러 온 ‘사신’을 마주 하게 되는데! ‘제발 살려주세요! 저는 이런 거, 저런 거 다 해보고 싶어요! ’. 꽃다운 나이에 예쁜 드레스 한 번 못 입어봤다. 구애도 받아보고 사랑 받으며 사는 것이 유일한 소원이었던. 그녀에게, 기적처럼 그녀를 위한 마법진이 발동되고. “레이디, 저의 무례를 용서해 주십시오. ”. “전하! !”. “나와 결혼해 주십시오, 내 영혼의 주군이시여. ”. 정신을 차리니, ‘사신’ 로안 페르카 공작이. 그녀에게 구애를 하고 있다? ‘이게 대체 무슨 상황이야? ’. ‘두 남편’ 사이에서 살아남기 위해 고군분투하는... -
아빠, 나 이 결혼 안 할래요! 2 by Heesu Hong
황태자가 싫다고? 하지만, 황태자 취향이 쥬벨리안 너일지 모르잖아. 쥬벨리안을 사랑하는 황태자, 막스의 눈물 나는 오해 로맨스. 스승님의 딸, 쥬벨리안을 사랑하게 된 막스. 그녀의 별거 아닌 말 한마디가 전부 사랑스럽게 들리는 지경. 한편, 아버지가 사디스트 폭군 황태자와 자신을 결혼시키는 줄 알고 황태자로부터 도망치려는 쥬벨리안. 그녀는 결국 아버지가 신임하는 하나뿐인 제자, 막스에게 계약 연애를 제안한다. 하지만 계약 연애의 이유가 황태자와의 결혼으로부터 도망치기 위해서라는 이야길 들은 막스는 쥬벨리안에게 섭섭함을 느끼는데…. 힘내라, 사디스트 폭군! 언젠가 그 사랑이 닿을 수 있기를! Episodes 15-31. -
아빠, 나 이 결혼 안 할래요! 3 by Heesu Hong
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratings《아빠, 나 이 결혼 안 할래요! 》3권은 여주인공 쥬벨과 남주인공 막스의 시점에서 본 이야기가 아닌, 작중 세번째 주인공, 아버지 레지스의 시점에서 바라본 이야기가 메인이 된다. 아버지의 속마음을 모르는 쥬벨과 딸의 속마음을 모르는 아버지, 두 부녀의 부족한 대화로 인해 생긴 오해가 파국이 아닌 로맨스로 피어나는 점에서 유쾌하고 참신한 전개를 엿볼 수 있다. 이들의 오해로 피어난 유쾌한 개그와 로맨스가 오히려 1회차에서 해결하지 못한 문제들을 해결하는 데 큰 도움이 되는 등, 갈등이 곧 이 작중 가장 큰 문제 요소를 해결하는 데 중요한 역할을 한다는 점에서 이 작품을 멈추지 않고 읽게 만드는 힘이 대단하다고 판단된다... -
Destiny's Denial by Sky Purington
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCaitlin Seavey relives the same nightmare every night for three years. Then one day, the dream seeps into reality when an ethereal Scotsman visits. Horrified, she confides in her grandmother who then gives her a two hundred year old novel titled Fate's Monolith. It tells the tale of her distant relative's journey to medieval Scotland and can only be a myth... -
Shadows on the Aegean by Suzanne Frank
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSuzanne Frank, writing in the bestselling tradition of Diana Gabaldon and Mary Renault, stunned the literary world with her provocative protrayal of Egypt at the time of the Exodus in Reflections in the Nile . The Detroit Free Press called the sweeping, evocative story "an adventure you won't want to put down...
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