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The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran
In a debut romance as passionate and sweeping as the British Empire, Meredith Duran paints a powerful picture of an aristocrat torn between two worlds, an heiress who dares to risk everything. .. and the love born in fire and darkness that nearly destroys them. From exotic sandstone palaces. .Categorized as:
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![Wolves vs. Hearts by Anna Green]()
Wolves vs. Hearts by Anna Green
The second volume of The Heart Rate of a Mouse trilogy. A new band, a new city, and new lover - Ryan dusts himself off and starts again, but the god-like status that his former band's tragic end has given him isn't as easy to shake off. As he should be focusing on making a comeback with his new band, he runs into the one person he hasn't been able to forget... -
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![Dark Side of the Sun by Addison Cain]()
Dark Side of the Sun by Addison Cain
Arabella, the Baroness of Iliffe, knows her life is nearing its end. For years the young widow has been hunted across England, running from her past, thrust onward into desolate wastes until there is nowhere else to hide. With the little time she has left, her desperation has driven her into the arms of an extremely sinister man who desires more than just her company...Categorized as:
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![The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne]()
The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne
They’re rebels, scoundrels, and blackguards—dark, dashing men on the wrong side of the law. But for the women who love them, a hint of danger only makes the heart beat faster…. STEALING BEAUTY. Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain... -
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![Fall of the Stars by Monica James]()
Fall of the Stars by Monica James
England is bleeding. And there isn’t a thing I can do about it. I am once again a prisoner to Wessex, captured by King Egbert because holding me hostage will bring them to him—my two Vikings who will risk heaven and earth to save me. But I don’t need saving. I am Princess Emeline, and I was taught by the best, and his name…Skarth the Godless. The man whom I love more than anything in this world... -
![Virtue and Vice by Kimberly Brody]()
Virtue and Vice by Kimberly Brody
When Isabelle Beaumont’s father betroths her to a dreaded roundhead for economic gain, she vows to find a way to thwart the marriage, no matter the cost. Believing her only recourse is to break the terms of the betrothal agreement, Izzy plans to sacrifice her virginity before her wedding day dawns. Her scheme is simple enough... -
![Masquerade by Joel Abernathy]()
Masquerade by Joel Abernathy
An MM Phantom of the Opera Retelling. We all wear masks. He came to me like a ghost singing songs of the past…. An angel, promising redemption. Now I know the truth of the man behind the mask, and Erik’s soul is more broken and twisted than I ever imagined. ~. Even an angel’s wings can be broken. The moment I heard his voice, I knew he was mine. Mine to teach. Mine to mold...Categorized as:
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![As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann]()
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
In the seventeenth century, the English Revolution is under way. The nation, seething with religious and political discontent, has erupted into violence and terror. Jacob Cullen and his fellow soldiers dream of rebuilding their lives when the fighting is over. But the shattering events of war will overtake them... -
![The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë]()
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
The story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son. By challenging the prevailing morals of the time the novel caused a critic to pronounce it ''utterly unfit to be put into the hands of girls''. It is considered to be one of the first feminist novels.Categorized as:
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![The Dove by Victoria Vale]()
The Dove by Victoria Vale
Book 2 of 2 in the Villain Duology, a Dark Regency Erotic Romance duet set in the wilds of Scotland. A quest for vengeance…. Lord Adam Callahan, Earl of Hartmoor has spent the past five years destroying the Fairchild family as recompense for the ruination of his sister. Yet, it never seemed like enough … until the family’s only daughter appeared on his doorstep searching for answers... -
![Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn]()
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
An exciting debut: a vivid, richly imagined saga of ancient Rome from a masterful new voice in historical fiction. Thea is a slave girl from Judaea, passionate, musical, and guarded. Purchased as a toy for the spiteful heiress Lepida Pollia, Thea will become her mistress's rival for the love of Arius the Barbarian, Rome's newest and most savage gladiator... -
![Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi]()
Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi
Òdòdó's hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the the warrior king of Yorùbáland. Already shunned as social pariahs, living conditions for Òdòdó and the other women in her blacksmith guild grow even worse under Yorùbá rule. Then Òdòdó is abducted...Categorized as:
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![The Captain by Christi Caldwell]()
The Captain by Christi Caldwell
From USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell comes a dark tale of betrayal, jealousy, and the dangerous passion ignited between a vengeful captain and the young woman who loves him. Miss Linnie McQuoid Smith has spent a lifetime dreaming of love, but the man she’s always longed for is no longer the one she remembers...Categorized as:
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![His Harlot by S.M. LaViolette]()
His Harlot by S.M. LaViolette
What’s the most ruinous mistake a harlot can make? Falling in love with her client …. Edward Fanshawe is everything Nora Hudson wants in the bedroom—and everything she should avoid out of it. He gives her the pain, humiliation, and domination she craves from a sexual partner, but his search for the perfect, blue-blooded wife means the last thing Nora should do is fall for him... -
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![Wicked Weapon by Cari Silverwood]()
Wicked Weapon by Cari Silverwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis book is part of a dark kinky fiction trilogy and may disturb some readers. The full warning is at the bottom. This is not a standalone read. Zorie is lost, again. Friends can become enemies and enemies can become friends. What is a man who declares himself your knight in cracked and bloody armor, when he seems to be leading you to your doom? Mavros, once known as Mister Black, has vanished... -
![The Sins of the Sire by Emily Royal]()
The Sins of the Sire by Emily Royal
"A vengeful man must also dig a grave for himself". It was a meeting of souls. .. Two years ago, Elyssia de Montford first looked into the eyes of the captured Highlander, who stood, brave and defiant, while being tortured by English soldiers, and she risked everything to free him. Tavish MacLean is consumed by hatred...Categorized as:
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![Her Wanton Wager by Grace Callaway]()
Her Wanton Wager by Grace Callaway
An Heiress on a Mission…. After two failed Seasons, Persephone Fines has vowed to reform her hoydenish ways. But when her beloved brother falls into the clutches of wicked gamester Gavin Hunt, she must take action. Hunt offers her a shocking proposition: he will release her brother… if she can resist six nights of seduction... -
![The Shadow and the Star by Laura Kinsale]()
The Shadow and the Star by Laura Kinsale
THE SHADOW. Wealthy, powerful and majestically handsome, he is a man of dark secrets--a master of the ancient martial arts of an exotic distant land. Scarred by a childhood of shocking degradation, he has sworn to love chastely. .. but burns with the fires of unfulfilled passion. THE STAR... -
![Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey]()
Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey
CAPTIVE OF LOVE. Spirited Rowena Belleme must produce an heir--or incur the dangerous wrath of a ruthless stepbrother, who stands to forfeit his ill-gotten wealth. And the magnificent Warrick deChaville is the perfect choice to sire her child--though it means imprisoning the handsome knight. .. and forcing him to bend to her amorous whims. SLAVE OF PASSION...Categorized as:
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![Savage Surrender by Natasha Peters]()
Savage Surrender by Natasha Peters
Robbed of her innocence, Elise Lesconflair becomes a woman of bold desires in a breathtaking romantic adventure that sweeps across continents. Caught in a web of twisted destinies, she journeys from the luxury of a French chateau to the horrors of a West Indies slave ship. .. from the exotic existence as pirate Jean Lafitte's mistress to unspeakable degradation at the hands of brutal men...Categorized as:
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![Wrath: The Devil Duke by Christi Caldwell]()
Wrath: The Devil Duke by Christi Caldwell
From USA today bestselling author, Christi Caldwell comes a spellbinding new series. 19th century London. Two rival gaming hells that cater to sin and vice are at war for supremacy. These ruthless men will fight it out to become the king of London’s gaming world...Categorized as:
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![Devil's Embrace by Catherine Coulter]()
Devil's Embrace by Catherine Coulter
The #1 New York Times bestselling author's first historical romance. Kidnapped and taken to the beautiful city of Genoa, Cassie Brougham finds love in the arms of her captor, while she is betrothed to another man. Cassie has known the Earl of Clare all her life, but she's in love with a soldier she's been secretly writing to since she was fifteen. Now he's home and they're going to be married...Categorized as:
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![Dreaming of You by Jennifer McNare]()
Dreaming of You by Jennifer McNare
Their passion was ignited by a treachery neither of them could have ever foreseen, yet it resulted in a love that was destined to last forever…. To secure the wellbeing of her beloved family, Melody Settrington agrees to marry Charles Cavendish, the elderly Earl of Edgington, despite her reservations... -
![This Other Eden by Marilyn Harris]()
This Other Eden by Marilyn Harris
"The secret of the entire world is whispered here at Eden. .. ." — Since time out of memory, Eden Castle had ridden the storm-swept Devon cliffs like a ghostly figurehead on a ship of the damned. — He was the last Lord of Eden Castle, Thomas Eden, a man of brooding desire and sudden passion . .Categorized as:
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![Stormfire by Christine Monson]()
Stormfire by Christine Monson
Abducted on her way to boarding school, a terrified Catherine Enderly was brought from England to the coast of Ireland, the prisoner of the angry and powerful young Sean Culhane—a man sworn to vengeance against her family. Frightened but defiant, the young countess met her captor with a strength that belied her fragile loveliness...Categorized as:
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![North of the Stars by Monica James]()
North of the Stars by Monica James
England is burning. And the cause…men are too afraid to utter in nothing but a whisper. The Northmen. My father is King Eanred. And me? I am Princess Emeline. My father wants to protect our kingdom against the ruthless Vikings who continue to raid England, so he has betrothed me to Aethelwulf, the son of King Egbert of Wessex—the most powerful realm in all of England...Categorized as:
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![Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë]()
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres (as an adjective, wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather)... -
![A Pirate's Love by Johanna Lindsey]()
A Pirate's Love by Johanna Lindsey
With languid tropical breezes caressing her breathtakingly beautiful face, Bettina Verlaine stood before the mast, sailing westward to fulfill a promise her heart never made--marriage to a Count her eyes had never beheld. Then in a moment of swashbuckling courage, the pirate Tristan swept her away and the spell of his passion was cast over her heart forever...Categorized as:
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![The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber]()
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
The fiercely-anticipated sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Once Upon a Broken Heart, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak. Not every love is meant to be. After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again... -
![Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas]()
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered, since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken...
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