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What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change everything… Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time...Categorized as:
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![Outlander by Diana Gabaldon]()
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The year is 1945 - Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord...1743... -
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![The Scottish Duke, the Rules of Time Travel, and Me by Diana Knightley]()
The Scottish Duke, the Rules of Time Travel, and Me by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA gale rises over a forest in Scotland at the same time every day.The year is 1670 and a young Duke has ridden out to explore the mystery. He finds, in the center of a clearing, a strange apparatus.He reaches for it and—In Florida, 2012, there is a repeating, daily storm...Categorized as:
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![Sent to a Fantasy World and Now All the Men Want Me: Volume 1 by Jaclyn Osborn]()
Sent to a Fantasy World and Now All the Men Want Me: Volume 1 by Jaclyn Osborn
Evan just wants a quiet life where he escapes into books, drinks a ridiculous amount of coffee, and devours every muffin in sight. But then he's transported to another world with magic, sword-wielding knights with big... hearts, and men who find him too adorable to resist.Complicated? Well, that's the understatement of the century.And for Evan, the adventure is only beginning... -
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![Love and Other Historical Accidents by PacificRimbaud]()
Love and Other Historical Accidents by PacificRimbaud
Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy never intended to blow up their life's work, but that's rather what they've gone and done. Now they're trapped 200 years in the past, with a broken Time Turner, a missing snuff box, a handful of overly-eligible daughters, and a House-elf in a cable knit cardigan...Categorized as:
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![7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Light Novel) Vol. 6 (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Novel) #6) by Touko Amekawa, Wan Hachipisu]()
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Light Novel) Vol. 6 (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Novel) #6) by Touko Amekawa, Wan Hachipisu
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMARITIME MARITAL MAYHEM!Rishe has been utterly restless since her heart-pounding kiss with Arnold, but she hardly has time for distractions. Under the pretense of procuring her wedding dress, the two visit a bustling port town--only to witness a kidnapping by pirates! Then a familiar figure from Rishe's past resurfaces, looking to dispatch the pirate menace... -
![Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker]()
Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker
Taryn Hopkins and her husband, Oliver, recently bought and moved into their 1st home, an old Victorian in small-town Pennsylvania. But when her airline pilot husband is away, Taryn is visited by a dark-haired male apparition who appears in unlit hallways and eventually, her dreams.Jonah’s so real, she can touch him. He calls her by the name “Odette” and strokes her like his long-lost love...Categorized as:
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Taken by Angeline Fortin
Second chances are only helpful if you recognize them for what they are. Celebrated actress Scarlett Thomas never wanted fame -- that was her parent’s dream. Now she’s ready to make big changes, but she could never have imagined how big those changes might turn out to be...Categorized as:
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![Taran : A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Hazel Hunter]()
Taran : A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Hazel Hunter
What if your entire life had been a lie? When Rowan Thomas was dragged into 14th century Scotland, she knew her old life was gone. But the more she learns of her druid nature, the more she questions what she knew—about her sister, herself, and her all-consuming attraction to Taran Skaraven. The Skaraven Horse Master has always been a man of few words...Categorized as:
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![A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams]()
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June , A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is an epic love story one hundred years in the making…Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them...Categorized as:
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![Taming of a Wolf by C.J. Ravenna]()
Taming of a Wolf by C.J. Ravenna
JamieCould a grumpy Viking werewolf be the missing piece my broken family needs?Between being a single parent to my little brother and running my late grandma's bookshop, I've got no time for anyone else. I need a guy who will prioritize my brother like I do. If I can't find someone like that, I'd rather be alone forever... -
![Cave Man Make Baby by Frankie Love]()
Cave Man Make Baby by Frankie Love
I never intended on time travelling to the Stone Age during my Special Ops mission – but it’s not the first thing in my life to get effed up.To say I didn’t have a happy childhood is an understatement – that’s why I joined the military first chance I got.And to be honest – living alone on the beach isn’t the worst way to live out my days...Categorized as:
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![Grab the Bull by the Horns by Sam Hall]()
Grab the Bull by the Horns by Sam Hall
I’m a total ancient history nerd and I’m about to get up close and personal with creatures I’d assumed were figments of our imagination.When a strange man gives me a chai latte the like I’ve never tasted before, somehow, I’m stumbling through a rift in reality, straight into the arms of three very big, very muscular minotaurs.Yeah, you read that right, minotaurs...Categorized as:
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![The Magic Collector by Chesney Infalt]()
The Magic Collector by Chesney Infalt
On the day of her wedding to the Crown Prince, Aveline is cursed for helping the wrong person. Not entirely a ghost, she is in between, having no control over what form she takes at any given moment. To break it, Aveline is forced to turn to the man she helped: the ostracised Magic Collector.Sebastian, known to everyone else as The Magic Collector, is shrouded in mystery...Categorized as:
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![Catch Me by Reese Rivers]()
Catch Me by Reese Rivers
How do you survive time travel to 17th century France…while wearing a bathrobe…with nothing but a chap-stick and an iPhone? How do you avoid being burnt at the stake as a witch for possessing that ‘magical’ evil iPhone?Start by being rescued by 4 hot AF men dipped in sexy sauce. Accept that vampires and wolf shifters are real and then make peace with the fact that you can have them all... -
![The Draig's Woman by Lisa Dawn Wadler]()
The Draig's Woman by Lisa Dawn Wadler
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratings*Night Owl Reviews Top Pick - 5 Stars* Rescuing the man tied to a tree seemed like a rational decision. Claire is a smart, capable bookkeeper who happens to work at a martial arts academy. She has no idea the door she walked through to save the bound man would leave her trapped in 13th century Scotland...Categorized as:
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![다정한 그대를 지키는 방법 1 (Saving My Sweetheart (Manhwa) #1) by Yujeong Han, Jiei Kim]()
다정한 그대를 지키는 방법 1 (Saving My Sweetheart (Manhwa) #1) by Yujeong Han, Jiei Kim
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings마지막 순간까지 날 위해 준 사람이번 생에는 반드시 내가 당신을 지킬게요정말 과거로 돌아온 걸까.모든 것이 기억과 같긴 했다.그녀가 입고 있는 흰 웨딩드레스, 풍성한 수국 부케, 신부 대기실 벽에 걸린 액자까지.급히 소매를 걷고 자신의 팔 안쪽을 살피던 레티샤가 숨을 멈추었다.상처를 내려다보는 그녀의 눈에선 기쁨의 눈물이 흘렀다.“신이시여, 감사합니다.”그녀는 무릎을 꿇고 신께 기도를 올렸다.“그 사람을 살릴 수 있는 기회를 주셔서, 감사합니다.”사랑하는 남자를 잃고 모든 걸 포기한 순간, 모든 걸 돌이킬 기회가 주어진다면?서로를 지키기 위해 무엇이든 할 수 있는 두 사람 사이에 켜켜이 쌓이는 다정한 오해. 그 속에 담긴 설렘과 감동! 서로를 향한 마음은 끝내 이루어질 수 있을까...Categorized as:
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![The Reigning and the Rule by Calia Read]()
The Reigning and the Rule by Calia Read
Étienne Lacroix and I had a fire I thought would never die. Our love was timeless. An irreversible decision sent me back to the present day with a family I barely recognize, but I am determined to find a way back to Étienne. I can survive time. But I can’t survive life without him. Time bends to no one’s demands, so I must fight with everything I have to return to the past... -
![Her Viking Wolf by Theodora Taylor]()
Her Viking Wolf by Theodora Taylor
The third steamy interracial romance in the 50 Loving States series from the author of Amazon Bestsellers, THE OWNER OF HIS HEART and HER RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE! When Chloe Adams was four her shiftless shifter parents abandoned her on the side of the road...Categorized as:
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![The Orc's Auctioned Mate by Veronika Kane]()
The Orc's Auctioned Mate by Veronika Kane
When the huge, terrifying orc bought me, I thought my life was over. But could it be just the beginning?On the midwinter full moon, I am dragged by bandits from the only home I know and stood on a chair in a tavern under the gazes of desperate men bidding on my innocence. But then the shadowy figure in the corner calls out the winning offer, and I realize he is like no one I’ve ever seen before...Categorized as:
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![Choosing the Highlander by Jessi Gage]()
Choosing the Highlander by Jessi Gage
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs a mechanical engineer in 1981 Chicago, Connie designs plumbing systems. She has also designed her life to perfection, right down to the man she hopes to marry. But when Mr. Right proposes, she can’t say yes. A head-clearing vacation brings her to the Scottish Highlands, where her free-spirited twin wishes for Connie to find true love...Categorized as:
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![The Wolf and the Highlander by Jessi Gage]()
The Wolf and the Highlander by Jessi Gage
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnya’s been a bad girl. A vindictive plot against one of her clansmen backfired, resulting in her grave injury. Scarred and crippled, she finds nothing lovely about herself, and doesn’t expect anyone else to either. But when a magical wishing box sends her to another dimension, she becomes the most valuable prize imaginable... -
![Wake the Gods by Elisha Kemp]()
Wake the Gods by Elisha Kemp
Even after visiting the Oracle, Adrienne still can’t quite believe the prophesy. But whether she believes it or not, there is no denying the strange power building within her, or the bond forming between her and her men. Now, after making her daring escape from Knossos, Adrienne’s enemies have only grown more dangerous, and everything she has come to love is at risk... -
![Highlander's Captive by Mariah Stone]()
Highlander's Captive by Mariah Stone
She’s lost in the past. He’s a powerful Scottish warrior. Can star-crossed love find a future between the ages?Search-and-rescue officer Amy MacDougall fears being trapped—both in small, dark places and in a relationship. But while chaperoning a high school trip to Scotland, she’s forced to confront her claustrophobia to save a student in a castle dungeon...Categorized as:
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![A Midnight of Dreams by Lyra Forger]()
A Midnight of Dreams by Lyra Forger
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![Almost Like Being in Love by Sariah Wilson]()
Almost Like Being in Love by Sariah Wilson
A modern-day Ohio woman and a seventeenth-century Scottish laird fall in love at first sight in a magical holiday romance by Sariah Wilson, the bestselling author of The Chemistry of Love.Maren Kelly and her friend Penny may be lost in the Scottish Highlands, yes. They may be caught in the blizzard of the century, sure...Categorized as:
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![Must Love Kilts by Angela Quarles]()
Must Love Kilts by Angela Quarles
The Jacobite Rebellion--not the best time to get drunk, hook up with a guy, and lose your sister. A drunken bet... When computer game designer Traci Campbell gets too close and personal with a bottle of Glenfiddich while vacationing in Scotland, she whisks her kilt-obsessed sister back to 1689 to prove hot guys in kilts are a myth... -
![Secrets on the Sea by Shona Knight]()
Secrets on the Sea by Shona Knight
What would you do if you were thrown into a world overrun by men? When all you want is the freedom to explore it on your own? Disguise yourself as a cabin boy and hitch a ride on a pirate ship! Ria All my life, I’ve chased the thrill of new adventures, but nothing scratches that itch for long...Categorized as:
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![Heart of a Wolf by C.J. Ravenna]()
Heart of a Wolf by C.J. Ravenna
How to get over a breakup:1: Go to Iceland2: Get sent back in time3: Get abducted by a hot, moody Viking werewolfThe tour guides sure didn’t prepare me for this…KieranAfter my boyfriend cheats, my best friend spirits me away to Reykjavik for a scenic getaway. I think this may be just the escape I need to get over the jerk...Categorized as:
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![A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux]()
A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
Special Edition: Includes new material and an afterword by the author. Once upon a time...as a fair maiden lay weeping upon a cold tombstone, her heartfelt desire was suddenly made real before her: tall, broad of shoulder, attired in gleaming silver and gold, her knight in shining armor had come to rescue his damsel in distress..Categorized as:
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![Juneau by Calliope Stewart]()
Juneau by Calliope Stewart
Boston, 1915. Juneau Wilde is the youngest child of the illustrious Wilde family. Despite her omega designation, she is an adventurous troublemaker that spends her days driving her widowed mother crazy. Juneau constantly bucks against the constraints of society, wanting to live the kind of life that the heroines in her favorite novels live... -
![A Stolen Season by Tamara Gill]()
A Stolen Season by Tamara Gill
One small mistake in the past will change everything about her future... Archaeologist Sarah Baxter just broke one of the biggest rules of time travel: leaving a piece of 21stcentury equipment in 19th century Regency England. Unfortunately, when she goes back to retrieve it, she makes an even bigger mess of things—resulting in the death of an English Earl... -
![Puck and Prejudice by Lia Riley]()
Puck and Prejudice by Lia Riley
From the author of Mister Hockey comes a sizzling marriage of convenience romance between a pro hockey player who accidentally travels back in time to Regency Era England and the brazen contemporary of Jane Austen he just can’t help but fall for… It is a truth universally acknowledged that a modern single man in possession of a hockey jersey may be exactly what a Regency woman needs to avoid the...Categorized as:
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![Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon]()
Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon
What’s worse than editing the stupidest supernatural romance novel ever written? Getting stuck inside of it. Karalynn Donnelly has somehow been transported into Eternal Passion at Sunset, a vampire love story filled with enough clichés, anachronisms, and run-on sentences to drive any hardworking book editor insane...Categorized as:
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![True to the Highlander by Barbara Longley]()
True to the Highlander by Barbara Longley
Treachery rules the Highlands of 1423. With their king captured by the English, Scottish nobles plot to ransom James behind the back of the brutal regent holding their land in his iron grip...Categorized as:
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![The Viking and the Raven by Annie O. Liberty]()
The Viking and the Raven by Annie O. Liberty
Welcome to Living Past, the world’s first tourism-based time travel company. Understand the culture, the politics, and the people who shaped the world as it is today. Live the Past.SabrinaI wish it would have been someone else, or someplace else. But as the newest journalist on staff, I get the ‘privilege’ of an all-expense paid trip to the past...Categorized as:
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![Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane]()
Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane
A magical tree that makes your soul mate appear is surely just a legend, right? That's what Shiloh thought until one night, in a moment of desperation, she begs the Wanting Tree for someone to love...and a shirtless rancher from 1949 arrives, still holding onto his cowboy hat, calling her "sugar" and claiming to be her man. For life... -
![The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang]()
The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang
“What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life?”In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor — but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue...
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