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  • A Time Of End by Kathryn Le Veque

    A Time Of End by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Executioner Knights are back! Alexander de Sherrington seeks to marry a daughter of the great Christopher de Lohr (Rise of the Defender). But not if King John has anything to say about it! Alexander de Sherrington, the man affectionately referred to as ‘Sherry’ by his friends, is off on the greatest adventure of his life… and his target is Lady Christin de Lohr...
  • Godspeed by Kathryn Le Veque

    Godspeed by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Can a gruff, seasoned knight win over the love of his life in the midst of political chaos? 1215 A.D. - Dashiell "Dash" du Reims is the eldest son of the Earl of East Anglia and a cousin to the great House of de Lohr. Much like his warring and politically-involved cousins, Dashiell is also waist-deep in the political turmoil that is sweeping England at this time...
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  • Moonlight and the Duke by Meara Platt

    Moonlight and the Duke by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Handsome widower. Shy spinster. Will he be the one to give her a first kiss? Connor Fieldstone, the Duke of Lynton, renowned as a Silver Duke, has no intention of ever marrying again...
  • Conspiracy of Silence by Sabrina Flynn

    Conspiracy of Silence by Sabrina Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Atticus Riot is left standing over a corpse holding a smoking gun. And he’s just realized a dead man could get him killed. Four words hold the key to his partner's murder. Four words marking him and everyone he loves for death.Harried and hunted from all sides, Bel and Riot uncover a web of secrets that ensnares them both...
  • Seven Nights with the Duke by Alyssa Clarke

    Seven Nights with the Duke by Alyssa Clarke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Miss Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Fairbanks cannot forget a few abandoned moments with Rannulf Headley, the Duke of Ravenswood. Their romance had begun by accident until it ended when she discovered they were worlds apart.Now that her brother is the new Earl of Celdon, the very bad Fairbanks have been trying to behave themselves and fit into London society...
  • A Wager too Wicked by Alyssa Clarke

    A Wager too Wicked by Alyssa Clarke

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Love becomes the ultimate gamble when a wager turns into a passionate affair.Lady Victoria Knightly is determined to prevent her cousin from being trapped in a loveless marriage. To achieve this, she decides to spy on Ethan Darlington, the formidable Earl of Townsend, hoping to uncover secrets to thwart his courtship intentions...
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    virgin heroine  regency  historical
  • The Moonstone Marquess by Meara Platt

    The Moonstone Marquess by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    What happens when a battle-scarred hero bent on destroying himself meets an irresistible force by the name of Phoebe?Lady Phoebe Killigrew is appalled by the scandalous country parties their new neighbor, a war hero marquess, is holding at his estate in Moonstone Landing. She has every intention of keeping well away from him, until a governess arrives at her door with his two nieces...
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    virgin heroine  regency  historical  m-f
  • Sinfully Wanton by Kathleen Ayers

    Sinfully Wanton by Kathleen Ayers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    A seductive virgin. An experienced older rake. Lady Aurora Sinclair is no stranger to scandalous behavior, after all, she is a Deadly Sin. Now that she’s survived two Seasons, Aurora is bored. Far more curious about things of a physical nature than she should be, her interests will soon lead her down the path to ruin. A solution presents itself, in the form of Mr...
  • The Devil's Teeth by Sabrina Flynn

    The Devil's Teeth by Sabrina Flynn

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Isobel Amsel is wasting away in an asylum. Mad with boredom, she recklessly risks her future wandering the countryside. When an excursion nearly turns deadly, Isobel fears one of her enemies is targeting her, but she quickly discovers something far more insidious. The lives of two boys are at stake, and she desperately wishes her partner were by her side.But Atticus Riot has problems of his own...
  • Record of Blood by Sabrina Flynn

    Record of Blood by Sabrina Flynn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    San Francisco, 1900. An honorable man with a bloody past he can only remember in part, and a woman dead in the eyes of the world, but all too alive. A confessed murderer, and a missing body lures Isobel Kingston into the night, but she finds far more than she bargains for on the foggy dunes...
  • The Miracle of Love by Meara Platt

    The Miracle of Love by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    He was only assigned to protect her for the week, but his heart wanted to protect her forever.Enjoy this next installment in the humorous and heartwarming, bestselling Regency romance Book of Love series.Deklan Quinton is a blazing hot hero who has more than earned his reputation as the Crown’s top agent...
  • Kiss The Rake Hello by Tracy Sumner

    Kiss The Rake Hello by Tracy Sumner

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Cortland DeWitt is the most infamous second son in England. Twin to a duke, he thankfully lost out on the ducal title by a mere three minute's grace. And he's never looked back, living his life with one rule and one rule only: no attachments.But to Alexandra Mountbatten, the fearless woman who's known him since childhood, Cort is merely the loathsome boy next door...
  • Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer

    Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 47 ratings
    With her high-spirited intelligence and good looks, Abigail Wendover was a most sought-after young woman. But of all her high-placed suitors, there was none Abigail could love. Miles Calverleigh had no regard for the polite conventions of Regency society. His cynicism, his morals, his manners appalled Abigail. Yet she was irresistibly drawn to his knowing smile...
  • Scandalous by Minerva Spencer

    Scandalous by Minerva Spencer

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    "Have you no decency?" Straight-laced missionary Sarah Fisher has never met a man like Captain Martin Bouchard. He is the most beautiful person—male or female—she's ever seen. Overwhelmingly masculine, elegantly attired despite months at sea, he is in complete command of everyone and everything around him: everyone, that is, except Sarah...
  • The Beast's Bargain by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont

    The Beast's Bargain by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USATODAY Bestselling author Eva Devon, writing as Maire Claremont, comes a brand new series that will sweep you away to the drama and angst of Regency England. Glittering ballrooms, wild moors, and brooding lords waiting to be tamed by bluestockings await. . .Sometimes the only way a beast can find love is with a bargain. .
  • The Art of Stealing a Duke's Heart by Ellie St. Clair

    The Art of Stealing a Duke's Heart by Ellie St. Clair

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It was only supposed to be one night.Calliope Murphy was determined to prove to her family that she was as capable as the rest of them. That she could master a priceless painting to steal from a duke who is far too arrogant and pompous for his own good...
  • Down Weavers Lane by Anna Jacobs

    Down Weavers Lane by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Madge Carter goes back to her home town of Northby, she takes her daughter with her, but continues to live from immoral earning. Unfortunately, as Emmy grows up she catches the eye of Madge's protector, who tries to force her down the same path as her mother. Then a wealthy gentleman becomes obsessed by her and pursues her, though Emmy seeks only to earn an honest living as a maid...
  • Moonstone Angel by Meara Platt

    Moonstone Angel by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    He thought she was a thief, but the only thing she ever stole was his heart...
  • To Experiment with Desire by Emma V. Leech

    To Experiment with Desire by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Girls who dare – Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen. Ten girls – Ten dares in a hat. Who will dare to risk it all? To Experiment with Desire...
  • Highlander Unchained: 1 by Donna Fletcher

    Highlander Unchained: 1 by Donna Fletcher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The infamous warrior Cree is paraded before the village Dowell and though shackled and wounded he walks with arrogant pride, meeting all the curious and fearful stares of the villagers with a fierceness that has them quickly turning their heads away, all but one woman. Dawn cannot keep her eyes off the captured warrior, though tales of his exploits suggests he’s more devil than man...
  • Empowered by the Earl by Alexa Aston

    Empowered by the Earl by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    First sons inherit all. Third sons are promised to the church. Second sons do their duty and serve in the military—unless fate intervenes and turns their lives upside down...
  • Dare To Be Scandalous by Tamara Gill

    Dare To Be Scandalous by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After inheriting a small fortune, Willow Perry has everything she’s ever wanted. Except a husband, that is. But not just any husband will do. She’s looking for a grand love—someone who will challenge and excite her. It’s just her folly that the one man who interests her is a notorious rake. He’s as wild and passionate as Willow is sheltered and staid...
  • Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 4 by Taeko Watanabe

    Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 4 by Taeko Watanabe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Romance between "swordsmen," based on a true-life adventure of a young girl determined to be a part of history.In the 1860s in Japan, a new era is dawning. During this time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the shogunate system...
  • Song of Love by Meara Platt

    Song of Love by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Welcome to more Regency fun and frolic in the romantic, bestselling Book of Love series. Now Violet Farthingale must put The Book of Love to the test to capture Romulus Brayden’s heart.What makes a man fall in love? Violet Farthingale is desperate to know, because she has just been caught in Captain Romulus Brayden’s home with her gown unlaced and his hands too far up her legs to explain away...
  • The Chance of Love by Meara Platt

    The Chance of Love by Meara Platt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    How could someone so buttoned up shoot fire through his blood the way she did? Holly Farthingale is a young widow who hardly knew her husband before he went off to war and met his untimely end. She does not want to go through the pain of that loss again and intends never to marry...
  • Lady Gouldian by Calia Read

    Lady Gouldian by Calia Read

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was just eight-years-old, looking up at the clouds, when Asa Calhoun became my one true love. He was my brother’s best friend. He was stoic and solemn, and always believed everything in life had to be perfect. But I saw past his eccentric mannerisms. I found him fascinating. I was seventeen when I had my debutante ball. Throughout the years, there was a gradual shift between us...
  • The Highland Warlord's Kiss by Donna Fletcher

    The Highland Warlord's Kiss by Donna Fletcher

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some say the Isle of Outerson was once part of the mainland when one day the hands of a giant tore it free and set it adrift where it settled in a large loch. According to the myth the giant continues to reside there protecting the isle and the clan who inhabits it, the fierce Clan Norham. There is one problem though, the giant haunts the keep...
  • A Duke to Seal the Deal: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Tiffany Baton

    A Duke to Seal the Deal: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Tiffany Baton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I’ve never met a woman like you before.”After being a pariah to the ton and her family’s eyes, wallflower Charlotte has no other choice but to trust the promise of a proposal her suitor has written in his letters. But even her last hope crumbles down when he announces his engagement to another…A confident Duke like Luke never expects to be so intrigued by an untamed lady...
  • The Boys of Summer by Chasity Bowlin

    The Boys of Summer by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For the first time in her life, she understood how a woman might be led astray. Playmates during one magical summer on the coast, Clarissa and Gus made a vow to one another: when they were older, when they were both free of the shadows of their neglectful and abusive fathers, they would marry...
  • My Duke's Seduction by Tammy Andresen

    My Duke's Seduction by Tammy Andresen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can her gentle tenacity unlock a duke’s heart? Lady Tricia Riley is the sweet daughter of a duke until her family's ailments force her to breech societies’ dictates and go where no lady should… the docklands. When a tall, strong and handsome stranger helps to keep her safe, she agrees to keep their meeting, secret. She’s no interest in marrying a tall and darkly handsome stranger...
  • Lady Constantine and the Sins of Lord Kilgore by Julie Johnstone

    Lady Constantine and the Sins of Lord Kilgore by Julie Johnstone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the game of love, even a rogue can come undone by his own wicked wager. Callum, the Marquess of Kilgore, long ago accepted that he was no saint. So when he’s offered a shameful bet—to seduce the lady some have dubbed the “Ice Queen” and recover the land he foolishly gambled away—he agrees...
  • Tempting the Broken Duke by Sally Vixen

    Tempting the Broken Duke by Sally Vixen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I will keep to my vow…Not matter how tempting she is.”Rachel is fully aware she will, by all likelihood, remain a spinster. But deep inside, she yearns for her deepest to become a mother…Daniel, the Duke of Elbridge, returned from war a broken man...
  • A Rake's Redemption by Maggie Dallen

    A Rake's Redemption by Maggie Dallen

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Only the wildest woman can ruin a devilish lord... Claire is the dutiful, proper Cleveland sister, and the only one who's not embroiled in a scandal. Until now. With her sister's marriage to an earl, the weight of responsibility to save her family has been lifted from her shoulders, and for the first time in her life Claire is free...
  • More Than a Duke by Christi Caldwell

    More Than a Duke by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Polite Society doesn’t take Lady Anne Adamson seriously. However, Anne isn’t just another pretty young miss. When she discovers her father betrayed her mother’s love and her family descended into poverty, Anne comes up with a plan to marry a respectable, powerful, and honorable gentleman— a man nothing like her philandering father...
  • Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

    Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Fiction book written by author in a series of fiction books. After two years of grueling work for the International Criminal Court in The Hague, an international terrorist incident prompts divorced lawyer Sophie Bellamy to recognize that her work is meaningless without her two children—Max, 12, and Daisy, 19—who are living with their remarried father...
  • Improper by Darcy Burke

    Improper by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "Darcy Burke delivers sensual historical romance infused with charm, wit, intriguing characters and the kind of period details that make the stories come alive." -New York Times Bestselling author Amanda QuickSociety’s most exclusive invitation..
  • To Bed the Baron by Emma V. Leech

    To Bed the Baron by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Girls who dare – Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen. Eleven girls – eleven dares in a hat, twelve passionate stories. Who will dare to risk it all? To Bed the Baron...
  • Never Fool a Duke by Claudia Stone

    Never Fool a Duke by Claudia Stone

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Season of Shakespeare Continues...Miss Violet Havisham is in a bind. Having agreed to help her twin brother disappear from London for a spell, she now finds that his presence is needed by Whitehall, to help them catch a spy. Not only that, but the man who has summoned him, is none other than the formidable Duke of Orsino...
  • Lady Gouldian by Calia Read

    Lady Gouldian by Calia Read

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I was just eight-years-old, looking up at the clouds, when Asa Calhoun became my one true love. He was my brother’s best friend. He was stoic and solemn, and always believed everything in life had to be perfect. But I saw past his eccentric mannerisms. I found him fascinating. I was seventeen when I had my debutante ball. Throughout the years, there was a gradual shift between us...
  • The Wicked Heir by Merry Farmer

    The Wicked Heir by Merry Farmer

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Every guest invited to the house party at Nedworth Hall has a secret.Lady Patience Wycombe has been sent to Nedworth Hall for the summer under protest...
  • Earl of Morrey by Lauren Smith

    Earl of Morrey by Lauren Smith

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Letty Fordyce knows three things about her future husband: Lord Morrey is a dangerous man.He frightens her.She desires him. Adam Beaumont, the Earl of Morrey, is full of dark secrets. His brooding and mysterious allure draws women to him like moths to a flame. But he fears he can never marry, not when his secret life is full of constant dangers...
  • The Wallflower Win by Valerie Bowman

    The Wallflower Win by Valerie Bowman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    She’s a wallflower on a mission to win.Bookish Lady Elizabeth Whitmoreland has no interest in being a debutante. She’d rather immerse herself in the tranquility of a library than dance in a ballroom with some silly fop. But when she overhears a wager being placed on a game of chess, she sees her chance to challenge the ton ’s smuggest rake...
  • Better Than the Beach by Brit Benson

    Better Than the Beach by Brit Benson

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What's better than a sunny beach vacation for my winter break?Maybe being snowed in with a gorgeous stranger….Let’s go to the beach for winter break, my sorority sisters said. It will be a blast, they said. Sand, salt water, hot surfers,and the perfect setting for losing my v-card. What more could I want for the holidays?Well...
  • Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 2 by Taeko Watanabe

    Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 2 by Taeko Watanabe

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Romance between "swordsmen," based on a true-life adventure of a young girl determined to be a part of history.In the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai warriors of all walks of life flock to Kyoto with the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi—a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the Shogunate system...
  • The Vizard Mask by Diana Norman

    The Vizard Mask by Diana Norman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Penitence Hurd and the Plague arrived in London on the same day... Bound up in righteousness as tight as a parcel, she journeys from Puritan America to find her aunt, and steps into a city full of rogues, hell-fire and fleshly pleasures. When she discovers her aunt is running a brothel in St Giles-in-the-Fields, Penitence has no option but to point out the wickedness...
  • To Catch a Viscount by Christi Caldwell

    To Catch a Viscount by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Miss Marcia Collins's cameo-perfect life is destroyed when scandal leaves her standing alone at the altar on her wedding day. Her heart shattered, she decides to embrace her ruined reputation and explore every forbidden pleasure. All she needs is a little help from her long-time friend—and society’s most wicked rogue—Andrew Barrett, Viscount Waters...
  • Earl Crazy by Anna Bradley

    Earl Crazy by Anna Bradley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christopher Egan, heir to the notorious Prestwick Earldom, is one of London’s most scandalous rakes. He’s never credited the gossips’ claim that fate cast an ancient curse on every successive Earl of Prestwick as punishment for their wickedness, but once he inherits the earldom after his infamous uncle’s untimely demise, it looks as if he may be the next to lose his head...
  • Shadows of Scandal  (Guardians of the Bones) by K.J. Jackson

    Shadows of Scandal (Guardians of the Bones) by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    She needs a champion willing to scandalize her. He doesn’t need anyone. Scandal turns into seduction when a not-quite-perfect heiress tangles with a lost son of society...
  • Big Burly Xmas by Erin Havoc

    Big Burly Xmas by Erin Havoc

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My boyfriend cheated on me because I didn’t let him pop my cherry. So I let his father do it.Here’s a there’s a reason I’m twenty-one and still have my V-card. None of the boys I dated made me feel ready. Desired. It turns out I didn’t need a boy. I needed a man.Ryan Wolfe is older, burly, and grumpy. He’s also much taller than me, and I’m not short...
  • Arucard by Barbara Devlin

    Arucard by Barbara Devlin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE. It is the year of Our Lord 1307, and by papal decree, Templar Knight Arucard of Villiers is a hunted man. One of a handful of mariners to escape the Inquisition and Philip the Fair’s treachery, Arucard sets sail for England, where good King Edward II has outlawed torture...
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