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  • The Snow Orphan’s Destiny by Daisy Carter

    The Snow Orphan’s Destiny by Daisy Carter

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As the snow falls and secrets swirl around her, Penny is torn between two worlds. Does a gift hold the key to her past, and will her true destiny bring her the happiness she longs for?FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED.Penny Frost understands that she’s had an unusual start in life. Taken in by a kind-hearted woman, she becomes part of the close-knit Bevan family of Sketty Lane...
  • An Orphan's Christmas Dream by Rosie Darling

    An Orphan's Christmas Dream by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the workhouse, little orphan Holly Green dreamed of a Christmas filled with roast beef and plum pudding. But Holly's beautiful Christmas dream was soon to contort into a cruel nightmare.One snowy Christmas Eve, two vulnerable little girls run away from the harsh workhouse, into the unknown and unforgiving world that was Victorian London...
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  • The Revelation by Beverly Lewis

    The Revelation by Beverly Lewis

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    ABRAM'S DAUGHTERS introduces readers to an Old Order family, a close-knit community and a devout people whose way of life and faith in God is as timeless as their signature horse and buggy. Set against the backdrop of post-World War II, this compelling saga spans three generations of a Lancaster County Amish family...
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    christian  amish  historical  clean  length-epic
  • Vagabonds by Josephine Cox

    Vagabonds by Josephine Cox

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A beautiful historical novel of survival, love, and redemption It is 1885 and Emma Grady has returned to her home town of Blackburn and been reunited with her lover Marlow. Now married, with a beautiful home, loving husband and wonderful son, she is still haunted by the past, unable to forget the cruelty of her uncle Caleb Crowther, who ignored her pleas to save her and her tragic first-born...
  • Seek Me with All Your Heart by Beth Wiseman

    Seek Me with All Your Heart by Beth Wiseman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    What would cause the Amish to move to Colorado, leaving family and friends behind? Some Amish are making the trek to Colorado for cheaper land. Others are fleeing strict bishops with long memories. For Emily Detweiler and her family, the move is more personal. Tragedy struck Emily in Ohio, shaking loose everything she believed was firm, including her faith...
  • The Christmas Orphan by Rosie Darling

    The Christmas Orphan by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After her father’s sudden death little Jane Walker had been forced to sell flowers on the London streets to the wealthy in order to make ends meet. At the end of each day she would return to the terrible streets of Whitechapel where her heavily pregnant mother awaited her return...
  • The Prodigal by Beverly Lewis

    The Prodigal by Beverly Lewis

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Book 4 in the bestselling Abram's Daughters series. The compelling and continuing chronicle of Abram Ebersol's family, beginning in the mid1940s, moves forward in time and scope to the late 50s. The devout Ebersols have faced sometimes painful divisions and separationsif not geographical, those of the heart...
    Categorized as:
    amish  christian  historical  clean  length-medium
  • The Asylum Daughter by Rosie Darling

    The Asylum Daughter by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Born in the dark horrors of the Victorian Bedlam, Beth Thursday was a no-one. An inconsequential inconvenience.After eight years of dreaming of an unknown mother rescuing her from the workhouse, Beth is unexpectedly liberated to become an apprentice in Mr Whitaker's tailor's shop...
  • A Proper Scoundrel by Esther Hatch

    A Proper Scoundrel by Esther Hatch

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    As the successful owner of multiple railroad lines, Diana Barton is all too accustomed to fending off suitors seeking to stake their claim on her wealth. In order to keep the wolves at bay, Diana has contrived the perfect plan: appeal to the most notorious rake in London, the Baron Lord Bryant, to ruin her reputation and scare off the worst of the time wasters...
  • Alley Urchin by Josephine Cox

    Alley Urchin by Josephine Cox

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A captivating historical romance of revenge, hatred, lust and true love It is 1870 and Emma Grady has spent seven years of servitude as a convict in Australia. Now, having earned her ticket-of-leave, she is held by chains of honour and friendship...
  • The Orphan's Scandal by Jessica Weir

    The Orphan's Scandal by Jessica Weir

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Will the sins of the mother condemn the daughter to a life of loss?Heartwarming saga romance FREE on Kindle Unlimited. London, 1879. At just 13 years old, Florence Smith's life will change forever. Losing almost everything, she must grow up quickly and hope that a secret scandal does not come back to haunt her...
  • A Family for Gracie by Amy Lillard

    A Family for Gracie by Amy Lillard

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For the Amish of Pontotoc, Mississippi, faith and family are everything—even when they pose the greatest challenge . . .   Gracie Glick is known for being the helpful one, always available for a relative in need. But now that she’s longing for a home and family of her own, it’s time to help herself. With few eligible men in Pontotoc, Gracie’s choices, and her time, are limited...
  • The Nabob's Daughter by Jess Heileman

    The Nabob's Daughter by Jess Heileman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’ll do anything to escape an arranged marriage. He’ll do anything to help her.Honora Crauford relishes her life in India...
  • Orphan Christmas Miracle: Historical Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Orphan Christmas Miracle: Historical Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will little Mae ever experience the miracle she prays for and once again meet the boy who gave her hope so many years before…Mae Chester, the Christmas miracle girl, loses her parents at a very tender age and is reluctantly received by her loveless uncle. Cold and unforgiving, he makes no secret of his disdain for the waiflike child...
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    victorian  christian  historical  length-long
  • The Sacrifice by Beverly Lewis

    The Sacrifice by Beverly Lewis

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Abram's Daughters book 3, the sequel to the bestselling The Betrayal. This powerful family saga features four Amish courting-age sisters growing up in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, beginning in the 1940s...
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    amish  christian  historical  clean  length-medium
  • The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano

    The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    Focused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1859 when she discovers a never-opened love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. Compelled to find the passionate soul who penned it and the person who never received it, she takes a job as a nurse at the seaside estate of Crestwicke Manor...
  • The Orphan of Howdall Heights by Catharine Dobbs

    The Orphan of Howdall Heights by Catharine Dobbs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Help me! Mother, Father, help me!” she cried, coughing and clutching at her throat. No help came… Tragedy strikes and snatches away Victoria Curzon from the peace and tranquillity of her family home.With her young life in ruins, a new world, miles away from everything familiar, is forced upon her...
  • The Betrayal by Beverly Lewis

    The Betrayal by Beverly Lewis

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Beautifully Repackaged: "The Betrayal" and "The Sacrifice " In "The Betrayal," Leah Ebersol and her beloved Jonas Mast are separated by hundreds of miles when he accepts an apprenticeship in Ohio. They are confident their love is strong enough to survive, but more than time and distance are conspiring to keep them apart...
    Categorized as:
    christian  amish  historical  clean  length-epic
  • The Workhouse Daughter by Rosie Darling

    The Workhouse Daughter by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Work hard and avoid the workhouse her Papa had always told her. But Papa was dead, and now six-year-old Amelia Gladstone was living in her darkest dreams. Life would have been unbearable if it weren’t for Robert Merriweather, a fellow workhouse orphan, who had more than a touch of daring and adventure about him...
  • Saltwick River Orphan: Historical Victorian Saga by Dolly Price

    Saltwick River Orphan: Historical Victorian Saga by Dolly Price

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Drugged and supposedly drowned by the mother who should have loved her, 6-year-old Gwendoline is dredged from the Saltwick River. Poverty-stricken but rich in love Mr. and Mrs. Paul love the tiny child as their own until hard times and tragedy drive them to the workhouse...
  • Covenant Child by Terri Blackstock

    Covenant Child by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Amanda’s heart broke as she watched them drive her beloved twins away. She resolved to hope . . . and to fight for them to her last breath. Kara and Lizzie are heiresses to one of the largest fortunes in the country...
  • The Lost Daughter by Iris Cole

    The Lost Daughter by Iris Cole

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Clary only wanted to find her mother. She couldn’t know the terrible price she would pay.Clary’s home is the foundling hospital where she has lived since birth. When a terrible tragedy occurs, Clary is blamed and thrown to the streets with her only possession - a token, left by her birth mother...
  • The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep

    The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What Can a London Opera Star and an Escaped Dartmoor Prisoner Have in Common?   Opera star Maggie Lee escapes her opulent lifestyle when threatened by a powerful politician who aims to ruin her life. She runs off to the wilds of the moors to live in anonymity. All that changes the day she discovers a half-dead man near her house...
  • The Cotton Mill Girl by Rosie Darling

    The Cotton Mill Girl by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The mill was set to break Lottie. Heston mill had already broken so many young lives, robbed innocents of digits and limbs, snuffed out the light behind so many eyes, all without a glimmer of remorse. Such was life for thousands in Victorian England. Why should Lottie be any different? But the mill was Lottie’s World; she knew nothing else...
  • The Pit Brow Sisters by Hope Dawson

    The Pit Brow Sisters by Hope Dawson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The sweet and heartbreaking Victorian romance saga of a young woman who loses nearly her entire family in the coal mines of Lancashire – FREE to read with Kindle Unlimited. Jenny Swift is born into a coal mining family in the north of England. As the eldest daughter, it's her responsibility to look after her three siblings. A duty that doesn't always sit well with her...
  • Though Mountains Fall by Dale Cramer

    Though Mountains Fall by Dale Cramer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Unique Amish Historical from a Bestselling, Award-Winning Author Amish pacifism is sorely tested in the Paradise Valley settlement in the 1920s. When an army of bandits descends on them, the Amish are saved by the last-minute arrival of government troops. But they soon learn that soldiers can be as cruel as the bandits themselves...
    Categorized as:
    amish  christian  historical  clean  length-medium
  • Like a Bee to Honey by Jennifer Beckstrand

    Like a Bee to Honey by Jennifer Beckstrand

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Affectionately dubbed The Honeybee Sisters in their Wisconsin Amish community, the three Christner girls are devoted beekeepers who are coming-of-age—and discovering the sweet surprise of love…   Shy, skittish Rose Christner is more comfortable tending to the beehives on the family farm and keeping her aunt’s unruly cats in line than attending social gatherings with the rest of the die...
  • The Marquess' Angel by Julia Sinclair

    The Marquess' Angel by Julia Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone knows that good missionary girls are plain and dull.  And that's just the way Blythe likes it!  . Lady Blythe Dennings has craved adventure her entire life, but due to her relation to the powerful Carrow family, there was no way she was going to get it. So... she became a missionary...
  • The Toymaker's Daughter by Rosie Darling

    The Toymaker's Daughter by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Guilty.” Sixteen-year-old Anne Besant was thrust into the role of mother, father, and bread-winner to her young siblings when her father was incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit. She battles to save the little shop where her father crafted the toys of children's dreams...
  • Two Steps Forward by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Two Steps Forward by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    Back and broke in Stoney Ridge, Jimmy Fisher has coasted as long as he could through life on charm, good looks, and deep-set dimples. They always worked just fine for him--until they didn't. His smile has no effect on the violet-eyed beauty he met at the Bent N' Dent, the one with that stunning horse. She's offered him a job, but nothing else...
  • The Orphans of Warrenby Mill by Catharine Dobbs

    The Orphans of Warrenby Mill by Catharine Dobbs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FREE with Kindle UnlimitedThe ominous letter arrives… and what of its repercussions for Warrenby Mill?When fate delivers a series of terrible blows, Veronica must first look out for her brother and sister.Outrageous. Perilous. Disheartening.These are their living conditions for several years, abandoned and alone with few options to consider...
  • Jeb's Wife by Patricia Johns

    Jeb's Wife by Patricia Johns

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Patricia Johns’ sensitive storytelling brings depth and heart to this tender story of second chances, as an Amish woman embarks on marriage with the gruff farmer next door . . .   Once, Leah Riehl prayed for a husband. The man she loved chose another, wanting the children that Leah can’t provide...
  • The Lost Orphan of Cheapside: Victorian Romance by Dolly Price

    The Lost Orphan of Cheapside: Victorian Romance by Dolly Price

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caroline is an orphan. Vulnerable and passed from family member to family member until the fateful day she disappears in Surrey Gardens.No one could imagine the hell this innocent girl would now endure at the hands of her kidnappers. All hope seems lost until Arthur stumbles through the doors of the Lanyard Arms...
  • A Lady in Attendance by Rachel Fordham

    A Lady in Attendance by Rachel Fordham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Five years in a New York state reformatory have left a blemish on Hazel's real name. So when she takes a job as Doctor Gilbert Watts's lady in attendance in 1898, she does so under an alias. In the presence of her quiet and pious employer, Hazel finds more than an income. She finds a friend and a hope that if she can set her tarnished past in order, she might have a future after all...
  • The Christmas Convent Child: A Warm PureRead Christmas by Dolly Price

    The Christmas Convent Child: A Warm PureRead Christmas by Dolly Price

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After her parents die in a suspicious boating accident little Eliza is abandoned by her uncaring, unscrupulous guardians. If not for the love of the nuns in the convent she would surely have died. Little did she know that her coming of age would throw her back into peril when, after so many years, her scheming guardians reappear to kidnap and incarcerate her...
  • The Blind Sibling by Hope Dawson

    The Blind Sibling by Hope Dawson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “When you have no more hope left, sometimes you have to join forces with the enemy to survive.”Lizzie White is so happy when her baby sister is born in their gloomy dwelling in the Seven Dials slum of Victorian London. Even when it turns out that little Annie will never be able to see in her life. But then cruel fate decides to serve the girls an even rougher hand...
  • The Twelve Thieves of Christmas by Rosie Darling

    The Twelve Thieves of Christmas by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On the snowy streets of Victorian London, twelve orphans steal to survive. But they soon find that Christmas isn't always filled with festive cheer. Jack and Mary are orphaned and alone on the streets of London. When Maggie rescues them from a certain road to the hangman and takes them into her care, they see her as the mother they lost too early...
  • The Hangman's Daughter by Rosie Darling

    The Hangman's Daughter by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unlike many in London, Grace had an idyllic childhood. Until she came to understand how her father earned his living. Then she realised that danger would stalk her for the rest of her life, as the bitter desire for revenge never leaves shattered hearts."Always keep them calm," her father, Llewellyn, had mysteriously told his friend...
  • The Match Girl & The Lost Boy's Christmas Hope by Dolly Price

    The Match Girl & The Lost Boy's Christmas Hope by Dolly Price

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her parents disappear into the curious, uncaring crowd. They never return... Will Rose find a safe haven in the dark underworld of London's Victorian streets?Despite the helping hand of a young stranger, her parents are gone, and Rose is left alone among throngs of visitors at the Crystal Palace Exhibition...
  • Secretly Yours, My Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Emma Linfield

    Secretly Yours, My Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Emma Linfield

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “With you, I have found a missing piece of myself I never knew was gone”Lady Felicity knows her place. She must dazzle and charm, find a rich and powerful husband, and save her family. That is her purpose, that is her duty. Even if it is not her desire.Cold, calculating, and strategic, Benjamin has always been a military man...
  • The Duke and His Wallflower: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Tiffany Baton

    The Duke and His Wallflower: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Tiffany Baton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “I have spent every day regretting the answer that I gave you.”The Follet family has never abided by societal rules. Which might explain why Lady Emma is still unmarried, and with no prospects whatsoever. Until her bossy aunt decides to intervene, and promises she will see her married by the end of the season, even if she has to make the match herself...
  • The Stone Picker's Christmas Promise by Iris Cole

    The Stone Picker's Christmas Promise by Iris Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An unwanted child sold for profit, a criminal who cares nothing for those he hurts and a Christmas promise that seems impossible to keep.Lily Pearse is sold by her vicious aunt to the unscrupulous Owen Shaw where she is forced to endure deadly work picking stones in the muddy waters of the Fen marshes...
  • The Abandoned Prodigy by Catharine Dobbs

    The Abandoned Prodigy by Catharine Dobbs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FREE with Kindle Unlimited“Whatever happens to you, my darling child, let it be known that I love you, and will always love you with all my heart,” she whispered, laying the baby on the steps of the college…No one knows the baby’s true identity. Who left her there and what became of them?Right from a young age, Peggy always was inquisitive...
  • Workhouse Girl's Christmas Dream: Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Workhouse Girl's Christmas Dream: Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cruel Christmas tragedy. A soldier saved by the actions of a little girl. One woman’s determined journey from helpless rags to the rich arms of love…Amanda Wood adored her father. Until that awful Christmas day when he was taken.But the Victorian world and workhouse care little for a poor girl’s heartbreak. Even less for her dreams of freedom...
  • Her Mystery of a Marquess: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Emma Linfield

    Her Mystery of a Marquess: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Emma Linfield

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I fear I am selfish enough to want you for myself.”With her family in dire financial need, Joanna Brooks knows it falls on her to rectify the situation...
  • The Ragged Seamstress by Faye Godwin

    The Ragged Seamstress by Faye Godwin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As a parlour maid, Blanche Eplett is invisible to everyone in her life … except for Ludwig Turner, the rakishly handsome master of the house. When Ludwig’s interest in Blanche becomes something more amorous, she finds herself pregnant with his child and soon gives birth to a little girl named May. At first, Ludwig is there to care for them both...
  • The Ragged Slum Princess by Hope Dawson

    The Ragged Slum Princess by Hope Dawson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When her father’s secret brings ruin to the entire family, Abbie soon finds herself battling far greater threats than poverty. In the eyes of their neighbours, life appeared to be good for the Lee family. Henry and Mary Lee always worked hard, so they could afford to buy the very best for their two daughters, Abbie and Jane...
  • Whispers of Change: Inspirational Amish Romance by Samantha Price

    Whispers of Change: Inspirational Amish Romance by Samantha Price

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All the Baker girls are home to help with Debbie's wedding. But the reunion isn't just about the wedding preparations. Old memories resurface, unresolved feelings stir, and the tight-knit bond of the Baker sisters is tested as never before...
    Categorized as:
    amish  christian  contemporary  historical
  • The Crofter's Daughter by Catharine Dobbs

    The Crofter's Daughter by Catharine Dobbs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I’ll never forget ye, Father, ” she vowed as she closed her eyes… Hannah McGinn lives a simple life as the daughter of a crofter, high on the moors above the Balmoral estate in Scotland. But the arrival of royal interests brings tragedy to their once peaceful lives. When her father dies in a terrible accident, Hannah and her family struggle to cope...
  • The Song of Sourwood Mountain by Ann H. Gabhart

    The Song of Sourwood Mountain by Ann H. Gabhart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    While the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean's hopes of being a wife and mother are dashed to pieces. Her fiancé dead from tuberculosis, Mira resigns herself to being a spinster schoolteacher--until Gordon Covington shows up. No longer the boy she knew from school, Gordon is now a preacher who is full of surprises...
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