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  • Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman

    Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 38 ratings
    Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom and marriage with a sister of the English king, Henry III. A charismatic, obstinate leader, Simon soon lost patience with the king's incompetence and inability to keep his word, and found himself the champion of the common people...
  • 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...
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  • The Leviathan: The Blackchurch Guild: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    The Leviathan: The Blackchurch Guild: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Welcome to Book One in the exciting and diverse new series, The Blackchurch Guild: The Shadow Knights.Medieval England’s most elite training guild.The Blackchurch Guild is an elite knight training school. Men, and even women, are accepted into the program if they prove themselves worthy. Different from most training arenas in England, candidates don’t have to be from wealthy families...
    Categorized as:
    medieval  m-f  historical  highlander  vikings  audiobook
  • Charming Artemis by Sarah M. Eden

    Charming Artemis by Sarah M. Eden

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 23 ratings
    Charlie Jonquil is mild-mannered and kind—except when it comes to his one true adversary, Artemis Lancaster. Though Charlie has a brilliant mind for mathematics, Artemis poses a problem he can’t seem to comprehend: how can one be so lovely and so infuriating? A party in London brings him into the company of the maddening young lady, and it is clear that Charlie’s disdain is mutual...
  • The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The Son She Loved. The Betrayal She Faced. The Legend She Became. The stunning conclusion to the Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogyImprisoned by her husband. Separated from her children. If King Henry II thought these things would push his queen into submission, he was wrong. Eleanor of Aquitaine refused to give into his tyranny. Freed by his death, she became dowager Queen of England...
  • WolfeBorn: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    WolfeBorn: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Patrick de Wolfe’s (Nighthawk) youngest son, Titus, is front and center in this rip-roaring Medieval Romance that will have you on the edge of your seat!When a de Wolfe mates, he mates for life. And when he falls for a woman, he falls harder than most. But when a scorned woman is involved, anything can happen…And usually does...
  • The Black Dragon by Kathryn Le Veque

    The Black Dragon by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Get ready for another passionate adventure from the Executioner Knights universe. It’s a battle for true love in this stunning and diverse Medieval epic set in Plantagenet England.Welcome to the world of THE BLACK DRAGON!Addax al-Kort was not born in England...
  • The Last House in Lambton by Grace Gibson, Debbie Styne

    The Last House in Lambton by Grace Gibson, Debbie Styne

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Does it ever stop raining in Lambton?Darcy and Bingley depart Netherfield Park, leaving Elizabeth Bennet acutely aware of the monotony of her life. Seeking a reprieve, she volunteers to serve as temporary companion to Mrs. Gardiner’s elderly aunt who lives in Lambton...
  • Starless by Kathryn Le Veque

    Starless by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You met Achilles and Susanna in Book Two of the Executioner Knights series – and sparks flew! Now, read their endearing and touching love story in ‘Starless’! The third Executioner Knight is in for a world of trouble… Achilles de Dere is a stubborn knight prone to fighting - anywhere, anytime. If there is a punch to be thrown, it's usually from Achilles...
    Categorized as:
    medieval  m-f  highlander  historical  audiobook
  • The Black Storm by Kathryn Le Veque

    The Black Storm by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A powerful knight who has served two kings becomes a tournament champion, but will a meddlesome woman and a wicked opponent bring him the greatest defeat of his life?Will the lady he loves with his entire being slip through his fingers?Ridge de Reyne (from The Red Fury) served both Henry III and Alexander, King of Scotland, but royal appointments were ultimately not the life he wanted...
  • The Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. White

    The Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. White

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In this gripping World War II historical about the power of words, two people form an unlikely friendship amid the Nazi occupation in Paris and fight to preserve the truth that enemies of freedom long to destroy.Paris, 1940. Ever since the Nazi Party began burning books, German writers exiled for their opinions or heritage have been taking up residence in Paris...
  • Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard… It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together.At least not in 1884.Or in the small town where she’s settled.Or anywhere else.It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has...
  • The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Following early beginnings as a knight in the English royal household and a champion of the tourneys, William Marshal's prowess and loyalty have been rewarded by the hand in marriage of Isabelle de Clare, heiress to great estates in England, Normandy and Ireland...
  • Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman

    Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The long-awaited sequel to Sharon Kay Penman's acclaimed novel When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chancerecounts the tempestuous marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II in a magnificent story of love, power, ambition-and betrayal. He was nineteen when they married, she eleven years his senior, newly divorced from the King of France...
  • Winter of Solace by Kathryn Le Veque

    Winter of Solace by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caius d'Avignon, the knight known as The Britannia Viper, finds himself on the opposite side of William Marshal... and the Executioner Knights are caught in the middle... Welcome to another Executioner Knights' tale! When Caius d’Avignon is sent north at the request of a cousin of William Marshal to help in a dispute between neighbors, Caius couldn’t have imagined how his life would change...
  • A Michaelmas Truce by Mary Kingswood

    A Michaelmas Truce by Mary Kingswood

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And the sons and daughters caught in the middle.Madge Paton has been the mainstay of the Fletcher household for a quarter of a century, and even though her role managing the household and raising the children has been usurped by Harry Fletcher’s new wife, there’s still work to be done for a spinster aunt...
  • Katherine by Anya Seton

    Katherine by Anya Seton

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 50 ratings
    This classic romance novel tells the true story of the love affair that changed history—that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family...
  • An Autumn Courtship by Mary Kingswood

    An Autumn Courtship by Mary Kingswood

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And the sons and daughters caught in the middle.Johnny Fletcher is exactly where he wants to be - a Fellow at Cambridge, with a lifetime of scholarly pursuits in front of him. He’s not allowed to marry, but he has no need for a wife when he has his books for company...
    Categorized as:
    christian  m-f  historical  regency  audiobook
  • Mine Is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs

    Mine Is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    SHE LOST EVERYTHING SHE LOVED. HE HAD EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED. BUT COULD SHE FIND THE COURAGE TO TRUST HIM? Stepping from a battered coach on a rainy April eve, newly widowed Elisabeth Kerr must begin again, without husband or title, property or fortune...
  • A Spring Dance by Mary Kingswood

    A Spring Dance by Mary Kingswood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And the sons and daughters caught in the middle.Will Fletcher is the eldest son and heir to the family fortune, and although his father is reluctant to relinquish his roots in trade, Will is more than happy to become a gentleman...
  • A Winter Chase by Mary Kingswood

    A Winter Chase by Mary Kingswood

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And the sons and daughters caught in the middle.Julia Fletcher is the unimportant daughter of the Fletcher family, with neither beauty nor wit nor accomplishments, but always in a scrape. Somehow she never manages to get through the day without breaking or spilling or tearing something...
  • The Knight and the Dove by Lori Wick

    The Knight and the Dove by Lori Wick

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Eager to secure a permanent loyalty from this promising young knight, King Henry commands Bracken to marry into one of the crown's most loyal families. But Lord Vincent's oldest daughter, the beautiful yet deceitful Marigold, scorns the king's edict. She will never marry a lowly earl. Now Vincent must call his beloved Megan from the abbey and send her to Hawkings Crest to wed...
  • WolfeBite: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    WolfeBite: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Leonidas de Wolfe is the son of a diplomat… but every inch the grandson of William de Wolfe.Beware of the wolfe BITE in the ultimate enemies-to-lovers romantic tale!As the son of Edward de Wolfe, Henry III and Edward I’s greatest diplomat, Leonidas has been in the heart of England’s politics since the beginning of his career...
    Categorized as:
    medieval  m-f  ancient times  historical  audiobook
  • Miss Desirable by Grace Burrowes

    Miss Desirable by Grace Burrowes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Miss Catherine Fairchild spent much of her life haring about the globe with her diplomat parents, though she grasped at a young age that as a legitimate by-blow, her social standing among Polite Society would be marginal at best...
  • A Match for a Willful Bride by Tess Thompson

    A Match for a Willful Bride by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Whale Island’s nurse has no use for a doctor or a husband. He’s fresh out of medical school with no prospects. Will an interfering mother, two matchmakers and some divine intervention make lovers of these enemies?EllaI didn’t want him here. I’d do anything to get rid of him. Sabotage his practice. Make sure the islanders knew he was not to be trusted...
  • Lyon Eyes by Lynne Connolly

    Lyon Eyes by Lynne Connolly

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Enter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves.Heiress to a fortune, Jenny Hambling needs a husband, before she is made to marry a man she despises...
  • Not a Chance in Hell by Emily E.K. Murdoch

    Not a Chance in Hell by Emily E.K. Murdoch

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Lady Lilianna Chance, daughter of the Marquess of Aylesbury, has a high opinion of herself, her looks, her reputation, and her family, and thus she plans to make a stupendous match. Falling into the arms of a reprobate was not the plan...
  • Dauntless by Tamara Leigh

    Dauntless by Tamara Leigh

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    THE D’ARGENTS. IT ALL BEGAN WITH A WOMAN…TOO.Medieval Normandy. Before William the Conqueror conquered, there was the family D’Argent. And a marriage alliance destined to give rise to England’s formidable Wulfriths.BEHOLD THE VICTORThe day Godfroi D’Argent defeats his brother in a contest of arms, he gains his family’s lands. And a less than desirable bride...
  • 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...
  • The Devil of Helburn by the Sea by Rebecca Ruger

    The Devil of Helburn by the Sea by Rebecca Ruger

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sparks fly when the mighty Caelen MacGaren meets Julia Caverhill when his army takes refuge inside her family’s stronghold. The green-eyed lass stirs long-dead fires inside him, but cruel manipulations work to keep them apart. Caelen wakes one morning, recalling only flashes and snippets of the splendid night passed, believing it had been Julia with whom he’d shared such passion...
  • A Groom for Agatha by Parker J. Cole

    A Groom for Agatha by Parker J. Cole

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A widow woman wanting to save her farm, an honorable man with the means to save it, the forbidden love that may save them both.Agatha Waters has embraced widowhood after she loses her husband of twenty years. She had a wonderful marriage and isn't greedy for more. When the pastor of Last Chance forces the women to send for new spouses, she does so reluctantly...
  • The Longing by Tamara Leigh

    The Longing by Tamara Leigh

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In The Unveiling, The Yielding, The Redeeming, and The Kindling, the lives of the formidable Wulfrith family unfold during Duke Henry’s battle for the English throne and his succession. The fifth book in the series, The Longing, belongs to the last Wulfrith brother, the enigmatic Sir Everard, and the much maligned Lady Susanna de Balliol...
  • Lord of Winter by Kathryn Le Veque

    Lord of Winter by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    1187 A.D. - The call him the Great Defender. As Richard the Lionheart's most powerful general, Sir Juston de Royans is as moody as he is skilled. Reminiscent of the ancient warrior Achilles, Juston fights when it is necessary, instead choosing to command the powerful men beneath him...
  • Fearless by Tamara Leigh

    Fearless by Tamara Leigh

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    THE WULFRITHS. IT ALL BEGAN WITH A WOMAN.A battle. A crown. The conqueror. The conquered. Medieval England—forever changed by the Battle of Hastings. And the rise of the formidable Wulfriths.A CAPTIVE NORMANSir Guarin D’Argent knew the danger of allowing a woman to turn him from his purpose, and yet he answered her cry across a bloody battlefield...
  • The Vexing by Tamara Leigh

    The Vexing by Tamara Leigh

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    USA Today best-seller Tamara Leigh returns to the medieval Age of Faith series with a romance three years in the making—Sir Durand’s tale. A VEXING LADY Answering her father’s summons to return home, Lady Beata Fauvel must evade capture by noblemen who seek to wed a great heiress...
  • Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows by Sigrid Undset

    Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows by Sigrid Undset

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The initial volume in the Nobel Prize–winning author’s tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway—the first new English translation in nearly a century As a child, Olav Audunssøn is given by his dying father to an old friend, Steinfinn Toressøn, who rashly promises to raise the boy as his foster son and eventually marry him to his own daughter, Ingunn...
  • Forever Betrothed, Never the Bride by Christi Caldwell

    Forever Betrothed, Never the Bride by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Hopeless romantic, Lady Emmaline Fitzhugh, is tired of sitting with the wallflowers, waiting for her betrothed to come to his senses and marry her. When Emmaline reads one too many reports of his scandalous liaisons in the gossip rags, she takes matters into her own hands...
  • The Redeeming by Tamara Leigh

    The Redeeming by Tamara Leigh

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    IN THE EYES OF THE CHURCH AND MEN, HERS IS NO SMALL SIN Lady Gaenor Wulfrith is a woman scorned—and now King Henry’s pawn. After three broken betrothals, she is ordered to wed her family’s enemy, a man she has never met and has good reason to fear...
  • Boundless by Tamara Leigh

    Boundless by Tamara Leigh

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    THE WULFRITHS. IT ALL BEGAN WITH A WOMANA battle. A crown. The conqueror. The conquered. Medieval England—forever changed by the Battle of Hastings. And the rise of the formidable Wulfriths...
  • DANGEROUS: A Medieval Romance by Tamara Leigh

    DANGEROUS: A Medieval Romance by Tamara Leigh

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The late middle ages. England’s king seeks to recover the French lands of his ancestor William the Conqueror and claim the continental throne. France’s king aspires to seize the remainder of his royal vassal’s lands and retain his throne. So begins the Hundred Years’ War, the backdrop against which the formidable Wulfriths of the AGE OF CONQUEST and AGE OF FAITH series continue their tale...
  • The Avenger of Castle Wick by Rebecca Ruger

    The Avenger of Castle Wick by Rebecca Ruger

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a Highlands’ castle is besieged by Scottish armies loyal to the English crown, the call to war is answered by many advocates of Scots’ freedom. Austin Merrick, a skilled and respected lieutenant of his father’s army rises to the challenge, as does Fiona Rose and her ragtag group of soldiers, what remains of the Roses, the Merricks’ longtime enemy in the north...
  • The Shameless Flirt by M.A. Nichols

    The Shameless Flirt by M.A. Nichols

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 7 ratings
    A rogue with a silver tongue. A spinster with an iron heart. Ambrose Ashbrook has spent his life hiding. Even his family see nothing but the roguish facade he has carefully crafted to conceal the secret burdening his heart. But when he finds an abandoned infant, all his pretenses are upended with one look at her dimpled smile...
  • Nameless by Tamara Leigh

    Nameless by Tamara Leigh

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    THE WULFRITHS. IT ALL BEGAN WITH A WOMAN. A battle. A crown. The conqueror. The conquered. Medieval England—forever changed by the Battle of Hastings. And the rise of the formidable Wulfriths...
  • The Icy Highlander’s Bride: A Highlanders Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan

    The Icy Highlander’s Bride: A Highlanders Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Do ye want me to chop off his hand for touchin’ ye?”To avoid unwanted attention, Lana claims the scariest guest in the ceilidh as her betrothed...only to end up really marrying the warrior in the eye patch.Cold-hearted Laird Daniel's only motive is duty. So he can't deny the sweet lass his protection. But needing a wife to raise his daughter, he truly makes her his…Or so he thinks...
  • Twins for Mr. Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by J. Dawn King, Christina Boyd

    Twins for Mr. Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by J. Dawn King, Christina Boyd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Duty brought them together. Love made them stay.After tragedy strikes, Fitzwilliam Darcy becomes the caretaker of not just one, buttwo orphaned children of Charles and Jane Bingley, along with their determinedand devoted aunt, Miss Elizabeth Bennet.Elizabeth is resolved to protect the babies at any cost—even if it means joiningforces with the most disagreeable man of her acquaintance, Mr. Darcy...
  • The Sisters of Corinth by Angela Elwell Hunt

    The Sisters of Corinth by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Angela Hunt takes her craft to new heights--and depths--as she fully immerses us in the lives and struggles of first-century followers of Yeshua."--Tamera Alexander, bestselling author on The Woman from LydiaWhen the new provincial governor arrives in Corinth, the esteemed Chief Magistrate Narkis Ligus, father to Mariana and Prima, is delighted...
  • While Angels Slept by Kathryn Le Veque

    While Angels Slept by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    1139 A.D. – When her husband perishes in a skirmish, the Lady Cantia du Bexley Penden is distraught. Her husband was assisting the mighty Viscount Winterton in the battle for the throne between Empress Matilda and Stephen of Blois, caught, like most men, in a vicious struggle for the rightful ruler of England...
  • Baron of Emberly by Tamara Leigh

    Baron of Emberly by Tamara Leigh

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A WARRIOR DANGEROUSLY IN CONTROL England, 1334 ~ In the second book of The Feud series, Baron Magnus Verdun is a warrior whose handsome face gives little indication of the darkness he struggles to contain...
  • Shadowmoor by Kathryn Le Veque

    Shadowmoor by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    1236 A.D. - Daniel de Lohr, son of David de Lohr (STEELHEART, RISE OF THE DEFENDER, ARCHANGEL, UNENDING LOVE), is a highly trained knight of the highest order from one of the finest families in England. But he is also a wanderer, a gypsy, who prefers to travel rather than be tied down to one castle, one lord, or even one woman...
  • Lady Luck and the Lyon by Chasity Bowlin

    Lady Luck and the Lyon by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Enter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves.Kissing her had been a terrible miscalculation on his part...
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