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The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty
Outlander-meets-The Princess Bride plus Camelot in a fresh, big-hearted, feminist, timeslip adventure reimagining the epic saga of King Arthur, as told from the perspective of his spunky and surprising queen, Vera – complete with time travel and good running shoes! Vera always knew she didn’t fit in... -
A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon
Available for the first time as an exclusive eBook in this original Outlander novella, Diana Gabaldon reveals what really happened to Roger MacKenzie Wakefield’s parents. Orphaned during World War II, Roger believed that his mother died during the London Blitz, and that his father, an RAF pilot, was killed in combat. But in An Echo in the Bone, Roger discovers that this may not be the whole story... -
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The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon
Joan MacKimmie is on her way to Paris to take up her vocation as a nun. Yet her decision is less a matter of faith than fear, for Joan is plagued by mysterious voices that speak of the future, and by visions that mark those about to die. The sanctuary of the nunnery promises respite from these unwanted visitations . . . or so she prays... -
Miners of the Mystics by Penny Moss
Deep in the mountain where magic and mining coincide, penniless Oliver enlists as a Miner of the Mystics. The dream is unfathomable riches, the risk is injury or even death. A risk worth taking for just a glance at Sentinel Tau, an otherworldly being tasked with protecting the mountain’s inhabitants. Oliver’s luck plummets when he suffers a magical curse... -
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A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 1 by Spice&Kitty
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA full-color fantasy comic/webtoon of romance, drama, and second chances... -
The Wedding by L.L. Muir, Diane Darcy
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe long-anticipated finale. .. No matter how long they've waited and how carefully they've planned, Soni and Simon's wedding was never going to be typical, especially with so many witches, former ghosts, and who-knows-what on the guest-list. And that doesn't include Soni's recently returned uncle Wickham who might literally be immortal...Categorized as:
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The Hourglass by Tracy Rees
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 29 ratings2014. Sensible Nora has always taken success for granted, until suddenly her life begins to fall apart. Troubled by anxiety and nightmares, she finds herself drawn to the sweeping beaches of Tenby, a place she's only been once before. Together with a local girl she rents a beautiful townhouse and slowly begins to settle in to her new life...Categorized as:
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Embark by K.M. Shea
With the long awaited arrival of the Round Table, Britt introduces questing and a code of honor to her young knights. While Britt tries to sneak off on the first Order of the Round Table quest with Sir Gawain, King Pellinore, and the newly knighted Sir Tor, Merlin receives word of a threat against Britt’s life coming from the north...Categorized as:
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The Diamond Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBaseball analyst is thrown a curveball when she is whisked back in time. .. And one of those curveballs is thrown by a blue-eyed pitcher! ESPN baseball analyst Amy Spalding is swept back in time by a magical brooch and finds herself in 1909 New York City... -
When & Where by Rebecca Ruger
Local news reporter Autumn Winters’ life is simply perfect. She has a job she loves in a city that loves her, a fiancé who adores her, friends she can count on through thick and thin, her entire life mapped out, one ideal chapter after another...Categorized as:
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No. 23 Burlington Square by Jenni Keer
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsLondon, 1927: One house. Three lives. A decision that will change everything. A powerful, unique timeslip story, perfect for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Miniaturist, and Lucinda Riley... -
Evander by Hazel Hunter
Two lost souls forge something beautiful from something broken. Rachel Ingram is living the dream. Heiress to billions, she’s engaged to the perfect man. But with the sudden death of her parents, her world begins to crumble. When she discovers her new husband’s true nature, her life implodes. Evander Talorc is living a nightmare... -
The Broken by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings2015. When the skeletal remains of a dismembered infant are found in an elderly couple’s garden, Quinn is called in to investigate the circumstances of the child’s death. As the case unfolds, she finds herself overwhelmed both by the tragedy she’s forced to witness and a devastating betrayal in her own life. Blindsided, Quinn must examine her own choices before she loses everything she holds dear... -
Gavin by Hazel Hunter
Though his body is healed, a modern-day vet in medieval Scotland must find a way to mend his heart. Though Gavin McShane is happy for his sister and her new life, his own has foundered. As he tries to recover from his lover's betrayal, he finds solace in the work of being a fisherman in the Orkneys. On his tiny island he finds relief in seclusion—until he meets the ghostly Blue Lady of Marr... -
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The More I See You by Lynn Kurland
A wish upon a star transports the luckless-in-love Jessica Blakely back in time to the thirteenth century. But her desire for a fair and gallant knight yields the fearsome Richard De Galtres. And it will take her tender touch--and stubborn will--to pierce his armor-clad heart. ..Categorized as:
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Tormod by Hazel Hunter
When a modern day archaeologist lands in medieval Scotland, she leaves behind the one thing that might truly help—her memory. But Jema McShane doesn’t make the trip alone. Her twin brother Gavin falls through time with her. Separated immediately, Gavin must fend for himself. But Jema lands in the powerful arms of the only Viking member of the McDonnel clan, Tormod... -
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... -
The Lost by Irina Shapiro
2018. When a skeleton is found entangled in the roots of an ancient tree on Rhys Morgan’s country estate, Quinn is persuaded to come out of retirement to film one more episode of the Echoes from the Past series. But the nameless skeleton proves to be the least of her problems when secrets from the past suddenly come to light and a new threat looms over her family. 1777... -
Ruadri : A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Hazel Hunter
Among a band of brothers, nothing is so despised as a spy. Ruadri Skaraven lives two lives. In one he serves as the healer of his clan, trusted like no other with their well-being. But in the other he serves the enigmatic druids because, secretly, he is also druid-kind. Though he’s lived with the shame for years, it is only when another healer sees into his heart that his two lives collide...Categorized as:
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Kanyth : A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Hazel Hunter
Can a druidess with the power of visions be blind to love? Weapons Master Kanyth Skaraven has always found favor with the ladies, until he meets Perrin Thomas. Though the fairy-like druid descendant seemed fated for him, he finds himself torn in two directions. His unique power with the forge is something he must keep under tight control—a control that slips when Perrin is near... -
When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer
Libby has been given a powerful gift: to live one life in 1774 colonial Williamsburg and the other in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she falls asleep in one life, she wakes up in the other without any time passing. She has one conscious mind but two very different lives and bodies... -
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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Cadeyrn by Hazel Hunter
A woman from the present day will do anything to escape the ordeal of medieval Scotland. But will she betray the man she loves? Lily Stover can no longer cope. Nothing in her previous life as a chef could have prepared her for her grim new reality. Starvation, beatings, and daily terror are her routines. The only flicker of hope is the memory of the massive warrior who once fought to free her...Categorized as:
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Tryst by Elswyth Thane
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHilary Shenstone is dead, yet he haunts his old home. Only animals and a young girl Sabrina can sense his presence. The old housekeeper is aware of this, and helps Sabrina to contact the spirit. -
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The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso
For fans of The Ministry of Time and The Midnight Library, a sweeping, unforgettable novel following two remarkable women moving between postwar and Cold War-era America and the mysterious time space, a library filled with books containing the memories of those who bore witness to history... -
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... -
Wrong Place. Wrong Time. Right Viscount. by K.D. Miller
Men are trash. Well, Elle Montgomery’s cheating fiancé is at any rate. When a surprise visit goes horribly wrong and she catches him red-handed, she wants to get as far from him as humanly possible—but two hundred years into the past seems a little excessive. By a twist of fate she can’t explain, Elle is thrust back in time, finding herself in Regency Era, England...Categorized as:
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Called by a Viking series Box Set by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFive Viking warriors. Five modern women. Five journeys through time. Can modern women survive in an alpha Viking world? 5 books. 900+ pages of steamy, Nordic, time travel romance with the exclusive series epilogue unavailable anywhere else. Book 1: Viking's Desire - A captive time traveler. A Viking jarl on a mission...Categorized as:
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Miners of the Tempest by Penny Moss
In the depths of the Tesera Mine, Oliver’s hope of finding Tau again fades with each passing day. Just as despair consumes him, his Sentinel returns, only a shadow of the mighty being he once was. Oliver swears revenge against those responsible, but there’s no time to plan or savour being reunited, as a deadly mistake forces him and his friends to escape... -
Once Found: The Pocket Watch Chronicles by Ceci Giltenan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElsie thought she had found love. The handsome young minstrel awoke her desire and his music fed her soul. But just as love was blossoming, the inconceivable happened—Elsie awoke more than seven hundred years in the future, in the body of Dr. Elizabeth Quinn. Gabriel Soldani thought he had found love several times, only to have it slip from his grasp... -
Mael by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen an Englishwoman lands in medieval Scotland, quite literally on a massive highlander, she demands some answers. Rosealise Dashlock is not messing about. In her no-nonsense way, she wants to know the name of this Scottish warrior, why they share the same tattoos, and what mysterious force immediately draws her to him... -
Brennus : A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Hazel Hunter
An ancient highlander who’s never been allowed to love. A modern woman who keeps men at arm’s length. Can their passion overcome their pasts? Althea Jarden’s botanical fieldwork keeps her happily busy, but it has kept her from relationships as well—by design. Because deep passions can overwhelm her, she concluded long ago that a conventional life was not for her...Categorized as:
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Ronan's Captive: A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Stella Knight
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter traveling through time to solve a family mystery, she battles her attraction to a handsome highlander. .. When a letter from her late grandmother sends Kara Forrester to Scotland to solve an ancient family mystery, she finds herself transported to fourteenth century Scotland...Categorized as:
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Domnall: A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA highlander from the ancient past, a woman from the present day, and a torrid déjà vu that threatens to overwhelm them. Jenna Cameron has sacrificed much for her career as an architect, particularly when it comes to love. But when the collapse of a building sends her back to 14th century Scotland, the brawny highlander who finds her changes all that—almost in an instant... -
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Forgetting to Remember by M.J. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover a spellbinding love story in this dazzling time-travel adventure from the NYT bestselling author of The Last Tiara, M. J. Rose... -
Forgetting to Remember by M.J. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover a spellbinding love story in this dazzling time-travel adventure from the NYT bestselling author of The Last Tiara, M. J. Rose... -
The Last Stitch by Chantelle N. Kerr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne magical pendant. Two enemies bound by fate. A love that could unravel history itself. When Oxford graduate student Lily Whitmore inherits her grandmother's mysterious hourglass pendant, she's catapulted into Victorian England, where magic is forbidden and those who wield it are erased from existence. But Lily isn't just any time traveler...Categorized as:
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Niall's Bride by Stella Knight
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDrawn through time by a mysterious woman in his dreams, he grapples with a fiery attraction. .. Though born into a family of time travelers, Niall O'Kean is determined to stay fixedly in the present. But when dark dreams warn of danger to a lovely woman in the fourteenth century, Niall has no choice but to use his ability to travel back through time to rescue her from impending doom...Categorized as:
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Bhaltair's Pledge by Stella Knight
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCategorized as:
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Cassian: A Medieval Scottish Romance by Jayne Castel
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA warrior who vows never to love again. The shy lady's maid who adores him from afar. An adventure that will bind them. Unrequited love and friends to lovers in Medieval Scotland—with a touch of fantasy. Cassian Gaius is over one thousand years old, and cursed. After watching his lover grow old and die, he vows to remain alone until the curse is broken...Categorized as:
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Wolfsbane by N.J. Layouni
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLosing the twenty-first century was bad enough, but Martha Bigalow's situation is about to become a whole lot worse. Only days after her marriage to Vadim—a handsome outlaw stalked by grim shadows of the past—Martha is captured by his arch nemesis, the evil Earl of Edgeway...Categorized as:
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The Sleeping Soldier by Aster Glenn Gray
After a century-long sleep, a Union soldier wakes up in 1965. Cavalry lieutenant Russell Krause is all at sea in this strange new century of electric lights and automobiles. But he soon acquires a Caleb O’Connor, a kind-hearted, history-loving college student with secrets he’s desperate to hide...Categorized as:
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Moodie by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's lonelier than she'll ever admit, especially to him. Penny's content to stay on her island off the Scottish coast and continue her research, with only a pack of dogs for company. But wait until she sees what the storm blows in. Ethan Moodie is terrified of failing his quest, but pride pushes him off the moor and into the life of a charming but sharp-tongued lass on the isle of Stroma...Categorized as:
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The Mandeville Curse by Callie Langridge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I love, love, LOVE this series… I’m not ashamed to say I cried reading these books. ” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. 1937. When her young protégé is killed in suspicious circumstances, celebrated photojournalist Hettie Turner is wracked with guilt. Desperate to escape her grief, she travels to the distant Hill House to help with an unusual request... -
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Ciaran's Bond: A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Stella Knight
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFalling through time to locate her missing friend, she becomes entangled with an outlaw highlander. .. A cryptic letter from her missing friend Fiona sends Isabelle Chapman to Scotland to find her. When she comes across a mysterious woman who claims to have answers about the local disappearances, she finds herself transported through time to fourteenth century Scotland . .Categorized as:
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Edane by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA fun-loving American gal, a brooding clan of ancient warriors, and a dangerous castle full of traps. What could possibly go wrong? From the moment that Edane mag Raith rescues Nellie from a pursuing Sluath, he is smitten. But while he’s certain that she is the woman from his dreams, she doesn’t seem so sure... -
Echoes of Abandon by Paula Quinn
NYC Detective Michael Pendridge doesn’t have to think about all he’s lost since the day he put on the uniform eleven years ago. The ghosts are always there, fresh in his mind. This job has cost him his soul. It has taken everyone he’s allowed himself to care about...Categorized as:
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Sinful Scot by Julie Johnstone
In a time he doesn’t belong, in an alliance she shouldn’t have made, they’ll fall dangerously, hopelessly in love. New Orleans, 2020. Billionaire Rhys McCaim doesn’t believe for one second that his missing mother is a time traveler. Still, his father insists that she didn’t leave them willingly but was pulled through time to her true home in medieval Scotland...Categorized as:
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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... -
Highlander Warrior by Rebecca Preston
Flung back in time by a terrible car accident, Cora must find her destiny in the wild Scottish Highlands — and escape the murderous plot that ended the life of her ancestor before it’s too late. Cora Wilcox has been trapped in a maelstrom of depression since the disappearance of her dear friend Audrina...
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