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The Villainess Turns the Hourglass by Ant Studio
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter her lowly mother married a count, Aria enjoyed a life full of luxury while harassing her gentle stepsister Mielle. Several years later, Aria is about to be executed when Mielle reveals that she wickedly tricked Aria into building the bad reputation that ultimately brought her to the scaffold... -
Cooper: Scottish Paranormal Romance by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSilly Highlander. His new mortality was never going to be his to control.Cooper Menzies never wanted to settle down in his first life and he thinks he should stay true to himself in his second. The witches warn that love might cross his path, but he scoffs and tempts the fate they've promised--thinks he can walk away when he likes.Silly Highlander...Categorized as:
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The Highlander's Fury by Maeve Greyson
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn immortal Fury nearing burnout from vanquishing evil. A raging Highlander determined to remain miserably alone. The goddesses’ plan to save them both with the greatest magic of all.An average day in the life of an immortal flex powers, locate evil, administer justice. Until Ciara’s goddess mothers convince her to seduce a brooding mortal. All she must do is swap places with his betrothed... -
La Vie de Guinevere by Paula Lafferty
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter the sudden death of her boyfriend, Vera would have been happy to spend the rest of her days curiously unnoticeable, washing bed sheets and cleaning toilets in present day Glastonbury... -
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A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 1 by Spice&Kitty
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA full-color fantasy comic/webtoon of romance, drama, and second chances...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... -
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Light Novel) Vol. 6 (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Novel) #6) by Touko Amekawa, Wan Hachipisu
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMARITIME MARITAL MAYHEM!Rishe has been utterly restless since her heart-pounding kiss with Arnold, but she hardly has time for distractions. Under the pretense of procuring her wedding dress, the two visit a bustling port town--only to witness a kidnapping by pirates! Then a familiar figure from Rishe's past resurfaces, looking to dispatch the pirate menace... -
The Villainess Turns the Hourglass, Vol. 2 by Antstudio, SANSOBEE
Aria has discovered the true power of the hourglass, and with it, getting her revenge on Mielle is bound to be easier than ever! Her upcoming birthday will be the true test of whether she’s on the right track... -
Sleeper's Castle by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTwo women, centuries apart. One endless nightmare tearing Wales apart – and only they can stop it.Sunday Times bestselling author Barbara Erskine returns to Hay in the year that marks the 30th anniversary of her sensational debut bestseller, Lady of Hay.Hay-On-Wye, 1400 – War is brewing in the Welsh borders, Catrin is on the brink of womanhood and falling in love for the first time... -
Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsFrom the winner of the Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize, this mesmerizing, suspenseful, and richly atmospheric tale of time travel draws us into the heart of a heroine we won't soon forget... The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew that it was her house. And now that she’s at last become its owner, she suspects that she was drawn there for a reason... -
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June , A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is an epic love story one hundred years in the making…Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them...Categorized as:
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All For You by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFALLING THROUGH TIME IS DANGEROUS…Peaches Alexander is thrilled to receive an unexpected invitation to a weekend party given by the handsome, eligible Duke of Kenneworth. The only Stephen de Piaget, a stuffy medieval studies scholar who seems determined to get in the way... -
It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square by Ali McNamara
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratings🎧Listening Length = 8 hours and 58 minutesFrom an author whose writing is “pure magic” that makes for “an enchanting escape” (Heidi Swain): In desperate need of a job, Elle — a certified grinch — musters all her fake festive cheer to work as a writer and chronicle a family’s holiday history. Could delving into the past help her navigate her future? Read by an Earphones Award–winning narrator...Categorized as:
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The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
When Eva's film star sister Katrina dies, she leaves California and returns to Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina's ashes and in doing so return her to the place where she belongs. But Eva must also confront the ghosts from her own past, as well as those from a time long before her own... -
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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... -
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루시아 1 (Lucia (Novel) #1) by Skye, 하늘가리기
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLucia grew up not knowing she was a princess.But when her mother died, she entered the palace and had the chance to see her entire future in a dream.In her dream, when she reached 19 years old, she was auctioned off to the bidder who offered the highest dowry. Her life became miserable from then on...Categorized as:
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Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn this captivating novel from the author of Wife 22, a woman who feels lost in her own time stumbles across a California community that has, impossibly, been marooned in the early twentieth century perfect for readers of The Time Traveler's Wife, Time and Again, and Sarah Addison Allen.Lux is a single mom struggling to make her way when she discovers an idyllic community in the Sonoma Valley... -
The Blackened Soul by Candace Osmond
Sail to England. Return the enchanted heart. Save the devil’s soul…Dianna’s in over her head.The Queen is her ship now. Hers to sail, and a crew to keep safe as they voyage across the Atlantic to stop Maria’s evil plan of killing her mother. The stress of responsibility, her pregnancy, and helping Henry deal with his PTSD has become a nightmare from which she has nowhere to run...Categorized as:
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The Last Daughter of York by Nicola Cornick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the winter of 1483, Francis Lovell is Richard III’s Lord Chamberlain and confidante, but the threat of Henry Tudor’s rebels has the king entrusting to Francis and his wife, Anne, his most crucial mission: protecting the young Richard of York, his brother’s surviving son and a threat to Henry’s claims to the throne... -
The Lost Lady by Amelia M. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Woman Lost in Time... Luveday is a researcher and spends most of her time behind a desk or a book. When she is transported to Anora, another world that resembles medieval England, she is at a loss, but she's smart enough to know that a woman on her own has little chances of survival and fewer rights... -
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Home for Christmas by Courtney Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole, the Magic of the Christmas Season sends a woman back in time to the 1940s where she meets her own grandmother and learns the true meaning of family and the holiday.Piper McCaulley doesn't know which way is up or down. Her gran, her last remaining family, died two weeks before Christmas, leaving Piper to reevaluate her life...Categorized as:
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Everything in Its Time by Dee Davis
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsYears ago while vacationing in Scotland, Katherine St. Claire believed she’d found the love of her life. She shared a night of passion with a stranger, in a hotel castle called Duncreag. But come morning, her lover had disappeared. And she has spent the last eight years trying to convince herself it was all a dream.. -
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I've Become a True Villainess by Flowing Honey, Bumho
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI have to survive, no matter what!I've died and been reincarnated as the villain of a romance novel! In order to avoid the hideous fate that awaits me, I've righted her wrongs and even gotten engaged. I should be home free, but strange things have started happening ever since the heroine appeared. Why won't her fiancé leave me alone?As written from Manta... -
Quinn by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA desperate American lass flees from a hit man...into the arms of a 15th century Highlander. Jules escapes her security detail and goes to Scotland to claim a fortune that should be hers. With a hit man on her tail, however, she must run again. Only this time, she runs into the past where a shooter is not the only danger. Quinn is running out of time... -
Formerly, the Fallen Daughter of the Duke: Volume 2 by Ichibu Saki
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRebuilding from the ground up is old hat to Claire Martino after falling out of societal favor in her homeland and arising from the ashes as a hero in a neighboring kingdom. Therefore, when tragedy strikes due to her half-sister’s malicious scheming, Claire doesn’t think twice about going back in time to set things right. However, two can play at that game.. -
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冷血公爵の心変わり 1 by Bandalbanji, 에디
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 25 ratings백작가의 사생아였던 에르인.반역자가 되어 도망친 가족을 대신해 희생 되기 직전그녀는 목숨을 거두러 온 ‘사신’을 마주 하게 되는데!‘제발 살려주세요! 저는 이런 거, 저런 거 다 해보고 싶어요!’꽃다운 나이에 예쁜 드레스 한 번 못 입어봤다.구애도 받아보고 사랑 받으며 사는 것이 유일한 소원이었던그녀에게, 기적처럼 그녀를 위한 마법진이 발동되고“레이디, 저의 무례를 용서해 주십시오.”“전하!!”“나와 결혼해 주십시오, 내 영혼의 주군이시여... -
아빠, 나 이 결혼 안 할래요! 2 by Heesu Hong
황태자가 싫다고? 하지만, 황태자 취향이 쥬벨리안 너일지 모르잖아.쥬벨리안을 사랑하는 황태자, 막스의 눈물 나는 오해 로맨스.스승님의 딸, 쥬벨리안을 사랑하게 된 막스. 그녀의 별거 아닌 말 한마디가 전부 사랑스럽게 들리는 지경. 한편, 아버지가 사디스트 폭군 황태자와 자신을 결혼시키는 줄 알고 황태자로부터 도망치려는 쥬벨리안. 그녀는 결국 아버지가 신임하는 하나뿐인 제자, 막스에게 계약 연애를 제안한다. 하지만 계약 연애의 이유가 황태자와의 결혼으로부터 도망치기 위해서라는 이야길 들은 막스는 쥬벨리안에게 섭섭함을 느끼는데…... -
아빠, 나 이 결혼 안 할래요! 3 by Heesu Hong
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratings《아빠, 나 이 결혼 안 할래요!》3권은 여주인공 쥬벨과 남주인공 막스의 시점에서 본 이야기가 아닌, 작중 세번째 주인공, 아버지 레지스의 시점에서 바라본 이야기가 메인이 된다. 아버지의 속마음을 모르는 쥬벨과 딸의 속마음을 모르는 아버지, 두 부녀의 부족한 대화로 인해 생긴 오해가 파국이 아닌 로맨스로 피어나는 점에서 유쾌하고 참신한 전개를 엿볼 수 있다. 이들의 오해로 피어난 유쾌한 개그와 로맨스가 오히려 1회차에서 해결하지 못한 문제들을 해결하는 데 큰 도움이 되는 등, 갈등이 곧 이 작중 가장 큰 문제 요소를 해결하는 데 중요한 역할을 한다는 점에서 이 작품을 멈추지 않고 읽게 만드는 힘이 대단하다고 판단된다... -
The Time Tournament by Lara Bronson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsElenaTime-traveling witches, dragon lairs, a world pulled straight out of a fantasy. Except, this became my life overnight, and I had no idea how to handle it. One minute, I was walking through European woods with my family. Next, I was thrown into a realm beyond my wildest dreams. Danger lurked around every corner, and the only one willing to help was the lord of the Crimson Dragon House...Categorized as:
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My Highland Lover - A Scottish Historical Time Travel Romance by Maeve Greyson
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShe jumps back through time to prove a point—not to lose her heart.As the proprietor of a homeopathic store in rural Kentucky, modern day Trulie Sinclair knows her neighbors think she is strange—but they have no idea how different she really is. Trulie was born in thirteenth-century Scotland to a gifted bloodline of time travelers...Categorized as:
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The Secret Kiss of Darkness by Christina Courtenay
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe has waited an eternity for her.When Kayla Sinclair arrives at Sotheby's auction room in Mayfair, she is mesmerised by a life-size eighteenth-century portrait of a tall, dark man with piercing blue eyes.She finds her life irrevocably changed by a powerful obsession with the portrait, and Kayla’s desire to discover the identity of the man leads her to the mysterious Marcombe Hall... -
Echoes on a Cornish River by Kate Ryder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'A wonderful timeslip, a tale of love across the centuries, in an exquisitely described setting. I loved every page!' Kathleen McGurl, author of The Girl from Bletchley Park'Kate's storytelling has a rare magical quality that carries you away. I was genuinely bereft when the story ended' Nicola Cornick, author of The Winter Garden'A real find of a book. I stayed up half the night to finish it . -
시월드가 내게 집착한다 [Siwoldeuga Naege Jibchaghanda] by Yunseol Han, 한윤설
가족과 남편이 나를 죽였다. 고작 유산 때문에. 과거로 돌아온 나는 결심했다.‘내 목숨과 유산을 지켜야 해.’저주받은 가문의 라피레온 대공. 나는 재산과 여자에 관심 없는 그에게 일 년간의 계약 결혼을 제안했다.이제 무사히 이혼만 하면 되는데……“부인, 이제 와 날 떠날 수 있을 줄 알았어?”남편이 이상하다.“토지를 줄까, 아니면 광산을 줄까? 아니면 제국?”“샤샤, 테오가 뭐 잘못했어요?”“엄마, 날 두고 가지 마요.”“언니…… 난 언니 없으면 안 돼요.”심지어 시댁 사람들도 내게 집착하기 시작했다...Categorized as:
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The Last Highlander: A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Claire Delacroix, Deborah Cooke
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScotland, 1314 – After the Scots reclaim Edinburgh Castle, Alasdair MacAulay only wants to celebrate. But the revels are interrupted by an old crone who claims the castle’s true owner is the legendary Morgaine le Fee... -
The Golden Key Chronicles: A Time Travel Romance by AJ Nuest
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe key would unlock his future and the safety of his kingdom, but he never imagined the sorceress would unlock his heart… When antiques restorer, Rowena Lindstrom, purchases an armoire containing a hidden key and a “magic” mirror, she believes the handsome warrior prince on the other side has to be some sort of joke... -
Enemy of Mine by Red L. Jameson
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKidnapping mortals to different eras is such fun. Trickster muse sisters, Clio and Erato, call it a glimpse, but military historian Minerva Ferguson, Erva, is fairly certain she’s gone nuts when she wakes two hundred miles from her apartment. And two hundred years in the past to Brooklyn, 1776... -
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 122 ratingsEvelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m.There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit.We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the killer.Understood? Then let's begin . . .Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest... -
날것 : 공작가의 하녀로 빙의했습니다 1 by Aloha, 주아리
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 24 ratings저주에 걸려 불행한 유년시절을 보낸 것도 모자라, 여주인공의 선택을 받지 못하고 비참한 최후를 맞이하는 비운의 서브남주, 리안드로 벨라비티. 아픔뿐이던 그의 일생이, 어느 날 갑자기 나타난 하녀, 이벨리나에 의해 조금씩 변해 가는 이야기를 담은 만화 『날것 : 공작가의 하녀로 빙의했습니다』단행본 1권이 출간되었다.동명의 소설 원작을 로하 작가의 아름다운 작화로 그려 낸 이 작품은 2019년 카카오페이지에서 연재를 시작한 이후 현재까지 100만 명 이상 독자들에게 꾸준히 사랑받고 있다. 『날것』1권은 스크롤 원고 이전의 작가 오리지널 연출본으로, 로하 작가의 아기자기하고 따뜻한 그림을 만끽할 수 있다.『날것』은 가장 존재감 없고 불행하게 묘사된 엑스트라와 서브남주, 두 사람의 이야기이다...Categorized as:
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Ross: Time Travel Romance by L.L. Muir
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 13 ratings(*This book was previous published as Going Back for Romeo.) He's looking for a fine, brave woman... Laird Ross has weathered painful betrayals before, but Fate is not finished with him. Not only has the fairy foretold come to expose his secrets and destroy his clan, she might just destroy his heart as well. Jillian agrees to be the travel companion to a couple of aging sisters... -
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Anticipation by Melodie Winawer
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the author of the “engrossing historical epic” ( Booklist ) The Scribe of Siena comes a thrilling tale set in the crumbling city of Mystras, Greece, in which a scientist’s vacation with her young son quickly turns into a fight for their lives after they cross paths with a man out of time... -
The Yandere Came During the Night by Feng Liu Shu Dai, 風流書呆
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTwo families’ children were switched at birth. One of the families is a household that does business, and the other is a household of a marquis. There is a vast difference in status.Unfortunately, Yu Xiang transmigrated as a person that was originally from a business household and was brought up in marquis’s residence... -
The Laird by Sandy Blair
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA multiple award-winning paranormal time travel fiction set in medieval Scotland, The Laird contains alpha male Highlanders, ghosts, action, suspense, humor, drama, history and romance. Cursed on his death bed centuries ago, the laird of Castle Blackstone, Duncan MacDougall, wanders the echoing halls of his island-bound home as a ghost... -
Crossings by Alex Landragin
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 32 ratings"A sparkling debut. Landragin’s seductive literary romp shines as a celebration of the act of storytelling." — Publishers Weekly"Romance, mystery, history, and magical invention dance across centuries in an impressive debut novel." — Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)"Deft writing seduces the reader in a complex tale of pursuit, denial, and retribution moving from past to future. Highly recommended... -
Charmed by the Past: A Time Travel Romance by Aimee Robinson
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s researching her family’s genealogy, but she never expected to become history herself.Sarah Johansson is planning a family reunion when a photo of a little-known relative sparks her curiosity. A closer look at the post-World War I image causes her to tumble back in time to 1919 and into the hospital room of a brooding, wounded infantry corporal... -
Twice a Hero by Susan Krinard
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA time-travel romance “with all the grace and sensuality readers have come to expect from” the New York Times –bestselling author of Star-Crossed ( Library Journal ). To lift a family curse, MacKenzie Sinclair heads to the Guatemalan jungle to return an amulet her great-great grandfather, Perry Sinclair, took from a Mayan temple...
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