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  • Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  historical  fantasy  war  mystery  length-long
  • The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

    The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    #1 New York Times Bestseller. An Amazon Best Book of 2020. The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth--set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages. Just as transporting as [The Pillars of the Earth] . . . A most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series. --The Washington Post. It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages...
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  • Her Spell That Cursed Me by Luna Oblonsky

    Her Spell That Cursed Me by Luna Oblonsky

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    A sapphic love born in adversity and bound by blood…A dormant evil threatening to tear the world asunder…A magical tale of cursed fate and unremitting chaos. Iona strives for harmony in times of resounding discord...
  • The Dragons of Pemberley by Maria Grace

    The Dragons of Pemberley by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Homecomings never live up to expectations. After a visit to London that nearly cost her everything, Lady Elizabeth Darcy, Dragon Sage, desperately needs the solace of her country home, Pemberley. Sir Fitzwilliam Darcy, knight of the Pendragon Order and Keeper to Pemberley, counts the minutes until Pemerbley's walls protect his family once more. Their homecoming cannot happen soon enough...
  • Dreamers by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Dreamers by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Tuya came as a teenaged slave to Potiphar's household, a personal gift from the Pharaoh. Tall and slender, the young girl had eyes that shone like a stream of gold. She knew nothing about her past, except that she had always been a slave.
  • Dragon Keepers' Cotillion by Maria Grace

    Dragon Keepers' Cotillion by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Territory challenges. Dragon battles. Baby dragon debutantes. When will the chaos end? Dragon Sage Elizabeth Darcy longs for life to return to normal, at least as normal as it could be for a Blue Order officer who lives with more household dragons than most small villages. Having two sisters and an infant dragon to present as debutantes to the Order, make ‘normal’ difficult...
  • Kellynch Dragon Persuasion by Maria Grace

    Kellynch Dragon Persuasion by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Keeping a hibernating dragon should have been a simple thing. Should have been, but it was not. Apparently, nothing involving dragons was ever simple, at least not for Anne Elliot, junior Keeper to dragon Kellynch. With the estate in debt, Anne’s father in denial, and the dragon’s treasure missing, Kellynch’s awakening is shaping up to be nothing short of catastrophe...
    Categorized as:
    regency  fantasy  historical  mystery  length-long
  • Heir of Hope by Morgan L. Busse

    Heir of Hope by Morgan L. Busse

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you sacrifice to save mankind? The great city of Thyra has fallen and shadows spread across the land. Rowen Mar, the last Truthsayer, is taken before the Shadonae. But the Shadonae are not who she thought they were, and now they want to claim her as their own. Caleb Tala, former assassin and prince, is now a Guardian of mankind...
  • The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright

    The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Wren Blythe has long enjoyed being among the Northwoods, helping her father with programming at a youth camp. But when a little girl in the area goes missing, an all-out search ensues, reviving the decades-old campfire story of Ava Coons, the murderess, who still roams the woods. Joining the search, Wren stumbles upon the Coons cabin ruins and a rotting porcelain doll...
  • Dragons Beyond the Pale by Maria Grace

    Dragons Beyond the Pale by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Smugglers. A kidnapping. A fire-breathing fairy dragon? The Blue Order is falling apart at the seams. After months in Bath mentoring Dragon Keepers and Friends, Dragon Sage Elizabeth Darcy actually anticipates traveling to London for the Keeper’s Cotillion. Which says a great deal considering the she-dragons who make up the Cotillion board would very much like to show the Sage her proper place...
  • Here There Be Dragons by Maria Grace

    Here There Be Dragons by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    " A top fun comfort read. "~ Gail CarrigerLife was definitely better when one’s fondest dreams came true. Better, indeed, for newly made baronet, Sir Frederick Wentworth. Enjoying a title, a sea-side estate, a dragon to Keep, and most importantly, marriage to his dearest Anne, life was far better than he dreamed it could be. Better, but not easier...
  • Heretic by Bernard Cornwell

    Heretic by Bernard Cornwell

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    With Calais in English hands, hostilities are suspended, but Thomas' quest to find the Holy Grail continues. His cousin Guy of Vexille still pursues him with deadly purpose, convinced that there is a link between Thomas and what he covets...
  • A.D. 33 by Ted Dekker

    A.D. 33 by Ted Dekker

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker delivers the gripping story of Maviah, a slave who becomes a queen in Arabia, A. D. 33. They call her the Queen of the Outcasts. Maviah, a woman whose fate was sealed on her birth by this world-unwanted, illegitimate, female, a slave-subject to the whims of all. But then she met a man named Yeshua who opened her eyes...
  • Little Black Girl Lost 4: The Diary of Josephine Baptiste by Keith Lee Johnson

    Little Black Girl Lost 4: The Diary of Josephine Baptiste by Keith Lee Johnson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Revealing the roots of Johnnie Wise's family tree, the author takes readers to Nigeria where a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl, preparing to marry a much older man, escapes with her young lover on the night before the arranged marriage is to take place on a Dutch slave ship bound for America where she becomes Josephine Baptiste.
  • Miss Georgiana and the Dragon by Maria Grace

    Miss Georgiana and the Dragon by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hers was the plight of a gothic heroine, banished from her home by a cruel brother and his heartless wife, the Dragon Sage. Misunderstood and maligned, Georgiana’s only hope of rescue: letters to aunts describing the medieval dungeon to which she had been sent. What matter that was a wee exaggeration for effect? Boasting as many dragon teachers as human ones, Mrs...
  • The Daughter of Rome by Angela Elwell Hunt

    The Daughter of Rome by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    In Nero's Rome, Calandra helps her father, a renowned sculptor, complete the most significant commission of his illustrious career. But then a catastrophic fire nearly destroys the imperial city, leaving Calandra reliant on a group of Christians--unusual individuals unlike any she has encountered before...
  • A.D. 30 by Ted Dekker

    A.D. 30 by Ted Dekker

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine. A war that rages between kingdoms on the earth and in the heart. The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it all. The story of Jesus in a way you have never experienced it. Step back in time to the year of our Lord, Anno Domini, 30.
  • The Premonition at Withers Farm by Jaime Jo Wright

    The Premonition at Withers Farm by Jaime Jo Wright

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In 1910 Michigan, Perliett VanHilton is a self-proclaimed rural healer, leaving the local doctor, George Wasziak, convinced she practices quackery. It doesn't help that her mother, Maribeth VanHilton, is a Spiritualist who regularly offers her services to help others speak to their dearly departed...
  • He Who Lifts the Skies by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

    He Who Lifts the Skies by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Powerful imagery creates a 'you are there' immersion in the story of the post-Flood world. Kacy Barnett-Gramckow fans raved about her extraordinary job of moving the Flood off the Sunday School flannelgraph board and into life in the Heavens Before...
  • How to Tame a Beastly Lord by Bree Wolf

    How to Tame a Beastly Lord by Bree Wolf

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A fallen lady. .. A beastly lord. .. And a night out in the woods. Unmarried and with child, Lady Eugenie enters into a marriage of convenience to save herself and her unborn child from society's censure...
  • The Turnspit Dragon and other Tales of the Blue Order by Maria Grace

    The Turnspit Dragon and other Tales of the Blue Order by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dive into the hidden-in-plain sight world of the Blue Order dragons. A heart-warming collection of short stories peeking into the hidden lives of the dragons, their Friends and Keepers. Birth, death, love, loss, and the amazing relationships that underscore them all. Visit with familiar characters and learn their stories...
    Categorized as:
    regency  fantasy  historical  length-short
  • She Walks in Majesty by MaryLu Tyndall

    She Walks in Majesty by MaryLu Tyndall

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Danger around every corner. Intrigues in everyone’s past. And a romance that’s swoon worthy. She Walks in Majesty is all that and more, with a plot that twists and turns and truths that are hard-hitting. Truly, this is author MaryLu Tyndall at her finest! —Michelle Griep, Christy Award-winning author of Once Upon a Dickens Christmas...
  • The Thorn Healer by Pepper D. Basham

    The Thorn Healer by Pepper D. Basham

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jessica Ross' scars run much deeper than the wounds of a world at war...
    Categorized as:
    christian  historical  war  fantasy  length-medium
  • Blood Eagle by Tim Hodkinson

    Blood Eagle by Tim Hodkinson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Einar and the Wolf Coats undertake a dangerous mission to war-torn Northern France in this thrilling Viking adventure from Tim Hodkinson. 936 AD. Brittany is torn apart by war. Many nobles have sought refuge in King Aethelstan's England, including Louis, prospective king of Francia. Einar and the Wolf Coats, disillusioned by events in Norway, are also at Aethelstan's court...
  • Spellbound at Pemberley: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds

    Spellbound at Pemberley: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fitzwilliam Darcy is a powerful mage and master of illusions. His abilities make him the perfect man for a dangerous mission to end the devastating war with Napoleon – a mission that would leave him little chance of returning alive. When he meets the enchanting Elizabeth Bennet, whose magical Talents are as deep as they are inexplicable, he knows he needs her help...
  • Captivating the Scoundrel by Darcy Burke

    Captivating the Scoundrel by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Daphne Foliot has always known she’ll be married off to a man who, like her, descended from one of King Arthur’s fabled knights. That doesn’t mean she wants to be, even if it is her beloved father’s wish. Raised without a mother, she owes everything to the man who encouraged and funded her education and supports her dream of becoming the first female member of the Order of the Round Table...
  • A Man Called Blessed (The Caleb Books Series Book 2) by Ted Dekker

    A Man Called Blessed (The Caleb Books Series Book 2) by Ted Dekker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    One man holds the key to locating the Ark of the Covenant—but he’s hidden deep in the desert and no one has seen him since he was a boy. In this explosive sequel to Blessed Child, Jewish soldier-turned-archaeologist Rebecca Soloman leads a team deep into the Ethiopian desert to find the one man who may know the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant...
  • Think of Me: A Highly Irregular Pride & Prejudice Variation by Elizabeth Adams

    Think of Me: A Highly Irregular Pride & Prejudice Variation by Elizabeth Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mr. Darcy has a gift, though it often feels like a curse. Elizabeth Bennet does not like Mr. Darcy. He said the worst things about her! He is entirely too proud, and handsome, and tall. Thankfully, he does not know her thoughts. Can you imagine how awkward that would be? * Think of Me is a slightly paranormal story that features the inner workings of an adult man's mind...
    Categorized as:
    regency  historical  fantasy  length-short
  • Havah: The Story of Eve by Tosca Lee

    Havah: The Story of Eve by Tosca Lee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A single decison has the power to unravel mankind. Created, not born. The world's first woman, without flaw, until one fateful choice. Now all humanity must pay for the mistake. From paradise to exile, from immortality to the death of Adam, experience the dawn of mankind through the eyes of Eve -- the woman first known as Havah.
  • Mr. Darcy's Enchantment: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds

    Mr. Darcy's Enchantment: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In a Regency England where magic and faeries are real…. Fitzwilliam Darcy is a powerful magician who controls fire, water, and wind. What he cannot control is his growing feelings for Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth’s sentiments towards Darcy are quite different. She detests his arrogance, and she fears he will expose her use of forbidden magic - forbidden to women, that is...
  • King's Blood by Jill Williamson

    King's Blood by Jill Williamson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After the foretold destruction of the Five Realms, the remnant that escaped by sea searches for a new home. As the king's health worsens, Sar Wilek assumes command and struggles to rule the disjointed people, while assassination attempts and dark magic endanger his life. One prophecy has come to pass, but another looms in the Who is this Deliverer?
  • A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom...
  • Painting Rain by Annette K. Larsen

    Painting Rain by Annette K. Larsen

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    A proper, clean romance,. How do you heal your heart after tragedy leaves you broken? When the person you loved didn’t deserve it and they can’t earn your forgiveness because they’re already dead? How do you move on, and heal, and love? If you’re Princess Lorraina, you paint. A year ago Lorraina watched Tobias die, and she still doesn't know how she's supposed to heal—or forgive...
  • The Dragons of Kellynch by Maria Grace

    The Dragons of Kellynch by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One would think Anne Elliot, a baronet’s daughter, would find the marriage mart far easier to navigate than a more ordinary woman. One would be wrong...
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter

    J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood and brought up in near-poverty...
  • The Dreaming Beauty by Anneka R. Walker

    The Dreaming Beauty by Anneka R. Walker

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Once upon a dream, two cursed people fell in love. .. Tansy White doesn't want to end up alone like her three aunts who raised her, but when she is betrayed by her would-be betrothed, she fears she might never change her fate. At her aunts' suggestion, she seizes the chance to visit Rose Cottage, the country home of her late mother...
  • The Riches of a Life Well-Lived: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Elizabeth Frerichs

    The Riches of a Life Well-Lived: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Elizabeth Frerichs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How many times will Fitzwilliam Darcy have to relive Tuesday to free himself from George Wickham? On Tuesday, November 19th, 1811, Wickham—the wretch who nearly eloped with Darcy’s younger sister—arrives in Hertfordshire. When Darcy encounters Wickham in Meryton, he hopes it is for the last time, even though fate seems to throw them together far too often for his liking...
    Categorized as:
    regency  fantasy  historical  length-epic
  • Of Daggers and Deception by A.L. Sowards

    Of Daggers and Deception by A.L. Sowards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After years as a soldier and mercenary, Rasheed has retired from battle to run the bathhouse in Thebes with his friends Gillen and Eudocia. The simple life suits them, so when Venetian strangers come to town looking to hire the renowned crew, their answer is no...
  • Bridgerton Series #1-8 by Julia Quinn

    Bridgerton Series #1-8 by Julia Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    These B format naked hardbacks feature fully redesigned covers, sprayed edges, and a stunning design of the Bridgerton house across all 8 spines! The first book in the series, The Duke and I, is hand-signed by Julia Quinn!
    Categorized as:
    regency  historical  fantasy  length-epic
  • Threads of Magic: A Pride and Prejudice variation by Monica Fairview

    Threads of Magic: A Pride and Prejudice variation by Monica Fairview

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In a magical Regency England, two powerful magicians strive to find a balance between love and duty as they confront enemies who might well be their closest friends. Elizabeth Bennet may be a heroine, but by defying some of the most powerful mages in England, she has made enemies who will stop at nothing to embroil her in scandal...
  • The Highlander's Kilted Bride by Vanessa Kelly

    The Highlander's Kilted Bride by Vanessa Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The youngest brother in Clan Kendrick has become a charismatic force in his own right—especially when the perfect woman gallops into his life—in the latest novel in USA Today bestselling author Vanessa Kelly’s sparkling Scottish Regency series. Charlotte “Charlie” Stewart would rather don a kilt and ride her horse than simper in a ballroom...
  • Melting the Snow Queen by Mary Lancaster

    Melting the Snow Queen by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    They call her the Snow Queen…for no man can thaw her frozen heart. Lady Alba Snowden lost her first love when she was seventeen. Since then, no man has touched her heart – until the summer she encounters wild, fun-loving Russian Prince Yuri Volkov, who is visiting London with the Tsar. Dazzled by Alba's beauty, Yuri follows her to her country home, determined to melt her frozen heart...
  • Tears of the Sea by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    Tears of the Sea by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Doomed by the evil warlock Forwin to wander the ancient seas as a mermaid for all eternity, Perdita longs for the release death would bring. Every ten years she has a chance to break the curse when she emerges from the sea fully human for one month. The catch? She must find a man willing to die for her. After 300 years, her failures have left her heartbroken and alone...
  • Firstborn by Tosca Lee

    Firstborn by Tosca Lee

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee comes the much-anticipated, high-speed sequel to The Progeny. Face-to-face with her past, Audra Ellison now knows the secret she gave up everything—including her memory—to protect. A secret made vulnerable by her rediscovery, and so powerful neither the Historian nor the traitor Prince Nikola will ever let her live to keep it...
  • 1818 - Isabel by Suzanne Enoch

    1818 - Isabel by Suzanne Enoch

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Enoch spins a Regency-era tale at Nimway Hall, in a book series centered on a house where love and magic entwine to bring romance to all who dwell there...
  • The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson

    The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Indiana Jones meets Lara Croft in Benson's engrossing action thriller. ". -RT Book Reviews, Top Pick. THE DEBUT OF A CAPTIVATING VOICE AND RIVETING STORYTELLER! Frustrated suffragette and would-be archaeologist Ellie Mallory stumbles across a map to a city that shouldn't exist, a jungle metropolis alive and flourishing centuries after the Mayan civilization mysteriously collapsed...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  historical  fantasy  mystery  length-long
  • Regency Immortal by Gene Doucette

    Regency Immortal by Gene Doucette

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    "Anna was beautiful and smart and just the right kind of dangerous to get me killed, which was often what I looked for in a woman, to be entirely honest. The interesting ones are somehow almost always the ones who come with life-threatening risk on the side. It keeps my life exciting, and might also explain why I have trust issues. ". --Adam the immortal...
  • Theory of Magic by Patricia Rice

    Theory of Magic by Patricia Rice

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    “Patricia Rice weaves magical love stories” - Mary Jo Putney, NY Times Bestselling Author. Discover the third book in NY Times bestseller Patricia Rice's Unexpected Magic historical romance series! Scorned by suitors for her statuesque size, Harriet Stansbury bolts when her abusive stepfather begins negotiating with impecunious aristocrats to sell her for her dowry...
  • Glass Roses by Britain Kalai Soderquist

    Glass Roses by Britain Kalai Soderquist

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that magic is required for any young lady to find her “happily ever after” in a fairytale. This truth is so ingrained in the minds of readers that to suggest its removal is incomprehensible...
  • The Clockmaker’s Wife by Daisy Wood

    The Clockmaker’s Wife by Daisy Wood

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The world is at war. And time is running out…. London, 1940. Britain is gripped by the terror of the Blitz, forcing Nell Spelman to flee the capital with her young daughter – leaving behind her husband, Arthur, the clockmaker who keeps Big Ben chiming. When Arthur disappears, Nell is desperate to find him. But her search will lead her into far darker places than she ever imagined…...
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