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On Wings of Devotion by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
All of England thinks Phillip Camden a monster--a man who deliberately caused the deaths of his squadron. But as nurse Arabelle Denler watches the so-dubbed "Black Heart" every day, she sees something far different: a hurting man desperate for mercy. And when their paths twist together and he declares himself her new protector, she realizes she has her own role to play in his healing...

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The Number of Love by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Three years into the Great War, England’s greatest asset is their intelligence network—field agents risking their lives to gather information, and codebreakers able to crack every German telegram. Margot De Wilde thrives in the environment of the secretive Room 40, where she spends her days deciphering intercepted messages...

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The Physician by Noah Gordon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 45 ratings
In the 11th century, Rob Cole left poor, disease-ridden London to make his way across the land, hustling, juggling, peddling cures to the sick—and discovering the mystical ways of healing. It was on his travels that he found his own very real gift for healing—a gift that urged him on to become a doctor...

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The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 39 ratings
A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III - a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history...

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Too Far Down by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Cowboys, Action, Humor, and History Collide in Connealy's Latest When an explosion kills men and damages the CR Mining Company, the Bodens realize their troubles are not behind them as they thought. Shadowy forces are still working against them. Cole Boden finds himself caught between missing his time back East and all that New Mexico offers...

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Harvest of Rubies by Tessa Afshar, Irena Modrijan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
The prophet Nehemiah's cousin has been catapulted into the center of the Persian court—working long hours, rubbing elbows with royalty, and becoming the queen's favorite scribe.Not bad, for a woman living in a man's world. But a devastating past has left Sarah believing that God doesn't love her and her achievements are the measure of her worth—a measure she can never quite live up to...

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A Portrait of Loyalty by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Zivon Marin was one of Russia's top cryptographers, until the October Revolution tore apart his world. Forced to flee after speaking out against Lenin and separated from his brother along the way, he arrives in England driven by a growing anger and determined to offer his services to the Brits...

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Finding Lady Enderly by Joanna Davidson Politano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Raina Bretton is a rag woman in London's east end when a handsome stranger appears in a dank alley and offers her a glittering smile and a chance for adventure. Rothburne Abbey has a unique position for her, one that will take her away from her hardscrabble life and give her a chance to be a lady. Things she could only dream of might be coming true. But some dreams turn out to be nightmares...

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Whispers on the Wind by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
A straitlaced bookseller and a rowdy trail guide fight their ill-suited attraction in Book Five of the Prairie Hearts series by USA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe. Wyoming Territory, October 1883 Tabitha Canterbury came to Logan Meadows with one goal: to open the bookshop she’s always dreamed of having...

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To Treasure an Heiress by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
1906Beth Tremayne has always been drawn to adventure. During her childhood, she fed that desire by exploring every inch of the Isles of Scilly. Now, after stumbling across an old collection of letters and a map buried on her family's property, she's found more adventure than she ever anticipated in the hunt for pirate treasure...

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Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Sarah married Darius,and at times she feels as if she has married the Persian aristocracy, too. There is another point she did not count on in her marriage-Sarah has grown to love her husband. Sarah has wealth, property, honor, and power, but her husband's love still seems unattainable...

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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
· 91 ratings
The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord...1743...

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Lady Carliss and the Waters of Moorue by Chuck Black, Andy Turvey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Lady Carliss faces the challenge of her life. Can she save the kingdom before it’s too late? Determined, smart, and a master of both the sword and the bow, Lady Carliss has proven herself as a veteran Knight of the Prince. Returning from a mission of aid, Carliss is plunged into adventure once again as she searches for the marauders responsible for kidnapping a friend’s family...

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The Thief of Blackfriars Lane by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
There’s Often a Fine Line Between a Criminal and a Saint Constable Jackson Forge intends to make the world safer, or at least the streets of Victorian London. But that’s Kit Turner’s domain, a swindler who runs a crew that acquires money the old-fashioned way—conning the rich to give to the poor...

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To Steal a Heart by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
After a childhood as a street thief, Gabriella Goodhue thought she'd put her past behind her until a fellow resident at her boardinghouse is unjustly accused of theft. In the middle of breaking into a safe that holds the proof to prove her friend's innocence, Gabriella is interrupted by Nicholas Quinn, the man she once considered her best friend—until he abandoned her...

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The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
A Cross-Country Trip through Regency England Brings Intrigue, Rogues, and High Adventure The must-read conclusion to Michelle Griep’s Bow Street Runners Trilogy: Life couldn’t be better for Abigail Gilbert—but it’s been a long time in coming. Having lived with a family who hated her, it’s finally her time for love...

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A Pursuit of Home by Kristi Ann Hunter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Jessamine Beauchene has spent most of her life in hiding and always on the move in an effort to leave her past far behind her. But when she learns the family she thought long dead just might be alive and in danger, she knows her secrets can only stay buried for so long. Derek Thornbury loves the past, which has led him to become an expert in history and artifacts...

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Montana Snowfall by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
MONTANA SNOWFALL – McCutcheon Family Series, Book 7 Y Knot, Montana Territory, 1886 When Roady Guthrie, longtime foreman for the McCutcheon ranch, takes time off to go bear hunting, he never expects to find a young woman asleep in his hunting cabin in the midst of a snowstorm...

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Heather by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
MAIL-ORDER BRIDES OF THE WEST: HEATHER - Book Four in the McCutcheon Family Series (Western Historical Romance) Mail-order-bride-to-be Heather Stanford dreads the day the matron of the St. Louis bridal agency finds her a husband and sends her west. Heather actually has no desire to marry; she just wants to free her struggling family from the financial burden of another mouth to feed...

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To Wager Her Heart by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
With fates bound by a shared tragedy, a reformed gambler from the Colorado Territory and a Southern Belle bent on breaking free from society's expectations must work together to achieve their dreams—provided that the truth doesn't tear them apart first...

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Time of a Highlander by Katy Baker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A woman thrown into the past. A Highland warrior with a dark secret. And a deadly enemy stalking them both. Georgina Smyth’s life is falling apart. Her business is going under, she’s in danger of losing her home, and she’s run out of ideas. So when a strange old woman offers her a dream job, she suspects it’s too good to be true. She’s right...

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Lightning and Lawmen by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
How did a simple hello turn into something so complicated? Love is about to leave one lawman thunderstruck in this sweet historical romance! Cultured and full of grace, Delilah Robbins agrees to accompany her meteorologist father to his new post in Baker City, Oregon...

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Love's Eternal Breath by Naomi Rawlings
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
The bestselling Eagle Harbor Series continues with Book 4, Love’s Eternal Breath. Lindy Marsden once dreamed of having a husband, a house, some children, and maybe even a sewing machine. But since she grew ill five years ago, those dreams have become too much to hope for...

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The Memory House by Rachel Hauck
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Dress comes a new captivating novel of two women whose lives have been destroyed by disaster but find healing in a special house. In the spring of 1953, Everleigh Applegate is happily married and newly pregnant. But a tornado sweeps through Waco, Texas, taking her hopes of a bright future with it...

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Catching the Wind by Melanie Dobson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
What happened to Brigitte Berthold? That question has haunted Daniel Knight since he was thirteen, when he and eleven-year-old Brigitte escaped the Gestapo agents who arrested both their parents. They survived a harrowing journey from Germany to England, only to be separated upon their arrival...

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Across the Ages by Gabrielle Meyer
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Caroline holds a deep secret. Existing in 1727 and 1927 simultaneously, each night she goes to sleep in one life and wakes up in the other. Searching for answers to her unique existence, Caroline stumbles upon a letter from her mother that hints at her own experiences as a time-crosser, sending Caroline on a quest to uncover the truth...

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To Disguise the Truth by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
When Arthur Livingston arrives out of the blue at the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency, anxious to hire the agency to seek out a missing heiress, Eunice Holbrooke realizes her past has finally caught up with her.Having fled from the scene of her grandfather's murder seven years before, Eunice is a lady with secrets--the most important that she is the missing heiress Arthur is seeking...

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Charlock's Secret by Leah Moyes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Desperate to hide, Kat flees. Trapped in time, her survival and return are threatened by her tortured heart.Ensnared by hopelessness and grief, 24-year-old Kat Shelton, accepts a position as the curator of an old English estate with the sole purpose of running away from her memories and to bury life’s pain...

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Nolan's Vow by Linda K. Hubalek, Grooms with Honor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
A historical romance set in 1885. Nolan Clancy finished his military career in Fort Ellis, Montana Territory and is traveling home to run his grandparent’s café in Kansas. His train is delayed in Miller Springs, MT because of a snow storm, and he helps a woman feed the waylaid passengers in the café in town...

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The Prince of Spies by Elizabeth Camden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Luke Delacroix has the reputation of a charming man-about-town in Gilded Age Washington, D.C. In reality, he is secretly carrying out an ambitious agenda in Congress. His current mission is to thwart the reelection of Congressman Clyde Magruder, his only real enemy in the world...

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Caught by Surprise by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Miss Temperance Flowerdew is on her way to work when a stranger suddenly grabs her off the street and sends her on a Chicago-bound train before she can figure out what happened. When Mr. Gilbert Cavendish is called upon to rescue a missing woman, he follows the trail to Chicago only to discover that the woman is his good friend Temperance...

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The Innkeeper's Daughter by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
A London officer goes undercover to expose a plot against the Crown Dover, England, 1808: Officer Alexander Moore goes undercover as a gambling gentleman to expose a high-stakes plot against the king—and he’s a master of disguise, for Johanna Langley believes him to be quite the rogue. . .until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm...

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A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Tressa Harlowe's father did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended family. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had concealed it. Tressa and her ailing mother are left with a mansion and an immense vineyard and no money to run it...

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The Spice King by Elizabeth Camden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Gray Delacroix has dedicated his life to building an acclaimed global spice empire, but it has come at a cost. Resolved to salvage his family before they spiral out of control, he returns to his ancestral home for good after years of traveling the world...

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When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 36 ratings
A.D. 1135. As church bells tolled for the death of England's King Henry I, his barons faced the unwelcome prospect of being ruled by a woman: Henry's beautiful daughter Maude, Countess of Anjou. But before Maude could claim her throne, her cousin Stephen seized it. In their long and bitter struggle, all of England bled and burned...

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The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 35 ratings
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...

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Vienna Prelude by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
Predating the events of The Zion Chronicles Series, Vienna Prelude opens in pre-World War II Austria. Elisa Lindheim, a violinist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, is of Jewish heritage but has adopted an Aryan stage name. Thus she is able to travel and play in Germany even though a 1935 law forbade Jewish musicians to do so...

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True Nobility by Lori Bates Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Left alone in an unfamiliar land where her noble title is of no importance. Everything she believes in crumbles, nothing is as it seems. Driven by desperation, she risks it all to return to the one man whose love remains true. When Lady Victoria Haverwood, beloved daughter of a prominent English earl, becomes the target of a murderous plot, her idyllic world is swiftly turned upside down...

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An Agent for Wilhelmina by Sophie Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Wilhelmina Cutler had wanted to be a Pinkerton agent ever since she moved in with her aunt and uncle who was an agent himself. Now’s her chance. They are hiring women in the Denver Pinkerton Detective Agency. Already trained in most of the skills needed, Mina is confident she can handle any case they assign her...

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An Agent for Victoria by Kate Marie Clark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A desperate woman, determined to prove her worth to the agency. An ex-outlaw and seasoned agent who only works alone. When Mr...

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Highland Bear by Celeste Barclay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A gentle giant during peace, a bear on the battlefield... Blake Sinclair is fresh from the battlefield having fought alongside his father, Magnus, and his uncles and cousins. Sent to accompany Sir Andrew of Moray back to Stirling, Blake intends to avail himself of the various entertainments the town offers...

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Self-Raised by E.D.E.N. Southworth
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
In this suspenseful sequel to Ishmael, you will follow the valiant perseverance of our hero, Ishmael Worth. From the sultry heat of Cuba to the gloomy crags of northern Scotland, Ishmael stands resolute in his commitment to those he loves. Whether he is wrestling with the icy hand of death or carefully mending broken hearts, Ishmael is ever thinking of the welfare of those around him...

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A Warrior's Pledge by Emma Prince
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Her Warrior… To forge an alliance between the English and the Scots, Lady Rosamond must marry a Lowland stranger. But when a mysterious attacker threatens the engagement and her life, Robert the Bruce assigns one of his most trusted warriors to protect her. Finn Sutherland’s brooding gaze is almost as dark as his heart, yet Rosamond finds herself captivated by her Highland bodyguard...

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Baron of Emberly by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 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...

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Up from the Sea by Amanda Dykes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Deep in a New England forest, an ancient tree stands at the center of a tale passed down through the generations. So much so, that the residents of Ansel-by-the-Sea, Maine, no longer know what is truth and what is fable. A woman fleeing in the night, rumors of treason, revolution, retribution . .

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Charity's Cross by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
From the Winner of 2015's Inspirational Readers Choice Award for The Ransom comes a new romantic adventure ! Suspected of killing her husband, Charity Westcott flees on the first ship out of Portsmouth, England heading for the colonies. Loathing all men after her abusive marriage, she hopes to reunite with her family in Charles Towne, but the ship’s destination is Nassau...

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Where the Fire Falls by Karen Barnett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Stunning Yosemite National Park sets the stage for this late 1920s historical romance with mystery, adventure, heart, and a sense of the place John Muir described as "pervaded with divine light." Watercolorist Olivia Rutherford fashioned her image as an avant-garde artist to appeal to the region's wealthy art-collectors...

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A Perilous Circumstance by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Desperate times call for desperate measures…Miss Georgie Holbrooke is in the most dire of circumstances. Her brother has arranged for her to marry a vile man, and she has no doubt that he will punish her severely if she refuses. When an opportunity to work at an orphanage in the rookeries arises, she takes it, knowing it may be her only chance to escape...

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A Rebel Heart by Beth White
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Five years after the final shot was fired in the War Between the States, Selah Daughtry can barely manage to keep herself, her two younger sisters, and their spinster cousin fed and clothed. With their family's Mississippi plantation swamped by debt and the Big House falling down around them, the only option seems to be giving up their ancestral land...

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An Unwelcome Suitor by Ashtyn Newbold
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Falling in love with her sister's suitor had never been part of her plan. After losing her parents, Elizabeth Watts and her two sisters are taken under the care of their great-aunt, who has promised them her estate upon her death. From a young age, however, Elizabeth has learned not to expect to keep things that can be taken away...

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