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Brides of the Marches: Five Medieval England Scotland Wales Romances by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive full-length Medieval Romances from USA Today Bestselling author Kathryn Le Veque, including her bestselling Highlander/Welsh novel, THE RED LION. Over TWO thousand pages of Medieval Pagentry - purchase this limited edition set or read for free in KINDLE UNLIMITED! Where England and Wales meet among the dark and rolling hills of the Welsh Marches, romance is born... -
![Highlander's Claim: A Scottish historical time travel romance by Mariah Stone]()
Highlander's Claim: A Scottish historical time travel romance by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe must return to the twenty-first century. He’s holding her captive. Could her love be the treasure he longs to claim? Scotland, 2022. Celebrating with friends, pediatrician Jennifer Foster is more than a little tipsy when their boat breaks down near Achleith Island. Put ashore while they wait for the coastguard, Jenny discovers a rock with strange markings... -
![Tudor Court Series 6 books The Boleyn Inheritance / The Other Boleyn Girl / The Other Queen / The Constant Princess / The Virgins Lover / The Queens Fool by Philippa Gregory]()
Tudor Court Series 6 books The Boleyn Inheritance / The Other Boleyn Girl / The Other Queen / The Constant Princess / The Virgins Lover / The Queens Fool by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPhilippa Gregory Tudor Court Novels 6 Books Collection Set Titles in the Set are The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl ,The Boleyn Inheritance, The Virgin's Lover, The Other Queen and The Queen's Fool... -
![Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters by Wendy J. Dunn]()
Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters by Wendy J. Dunn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDońa Beatriz Galindo. Respected scholar. Tutor to royalty. Friend and advisor to Queen Isabel of Castile. Beatriz is an uneasy witness to the Holy War of Queen Isabel and her husband, Ferdinand, King of Aragon. A Holy War seeing the Moors pushed out of territories ruled by them for centuries. The road for women is a hard one...Categorized as:
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![The Highlander’s Twisted Games: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan]()
The Highlander’s Twisted Games: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Let me show ye what I mean when I say ye are mine.”Green-fingered Emma loves being a healer. Her only problem is the rakish Laird she works handsome, but dangerous. So when he asks her to be his fake betrothed for a day, she has no choice but to agree.Laird Thomas needs a wife; but he doesn’t want to get married. So he picks a certain hellion to help him delay the inevitable... -
![A Marriage of Lions by Elizabeth Chadwick]()
A Marriage of Lions by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEngland, 1238Raised at the court of King Henry III as a chamber lady to the queen, young Joanna of Swanscombe's life changes forever when she comes into an inheritance far above all expectations, including her own... -
![Elizabeth Chadwick Bundle: The Greatest Knight, The Scarlet Lion, and For the King's Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick]()
Elizabeth Chadwick Bundle: The Greatest Knight, The Scarlet Lion, and For the King's Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHailed by the Times of London as "an author who makes historical fiction come gloriously alive," Elizabeth Chadwick is a gifted storyteller who captures the passion, deceit, honor, and heartbreak of Medieval England like none other. Now, get three books from historical fiction powerhouse Elizabeth Chadwick at one low price... -
![Love Lost in Time: A Tale of Love, Death and Redemption by Cathie Dunn]()
Love Lost in Time: A Tale of Love, Death and Redemption by Cathie Dunn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Tale of Love, Death and Redemption ~ The Coffee Pot Book Club AwardAD 2018Languedoc, south-west FranceMadeleine Winters discovers ancient female bones under her kitchen floor... -
![Of the Ring of Earls by Juliet Dymoke]()
Of the Ring of Earls by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarold lies dead, William of Normandy stands victorious: it’s 1066 and England is conquered. For Waltheof of Huntington and his fellow survivors of the Battle of Hastings, there is a simple choice: submit to this new foreign king, or die at the gallows. Follow the heart; or follow the head... -
![Henry of the High Rock by Juliet Dymoke]()
Henry of the High Rock by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor twenty-one years, William the Conqueror had ruled England with an iron fist but his sudden death leaves the country in turmoil. For his youngest son, Henry, life is set to become very precarious... -
![Desire's Ransom by Glynnis Campbell]()
Desire's Ransom by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Robin Hood steals a knight's heart! Heiress to her Irish clan, spirited Temair O'Keeffe forsakes her destiny to join a band of woodland outlaws who rob from the rich and give to the poor-those impoverished by her greedy father... -
![Highlander's Runaway Bride by Maddie MacKenna]()
Highlander's Runaway Bride by Maddie MacKenna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I need to marry a laird by the end of the week.”After running away from her own wedding, Delilah, daughter of Laird McGunn, can’t outrun fate anymore. But finding a husband again is impossible. Until she gets an irresistible deal from the most dangerous her father’s enemy…Evan O’Reid is determined to achieve what no Laird before him peace with the McGunns... -
![Alinor by Roberta Gellis]()
Alinor by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe could barely meet his eyes . . . so how was she to marry him? Widowed and a mother of two, Lady Alinor no longer feels the same joy being the mistress of Roselynde. Her husband's passing has left emptiness, both at the keep and in her heart. Somehow, Alinor manages to remain spirited, even as King John's rule means she must fight to keep her land and her family safe... -
![Angel's Fall by Kimberly Cates]()
Angel's Fall by Kimberly Cates
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Prince of Sin…Legendary swordsman Adam Slade is finished with noble crusades. Scarred by his time at Cullodion Moor, and his illegitimate birth, he hides behind a cynical façade and the name of Sabrehawk, selling his sword to the highest bidder... -
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![Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 1 by Philippa Gregory]()
Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 1 by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of THE WHITE QUEEN, now a hit BBC TV production - the first three novels of her Tudor Court series: THE CONSTANT PRINCESS, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, THE BOLEYN INHERITANCETHE CONSTANT PRINCESS tells the story of Henry VIII’s first wife, Katherine of Aragon, the Spanish princess raised to be Queen of England and first brought to England to marry Henry’s older brother,... -
![Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan]()
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKey Features Description Assisted by his knight, Sir Cumference, and using ideas offered by his wife and son, King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table. Assisted by his knight, Sir Cumference, and using ideas offered by his wife and son, King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table. Standards 3.MD.D...Categorized as:
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![KIN OF CAIN by Matthew Harffy]()
KIN OF CAIN by Matthew Harffy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAD 630. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical tale set in the world of The Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Winter grips the land in its icy fist. Terror stalks the hills, moors and marshes of Bernicia. Livestock and men have been found ripped asunder, their bones gnawed, flesh gorged upon... -
![Some Touch of Pity by Rhoda Edwards]()
Some Touch of Pity by Rhoda Edwards
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinner of the Yorkshire Post Best First Work Award. In 1483, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, returns home a hero after a triumphant victory over the invading Scots. His adoring family awaits him, but their happiness will soon be shattered by the death of Richard’s brother, King Edward IV... -
![The Sun in Splendour by Juliet Dymoke]()
The Sun in Splendour by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Wars of the Roses are at a decisive stage. On the battlefield, the tide appears to have turned against Edward IV and his Plantagenet dynasty is under threat. At court, his new wife and her ambitious family are undermining his power and advancing their own positions. For those wearing the white rose of York, the future looks bleak... -
![Highland Madness: Scottish Medieval Boxed Set by Elizabeth Rose]()
Highland Madness: Scottish Medieval Boxed Set by Elizabeth Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(The complete MadMan MacKeefe Trilogy. Books also sold separately.) (Special introductory price will be changing soon.) This boxed set contains: Onyx - Book 1 Onyx MacKeefe takes an Englishwoman, Lady Lovelle, captive when his mother's life is threatened. And with Lovelle at his side, he searches the Highlands for the stolen Book of Hours that could possibly set his mother free... -
![Antoinette's Sister by Diana Giovinazzo]()
Antoinette's Sister by Diana Giovinazzo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBursting with intrigue, adventure, and romance, Antoinette's Sister expertly brings to life one of history's most formidable European monarchs: a woman who upended societal conventions for the betterment of her people as Queen of Naples, and courageously lived—and loved—on her own terms... -
![Le Temps Viendra: A Novel of Anne Boleyn, Volume I by Sarah Morris]()
Le Temps Viendra: A Novel of Anne Boleyn, Volume I by Sarah Morris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnne is a young, 21st century woman in the midst of a lifelong love affair with the 16th Century and the enigmatic Anne Boleyn... -
![Lady in Waiting by Melody Tyden]()
Lady in Waiting by Melody Tyden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs princess of a small, wealthy, medieval kingdom, Cordelia always knew her marriage would be a political matter. She doesn't expect love. All she wants is a husband who will let her continue to pursue her own interests rather than trapping her in an endless cycle of domesticity, but even these small hopes seem dashed when she meets the prince she's expected to marry...Categorized as:
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![The Stolen Crown: The brilliant historical novel of an Empress fighting for her destiny by Carol McGrath]()
The Stolen Crown: The brilliant historical novel of an Empress fighting for her destiny by Carol McGrath
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings' A superb book , illuminating a fascinating and turbulent era . It is the figure of Matilda who rightly commanded the stage in all her power and complexity ' Nicola CornickWhen Empress Matilda is eighteen years old, tragedy strikes the royal family, and she becomes the only child of the king of England - the de facto heir to the throne... -
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![Elizabeth 1: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, the Royal Diaries: Cleopatra, Dear America: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow, a Light in the Storm, My Nam by Kristiana Gregory, Karen Hesse]()
Elizabeth 1: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, the Royal Diaries: Cleopatra, Dear America: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow, a Light in the Storm, My Nam by Kristiana Gregory, Karen Hesse
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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![My Something Wonderful by Jill Barnett]()
My Something Wonderful by Jill Barnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSISTERS OF SCOTLAND SERIESby Jill BarnettAt a time when kings fought for the right to rule, some won, some lost, and the women who loved them paid the price….MY SOMETHING WONDERFULBook One When a stranger, a golden knight who is one of the king's barons, comes to Glenna Gordon's isolated island farm, she learns her whole life has been a lie... -
![A Man Who Would Be King: The Duke of Buckingham and Richard III by J.P. Reedman]()
A Man Who Would Be King: The Duke of Buckingham and Richard III by J.P. Reedman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA MAN WHO WOULD BE KING : The Duke of Buckingham and Richard III November 2 1483. As Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingam stands on the scaffold of Salisbury Market Square, accused of high treason, he reflects on his life during the turbulent era of the Wars of the Roses... -
![The Wallace by Nigel Tranter]()
The Wallace by Nigel Tranter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWilliam Wallace -- a man of violent passions and unquenchable spirit, the natural leader of a proud race. — Scotland at the end of the 13th century was a blood-torn country under the harsh domination of a tyrant usurper, the hated Plantagenet, Edward Longshanks. During the appalling violence of those unsettled days one man rose as leader of the Scots. That man was William Wallace... -
![El puente de Alcántara by Frank Baer]()
El puente de Alcántara by Frank Baer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLos destinos cruzados de tres personajes -cada uno de ellos pertenecientes a una de las tres grandes religiones que convivían por entonces en España- se perfilan sobre un fondo histórico que constituye un vivo retrato de la Andalucía del siglo XI... -
![Pour the Dark Wine by Dinah Lampitt]()
Pour the Dark Wine by Dinah Lampitt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Pour The Dark Wine, Dinah Lampitt again shows her ability to interweave fact and fiction to create an historical novel of impact and passion. The story of the rise and fall of the Seymours was dramatic in its own right and her imaginative skills and impeccable research cast new light on one of the most exciting periods in English history... -
![A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck by Judith Arnopp]()
A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck by Judith Arnopp
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the years after Bosworth, a small boy is ripped from his rightful place as future king of England. Years later when he reappears to take back his throne, his sister Elizabeth, now Queen to the invading King, Henry Tudor, is torn between family loyalty and duty... -
![The Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson]()
The Tudor Bride by Joanna Hickson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe thrilling story of the French princess who became an English queen from the author of critically acclaimed Agincourt Bride...Categorized as:
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![The Maids of Biddenden by G.D. Harper]()
The Maids of Biddenden by G.D. Harper
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘There is no me; there is no you.There is only us.’The Maids of Biddenden is inspired by the real-life story of conjoined twins Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst, born in 1100 into a wealthy family from a small Kent village... -
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Courtesan by Diane Haeger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmid the disapproving gossip of the Court, a royal romance defies all obstacles. The Court of François I is full of lust, intrigue, and bawdy bon tempsâ��a different world from the quiet country life Diane de Poitiers led with her elderly husband... -
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![The Love Knot by Elizabeth Chadwick]()
The Love Knot by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the summer of 1140, Oliver Pascal returns home from a long pilgrimage to discover England ravaged by civil war and his family lands forfeit to the conflict between Henry I's daughter Mathilda, and her cousin Stephen of Blois, who has seized the crown at her expense... -
![Confessions of Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey]()
Confessions of Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsConfessions of Marie Antoinette, the riveting and sweeping final novel in Juliet Grey’s trilogy on the life of the legendary French queen, blends rich historical detail with searing drama, bringing to life the early years of the French Revolution and the doomed royal family’s final days. Versailles, 1789... -
![Das Salz der Erde by Daniel Wolf]()
Das Salz der Erde by Daniel Wolf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHerzogtum Oberlothringen, 1187. Nach dem Tod seines Vaters übernimmt der junge Salzhändler Michel de Fleury das Geschäft der Familie. Doch seine Heimatstadt Varennes leidet unter einem korrupten Bischof und einem grausamen Ritter, der die Handelswege kontrolliert – es regieren Armut und Willkür... -
![Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey by Adrienne Dillard]()
Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey by Adrienne Dillard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dream was always the same … the scaffold before me. I stared on in horror as the sword sliced my aunt's head from her swan-like neck. The executioner raised her severed head into the air by its long chestnut locks. The last thing I remembered before my world turned black was my own scream... -
![Queen Jezebel by Jean Plaidy]()
Queen Jezebel by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe ageing Catherine de' Medici has arranged the marriage of her beautiful Catholic daughter Margot to the uncouth Huguenot King Henry of Navarre. Margot, still desperately in love with Henry de Guise, refuses to utter her vows. But even Catherine is unable to anticipate the carnage that this unholy union is to bring about.. -
![Knight Triumphant by Heather Graham]()
Knight Triumphant by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"An incredible storyteller." -- Los Angeles Daily News Knight Takes Pawn After her husband Afton, Lord of Langley, falls prey to a deadly plague, Englishwoman Igrainia finds herself a captive in her own castle. . .held hostage by Scottish warrior Eric Graham. To Graham, Igrainia is merely a political pawn, a pretty prize to dangle in front of the English king... -
![MY FAIR LADY: A Story of Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's Lost Queen by J.P. Reedman]()
MY FAIR LADY: A Story of Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's Lost Queen by J.P. Reedman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEleanor of Provence, bright, beautiful, intelligent--married as a young girl to the much older Henry III, King of England. A marriage surprisingly happy, with the king pouring wealth upon his young wife's relatives...incurring the wrath of the Barons. Eleanor, devoted mother, who fought the will of the monks to stay in a monastery and nurse her sick son, the future Edward I... -
![The Sun in Splendour by Jean Plaidy]()
The Sun in Splendour by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReckoned by those about him to be the most handsome man in the country, Edward the fourth has risen to the throne with the help of Warwick, the kingmaker. But even Warwick's trusted advice cannot convince the King to ignore his passion for the beautiful widow, Elizabeth Woodville - and when she refuses to become his mistress the two are married... -
![The Rose of Middleham by Christina Smee]()
The Rose of Middleham by Christina Smee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a young blacksmith’s daughter arrives at Middleham Castle in the north of England little did she know that it was here that she would meet and fall in love with one of the most powerful and enigmatic men of the Fifteenth Century... -
![The Star of Lancaster by Jean Plaidy]()
The Star of Lancaster by Jean Plaidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRichard the Second was losing his hold on the crown and ambitious eyes were turning toward it. Henry of Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, had married the heiress Mary de Bohun and by her had six children, the eldest of whom was Harry of Monmouth.Bolingbroke was exiled by the King but returned to England when Richard confiscated John of Gaunt's estates... -
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![His Fair Lady by Kathleen Kirkwood]()
His Fair Lady by Kathleen Kirkwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA MAIDEN TO BE SAVED. . . During the murderous assault on the village of Vaux, little “Ana” lost all she knew. Suddenly, out of the burning wreckage, a young man appeared and rescued her from the horrors of the night. He proved to be a squire in a company of knights, on their way to join the Crusades... -
![A Pride of Kings – a captivating tale of love, chivalry and betrayal in Plantagenet England by Juliet Dymoke]()
A Pride of Kings – a captivating tale of love, chivalry and betrayal in Plantagenet England by Juliet Dymoke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCondemned by King Stephen. Loved by King Henry. Honoured by King Richard. Betrayed by King John. For William Marshall, the greatest knight of the realm, serving royalty is an unpredictable business. * * * Having survived the threat of beheading from Stephen as a child, Marshall rises from nothing to a place in court serving King Henry II...Categorized as:
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![Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 2 by Philippa Gregory]()
Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 2 by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of THE WHITE QUEEN, now a hit BBC TV production - the last three novels of her Tudor Court series: THE QUEEN’S FOOL, THE VIRGIN’S LOVER and THE OTHER QUEENTHE QUEEN’S FOOL is a stunning novel set in the Tudor court, depicting the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half-sister Elizabeth, played out against a background of betrayal, conflict and passion... -
![We Speak No Treason by Rosemary Hawley Jarman]()
We Speak No Treason by Rosemary Hawley Jarman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRichard of Gloucester, brother of Edward IV and the unfortunate Clarence, is no physical grotesque as Shakespeare or the Tudors would have him. Among the characters in this historical novel who witness a lean Richard in the buff is a gently reared lass attached to the Woodville household; she bears him a daughter and loves him her life long. Her narratives carry the bulk of the tale... -
![The Seasons Series by Denise Domning]()
The Seasons Series by Denise Domning
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world where folk are either common or noble, Temric FitzHenry, bastard of Graistan, is neither and both. If only he had met his equal, Philippa of Lindurst--also a bastard raised to noble expectations--before she had married. Then he discovers the abuse Philippa endures and his heart demands he steal her from her husband. As he does, he promises she'll never know pain with him... -
![Fires of Winter by Roberta Gellis]()
Fires of Winter by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sparkling prize, the beautiful Mellusine of Ulle is awarded to the bastard-born Bruno of Jernaeve as a spoil of war. Bruno vows to tame the rebellious spirit of the captive beauty, but ultimately surrenders to her charms. Born of different worlds, joined in the flames of passion and intrigue, they find new strength in each other's arms...and a burning love that defies all eternity...
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