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A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA lush, sweeping queer historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material—perfect for fans of Netflix’s Bridgerton, Evie Dunmore, and Manda Collins!When Viola Caroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself... -
Wicked Again by Kathleen Ayers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA scandalous affair with a much younger man...Lady Marissa Cupps-Foster has buried three husbands. Only one, her dear Reggie, was a love match. As a woman considered past her prime with two grown sons, she's decided on discreet trysts when she feels the need for male companionship. Lord Trenton Haddon was only a dalliance. Haddon is tempting but far too young for her...Categorized as:
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The Renegade by Lily Baldwin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world sees Lady Elora Brodie as a rigid, controlling noblewoman, but inside her beats a passionate and rebellious heart. Determined to protect her independence, she will do anything to avoid marriage to her insistent neighbor—and every other man for that matter... -
The Vixen by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell pits a fiercely independent beauty against a devilish investigator. Set apart by her ethereal beauty and fearless demeanor, Ophelia Killoran has always been a mystery to those around her—and a woman they underestimated. No one would guess that she spends her nights protecting the street urchins of St. Giles...Categorized as:
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Highland Knight by Hannah Howell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNational bestselling author Hannah Howell has delighted readers everywhere with her tales of adventure and passion set against the tumultuous backdrop of medieval Scotland. Now, she sweeps us away again, as she continues her trilogy featuring the irrepressible Murray daughters...Categorized as:
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A Rogue to Ruin by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Darcy Burke, your next Regency obsession: The Pretenders! Set in Burke’s popular world of The Untouchables, indulge in the saga of a trio of siblings who excel at being something they’re not...Categorized as:
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Twelve Days of Christmas in a Highlander's Arms: a Yuletide collection of Medieval historical romances by Caroline Lee, Hildie McQueen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me....Twelve Highlander heroes, brave and true. Honor-bound and sworn to protect, they're about to meet their match in twelve feisty heroines. Amidst the wild Scottish mountains, the snow is falling deep, but twelve heart-warming stories of love await--one for each day of Christmas... -
No Rest for the Wicked by Lauren Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA wicked pirate, a lady-turned cabin boy and a love reaching the distant horizon. Your next Pirate Adventure awaits You! A lady’s guide to surviving aboard a pirate ship: 1) Dress as a cabin boy. 2) Avoid drinking too much rum when the handsome captain is around. 3) Do not let the captain kiss you…again. The last thing Roberta Harcourt needs is to be trapped on a ship with pirates... -
Highland Lion by Celeste Barclay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA warrior determined to step out of his family’s shadow... Liam Mackay journeys to Orkney to oversee the transfer of control from the Norwegian king to his grandfather, Laird Liam Sinclair, Earl of Caithness. Honored with the mission from his namesake, Liam is determined to prove to his parents, Tristan and Mairghread Mackay, he is no longer the “wee” lad they think...Categorized as:
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Undertow by Lara Hays
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe life she always thought she would have...or a new life she is just starting to imagine? Two paths lay before Tessa Monroe as she arrives in colonial St. Kitts with her rescuer, the rogue pirate Nicholas Holladay. Everything should be perfect, but her worlds are colliding...Categorized as:
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My Lady Pirate by Danelle Harmon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNote to readers: This e-book is an extensively revised edition of the 1994 paperback. Proud Pirate Queen. With her feisty band of warrior women, Maeve Merrick, the notorious Pirate Queen of the Caribbean, commands the seas in her beautiful schooner Kestrel. Burned by the treachery of men and nursing a painful betrayal from her past, Maeve wants for nothing ..Categorized as:
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Unbreakable by Violetta Rand
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSworn to forget his past…. Alex MacKay has roamed the world as a mercenary, trying to forget his shattered past. But when he’s summoned by his brother to defend clan lands, the very man who betrayed him and married the woman he loved, he’s surprised to learn that the spirited Keely not only abandoned his brother on their wedding night, but never returned...Categorized as:
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Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWHEN A MASKED MAN . . .Twenty years ago Maximus Batten witnessed the brutal murders of his parents. Now the autocratic Duke of Wakefield, he spends his days ruling Parliament. But by night, disguised as the Ghost of St. Giles, he prowls the grim alleys of St. Giles, ever on the hunt for the murderer. One night he finds a fiery woman who meets him toe-to-toe—and won't back down . . -
Dair Devil: A Georgian Historical Romance (Roxton Family Saga) by Lucinda Brant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mismatch made in heavenWar hero and heir to an earldom, Dair Fitzstuart enjoys the life of a reckless rogue. Rory Talbot, on the other hand, is a wallflower. She lives a quiet life cultivating pineapples. Dair and Rory's paths will surely never cross. Until one night they do, and everything turns upside down..Categorized as:
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The Fourth Marchioness by Jayne Davis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s looking for a suitable wife. She’s looking for a traitor. It could be a most unusual courtship.England, 1794James, Marquess of Harlford, wants nothing more than to be left alone with his scientific research. Unfortunately his mother is determined to see him married and with an heir to secure the succession...Categorized as:
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The Highland Renegade by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is the daughter of his sworn enemy. Famed for his fierceness, Laird Robert Grant is above all a loyal Highland clan chief. But when redcoats capture his rival's daughter, he sets aside their feud and races to her rescue. Aye, Janet Cameron is beautiful, cunning, and so very tempting, but a Cameron lass is the last woman he should ever desire. He is her one hope of happiness...Categorized as:
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Forgetting the Scot by Jennifer Trethewey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVirginia Whitebridge is trapped in a loveless, abusive marriage. The law says her husband can have whatever he wants from her—so he's taken her inheritance. And he tried to kill her. After a close escape, Virginia feels protected for the first time in forever, thanks to the Scottish Highlands and the Highlander Magnus Sinclair... -
The Scot is Hers by Eliza Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHighland war heroes rebuilding their lives grapple with ladies forging their own paths—who will win?Regency Scotland comes alive in the vibrant and sexy new SCOTS OF HONOR series by USA TODAY bestselling author Eliza Knight...Categorized as:
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Flames of Winter by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this Regency romance by USA Today bestselling author BREE WOLF, a young miss succeeds in escaping an unwanted marriage, only to end up finding love.A kidnapped young miss.A protective Scotsman.And a cabin in the woods in the deep of winter.England 1804: SARAH MORTENSEN, daughter to BARON HARTMORE, is desperate…desperate to escape yet another horrible match her parents arranged for her...Categorized as:
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Kissed by the Knight by Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo unlikely childhood friends—the baron’s son and baker’s daughter—are finally reunited.Sir Tristan rides into the gates of Camburg Castle just in time for the holiday festivities, his seven months in France having been the longest of Reina’s life. She has missed her friend dearly and is ready to celebrate his safe return.Until she learns of Tristan’s impending betrothal to another...Categorized as:
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The Chemistry of Familiar Objects by Alexandra Vasti
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings57 Gresham Street is the most incendiary building in London. Upstairs, unconventional chemist Emmeline Starling uses combustion to solve scientific mysteries. Downstairs, buttoned-up children’s book printer Robert Vane tries very hard not to panic when the ceiling catches on fire. And when these two opposing forces are contained within one small building? Explosions are just the beginning...Categorized as:
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A Match Gone Awry by Arlem Hawks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe needs a match. He's here to help.Desperate to leave Paris, Gabrielle d’Amilly has set her sights on an English diplomat who can whisk her away to a happier life. But when an attempt to catch his eye goes wrong, she enlists the British navy lieutenant Harvey Barlow to help in her scheme...Categorized as:
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The Man Who Loved Cole Flores by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou want revenge? Dig two graves.Ten years ago, a vicious gang called the Gotham Boys descended on a homestead in the mountains like a pack of wolves, leaving nothing behind but death and destruction.Ned O’Leary was the only one to survive the ordeal.He lost hope for revenge long ago, but its flame erupts in his heart when the gang is spotted again...Categorized as:
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My Runaway Heart by Miriam Minger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAttempting to seduce reckless Lindsay Somerset, Jared Giles, the Earl of Dovercourt, abruptly leaves London when he realizes that he has unexpectedly fallen in love with her, but Lindsay uncovers his secret identity as the notorious pirate Golden Phoenix...Categorized as:
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The Wind and the Sea by Marsha Canham
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis action-packed swashbuckling adventure is a classic tale of romance, revenge, and breathtaking exploits on the high seas. The time is 1804 and the U.S. Navy is attacking and destroying pirate strongholds on North Africa's infamous Barbary Coast. Courtney Farrow, daughter of one of the most feared and successful corsairs, is captured by Lt...Categorized as:
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Master of My Dreams by Danelle Harmon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith his crew on the brink of mutiny, Captain Christian Lord finds his gravest danger in the person of Deirdre O'Devir, who is determined to avenge her brother's forced enlistment in the navy...Categorized as:
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Surrender the Stars by Cynthia Wright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSURRENDER THE HEART. Her name is Lindsay Raveneau, stunningly beautiful and fiercely independent, a schoolmistress who hides a passionate soul beneath a most proper facade.... SURRENDER THE DESIRE...Categorized as:
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The Blacksmith by Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour men. One mission—to save England. Love will have to wait... Lance Wayland has a secret purpose for becoming Stanton Castle's new smith. He and his three closest friends are the founding members of the Order of the Broken Blade, formed to blunt the power of King John, whose outrageous taxes and unjust laws have taken a toll on their country...Categorized as:
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Heartbreak and Honor by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAbducted by a band of renegade Scots, Highland gypsy Tasara Faas blackens her rescuer’s eye when the charming duke attempts to steal a kiss. Afterward, Tasara learns she’s the long-lost heiress Alexandra Atterberry and is expected to take her place among the elite society she’s always disdained...Categorized as:
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My Fair Spinster by Rebecca Connolly
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Spinster next door... Grace Morledge is a failure. Or so her father believes, as she is unmarried despite her many advantages. In his mind, Grace must have significant flaws to be a spinster, and something must be done about them. To her mortification, he demands she be fully examined and all her flaws recorded. And the man he chooses is the worst possible candidate of all...Categorized as:
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Captain of My Heart by Danelle Harmon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUpdated and revised from its original 1992 version.Excitement heralds the arrival of Captain Brendan Jay Merrick, a dashing privateer whose daring sea battles against His Majesty's fleet have made him a legend in the American colonies. Brendan has plans for the Ashton Shipyard to build his magnificent new schooner...Categorized as:
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Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAn alternate cover edition can be found hereThe Emerald flew across the seas, carrying the pirate Pagan -- despised by the ton, whose riches he plundered, and beloved by the poor, whose plight was eased by his gifts. The Marquess of Cainewood vows to hunt down the pirate wretch in revenge for his brother's death...Categorized as:
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At Love's Command by Samantha Kane
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Brothers in Arms novel. A child when they were betrothed, Sophia Middleton has been waiting twelve years for Ian Witherspoon to return and marry her. Preyed upon by her vicious father and older brother, Sophie longs for Ian to rescue her. Ian Witherspoon and Derek Knightly became best friends during the Peninsular War, and returned as lovers...Categorized as:
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Emerald by Lauren Royal
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEngland & Scotland, 1667 Jason Chase, the Marquess of Cainewood, is out to bring a blackguard to justice when he crosses paths with a woeful Scottish lad. When the lad turns out to be a lovely Scottish lass, he realizes she must be the notorious bounty hunter Emerald MacCallum... -
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Love Only Once by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe exquisite niece of Lord Edward and Lady Charlotte Malory, Regina Ashton is outraged over her abduction by the arrogant, devilishly handsome Nicholas Eden - and is determined to make the rogue pay with his heart. A golden-haired seducer, Nicholas has been hardened by a painful secret in his past. And now that he has besmirched Reggie's good name, the hot-tempered lady has vowed to wed him... -
To Tame the Wind by Regan Walker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsParis 1782… AN INNOCENT IS TAKENAll Claire Donet knew was the world inside the convent walls in Saint-Denis. She had no idea her beloved papa was a pirate. But when he seized Simon Powell's schooner, the English privateer decided to take the one thing his enemy held most dear... her...Categorized as:
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Laird of the Black Isle by Paula Quinn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis Highlander will risk everything to find his daughter...Lachlan MacKenzie has nothing left to lose since his wife and daughter were killed. But when a shadowy figure reveals his little girl might still be alive, Lachlan will do whatever it takes to find her—even abduct a lass from the MacGregor clan for an exchange. Being caught would mean certain death...Categorized as:
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Bound by the Buccaneer by Normandie Alleman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years have passed since Frederica joined Gaston aboard the Ocean’s Knave, and with every passing hour they have fallen more deeply in love. By day she is the ship’s physician, but at night she serves her captain in his bed, offering her body for him to punish and pleasure until she begs for more. But after a successful run of raiding other pirate ships, the couple have a target on their backs...Categorized as:
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Fire Song by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThird in the Royal Dynasty series. Fenice d'Aix and Aubery of Ilmer both had unhappy first marriages. Both had guilty secrets related to those marriages, but each found in the other what had been lacking in their first union. Each longed for the passionate love offered by their new partners. Nonetheless, neither dared expose their hidden secrets lest they lose everything...Categorized as:
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Some Brief Folly by Patricia Veryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen I meet the man who will claim my heart, I think I will know him at once. They called her "The Unattainable." A regal beauty who had besotted half of London's elibible gentlemen with love. And though Miss Euphemia (Mia) Buchanan liked them all, love was simply not in the picture. But the accident was to change all that. The accident that had almost killed her and her brother...Categorized as:
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A Suitable Match by Jayne Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEngland, 1782Lady Isabella has been kept on a tight rein by Lord Marstone, her overbearing father. She's excited when he packs her off to London to make an advantageous match, confident her brother will preserve her from an unsuitable alliance. But when her brother is called away on vital business, he asks Nick Carterton to stand in for him...Categorized as:
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A Convenient Christmas Proposal: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Sally Forbes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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Unrequited by Martha Keyes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElena MacKinnon has spent the last seven years training to become a proper English lady. When her childhood friend, Captain Theo Donovan, returns from serving in the Navy, he brings along with him Elena’s humiliation for the ill-advised and ardent love letter she wrote him before his departure, which he ignored entirely...Categorized as:
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The Companion's Secret by Susanna Craig
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this tempestuous new series, rebellious hearts prove hard to tame—but can England’s most dangerous rake be captured by a wild Irish rose? They call him Lord Ash, for his desires burn hot and leave devastation in their wake. But Gabriel Finch, Marquess of Ashborough, knows the fortune he’s made at the card table won’t be enough to save his family estate...Categorized as:
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The Reiver by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRogues, rapscallions, knaves, scoundrels, hellions, scallywags, blackguards, outcasts, and firebrands. They may be villains, but they're irresistible, and sometimes the right hero can steal their hearts and help them mend their wicked ways...Categorized as:
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The Mock Marriage by Dorothy Mack
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA beguiling Regency romance! Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen. A captivating actress takes on her most demanding role yet… Regency England Following the death of her debt-ridden father, Claire Yelland is forced to take to the stage to earn her living...Categorized as:
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Callum's Vow by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill he honor his promises and hold his family together? Callum McDougall’s fate has never been in question. He will follow in his father’s footsteps and become chieftain of his clan. A clan that is struggling in a Scotland where their very way of life is threatened by the industrial revolutions that are leaving them behind. All of that, however, will have to wait... -
My Captain, My Earl: A Hold Your Breath Novel by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNote: The Hold Your Breath books are each stand-alone stories, and can be read individually in any order. October, 1818 One destined to live life on the seas. As captain of the Windrunner, Katalin Dewitt has one mission in life. Serve the ship. The ship that has been her home her entire life. The ship that is the key to keeping her father safe from certain death...Categorized as:
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Highlander's Wicked Game by Fiona Faris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnly he can find her, only together can they stop this feud... Marra MacDonald was preparing all her life for the lairdship she was denied because of her sex. By pretending to be an obedient daughter, she was gathering in secret all the knowledge she could, to make her clan proud. All the knowledge her father didn't share...Categorized as:
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The Slide into Ruin by Bronwyn Stuart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe came to collect a debt. He left with a wife.Darius may be an ex-pirate and nameless bastard, but his word is his bond and damsels in distress are his weakness. In order to collect a large debt and rebuild his lost fortune, Darius takes Eliza Penfold as his wife. It’s supposed to be a marriage of convenience, not passion...Categorized as:
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