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A Wolfe Among Dragons: Sons of de Wolfe by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"James died in Papa's arms ~ " Penelope de Wolfe from SERPENT Get ready for perhaps the greatest de Wolfe adventure yet.... The sons of William de Wolfe (The Wolfe) are immortal, so they say. Men who are known as ShadowWolfe... DarkWolfe... Nighthawk... are as legendary as their father. The eldest four sons - Scott, Troy, Patrick, and James have always run in a pack...Categorized as:
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Island of Glass by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1333 A.D.The lovely and educated Lady Bella Grace di Witney is what is kindly termed an unmanageable woman. Her uncle, the Earl of Wrexham, has been awarded custody of his niece because her mother can no longer handle the headstrong beauty.Like a coward, the earl abdicates his duties to his most powerful knight, Sir Kenneth St. Héver with the instructions to transform her into a submissive lady...Categorized as:
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Fragments of Grace by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1291 A.D.Keir St. Hever is a powerful garrison commander for Lord Coverdale on the border of the Cumbrian vales. Whilst attending battle, he receives word that his own castle is under attack. Keir returns to Pendragon Castle to discover that his wife and daughter have been murdered, and his young son is missing. So begins Keir’s descent into hell and despair...Categorized as:
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The Savage Curtain by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 1333 A.D. At the conclusion of the English victory of Halidon Hill, King Edward appoints Stephen of Pembury the Guardian Protector of the newly captured city of Berwick. To cement this victory, he orders Stephen to marry the defeated Scottish commander's daughter, the Lady Joselyn de Velt Seton... -
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The Lion: De Wolfe Pack by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"The epic Medieval Romance is back - thanks to Kathryn Le Veque!" - Claire Delacroix, NYT Bestselling author 1461 A.D. - Two brothers and the best of friends. One is betrayed and murdered at the Battle of Towton by men who were supposed to be his allies. The surviving brother, Sir Atticus de Wolfe, promises to seek revenge for his brother's murder...Categorized as:
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The Robber Knight by Robert Thier
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen you are fighting for the freedom of your people, falling in love with your enemy is not a great idea.Sir Reuben, the dreaded robber knight, has long been Ayla’s deadliest enemy. She swore he would hang for his crimes. Now they are both trapped in her castle as the army of a far greater enemy approaches, and they have only one chance: stand together, or fall... -
The Earl in Winter by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA short tale of love, loss, and redemption you'll not soon forget...It's the winter season of 1746, and the Highlands are snowy. In the village of Calvine, north of Tay Forest, along a road that leads straight into Inverness, the only tavern in town is packed to the rafters with travelers...Categorized as:
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The Falls of Erith by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here and here. 1305 A.D. Being descended from great, though disgraced family, can be a greater curse than most. As a direct descendant of Simon de Montfort, Lady Gray de Montfort Serroux has lived her life with the axe of shame hanging over her head...Categorized as:
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Rose by Lily Baldwin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings★★★★★ “This book was absolutely perfect.”★★★★★ “Love! Love! Love!”★★★★★ “Heartfelt and brilliantly written.”★★★★★ “The best of the series!”Rose stands on her rock and gazes out to sea, her calm expression masking the fire that burns inside her restless heart. Filled with longing, she waits and yearns for more. But now, she is done waiting... -
Netherworld by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1197 A.D. - Smarting from the loss of his betrothed, Sir Keller de Poyer has learned not to trust women. A bear of a man with a brilliant mind, Keller is socially awkward but an accomplished knight. He is so accomplished in fact that his liege, William Marshal, gifts the man with lands in Wales for his meritorious service... -
The White Lord of Wellesbourne by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1485 A.D. Adam Wellesbourne and his four sons - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - comprise the most feared House in the service of Richard III. Adam’s eldest son, Matthew, has earned such an influential reputation that throughout England he is known as The White Lord of Wellesbourne... -
To The Lady Born by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1388 A.D. - The Lady Amalie de Vere is the sister to the Robert De Vere, Duke of Ireland, Earl of Oxford, and personal confident and lover to Richard II. When trouble arises between the king and Henry of Bolingbroke, the Duke of Ireland flees for his life, leaving his sister behind and at the mercy of his enemies... -
The Duke of Ruin by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith her betrothal to a duke in tatters and scandal imminent, Diana Kingman has two choices: live in certain ignominy or flee into obscurity. Diana wants solitude. She never wished to wed in the first place. However, her father will stop at nothing to betroth her to one of the finest titles in the realm...no matter how loathsome the bearer...Categorized as:
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A Joyous de Wolfe Christmas: A de Wolfe Sons short story by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe story de Wolfe Pack readers have been asking for! The reunion of Scott and Troy de Wolfe wrapped up in a holiday short story! It's Christmas 1274 A.D., and the House of de Wolfe and their allies are gathering for a wedding, the marriage of James de Wolfe to Lady Rose Hage. But someone is missing...Categorized as:
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The Redeeming by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsALT Cover ASIN: B00CZ1CYM4IN THE EYES OF THE CHURCH AND MEN, HERS IS NO SMALL SINLady Gaenor Wulfrith is a woman scorned. And King Henry’s pawn. After three broken betrothals, she is ordered to wed her family’s enemy, a man she has never met and has good reason to fear...Categorized as:
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A Heart Revealed by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTen years ago, Emma Malloy fled Dublin for Boston as a battered woman, escaping the husband who scarred her beautiful face. The physical and emotional wounds have faded with time, and her life is finally full of purpose and free from the pain of her past. But when she falls for her friend Charity's handsome and charming brother, Sean O'Connor, fear and shame threaten to destroy her... -
The Rebel's Queen by Tanya Bird
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA rising king. A falling queen. An unimaginable love.Queen Cora is married to a monster. Three years she has played wife, and all she has to show for it is a marked face, an empty womb, and a bitter taste in her mouth best washed away with wine. It is a good thing she is made of something solid, because marriage is a life sentence. Or is it? The rebel prince is coming for the crown... -
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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Sword of Champions: The House of de Winter Collection by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the definitive House of de Winter Collection. They call the sword l'Espada - the sword of the ancestors of the House of de Winter. The first born male in every generation carries this sword, infused with a legacy beyond compare... -
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... -
Queen of Lost Stars: Dragonblade/House of St. Hever by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1320 A.D. - Madelayne Gray d'Ebreux is the queen of all that is lost. Her child, her husband... everything. Or, so she thinks. The same battle that killed her husband resulted in the serious injury of her husband's commander, Sir Kaspian St. Hever. As Kaspian lays badly wounded, Madelayne is asked to tend the man in a most unconventional and intimate way... -
Baron of Blackwood by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE FEUD England, 1308. Boursier, De Arell, Verdun—three noblemen who secretly gather to ally against their treacherous lord. Though each is elevated to a baron in his own right and given a portion of his lord’s lands, jealousy and reprisal lead to a twenty-five-year feud, pitting family against family, passing father to son. THE PRIZE England, 1333...Categorized as:
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The Questing by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1298 A.D. Lady Diamantha de Bocage Edlington lost her husband at the Battle of Falkirk. Grieving, she is unprepared for the visit of Sir Cortez de Bretagne, King Edward’s garrison commander at Sherborne Castle. Dark and fiery from his Spanish heritage, Cortez is a knight with sultry good looks and a quick temperament. He has also come on a mission...Categorized as:
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Lord of Light by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1192 A.D. - Sir Roane de Garr is a member of St. John the Baptist Hospitaller sect and while visiting the supposed Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, he is hit by a freak bolt of lightning and suddenly finds himself with miraculous healing powers. The Hospitallers believe he is a heretic and must be destroyed, so he flees back to England and into seclusion as a bounty is put on his head... -
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The Legend by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1270 A.D. An epic story of loss, love and redemption. On the Seventh Crusade, Sir Alec Summerlin makes a horrible mistake that costs him everything. Once the greatest swordsman in the realm, he lays his weapon down and refuses to ever wield a broadsword again. Surrendering his spurs, he retires to his father's castle in self-imposed exile... -
The Gorgon by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYear of our Lord 1235 A.D., Dorset, England An epic Medieval romance written in the same old-world vein as 'Ivanhoe', this is a tremendously powerful story of Sir Bose de Moray and the Lady Summer du Bonne. Bose was the Captain of the Guard for King Henry III until Bose's wife's untimely death in childbirth...Categorized as:
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An Inconvenient Vow by Alice Coldbreath
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNever did Sabina Burrell imagine that foiling a plot against her sister would lead to her having to wed the arrogant Sir Jeffree de Crecy! She has never met such a loathsome man, and that included her late, unlamented husband!Sir Jeffree, raised in the expectation of succeeding to his uncle’s title, is appalled to become ensnared in a scheme to discredit his uncle’s new bride... -
Defiance by Anna Markland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sentence of death is the inevitable punishment for those who defy the laws of William the Conqueror. After the successful Norman invasion of England, Renouf de Malbadon steals Devona Melton’s wealthy Saxon estates, forcing her into marriage and her family into bondage as his servants. He conceals dangerous secrets but she is powerless to challenge him and his thugs... -
Valiant Chaos (Haus von d'Aurilliac) by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1469 A.D. - Brogan d'Aurilliac is a master sergeant in the infantry of Edward IV. The son of a Germanic knight, he came to England at his father's death and worked his way up through the ranks of the infantry to become the king's highest ranking soldier. Brogan is a very large man with power and skill, but uneducated due to his family's immigrant social standing...Categorized as:
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Conquest by Anna Markland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.It’s a bitter battle between the Normans and the Saxons for the fate of the English throne, and it promises to be the epic beginning of the legendary Montbryce Legacy.A True War Hero.. -
My Warrior (Knights of de Ware) by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWealthy and powerful, the de Wares are one of the most respected noble families in England. The heirs to the de Ware legacy—Duncan, Holden, and Garth—are true warriors...and reckless lovers.. -
The Warrior Trilogy by Tina St. John, Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDark, dangerous knights. Bold, beautiful ladies. Passionate, romantic adventure... -
My Hero by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWealthy and powerful, the de Wares are one of the most respected noble families in England. The heirs to the de Ware legacy—Duncan, Holden, and Garth—are true warriors...and reckless lovers... Unlike his brothers, Garth de Ware had always preferred peace to war. As the youngest son, there were few opportunities for him to earn his fortune, so he chose a career in the Church... -
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... -
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The Young and the Ruined: Compromised by Janna MacGregor, Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese members of the peerage are young, beautiful and full of trouble... the sort that might just get a lord or lady ruined. Don't miss out on this set of six stories of romance, passion and a fair bit of societal difficulties...Two Ruins Make a Right by Janna MacGregor - Lady Nellwyn 'Nell' Whitton and Mr. James Richardson hate each other... -
A Mail Order Bride for Wyatt by Carré White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHired for a cattle drive, Wyatt Carson is surprised when his boss, Mr. Hardin, expects him to transport his mail order bride, Sofia Parker, from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas. Little does Wyatt know that the real Sofia Parker has just passed away from blood poisoning. Her roommate, Eugenia Madsen, has taken her place, determined to escape poverty by marrying a rich cattle baron...Categorized as:
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Lords of the Highlands: Seven Great Highland Romances by Kathryn Le Veque, Eliza Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the LORDS OF THE HIGHLANDS collection – a melding of hearts and swords, of passion and power, and of great heroes and heroines born and bred in the highlands of Scotland. Lose yourself in the majesty and romance of this great historical romance collection brought to you by seven top historical romance authors... -
MacGregor's Daughter: A Scottish Historical Romance by Gwyn Brodie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Lady Ceana MacGregor's castle is attacked by the Campbells, she hides in the laird's lug, where she watches in horror as her parents are both murdered. Knowing their chief, Lyall Campbell will stop at nothing to find her, she escapes on a massive warhorse, and travels across the snow-blanketed countryside, searching for safety and shelter...Categorized as:
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The Murmur of Masks: Love and Heartbreak in Regency England by Catherine Kullmann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnything Can Happen at a Masquerade – Just Ask Olivia Eighteen-year-old Olivia's naval captain father is 'somewhere at sea' fighting the French when her mother dies suddenly, leaving her daughter homeless. Desperately in need of security and safety, a distraught Olivia accepts Jack Rembleton's offer of a marriage of convenience, hoping that love will grow between them...Categorized as:
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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
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... -
Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fair Lady Julitta has a problem. She is not wealthy. She prizes her virginity. And her liege, whom she despises, is intent on rape. Red Adam is the lord of Brentborough castle—young, impetuous, scandalous, a twelfth-century hell raiser. On one of his nights of drunken revelry he abducts Julitta. Though she fends him off, keeping her virginity, he has sullied her honor...Categorized as:
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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... -
Joanna by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeautiful, iron-willed heiress to power, Joanna secretly burns with an explosive inner passion as wild and-- radiant as her flaming red hair. But her deepest emotions are tragically frozen by the cold fear of a man's tender love... -
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Kilted at the Altar by Anna Markland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA rip-roaring comedic romance set in the Highlands of Scotland, part of the bestselling "Clash of the Tartans" series! Who jilted whom? Darroch MacKeegan vows revenge when his intended bride, Isabel MacRain, fails to show up for a marriage arranged to settle the long feud between their clans. Isabel's father lays waste to MacKeegan lands in retaliation for Darroch jilting his daughter... -
The Damask Rose by Carol McGrath
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'You lay hands on a princess of the realm? It is treason.'' But this princess disobeys her King. Treason indeed.'A beloved wife. A hated queen. A journey to her destiny . . .If you love JOANNA COURTNEY, ELIZABETH CHADWICK and PHILIPPA GREGORY, you'll devour the highly-anticipated second novel in Carol McGrath's ROSE Trilogy !* ' Fascinating . . -
You, and No Other by Cynthia Wright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I find that I am in love with Mademoiselle de Fleurance," said St. Briac to the King. "I came here to ask her to be my wife." What a thrill to hear those words from him! Yet Aimee was certain that he spoke them out of pity, not love. St. Briac knew that only his own marriage proposal could keep the king from seducing her -- a fate she was desperate to avoid...Categorized as:
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Highland Betrayal by Alyson McLayne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLaird Callum MacLean vowed to marry Maggie MacDonnell. But when his father's supposed suicide makes him Laird of a clan, he's too busy unmasking his father's killer to bring her into his dangerous new home. Maggie's home isn't any safer, so she does what any resourceful Highland lass would do. She escapes―and finds herself toe-to-toe with Callum, who's determined to fulfill his promise...Categorized as:
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The Promise by May McGoldrick
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTO PROTECT On a desperate journey to America, Rebecca Neville promises the dying wife of the Earl of Stanmore to raise and care for her newborn son, James. Once in the New World, Rebecca begins her new life --- as a mother ... TO CHERISH Ten years later, the Earl of Stanmore learns of the fate of his family... -
The Crusader's Bride by Claire Delacroix
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGaston battled for duty and honor—until his new wife tempted him to fight for her love. Gaston has had his fill of war and the Latin Kingdoms when he learns that he has inherited his father’s estate in France. He accepts one last quest for the Templars, the order he has served for fifteen years, and agrees to deliver a package to Paris on his way home...
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