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The Storm Breaks by Julia Brannan
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE FOURTH BOOK IN THE ENTHRALLING SERIES FOLLOWING THE FASCINATING LIVES OF BETH AND ALEX MACGREGOR, THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS It is 1745 and the rebellion that the Jacobites have worked towards for so many years is finally under way. Prince Charles is in Scotland gathering the clans and they are rising, ready to fight and if necessary, die for him...Categorized as:
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MATTHEW: The Beginning: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Three by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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Tomorrow's First Light by Naomi Rawlings
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMarrying a stranger to keep the woman's siblings out of an orphanage is one thing, but when more children than expected pour out of the stagecoach, what’s a man to do? Nervous about meeting her fiancé for the first time, Ellie Spritzer’s lifelong hope of finding love is about to end—or rather, begin...Categorized as:
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The Soul of a Rogue by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA lady who swore she’d never love again. A bitter rogue out to avenge horrors of the past. Two hardened souls are forced together in an adventure to break a curse, sparking to life a sizzling attraction that will not be denied in this newest novel from USA Today Bestseller, K.J. Jackson.A lady who swore she’d never love again.Eliana Graham, Dowager Countess of Raplan, had once had it all...Categorized as:
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The Earl's Iron Warrant by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Icy Lady and an Implacable Lord... Charles Battersea, Earl of Dalton and heir to the Duke of Glastonburg, is the last holdout among the six young heirs who have been pressured to marry by way of the Dukes’ Pact. This surprises precisely nobody, especially not himself. He has unaccountably lost his friend, Grayson, to Miss Dell, but if he is forced to tow the bachelorhood line alone, so be it...Categorized as:
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To Win a Widow by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe craved his touch—and they had yet to kiss. Book 5, the final book in the exciting new Soldiers and Soulmates series from bestselling author Alexa Aston, has arrived. A widowed duchess at loose ends, longing for love. A colonel with no family who unexpectedly becomes an earl. Two stubborn individuals who are drawn together by passion—and also find friendship..Categorized as:
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Mysterious Lover by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to a thrilling new series, "Crime & Passion," from USA Today Bestselling Author Mary Lancaster.London, 1851In the shadow of the Great Exhibition, poverty and crime stalk the meaner backstreets of the city. But sin is not confined to the underworld. One couple passes seamlessly between the neighboring worlds of privilege and privation, solving crimes and enabling love to bloom... -
Alley Urchin by Josephine Cox
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA captivating historical romance of revenge, hatred, lust and true love It is 1870 and Emma Grady has spent seven years of servitude as a convict in Australia. Now, having earned her ticket-of-leave, she is held by chains of honour and friendship...Categorized as:
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Love's Eternal Breath by Naomi Rawlings
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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Nolan's Vow by Linda K. Hubalek, Grooms with Honor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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Logan by Margaret Tanner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA baby is discarded in the wilderness of South Dakota. Rancher, Logan McGregor, finds an abandoned baby and decides to keep her. He names her Alice after his dead wife. This child will fill the void in his lonely heart. Missie, a woman with no memory, is incarcerated in a local jail... -
Captivated by the Lyon by C.H. Admirand
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA man searching for the truth, and a woman afraid to reveal it, cross paths in the middle of the notorious Lyon’s Den! A year after his brother Adam, the former Viscount Moreland’s untimely death, Edmund Broadbank is still searching for clues to unravel the identity of the mysterious woman who arrived at Templeton House the day after his brother died... -
Seductive Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic …Can a touch of magic and a holiday miracle bring these two destined lovers together?Rory Huntington has vowed to live his life relying on no one, but when he's betrayed and left for dead, a determined raven-haired beauty rescues him, and he must put his trust in her to... -
Walk About by Aaron Fletcher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWrested from the primordial Australian wilderness, Tibooburra Station had taken the blood, sweat and tears of generations of Kerricks and given them a magnificent heritage in return. But now the golden legacy of the outback station was threatened by the disappearance of the young boy who would one day inherit it all... -
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All the Sweet Tomorrows by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBestselling author Bertrice Small continues the blazing adventures of raven-haired, emerald-eyed Skye O'Malley. This time, she is a pawn in the bitter war between England's Queen Elizabeth, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Once again, unprotected and alone, she must fight for her children. At the command of Queen Elizabeth, Skye marries the cruel Duc de Beaumont de Jaspre...Categorized as:
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The Majestic Impostor by Tanya Bird
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA relentless love. An impossible choice. Companions are the kingdom's most beautiful and educated women--possessions of Syrasan's royal men. Aldara has left the Companion life behind her. Having returned south to her family, she thought all ties to her prince severed. She was wrong. Now she has a secret--one she must keep in order to protect the people she loves...Categorized as:
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Love Beyond Boundaries (A Scottish Time Travel Romance): Book 12 by Bethany Claire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the love we need the most is that which we give to ourselves. With a thriving physical therapy practice, it’s easy for Allanah to lose herself in her work. But when the sudden death of her best friend sends her reeling, she is forced to rethink her priorities...Categorized as:
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Cherished by Vivi Holt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCamilla Brown always wanted a family of her own. But it seemed destiny had other plans. She’d begun to feel as though she'd always be in the background, helping others build their families, leaving her dreams to wilt and die. That is, until the handsome Winston Frank comes courting at the church picnic...Categorized as:
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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... -
Tad's Treasure by Shanna Hatfield, Grandma's Wedding Quilts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe never intended to fall in love with her A sweet, historic western novella (Book 12, Grandma's Wedding Quilts series) Tad Palmer makes a promise to his dying friend to watch over the man’s wife and child. Years later, he continues to keep an eye on Posey Jacobs and her precocious little boy...Categorized as:
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Deep River by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep River, Book Seven, Redemption Mountain Historical Western Romance Series “Every book of Shirleen's never fails to draw me in and make it impossible to put down until I devour it!” Beauregard Davis, ex-Confederate Captain and bounty hunter, has put his past behind him to focus on his future...Categorized as:
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A Mail-Order Dawn by Janelle Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a freak snowstorm catches Rosalie Davis outdoors, she realizes the western adventure she craved when becoming a mail-order bride might not be everything she imagined. Before freezing to death on a canyon trail, she’s found by the local blacksmith. Her only chance for survival is a nearby shelter, through treacherous terrain and frigid conditions...Categorized as:
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A Bride for Ross by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE PRESCOTT BRIDESFive lady outlaws sent to prison for bank robbery. Their sentences commuted to time served if they become mail-order brides.Five brothers looking for wives, take a chance on the outlaw brides... -
Playing with Fire by Jayne Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrance 1793Phoebe's future holds little more than the prospect of a tedious season of balls and routs, forever in the shadow of her glamorous cousin and under the critical eye of her shrewish aunt. She yearns for a useful life, and a love match like her parents', if such a thing could ever be possible for an unwanted, poor relation... -
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A Bride for Clay by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Prescott Brides. A thrilling new series by USA Today Bestselling Author Cynthia Woolf!Five outlaw brides. Five brothers. They take a chance and each find love.She might be forging a new life as a bride for Clay, but Gwen has a past. A lawless past she escapes by becoming a mail order bride where she hopes to find a love she could only dream about.Her new groom is all she imagined...Categorized as:
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Highland Knight of Rapture: Scottish Historical Romance by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter five years of marriage, Lady Helen has failed to produce an heir. Giving birth to a lass, Helen’s husband rejects her and openly takes a lover while she endures in silence.But war is brewing. The MacDonald feud with the crown comes to a head and with it arrives Helen’s childhood friend, Sir Eoin MacGregor. Eoin and his men join with the MacIain Clan to quell the rebellion... -
Faster Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeadstrong, brash, confident, and complex, the MacLarens of Fire Mountain will captivate you with strong characters set in the wild and rugged western frontier. Handsome, ruthless, young U.S. Marshal Jamie MacLaren had lost everything—his parents, his family connections, and his childhood sweetheart—but now he’s back in Fire Mountain and ready for another chance...Categorized as:
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Sunrise Ridge by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNoah Brandt is a successful blacksmith and businessman in Splendor, Montana, with few ties to his past as an ex-Union Army major and sharpshooter. Quiet and hardworking, his biggest challenge is controlling his strong desire for a woman he believes is beyond his reach...Categorized as:
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An Heiress for August by Kathleen Ayers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLondon’s most notorious rake needs to wed.August Wade was never meant to be the Duke of Courtland. Now he’s inherited the title from his uncle along with the poorly managed ducal estates. After months of attempting to remedy the situation, August concludes that he must wed an heiress. Specifically, Miss Hazel Dartmont, only child of an obnoxiously wealthy textile merchant...Categorized as:
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Out of the Embers (Mesquite Springs (1)) by Amanda Cabot
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen years after her parents were killed, Evelyn Radcliffe is once more homeless. The orphanage that was her refuge and later her workplace has burned to the ground, and only she and a young orphan girl have escaped... -
The Reluctant Wife by Caroline Warfield
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen all else fails, love succeeds…Captain Fred Wheatly’s comfortable life on the fringes of Bengal comes crashing down around him when his mistress dies, leaving him with two children he never expected to have to raise. After he chooses justice over army regulations, he’s forced to resign his position, leaving him no way to support his unexpected family... -
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 4 by Natsu Hyuuga
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThough her main duty is still looking after Consort Gyokuyou, Maomao finds time to help her friends and acquaintances in the rear palace, including Xiaolan, who will need a job after her term of service ends, and Consort Lishu, who’s convinced she’s seen a ghost! When complications arise with Gyokuyou’s pregnancy, however, Maomao knows she’s not skilled enough to handle a situation that could...Categorized as:
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Hearts Aflame by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsKristen Haardrad met the icy fury in her captor's crystal-green gaze with defiance. She was the prisoner of Royce of Wyndhurst, but his slave she'd never be. This powerful Saxon lord had at last met his match in the Viking beauty - his equal in pride, in strength...and in the fierce, hot hunger of insatiable desire...Categorized as:
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Once Upon a Pirate by Merry Farmer, Amy Rose Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs perilous battles, treachery and revenge give way to sinful kisses, no heart is safe. Set sail to the lush heat of the Tropics, the storm-tossed Northern realms, the wild Barbary Coast, and the hazardous waters of the South Seas, for tales of scandalous adventure and smouldering desire. Masterful pirate lords. Courageous heroines. Defying danger in pursuit of all-consuming love...Categorized as:
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Boudreaux's Lady by Lauren Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanger makes the heart grow fonder…Miss Philippa Wilson makes the best of a bad situation. Her lot in life isn’t what she’d choose, but being an upstairs maid for a wealthy baron is better than living on the streets. Little does she know her lackluster days are about to become decidedly more interesting…and dangerous...Categorized as:
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Sanctuary for a Lady by Naomi Rawlings
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe injured young woman Michel Belanger finds in the woods is certainly an aristocrat. And in the midst of France's bloody revolution, sheltering nobility merits a trip to the guillotine. Yet despite the risk, Michel knows he must bring the wounded girl to his cottage to heal.Attacked by soldiers and left for dead, Isabelle de La Rouchecauld has lost everything...Categorized as:
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A Debt of Dishonor by Lillian Marek
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKate Russell is furious. It was bad enough that her father had let her grow up in virtual poverty, but now, her dissolute brother wants to use her as payment for his debts. She runs away, determined to make her way so that she will never again be at the mercy of powerful men. Then she encounters the Duke of Ashleigh... -
Twice As Wicked (Wicked Secrets) by Elizabeth Bright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Alice Bursnell is determined to wreak revenge on Nathaniel Eastwood, Viscount Abingdon, for the seduction, ruin, and death of her beloved twin sister. But how to expose a seducer without falling prey herself? As she gets closer to Nathaniel, she finds she is in serious danger of following in her sister’s much-too-tempted footsteps. The man is nothing like the heartless rake she expected..Categorized as:
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The Snowbound Bride: Historical Holiday Romance by Davalynn Spencer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuring her cross-country escape from ruthless relatives, private tutor Ara Taube ends up in a storm—physically and emotionally...Categorized as:
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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... -
Dreams in Deadwood by Kari Trumbo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe has a vice as bad as her father. Jennie Arnsby wants nothing more than to turn around and go home. Her family is on their way to Deadwood, SD, when Aiden finds his way to their small wagon train. His teasing and banter leaves her wanting to toss him out the back and in the dust. When, they are separated outside the city, she is left wondering if she’ll ever see him again...Categorized as:
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The Promise of Breeze Hill by Pam Hillman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNatchez, MS; 1791 Anxious for his brothers to join him on the rugged frontier along the Mississippi River, Connor O’Shea has no choice but to indenture himself as a carpenter in exchange for their passage from Ireland. But when he’s sold to Isabella Bartholomew of Breeze Hill Plantation, Connor fears he’ll repeat past mistakes and vows not to be tempted by the lovely lady...Categorized as:
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Why the Earl is After the Girl by Tabetha Waite
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA missing heirloom. A stolen inheritance. Can love conquer mistrust? Athena Hawthorne never imagined that she would lose everything she'd ever had. But after the death of her father, his prosperous jewelry store is sold off to pay his supposed debts...Categorized as:
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The Shadow Earl by Stella Riley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsB.R.A.G. Medallion Honouree and 2023 Global Book Awards Silver Medallist.At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Constantinople, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere, vanished - seemingly without a trace.Time passes. In London, his uncle and cousin move into his home … while his unofficial fiancée, Sophia, is left desolate and in limbo...Categorized as:
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Roselys, justicière de l'ombre by Annie Jay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA seize ans, l'intrépide Roselys d'Angemont monte à cheval et manie l'épée à merveille. Cependant, ses parents décident qu'il est temps pour elle d'avoir une vraie vie de demoiselle. Finis les vêtements d'homme, les leçons d'escrime et les escapades ! Roselys, à contrecoeur, part vivre à Paris chez sa tante. Elle y fait la connaissance de sa cousine Aimée...Categorized as:
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In Scandal with the Duke by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings#EnemiestoLovers#Oppositeattracts#OlderbrotherbestfriendJaded by fortune hunters who covet her wealth rather than her heart, American heiress Miss Elizabeth Armstrong has abandoned the pursuit of marriage. Resigned to enjoy her London visit before returning to New York, Elizabeth’s deep desire for adventures is ignited after a chance meeting with the cynical yet captivating Duke of Basil...Categorized as:
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A Duke In The Rough by Trisha Messmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow can a newly minted duke escape title-seeking debutantes? Lie, of course!Lady Honoria Bell never recovered from her broken heart. Fending off suitors her marquess father forces in her path, she’s put aside hopes of marriage. However, word of a house party hosted by the new, eligible Duke of Burwood brings a renewed gleam to her father’s eye...Categorized as:
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The True Heir by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA case of mistaken identity would change both their lives forever…Miss Millicent Silverstone has always believed herself to be a simple, unassuming farmer’s daughter. She never dreamed that the special attention Lady Gillingham always showed her was anything more than neighborly fondness...Categorized as:
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My Fair Marchioness by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMiss Julia Smith peddles flowers for her daily bread, but lands in the Duchess of Arlington's household when selling blooms becomes unexpectedly hazardous. To Julia’s surprise, Her Grace offers not only safety, but also a chance at a new, fancier life—a life Julia isn’t sure she wants... -
The Hero and the Hellion by Ava Devlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne Last Scandal, for Old Time's Sake ... A Hero's HomecomingLieutenant Callum Laughlin has spent four long years at war. Finally, he has enough status and fortune to return to Yorkshire and reclaim the woman of his dreams - a girl he could never have wed when he was a mere stable boy. What awaits him at Somerton is far from the warm welcome he imagined...Categorized as:
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