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WolfeBlade by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAndreas de Wolfe is the second-eldest de Wolfe grandchild. Son of Troy, he has inherited his father’s comely looks, his aggression, and his talent with a sword. The man is born for battle. But he is picky when it comes to women, the reason he’s not yet married. Unfortunately, when he does fall for a woman, Andreas sets himself up for a hell of a situation... and it could cost him everything... -
A Hellion at the Highland Court: A Rags to Riches Highlander Romance by Celeste Barclay
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlways a bridesmaid, never a bride... For more than a decade, Laurel Ross has been a lady-in-waiting at Robert the Bruce's royal court, a place where money is power. Laurel is the fourth out of five daughters, and the only one unwed. While Laurel isn't exactly a pauper, her father, the Earl of Ross, has already paid four large dowries... -
Remember Me by Lesley Pearse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow far must you go to find love?The Queen of Storytellers is back - with a triumphant tale of one woman's struggle over adversity.In 1786 a fisherman's daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence was commuted, and she was transported to Australia, one of the first convicts to arrive there...Categorized as:
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The Scot: A Forbidden Love Medieval Romance by Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe only cares about revenge. Until he meets her. A widow after only one year of marriage, Lady Roysa chooses to run to her sister Idalia, who is wintering at Dromsley Castle, rather than retreat to the property granted to her. What she doesn’t realize is that Idalia and her new husband have a secret—they are part of a rebellion against the king, as is their gruff host at Dromsley Castle...Categorized as:
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Embraced By A Highlander by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHannah knows all too well that evil exists. What she’s not sure of is how to escape evil. Where does she find safety from the evil that chases after her? Her only choice is to find someone who does not fear evil. Her search brings her to the MacKewan keep and Slain MacKewan, the infamous warrior known as the savage. It is with trepidation that she approaches the neglected edifice... -
The Chief's Maiden by Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Scottish chief. An English maiden. Their forbidden love threatens to destroy them both. The Chief The Scottish king gives Toren Kerr a dangerous but important mission—kill the English Warden. The man’s rumored corruption threatens to destroy the fragile peace along the border, and Toren reluctantly agrees to do his duty... -
The Ghost by Monica McCarty
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn undercover warrior and her sworn enemy play a seductive game of cat-and-mouse in New York Times bestselling author Monica McCarty’s sexy new Highland Guard novel.Joan Comyn swore allegiance to Robert the Bruce the day she witnessed England’s barbarous king torturing her famous mother, Scot patriot Bella MacDuff...Categorized as:
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This Heart of Mine by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVelvet de Marisco proves herself every inch Skye O'Malley's daughter. Be it Alexander Gordon from the Scottish Highlands or the Grand Mughal of India, each man must win her heart before they can claim the sensual joys of her passionate and erotic desires...Categorized as:
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Green City in the Sun by Barbara Wood
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA magnificent saga of two proud and powerful families—one British, one African—and their battle over Kenya’s destiny in the twentieth century.In 1917, Dr. Grace Treverton arrives in Kenya, determined to bring modern medicine to the African natives. Her brother, Sir Valentine Treverton, has his own dream for the British protectorate: to establish an agricultural empire to rival any in England... -
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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Gypsy by Lesley Pearse
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLiverpool, 1893, and tragedy sends Beth Bolton on a journey far from home ... Fifteen-year-old Beth's dreams are shattered when she, her brother Sam and baby sister Molly are orphaned. Sam believes that only in America can they make their fortunes so, reluctantly leaving Molly with adoptive parents, brother and sister embark on the greatest adventure of their lives...Categorized as:
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The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe author of the engrossing international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of northern France during the darkest days of World War II, perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale.Champagne, 1940: Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade...Categorized as:
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The Raveling by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBY HONOR BOUND TO SEEK THE FOUND, HERE BEGINS A TALESir Elias De Morville is no ordinary man of the sword, possessing both the heart of a warrior and a troubadour. When he sets out to rescue a boy who may be his son, more than ever he must prove worthy of the Wulfrith dagger that ranks him among the greatest of knights...Categorized as:
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The Far Horizon by Marsha Canham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Far Horizon is the fourth and final installment in the Award-Winning Pirate Wolf series. The series follows the Dante family through forty years of turbulent sea adventures, beginning with the patriarch fighting alongside Sir Francis Drake, and ending with Jonas Dante's pursuit of revenge.Jonas Dante is the eldest son of Simon Dante, the infamous Pirate Wolf... -
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The Judge by Maeve Greyson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes a broken promise really isn't broken. It's just a promise that takes a little longer to be fulfilled. When her father betrothed her to a duke, Isobel didn’t worry because Alasdair swore he’d save her. But he didn’t. Then word came her true love had succumbed to the plague. So, she married, and life became a living hell...Categorized as:
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Cocky Baron by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Bethany Wellstone’s season in London was cut short when her father is killed in a duel. She believes it is a sign—a sign that she was never meant to marry. Besides, no one can ever live up to the man she’s secretly loved for most of her life—a man who also happens to be one of her brother’s closest friends...Categorized as:
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A Saint at the Highland Court by Celeste Barclay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFans of Cecelia Mecca, Hildie McQueen, and Donna Fletcher will fall in love with The Highland Ladies.A lady-in-waiting left behind... Over the past two years, Blair Sutherland has watched her sister and friends marry and leave King Robert the Bruce’s royal court. Her parents have promised her a love match, but none of the courtiers who hang on the king’s coattails interest her...Categorized as:
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A Time For Secrets by Marshall Thornton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the first full-length novel of the Boystown series, it’s late summer 1982 and private detective Nick Nowak is asked to find a retired gentleman’s long lost lover. Instead, he finds himself embroiled in a decades old murder connected to the man who wants tobe Chicago’s next mayor...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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Braveheart by Randall Wallace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor love of country, for love of maiden, for love of freedom ... he became the hammer and scourge of England.In one of history's darkest hours there arose from humble beginnings a man of courage and honor—the likes of whom the world may never see again... -
Quinn by Lily Baldwin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHAPPILY EVER AFTERS THAT KEEP GOING!Quinn and Catarina’s Happy Ending is just the beginning!Keep the magic going with fun word games and puzzles relating directly to Quinn and Catarina’s story, which you will find at the end of this ebook!He is an outlaw and the only man she can trust.Quinn is a Scottish rebel and outlaw to the crown—not the sort of man for a proper English lady... -
Begin Where We Are by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMagnus leaves. He fights. He tries to survive. “Can you tell me what happened tae her, how she ended?” — Magnus in 2381 Magnus is forced to travel to an uncertain future, to fight for a throne he doesn't want.And he couldn't bring Kaitlyn, because it's too dangerous by far.So Kaitlyn tries to live on without him. She's two hundred sixty-three years in the past now. Nothing but dust...Categorized as:
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Highland Avenger by Hannah Howell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell continues the dramatic Murray saga with this brand-new story of passions surging in the face of fear. . .Once, Arianna Murray Lucette believed she'd met the man she could always rely on. She was wrong. Now she is fleeing for her life, and when her enemies attack a ship bound for her only refuge, she believes all hope is lost... -
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Lost Love Found by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDespite her breathtaking appearance at Queen Elizabeth's court, Valentina's innocence was shattered when she discovered that her true father may have been the lusty Sultan Murad of Istanbul. Needing to learn more, she set sail for the East in a dangerous erotic journey toward the truth.... "Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense... -
The Chieftain by Margaret Mallory
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFour fearless warriors return to the Highlands to claim their lands and legacies. But all their trials on the battlefield can't prepare them for their greatest challenge yet: winning the hearts of four willful Scottish beauties.A Warrior's HeartConnor, chieftain of the MacDonalds of Sleat, holds the fate of his people in his hands...Categorized as:
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The Kadin by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAbducted from a life of privilege, she was sold into slavery in a distant land. For Lady Janet Leslie there would be no escaping the harem of the wealthy and powerful Sultan Selim. But from the moment the handsome ruler spied his breathtaking "Cyra," was captivated -- by the fiery desire that coursed through his veins. She belonged to him, body and soul -yet it was he who was enslaved...Categorized as:
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Heart of Red, Blood of Blue by Rebecca Belliston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA girl on the run. A kingdom to save.Princess Gisela of Steinland was born without color. Albino. When her betrothal to Prince Jerrik of Kronga ends in his death, it starts a ten-year war her father is determined to win, even if it means bringing her out of hiding to do it. Now the savage Krongon war commander, Bloodless Kristoff, seeks the hearts of the entire royal family, especially Gisela's...Categorized as:
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Rogue Knight by Regan Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYork, England 1069… three years after the Norman Conquest. The North of England seethes with discontent under the heavy hand of William the Conqueror, who unleashes his fury on the rebels who dare to defy him. Amid the ensuing devastation, love blooms in the heart of a gallant Norman knight for a Yorkshire widow...Categorized as:
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Their Wanted Bride by Raisa Greywood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen two brawny cowboys seek a mail-order bride, they get more than they bargained for.Desperate to escape the ruthless clutches of a man who wants her only for her inheritance, the lovely and daring Madelaine O’Connor flees on the first train west. Her hopes for safety and love rest far away in the hands of a stranger in the Montana Territory...Categorized as:
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Vengeance by Anna Markland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVengeance is an intense and gripping tale of love and revenge.Ronan MacLachlainn is an Irishman of great strength and determination, despite being tortured, maimed and dispossessed. He burns for vengeance and the restoration of his hereditary Irish lands. Yet he must come to terms with the irrevocable physical losses he has suffered...Categorized as:
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The Highlander's Surrender by Eliza Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEliza Knight's bestselling Scottish historical romance series, The Stolen Bride Series, is back with another amazing tale of adventure, passion and love! Ceana Montgomery had notions of marrying for love after her first disastrous marriage ended in widowhood. But now Robert the Bruce has ordered her to marry a stranger in order to secure a strong alliance to end a decades old feud...Categorized as:
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The Following Sea by Marsha Canham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings3rd in Canham's Pirate Wolf trilogy. This time the story focuses on Gabriel Dante, taking up where The Iron Rose left off as he sails away from battle with horrendous wounds and half a crew on board a captured ship. On his way home to the safety of Pigeon Cay, Dante crosses paths with a strange ship sailing in circles, showing no signs of life on her deserted decks... -
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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The Devil of Dunakin Castle by Heather McCollum
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnglishwoman, Grace Ellington, has made a home in Scotland, but to escape from the meddling people around her who seem to think she needs to wed right away—because women need saving, right? —she volunteers to journey north to aid a friend in childbirth. Keir MacKinnon, the younger brother of the MacKinnon clan chief, has been raised to strike fear in people, on and off the battlefield...Categorized as:
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KIDNAPPED BY A ROGUE by Margaret Mallory
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE DOUGLAS LEGACY The Douglas sisters, beauties all, are used as pawns in their family’s bitter struggle to control the Scottish Crown. But when a Douglas lass is in danger, she’ll find she’s been left to face it alone. KIDNAPPED BY A ROGUE After her brother’s dramatic fall from power and banishment for treason, Lady Margaret’s husband threw her out to save himself...Categorized as:
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Lords of the White Castle by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWestminster, 1184-- in the court of King Henry, playful competition is about to turn into something far more serious. Young courtier Fulke FitzWarin would not be an obvious companion for Prince John, but the boy from the Welsh Marches is there as a reward for his family's loyalty to the crown...Categorized as:
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The Passage by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the spring of 1685, Lord Hugo Everly, ardent supporter of the Protestant upstart the Duke of Monmouth, vanishes without a trace just before the Monmouth Rebellion, leaving future generations forever baffled as to what might have become of him... -
The Summer Garden by Paullina Simons
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Magnificent Conclusion to the Timeless Epic SagaThrough years of war and devastation, Tatiana and Alexander suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. Miraculously reunited in America, they now have a beautiful son, Anthony, the gift of a love strong enough to survive the most terrible upheavals... -
Flower In The Palace by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisclaimer: This book is loosely based on the Korean Drama The Moon The Embraces The Sun. Though the basic storyline is similar, the story, scenes and characters are all mine. Prince Jai of Zihan was soon to be named Crown Prince once his father ascended the throne. At seventeen he was an accomplished young man who had learned at his father and grandfather’s knees the ways of an emperor...Categorized as:
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Fire & Ice by Catherine Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSailing from England to her family estate in Savannah, Kathleen Haley meets the dashing and domineering Captain Reed Taylor, whose actions during a rampaging storm at sea determine her fate. Original...Categorized as:
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Catherine and Arnaud by Juliette Benzoni
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCatherine, now the Comtesse de Montsalvy, struggles to restore her husbands name to it's former glory. The Château of Montsalvy has been razed to the ground in the name of King Charles VII. Arnaud himself has been torn from his wife and child, stricken by the ravages of leprosy. France, devastated by the Hundred Years War, is no place for travelers...Categorized as:
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The Highlander's Unexpected Proposal by Heather McCollum
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA lass begging to marry him might top the list of “oddest things to happen,” but Chief Adam Macquarie is desperate. And no matter how much he hates to do it, he’s not above lying to get what he wants. Starting with the fact that he just omitted the truth about the situation back at his home—where there are no women and only a handful of other people... -
Claiming Lady Brinton by Tess St. John
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years since the scandal of her marriage, being abandoned by her husband on their wedding day, and shortly thereafter receiving news of his death, the miracle Lady Millicent Brinton prayed for has finally happened. She’s become invisible to London society and is set to begin life anew with another man...Categorized as:
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Catherine's Time for Love by Juliette Benzoni
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Is god really to be thanked for putting Arnaud in your path? You might be ruling over an empire!" Proud and passionate Catherine is helpless before her love for the haughty Arnaud de Montsalvy. Now it seems she has lost him forever to the wanton caresses of a princess of the Moorish infidels...Categorized as:
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The Replacement Bride by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJesse Donovan spent the last four years chasing gold, hoping to convince his New York fiancee to join him. He's now rich, successful, and eager for his wife-to-be to make the trip out west. But now that it's time to travel to Hope's Crossing and marry Jesse, the New York socialite sends him a letter informing him of her intention to marry another... -
A Man of Value by Anna Markland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the 11th century, Book Two of the Montbryce Legacy is the story of Caedmon Woolgar, the illegitimate son of a Norman Earl, Ram de Montbryce. A warrior who has always believed he is the son of a dead Saxon hero of the Battle of Hastings, Caedmon's discovery of his illegitimacy threatens to destroy him and his marriage to Agneta Kirkthwaite... -
VIRTUE by Victoria Vane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA man without a past… Abandoned at a monastery as a young child, Alexander serves two masters—God and the fading memories of his past life—the one he never got to live. As he nears the day to take his vows, he’s sent on a last sojourn into the real world, but what begins as a test of faith becomes a journey to manhood...Categorized as:
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Highland Quest by B.J. Scott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo longer content in the shadows of his older brothers, and on a quest to find his destiny, Bryce Fraser's chosen path is fraught with danger, passion, and decisions...Categorized as:
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Losing Lizzy: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary by Regina Jeffers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe thought him dead. Now only he can save their daughter.When Lady Catherine de Bourgh told Elizabeth Bennet: “And this is your real opinion! This is your final resolve! Very well. I shall now know how to act. Do not imagine, Miss Bennet, that your ambition will ever be gratified. I came to try you...
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