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Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPawn in Frankincense is the fourth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles. Somewhere within the bejeweled labyrinth of the Ottoman empire, a child is hidden. Now his father, Francis Crawford of Lymond, soldier of fortune and the exiled heir of Scottish nobility, is searching for him while ostensibly engaged on a mission to the Turkish Sultan...Categorized as:
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The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe third volume in The Lymond Chronicles, the highly renowned series of historical novels by Dorothy Dunnett, Disorderly Knights takes place in 1551, when Francis Crawford of Lymond is dispatched to embattled Malta, to assist the Knights of Hospitallers in defending the island against the Turks...Categorized as:
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![The Ringed Castle by Dorothy Dunnett]()
The Ringed Castle by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.Fifth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, The Ringed Castle leaps from Mary Tudor's England to the barbaric Russia of Ivan the Terrible. Francis Crawford of Lymond moves to Muscovy, where he becomes advisor and general to the half-mad tsar...Categorized as:
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![Caprice and Rondo by Dorothy Dunnett]()
Caprice and Rondo by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJanuary 1474, in the deep cold of an ice-bound Danzig: a man is spending a frivolous winter not facing up to his responsibilities ... It is the merchant Niccolo, diviner, soldier, banker to Kings; shunned by all who know him after revelations of hismurderous mischief-making... -
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Tajna Krvavog mosta by Marija Jurić Zagorka
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGlas da pod Krvavim mostom leži mrtav čovjek otvarao je vrata purgerskih kuća, budio gospodu na Kaptolu i dopro čak u spavaće odaje gričkih plemkinja... Tako počinje roman “Tajna krvavog mosta” koji je izlazio u svescima 1912. godine u Malim novinama...Categorized as:
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Urban by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe love, we lose, we must let them go. But we must also love again.Everly has her life all arranged. She just needs to put the right people into the appropriate slots. And one person out of place is her sister, at Oxford, whom she plans to bring home... -
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Journeys by Jeanne Roland
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA barracks full of beautiful boys. A girl in disguise, living among them.It’s the 14th century, and the longbow is king. But in the northern European principality of Ardennes, archery isn’t just the nation’s defense. It’s the national obsession...Categorized as:
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A Quest for Mr Darcy by Cassandra Grafton, Ada Bright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFitzwilliam Darcy is on a quest. Convinced he is over his foolish infatuation with Elizabeth Bennet, he returns from a year of travelling with a plan, both to protect the estate of which he is guardian and to ensure his sister's happiness: he intends to do his duty and secure a wife at the earliest opportunity. Duty; a path from which Darcy knows he should never have been diverted... -
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Circled Heart by Karen J. Hasley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet a remarkable woman. Read an unforgettable love story. Johanna Swan is a survivor. She escaped death twice—as a child in China during the Boxer Uprising of 1900 and twelve years later as a young woman aboard the ocean liner Titanic. Now a forward-thinking suffragist and an heiress besides, Johanna intends to use her intelligence, energy, and fortune to help poor and immigrant women... -
![Till There Was You by Lynn Kurland]()
Till There Was You by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsZachary Smith is finished with high-maintenance women, impossible clients, and paranormal adventures. He wants an ordinary life and a happily-ever-after with a fresh-faced girl next door. But when he walks through a doorway into a different century, he knows his life isn't going to turn out quite the way he planned... -
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Child of the Phoenix by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBorn in a burning castle in 1218, Princess Eleyne is brought up to support the Celtic cause against the English. She is taught to worship the old gods and to "scry" into the future and the past. Eleyne's second sight, however, involves her in the destinies of England, Scotland and Wales... -
![A Precarious Excursion: An Austen-Inspired Romance by Wendi Sotis]()
A Precarious Excursion: An Austen-Inspired Romance by Wendi Sotis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUpon arriving in London from Kent, Miss Elizabeth Bennet assumes it was an error in her behaviour that made Mr. Darcy believe she would accept his proposal. Elizabeth decides she should act more like her sister Jane from this point forward...Categorized as:
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![Days of Sun and Glory: The King's Greatest Enemy #2 by Anna Belfrage]()
Days of Sun and Glory: The King's Greatest Enemy #2 by Anna Belfrage
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdam de Guirande has barely survived the aftermath of Roger Mortimer’s rebellion in 1321. When Mortimer manages to escape the Tower and flee to France, anyone who has ever served Mortimer becomes a potential traitor – at least in the eyes of King Edward II and his royal chancellor, Hugh Despenser. Adam must conduct a careful balancing act to keep himself and his family alive... -
![The Favored Son by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Favored Son by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovember 1147. Gareth and Gwen have again been called to a castle belonging to Robert, Earl of Gloucester, this time by Prince Henry, who insists his uncle was murdered. Allying with Normans doesn't come easily to Gareth and Gwen, but initial doubts are swept aside as more losses come to light... -
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![Highland Bear by Celeste Barclay]()
Highland Bear by Celeste Barclay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA gentle giant during peace, a bear on the battlefield... Blake Sinclair is fresh from the battlefield having fought alongside his father, Magnus, and his uncles and cousins. Sent to accompany Sir Andrew of Moray back to Stirling, Blake intends to avail himself of the various entertainments the town offers...Categorized as:
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![Baron of Blackwood by Tamara Leigh]()
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 Silent Highlander by Donna Fletcher]()
The Silent Highlander by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll is not what it seems. Don’t trust anyone. The warning comes too late for Elysia.Alone and frightened, Elysia hurries to do as her two sisters urged: ask Saber, who works one of the crofts, to wed her. She favors him and believes he feels the same about her. His throat is healing from an injury, and his voice is slowly returning, with her help...Categorized as:
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![Baron of Emberly by Tamara Leigh]()
Baron of Emberly by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA WARRIOR DANGEROUSLY IN CONTROL England, 1334 ~ In the second book of The Feud series, Baron Magnus Verdun is a warrior whose handsome face gives little indication of the darkness he struggles to contain...Categorized as:
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![Niccolò Rising by Dorothy Dunnett]()
Niccolò Rising by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWith the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe...Categorized as:
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![Highlander's Scarred Angel: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Alisa Adams]()
Highlander's Scarred Angel: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Alisa Adams
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOther girls desire a handsome Prince. She needs a warrior. After defeating the Munroes and saving their homeland; Fionnaghall, one of the four Ross sisters has to return as a ruler. Cenna is the third youngest of sisters and a brave warrior despite her angelic looks. Her oldest sister Godet is married to Laird Gordon MacDonell...Categorized as:
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Fletchers End by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe joys and contentment of newly-wedded life, set against the tranquil beauty of the English countryside, are the subject of this volume by the beloved novelist, D.E. Stevenson. The author of Bel Lamington continues the heartwarming story of the gentle heroine who came to London and fell in love with her employer, Ellis Brownlee... -
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The Marquis' Secret by George MacDonald
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was one of those exquisite days that come in every winter and seem like the beautiful ghost of summer The loveliness of the morning, however, was but partially visible from the spot where Malcolm Colonsay stood in the stable yard of Lossie House, ancient and roughly paved. He stood on the unlevelled stones grooming the coat of a powerful and fidgety black mare... -
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Shoulder the Sky by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘Consistently charming’ The Times Rhoda, an artist from London and her childhood sweetheart James finally wed, following a lot of deliberation — particularly on Rhoda’s side... -
![Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones]()
Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsXIV century. The city of Barcelona is at its moment of greatest prosperity; has grown towards the Ribera, the humble neighborhood of fishermen, whose inhabitants decide to build, with the money of some and the effort of others, the largest Maria cathedral ever known...Categorized as:
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![The Highlander's Curse by Claire Delacroix]()
The Highlander's Curse by Claire Delacroix
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCheated of his inheritance and burdened by the legacy of his Fae blood, Garrett MacLachlan believes he is doomed to be an outcast forever—until he meets Annelise of Kinfairlie, a gentle maiden with the power to turn his curse to gift... -
![With Dreams Only Of You: The Legend of the Theodosia Sword by Kathryn Le Veque, Christi Caldwell]()
With Dreams Only Of You: The Legend of the Theodosia Sword by Kathryn Le Veque, Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne family. One Legend. One chance to reverse the tides of fortune. Welcome to a multi-genre collection unlike any other historical romance collection. Six of the top authors in their respective genres bring you this powerhouse collection, WITH DREAMS ONLY OF YOU... -
![Mischief & Mayhem: A Pride & Prejudice Novella by Christie Capps]()
Mischief & Mayhem: A Pride & Prejudice Novella by Christie Capps
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow much trouble could one small baby be? Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are about to find out.Fitzwilliam Darcy avoids unsavory characters, unattached females, and messy babies--until he meets the Bennet family from Longbourn in Hertfordshire. Something about one of the daughters and the only son intrigues him until thoughts of them fill his waking hours and his dreams...Categorized as:
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![Greenwillow by Beatrice Joy Chute]()
Greenwillow by Beatrice Joy Chute
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA lyrical and timeless fable of the small country village of Greenwillow and its unforgettable inhabitants, and of the poignant romance between young Gideon Briggs who lives in the shadow of a family curse and is determined never to marry, and Dorrie, the orphan girl he loves... -
![The Baron's Bounty by Elizabeth Rose]()
The Baron's Bounty by Elizabeth Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIsobel MacEwen is sent as her cousin Catherine's proxy to marry Conlin de Braose, Baron of the Cinque Ports. But several months before she leaves Scotland, and on the same night that the baron's ship is docked in port, she is a witness to the murder of their Scottish king. Or almost a witness. From her hiding place on that stormy night, she only sees the murderer's shoes as he walks by... -
![A Matter of Honor: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds]()
A Matter of Honor: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPride & Prejudice goes to Scotland! When Fitzwilliam Darcy, still smarting from Elizabeth’s rejection, discovers she was forced to flee her home in disgrace owing to his actions, his course is clear. He must marry her. It is a matter of honor. All he has to do is find her and propose. Surely that will be simple enough. But Elizabeth does not want to be found, especially not by Darcy... -
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Autumn's Touch by Elizabeth Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 3: Seasons of Fortitude Series On a trip back from Scotland, the ship that carries Lady Autumn is caught in a bad storm and is forced to dock. The dark and dreary Ravenscar Castle sits high atop the cliffs, ruled by the mighty and frightening warlord known only as Ravenscar...Categorized as:
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Highland Escape by Cathy MacRae, D.D. MacRae
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnna has been unjustly imprisoned by a clan she aided. Will Duncan's support win her heart? Or will his assistance come too late?Fleeing the English army that murdered her family before her eyes, Anna Braxton rescues two young women kidnapped by a barbaric Highland clan. Unjustly imprisoned by the clan she aided, she counters their belated offer of friendship with anger and distrust...Categorized as:
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![The House on the Cliff by D.E. Stevenson]()
The House on the Cliff by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Elfrida Jane Ware inherits the House on the Cliff, she is determined to settle down to a quiet life an dforget the man she once loved. But Devonshire is vastly different from the world she had known as a struggling young actres. Ignorant of local customs and attitudes, Elfrida unwittingly gets herself into some rather awkward situations... -
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Bel Lamington by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBel Lamington finds London a very lonely place - until a charming young artist literally drops in on her rooftop garden... Bel Lamington, an orphan daughter of an Army colonel, is brought up in an English village and flung into the whirl of London life to earn a hard living as a secretary while attempting to navigate romance, unexpected friendships and urban life... -
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![The Crusader's Bride by Claire Delacroix]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Dreams of Lilacs by Lynn Kurland]()
Dreams of Lilacs by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIsabelle de Piaget is determined to elude her overprotective family by means of a hasty escape to France. But instead of making a surprise visit to her brother there, she winds up shipwrecked on the French coast with no memory of who she is or how she came to awaken in the dark and forbidding castle of an equally brooding lord...Categorized as:
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Dreamspell by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.A TIME TO LIVE. A TIME TO DIE. A TIME TO DREAM.Sleep disorders specialist Kennedy Plain has been diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. When her research subject dies after trying to convince her he has achieved dream-induced time travel and her study is shelved, she enlists herself as a subject to complete her research...Categorized as:
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Baron Of Godsmere by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE FEUD England, 1308. Three noblemen secretly gather to ally against their treacherous lord. But though each is elevated to a baron in his own right and given a portion of his lord’s lands, jealousy and reprisals lead to a twenty-five year feud, pitting family against family, passing father to son. THE DECREE England, 1333...Categorized as:
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![The Course of Honor by Lindsey Davis]()
The Course of Honor by Lindsey Davis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRome in the first century A.D. saw the corrupt and bloody reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, as well as the Year of the Four Emperors. It also saw the rise of Vespasian, the destitute son of a provincial senator who brought peace to the empire after years of strife, court intrigue, and murder...Categorized as:
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Amber by Lauren Royal
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEngland & Scotland, 1668 Kendra Chase's brothers are telling her it's high time she get married. But although they've presented her with many wealthy, titled suitors, no man has caught her fancy—until her coach is held up by a dashing, mysterious highwayman... -
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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 Scarlet Trefoil by L.A. Kelly]()
The Scarlet Trefoil by L.A. Kelly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFreed from a life of darkness, Tahn Dorn finds God's grace toward him a comfort he has never known before. He has put away his painful past and is looking forward to a bright peaceful future with his bride-to-be. But the past returns to haunt him, threatening to ruin all that he loves... -
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The Promise of Peace by Carol Umberger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA riveting story of betrayal and love set in the highlands of 14th-Century... -
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A Lily on the Heath: A Medieval Romance by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPassion and deception amid the turbulent court of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II.An honorable man: Malcolm de Monde, Lord of Warwick needs a wife. He reluctantly journeys to the royal court where his plan is simple: find a dutiful woman, gain the king’s approval for his choice and return to Warwick with his chosen lady wedded, bedded, and carrying his heir—all before winter...Categorized as:
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![Fire Song by Roberta Gellis]()
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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Lachlan's Heart by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Saga of the MacCulloughs continues...Lachlan MacCullough never held any dreams or aspirations of being chief or laird of anything, let alone holdings as large and vast as those they have just wrested from the cold dead fingers of one Randall Chisolm. But no man can rule two keeps... -
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The Sinner by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLies, desperation and an offer she can't refuse sends impoverished widow Lady Catherine (Cat) headlong into marriage with the man who killed her husband. Guilt and desire battle within Hughe, Lord Oxley's, soul. When the enigmatic leader of the Assassin's Guild learns that the widow of one of his targets is at the mercy of a cruel man, he does the only thing left in his power to do...Categorized as:
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Accusing Mr. Darcy by Kelly Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCould Fitzwilliam Darcy harbour a shocking, sinister secret?Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet count themselves among the many guests of the Kendall family, whose estate lies amidst the picturesque hills, gorges, and rocky slopes of the Peak District in Derbyshire. Elizabeth’s cousin Rose Kendall believes her dashing brother-in-law, Captain James Kendall, is Elizabeth’s ideal match...Categorized as:
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![Return to Alastair by L.A. Kelly]()
Return to Alastair by L.A. Kelly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaunted by confusing dreams, Tahn Dorn realizes he must face his past before he can look to the future... -
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Tomorrow's Treasure by Linda Lee Chaikin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRaised by her aunt and uncle at the rectory in the small English village of Grimston Way, lovely Evy Varley remembers little of her missionary parents and nothing of South Africa, the land where she was orphaned during the Zulu War of 1878...
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