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The Devil's Deception by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Hiding in plain sightWhen your life is destroyed by a faceless villain and the grief cuts so deep it could destroy you, there are two choices. Give up or fight. Lord Montgomery chose the latter. Society sees him as a bumbling fool, but in fact Theo is far from it. With the return of his childhood friend, Lady Iris Challoner, everything suddenly changes...

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New Day Rising, A by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Spring of 1884 in Dakota Territory brings the promise of ... A New Day Rising The dream of a farmstead and a good life in America had led Roald and Inegborg Bjorklund to cross the Atlantic and pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm had turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare...

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The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
A Cross-Country Trip through Regency England Brings Intrigue, Rogues, and High Adventure The must-read conclusion to Michelle Griep’s Bow Street Runners Trilogy: Life couldn’t be better for Abigail Gilbert—but it’s been a long time in coming. Having lived with a family who hated her, it’s finally her time for love...

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The Captain's Confidant: A Regency Romance by Ashtyn Newbold
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
An accidental letter, a long-lost love, and a slew of secrets.For as long as Bridget Northcott can remember, she has loved her brother's closest friend, Colin Foster. She loved him long before he grew up, became Captain Foster, and long before he left her behind for a life at sea...

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The Deepest Waters by Dan Walsh
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
For John and Laura Foster, what began as a fairytale honeymoon in 1857 aboard the steamship SS Vandervere, quickly turns into a nightmare. A terrible hurricane strikes and the grand ship begins to sink. Just before it goes under, a rescue ship appears on the horizon. But it only has room enough to save the women and children...

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The Liberty Bride by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Lieutenant Owen Masters and Emeline Baratt meet on a British warship as sworn enemies. Where will Emeline place her loyalties when forced to spy against her country?A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees...

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The Wicked Governess by Mary Lancaster, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Read Book Six in the bestselling Blackhaven Brides series... a lonely governess, a mute pupil, and secrets abound in this captivating tale. Purchase the novel or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited! Can the governess teach a damaged hero? Caroline Grey is devastated when she is dismissed from her post as governess to the Earl of Braithwaite’s sisters...

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To Trust a Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Book 3 in the exciting new Soldiers and Soulmates series has arrived. A soldier returning from war. A war widow who’s created a new life for herself. An attraction that brings them together... Forced to marry a stranger after one chaste kiss, Lady Ashlyn Dunwood spends a single night with her new husband before his regiment ships off to war...

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Temptations of a Duke's Daughter by Samantha Holt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Solving a murder is dangerous business. So is falling in love…Lady Chastity Fallon will not stand idly by while her sister is suspected of murder. Since no one wants to help, she’ll take matters into her own hands. The plan? Simple. She’ll disguise herself as a servant and investigate...

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The Noble Smuggler by Sian Ann Bessey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Despite living at her father’s inn her entire life, Elizabeth Doyle has always managed to avoid involvement with the smugglers who frequently gather there. Until now. When a handsome smuggler is brought to her with dire injuries, Elizabeth risks everything to hide him—completely unaware that the wounded man is not who he appears to be...

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The Prince of Spies by Elizabeth Camden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Luke Delacroix has the reputation of a charming man-about-town in Gilded Age Washington, D.C. In reality, he is secretly carrying out an ambitious agenda in Congress. His current mission is to thwart the reelection of Congressman Clyde Magruder, his only real enemy in the world...

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Sharpshooter in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Mandy McClellen Grey, has become the focus of a feud thanks to her husband, who made this mess and then died. Far from home, Mandy, the best little rifle woman in the west, has resigned herself to a lonely life under siege rather than call for help and endanger her family...

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The Spice King by Elizabeth Camden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Gray Delacroix has dedicated his life to building an acclaimed global spice empire, but it has come at a cost. Resolved to salvage his family before they spiral out of control, he returns to his ancestral home for good after years of traveling the world...

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Cherished by Vivi Holt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Camilla 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...

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From Cairo, With Love (Timeless Romance Single) by Nancy Campbell Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
From the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling & #1 Amazon bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series in Clean & Wholesome Romance, comes the Timeless Romance Singles line. FROM CAIRO, WITH LOVE: A brand new historical romance novella from bestselling author Nancy Campbell Allen...

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Weathering Captain Storm by Jane Charles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Captain Nathaniel Storm fell in love with Miss Isabella Valentine during the time of war. She followed the drum, he knew his duty. If not for the fear of making her a widow, Nate would have claimed her as his long ago. Isabella knew Nate could never been hers, but that didn’t stop her from dreaming of what could have been if her life was as she claimed...

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Undertow by Lara Hays
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
· 7 ratings
The 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...

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The Broken Heart by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Danger, loyalty and loving the enemy… Book 4 in The Unmarriageable Series is now available! Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited! Shunned by society and even by her own family after the treachery of her late husband, Isabelle de Renarde has long given up any thought of love or remarriage...

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The Song of Love by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Welcome to more Regency fun and frolic in the romantic, bestselling Book of Love series. Now Violet Farthingale must put The Book of Love to the test to capture Romulus Brayden’s heart.What makes a man fall in love? Violet Farthingale is desperate to know, because she has just been caught in Captain Romulus Brayden’s home with her gown unlaced and his hands too far up her legs to explain away...

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The Rancher Takes a Cowgirl by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Grace Harper is in hiding. When her father died six months before, she never imagined her unexpected inheritance would threaten her life. What better place to disappear than on a cattle ranch, doing the work she spent the last nine years helping her father with? And surely she’ll be safe hidden in Texas, thousands of miles from her trouble...

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Saved by the Scoundrel by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Although she never thought of herself as one of the lucky ones, Caroline Devonshire’s life could have been in a much dire state than it was at the age of 18. Orphaned when young, her older brother managed to secure her a home under the watchful eye of the widowed tavern owner, Mrs. Beeson, before setting off for war in France...

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A Rocky Mountain Romance by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
A Christian Historical Romance Novel Zeche Reid is on a journey to find himself, and the Wyoming mountain country seems like the perfect place. But when he stumbles upon a lady and her professor father holed up in a remote cabin, his protective instincts won't let him leave them alone. Especially when the father’s haunting memories from the War of Succession put his daughter’s safety at risk...

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Miss Robinson and the Unsuitable Baron by Sofi Laporte
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
A proper schoolmistress, an aristocratic nincompoop, and an improper proposal.When Ellen Robinson seeks out Baron Edmund Tewkbury in London to deliver his ward, he wheedles her into staying—as his wife.Edmund Graves, Sixth Baron Tewkbury, is in a pretty pickle after lying to his friend about being married. To save face, he must introduce a fictitious wife at a high-society house party...

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A Bartered Bride by Cat Cahill
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
When Matthew Canton advertised for a mail-order bride, he didn't expect to have to bargain for her.Sophia Zane didn't expect to have her brilliant plan go awry, or to be saved by a man who assumes she's going to marry him...

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Fed to the Lyon by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Enter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves.A high-stakes game…but who is playing?On the day the Princess of Wales goes into exile, Diana loses both her court place and her betrothed...

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Captain Jones's Temptation by Audrey Harrison
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
He has it all – or so it seems. She is hiding from her past. They both have to protect a child.Can they overcome their mutual dislike to battle the common enemy? Will their secrets destroy their carefully crafted lives?Captain Samuel Jones is handsome, charming – when he wants to be – and one of the highly coveted King's Messengers...

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An Unwelcome Suitor by Ashtyn Newbold
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Falling in love with her sister's suitor had never been part of her plan. After losing her parents, Elizabeth Watts and her two sisters are taken under the care of their great-aunt, who has promised them her estate upon her death. From a young age, however, Elizabeth has learned not to expect to keep things that can be taken away...

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A Gentleman's Honor: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melanie Rachel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Someone wants Elizabeth Bennet dead. It’s all Fitzwilliam Darcy’s fault.Elizabeth Bennet wants the truth from Mr. Darcy. When she follows him from the ballroom to insist upon it, she becomes an unwilling witness to a scandalous scene. And for once, she cannot blame Mr. Darcy for disdaining his company. Not even when he departs Netherfield in the middle of the ball...

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With the Wind by Elizabeth Johns
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Five years have passed since Lady Anjou Winslow, one of the triplet daughters of the Marquess Ashbury, watched her love, Lieutenant Gardiner, leave for the war in America. They were secretly married just before his departure, and though the War Office has declared him dead, she refuses to believe it. No trace of him was ever found...

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The Beast Finds his Blind Duchess by Harriet Caves
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
She can’t see...He doesn’t want to be seen… How is Lady Isobel to find a single suitor when she isn’t allowed to wear her spectacles? As if being tormented and hated by her own mother for being blind wasn’t enough strain on her soft heart.Logan Quenting, the Duke of Mayer, never expected that his betrothed would run from him screaming as soon as he came back from war...

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The Weaver's Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Kate's loyalties bind her to the past. Henry's loyalties compel him to strive for a better future...

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Saving Miss Everly by Sally Britton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Pretending she's her twin gets complicated when Hope is shipwrecked with a handsome castaway. When rescue comes, will she risk her heart to confess the truth or will they part forever?Pretending to be her sister, Hope Everly finds an adventure at last. The Caribbean's warm waters and tropical islands fulfill nearly all her dreams...

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Trail of Lies: Faith in the Face of Crime (Texas Ranger Justice) by Margaret Daley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
The danger deepens in the Texas Ranger Justice series As the mother of a beautiful daughter and the wife of a wealthy entrepreneur, Melora Hudson seemed happy. No one knew about the secrets hidden behind closed doors—secrets Melora was forced to keep. Now, two years after her husband’s disappearance, the truth may be exposed. His body has been found, and everyone has questions...

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Rake on the Run by Mindy Burbidge Strunk
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
He never expected to get caught in the parson's mousetrap. Least of all by a friend.Lord Nathaniel Westlake has a reputation with the ladies, but he has always been two steps ahead of it catching up to him. His last narrow escape lands him on a ship, and it seems like the perfect solution. Until he learns the ship is bound for India...

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The Toffee Heiress by Sydney Jane Baily
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Step into Rare Confectionery on New Bond Street, where three talented sisters create treats as delectable to the tongue as they are appealing to the eye. One taste is all it takes to be captivated…Greer Carson needs a wife, and not merely any wife, either. She must be a titled British lady so he can claim his inheritance—a country estate all but abandoned for a generation...

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Seducing the Siren of Seven Dials by Jillian Eaton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Three years ago, Lady Amelia disappeared without a trace. Unable to conform to the rigid rules of society, she sought freedom in the streets of Seven Dials and transformed herself into Artemis Bishop, thief-extraordinaire. But in doing so, she spurned her betrothed…the powerful Duke of Warwick.Warwick can handle misplacing a cravat...

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A Wish Upon a Marquess by Maggie Dallen, Katherine Ann Madison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
How does a socially inept bluestocking find love?One ruined chemistry setA marquess in need of a scientific mindThree meddling friends and, of courseOne wish upon a maypoleMiss Camilla Fairbanks' romance starts with a bang. Literally. The explosion is heard by everyone in the Marquess of Ashburn's country estate. But Camilla isn't searching for love when she arrives at Ashburn's manor...

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A Wish Upon an Earl by Katherine Ann Madison, Maggie Dallen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
How does a near spinster find love?A knight in shining armorA little wish about the MaypoleA masquerade ballAnd one injured foot…Lady Sarah Appleton stands accused of a terrible crime. She’s a known romantic. Or at least she was until one epically awful attempt to use her romanticism to catch the love of her life...

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A Wish Upon a Viscount by Maggie Dallen, Katherine Ann Madison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
How does a daydreaming debutante find love?One forgotten book of poetryA case of mistaken identityA love letter to the wrong beauAnd a wish made 'round the maypoleMiss Rose Waterstone might be a romantic, but she knows better than to believe romance can happen to her...

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The Husband Hunt by Karen Kirst
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Wanted: A Husband Sophie Tanner gave up hoping for Nathan O'Malley's approval—and love—long ago. Getting married is the only way to protect her younger brother and keep her family's Smoky Mountain farm. As much as she'd like Nathan to be the groom, he can't seem to get past their friendship…or their differences...

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The Betrothed by Vivi Holt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Lady Charlotte Beaufort of Beaufort Manor, England, is accustomed to the finer things in life. She’s used to everything going her way. But it’s all about to change. When her parents force her into an engagement with the Duke of Notherington, a man she barely knows, she runs away – traveling aboard a steamer to the New World...

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Earl of Hearts by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Love comes to those who need it most. What will happen when an earl determined never to love meets the only woman who can tear down his defenses?Lady Nicola Emory adored her brother’s best friend, John Randall, Earl of Bainbridge, from the moment she met him...

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Waltz in the Wilderness by Kathleen Denly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
She's desperate to find her missing father. His conscience demands he risk all to help. Eliza Brooks is haunted by her role in her mother's death, so she'll do anything to find her missing pa—even if it means sneaking aboard a southbound ship. When those meant to protect her abandon and betray her instead, a family friend's unexpected assistance is a blessing she can't refuse...

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Desiring the Earl She Hates by Harriet Caves
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Fury and desire waged war in their thoughts.... The Lovelaces and the Hardstones would rather die than get along.Betrothed to a powerful Duke, the feisty Miss Verity Lovelace knows one thing: her family’s enemies will pay for what they did to her poor aunt.A renowned rake and eligible bachelor, Ernest Hardstone, the Earl of Norfolk, never paid much heed to the ridiculous feud...

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Matchless Margaret by Christina Dudley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
With her two older sisters married, managing family affairs has fallen to capable Miss Margaret Hapgood, leaving little time for thoughts of marriage. But a trip to Bath to find her uncle a wealthy bride throws her in the path of a handsome recuperating soldier, who is equally determined to keep his mother’s fortune out of grasping hands...

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The Countess Intrigue by Wendy May Andrews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
During her second Season, Lady Elizabeth Castleton is found in a compromising position with Lord Justice Sinclair, the Earl of Heath. Despite her attraction to him, she is dismayed to find herself betrothed to the man who is rumored to have killed his first wife. Regardless of the rumors, she is soon married and on the way to her husband’s estate...

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An Agent for Claudette by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
An optimistic widow longing for freedom. A roguish womanizer longing to settle down. Thrown together, they must solve a case that could split them apart forever. Determined to make her mark as a Pinkerton Agent, Claudette LeBas leaves everything she knows and sets out on a new adventure...

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Why the Earl is After the Girl by Tabetha Waite
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A 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...

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The Captain's Lady by Sara Cardon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
When a determined heiress tries to convince a rugged captain to stay invested in her bank, she risks losing everything, including her heart. Lucy Brook is desperate. With two measly weeks to save her bank, she chases her wealthiest patron to a house party. But the more she comes to know the ruggedly handsome war hero, the more she fears revealing her purpose...

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Saving Captain Drummond by Audrey Harrison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A Regency Romance They thought falling in love was easy. The uncertainties of war was to prove it wasn’t. Captain Cameron Drummond is away from the woman he loves, fighting in the Peninsular War with Arthur Wellesley, the soon to become Duke of Wellington. The battle at Talavera will see Cameron’s life changed forever…Lady Helena Ashton has led a sheltered life in Berkshire...

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