Books like 'The King's Mercy'
Readers who enjoyed The King's Mercy by Lori Benton also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
historical romance action / adventure north-america usa north-carolina historical-fiction christian drama animals
-
This Wilderness Journey by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Christian Historical Romance novel Joseph Malcom has spent his life protecting those in need, but now that his sister is safely settled with her new family in the Canadian Rockies, his help is no longer required. That is, until he’s asked to safely retrieve the priest’s cousin to help minister to the local Indian tribe. But his passenger is not at all who he expects... -
This Treacherous Journey by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Christian Historical Romance novel Widowed and with child, Emma Malcom is fleeing from the reward offered for her arrest. She’s innocent of the dirty dealings her deceased husband orchestrated, but the angry townspeople didn’t stop to listen to her defense before she narrowly escaped with her life...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult anthologies audiobook -
The Lady and the Lionheart by Joanne Bischof
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo worlds collide when the circus comes to Victorian-era Virginia.Raised amid the fame and mystique of the Big Top, Charlie Lionheart holds the audience in the palm of his hand. But while his act captivates thousands, it’s away from the spotlight where his true heart lies...Categorized as:
animals christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book -
Flights of Fancy by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMiss Isadora Delafield may be an heiress, but her life is far from carefree. When her mother begins pressuring her to marry an elderly and uncouth duke, she escapes from the high society world she's always known and finds herself to be an unlikely candidate for a housekeeper position in rural Pennsylvania. Mr...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book comedy -
-
This Courageous Journey by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christian Historical Romance Novel As the fifth daughter in a family of nine, Noelle Grant spent her life striving to be unique. Her love of telling stories helps define her goal—to be known around the country as one of the top news correspondents of her time...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult anthologies fiction -
Harvest of Rubies by Tessa Afshar, Irena Modrijan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe prophet Nehemiah's cousin has been catapulted into the center of the Persian court—working long hours, rubbing elbows with royalty, and becoming the queen's favorite scribe.Not bad, for a woman living in a man's world. But a devastating past has left Sarah believing that God doesn't love her and her achievements are the measure of her worth—a measure she can never quite live up to...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure audiobook book fiction -
The Land Beneath Us by Sarah Sundin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn 1943, Private Clay Paxton trains hard with the US Army Rangers at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, determined to do his best in the upcoming Allied invasion of France. With his future stolen by his brothers' betrayal, Clay has only one thing to live for--fulfilling the recurring dream of his death...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction north-america spirituality usa 20th-century action-adventure adult -
The Lady and the Mountain Fire by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Christian Historical Romance Novel Claire Sullivan has a soft spot for helping those in need. So when her widowed grandmother becomes blind, Claire is determined to travel to the Montana Territory to care for her. But she never imagined the country would be so wild compared to her North Carolina home. Even the local doctor doesn't seem to have a kind bone in his body...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult anthologies fiction -
Freedom's Ring by Heidi Chiavaroli
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBoston, 2015 Two years after nearly losing her life in the Boston Marathon bombing, Annie David is still far from “Boston strong.” Instead she remains isolated and defeated―plagued by guilt over her niece, crippled in the blast, and by an antique ring alongside a hazy hero’s face...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction north-america spirituality usa action-adventure adult book -
This Homeward Journey by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s desperate for a new life in the Canadian mountains…He’s the last person she should trust to get her there.After her husband’s death, Rachel Gray is finally free from the turmoil his addictions caused. She wants nothing more than a new life with her twelve-year-old son. If she can reach her brother in the wilderness of the Canadian territories, they’ll have help to start over in peace... -
The Husband Tree by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHit the trail into the Old West, where a tough lady rancher and a seemingly aimless wrangler attempt to avoid the matrimonial noose. When Belle Tanner hires Silas Harden to help her get her cattle to market, the last thing she’s looking for is romance...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult book fiction historical -
On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLt. Georgiana Taylor has everything she could want. A comfortable boyfriend back home, a loving family, and a challenging job as a flight nurse. But in July 1943, Georgie’s cozy life gets decidedly more complicated when she meets pharmacist Sgt. John Hutchinson. Hutch resents the lack of respect he gets as a noncommissioned serviceman and hates how the war keeps him from his fiancée...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality 20th-century action-adventure book fiction -
Seeing the Elephant by Leah Banicki
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter three long years of separation Corinne Temple is heading West to see her father again. She marries Andrew Temple the day she leaves for the Oregon Trail. He is a family friend but far from friendly. Her third generation knowledge of healing herbs makes her an asset to the wagon train but her husband's iron grip leaves Corinne confused and angry...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult book coming-of-age fiction -
The Deepest Waters by Dan Walsh
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor 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...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book fiction -
-
West Winds of Wyoming by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Book Three of the Prairie Hearts series by USA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe, two broken hearts just might find a second chance at love. When widower Charlie Rose shows up looking for work at the struggling Cotton Ranch, no one knows he’s secretly trying to outrun trouble—and he intends to keep it that way...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book -
The Lady and the Mountain Man by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLeah Townsend, a recently orphaned heiress, flees Richmond after discovering her fiancé’s plot to kill her after their wedding. She needs a safe place to hide, and finds herself accepting a newspaper marriage proposal from a God-fearing young rancher in the Montana Territory...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction north-america spirituality usa action-adventure adult -
The Cumberland Bride by Shannon McNear
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThomas Bledsoe and Kate Gruener are traveling the Wilderness Road when conflicts between natives and settlers reach a peak that will require each of them to tap into a well of courage.A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees...Categorized as:
animals christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult book fiction -
The Liberty Bride by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLieutenant 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...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction north-america spirituality usa action-adventure adult book -
Hope in the Mountain River by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis epic journey is not at all what she expected. Joel Vargas can’t believe he’s lost his older brother in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains after surviving their harrowing voyage across the Atlantic. And he can’t shake the feeling that Adam—his only living relative—is in dire trouble. No matter what the cost, he and his band of friends won’t stop until Adam is found...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book -
Ishmael by E.D.E.N. Southworth
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou will never read a story that is more inspiring and challenging than Ishmael . The heights of success achieved by this young man reveal little of the utter poverty into which he was born. He entered life motherless and poor, and despite the wishes of everyone around, he survived and flourished in his paltry environment...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure book classics female-author -
River to Redemption by Ann H. Gabhart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOrphaned in the cholera epidemic of 1833, Adria Starr was cared for by a slave named Louis, a man who stayed in Springfield, Kentucky, when anyone with means had fled. A man who passed up the opportunity to escape his bondage and instead tended to the sick and buried the dead. A man who, twelve years later, is being sold by his owners despite his heroic actions...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure audiobook book fiction historical -
The Runaway Bride by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHaunted by mistakes in her past, will she ever again trust her heart to another?Wealthy Arabella Lawrence flees to British Columbia on a bride ship, still bearing the scars of past mistakes. One of the few single women in the boomtown, she immediately attracts suitors, but she is determined not to find herself trapped again by making a poor choice.Vying for her hand are two very different men...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction north-america spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book -
The Captive Heart by Dale Cramer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMore Danger, Adventure, Romance in Dale Cramer's Next Installment! Bandit troubles intensify as Caleb Bender's family tries to settle into their new life in 1920s Paradise Valley. When El Pantera kidnaps Rachel and leaves her brother, Aaron, for dead, Jake Weaver and the Mexican native Domingo pursue the bandit leader to his mountain stronghold in a hopeless rescue attempt...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book -
Sweet Boundless by Kristen Heitzmann
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNewly married Carina DiGratia Shephard longs to make a home for herself and her husband, Quillan, in the rugged mining town of Crystal, Colorado. Quillan, however, has turned away to confront the haunting pain of his troubled childhood. Out of her loneliness, Carina opens a restaurant, and through its success soon attains the independence and identity she has long sought...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure audiobook book fiction historical -
-
The Tender Vine by Kristen Heitzmann
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey Hoped Their Return Would Offer the Chance for Love to Grow Carina DiGratia Shephard longs to leave behind the painful memories represented by the town of Crystal, Colorado, and start anew in the California vineyards of her youth...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure audiobook book fiction historical -
Wrangler in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan the artist tame the cowgirl without breaking her spirit? Tough Texan tomboy Sally McClellan heads to Montana to visit her pregnant sister Mandy. But when her traveling party is attacked, Sally is left for dead... -
Sharpshooter in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMandy 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...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult book fiction historical -
Aiming for Love by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJosephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world--a world she's been raised to believe killed her parents...Categorized as:
animals christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book -
The Keeper of The Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe very last novel that Gene Stratton-Porter wrote before her death. The tale of a wounded World War I veteran, a beekeeper and an impish tomboy all helped by each other...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction north-america spirituality usa 20th-century action-adventure -
The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter the death of her client, midwife Julianne Chevalier is imprisoned and branded, marking her as a criminal beyond redemption. Hoping to reunite with her brother, a soldier, she trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling French colony of Louisiana. The price of her transport, however, is a forced marriage to a fellow convict.New Orleans is nothing like Julianne expects...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction north-america spirituality usa action-adventure adult audiobook -
Courting Morrow Little by Laura Frantz
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMorrow Little is haunted by the memory of the day her family was torn apart by raiding Shawnee warriors. Now that she is nearly a grown woman and her father is ailing, she must make difficult choices about the future...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction north-america spirituality usa action-adventure audiobook book -
She Walks in Love by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe must protect the Spear of Destiny at all costs He must bring the lady safely home But the powers of darkness chasing them have other ideas Lady Cristiana D'Clere, the new protector of the Spear, is on the run from the steward of her estate, who has kept her drugged for years. All she ever wanted was to be safe, marry well, and raise a bevy of wee ones...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book fiction -
A River Too Deep by Sydney Tooman Betts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the Spring of 1817, Alcy Callen and her father visit a step-uncle they have long presumed dead; but instead of enjoying a loving reunion, they are plunged into treachery and deceit. Nothing is as they expected and little is what it seems. Even the man who helps her escape is not the reliable suitor he appears... -
A Daughter's Courage by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter accidentally destroying the intricate chalice her people have treasured for over a hundred years, Charlotte Durand sets out on an expedition in search of a skilled artisan who can repair the damage. What she expected to be a two-day hike becomes much more daunting when a treacherous snowstorm sets in...Categorized as:
historical-fiction christian spirituality historical fiction magical-realism rural action-adventure -
-
Tin Can Serenade: A Short Story by Amanda Dykes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo homes in the mountains Snowed in for winter’s keep; A river in between them, A rope tight o’er the deep. A mother and her daughter, A father and his son, A cottage and a cabin, A story yet unspun But time did freeze a tin can Dangling from that rope A messenger from days gone by, Echoing long lost hope...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality romance season-winter historical fiction action-adventure -
Losing Lincoln by Stephenia H. McGee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The time has come when I must change my plan...." She thought she'd saved them all, but now a more nefarious plot emerges, increasing the stakes and threatening to bring a nation to its knees. Displaced, rejected, forsaken… Annabelle finds herself pulled farther from home and ever closer to the malicious repercussions of war...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality romance historical fiction industrial-era victorian -
Voice of the Ancient by Connilyn Cossette
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the eldest son of a Levite and a Philistine, Avidan is torn between his duty to his family legacy and the desire for something more. When Ammonites attack the city of Yavash-Gilead, he takes the opportunity to fight with his cousins for the newly crowned King Saul. But when one of the cousins goes missing during the battle, Avidan stays behind to search for him in hopes that he's still alive...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality romance historical fiction audiobook ancient-civilization -
Sophie's Daughters Trilogy by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSaddle up for sure-fire fun when three sisters meet their opposites in a collection of Old West romances: Alex Buchanan is a wanted man. Beth McClellan is an idealistic nurse. When the two cross paths, will they find enough common ground for a future together? Sally McClellan is a tomboy through-and-through... until she's rescued by Logan McKenzie...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult book fiction historical -
Footprints on the Horizon by Stephanie Grace Whitson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe battles of WW II are thousands of miles from the quiet Sandhills of Nebraska … or are they? • When the young man CJ Jackson loves like a son is called to the front, she is forced to face the feelings she has for his father. • A soldier captures Josephine Hale’s heart, but she doesn’t dare reveal her feelings, for Dieter is a prisoner of war at Fort Robinson who wears the enemy’s uniform...Categorized as:
animals christian historical-fiction spirituality 20th-century action-adventure adult book -
The Rancher Takes a Cowgirl by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrace 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...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult anthologies fiction historical -
Where Treasure Hides by Johnnie Alexander
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArtist Alison Schuyler spends her time working in her family’s renowned art gallery, determined to avoid the curse that has followed the Schuyler clan from the Netherlands to America and back again. She’s certain that true love will only lead to tragedy—that is, until a chance meeting at Waterloo station brings Ian Devlin into her life...Categorized as:
christian drama historical-fiction spirituality 20th-century action-adventure adult book -
Along a Storied Trail by Ann H. Gabhart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKentucky packhorse librarian Tansy Calhoun doesn't mind the rough trails and long hours as she serves her Appalachian mountain community during the Great Depression. Yet she longs to find love like the heroines in her books...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction north-america spirituality usa 20th-century action-adventure adult -
Love on the Range by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWyatt Hunt is temporarily bedridden and completely miserable. Somehow Molly Garner's limited skills have made her the most qualified in their circle to care for Wyatt. But by the time he's healed, she's fed up with him and the whole ungrateful family. For even worse than his grumpiness were the few unguarded moments when he pulled at her heartstrings, and she has long determined to never marry...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book fiction -
Cross her Heart by Jo Noelle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSweet & Clean Western Romance The last thing he wants is to take the boss’s pampered daughter on a cattle drive. The last thing she wants is to fall in love with a cowboy. Oops!Ida Turner was supposed to pass along her father’s directions to the trail boss... -
-
A Rocky Mountain Romance by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
historical-fiction christian spirituality romance action-adventure historical western fiction -
The Kindling by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE UNVEILING, THE YIELDING, and THE REDEEMING introduced readers to the formidable Wulfrith family during Duke Henry’s battle for the English throne and his succession. THE KINDLING, the fourth book in the Age of Faith series, is the story of Sir Abel, the youngest and, perhaps, most dangerous of the Wulfrith brothers. “’TIS SAID FAMILY CREATES A MULTITUDE OF SINS...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure audiobook book fiction historical -
The Tea Chest by Heidi Chiavaroli
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBoston, 1773Emma Malcolm's father is staunchly loyal to the crown, but Emma's heart belongs to Noah Winslow, a lowly printer's assistant and Patriot. But her father has promised her hand to Samuel Clarke, a rapacious and sadistic man. As his fianc�e, she would have to give up Noah and the friends who have become like family to her--as well as the beliefs she has come to embrace...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book female-mc -
The Rancher Takes a Cook (Texas Rancher Trilogy) by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen their South Carolina home burns to the ground, Anna Stewart's only choice is to move with her younger brother to the wilds of a Texas ranch. Their prospects are beginning to look better, until the rancher's son, Jacob O'Brien, shows up with his alarmingly blue eyes to put a kink in Anna's well-controlled plans...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book fiction -
Where the Fire Falls by Karen Barnett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStunning Yosemite National Park sets the stage for this late 1920s historical romance with mystery, adventure, heart, and a sense of the place John Muir described as "pervaded with divine light." Watercolorist Olivia Rutherford fashioned her image as an avant-garde artist to appeal to the region's wealthy art-collectors...Categorized as:
christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book fiction -
Yours Truly, Thomas by Rachel Fordham
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor three years, Penny Ercanbeck has been opening other people's mail. Dead ends are a reality for clerks at the Dead Letter Office. Still she dreams of something more--a bit of intrigue, a taste of romance, or at least a touch less loneliness. When a letter from a brokenhearted man to his one true love falls into her hands, Penny seizes this chance to do something heroic...Categorized as:
animals christian historical-fiction spirituality action-adventure adult audiobook book
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.