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Under the Light of the Italian Moon: Inspired by a true story of love and women's resilience during the rise of fascism and WWII by Jennifer Anton
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA promise keeps them apart until WW2 threatens to destroy their love foreverFonzaso Italy, between two warsNina Argenta doesn’t want the traditional life of a rural Italian woman. The daughter of a strong-willed midwife, she is determined to define her own destiny. But when her brother emigrates to America, she promises her mother to never leave... -
Daughter of Rome by Tessa Afshar
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA woman with a devastating secret. A man bent on proving his worth. A chance encounter that catapults them into the heart of history.When the daughter of a prominent Roman general meets a disinherited Jewish immigrant, neither one can dream of God's plan to transform them into the most influential couple of the early church. Nor can they anticipate the mountains that will threaten to bury them...Categorized as:
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The Surgeon's Daughter by Audrey Blake
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew from the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl in His Shadow! Women's work is a matter of life and death. Nora Beady, the only female student at a prestigious medical school in Bologna, is a rarity. In the 19th century women are expected to remain at home and raise children, so her unconventional, indelicate ambitions to become a licensed surgeon offend the men around her... -
The Memory of Her Kiss by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnice Lindsay is a novice at Jardine abbey, whose true calling seems to be getting into trouble. Gregor Kincaid, known as The Fist of Scotland, is a fierce warrior and noble companion to William Wallace.Gravely wounded and separated from his army, Gregor stumbles upon the exquisite Anice, locked outside of the nunnery in the midst of one of her regular punishments...Categorized as:
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The Virgins of Venice by Gina Buonaguro
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for herVenice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The displeasure of Pope Julius II is a continuing threat to the republic, as is the barely contained fighting in the countryside. Amid this turmoil, noblewoman Justina Soranzo, just sixteen, hopes to make a rare love marriage with her sweetheart, Luca Cicogna... -
The Thunder Knight: Book Three in the Lords of Thunder: The de Shera Brotherhood Trilogy by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1258 A.D. - Book Three in the Lords of Thunder: The de Shera Brotherhood Trilogy is the exciting conclusion to this bestselling collection by Medieval master author Kathryn Le Veque. In Book Three, the focus on Tiberius, the youngest de Shera brother, as he falls in love with the lovely Lady Douglass, the daughter of an enemy knight...Categorized as:
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The Shadow of Her Smile by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAda Moncriefe cannot stand by while her betrothed cruelly executes prisoners. She makes a daring plan to free the Scots warriors in the dungeon, only asking that the brave leader take her with him when they escape. Things go horribly wrong, and Ada pays a dear price for her sacrifice. Broken and scarred afterward, she lives a ghost-like existence, having no idea what her future holds...Categorized as:
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Bride of Fire by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA hot-tempered warrior lass and an unwelcome Highlander fight over a castle, but when he takes her hostage, his tragic tale and his motherless infant kindle a new flame in her heart.Beautiful, hot-tempered warrior maid Jenefer of Rivenloch is used to taking what she wants, whether it's command of her father's archers or the castle she's had her eye on for years... -
Bride of Fire by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA hot-tempered warrior lass and an unwelcome Highlander fight over a castle, but when he takes her hostage, his tragic tale and his motherless infant kindle a new flame in her heart.Beautiful, hot-tempered warrior maid Jenefer of Rivenloch is used to taking what she wants, whether it's command of her father's archers or the castle she's had her eye on for years...Categorized as:
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Ian's Rose: Book One of The Mackintoshes and McLarens by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHIS IS MEANT FOR PRE-ORDER PURPOSES ONLY. The final book will be over 90,000 words in length, which should be around 300 pages. This file is meant as a PLACEHOLDER during the pre-order proess. This is NOT the final file, nor is it the final word count. Sincerely, Suzan Tisdale They should never have stolen his wife... -
The Far Horizon by Gretta Curran Browne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Complete stand-alone Novel and the second novel in The Macquarie Series As a young British officer, Lachlan Macquarie served his country in America, the West Indies, India and Egypt, but now he is being asked to go to a wilderness on the other side of the world where famine and strife amongst the inhabitants is flourishing... -
Blood of a Gladiator by Ashley Gardner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeonidas, champion gladiator of Rome, is set free from the games by a mysterious benefactor who grants him freedom, a place to live, and a servant—Cassia, a scribe—to look after him.But the benefactor is only so generous—Leonidas must pay his own way and Cassia’s, which means hiring himself out. The sharp-witted Cassia quickly lands him a post as a bodyguard, escorting a retired senator to Ostia... -
A Harvest of Secrets by Roland Merullo
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of From These Broken Streets comes a sweeping novel of love, resistance, and courage set against the backdrop of WWII Italy.Italy, 1943. The seeds of terror planted by Hitler have brought Allied forces to Italian soil. Young lovers separated by war—one near a Tuscan hill town, the other a soldier on the Sicilian front—will meet any challenge to reunite... -
Highlander Unchained, Highlander Unmasked, Highlander Untamed by Monica McCarty
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree Hard Cover Like New Novels by Monica McCarty offered as a set: Highlander Unchained, Highlander Untamed, Highlander Unmasked. The DJ of each book displays minor shelf wear and rubbing. Otherwise the books are new with crisp, clean, unmarked pgs... -
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Highlander Unbroken by Vonda Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn exciting new Highland Adventure novel from Vonda Sinclair, USA Today bestselling author of searing and deeply emotional Scottish historical romance. Torture has driven Neacal MacDonald to the brink of madness. As the new chief of the MacDonald clan, Neacal will do whatever it takes to honor his late father and to help his clan thrive... -
Highland Heartbreaker by Julie Johnstone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fallen hero. A jilted lass. A game of treachery they may not survive.The day Elena MacLeod’s arrow pierced Rolland MacKay’s arse, she fell in love with the ruggedly handsome Scot, despite her better judgment. After all, he was known as the Highland Heartbreaker. Given that, it should have come as no surprise when he disappeared without a trace before they were to be wed...Categorized as:
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Bride of Mist by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Glynnis Campbell...A beautiful and deadly warrior lass tracks down a savage Highlander and targets him for assassination, until she learns he's not the villain he seems, but a noble laird desperate to win back both his tormented clan and her precious heart...Categorized as:
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Return to Bonnybrae by Gwen Kirkwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is the start of 1919 and Miss Rina Capel, granddaughter of the Laird of Stavondale has one ambition - to set aside her life of privilege and become a nurse. But when she is summoned back to the Bonnybrae to see her dying grandfather just before her eighteenth birthday, he reveals to her family secrets which turn her world upside down... -
3 in 1: Love Only Once \ Tender Rebel \ Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere, in a Rhapsody exclusive edition, are the first three books in Johanna Lindsey's stirring series featuring the Malorys--a family of dashing rogues and adventurers and ladies of uncommon beauty and incomparable spirit whose amorous exploits are spoken of in envious whispers from Regency London to America's shores... -
A Protector in the Highlands by Heather McCollum
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith few other options, Scarlet Worthington flees from her home in England to the wild Highlands of Scotland to help her sister run a school for ladies. There, Scarlet begins to rebuild her own shattered confidence by recruiting a fierce Campbell warrior to teach her and the students how to protect themselves from villains and scoundrels... -
A Long Way From Heaven by Sheelagh Kelly
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first in the unputdownable and heartbreaking Feeney Family sagas One fateful morning in August 1846, Patrick Feeney surveys his ruined potato crop and despairs. With a delicate wife and their unborn child, he has no choice but to leave Ireland and set out for England in search of work. But from the moment Patrick and Mary set foot in Liverpool, they are beset by new trials... -
Highland Captive by Alyson McLayne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe wasn't just his son's savior.She may be his as well... Laird Gavin MacKinnon is a changed man―and not for the better. Ever since his young son, Ewan, disappeared two years ago, Gavin has grown callous and bitter. Scouring the countryside, his search leads him to a mysterious woman who maintains the boy is hers. He decides to take them both and ask questions later... -
Um Milionário em Lisboa by José Rodrigues dos Santos
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBaseado em acontecimentos verídicos, Um Milionário em Lisboa conclui a espantosa história iniciada em O Homem de Constantinopla e transporta-nos no percurso da vida do arménio que mudou o mundo - confirmando José Rodrigues dos Santos como um dos maiores narradores da literatura contemporânea... -
Man of La Mancha: A Musical Play by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWinner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, 1966To me the most interesting aspect of the success of Man of La Mancha is the fact that it plows squarely upstream against the prevailing current of philosophy in the theater... -
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The Secret Hours by Santa Montefiore
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings‘Let the wind take me and the soft rain settle me into the Irish soil from where I came. And may my sins be forgiven.’ Arethusa Clayton has always been formidable, used to getting her own way. On her death, she leaves unexpected instructions... -
Our Last Days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen Isabel Perez travels to Barcelona to save her sister Beatriz, she discovers a shocking family secret in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s new novel.Barcelona, 1964. Exiled from Cuba after the revolution, Isabel Perez has learned to guard her heart and protect her family at all costs. After Isabel’s sister Beatriz disappears in Barcelona, Isabel goes to Spain in search of her... -
A Very Highland Holiday: A collection of six enchanting seasonal novellas by Jennifer Ashley, Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAshley… Crosby… Le Veque… Knight… Burke… Byrne…It’s an enchanting Christmas in the Highlands with some of your favorite Historical Romance authors!It’s Christmas Eve 1747, and the Highlands are snowy. In the village of Calvine, north of Tay Forest, along a road that leads straight into Inverness, the only tavern in town is packed to the rafters with travelers... -
Saving Moirra's Heart by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe story of Moirra’s Heart concludes with Saving Moirra’s Heart. After losing everything they own in a fire, Alysander and Moirra’s plans to begin anew are torn asunder when Moirra is arrested for the murder of her last husband. Moirra is determined to protect her family at all costs. Even if it means hanging for a crime she did not commit...Categorized as:
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The Lady Chosen & A Gentleman's Honor 2 In 1 by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix ex-spies return from the Napoleonic Wars to discover the threat of matrimony looming large. In response, they create the Bastion Club, a retreat for exchanging intelligence and escaping from matchmaking mamas. Lady Chosen is the story of Tristan, fourth Earl of Trentham and Leonora Carling, a neighbor to the club... -
Taral, Ralin, Steppen, Edana & Slava by Marti Talbott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTARAL -- Laird Neil MacGreagor's bride was not happy in her marriage. She tried everything to compensate including turning her attention to making sure the fun loving Taral didn't marry the wrong man. But before Taral could have a proper wedding, affairs of the heart had to be set aside for a far more dangerous concern - a concern that threatened the survival of the entire clan... -
Oath Breaker by Erin S. Riley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe exciting conclusion of the Sons of Odin trilogy: Sometimes the right man has been there all along… Selia has fled Norway and her Viking berserker husband to protect her children from his rages. His brother Ulfrik, having long loved Selia from afar, offers his protection. As Selia uncovers the man he is, love blossoms in her heart where there was only emptiness...Categorized as:
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The Bastard Son by Jerri Hines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSumner Meador walked in a world of wealth and privilege as part of Charles Town’s elite, but that was years ago. Now he fights in the Southern backwoods driven by the passion he holds for the Patriot cause, shadowed by his past. Reeling from a devastating defeat at the hands of the British, Sumner seeks haven at his farm, only to find an interloper—an unwelcome and unwanted distraction... -
Highland Warlord by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the crowning of Robert the Bruce, Sir James Douglas is sent to the Scottish borders to wreak havoc on those loyal to Edward of England. But his plans go wildly astray when Lady Ailish Maxwell’s brother is captured by her traitorous uncle...Categorized as:
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Clair de Lune by Pierre la Mure
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovel about France's probable greatest musician & composer... -
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Stealing Moirra's Heart: Book One of the Moirra's Heart Series by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStealing Moirra’s Heart was originally published in November, 2014 as part of the Guardians of Crihde – Highland Winds collection... -
Claimed: A Medieval Scottish Romance (The Sisters of Kilbride) by Jayne Castel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA widow intent on taking the veil. The guard who would lay down his life for her. The proposal that will alter their relationship forever. A powerful tale of unrequited love in Medieval Scotland.Lady Drew MacKinnon doesn't belong anywhere. A widow who has never remarried, she decides that the time has come for her to do as society expects and take the veil...Categorized as:
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The Currans and The Quinns: The Currans, Book Three by Donna Foley Mabry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventh in 'The Manhattan Stories' by Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Selling author, Donna Foley Mabry, "The Currans and The Quinns | The Manhattan Stories: The Currans, Book Three" continues the saga of the Curran Family... -
Secrets of the Heart: Book One of The MacCallens and Randalls by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWidowed clan chief Connor MacCallen prays fervently for a loving wife and children, as well as peace for his clan. As blessed as they are with abundant crops and cattle, they are threatened by the generations' old feud with the Randalls. Connor must find a way to stop the feud from turning into war... -
Passion and Plunder by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWould you sacrifice everything for the person you love, knowing you can never be together? A desperate Scottish lady Lydia Farnsworth—the sole surviving heir to the Laird of Tornbury Fortress—has lost nearly everyone she loves. Now her father lies on his deathbed... -
Highland Warrior by Heather McCollum
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoshua Sinclair was once the fiercest and most notorious warrior of the mighty Sinclair clan of Northern Scotland. But now there’s nothing and no one that can make him take up arms again. Except a beautiful woman, it seems... -
A casa das sete mulheres by Leticia Wierzchowski
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Casa das Sete Mulheres é um envolvente romance histórico e de amor no cenário da Revolução Farroupilha de 1835, no Rio Grande do Sul... -
Highland Savage by Hannah Howell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeaten and left for dead, Sir Lucas Murray is a man wounded in body and soul. He has brought himself back to becoming the warrior he once was—except for his ruined leg and the grief he feels over the death of the woman he once loved...the same woman who led him into his enemies’ hands. Dressed as a masked reiver, it is Katerina Haldane who saves Lucas as he battles for his life—and for revenge... -
The Viceroys by Federico De Roberto, Vittorio Spinazzola
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Viceroys tells the story of a noble family of Catania, of Spanish origins. This family, the Uzeda princes of Francalanza, were during the previous Spanish rule "Vicerè" (that is, they represented the monarch). The story follows the private history of the Uzedas during the last year of Bourbon domination in the kingdom of Two Sicilies and the first decades of Regno d'Italia... -
The Temptation of Gracie by Santa Montefiore, Silje Storstein
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNever give up on your dreams, no matter how long you hold on to them . . . Gracie Burton is a grandmother, living quietly in Devon. She has rarely left the village over the past forty years. Her daughter, Carina, is immensely high-powered with her own fast-paced business in London... -
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The Last Jew by Noah Gordon
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the year 1492, the Inquisition has all of Spain in its grip. After centuries of pogrom-like riots encouraged by the Church, the Jews - who have been an important part of Spanish life since the days of the Romans - are expelled from the country by royal edict... -
The Hunter: Ella Ross' Story by Hildie McQueen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBy my reader's popular request, I wrote a novella to tell you Ella Ross’ story. It is shorter than the other books in the series, because of my tight writing schedule. However, I know you will love this delightful tale.Winter brings harsh tidings to Evander Macdonald’s life. His father, the current laird of Clan Macdonald, lies on his deathbed and has two requests for his son...Categorized as:
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La decisión de Elizabeth by Jana Westwood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings«—Por cierto… —William movió la copa en su mano lentamente—. ¿Quién es ese Dougal que las acompaña? ¿Qué podéis contarme de él?Alexander y Edward se miraron un instante antes de volver a fijar la vista en William.—Es una larga historia —dijo Alexander.—Necesitaremos más vino. —Edward se levantó para coger otra botella»...Categorized as:
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More Than Willing by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrayson Delaney knows what it's like to do something so horrific he can never be forgiven. As penance, he lives up to everyone's low expectations. But when his father tires of his wastrel existence, Gray is forced to earn his living by running the brewery his father won in a card game... -
Enemy of the Highlander by Kate Robbins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years ago Freya MacKay walked away from the only man she would ever love, her family’s bitter enemy, knowing her clan would never accept their love. A fragile alliance has been forged and now he has returned to warn of a terrible threat. Freya MacKay is torn between the familiar surge of passion he evokes and her promise to wed another man... -
The Moon Below by Barbara Bickmore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Moon Below is the sweeping saga of Hallie Morgan, who, in the early 1800s, sailed to Australia, halfway around the world from her native England, not knowing where she was going, to join a man she had seen only twice, when she was a child. Here she would find a country that brought her soul to life, a sun-drenched land of opportunity, peopled by convicts that England had no room for at home...
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