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The Unwanted Bride And Her Protective Rancher by Ember Pierce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJane Blanchard is well-educated shy girl from New York.She recently lost both of her parents from cholera, but she wasn’t able to be there for them, at the end because of her work at the factory.She feels guilty about that, but also feels like there’s nowhere for her anymore. Thornton Duvall was orphaned at a young age, and he was taken in by a rancher... -
Stranger at the Manor by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA destitute man comes looking for help from his cousin, and uncovers some mysteries.Phyllida Beasley is forty years old, a mousy spinster who devotes her life to caring for her brother, and doing good works in the parish. She’s in a rut, but too timid to set herself free from her domineering friends and her own sense of duty...Categorized as:
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Hidden Places by Lynn Austin
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA deep yearning for home had led Eliza to Wyatt Orchards ten years ago. Now widowed with three young children, she faces mounting debts and the realization it is all up to her. But she has no idea how she will run an orchard alone.When a stranger appears at her doorstep, Eliza guesses he is no different than the other out-of-luck characters searching for work during the Depression... -
A Stray Drop of Blood by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne little drop to soil her garment.One little drop to cleanse her soul.Abigail was born free, but when her parents die, she’s sold into slavery to the family of a Roman soldier in Jerusalem. Fortunately, the Visibullis family is kind, and as years pass, she’s proud to serve them. But Abigail’s beauty attracts unwanted attention when their son, Jason, returns from Rome...Categorized as:
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Gunslingers Don't Die by Wanda Ann Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBOOK TWO in the BRIDES OF SWEET CREEK RANCH SERIES—A SWEET HISTORICAL WESTERN ROMANCEMAGGIE REED HAVEN, formerly known as Lady Lily, Female Bounty Hunter, once loved risk and adventure, but she has exchanged her reckless ways for a more stable life...Categorized as:
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Stranger at the Cottage by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn out-of-work governess tries to start a school in the village.Deborah Hollingsworth, grand-daughter of a baron, has come down in the world, reduced to acting as unpaid governess for her relations... -
Stranger at the Dower House by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA widow moves into the long disused Dower House and makes a horrible discovery in the wine cellar.Thirty-year-old widow Louisa Middlehope is determined to escape from her late husband’s family and live life for herself for the first time. The tiny village of Great Maeswood offers her the peace and quiet her heart craves, and perhaps it might provide a little entertainment, too... -
The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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A Pursuit of Home by Kristi Ann Hunter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJessamine Beauchene has spent most of her life in hiding and always on the move in an effort to leave her past far behind her. But when she learns the family she thought long dead just might be alive and in danger, she knows her secrets can only stay buried for so long. Derek Thornbury loves the past, which has led him to become an expert in history and artifacts...Categorized as:
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Stranger at the Grove by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn estranged brother is forced to return to his home and face up to his past.Malcolm Gage walked out of his brother’s life sixteen years ago when they both wanted to marry the same woman. Malcolm lost that battle, and he’s never forgiven his brother for it, preferring to live in poverty as a schoolmaster rather than swallow his pride and go home... -
The Enemy and Miss Innes by Martha Keyes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll that stands between him and freedom? Turning her hatred to love.Elizabeth Innes has a tongue too sharp for her own good, and she is never more ready to employ it than when faced with the MacKinnons. With just one piece of evidence connecting their clan to a near-deadly attack, she is determined to prove the laird guilty and see him brought to justice...Categorized as:
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Blessing in Disguise by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer first mistake was emigrating alone. Was this one even worse? Augusta Bjorklund, after discovering her intended bridegroom married someone else, decided to leave her broken heart in Norway and start a new life in America. But knowing no English, Augusta misunderstands a ticket agent's directions in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in the harried confusion, she boards the wrong train...Categorized as:
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The Widow by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom. Nell Caldicott awaits the return of her violent sailor husband with trepidation, but for once her fears are not realised. Her husband’s ship, the Brig Minerva , has sunk off the Cornish coast. Nell is free, but her husband has left her with little money and many questions about his past...Categorized as:
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Undercurrent of Secrets (Doors to the Past) by Rachel Scott McDaniel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo women, a century apart, are bound by a haunting secret aboard a legendary steamboat.Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure... -
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An Agent for Darcy by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWidow Darcy Spencer abhors the very idea of marriage, but to become a Pinkerton agent, she must marry her trainer. She's assured that it's in name only, so she begrudgingly takes the position. Although her new husband is infuriating, she’s determined to prove herself worthy as an agent – and as a person. Agent Porter Shaw can’t help but tease his tight-lipped, stubborn bride...Categorized as:
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The Captive Within by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe house in Denver has been empty and neglected for years and is almost beyond saving . . . almost. The young women seeking sanctuary in the old mansion are as empty and damaged as it is...Categorized as:
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Corsets and Cuffs: by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSheriff Tully Barrett never knew trouble had such a pretty face. Brianna Dumont never knew the law could be so handsome and hardheaded. Pampered and privileged, Brianna Dumont escapes the life she’s always known in an effort to clear her father’s good name. She arrives in Baker City, Oregon, intent on selling her father’s shares in a mine...Categorized as:
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The Baron's Daughter: A Regency Spy Romance by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLord Morgan Easton is, first and foremost, an agent of the Crown. To achieve his purposes, he has become Society’s golden boy, and a renowned rake. When it's discovered that notorious French spy, Genet, is attending a house party in a small seaside village, he is tasked to infiltrate the gathering and arrest the spy...Categorized as:
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A Tale of Two Hearts by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 2 in Reader Favorite Michelle Griep’s Charming Once Upon a Dickens Christmas Series London, 1853: Innkeeper’s daughter Mina Scott will do anything to escape the drudgery of her life, for there’s nothing more mundane than serving customers day after day...Categorized as:
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The Nabob's Daughter by Jess Heileman
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’ll do anything to escape an arranged marriage. He’ll do anything to help her.Honora Crauford relishes her life in India...Categorized as:
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Abigail by Jess Heileman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSecrets are meant to be kept--especially when the truth will change everything. Since the death of her mother, Abigail Blakeslee has lost any desire to become a debutante and enter Society. But now, foregoing her first Season has brought an unwanted invitation to join her aunt and cousins for a summer at Timpton House, the large estate of the Stanton family... -
The Duke by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dramatic conclusion to the series!The sinking of the Brig Minerva results in many deaths, while for others, the future is suddenly brighter. But it’s not always easy to leave the past behind...Lord Randolph Litherholm has spent a year coming to terms with the death of his twin brother, Gervase, the 7th Duke of Falconbury... -
No One's Bride by Nerys Leigh
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mail order bride with no intention of marrying, a young postmaster determined to change her mind. It's 1870 and Amy Watts needs help, money, and to get as far away from New York City as possible, and her only hope is to answer an advertisement for a mail order bride. The last thing she needs, however, is a husband...Categorized as:
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To Love a Spy by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFreed from the clutches of her cruel, traitorous mother and impostor husband, Lady Camden wants to rebuild her fractured life. But the years of terror and pain she endured at their hands continue to grip her heart in an iron vice...Categorized as:
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Lady Violet Goes for a Gallop by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLady Violet has decided that life in noisy, crowded, busy London is simply not her cup of tea. Her search for a rural property to purchase must be set aside when she learns that Hugh St. Sevier has been accused of murder. Worse, the handsome physician is doing nothing to aid those trying to exonerate him... -
A Gilded Lady by Elizabeth Camden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaroline Delacroix is at the pinnacle of Washington high society in her role as secretary to the first lady of the United States. But beneath the faade of her beauty, glamorous wardrobe, and dazzling personality, she's hiding a terrible secret. If she cannot untangle a web of foreign espionage, her brother will face execution for treason...Categorized as:
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The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat Can a London Opera Star and an Escaped Dartmoor Prisoner Have in Common? Opera star Maggie Lee escapes her opulent lifestyle when threatened by a powerful politician who aims to ruin her life. She runs off to the wilds of the moors to live in anonymity. All that changes the day she discovers a half-dead man near her house...Categorized as:
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The Painter by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe sinking of the Brig Minerva results in many deaths, while for others, the future is suddenly brighter. But it’s not always easy to leave the past behind… Felicia Oakes is the illegitimate daughter of… well, someone or other... -
Island of the Innocent by Lynn Morris, Gilbert Morris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCheney discovers some disturbing facts about the Winslows and aims to help Shiloh find the truth. But will they first be buried by an imminent volcanic eruption? Cheney Duvall book 7... -
Caught by Surprise by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiss Temperance Flowerdew is on her way to work when a stranger suddenly grabs her off the street and sends her on a Chicago-bound train before she can figure out what happened. When Mr. Gilbert Cavendish is called upon to rescue a missing woman, he follows the trail to Chicago only to discover that the woman is his good friend Temperance...Categorized as:
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The Innkeeper's Daughter by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA London officer goes undercover to expose a plot against the Crown Dover, England, 1808: Officer Alexander Moore goes undercover as a gambling gentleman to expose a high-stakes plot against the king—and he’s a master of disguise, for Johanna Langley believes him to be quite the rogue. . .until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm...Categorized as:
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Seven Brides for Seven Texans by Erica Vetsch, Susan Page Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet the seven Hart brothers of the 7-Heart ranch in central Texas. Each man is content in his independent life, without the responsibilities of a wife and children—until their father decides 1874 will be the year his grown sons finally marry, or they will be cut from his will...Categorized as:
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A Clear Hope by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a daughter, an older sister, and now a hotel waitress, Abigail Peterson is used to taking care of everyone around her. When a nameless stranger collapses on the train platform and is brought to the Brody Hotel to recover, Abigail steps in to nurse her back to health. Deputy Marshal Gabriel Hanks has seen a lot of violence in his life, and now he works every day to fight it...Categorized as:
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The Mercy Falls Collection: The Lightkeeper's Daughter, The Lightkeeper's Bride, The Lightkeeper's Ball by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnter the World of Turn-of-the-Century Coastal California The Lightkeeper’s Daughter A storm brings an injured stranger and a dark secret to Addie Sullivan’s California lighthouse home. The man insists she is not who she thinks she is, but rather the child long lost and feared dead by the wealthy Eaton family...Categorized as:
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A Ruby Glows by Kari Trumbo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRuby’s heart froze as she threw her dead husband over the cliff. When Beau walks into her life, one glance has her running from her past. He couldn’t want someone like her. It should be easy to avoid his quiet charm. If he can convince her she’s a prize, not prey, he might have a chance. Beau’s captivated when Ruby scrambles from him whenever he gets too close...Categorized as:
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The Pinkerton Matchmaker by Christine Sterling, Marianne Spitzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPairing prospective lady Pinkerton detectives with rough and ready agents? What could possibly go wrong? Head of the Denver Pinkerton office, Archie Gordon, has been tasked with hiring female agents. The problem? They need to be trained by existing agents while solving cases. Alone and unchaperoned. In 1871. The solution? Have each pair marry temporarily, for the duration of the case...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Delilah by Kate Marie Clark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA seasoned agent, dreading the prospect of marrying to keep his job, and a feisty woman determined to make her own way in life. Will they learn to trust each other and find their own happy ending? Delilah Fulmer is bent on escaping the rowdy home of her childhood. With little to recommend herself besides scrappiness and grit, she answers an ad to become a Pinkerton agent... -
Mistress of Netherfield by Julia Winter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is a truth universally acknowledged that on escaping an unhappy marriage, a young widow will be delighted to remove to the dower house and lease the marital abode to a single man in possession of a good fortune, provided he looks elsewhere to fulfil his want of a wife... -
Body and Soul by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBODY AND SOUL is the third book in the Scarlet Plumiere Series. To avoid spoilers, read BLOOD FOR INK and BONES FOR BREAD first. For good luck in finding a bride, Lord Forsgreen has received the dreadful African chair. Unfortunately, the ladies of the ton have been notified of his hopes to wed, and his every move is being watched...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Wilhelmina by Sophie Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWilhelmina Cutler had wanted to be a Pinkerton agent ever since she moved in with her aunt and uncle who was an agent himself. Now’s her chance. They are hiring women in the Denver Pinkerton Detective Agency. Already trained in most of the skills needed, Mina is confident she can handle any case they assign her...Categorized as:
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Carson's Christmas Bride by Natalie Dean, Eveline Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s a southern belle that didn’t plan on being a mother to four children. He’s a U.S. Deputy Marshal that never planned on getting married. But fate has other things in mind… U.S. Marshal Carson Harlow loves the wild frontier of Texas. He’s used to living rough and doesn’t need a woman or children to interfere with what he’s best at—minding the law and putting the bad guys in their place... -
Western Promise by Janelle Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLily is desperate. She’s finally landed her dream job, but now she might lose it after her first assignment. He’s everything she can’t stand. Cultured. Entitled. Wealthy. So, when she’s asked to settle the newest Copper King in town, she reminds herself what’s at stake—she just wishes he wasn’t so handsome. Chase’s persona is a necessary evil...Categorized as:
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Mail Order Ruth by Charlotte Dearing
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRuth travels to Texas to become a mail-order bride and to care for an orphaned baby.She finds the child living in squalor. Worse, her fiancé is a rogue and probably a thief. With nothing more than her wits, she must fend for herself and the baby.Her only hope lies with Gideon, a gruff but charming cowboy. The tall, gallant Texan offers Ruth safety, a haven for her and the baby...Categorized as:
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The Unfortunate Debutante: A Regency Spy Romance by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMiss Emma Pearson lives the most remarkable life for the daughter of a constable. Because of her brother’s heroics in Scotland, she has astonishingly become the ward of the Marquess of Downshire. Now, she wears only the finest clothes and mingles with members of high Society... -
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Ilsa by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne of the most talented seamstresses of her time, Ilsa Thorsen could sell her creations anywhere in the world, but she ends up on her sister’s ranch in the western town of Pendleton, Oregon. Disgusted with the dust, smells, and nearly every aspect of rural life, Ilsa wonders how she’ll survive, particularly with the arrogant Tony Campanelli constantly underfoot...Categorized as:
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Lord Humphrey by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom. Lord Humphrey Marford has a way with cards, dice and gambling of all forms. He’d love to start his own gaming house, but that takes a lot of money, far more than he or his brothers can come up with. His only solution is to marry an heiress, and he can’t be too choosy...Categorized as:
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Lord Augustus by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom. Lord Augustus Marford has only one interest in life - horses. It’s an expensive hobby. When his brother, the Marquess of Carrbridge, finds himself in financial trouble after his agent disappears with much of his fortune, Gus is happy to help the family finances by finding work with horse auctioneers Tattersalls...Categorized as:
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Dukes to Fall in Love With by Bridget Barton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree of my best-selling Regency romance stories! Combined the three books have more than 1,000 positive reviews on Amazon and have been downloaded over 100,000 times! Delightful romances full of emotion, drama, action, plot twists, and of course, love! A Beauty for the Scarred Duke When the Earl of Upperton sells his daughter off as a bride for the disfigured Duke, Isabella has never been...Categorized as:
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Anger by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne man with a secret. A family torn apart by the consequences.The Earl of Rennington’s daughter, Lady Isabel, has done well for herself. Married for five years to an indulgent viscount, with two small daughters, she lives her life in the centre of a social whirl, respected and admired for her beauty, her elegance and her liveliness...Categorized as:
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Surrender the Dawn by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou’ll be gasping for air in this seafaring romance by popular author and Christy Award nominee MaryLu Tyndall. Baltimore’s Cassandra Channing will do anything to provide for her family—even if it means hiring the town rogue as a privateer. Luke Heaton is a handsome rake with a tortured past who is blackmailed by the British into selling supplies to their ships just off the coast...
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