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Heck's Journey by John Deacon
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn epic tale of strength, compassion, and adventure on the western frontier.Orphaned at fourteen, Hector “Heck” Martin heads west, determined to see the far country and make a man of himself.Along the way, he falls in love with bold and beautiful Hope Mullen. But Heck is too young and poor to marry, so he heads west again...Categorized as:
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Tajna Krvavog mosta by Marija Jurić Zagorka
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGlas da pod Krvavim mostom leži mrtav čovjek otvarao je vrata purgerskih kuća, budio gospodu na Kaptolu i dopro čak u spavaće odaje gričkih plemkinja... Tako počinje roman “Tajna krvavog mosta” koji je izlazio u svescima 1912. godine u Malim novinama...Categorized as:
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Lady Osbaldestone’s Plum Puddings by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens brings you the delights of a long-ago country-village Christmas, featuring a grandmother, her grandchildren, an artifact hunter, the lady who catches his eye, and three ancient coins that draw them all together in a Christmas treasure hunt... -
Masquerade in London by Emily L. Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSuspected of murder, Samantha Kingston leaves behind the world she knows when she flees to the streets of London to discover the truth in this, the first book in a new historical mystery series.London, 1861. Samantha Kingston has lived under the control of her overbearing uncle since the death of her parents six years ago...Categorized as:
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A Lark's Flight by Lynn Messina
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVerity Lark — England's most tenacious gossip, the London Daily Gazette ’s most dogged reporter — relishes a challenge, which is why she refuses Colson Hardwicke's offer of menial employment... -
The Shadow Palace (The House of Closed Doors) by Jane Steen
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor unwed mother Nell Lillington, 1876 Chicago—and her new wealth—offer the promise of longed-for independence. She dreams of a place in society for her daughter Sarah and contentment for her friend Tess... -
A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA man dwelling in darkness...Lord Julian Caldicott has come home from the war in ragged health and with a reputation in tatters. All he wants is to recuperate in private without bringing any further scandal on the family’s good name... -
Journeys by Jeanne Roland
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA barracks full of beautiful boys. A girl in disguise, living among them.It’s the 14th century, and the longbow is king. But in the northern European principality of Ardennes, archery isn’t just the nation’s defense. It’s the national obsession...Categorized as:
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The Stationmaster's Cottage by Phillipa Nefri Clark
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChristie is happy in her life... or so she tells herself. Despite the tragedy in her childhood, she has a satisfying career, a city apartment, and a long-term relationship. But deep down she yearns for a simpler life. Family. A garden. And a place to heal her heart.The decision to attend a funeral in a town she's never heard of throws her safe world into disarray, exposing the holes in her life... -
A Quest for Mr Darcy by Cassandra Grafton, Ada Bright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFitzwilliam Darcy is on a quest. Convinced he is over his foolish infatuation with Elizabeth Bennet, he returns from a year of travelling with a plan, both to protect the estate of which he is guardian and to ensure his sister's happiness: he intends to do his duty and secure a wife at the earliest opportunity. Duty; a path from which Darcy knows he should never have been diverted... -
Circled Heart by Karen J. Hasley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet a remarkable woman. Read an unforgettable love story. Johanna Swan is a survivor. She escaped death twice—as a child in China during the Boxer Uprising of 1900 and twelve years later as a young woman aboard the ocean liner Titanic. Now a forward-thinking suffragist and an heiress besides, Johanna intends to use her intelligence, energy, and fortune to help poor and immigrant women... -
Lady Violet Holds a Baby by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf it’s not weddings, then hapless widows are expected to attending christenings… Lady Violet returns with St. Sevier to her family seat, and finds Derwent Hall at sixes and sevens upon the occasion of her nephew’s christening. Other guests have brought their children along to celebrate the occasion, and Sebastian MacHeath is on hand to serve as godfather... -
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... -
Death at Brighton Pavilion by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Captain Gabriel Lacey finds himself standing over a dead body in Brighton Pavilion, bloody sword in hand and no memory of how he got there, he immediately fears he is a murderer. The dead man is Colonel Hamilton Isherwood, a man Lacey clashed with after the battle of Salamanca in Spain seven years before... -
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Eternal Deception by Jane Steen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove or independence? Few choices remain for Nell and her new family on the Kansas frontier… Kansas, 1872. Unwed mother Nell Lillington hopes to support her daughter Sarah and friend Tess by working as a seamstress in an isolated seminary. When her only ally among the seminary's leaders dies, she must choose between returning to her old life in Chicago and remaining in charge of her destiny... -
The Gang of St Bride's by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLondon 1885. A gang of lady thieves is targeting Piccadilly’s wealthy shoppers and no one seems able to stop them. As frustrations build, the body of a young woman is pulled from the River Thames. Reporter Penny Green has a lot to write about, and she faces a new challenge when a stranger approaches her with a riddle... -
The Conspiring Woman by Kate Parker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the author of The Counterfeit Lady and The Royal Assassin comes an all-new Victorian Bookshop Mystery featuring antiquarian bookseller Georgia Fenchurch, who doubles as a private investigator for the secret Archivist Society... When Georgia Fenchurch is called in to find Sir Edward Hale's missing son, she's soon embroiled in multiple mysteries... -
Murder in Tuscany by L.B. Hathaway
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUnder the Tuscan sun, ice-creams melt and dark secrets unravel…March, 1925Pregnant, bored, and longing for an adventure, Posie Parker accepts a rather last-minute Wedding Invitation from an old friend who is getting married out in the gorgeous town of San Gimignano, Tuscany.But what Posie -and her husband, Richard Lovelace- arrive into is not a blissfully happy wedding party at all... -
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen it was the weekend that the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park.Croydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where she has been having a long love affair with a charismatic, married doctor...Categorized as:
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A Precarious Excursion: An Austen-Inspired Romance by Wendi Sotis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUpon arriving in London from Kent, Miss Elizabeth Bennet assumes it was an error in her behaviour that made Mr. Darcy believe she would accept his proposal. Elizabeth decides she should act more like her sister Jane from this point forward...Categorized as:
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The Favored Son by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovember 1147. Gareth and Gwen have again been called to a castle belonging to Robert, Earl of Gloucester, this time by Prince Henry, who insists his uncle was murdered. Allying with Normans doesn't come easily to Gareth and Gwen, but initial doubts are swept aside as more losses come to light... -
A Lark's Conceit by Lynn Messina
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVerity Lark is in a new flap!Bedeviled by Colson Hardwicke’s treatment—summarily dumping her via tersely worded message!—Verity Lark is lying awake in her bed seething over his behavior when she hears a floorboard creak. Immediately alert to the presence of a late-night intruder, she deftly thwarts the attack. Taking her would-be kidnapper captive is easy... -
The Fragrant Concubine by Melissa Addey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChina, 1760. The Emperor conquers Altishahr, a Muslim country to the west of his empire and summons a local woman from his new dominion to come to the Forbidden City as his concubine. Meanwhile in the market of Kashgar a girl named Hidligh is kidnapped by Iparhan, a woman scarred by the Emperor’s conquest of her homeland and bent on vengeance... -
A Dangerous Ruse by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer opponents have her cornered, unless Sera makes an unexpected move… Seraphina continues to pick at the secrets entangling her. Then, during a ball, she spots a piece of enchanted jewellery eerily similar to the bracelet she once wore. But before she can find out about its origins, its owner is murdered. At least this time no one is blaming Sera... -
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A Life for a Life: A Mystery Novel by Lynda McDaniel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a young woman is found dead in a wilderness area of the North Carolina mountains, the county sheriff says suicide. Della Kincaid disagrees. As a former reporter in Washington, D.C., she knows how to hunt down the real story. But she's living in Laurel Falls, N.C., trying to create a new life for herself...Categorized as:
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Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsRich Man, Poor Man is the story of two brothers whose contrasting natures reflect the turmoil of post-war America. Rudy is the rich man - a romantic who would let no one stand between him and success. Tom is the poor man - the black sheep of the family on the run from his violent past... -
The Marquis' Secret by George MacDonald
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was one of those exquisite days that come in every winter and seem like the beautiful ghost of summer The loveliness of the morning, however, was but partially visible from the spot where Malcolm Colonsay stood in the stable yard of Lossie House, ancient and roughly paved. He stood on the unlevelled stones grooming the coat of a powerful and fidgety black mare... -
Iron Lace by Emilie Richards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Aurore Gerritsen watched her lover kill her father, it was just one act of violence in a long chain of dramatic events.Years later, behind the iron lace gates of wealthy New Orleans, beneath the veneer of her society name, linger secrets that Aurore Gerritsen has hidden for a lifetime, and truths that threaten to change forever the lives of her unsuspecting family...Categorized as:
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Shoulder the Sky by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘Consistently charming’ The Times Rhoda, an artist from London and her childhood sweetheart James finally wed, following a lot of deliberation — particularly on Rhoda’s side... -
A Ghastly Spectacle by Lynn Messina
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSince the new Duchess of Kesgrave cannot be swayed from her unfortunate interest in dead bodies, Lady Abercrombie decides to confront the matter head-on by hosting a murder mystery dinner party.Gathering together several of society’s most influential members, she concocts an amusing puzzle-play, assigns roles, and stands back to allow Bea to impress them all with her ingenuity... -
The Royal Assassin: A Victorian era clean cozy mystery by Kate Parker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the Duke of Blackford enters her bookstore, Georgia knows the Archivist Society is in need of her services. The Tsar of Russia and his family are visiting Queen Victoria on the auspices of the engagement of the Russian princess Kira to the son of the Queen’s cousin... -
A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Great Gatsby meets I Capture the Castle in this gorgeously dreamy coming-of-age romance perfect for fans of A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue.It is the summer of 1929. Lou Trevelyan is a small-town girl with big dreams of becoming a writer. Then she meets the Cardew siblings: the bubbly Caitlin and her handsome, enigmatic brother, Robert...Categorized as:
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Safe at the Edge of the World by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratings'What you get with a Jean Grainger book is warm, authentic writing that welcomes you into the heart of Ireland' Kate Kerrigan, New York Times bestselling author of the Ellis Island trilogy.A tranquil Irish vacation, music, scenery, food... but someone on this tour has a secret he's desperate to keep concealed.Sequel to the #1 Bestseller, The Tour... -
A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Cozy Regency Holiday MysteryLord Julian Caldicott is standing in for his ducal brother as manager of Yuletide merriment at the family seat. Alas for his lordship, nothing is going as planned. Cranky relatives arrive uninvited, family squabbles ensue, and Julian's annual case of the blue devils is worsening by the day... -
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With Dreams Only Of You: The Legend of the Theodosia Sword by Kathryn Le Veque, Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne family. One Legend. One chance to reverse the tides of fortune. Welcome to a multi-genre collection unlike any other historical romance collection. Six of the top authors in their respective genres bring you this powerhouse collection, WITH DREAMS ONLY OF YOU... -
Mischief & Mayhem: A Pride & Prejudice Novella by Christie Capps
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow much trouble could one small baby be? Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are about to find out.Fitzwilliam Darcy avoids unsavory characters, unattached females, and messy babies--until he meets the Bennet family from Longbourn in Hertfordshire. Something about one of the daughters and the only son intrigues him until thoughts of them fill his waking hours and his dreams...Categorized as:
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The Vengeance Trail by Elizabeth Bailey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoin Lady Fan in her most dangerous case yet! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.Is someone from her past trying to kill Lady Fan…?1796, EnglandWhen Lady Ottilia Fanshawe finds herself launched into a river and fighting for her life, she becomes convinced someone pulled her under the water... -
Greenwillow by Beatrice Joy Chute
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA lyrical and timeless fable of the small country village of Greenwillow and its unforgettable inhabitants, and of the poignant romance between young Gideon Briggs who lives in the shadow of a family curse and is determined never to marry, and Dorrie, the orphan girl he loves... -
The Tycoon Murderer by Maureen Driscoll
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE TYCOON MURDERER is the first book in a new time-travel romance/cozy mystery series set in the Pacific Northwest. When Josie Matthews buys a Victorian mansion with a notorious past, she hopes to turn it into a successful inn... -
Speculations in Sin by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo save an innocent man’s life, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must expose a financial scam that could ruin the most powerful aristocrats in Victorian-era London, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret of Bow Lane... -
A Measure of Menace by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOctober 1883When cook Kat Holloway and the kitchen staff maintain the empty Mayfair house while the family resides in the country, Lord Clifford, Lady Cynthia’s confidence-trickster father, arrives in London and asks Kat and Daniel McAdam for help. Lord Clifford might be accused of murder but won't go to the police because his involvement with the victim will implicate him in another crime... -
The Secret of the Lost Pearls by Darcie Wilde
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeyond the glittering ballrooms and elegant parties of Regency London lurk all manner of unexpected dangers. In Darcie Wilde’s captivating mystery series inspired by the novels of Jane Austen and written with the wit of “Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s cheeky asides in Fleabag” (Bookpage), no one is better equipped to help ladies who find themselves wronged than “useful woman” Rosalind Thorne.. -
The Unlikely Chaperone (Dorothy Mack Regency Romances) by Dorothy Mack
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA captivating Regency adventure! Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen. Can Alexandra reach the end of the season without losing her heart? Regency England At twenty-eight, Alexandra Farrish has no hopes of marrying... -
The Silent Order by Melanie Dobson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCleveland, Ohio, 1928. Secrets bind the notorious Cardano family together, but Detective Rollin Wells is close to exposing the family’s dark secrets. The Cardanos are working in the hills south of Cleveland, and when Rollin travels to Sugarcreek to investigate, he discovers that the Cardanos want him dead... -
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A Matter of Honor: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPride & Prejudice goes to Scotland! When Fitzwilliam Darcy, still smarting from Elizabeth’s rejection, discovers she was forced to flee her home in disgrace owing to his actions, his course is clear. He must marry her. It is a matter of honor. All he has to do is find her and propose. Surely that will be simple enough. But Elizabeth does not want to be found, especially not by Darcy... -
Lady Violet Pays a Call by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile Lady Violet Belmaine is busy sorting out the odd turns her life has recently taken, Hugh St. Sevier repairs to his Kent estate in hopes of embarking on the placid life of a rural physician. Alas, for St. Sevier, the village of St. Ivo has more secrets than it has pots of heartease, and the good doctor will once again find himself the target of rumors and threats.Somebody is rigging St... -
Poisoned Legacy by Jenny Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnsolved deaths. Untold treasure. Can she uncover the secret of her inheritance before dark forces claim another victim? Graysie Castellanos is ready to take her final bow. When the traveling singer inherits a rundown mine, she thinks it’s her golden opportunity to provide her adopted daughter with a happy childhood and a prosperous future... -
Highland Healer by Florence Love Karsner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsScotland has just suffered the ravages of the Battle of Culloden and must heal itself physically and spiritually. Will the magickal touch of the Healer be needed? The story centers on the Healer who possesses magickal powers that appear at moments of great distress...Categorized as:
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The Courtship of Chloe by Dorothy Mack
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA whirlwind romance set in Regency England! Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen. Can Chloe bring order to the Montrose family? Regency England As a practical doctor’s daughter living in the countryside, Chloe Norris has had little experience among the aristocracy... -
City of Schemes by Victoria Thompson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElizabeth Miles is preparing for her wedding to Gideon Bates, when a menacing shadow from her past threatens to destroy the life she has built for herself in this all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson.The Great War is over, and Elizabeth and Gideon are busily planning their wedding and welcoming home old friends now discharged from the army...
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