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The Storm Breaks by Julia Brannan
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE FOURTH BOOK IN THE ENTHRALLING SERIES FOLLOWING THE FASCINATING LIVES OF BETH AND ALEX MACGREGOR, THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS It is 1745 and the rebellion that the Jacobites have worked towards for so many years is finally under way. Prince Charles is in Scotland gathering the clans and they are rising, ready to fight and if necessary, die for him...Categorized as:
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For Love or Honor by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the moment they met, Marjie’s heart has belonged to handsome Captain Stanley Jonquil, younger brother of the Earl of Lampton. But six long months ago, when Stanley’s sense of honor required that he do as he had sworn and return to the Continent to fight in defense of King and country, neither Stanley nor Marjie could have dreamed what the cost of his service would be...Categorized as:
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Defending the Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan love grow between a reluctant duke and an illegitimate shop girl?Read Book 4 in the bestselling "The St. Clairs" series for free with Kindle Unlimited!Anthony Godwin, trusted staff officer to the Duke of Wellington, returns from the Napoleonic Wars to learn both his father and brother are dead and he is the new Duke of Linfield...Categorized as:
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A True Gentleman by M.A. Nichols
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey say reformed rakes make the best husbands. They were wrong. Ten years ago, Tabby Russell married the man of her dreams. Or so she thought. The reformed rake had seemed vastly appealing when she was younger, but as life marched on and his old habits returned, Tabby realized too late that she should have chosen wiser when facing the marriage alter...Categorized as:
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The Captain's Confidant: A Regency Romance by Ashtyn Newbold
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn 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...Categorized as:
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Delighting the Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAccused of something they never did. Five boys banished from their homes in disgrace, to the place where they find the brothers of their heart—and build new family ties that will last a lifetime.An army major whose soul is stained by war. A lonely bluestocking who failed miserably during her first Season. Two strangers who bond over an injured kitten..Categorized as:
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Disrupting the Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAccused of something they never did. Five boys banished from their homes in disgrace, to the place where they find the brothers of their heart—and build new family ties that will last a lifetime.A brash army major who surprisingly becomes a duke. A lady who has no interest in ever wedding. An attraction that leads to passion... and love..Categorized as:
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Discovering Grace: A Regency Romance by Sally Britton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Sweet Regency Romance To avoid being sent across an ocean, Grace switches places with her sister. The only man aware of their deception? A dear friend, and her secret love. Grace Everly has no desire to set sail for the Caribbean, unlike her adventurous twin sister, Hope... -
To Trust a Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 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...Categorized as:
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Midnight with the Marquess by Alexa Aston, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan love heal a wounded army officer who doesn’t believe it exists? Lady Rachel St. Clair has witnessed how powerful love can be, thanks to the example her brother and wife set, and she won’t settle for anything less. At a house party, Rachel meets an officer returning from the Peninsular War and believes she may have found love, thanks to their clandestine midnight lessons in kissing...Categorized as:
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The Mrs MacKinnons by Jayne Davis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEngland, 1799 Major Matthew Southam returns from India, hoping to put the trauma of war behind him and forget his past. Instead, he finds a derelict estate and a family who wish he'd died abroad. Charlotte MacKinnon married without love to avoid her father’s unpleasant choice of husband...Categorized as:
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The Noble Smuggler by Sian Ann Bessey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDespite 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...Categorized as:
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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:
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A Rogue to Ruin by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Darcy Burke, your next Regency obsession: The Pretenders! Set in Burke’s popular world of The Untouchables, indulge in the saga of a trio of siblings who excel at being something they’re not...Categorized as:
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Cocky Baron by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Bethany Wellstone’s season in London was cut short when her father is killed in a duel. She believes it is a sign—a sign that she was never meant to marry. Besides, no one can ever live up to the man she’s secretly loved for most of her life—a man who also happens to be one of her brother’s closest friends... -
From Cairo, With Love (Timeless Romance Single) by Nancy Campbell Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom 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...Categorized as:
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The Unlikely Master Genius by Carla Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSailing Master Able Six, Royal Navy, is a man like no other. To call him a mere polymath is to sell him short. Someone with his extraordinary gifts should rise to the top, unless it is the 1800s, where pedigree and money govern Regency society, as sure as Napoleon seeks world domination...Categorized as:
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A Perfect Weakness by Jennifer A. Davids
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Civil War left its mark on Dr. John Turner. He turns his back on medicine and sees his unexpected inheritance in England as an opportunity to start over. But he never imagines how God intends to use his new role as lord of Ashford Hall or the beautiful woman he finds there to ease his troubled soul...Categorized as:
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Mail Order Melissande by Jo Grafford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA brooding war hero who considers himself too damaged to be seen in public, a lovely impoverished debutante with a secret that causes her beau to abandon her, and the series of mail-order bride contract omissions that bring them to the altar…An only son, Captain Drake Blackstone must bear a child to carry on his family’s hard-fought legacy — a nearly impossible task for a man with disfiguring... -
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:
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Weathering Captain Storm by Jane Charles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptain 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...Categorized as:
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From the Fields of Porthlenn by Deborah M. Hathaway
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Regency Romance—Cornwall, 1818Poppy Honeysett wants to be seen as the woman she is—not as the naive young lady she was. She will no longer race across beaches or collect seashells like a child. And she will not, under any circumstances, pine after the lieutenant who broke his promise—and her heart—two years before...Categorized as:
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Mr. Notorious and the Nefarious November by Shana Galen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe may be Mr. Notorious…Three weeks in November. Munro Notley told himself he need only survive twenty-one days in London, then his niece would be married, and he could disappear again. He’d been wandering Europe for years now, ever since Beatrice Haddington Barnet rejected his offer of marriage and wed his best friend instead... -
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... -
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Saved by the Scoundrel by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlthough 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...Categorized as:
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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... -
A Bartered Bride by Cat Cahill
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen 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...Categorized as:
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Wicked at Heart by Danelle Harmon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEngland, 1813. Damon de Wolfe, the sixth Marquess of Morninghall is dark, diabolical, and very, very dangerous. Tortured by his past and driven by his desire for revenge, the former naval hero has fallen from grace after infuriating his superiors. Now seething with anger in his lowly role of prison ship commander, he has locked away his brutal childhood memories and allows no one into his world...Categorized as:
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The Marquess' Daring Wager by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Willful Lady and a Daring Lord. Lady Sybil Hayworth might be petite, but her looks are deceiving—she comes from iron-willed stock. Her family claims a winding descent from Margaret Beaufort and they are unwavering in defense of their honor. An insult is easily taken, it invariably leads to a feud, and a Hayworth feud will continue until all parties to it have expired...Categorized as:
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Ties That Bind by Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Civil War has ended, and the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads are locked in a high-stakes competition to link the eastern states with their western counterparts. Jordana Baldwin's writing catches the attention of an eastern newspaper, and she takes on the guise of a man to report on the progress of the rail line...and to spy for the Central Pacific... -
Captain Jones's Temptation by Audrey Harrison
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe 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...Categorized as:
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An Unwelcome Suitor by Ashtyn Newbold
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFalling 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...Categorized as:
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A Gentleman's Honor: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melanie Rachel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomeone 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...Categorized as:
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With the Wind by Elizabeth Johns
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive 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...Categorized as:
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The Beast Finds his Blind Duchess by Harriet Caves
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe 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...Categorized as:
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Saving Miss Everly by Sally Britton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPretending 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...Categorized as:
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As You Are by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA horse breeder by trade, Corbin Jonquil is more at home in the stables than in the ballroom of his sprawling estate. Corbin is the quietest of the Jonquil brothers and has always faded into the background, contentedly unnoticed. When a mysterious young widow, Mrs. Clara Bentford, moves into the neighborhood, however, Corbin quickly comes to realize that being noticed has its advantages... -
The Most Unlikely Lady by Barbara Devlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWoo a young lady with a fishing rod and a bucket of worms? Oh-so dashing - but untitled - Everett Markham seeks a bride, and he has charged the field of Miss Sabrina Douglas, a woman who prefers trout to truffles. But, sometimes, even when both hearts are engaged, happily ever after isn't so smooth a journey...Categorized as:
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Prelude by JoAnn Durgin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe exciting prequel to the popular, beloved contemporary Christian romance Lewis Legacy Series, Prelude is the love story of Samuel J. Lewis and Sarah Jordan, parents to Sam Lewis, the core character of The Lewis Legacy Series. Prelude gives insights into Sam’s family history in this involving, heartfelt story of family, friendship, and love...Categorized as:
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Rake on the Run by Mindy Burbidge Strunk
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe 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...Categorized as:
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The Toffee Heiress by Sydney Jane Baily
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStep 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...Categorized as:
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Seducing the Siren of Seven Dials by Jillian Eaton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree 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...Categorized as:
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A Wish Upon a Marquess by Maggie Dallen, Katherine Ann Madison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow 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... -
A Wish Upon an Earl by Katherine Ann Madison, Maggie Dallen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow 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 ratingsHow 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... -
Earl of Hearts by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove 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...Categorized as:
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The Heart of a Storme by Sandra Sookoo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWeakness and courage are found in the same broken form if one can but see. Major Phineas Allan Storme is struggling with his new life. After being paralyzed from injuries received during Waterloo, he’s confined to a Bath chair. Depression bedevils him, making him feel useless and helpless...Categorized as:
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Desiring the Earl She Hates by Harriet Caves
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFury 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...Categorized as:
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Matchless Margaret by Christina Dudley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith 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...Categorized as:
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The Countess Intrigue by Wendy May Andrews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuring 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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