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Sophie's Choice

by A.M. Westerling

Lady Sophie Harrington is not one to abide by society’s strictures. If there’s one thing she knows, it’s that she will not be paraded on the London marriage market in hopes of finding a suitable husband. When a handsome bachelor moves into the neighbouring country estate, she thinks her wedding prospects are solved - all she must do is make the man fall in love with her and convince her parents he would be a good match. Successful barrister Lord Bryce Langdon escapes London to begin a new legal practice in the rugged county of Cornwall. However, being the object of desire for two beautiful sisters disrupts his life and distracts him from his true purpose for being there – infiltrating a local smuggler’s ring. Can Sophie win Bryce’s love? What will she do when she discovers Bryce is not the honourable man he appears to be? Sometimes temptation cannot be resisted…

Historical Romance Christmas Collection

by Sarah Lamb

In this Christmas historical romance collection, experience heartwarming (and heartbreaking) tales all taking place at or near Christmas.

Yuletide with a Devilish Duke

by Sandra Sookoo

Dante Cunningham is an honorary duke through Club Damnation. With a life littered with crimes and killings, he's no longer a decent man, so it's fine he's alone. Yet when Miss Anne Courtney enters his life, bent on revenge because he murdered her brother, everything changes. Scandal forces a contentious marriage, and forced proximity ensures many heated carnal meetings. Only if they trust each other and share their fears and secrets can they embark on a love they never knew they wanted.

A Duke Most Vexing

by Miranda D Nelson

Catherine Alaway has few regrets in life, save one. Though her neighbors consider her well past the age for courtship, she still harbors a quiet hope that love might find her. When the Duke of Elverton comes to visit, however, marriage is the furthest thing from her mind. She wants only to avoid him—and the sting of his rejection she previously endured. Joshua Banfield, Duke of Elverton, seeks nothing more than a peaceful stay in the country, far from the endless duties of his title. What he does not expect is to find himself drawn into a battle of wits and schemes with his friend’s clever younger sister. But the more mischief they trade, the more he finds his heart entangled in the game. Between spilled tea, frogs in boots, and one very muddy sheep, Catherine and Joshua discover that love often arrives in the most vexing, and delightful, of disguises.

When Plans Go Awry

by Denise M. Colby

Sometimes you have to lose everything to find what you truly need…Olivia Carmichael escapes her past to be the next schoolmarm in the small ranching community of Washton, California. Her plan? Live a quiet spinster life, alone, never to depend on anyone ever again. Luke Taylor selected a mail-order bride, a necessity to help raise his two younger sisters, and the only way he knew to protect his heart. His plans don’t include being responsible for the beautiful new schoolmarm, who threatens his resolve between his need to stay away and his need to ensure his safety. Along the way, Olivia’s carefully laid-out plans are challenged at every turn, and Luke’s mail-order bride is not what he expected. With the help of the entire town and its crazy rooster, Bert, can Luke and Olivia learn to trust again?

The Wise Daughter

by Shelly Powell

Love makes a person do foolish things. Honora Lacy and her father have been utterly ruined, but when her father’s plan for recovery depends entirely on the mercy of the hard-hearted Duke of Ravenglass, Nora knows she must devise a more logical, realistic plan. But when she unwittingly stumbles into a mystery surrounding the duke and his safety, she agrees to help him uncover the enemies hiding within the walls of his castle. Why not? She has nothing to risk, or so she thinks until the mysterious duke starts to claim her heart. Can a man with so many secrets truly love her in return? This sweet, kisses only, Regency romance is loosely based off of the Grimm Brother's lesser-known fairy tale, The Peasant's Wise Daughter.

Haunted Ground

by Irina Shapiro

When American Lexi Maxwell buys a long-abandoned mansion in a quaint English village, she sees it as a chance to start fresh and bring her dream of running a manor-house hotel to life. But her idyllic plans are soon overshadowed by eerie occurrences—a heartbroken ghost appears each night, kneeling beside a centuries-old ruin, and villagers whisper about Lexi’s striking resemblance to a woman who died under mysterious circumstances more than two decades ago. As Lexi digs deeper into the history of the ruin and the secrets buried within the manor, she uncovers unexpected connections to her own past—revelations that shake her to the core and threaten everything she holds dear. Caught in a tangle of lies, loss, and long-forgotten betrayals, Lexi is drawn into a chilling mystery, and her only ally is a man haunted by his own past.

Whispers of the Ton: A Regency Romance Boxset

by Rose Pearson

Behind the polished smiles of the ballroom lies a tangle of hidden identities, dangerous rumors, and hearts at risk. In this captivating series, one anonymous gossip column sets off a chain of events that entangles earls, rogues, marquesses, viscounts, dukes—and the daring women who refuse to be silent. From hidden agendas to forbidden attractions, each story delivers a heart-stealing romance woven with wit, danger, and the irresistible pull of a well-guarded secret.

The Wishing Jar

by Linda S Rice

Write a wish. Place it in the jar. Speak the wish out loud. Hide the jar in a safe and secret place. Your wish will come true at midnight. 27-year-old attorney Julia Lynton, fed up with uncouth and immature men, wants to meet a proper gentleman like the ones in her grandmother’s Regency romance novels. After discovering a mysterious jar in a secret compartment of an antique desk, she travels to Linwood Park in Surrey, England, to discover the jar’s origin. Shortly after arriving, she begins having dreams of things that happened over 200 years in the past. Using the wishing jar, she travels back to 1815 Regency England, where she meets Matthew, the perfect gentleman of her dreams. Will Julia be able to stay in the past and find her happily ever after with Matthew, or will her remaining result only in heartbreak and disaster for them both?

The Snow Bride: Three Medieval Historical Romances

by Lindsay Townsend

Three dashing and romantic medieval tales set in twelfth-century England. She is Beauty but is he the Beast? In The Snow Bride, the spirited young Elfrida is a witch of the woods and no man dares to ask for her hand in marriage. Then a beast steals away her sister as a bride. Desperate, the lovely Elfrida offers herself as a sacrifice, as bridal bait, and she is seized by a man with fearful scars. Is he the beast? In A Summer Bewitchment, a shadowy piper kidnaps seven beautiful girls. Can a wounded knight and his witch-wife save them, and at what cost? In Sir Thomas and the Snow Troll, the young Sir Thomas no longer knows who he is, or who his natural father is. Adrift, Thomas sets out on a winter journey to discover more, finding adventure and passion on the way...

Becoming Lady Rodworth

by Iris Lim

The undisputed Incomparable of the London Season, Violet Nottingham has the world at her feet. Every eligible gentleman on the marriage mart showers her with presents and praise - everyone, that is, except the handsome, unnerving Lord Rodworth. His insult haunts her day and night, and Violet swears to prove him wrong. Clive Anderson, the newly-minted Lord Rodworth, is resolved to be like his loyal, late father in every way except for one: He refuses to marry a beautiful woman who will inevitably break his heart. Now, if only the intriguing Miss Violet will leave his heart and mind alone. An enemies-to-friends-to-lovers sweet regency romance.

A Ghostly Affair (Diamonds of London #7)

by Sandra Sookoo

During a stay at a purported haunted castle in Scotland for a wedding, Miss Arabella Goodridge--a rumored American witch--accidentally stumbles upon a secret passageway that leads her to the ghost of Percival Bradenton, the Marquess of Coventry, who should have been dead two years before. Curiosity and attraction flare. Through forced proximity, together they work to bring him back to the land of the living to claim his birthright while dodging renewed attempts on his life. If they are successful, romance might be in the offing.

Marianne: A Sense and Sensbility Sequel

by Alice McVeigh

Classy, classic historical romance from this multi-award-winning series of standalones. When Marianne – still beautiful, still impulsive and not yet twenty-one – returns to London, she is rich, with a house in Mayfair and an estate in Dorsetshire. Despite her resolve to remain single, she finds herself besieged with admirers, including the dangerously attractive Willoughby and the charming and irreverent Crawford. Then Marianne’s younger sister Margaret arrives. Margaret’s passion for romance leads to unexpected complications. As Marianne attempts to navigate the social whirl of Regency London, she finds her resolution tested and her feelings torn – between the pull of the past and the allure of the present.

The Elusive Wife

by Callie Hutton

Newly arrived from the country for the Season, Lady Olivia is appalled to discover that her own husband, Lord Coventry, doesn't even recognize her. She's not about to tell the arrogant arse she his wife. Instead, she flirts with him by night and has her modiste send her mounting bills to him by day. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, except Lady Olivia finds her husband nearly irresistible.

The Thornfield Heiress: A Historical Romance Novella (The Gilded Hearts Chronicles, Book 1)

by Valerie Anne Hudson

In a glittering world of opulent soirées and whispered scandals, Evangeline Thornfield is trapped between the gilded cage of her family’s expectations and a heart that aches for true passion. As her carefully constructed façade begins to crumble under the weight of forbidden love and mounting corruption, every secret choice threatens to upend not only her reputation but the very future of the aristocracy she desperately clings to. With stakes as high as a ruined fortune and a love that defies convention, will Evangeline dare to step beyond the mirror’s surface and confront the darkness hiding behind the ballrooms?

The Witch of Rose City

by Tara Jade Brown

Kathryn Walder, a clever young apothecary living in Rose City, hides a secret: she has the divine power to heal. But in 1730 Switzerland, this divine power could condemn her as a witch. She keeps to herself, until she meets the charming hunter, Johann Jäger, who makes her dream of love. But when a ruthless witch inquisitor arrives to the city, Kathryn becomes his target. How far will she go to protect her secret? And the hunter who’s captured her heart?

A Rogue in Rome

by Linda Rae Sande

Four countries. Four cousins. Only one remains unmarried when their Grand Tour takes them to Rome. David, Viscount Penton, is already intrigued by Donna Vittoria when he saves her from a rake during her come-out ball, but when she turns the tables and accuses him of being a rogue, he's on the defensive. How could she think he, an always amiable and well-behaved gentleman, capable of such behavior? Meanwhile, Vittoria's great aunt Armenia is being courted by an American who insists he's in love with her. Can an older spinster overcome years of disappointment with men to welcome a true gentleman into her life?

Love, Magic, and Mystery

by Karina McRoberts

Another time, Another chance. Retired nurse and kooky bookstore owner Mari rescues injured rookie cop Mike Harker; but his life lacks meaning and he cannot recover. Fate throws Mike into the past, where he falls for a mysterious dancer/magician, who begs him to solve a series of gruesome murders. Mike chases down murderers, mad doctors, pirates, his sanity, and, the love his life! Mari fights aftershocks, book thieves, maniacs, fat cats, and bureaucrats to keep her store and the time portal open. Richly realized and highly evocative, these three thrilling Victorian time-travel novels will transport you to a world like no other. Adventure, mystery, romance, horror, humor, and of course, skulduggery! See stunning trailer on YouTube "The Palace of the Stars". Literary Titan Gold Book Award Winner and Finalist in the Wishing Shelf Awards. Reviews listed on individual books.

Cowboy for Penelope

by Jovie Grace

She’s out to win his heart…even if he never planned to give it away. Jameson Ford treats marriage like business—efficient, emotionless, and necessary. When Penelope Copeland arrives in town with a smile and a level of determination that matches his own, she turns his ambitions upside down. Running from the past and dreaming of love, Penelope refuses to settle for a cold partnership. With her Southern charm and sass, she launches a few plans of her own — to make him laugh, make him fall for her, and make him beg her to stay.

Journey of the Heart

by Stephanie Burkhart

James returns to his home in California after World War II only to find out he's lost his farm. His way of life gone, James becomes a journeyman, selling Bibles, looking for a sense of purpose. Rachel Santori's winery is in trouble. She's looking for someone to trust. When Rachel meets James, she can't deny how he penetrates her soul with his long, lonely looks. Can James find a sense of belonging at Rachel's winery? Can love mend both their weary hearts?

Loving Beth

by Bonnie Ward

Beth McCullough struggles to keep her West Virginia farm and care for two abandoned children, but the bank is threatening foreclosure, someone is threatening her life, and the man she's falling for has closed his heart to love. But God works in mysterious ways.

One Secret Wish

by Sandra Sookoo

Leopold Bollinger, 11th Earl of St. Vincent, is bored. When he stumbles upon a woman in dishabille during a society event, immediate sparks fly. Only later does he discover she is the woman he's loved for years but couldn't have. Rachel Balfour--Lady Cavanagh--carries a secret regarding her deceased husband. Though he'd been Leopold's best friend, she'd never forgotten the earl. Now courted by another man, when St. Vincent asks for help in retrieving a valuable gem, she wants a second chance at romance. Spending time together out of necessity for the heist has passion exploding between them, but when Rachel's suitor interferes, sacrifices are made, and more than the priceless sapphire might be lost.

The Bookseller of Kathmandu

by Ann Bennett

A sweeping tale of secrets and survival set against the mystical backdrop of Nepal, and the tropical heat of 1940s Malaya. In the heart of bustling Kathmandu, Chloe Rai's quaint bookshop is a sanctuary for those seeking solace within the pages of timeworn stories. But when she discovers a collection of letters hidden within the crumbling walls of a forgotten Rana palace, her world begins to intertwine with a narrative from a different time and place. Penned in the 1940s by a woman named Alice Lacey, the letters tell the story of the Malayan Emergency, a time of turmoil and conflict. As Alice's life becomes bound up with that of Anil, a Gurkha officer, their bond is tested by the chaos and violence surrounding them. Chloe's discoveries not only reveal family secrets, but also mirror her own struggles in the present.

This book contains scenes of: sexual violence

The Baron's Perfect Match

by Debra Elizabeth

Miss Audrey Parker was tired, so very tired. Since her mother’s passing four years ago, she had become the de facto housekeeper and caretaker for her two younger sisters. Jacob Stanfield, a NYC newspaper owner, never thought he had any English aristocratic ancestors. Now he was Lord Fletcher and must navigate a foreign world, all the while trying to stay away from his ward, the lovely Miss Parker, who has consumed his every thought.

Whispers in the Ballroom: A Regency Romance of Scandal and Desire

by Eva Lyndale

In the glittering ballrooms of Regency London, one whisper can ruin a reputation—and one waltz can change a life. Philippa Whitmore, a fallen merchant’s daughter, dares to defy society’s cruelty with nothing but her wit and a mended gown. When her sharp tongue sparks scandal, the Duke of Harrowden—known as the Iron Heart of London—steps in to defend her, igniting a dangerous attraction neither can afford. He’s sworn to feel nothing. She’s determined to survive. But as secrets, pride, and desire intertwine, their battle of wits turns into a forbidden romance that threatens them both. In a world where love is a risk and every glance is a gamble, will courage be enough to silence the whispers in the ballroom?