British Historical Romance

Magnus has disappeared, and the truth about my bloodline still eludes me. I’m preparing for our marriage, so the timing is not perfect when I’m called away to help at a difficult birth. When I return, Magnus is gone. Soon after, I’m ordered before Dublin’s King. We’ve been refugees here since the winter. The woman I helped has died. I will have to leave Dublin. The daughter of the king takes me to a seer who can help bring forth the powers I was supposed to inherit from my mother. We travel together back to England to look for my sister, not for Magnus. You can guess who we find. ...

Sebastian Drake is in dire need of a fortune. With limited time and a dearth of wealthy relatives to will him such a thing, he is left with only one option: marry money. Happily, London is full of eligible heiresses, but it is the newest arrival in Town who catches his eye. Selina Lawrence is only just rid of one husband—the last thing she wants is to acquire another. When she finds herself the target of the charming Mr. Drake, a suspected fortune hunter, what is she to do but teach the man a valuable lesson?

1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward—a man of strict principles and high Christian values. But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary's life is suddenly changed. Her new stepmother comes from a large, happy, and sociable family and Fanny's sisters become Mary's first friends. Her aunt, Miss Cassandra Austen of Chawton, is especially kind. Her brothers are not only amusing, but handsome and charming.

To escape an unthinkable arrangement, Rowe Beasly accompanies her mother to the dark and gloomy Castle Ravendale, a fortress beset by a long history of tragedies. One night while exploring, she meets the heir, the last remaining descendant to the great family of Rothdales. A disfigured lord who steals her heart from the moment they meet. But trying to get him to come into the light will test her strength and things she holds most dear. Emotionally scarred by the weight of his family's curse, Adaire Rothdale, lives his life in darkness away from the world. His hopes and dreams curdling each ...

Dragged to London’s Smithfield Market in a halter to be auctioned off like a barnyard animal by her abusive husband, Iris is rescued from a stampede by a handsome stranger who offers to buy her. But her dream of finding happiness with him is shattered when he takes her home and fails to consummate the marriage, relegating her to a servant’s bed in the kitchen. Iris perseveres, bearing the humiliation and frustration of living in the shadow of his late wife, trying to please her new husband and his hateful daughter, and failing miserably. All seems lost until a handsome stranger shows up...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick... Spine-tingling suspense and heart-throbbing romance in a poignant and unpredictable tale of Victorian London! Captain Edward Seymour—the last of a long line of distinguished Royal Navy officers—has returned from sea to find that his niece has disappeared. Combing every inn and hellhole of the city’s darkest corners, he desperately hopes to find some trace of the girl. Then one night, as he returns home from yet another fruitless search, a mysterious woman falls under his carriage. With no idea of who or where she is, Sophy finds ...

The Jewel Thief and the Earl: A Regency Romance Grandison Franklyn, 8th Earl Harlow, has earned the moniker "Grandison, the Great" for a variety of reasons: his well-honed attitude of superiority; his appearance; and a string of mistresses, most notably Lady Jenest, who created a "great" row when he cut her loose. Miss Colleen Everley is the daughter of England's most notorious thief, a man called "Brook's Crook.” Colleen has been taught many of her father's skills, along with an eye for the value of each item in a room. Unfortunately, the lady does not possess Thomas Everley’s daring. ...

The year is 1807. The Napoleonic Wars continue and their violence reverberates in the lives of the Morland family. Lucy, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her lover, is thrown into doubt and confusion by an unexpected proposal of marriage. At Morland Place, the hard-won happiness of James and Heloise is threatened by his rebellious daughter, Fanny, who is determined to claim more than her inheritance. These troubled times hold many surprises. In their darkest hour, the Morlands make an astonishing discovery.

"Simply Magnificent!" – Stew Ross, author of Where Did They Put the Guillotine? France 1794. Zoé Ariane Donet was in love with love until she met the young commander of the royalist army fighting the revolutionaries tearing apart France. When the dashing young general is killed, she joins the royalist cause, rescuing émigrés fleeing Robespierre’s Reign of Terror. One man watches over her: Frederick West, the brother of an English earl, who has known Zoé since she was a precocious ten-year-old child. At sixteen, she promised great beauty, the flower of French womanhood about to bloom...

1491. Henry VII’s eldest son, Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, has been betrothed since childhood to the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. Their marriage will cement the alliance Henry Tudor craves to secure his country. But when Arthur’s sudden death leaves an 11-year-old boy heir to the kingdom, Henry Tudor must choose whether to send Katherine back to Spain or to marry her himself. Katherine has no son from her brief marriage to secure her future; her substantial dowry and his powerful contract are at stake.

The REALM has returned to England to claim the titles they left behind. Each man holds to the fleeting dream of finally knowing love and home, but first he must face his old enemy Shaheed Mir, a Baloch warlord, who believes one of the group has stolen a fist-sized emerald. Mir will have the emerald’s return or will exact his bloody revenge.. Aristotle Pennington has groomed SIR CARTER LOWERY as his successor as the Realm’s leader, and Sir Carter has thought of little else for years. He has handcrafted his life, filled it with duties and responsibilities, and eventually, he will choose a...

Upon the death of her mother, flower girl Candice Cane is thrown into the mean streets of London. She finds herself at the mercy of a nouveau riche speculator until a handsome man hired to make her presentable for a Christmas ball shows her a new way of being while attempting to use her for a different purpose.

After the unexpected death of her father, Lillian Tallent and her family become destitute, and Lillian, who dreams of being on the London stage, finds herself cleaning a derelict boarding house run by her mother. A chance encounter with a budding artist launches a modelling career that saves her family and ushers in her first romance. But when Lillian attracts a wealthy patron and enters the luxurious world of the rich and privileged, what seems like a dream come true spirals down into a nightmare, threatening to destroy her love, along with her career.

Stranded and destitute after her mother’s untimely death and a frightening morning fire at her derelict London lodgings, orphaned flower girl Mary McGinness sinks even deeper into desperation when she’s accused of stealing. Terrified of being sent to prison, she flees the only world she’s ever known — the chaos and uncertainty of the London flower market — to hit the wintry road north on Christmas Eve in search of family, shelter and a better way of life. Woefully unprepared for the journey, she braves the elements without food, money, or protective clothing, unaware that the man ...

When a beautiful guest arrives at the hotel, she has clearly arrived under a cloud of pretense, but what motive does she have for deception? To Samuel, the maitre d' of the Balfour Hotel, it is obvious that the newly arrived guest, Miss Lorna Hastings, is not who she claims. Samuel finds himself in a precarious position—torn between his loyalty to his employers, the Balfours, and the comely young woman who awakens every protective instinct he possesses. Why he feels the need to chivalrously come to the aid of Miss Hastings, he's uncertain. Perhaps he feels a kinship towards her because he...

This box set includes the complete Ghosts of Southampton series, Books 0, 1, and 2! Meg and Charlie meet on Titanic, but their lives were intertwined long before they ever stepped foot on the doomed ship. Follow their story from the very beginning.Prelude: A Prequel Book 0 An arranged marriage, an abusive family, a dream of freedom in America just out of reach.... After Meg Westmoreland’s father mysteriously dies when she’s a small child, her life quickly spirals out of control. Her mother is mean and manipulative, her uncle abusive in a way Meg won’t even speak of. Getting away from ...

Cast into the dangerous streets of Southwark when her father goes to debtor’s prison, Morgana turns to her mother’s forbidden profession to try to save her family. Can she dodge the law, avoid a lecherous landlord, and ever hope to win the heart of her secret love, a disgruntled client who has set his sights on another woman?

Em 1876, d. Pedro II embarcou num vapor rumo aos Estados Unidos para as comemorações do Centenário da Independência americana e passou três meses conhecendo o país. Em Os perigos do imperador, Ruy Castro parte desse episódio verídico e constrói um romance eletrizante, que imagina um atentado fatal contra o monarca orquestrado por republicanos brasileiros.

In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond discovered an obscure map that showed a web of new railways spanning the length and breadth of the country - railways not shown on any other publicly available maps. She was determined to uncover the railways' origins, purpose, and most of all, the silence that surrounded them. She would spend three months travelling on these mysterious railways, and the next five years piecing their story together.

Determined to overcome Elizabeth’s objections to marriage, Darcy hatches a plot which inadvertently compromises them both. The undeniable tension comes to a head during an afternoon encounter that ensures she must belong to him forever, and though she feels their engagement is forced, Elizabeth finally succumbs. But the road to marriage is paved with external obstacles, and a brush with passion and death reveals an unexpected secret. Seduced to Marry is a steamy sensual Pride and Prejudice variation novella for readers who enjoy compromise, Darcy rescuing Elizabeth, rainstorms and touches...