Historical Romance Families

Orphan Ivy Cloveller knows pain and hardship. Left alone at a London workhouse at the age of three, she toils just to survive. But she dreams of something more. Soon, the invitation from her only friend to flee the bleakness and misery proves too tantalizing to refuse, and together they escape the workhouse to search for something more. Anything more. But life on the outside is even tougher for two young girls without work to find food and a place to stay. Life on the streets is a brutal battle of its own, and the stability of the workhouse soon beckons them back. But Ivy refuses the call ...

It was a blow to Persephone “Percy” Blake’s vanity to discover that she’d somehow become a spinster aunt. It’s certainly not what she set out to be. She had just been working away in her father’s library, cataloging historical documents. Then one day she looked up to find that 10 years had passed and she was firmly on the shelf. Now, with the recent passing of her father, the country estate and the library are long gone.

Yorkshire, North of England, 1786. As the abandoned son of a lascar—a sailor from India—Heathcliff has spent most of his young life maligned as an "outsider." Now he's been flung into an alien life in the Yorkshire moors, where he clings to his birth father's language even though it makes the children of the house call him an animal, and the maids claim he speaks gibberish. Catherine is the younger child of the estate's owner, a daughter with light skin and brown curls and a mother that nobody talks about. Her father is grooming her for a place in proper society, and that's all that matters.

A tragic case of arson sends Sarah into hiding to escape the terrible fate of her family. She works as a common laborer, and is safe for 13 years, until she receives an ominous note. Despite her disguise, the killer has caught up with her, and she is once again in danger from a man determined to silence all echoes from the past. William, an inquiry agent, is consumed with curiosity when he meets Sarah and hears about her case. And one look into her gray eyes has him hooked.

Christmas Eve, 2019. Ninety-four-year-old Molly lies in her hospital bed. A stroke and a fall may have broken her body - but her mind is alive with memories. London, 1940s. Molly is a bright young woman, determined to help the war effort and keep her head up despite it all. Life becomes brighter when she meets and falls in love with a man who makes her forget everything with one dance. But then war forces her to make an unforgettable sacrifice.

Born of fire. Forged in shadows. Chosen to rule. Kenna carries the blood of legends—and everyone wants a piece of her. Her mother is the Firestone Queen. Her father is the Alpha King and a Shadowsynger. That makes Kenna powerful. It also makes her a target. As her powers awaken, Kenna draws attention from all the wrong places—those who fear her, those who want her, and those who would do anything to control her. Enemies rise. Alliances fracture. And the battle for her future begins. Will Kenna survive long enough to claim her mother’s throne? Or will she be consumed by the darkness ...

It's 1978 and the whole country, exhausted from the twin traumas of Vietnam and Watergate, is suffering from a massive hangover. Chucky O'Malley knows how the country feels; approaching fifty, he finds himself in the grip of a debilitating midlife crisis. As he travels the world, from the Vatican, where a new pope is to be selected, to Jimmy Carter's White House, where an overwhelmed president struggles to find a cure for his nation's malaise, Chucky searches for a way to renew his weary spirit.

When the eligible Mr. Allison is to come to Fenton Manor to woo Honoria, there is a problem. She doesn't remember what he looked like. Crippled by her timidity, she hardly looked at him when they'd met during her first London season. But he had spoken to her father, determined to ask her for her hand. Her siblings, Serena and Benedict, find this highly amusing, but after Honoria overhears a conversation between her parents about their finances, she realises she must marry Mr. Allison.

Are generations of Snee-Kinsman women actually cursed, or is it just bad luck? A paranormal family saga beginning in 1860 following one family’s journey of tragedy, resiliency and triumph. Their stories are told in three short read books. Book 1 – Curse of the Emerald Ring – 1860 - 1940 *Two spiteful and competitive witches place a curse on each other’s female children. * To punish his wayward daughter, an angry father casts the family curse in stone – an emerald stone. * The ring with the emerald stone is to be worn by the women of the Snee-Kinsman family and passed down from ...

Nathan Hack expects his four sons to marry well and keep up the tradition of becoming barristers in the prestigious house of Hack. But Rubin, the youngest, feels that his legacy is a stranglehold. He's betrothed to a woman from a fine family when he falls in love with a beautiful, enigmatic stranger in Paris. Her name is Magda, and she will change Rubin’s life completely. Decades later, history will repeat itself when a woman is caught between two men during Hitler's regime.

"Minnow Creek's Embrace" is a spellbinding tale of love, destiny, and resilience, where mysteries unravel and enigmas deepen. Join Leah and Clay in this captivating rollercoaster of emotions! In the remote town of Minnow Creek, Leah Masters, an orphaned mail order bride, faces a perilous journey. A twist of fate jeopardizes her life, but she survives and arrives with shattered hopes. Clay Bollinger, longing for a bride, sees hope when Leah unexpectedly appears. As love blossoms, an ancient feud erupts, entangling Leah. Can their love withstand the chaos?Read all the books in Brides of ...

Lydia finds out at her father’s deathbed that he has arranged for her to marry the son of an old family friend to cancel a debt. At first, Lydia rejects the idea, but then circumstances suddenly make it so she feels she needs to honor her father’s last wishes, and she travels to Texas to meet the man her father has chosen.

After a devastating tragedy turns John Silverman’s life upside down, he is consumed with tracking down and dealing with the pair of viscous, unscrupulous brothers who are responsible. Realizing that his sheriff’s badge would only complicate matters, he turns the badge in to the town mayor and never looks back. His search develops into a daunting task as it leads him across four southwestern states while he is being continually sidetracked by his inner desire to help those law-abiding citizens in need of his legendary abilities with a Colt Peacemaker.

Available as a value box amazon.com/dp/B088HGG9YF (copy and paste the link into your browser) Will she live long enough to accept his apology? When Jessica Montgomery’s best friend passes away, she discovers that she was to marriage out in the Wild West! While writing to inform Camille’s beau of her tragic death, the last thing Jessica expects is to fall in love! Michael Bradford is enamoured by his fiancée Jessica. She’s a puzzle to him, a woman who much prefers working in his farm while he teaches. Her wildness steals his heart, but he has to struggle to change himself into someone...

Available as a value box amazon.com/dp/B07Y2B5HJG (copy and paste the link into your browser) Join Emily from Marshall Manor as she prepares for a wedding she doesn’t want to go through with and find out what happens when her entire life changes in a span of a week. It’s a crisp autumn evening and the weather in Chicago is not the only reason for the chill in the air. Promised to an older man when she was just a young girl, Emily has now come of age and is forced to face a long-delayed reality. Living in Marshall Manor has been an exceptional blessing for Emily and her fellow orphan ...

When Karl slapped the newspaper on the table, Elaine read the date over his shoulder. October 12, 1940! How could that be? Only a short time ago she was in the year 2051, and now she was in a stranger’s house, having a meal with his family, and she didn’t know how she had gotten here. Elaine lowered her head and continued eating the meal they had offered her, but her mind was reeling with questions, and there was no one to ask. How had she ended up in 1940? Was it all just an illusion, a dream, or was she simply going crazy? In The Absconders, the fifth book in The Branches of Time, we ...

In post-Civil War South Carolina, Rebecca O'Connor has everything a young lady could want - wealth, status, and a suitable marriage prospect. Everything except freedom. Suffocating under the weight of Southern society's expectations, Rebecca dreams of something more than arranged marriages and afternoon tea parties. When her brother's letters arrive from the Montana Territory, painting pictures of wide-open spaces and unlimited possibilities, she makes the boldest decision of her life - to flee her gilded cage and forge her own path in the untamed West. But Montana holds more than just ...

Previously published as The Bodysnatcher's Daughter: A gripping victorian romance of forbidden love and dark secrets by Brown, Annie (AUTHOR). Hetty Morgan yearns for more than her father can offer. Dreaming of becoming a teacher, she hopes to make a difference in young lives. Yet, a shadow looms over her aspirations as she suspects her father is hiding something—a secret that seems to weigh heavily on him with each passing day. Hetty's world brightens when she crosses paths with the compassionate Dr George Carter. Their instant connection blossoms into a tender romance, despite the ...

In the midst of the Great Depression, seventeen-year-old Lanie Freeman hopes to keep her family together, become a writer, and find love. But an unexpected health crisis and a devastating town scandal leave the Freeman family reeling. Will their faith uphold them as they struggle to survive?

Her family destroyed by injustice. Her spirit forged in the workhouse flames. Can one orphan heal her deepest wounds and ignite a future built on love? Haunted by devastating tragedy, her father unjustly hanged, her mother lost to grief, her brother dying in her arms, Mary Bennett finds herself alone in Victorian London clinging fiercely to one dream: becoming a nurse. Yet her path leads only through hardship: first, the brutal workhouse cruelly overseen by John Turner, the very man who destroyed her family; then harsh domestic service; and finally, the gruelling, dangerous toil of a match ...