Historical Romance Women Sleuths

Passion. Intrigue. Love. London’s high society loves nothing more than a scandal. When the personal secretary of the visiting Prince Sebastian is found murdered, it’s all anyone can talk about. The prince will have to decide what comes first - his country or his heart.

Lady Eleanor Albright has left her "brothel-loving, girl-seducing, entitlement-inflated husband with whom she can't believe she ever had sex" and is again living with her Irish mother, Lady Adele Darnley. With her daughter's marital woes unacceptable, Lady Adele schemes to end Eleanor's "problems" - one of which is her daughter's attachment to a man seven years her junior, a barrister named Lord Henry Faraday. To help her friend, the cherubic Baron's son, Eleanor must defy family, society, even the man she loves.

London 1923: Nelly is an upper-class successful single independent professional woman in her early thirties who needs to find Henry, the man who is behind her family's tragedy and has tarnished their reputation. Henry holds the key to her past and is her only link to finding her last living relative. Her journey leads her on a quest of self-discovery and triumph as she learns to overcome her feelings of guilt and inadequacy. But one more obstacle threatens her happiness.

María Feodorovna es una actriz rusa de éxito que vive en Londres y quetiene una aventura con Black, el atractivo propietario del restaurante demoda de la ciudad. Un día, él cree que María lo ha engañado y, loco decelos, corta la relación.Poco después, recibe una carta de ella en la que le dice que nunca le hasido infiel, aunque reconoce que le había ocultado algo: que trabaja comoespía para el gobierno británico. La carta es una declaración de amor yuna despedida, porque la han encomendado una misión muy peligrosa enMadrid de la que no sabe si volverá.Cuando Black consigue encontrarse de nuevo con ella, la han disparado yestá muy grave.

Alexandra Wallace es feliz trabajando como investigadora privada. A pesar de ser considerada una belleza, no duda en disfrazarse como la más fea de las pordioseras, para poder realizar sus investigaciones que es lo más importante para ella. Hasta que conoce a Gabriel Damsworth, marqués y espía y saltan chispas entre los dos, pero Alexandra se aparta de su camino sin dudarlo decidida a seguir con su profesión.

Jane Austen—sparkling, spirited and incredibly clever—is suddenly thrust into a mystery when a milliner’s dead body is found locked inside a cupboard during the middle of a ball. When Jane’s brother Georgie is found with some jewellery that belonged to the deceased, the local officials see it as an open-and-shut case, one which is likely to end with Georgie’s death. Jane is certain that her brother is innocent, and that there is much more to the murder than meets the eye.

August, 1942 - Fresh from the successful completion of an undercover assignment, Regan is determined to do her bit for the war effort. Before returning home, she goes to Washington to offer her investigative skills to the Army. Now all Regan has to do is avoid Mark Harris who is still actively pursuing her and ignore the call of her own heart.

May, 1942 - Regan O'Reilly is on her way to the biggest assignment of her career as a private investigator. Magnum's Department Store has been plagued by a series of thefts and Regan must go undercover to solve the case. If she's successful, it will be a real feather in her cap. Not to mention, the job takes her out of the reach of Mark Harris, the man who has begun to win her heart.

A cryptic letter arrives at the Kwatalarian capital after Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier has claimed its throne. Weeks after her mysterious disappearance, Jax's aunt has finally been spotted, but the good news ends there. Saphire's spies report that Lady Amia is being held captive deep in the jungles of Zaltor. With tensions boiling between her and her husband, Jax throws caution to the wind and sets out to rescue her aunt.

Shortly after her return from Hamburg, Nelly Reid once again faces the peculiar behavior of her fiancé, John Kingsley. His relentless quest to uncover her family secrets and his protection and spying of a mysterious woman named Evelyn (who has her own agenda) leave Nelly with haunting feelings that will unearth questions about motherhood and heritage. These questions will cultivate in a suspenseful yet fateful weekend that will forever change the lives of everyone involved.

In Quedlinburg scheint alles friedlich zu verlaufen, als die junge Alena im Quedlinburger Frauenstift ihre neue Stelle als Domschreiberin antritt. Doch schon bald treit der Bau einer Brücke die bedeutende Stadt und ihr vornehmes Domstift in eine mörderische Fehde. Die junge Alena riskiert Kopf und Kragen - und die Liebe -, um zu verhindern, dass ihr Leben und das der Domfrauen zerstört wird.

After the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity...but he is not the only one with secrets to keep. Rosamund, a young woman travelling the same path, has much to conceal too.