Victorian Society

The Professor, the first novel that Charlotte Brontë completed, is based on her experiences as a language student in Brussels in 1842. Told from the point of view of William Crimsworth, the only male narrator she created, the work questions many of the presuppositions of Victorian society.

This multi-layered novel concerns complex social relationships in a provincial Victorian neighborhood and the struggle to hold fast to personal integrity in a materialistic environment.

Celeste struggles with finding her way from a dark past, until she gets a summer volunteer gig at the local historical fair. Enter: outrageous actors, dominating psychics, and ghosts stirred by a medium’s presence. With the help of the psychic’s son - who isn’t at all what her dream date would look like but rather endearing all the same - Celeste uncovers secrets about the village left hidden among the dilapidated buildings.

London, 1895: Trapped by oppressive marriages and societal expectations, three women receive a mysterious invitation to an afternoon tea at the home of the reclusive Lady Duxbury. Beneath the genteel facade of the gathering lies a secret book club-a sanctuary where they can discover freedom, sisterhood, and the courage to rewrite their stories.

Things are looking up in Riverford, Texas, in June 1898. Czech immigrant, Sarah Novak, is finally graduating from teacher's college. Surely she will now put aside all that foolishness about being a professional woman and marry Lee Logan. After all, what young woman could ask for more? Lee is a handsome, young banker who will take his new bride off to bustling Fort Worth, Texas, and give her a life of luxury.

Love. Passion. Duty. The ties that bind, but can they set you free? In the opulent world of 19th-century England, where reputation and decorum are everything, Lady Cecilia Harrington's heart beats to a different rhythm. As the Duke of Harrington's daughter, her life is mapped out with lavish balls, couture gowns, and an impending engagement to Lord Ashworth, London's most eligible bachelor. However, beneath the glimmering chandeliers and behind the velvet curtains, a forbidden romance begins to kindle.

If Titanic was the Ship of Dreams, Lusitania is the Stuff of Nightmares. Carrie Boxhall is happy to help her mistress, Meg Ashton, when she needs someone to return to Britain on her behalf. Even Meg's tumultuous crossing on Titanic and a warning from Ruth, the little girl who seems to know things she couldn't possibly know, doesn't deter it. Meeting a handsome stranger aboard the ship is an added bonus. By the time the coast is in sight, Carrie is looking forward to a bright future full of love. But then her entire world is rocked when the ship is hit by a torpedo. Eighteen minutes--that's ...

Some charities are not what they seem. The enigmatic world of Victorian intrigue collides with dark magic and plague. In a Victorian world ravaged by a mysterious plague, Charity's telepathy is both her salvation and her curse. As her father, Lord Carolinus, wields his power to control every aspect of Charity’s life, her metaphysical abilities are her only defense against his cruelty. Her fate becomes intertwined with the once-privileged Bridgette, a fallen Lady willing to risk everything for revenge. They begin a dangerous struggle which might unravel the fabric of their society in order...

In the conclusion to the Threads of Magic trilogy, Charity and Bridgette vow to bring justice to their plague-ridden Victorian world that is ruled by corrupt Lords and dark magic wielding High Priests. Still reeling from the loss of a loved one, Charity is running out of time to save the rest of her friends. She does something she thought she’d never do: ask her father for help. Bridgette must heal her relationship with Rose and learn to control her burgeoning powers while Charity faces her ultimate challenge, healing a plague victim while under public scrutiny in the place Bridgette ...

In this continuation of the Threads of Magic trilogy, Charity and Bridgette confront even greater challenges as they must save those they love from the relentless forces of plague and dark magic. Excommunication threatens to strip Lord Carolinus of his estate, but what begins as a battle for property soon transforms into a harrowing examination of the Church of the One True Way's secret crimes. Charity’s plans to reopen the school have come to a standstill. Bridgette thought she had nothing left to lose. She was wrong. Her quest for justice takes a perilous turn as mind control leaves her...

She was a lady of the night. A woman of ill repute. A harlot. Nora never cared what people called her. After all, she’d worked the mean streets of London nearly all her adult life, looking for clients, looking to survive, and looking for her next opium fix. That is until an English gentleman spots her from high atop his carriage and sees just how special she is. Now she has a choice to make: continue working as a lady of pleasure or take Lord Alfred Covington’s offer? On the one hand, she can continue what she’s doing, getting high and fighting off her overzealous clients. Or, she can...

Beneath the graceful boughs of an ancient willow, Eliza Whitmore finds a world apart from the rigid expectations of her aristocratic life. But when she encounters Thomas Hewitt—the estate’s under-gardener with a scholar’s mind and a passion for growth—she discovers a love as deep and untamed as the roots of the tree that shelters them. Thomas is everything Eliza has been taught to avoid—humble in station but rich in intellect and spirit. Drawn together by whispered conversations and stolen moments in his hidden nursery, their love defies class, convention, and the looming shadow ...

Readers who have enjoyed the inspirational, clean, and heartfelt stories of authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Charles Dickens may enjoy this great read about one of the most important thing in life - finding love. A disabled girl in the early 1800's hopes to find a husband. Although her father is a duke, things look bleak as without help she could turn into an unmarried spinster. The Duke of Wilmington receives a letter from his boyhood friend, Lord Chesterton, informing him that he has the answer to what ails him. Lord Chesterton reveals that he has found a baron who ...