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In order to rebuild her life, Savannah must help the people taking over her home. The Civil War cost Savannah Darby everything - her family and her home. When Aidan Bedford, an attorney from Boston, buys the Darby estate, he hires Savannah to redecorate. Can she find a mysterious treasure before her job is finished?

After freeing himself from his former slave masters, Riel becomes a pirate after striking a deal with the infamous Captain Glass. In exchange for learning English, how to sail, and how to be a fearsome pirate, Riel will give Captain Glass seventy percent of his bounty for five years. Five years later, Captain Glass is unwilling to release Riel from his debt. Under threat of being resold as a slave, Riel feels trapped in a life he doesn’t want. Darlene Smith has always been a tomboy. She favors trousers and swords over dresses and knitting. Wanting her to act like the high class lady she ...

Recipient of numerous awards, including a First Place 2022 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Award (Young Adult Fiction); Second Place 2022 Bookfest Award (Romance Historical); Runner Up 2022 PenCraft Book Award (Fiction, Historical); and the Literary Titan Book Award. The only thing her friend is guilty of is falling in love with the wrong man. When young Eliza first joins Maddington House, known locally as ‘The Madhouse,’ as an under housemaid in 1895, she finds herself alone in the world of the rich and privileged. A world where everyone takes what they want and no one takes ...

She was the last person to see him alive. Hannah Granville knew there would never be answers to her questions. How could Father commit suicide, leaving his wife and children destitute? Did he have any inkling of their fate? How did she fail to understand his intention? Could she have saved him? Was he a coward? Too busy making a living to spend time in the past, Hannah is virtually alone in the world. Her siblings have been taken in by relatives across the country; her mother, too frail and distraught to care for herself much less her children. The only thing getting Hannah through most ...

If you enjoy historical romance novels, you want to read Lindamira… first written as a contemporary romance, it’s historical now because it was written over 300 years ago! What Makes Lindamira a Great Story? The Adventures of Lindamira from 1702 mimics the best of popular late 17th-century French, Spanish, and Italian novels of aristocratic romantic intrigues, with all the emotional ups and downs and the issues that build angst and anticipation to make a riveting tale, yet this story is far more concise, brings the cultural setting down to the upper-middle-class, and provides an ...

Londres, 1812. Clarise Devereux, la única hija del vizconde de Audley, espera ansiosa su boda con lord Mowbray, un hombre al que cree amar profundamente. Pero sus sueños se desmoronan cuando su padre rompe el compromiso y la entrega a Connor Nevill, el enigmático conde de Stourton.

London, 1896 Having fled the School of Industrial Trade Magic, and unable to use her power, Emmeline Hill begins to doubt herself. Will she be able to use magic again? What will her future hold? Along with her friend, Grace Starley, Emmeline hides from the Trade Magic Inspectorate at the house belonging to her uncle and aunt. But the respite isn’t long. They are sought out by the Shapeshifters League. They meet again with two rather unsuitable gentlemen, Mr. Carter and Viscount, who are on the brink of an outright conflict. And the Trade Magic Inspectorate are not far behind, hoping to ...

The year is 1795 and Napoleon Bonaparte is a Corsican serving in the French military. His personality is fire and ice personified -- passionate, temperamental, and pragmatic to the extreme. He is engaged to Desiree Clary, or Eugenie as he affectionately nicknamed her, but the allure of Parisian women poses a temptation to seek a more strategic alliance, one that will help connect him with prominent figures that may serve his rise to power. The tables are turned on him, however, when he meets Rose de Beauharnais, a beautiful and charming widow with two children. Rose intrigues him with her ...

@NME: Where has Miles Montgomery gone and why don’t we miss him? nme.com/news/miles-mont… * Miles Montgomery might be in his Reputation era. It's not going well. He made music, he was good at it, he made money from it. He wrote about what he knew and who he knew, and too little too late, realised what a mistake that had been. He’d laid himself utterly bare and now the vultures were circling. He was famous in a way he didn’t really comprehend, in a way he didn’t think anybody on the outside could ever comprehend. People loved him, people hated him, people wanted to marry him, ...

By a stroke of luck, James’ life as a landowner and former slave is just beginning - little does he know he is granted the love of his life as well. Born in the eighteenth century, James Freeman is a black slave and an honorable man. When James saves a British General, Edward Byron, during the American Revolution, he is forever indebted to him - granting James new opportunities as a free man. Victoria Byron is the most beautiful in the county and the most eligible debutante of the season thanks to her wealthy father, the Duke of Greenville, Lord Bryon. In an unexpected turn of events her ...

Amid the drudgery of the Great Depression, the nation turns to the glitz and glamor of Hollywood for escape. Like so many before her, Vivian’s dreams brought her to Los Angeles. Years later, Vivian might not have become a star, but she is just as determined to make it in this dazzling city. Perceptive and headstrong, she knows how to manage people. Vivian is a perfect fit for the public relations department. With the studios determined to control the lives and reputations of their stars, it’s her job to keep the dream of Hollywood alive — on paper at least. From paying off journalists...

She loves him… but he has chosen another. A typical morning for Maggie turns into chaos when an unknown man bursts into her home and threatens to kill her. Deeply frightened, her emotions soon turn to heartache when she learns the man she loves has proposed to another. Forced to leave London alone with him for her safety, she refuses to let him see her broken heart. Simon, has known Maggie her entire life and is annoyed that she is in love with him. Betrothed to the daughter of a wealthy duke, nothing can prevent his marriage. Unforeseen danger brings them together, and Simon’s barriers...

She needed a husband to escape the clutches of her evil uncle. He needed an heiress to save his estate. — Good morning, Lord Braynning, I hoped I could talk to you before you left for your chores — she greeted, pushing back a rebellious lock of her hair that had come loose from her tight bun — I've heard of your financial difficulties and your need to get married with an heiress to restore Braynford Hall to its splendor. I have come to offer myself for the position.

The Governess's Secret A young, reserved governess arrives at a grand estate to tutor the unruly son of a widowed lord. Beneath her prim exterior, she harbors a fascination with forbidden literature, secretly penning her own sensual tales. One stormy night, the lord discovers her hidden manuscripts, and instead of dismissing her, he demands she read them aloud. What begins as a tense recitation soon unravels into a mutual exploration of their repressed desires, with the flickering candlelight and creaking manor walls as their only witnesses. The Widow's Masque After fleeing Blackthorn Manor...

Los Wainhouse son dos hermanos fuera de lo común. Gracias a las enseñanzas de su abuelo, se convierten en un referente entre los detectives de la sociedad victoriana. Elara es una joven intrépida y valiente, dispuesta a hacer lo que sea para descubrir al responsable de la muerte de una mujer, cuyo cadáver fue hallado en los muelles. Todas las pruebas apuntan al apuesto conde de Somerset como el culpable; así que no dudará en urdir todo tipo de intrigas para descubrirlo y hacerle pagar su crimen. Lo que no imaginó fue que el arrogante aristócrata despertaría en ella sensaciones que ...

On a bitterly cold day in 1904, the Deravenel family's future changes forever. When Cecily Deravenel tells her eighteen-year-old son Edward of the death of his father, brother, uncle, and cousin in a fire, a part of him dies as well. Edward and his cousin Neville Watkins are suspicious of the deaths. They vow to seek the truth, avenge the deaths, and retake control of their family's business empire. As he grows into a handsome, charismatic man, Edward is torn between duty and desire. There are women in his life for whom he'll risk everything—and one woman who might destroy him.

Clarissa, the dutiful daughter of a rigid and pious vicar, has spent her life in quiet servitude, believing that love is a dangerous temptation and marriage a snare. But when her father’s death leaves her penniless and alone, she has no choice but to seek employment—until an unexpected inheritance changes everything. Thrust into a world of wealth and possibility, Clarissa begins to shed the drab existence of her past, awakening to the joy and freedom she never dared to imagine. Yet society's glittering ballrooms hold more than just admiration—they also draw the attention of powerful ...

Lord Ackley's grand estate is on the brink of collapse, burdened by debts that imperil his family's legacy. In a last-ditch effort to save his home, he makes a Faustian bargain with the formidable Duke Manchester, trading his daughter's hand in marriage for a lifeline to solvency. Aislinn, Lord Ackley's beautiful daughter, is oblivious to the dark forces driving her family's fate. She's swept off her feet by the charming Duke Manchester, but their love is forbidden, and the consequences of discovery are deadly. As the Ackley family's secrets begin to unravel, a sinister presence lurking ...

Award-winning author, Violet Sinclair brings you A Marquess for Christmas A daring young lady. A scandalous marquess. A holiday season neither will ever forget. Lady Emmeline St. Clair never intended to be the center of attention. As the substitute guest at Hollybrook Manor’s grand Christmas gathering, she’s resigned to navigating the perils of high society: meddling relatives, biting scandals, and her aunt’s unrelenting matchmaking schemes. But when she encounters the infuriatingly charming Marquess of Hawthorne—who also happens to be hiding a dangerous secret—Emmeline finds ...

The Foundry Girl North Shields, 1890. The air is thick with soot and the clang of iron, the foundries running on the backs of men who toil from dawn till dusk. But when Martha Redfern, a fierce and determined young woman, steps through the gates of Brannigan’s Ironworks, she refuses to be just another cog in the machine. Denied work for being a woman, Martha fights for her place in a world ruled by men who would sooner see her broken than standing beside them. Among them is Joseph Brannigan—heir to the foundry, a man torn between the power of his family name and the injustices he can no...