Historical romance
Morgan-Stanwood Publishing Group The Fallen Princess
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£11.99
Skyhorse Publishing The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book Synopsis"As much a love letter to the cathedral as it is the story of two doomed lovers." --Smithsonian Magazine Written in 1831, The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo is a beloved French gothic novel which centers around the wondrous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. Set during the reign of King Louis XI, we are introduced to the gypsy dancer Esmerelda. A beautiful girl, both inside and out, Esmerelda captures the hearts of everyone around her, including Captain Phoebus, Pierre Gringoire, and the hunchback Quasimodo, who is hidden away in the tower of Notre Dame as a bell ringer. Unfortunately, Esmerelda has also caught the attention of Archdeacon Claude Frollo, Quasimodo's abusive guardian. Frollo battles with his lust, eventually succumbing, leading him to pursue Esmerelda while leaving morality behind. A beautifully written novel about love, lust, and thirteenth-century Paris, The Hunchback of Notre Dame will leave readers both marveling at the beauty of Notre Dame and reeling at the lengths that people will go for love. Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential works. From the musings of literary geniuses such as Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter to the striking personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, this new series is a comprehensive collection of masterpieces by some of the most famous writers in history.
£8.13
Inkshares Henderson House
Book Synopsis"Like a love song to my Oklahoma roots. Henderson House offers a sweet window into a past when lives and loves moved to the gentle rhythm of small-town cafes, front porch swings, and old two-lane highways." — Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were YoursAn enchanting boardinghouse tale of sisters, secrets, and later-in-life romance, Henderson House invites you to pull up a rocking chair and lose yourself in the heartaches and hopes of 1940s Oklahoma.In May 1941, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, hums with talk of spring flowers, fishing derbies, and the growing war in Europe. And for the Blackwell sisters, who reside in a quiet neighborhood boarding house, the winds of change are blowing.Bessie Blackwell, copy room manager at Phillips Petroleum and faithful churchgoer, is the reluctant owner of a new pair of glasses. The young women in the office swear by Bessie's romantic advice, despite the fact she's a self-proclaimed spinster. Frank Davis, Henderson House’s newest tenant, throws that status into question with his gentle eyes and ready smile. But the scar on his forehead and rumors of divorce speak of a troubled past.Bessie’s sister, Florence, a sales assistant at the men's clothing store downtown, knows all about troubled pasts. Her husband is dead, and it’s only with her sister's help that she’s able to raise Johnny. Life at Henderson House is luxurious compared to growing up in Cherokee Indian Territory, but Florence wants more for her boy than a rented room. When the flagship store in Tulsa offers her a management position, Florence sets her sights on the future and keeping the family together. And neither future nor family includes Frank Davis.Mrs. Henderson, the landlady, cook, and adopted matriarch of the Blackwell clan, possesses an uncanny intuition about all her boarders. She knows true love when she sees it. But soon even her vision becomes clouded as Florence schemes to undermine her sister’s budding romance. In a desperate attempt to keep Bessie by her side, Florence exposes the sisters' darkest secret. A secret that will change their lives, and the lives of those they love, forever.Trade Review"One of those rare novels that just makes you smile, [with] plenty of betrayals and secrets to keep you turning pages." —Addison Armstrong, author of The Light of Luna Park and The War Librarian"In Henderson House, McVicker has created a world that is both cozy and yet brimming with dark secrets, the possibility of new love, and conflicting plans for the future. The very walls of the building buzz with the hopes and dreams of its variety of inhabitants, from sweet Bessie, to scheming Florence, to the mysterious new boarder, Frank Davis. Alive with small-town, 1940s details, readers will be charmed by this sweet story." —Juliette Fay, bestselling author of Catch Us When We Fall and The Half of It"A charming novel about real people, flawed but lovable. Promises, heartbreaks, and betrayals are tenderly rendered, always with a dash of humor." —Kathryn Holzman, author of The Cost of Electricity and Real Estate: A Novel "A heart-warming tale of lost love and seemingly never found family, faith, and the deep dark secrets we all keep. McVicker’s Henderson House is far more than it seems, as she bursts into the Romance world with her innovative debut novel. McVicker’s writing breathes life into the story, much like the Henderson House itself. A story virtually decades in the making, McVicker’s ability to paint a picture with words proves that some things are worth waiting for." —M.B. Lewis, author of the Award-Winning novel The Pilate Scroll
£13.29
Carpenter's Son Publishing The Dedicated Dancer: Annie Taylor, the Woman Who
Book SynopsisThe Dedicated Dancer is an historical novel about Annie Taylor, the brave woman who was the first person to conquer Niagara Falls. Protected only by a specially designed barrel, Annie survived when numerous other people had not done so. We all know the end of the story. But what led Annie to this point? What trials did she endure throughout her life? Annie wrote a short thirteen-page biography entitled Over the Falls. In this book, she had a timeline of her many travels, but not many details. Using this book as her foundation and doing a lot of detailed research of the destinations to which she traveled, authorMarcy Bowser has created a fictional account of this fascinating woman. This book provides the compelling story of a daring woman and the historical times in which she lived. But, it's also a love story and a story of a courageous woman who refused to give up no matter what cards she was dealt.
£11.39
Artemesia Publishing, LLC Ninety Day Wonder Volume 1
Book SynopsisIn the crucible of war, one man struggles with his duty to his country and love.Gene Sinclair’s life’s goal was to become a medical doctor, to get away from the tedium of teaching high school chemistry. But as World War II looms, Sinclair is drafted and sent to train on coastal artillery. Sinclair sees his life’s plan ruined by the army and struggles to find his place. Eventually when he is posted to the pharmacy training program, life in the army seemed to be improving until Pearl Harbor attack.Dragged back into the artillery, Sinclair is sent to the ninety-day Officer’s Training School. Despite his resolve to avoid romantic relationships, Sinclair meets Sarah Gale and falls in love with her. Commissioned as an antiaircraft artillery officer, Sinclair struggles to come to grips with his duty as an officer and to Sarah Gale as she joins the WAACs.The war separates the young lovers when Sinclair’s unit is shipped to Australia. There they continue training to fight the Japanese and adapt to the challenges of jungle warfare. Then, sent for specialized training in Darwin, Sinclair experiences the harsh reality of the war during a Japanese air raid on the city.
£15.15
Artemesia Publishing, LLC A Cowboy's Gusher: Volume 2
Book SynopsisA cowboy and the love of his life will be tested by something they never expected: the world of big oil with all the treacheries created by men and mother nature.In 1919 Charlie Kelly has married Susan, the love of his life, and he's been given an opportunity to work in the world of big oil. In winning the hand of Susan and gaining the respect of George Miller and the leaders of the 101 Ranch life appears to be a dream But there are hidden dangers in the cut-throat world of the oil business as men strive to compete for advantages that could lead to big money and power in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Oil Capitol of the World.Charlie will find that the road to becoming a success in the oil business will demand even more than it took to become a top hand as cowboy at the 101 Ranch. Charlie encounters a major obstacle when it's Susan who is endangered. As Charlie rises to the challenge he must face an old rival again, but this time the stakes are as high as it gets.
£15.15
Arcade Publishing Fortune
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£20.79
Arcade Publishing The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
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£14.44
Marais Media May Leave Stars: The Writer's Cut
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£19.99
Untreed Reads The Deception
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£18.04
Dragonblade Publishing, Inc. Echo of Roses
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£9.49
Grace Burrowes Publishing A Gentleman Worthy of Kisses
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£10.44
Lexographic Press The Rain Said Samsara
£17.64
Dragonblade Publishing, Inc. Portrait of the Duke
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£11.39
Dragonblade Publishing, Inc. Murder on the Mirrored Lake
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£8.99
Faith-Filled Fiction Rose of RiverBend
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£15.48
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Bride Prize: A Viking Lore Novella, Book 2.5
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£8.99
Outskirts Press The Bella Rose & Dianthus Bobby: Discover the
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£22.46
Simon & Schuster Just Once: A Novel
Book SynopsisThe #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” (Woman’s World) writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers.In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take much notice of the war raging overseas. She’s dating Sam but in love with his younger brother, Hank—her longtime best friend—and Irvel has no idea how to break the news. Then the unthinkable happens—Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted and convinces Hank to remain in Indiana, where he and Irvel take up the battle on the home front. While Sam fights in Europe, an undeniable chemistry builds between Irvel and Hank but neither would dare cross that line. Then, two military leaders pay Irvel a visit at the classroom where she teaches. The men have plans for her, a proposition to join a new spy network. One catch: She can tell no one. With Irvel caught between two brothers thousands of miles apart, can love find a way, even from the ashes of the greatest heartbreak?Trade Review“This was a heart-tugging page-turner until the very end.” —First for Women“Reminiscent of timeless romantic tales such as The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller; librarians should hand this to fans of closed-door romance. While Kingsbury is best known for her long-running ‘Baxter Family’ series, her stand-alones showcase her range as a writer, and her first foray into historical fiction is a fast and worthwhile read.” —Library Journal
£19.00
Gallery Books The Light Over London
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£14.39
Simon & Schuster Bronte's Mistress: A Novel
Book Synopsis“[A] meticulously researched debut novel…In a word? Juicy.” —O, The Oprah Magazine The scandalous historical love affair between Lydia Robinson and Branwell Brontë, brother to novelists Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, gives voice to the woman who allegedly brought down one of literature’s most famous families.Yorkshire, 1843: Lydia Robinson has tragically lost her precious young daughter and her mother within the same year. She returns to her bleak home, grief-stricken and unmoored. With her teenage daughters rebelling, her testy mother-in-law scrutinizing her every move, and her marriage grown cold, Lydia is restless and yearning for something more. All of that changes with the arrival of her son’s tutor, Branwell Brontë, brother of her daughters’ governess, Miss Anne Brontë and those other writerly sisters, Charlotte and Emily. Branwell has his own demons to contend with—including living up to the ideals of his intelligent family—but his presence is a breath of fresh air for Lydia. Handsome, passionate, and uninhibited by social conventions, he’s also twenty-five to her forty-three. A love of poetry, music, and theatre bring mistress and tutor together, and Branwell’s colorful tales of his sisters’ imaginative worlds form the backdrop for seduction. But their new passion comes with consequences. As Branwell’s inner turmoil rises to the surface, his behavior grows erratic, and whispers of their romantic relationship spout from Lydia’s servants’ lips, reaching all three Brontë sisters. Soon, it falls on Mrs. Robinson to save not just her reputation, but her way of life, before those clever girls reveal all her secrets in their novels. Unfortunately, she might be too late.Trade Review"Brontë's Mistress may speculate, but it does so delightfully." — Christian Science Monitor"A beautifully written, highly seductive debut... Masterful storytelling which is sure to delight fans of the Brontës and of historical fiction." –– Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
£14.51
Gallery Books West Side Story
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£13.60
Atria Books To Love and to Loathe
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£15.29
Simon & Schuster A Ballad of Love and Glory
Book Synopsis2023 International Latino Book Award Winner Finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters’s Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Fiction A Long Petal of the Sea meets Cold Mountain in this “epic and exquisitely wrought” (Patricia Engel, New York Times bestselling author) saga following a Mexican army nurse and an Irish soldier who must fight, at first for their survival and then for their love, amidst the atrocity of the Mexican-American War—from the author of The Distance Between Us.A forgotten war. An unforgettable romance. The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with México over the disputed Río Grande boundary. Ximena Salomé is a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she loves on the coveted land she calls home. But when Texas Rangers storm her ranch and shoot her husband dead, her dreams are burned to ashes. Vowing to honor her husband’s memory and defend her country, Ximena uses her healing skills as a nurse on the frontlines of the ravaging war. Meanwhile, John Riley, an Irish immigrant in the Yankee army desperate to help his family escape the famine devastating his homeland, is sickened by the unjust war and the unspeakable atrocities against his countrymen by nativist officers. In a bold act of defiance, he swims across the Río Grande and joins the Mexican Army—a desertion punishable by execution. He forms the St. Patrick’s Battalion, a band of Irish soldiers willing to fight to the death for México’s freedom. When Ximena and John meet, a dangerous attraction blooms between them. As the war intensifies, so does their passion. Swept up by forces with the power to change history, they fight not only for the fate of a nation but for their future together. “A grand and soulful novel by a storyteller who has hit her full stride” (Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies), A Ballad of Love and Glory effortlessly illuminates a largely forgotten moment in history that impacts the US-México border to this day.
£15.29
Pocket Books Once and Always
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£9.89
Pocket Books The Truth about Lord Stoneville: Volume 1
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£9.49
Pocket Books The Perils of Pursuing a Prince
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£9.49
Pocket Books A Loving Scoundrel: A Malory Novel
Book SynopsisThis “delightfully engaging” (RT Book Reviews) entry in New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey’s Malory-Anderson Family series follows the son of a gentleman pirate as he falls in love with the streetwise young woman he hires as his maid.When Danny, a young woman from the streets of London with no memory of her real family, helps handsome rakehell Jeremy Malory steal back the jewels his friend lost in a card game, she is kicked out of her gang. She demands Jeremy give her a legitimate job so she can become respectable. Intrigued by her beauty and spunk, Jeremy hires Danny as his upstairs maid, although he really wants her to be his mistress. Under the tutelage of Jeremy and his cousin Regina, Danny blossoms into a lady. Although she is drawn to Jeremy by a passion she has never experienced before, she refuses to be anything more than a servant to him. But when she undergoes a Cinderella-like transformation and poses as Jeremy’s new love interest in an attempt to help him avert a scandal, his aristocratic peers can’t help but notice how familiar Danny looks. Now tongues are wagging, raising the question of her true identity, which threatens not only Danny’s chances of capturing Jeremy’s heart but also her very life. Filled with Johanna Lindsey’s “signature blend of witty writing [and] charmingly unique characters” (Booklist), A Loving Scoundrel is a sparkling romance classic that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
£9.49
Pocket Books A Hellion in Her Bed
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£8.99
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform So Many Roads to Choose
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£7.73
Penguin Putnam Inc Someone to Honor: Abby's Story
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£7.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Someone to Romance: Jessica's Story
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£7.59
Penguin Putnam Inc A Rogue of One's Own
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£16.15
Penguin Putnam Inc Portrait of a Scotsman
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£15.30
Penguin Putnam Inc The Lady Has a Past
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£14.45
Penguin Putnam Inc The Lady Has a Past
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£7.36
Random House USA Inc The Lost Diary of Venice: A Novel
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£14.45
Invisible Publishing Prologue to Love
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£16.14
J&j Publishing Prince Edward Island Love Letters & Legends: The
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£24.69
Public Park Publishing Sense and Sensibility
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£16.97
Joanne Wadsworth The Earl I Adore: A Clean & Sweet Historical
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£12.88
Joanne Wadsworth To Love During War: A Clean & Sweet Historical
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£12.88
Sparsile Books Ltd Simon's Wife: A Secret History
Book SynopsisIn the dark days that follow the Roman devastation of Jerusalem in AD 70, nineteen-year-old Shelamzion bat Judah finds herself captured and awaiting both her own execution and that of her husband, former rebel-leader Simon bar Gioras. Alone and forgotten, there seems little reason to go on living, yet a strange friendship begins to grow between Shelamzion and her austere, old Roman jailor, Fabius Cornelius Grammaticus. With his pretensions to be recognized as an historian in the style of Livy, it is to her he turns to record the true version of events behind the insurrection in Judea that led to the destruction of her country. Time is running out, however, and unknowingly history is being rewritten by a traitor’s hand.
£10.44
Books on Demand La pupille du roi Louis II de Bavière
£17.95
Books on Demand Franz Werfel: Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
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£10.36
Books on Demand Wendepunkt des Schicksals: Eine dramatische
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£25.55
BoD - Books on Demand Das Geschenk der Ewigkeit
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£12.66
Ylva Verlag E.Kfr. Hidden Truths
£16.70
