Historical Romance Saga

The Tudor royal family has barely survived a disastrous winter. Now English ships and soldiers prepare for the threat of invasion. But William Tudor - known as Henry IX - has his own personal battles to attend to. He still burns for Minuette, his longtime friend, but she has married William’s trusted advisor, Dominic, in secret - an act of betrayal that puts both their lives in danger. Princess Elizabeth, concerned over her brother’s erratic, vengeful behavior, imperils her own life by assembling a shadow court in an effort to protect England.

Valeria Montford is beautiful, proud and romantic. When she meets the reticent Lord Waterford in France, everything goes wrong and she hates him for making her feel humiliated. Then she meets Sir Peter Cousins - devastatingly handsome, he is much more exciting and appears strongly attracted to her. Back in England, Valeria's beloved father tells her that a cad has defrauded him of his fortune and that she is his only chance of escaping penury. The rich Lord Waterford has offered to marry her and free him from his debts.

As the war rages on in Europe, it brings untold heartache to the Talbot family at Blackberry Farm. First Tom is missing in action and then his brother John. leaving the family distraught with worry. Faith finds herself in trouble and turns to Lizzie for support as fear and grief bring them closer together. But tragedy is never too far away and when it strikes, it may not be those who fight that suffer most. Will Pam’s prayers be answered and will both her sons return home?

When Shona became secretary to the Marquis of Chilworth, all she was told was that they were going abroad so that he could write a book. She never suspected the dark secret in his heart or the terrible thing he meant to do. As they travelled on, she learned more about the tragedy that drove him, and she faced the fact that she was falling in love with a man whose heart was in the grave. Haunted by memories of his dead wife, the Marquis tried to shut out the possibility of a new love.

1945 - the war in Europe is over. It should be a time of utter joy and celebration. Most women can't wait for their men to return, but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire, Judith Crossley fears having her husband back in the house. He'd grown into a bully and a drunkard, and on the occasions he'd come home from leave, he'd hit her. He wasn't a good father, either. Luckily Judith has found an unlikely ally, a friend to turn to - Maynard Esher, from an old aristocratic family on the other side of town.

In this "riveting, heartfelt" novel of love and consequences (Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz), a woman dreams of becoming a doctor until World War II leads her instead into an astonishing love—and a fateful choice. Is it possible to fall in...

Hinter ihr Europa. Vor ihr das Meer und das Outback. Und die Strafkolonie des Geliebten. Wir schreiben das Jahr 1809. Catherine Glenfield, eine junge, hübsche und gescheite Britin, bricht von Portsmouth ans andere Ende der Welt auf, um ihre Liebe wiederzufinden. Ihr Ziel ist Australien. Auf einer spannenden und emotionalen Reise hat Catherine nur ein Ziel vor Augen: Eine entlegene Sträflingskolonie, in der sie John Billings vermutet, den Mann ihres Herzens.

Esmé Blanc se las había ingeniado para casarse interesadamente con Lord Seabrooke; pero no le sirvió de nada porque, a su muerte, el aristócrata legó cuanto tenía a su única hija, Daniela. Sin embargo, Esmé no estaba dispuesta a resignarse y convirtió a Daniela prácticamente en su cautiva, exigiéndole además continuas y cuantiosas sumas de dinero. En tal angustiosa situación, Daniela hubo de recurrir al Marqués de Crowle, quien, pese a su dureza de corazón, decidió ayudarla.

Pandora woont na de dood van haar ouders bij haar oom, een bisschop. Ze luistert per ongeluk een gesprek af waarin haar oom haar uithuwelijkt aan Prosper Witheridge, zijn hulppredikant. Om aan dit huwelijk te ontkomen, vlucht Pandora naar haar neef, de Graaf van Chartwood. In het dorp gaan geruchten over de losbandige toestanden op Chart Hall. Pandora denkt dat een verblijf van enige dagen in dit oord genoeg is om Prosper te laten afzien van zijn trouwplannen!

Peter Behrens' eagerly awaited second novel is The O’Briens. In the character of Joe O’Brien - ambitious railroad magnate and industrialist, fiercely loyal family man, brooding troubled soul - he gives us one of the most compelling and complex characters to come along in years. A brilliant follow-up to The Law of Dreams, and yet standing masterfully on its own, The O’Briens is a tragic, romantic, and ultimately hopeful epic of great heart, imagination and narrative force.

Hull, 1874. Clara had always wondered about the beautiful, mysterious Jewel Newmarch, who was adopted as a baby and turns heads wherever she goes - her exotic looks point to her origins far away from the streets of Hull. Even at her twin sister Elizabeth’s wedding, Clara knows that Jewel is the belle of the ball. And as Jewel looks on at the happy, newly-married couple she feels a restlessness and intense longing to know her own roots.

Prudence Dudley besluit het roer volledig om te gooien door haar drukke bestaan achter zich te laten en tijd door te brengen in het rustieke Lake District. Verrassend genoeg brengt juist hun overeenkomstige, afschuwelijke voorgeschiedenis hen nader bij elkaar. Hoe komt Prudence los van de verschrikkelijke herinneringen uit haar jeugd? Zullen zij het verleden weten in te halen?

When Tuck MacBride, Gandiegow's favorite scapegoat, is blamed for a fisherman's tragic accident, Tuck takes on extra work to secretly funnel his earnings to the maimed fisherman's family. Haunted by the mistaken turn of events, Tuck is working night and day. Even so, he can't stop thinking about the new lass who has just arrived in town.

Unfairly dismissed from her role as a governess after her lecherous employer forces himself upon her, Druscilla Morley is determined to keep her head down. Dressing drably to hide her beauty, she is surprised to find an old acquaintance staying with her new family. Valdo, Lord Marquis of Lynche, is handsome, charming and an absolute rogue. It soon becomes clear that he is having an affair with the lady of the house and proposes a marriage of convenience to Druscilla to cover his tracks.

In 1846 a baby girl is born to a young Irish fisherman and his wife. It is the second year of the Great Hunger and the young couple choose to remain in Ireland, while family and friends are leaving. Their story takes place in the fishing village of Blackrock, Dundalk, but with the cities of Liverpool and Sunderland playing a critical part in their lives. Is their love for each other and their homeland enough to sustain them, or will they be forced to join the one and a half million who emigrate?

Heiress Alana Van Alen has everything - but she is living a lie. To protect her sister, she plays society's game and attends dazzling balls and soirees - until a cunningly orchestrated act of revenge leaves her penniless and at the mercy of one of the city's most notorious gentlemen. Dubbed the Predator of Wall Street, Trevor Sheridan rose from abject poverty in Ireland to the pinnacle of power in Manhattan. Yet he's still shunned by the city's elite Four Hundred. Now he has parlayed his hunger for revenge into a scheme to destroy the rich and powerful.

Vanished tells the story of a man and woman faced with an almost unthinkable tragedy—the mysterious abduction of their son. In the late 1930s, in the shadow of the Lindbergh kidnapping, and as war looms in Europe, Marielle Patterson shares and elegant Manhattan brownstone with her husband...

Als ihre Räuberbande die Kutsche eines arroganten Herren überfällt, ahnt Frederica noch nicht, dass sie sich mit einem der wichtigsten Männer von ganz Fairona anlegt. Doch als sie ihm auf Wondringham Castle wiederbegegnet, wo die vier Prinzen nach geeigneten Ehefrauen suchen, stehen drei Dinge fest. Erstens: Frederica hat vielleicht ein klitzekleines bisschen unterschätzt, was es bedeutet, an einer königlichen Brautschau teilzunehmen. Zweitens: Der Fremde mit den stahlblauen Augen, der ihr Herz zum Rasen bringt, ist einer der vier Prinzen und dazu noch verdammt attraktiv.

Clarissa Sullivan dreams for more from life than sipping tepid tea in stifling parlors in Victorian Boston. She defies her family's wishes, continuing to teach poor immigrant children in Boston's West End, finding a much-needed purpose to her life. As a suffragette, Clarissa is considered a firebrand radical no man would desire. For why should women want the vote when men have sheltered women from the distasteful aspects of politics and law?

The long-awaited prequel to Koen’s beloved Through a Glass Darkly, Dark Angels is a feast of a novel that sparkles with all the passion, extravagance, danger, and scandal of seventeenth-century England. Alice Verney is a young woman intent on achieving her dreams. Returning to England after a...