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Andrew the Glad  |
Andrew the Glad
Friends David and Andrew fight for the affections of one Phoebe Donelson in this post-Civil War southern romance. Further complicating these entangled affairs of the heart is the young Caroline's sudden appearance in their lives. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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An Ambitious Man  |
An Ambitious Man
Should a man marry for love and passion, or ambition and appearances? And what happens when he makes the wrong choice? Generations of would-be lovers ponder these questions and the secrets beneath them through the eyes of self-made man Preston Cheney, in this story of love and desire. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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At Love's Cost  |
At Love's Cost
It takes ages to build up a house and a family, but one man can knock it down. Sons and daughters fight for love amidst family pressures from all sides. Would-be couples must make heart-wrenching decisions about family reputations and expectations in this sentimental story. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Nell of Shorne Mills  |
Nell of Shorne Mills
The small, rural town of Shorne Mills is not used to strangers. The sudden appearance of an unknown man on horseback changes things in town, and in the life of Nell, who first encounters the man. This romantic novel's alternate title, One Heart's Burden, intimates that strong emotions surely follow the newcomer into town. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley |
Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley
Amarilly comes from modest means, but has big ambitions. Life for Amarilly means living in a large working-class family and dating her bartender boyfriend. But when she meets a wealthy artist, she questions her past and her future. With the talented sculptor Gordon, she seeks new possibilities. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites  |
Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
Love can complicate even the simplest of lifestyles. A one-room schoolhouse in early 20th century Amish country seems like a quiet setting for the young schoolteacher, Amanda. But when a friendship turns to romance, Amanda and Martin face the emotional depths that lie beneath the simple life. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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Arms and the Woman  |
Arms and the Woman
Young newspaper reporter John Winthrop's luck needs to change. He suffers a double loss of love and money that shocks him, but not as much as the reversals of fortune to come. Romance and riches may find him yet in this 19th century romance. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Darkness and Daylight  |
Darkness and Daylight
This remarkable story tells of the challenges for several strong women as they look past the ghosts of the past, to restructure their lives and prepare themselves for the future. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Cousin Maude  |
Cousin Maude
This is a captivating tale of love, passion, emotions and family values. The story is set in the beautiful northern hills. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The New Magdalen |
The New Magdalen
Two very different women are forced to survive during the war between France and Germany. One is hit by a loose shell and the other decides to take the opportunity to leave behind her life as a fallen woman by assuming the other woman's identity and travels to England. Categories: Romance, Other Fiction, Historical Romance |
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The Trespasser  |
The Trespasser
This is the story of a tragic love affair between a female friend of the author and her violin teacher. It is based on the diary of the author's female friend. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Resurrection  |
Resurrection
This epic romance novel tells the story of Russian society and justice from the depths of prison cells to the palaces of the rich. It centers on the story of a prince who discovers that the prostitute on trial is the woman he had loved and abandoned many years before when she was a young servant. His guilt motivates him to appeal for her release. This story of human redemption denounces the government, the church and the judicial system. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Aikenside  |
Aikenside
This is a love story and the story of lives of the young, poor, rich and religious in a small village. A handsome young doctor who starts his practice in the village and quickly gets swept up in the lives of a wealthy landowner in the village, a young school teacher, a poor young school girl and a group of townspeople who seem to find great joy in keeping track of the actions of their neighbors. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Smiles - A Rose of the Cumberlands |
Smiles - A Rose of the Cumberlands
This simple, yet powerful, romance book tells the story of strong, hot blooded Mark Gray and his conflict with the seriousness of the Quaker ideals. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Tempest and Sunshine  |
Tempest and Sunshine
This first book by Mary Jane Holmes, written in 1854, was set in the pre civil-war south. It follows two sisters - the blond Fanny and the dark-haired Julia - as they struggle through life and romance. One is superficially more beautiful, but is selfish and cold-hearted, while the second sister is less beautiful but is warm and giving. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Miss McDonald  |
Miss McDonald
A sister keeps a diary when her thirty year old brother guy brings home a sixteen year old bride - Miss Daisy McDonald. Life changes when expenses increase to meet the expenses of Miss McDonald. Had they both made a mistake? Or, could and should the situation be saved? Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Woman Who Did  |
The Woman Who Did
This controversial love story was written in 1895 as part of a series about feminist subjects. It is the story of a very independent woman who is a teacher in London. She falls in love with a lawyer and convinces him that they should live together. She becomes pregnant but her lawyer lover dies. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Woodlanders  |
The Woodlanders
This is the story of an honest woodsman, a dishonest husband, an undecided woman and a courageous peasant girl. A woodsman is betrothed to his childhood sweetheart but her father convinces her to marry the new doctor in town and move into the father's home. The doctor soon begins an affair which leads to a divorce. The doctor repents which starts her back and forth between the woodsman and the doctor. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Two on a Tower  |
Two on a Tower
A wealthy, unhappily married, very romantically-inclined woman breaks all the social rules when she falls in love with a poor astronomer who is ten years younger than she is. Her husband dies while on safari in Africa; however, she is unable to marry the astronomer due to the discovery of a legacy that forbids him from marriage. Years later they meet again after their lives have taken unusual turns. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Far from the Madding Crowd  |
Far from the Madding Crowd
Gabriel Oak, a shepherd, falls in love with Bathsheba, a vain young beauty who refuses to give up her independence to marry him and she moves away. Years later he finds her again and becomes a victim of unrequited love as Bathsheba moves through life with several eligible suitors. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Anna Karenina - Part 8  |
Anna Karenina - Part 8
Anna Karenina is the tragic love story of a woman in love who follows her heart and bears a son with her lover, while she is married to another man. She throws herself in front of an incoming train fearing her lover had lost his love for her. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Anna Karenina - Part 7 |
Anna Karenina - Part 7
Anna Karenina is the tragic love story of a woman in love who follows her heart and bears a son with her lover, while she is married to another man. She throws herself in front of an incoming train fearing her lover had lost his love for her. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Anna Karenina - Part 6 |
Anna Karenina - Part 6
Anna Karenina is the tragic love story of a woman in love who follows her heart and bears a son with her lover, while she is married to another man. She throws herself in front of an incoming train fearing her lover had lost his love for her. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Anna Karenina - Part 5 |
Anna Karenina - Part 5
Anna Karenina is the tragic love story of a woman in love who follows her heart and bears a son with her lover, while she is married to another man. She throws herself in front of an incoming train fearing her lover had lost his love for her. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Anna Karenina - Part 4 |
Anna Karenina - Part 4
Anna Karenina is the tragic love story of a woman in love who follows her heart and bears a son with her lover, while she is married to another man. She throws herself in front of an incoming train fearing her lover had lost his love for her. Category: Historical Romance |
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Anna Karenina - Part 3 |
Anna Karenina - Part 3
Anna Karenina is the tragic love story of a woman in love who follows her heart and bears a son with her lover, while she is married to another man. She throws herself in front of an incoming train fearing her lover had lost his love for her. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Anna Karenina - Part 2 |
Anna Karenina - Part 2
Anna Karenina is the tragic love story of a woman in love who follows her heart and bears a son with her lover, while she is married to another man. She throws herself in front of an incoming train fearing her lover had lost his love for her. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Anna Karenina - Part 1 |
Anna Karenina - Part 1
The story of a doomed love affair between a sensuous, rebellious woman in a loveless marriage who falls in love with a dashing officer. Set in nineteenth-century Russia, the love story is told within the hypocrisies of society, love and family happiness. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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Wuthering Heights  |
Wuthering Heights
This is the love story of a tormented foundling who falls in love with the daughter of his benefactor. They long for each other and have to share the violence and misery caused by their attraction. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Professor  |
The Professor
The hero of the book turns down a clerical job to take a teaching position in Belgium. He becomes entangled with a sensuous, manipulative woman but has affection for another woman who is a teacher and pupil at his school. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance |
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The Great Gatsby  |
The Great Gatsby
This love story is set in the 1920s - a period of jazz and decadence. Jay Gatsby, a poor army officer falls for Daisy who marries a rich man while Jay is overseas. After the war, Jay becomes a multi-millionaire focusing on making money, throwing parties and enticing Daisy to return to his life. Categories: Romance, Other Fiction, Historical Romance |
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Jane Eyre |
Jane Eyre
Like heroines in many romantic stories, Jane Eyre was a penniless orphan who was an ugly duckling. She left an unhappy time at a boarding school to become a teacher and governess for a proud man with a secret. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Mockingbird's Ballad  |
The Mockingbird's Ballad
History and romantic stories weave through this fascinating tale of life in the 1800s for a girl farrier (blacksmith) and her twin after being forced from their family by the Blood Law. She joins Wheelers Army of Tennessee horse mounted soldiers as one of the few women in the Civil War. Travel the Cherokee homeland in Georgia in the 1840s to the fever-ridden jungles of Cuba in 1898. Categories: Romance, Other Fiction, Historical Romance |
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