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Virginia of Elk Creek Valley ![]() |
Virginia of Elk Creek Valley
Virginia is a bright-eyed Wyoming girl of seventeen when friends arrive from New England for adventures in the Western woods. Amidst trail-riding, barn-warming, and bear-chasing, Virginia brings together hometown friends and Eastern visitors, thus connecting her childhood to her impending womanhood. Category: Western Romance |
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The Vicomte de Bragelonne ![]() |
The Vicomte de Bragelonne
In the continuing adventures of the famed musketeers, we join the son of Athos, Raoul de Bragelonne, in the household of M. le Prince. Rather than seek adventure like his father, Raoul is consumed by his desire for his childhood sweetheart, Louise de la Valliere, and his quest is for her heart. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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The Lilac Sunbonnet ![]() |
The Lilac Sunbonnet
The story of Ralph Paden and Winsome Charteris is a sweet love story, tempered with a good dose of Scottish humor. Even as churchmen and politicians clash in age-old feuds, the young lovers pursue their passion singlemindedly, making the politics of the day seem trivial compared to their union. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Incomplete Amorist ![]() |
The Incomplete Amorist
Young Betty is an aspiring artist yet to experience her first love. But when she meets a charming, unpredictable painter, her profession and passion come together for the first time. In the romantic streets of Paris at the turn-of-the-century, the couple searches for a way to stay together. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Haunted Chamber ![]() |
The Haunted Chamber
Sir Adrian Dynecourt returns home, accompanied by the proper Mrs. Talbot and the flirtatious Miss Delmaine. Miss Delmaine thrills to the possibility of ghosts inhabiting the centuries-old building, and while Sir Adrian discourages her thoughts as mere fancy, the castle itself has other ideas. Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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Bella Donna ![]() |
Bella Donna
A British Egyptologist is beside himself when he learns his wife has had an affair with an Egyptian man. Will his jealousy drive him to murder? Will hiding her passions lead his wife to commit a similar crime? Recipes for poisons are on every mind in this whodunit with a love-triangle twist. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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The Flaming Jewel ![]() |
The Flaming Jewel
Former army man Jim Darragh is up against international jewel thieves and American rum-runners in the quest for the famous jewels that were once the property of the Grand Duchess of Estonia, Theodorica. If he can restore them to her, he may win romantic rewards as well. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Mavericks ![]() |
Mavericks
Our hero is a rustler, who earns the ire of the early settlers of the Old West with his plundering and pillaging of their settlements. There is one woman who sees something else in this maverick; will his charm be enough to overcome his reputation and win her heart? Category: Western Romance |
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Chance ![]() |
Chance
Miss Flora de Barral is the daughter of an imprisoned swindler left to fend for herself, with no real standing in society. She must depend on the kindness of strangers, and some kindnesses come with strings attached. Will meeting Captain Anthony give Flora the dignity and happiness she seeks? The story is told by several different perspectives in this romance novel, the first of Conrad's works to be a popular success. Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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Tyranny of the Dark ![]() |
Tyranny of the Dark
Viola is a lovely, normal girl on the outside, but inside carries incredible psychic powers. Others will exploit her abilities, unless Morton Serviss can rescue her from their selfish plans. Many paranormal episodes in this story come from real-life investigations by the author. Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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Carnac's Folly ![]() |
Carnac's Folly
Carnac has a grand time pretending to marry Luzanne during a lively lunch with friends. What he doesn't know is that the judge and ceremony are real enough to make Luzanne into Mrs. Carnac Grier. Her plans for the future are many, while Carnac looks longingly back to his childhood love. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Amulet ![]() |
The Amulet
Ships overflowing with the riches of the world fill the ports of 16th century Antwerp, and provide endless temptation. The action includes an assassination gone wrong, crimes hidden and discovered, and the wooing of a beautiful young woman. Evildoers beware; the righteous have the upper hand in this historical romance novel. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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A Laodicean ![]() |
A Laodicean
Architect George Somerset is unsettled, and finds himself wandering until he comes upon the scene of headstrong young heiress Paula Power, refusing to be baptized. Somerset is soon put to work restoring the castle Paula will live in. Can he restore her faith in love as well? Category: Historical Romance |
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Lonesome Land ![]() |
Lonesome Land
Valeria shuns the hard-working cowboy, Kent, when she first meets him, but doesn't stop watching him. Kent watches Val very closely as she struggles with poverty and a drunken husband. He knows Val is worthy of more than her husband can give. Is he the man to do it? Category: Western Romance |
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Annie Kilburn ![]() |
Annie Kilburn
Returning from Italy to Massachusetts in the late 1800s, Annie Kilburn takes on the social causes of her time in this American Realist novel. As she works on the behalf of sick children, she ultimately becomes emotionally attached to her charges, as well as the Unitarian minister who advises her. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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Allan's Wife ![]() |
Allan's Wife
Allan Quatermain's heroic adventures continue in Allan's Wife, with the tale of his star-crossed relationship with the Englishwoman Stella, in the wilds of Africa. Encountering elephants and battling baboons along the way, Allan and Stella's story ultimately becomes a tale of life and death. Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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To The Last Man ![]() |
To The Last Man
Son of a cattleman, Jean Isabel tests family loyalty by falling in love with the daughter of a sheepherder, Ellen Jorth. The rivalry of generations is reawakened and the lovers are caught in the crossfire in a story that takes a chapter from the real family feuds of the early American West. Category: Western Romance |
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The Little Lady of the Big House ![]() |
The Little Lady of the Big House
A love triangle on a California ranch sounds very modern, yet the story of Paula Forrest and her lovers is nearly a hundred years old. Scandalous in its time, the tale follows Paula and the two men she cannot choose between: her husband and her lover. Category: Historical Romance |
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At Last ![]() |
At Last
All of her matches turn out well in the long run, claims lifelong matchmaker, Mrs. Rachel Sutton. Unfortunately, the path to happily-ever-after is full of twists and turns that she cannot predict. Featuring the mercurial, mystical Rosa, the road to wedded bliss is a challenge for more than one couple in this romantic novel. Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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The Suitors of Yvonne ![]() |
The Suitors of Yvonne
Swashbuckling swordplay and suspense surround Yvonne St. Albaret de Canaples and her would-be lovers in the very first romance novel written by Rafael Sabatini. Even when the beautiful Yvonne is disguised, she attracts love-struck men who would do anything to be near her. Category: Historical Romance |
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Letters of Two Brides ![]() |
Letters of Two Brides
When two young women escape from their convent school to be wed, their lives change tremendously. Louise and Renee become Madames Gaston and lEstorade, and exchange letters describing the changes. Over the next seventeen years, they share the passions and betrayals of married life. Category: Historical Romance |
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Pearl-Maiden ![]() |
Pearl-Maiden
Miriam is an orphan left in the care of a servant woman. She grows up an educated sculptress, but is unprepared for the dueling passions of love and religion that await her. Daughter of a Christian woman, living with her Jewish grandfather, Miriam finds herself in love with a Roman officer. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Ayrshire Legatees ![]() |
The Ayrshire Legatees
Scottish minister Dr. Zachariah Pringle and his family travel to London, and they have plenty to write home about. Innocent of urban ways, the Pringles observations reveal the social realities of London life in eye-opening letters to their relatives back home. Categories: Romance, Historical Romance, Regency 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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Salomy Jane ![]() |
Salomy Jane
The Gold Rush is on, and California is full of prospectors of all sorts. One attempts to capture Salomy Jane Clay, but she is saved by a dashing stranger, Jack Dart. Jane may have to return the favor as Dart is in danger of being lynched for a crime he did not commit. Category: Western Romance |
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The Lady of the Shroud ![]() |
The Lady of the Shroud
Adrift off the coast of the fictional Blue Mountains is a small coffin containing a white-shrouded woman. She rises, soaking wet, from the sea, and seeks refuge in the Castle of Vissarion in the middle of the night. The rich young Rupert Leger lets the mysterious beauty in, but who is she? Category: Vampire Romance |
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Pamela, Or Virtue Rewarded ![]() |
Pamela, Or Virtue Rewarded
Pamela Andrews is a pious young girl, a waiting-maid in Bedfordshire. When the master of the house makes advances on her, Pamela resists, and writes to her parents for moral advice. Her letters show her persistence in protecting her virtue, for which she is richly rewarded in the end. Categories: Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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Ben Blair ![]() |
Ben Blair
As a child of only eight, Ben Blair loses his mother to tragedy, and does not know his real father. When he later falls in love, he is determined not to suffer another such loss. To win her, he will have to face deep family secrets and harsh Plains weather to follow his sweetheart to New York. Category: Western Romance |
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Lady Into Fox ![]() |
Lady Into Fox
Richard Tebrick understandably panics when his wife, Sylvia, suddenly turns into a fox during a woodland walk. He tries to keep her new form a secret, but her vixen nature is too strong to stay hidden. Richard must decide whether to keep his beloved wife at home or let her claim her wildness. Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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The Mucker ![]() |
The Mucker
Billy Byrne is considered a low-borne brute, known as a mucker, and is not welcome in high society. As fate would have it, he falls for Barbara Harding, a lady of the upper classes. His street sense may serve them both well when head-hunters capture Barbara and Billy comes to the rescue. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Beltane the Smith ![]() |
Beltane the Smith
Growing up isolated among hermits, young Beltane has a lot to learn about the world. His education begins when a stranger comes to the woods offering sword and horse lessons to the young man. Still, will he be ready when Lady Helen of Mortain rides through and catches his eye? Categories: Historical Romance, Regency Romance |
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The Brimming Cup ![]() |
The Brimming Cup
A young couple could hardly choose a more idyllic place to settle down and raise a family than the small town of Ashley, Vermont, the home of Marise and Neale and their children. Yet, Marise feels a certain excitement is missing between her and the reticent Neale. Enter rich Eugenia from New York City, who has her sights set on igniting Neale's passions. Will she succeed, and if she does, who will ultimately benefit from his affections? Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance |
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Beatrice ![]() |
Beatrice
Unmarried Welsh schoolteacher Beatrice Granger falls for married London barrister Geoffrey Bingham in this tangled romance. Complications abound: wife Honoria will not give up her husband, wealthy friend Owen wants to marry Beatrice, and her own sister Elizabeth has her eye on Owen. Category: Historical Romance |
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The Law and the Lady ![]() |
The Law and the Lady
New bride Valeria soon suspects her husband Eustace Woodville of having a secret past and a false identity. When she discovers he has been tried for poisoning his first wife, she is shocked, but convinced he is innocent. Valeria turns detective to uncover the truth and clear his name. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Beth Norvell ![]() |
Beth Norvell
The clear air of the Colorado mountains cannot stop the complicated and somewhat scandalous love triangles that Beth Norvell finds herself involved in. The lead performer in a traveling play, Beth brings something new to the Western town that attracts all sorts of attention. Category: Western Romance |
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Romance Island ![]() |
Romance Island
On a search for her father, a beautiful woman discovers a secret, hidden island, where the inhabitants have unusual abilities. She is followed by a journalist who is equally enchanted by the amazing island and the lovely woman who leads him there. Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |
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The House on the Hill ![]() |
The House on the Hill
Enjoy learning how romantic backgrounds can combine with history. After a visit with an old childhood haunt - the house on the hill - things would never be the same. Follow Jenna on her quest to save the old house and bring two lost loves together. Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance |
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Inez, A Tale of the Alamo ![]() |
Inez, A Tale of the Alamo
Inez de Garcia is sixteen-year-old Mexican heiress with wealth in lands and beauty. She is also a stubborn girl. Although promised to marry her cousin Manuel Nevarro on her seventeenth birthday, she begs her father to break the engagement. When he won't, Inez takes matters into her own hands. Category: Western Romance |
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An Apache Princess ![]() |
An Apache Princess
A young Lieutenant is a wanted man. A passionate Apache Princess seeks his admiration, an older maiden lady suspects him of lax morals, and a Scottish girl falls totally in love. Relationships grow complicated amidst Indian scouts, rescue parties, and a French maid with devious motives. Category: Western Romance |
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Aladdin of London, or The Lodestar ![]() |
Aladdin of London, or The Lodestar
Social station is everything and nothing in this romantic mystery involving the son of a British parson and a Polish maid in the Whitechapel district of London. When a mysterious millionaire with political motives becomes involved, their love affair threatens to take a dark turn. Categories: Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense |
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The Maids of Paradise ![]() |
The Maids of Paradise
Under the French circus tent, the Maids of Paradise dive like mermaids into water below. The acrobatics hint at the drama awaiting American investigator Mr. Scarlett, and his love, the Countess de Vassart. While a real war rages on outside, battles of love and strength are fought in the circus ring. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Idolatry ![]() |
Idolatry
Manetho has an iron-clad plan to marry Helen, the half-sister of his adopted father; he will accept nothing less. Then Helen marries Thor. Furious, Manetho threatens the new bride's life. Soon, Helen is dead and a diamond ring is missing. If Manetho is responsible, he will pay duly for the deed. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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Waltz of Her Life ![]() |
Waltz of Her Life
'Waltz of Her Life' is an epic romance with paranormal elements. The story follows Linda Serafina from her days as a college coed, when she answers an ad for 'Dream Research Assistant,' and it changes her life forever. She becomes a nurse, a wife and mother, and a competition quality dancer. Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance |
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Michel and Angele, A Ladder of Swords ![]() |
Michel and Angele, A Ladder of Swords
An atmospheric historical romance, Michel and Angele is based on the true story of Huguenots who fled France and settled in England. The troubled romance of Michel de la Foret and Angele Aubert is infused with a sense of the Elizabethan era, invoking the feeling of traveling back in time. Category: Historical Romance |
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Cecilia, Or Memoirs of an Heiress Volume 1 ![]() |
Cecilia, Or Memoirs of an Heiress Volume 1
An endless and relentless flow of suitors comes to woo beautiful young heiress Cecilia Beverly. Her challenge is to sort them out, which means uncovering the true story of each. She finds love gone wrong, mistaken identities, and family scandals before she locates true husband material. Category: Historical Romance |
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East of the Shadows ![]() |
East of the Shadows
Francis Heathcote has lived in a dream world since his accident and cannot tell the past from the present. Is the girl at his side truly his long lost Philippa? He believes she is, not realizing the decades that have gone by. When he awakens fully, he must decide if this Philippa is the right one. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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The Valley of the Silent Men ![]() |
The Valley of the Silent Men
Canadian trapper Sergeant Kent turns from hunter to hunted when he is wrongly accused of murder. He flees along the cold Northern rivers with a mysterious girl who laughs at him but hides her own secrets. Together they make their way through the wilds to the Valley of Silent Men. Categories: Romantic Suspense, Western Romance |
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A Poor Wise Man ![]() |
A Poor Wise Man
After a year working with soldiers, Lily Cardew returns home transformed from girl to young woman. Her family isn't prepared for her new boldness, or for her newfound friend, Willy Cameron. Her family may not approve of his lack of wealth and fame, but Lily sees what is truly important, his heart. Categories: Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance |
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Oh, You Tex! ![]() |
Oh, You Tex!
Jack Roberts, or Tex, is a Texas Ranger in the days of the Civil War. Whether his adventures take him into a gunfight with Mexicans or exploits with a certain young lady, he is the picture of the robust, wild, free man of the Old West. Category: Western Romance |
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Charred Wood ![]() |
Charred Wood
Lazing in the tall grass, Mark Griffin sees a young woman appear beside an old tree and set off for a walk. The unmarried Mark watches when the woman meets a priest. Then he overhears two men who appear to be looking for this very woman. The puzzle she presents is too much for Mark to resist. Category: Romantic Suspense |
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