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Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens

Rating: 2.4/5
(44 votes cast)

Little Dorrit
by Charles Dickens

Money changes everything. It is an age-old story told with great passion in the case of Amy, or Little Dorrit. The girl starts life in a debtors prison, but falls in love with the wealthy Arthur. Fortunes are lost, discovered, hidden, and found again before Amy and Arthur can reunite.

Category: Historical Romance

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A Pair of Blue Eyes
Thomas Hardy

Rating: 2.4/5
(45 votes cast)

A Pair of Blue Eyes
by Thomas Hardy

Elfrise Swanston is caught in a love triangle between the love of her youth, Stephen Smith, and London society man Henry Knight. Overwhelmed by the wishes of her suitors, her parents, and society, Elfrise struggles to choose between her comforting country past and all that London has to offer.

Category: Historical Romance

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The Count of Monte Cristo Volume 2
Alexandre Dumas, pere

Rating: 2.4/5
(45 votes cast)

The Count of Monte Cristo Volume 2
by Alexandre Dumas, pere

Dumas takes us to the Mediterranean during the early 1800s in this sweeping story that has remained popular through the centuries. Exiled Edmond Dantes re-invents himself as the Count of the island of Monte Cristo, leading him on a twisting trail of fortunes found, loves lost and redemption reached.

Category: Historical Romance

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Darkness and Daylight
Mary Jane Holmes

Rating: 2.4/5
(45 votes cast)

Darkness and Daylight
by Mary Jane Holmes

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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Daughter of the Dons
William MacLeod Raine

Rating: 2.4/5
(76 votes cast)

Daughter of the Dons
by William MacLeod Raine

Manuel Pesquiera and Richard Gordon both have claims to stake in the gold-crazy hills and valleys of New Mexico. The future of their business ventures lies in land about to be inherited by the lovely young Senorita Valdes. The men find that the only way to win the land is to first win her heart.

Category: Western Romance

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The Buccaneer - A Tale
Mrs. S. C. Hall

Rating: 2.4/5
(48 votes cast)

The Buccaneer - A Tale
by Mrs. S. C. Hall

The pure-hearted Barbara tries her best to maintain a high moral code, but she is surrounded by rough seamen, fancy ladies, and even possible murderers in this historical romance. Mrs. S.C. Hall's first novel, The Buccaneer takes us back in time to the 17th century and England at the time of the Protectorate.

Categories: Romance, Historical Romance

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The Long Shadow
B. M. Bower

Rating: 2.4/5
(85 votes cast)

The Long Shadow
by B. M. Bower

Charming Billy is alone in his meager cabin when the evening wind blows a feminine breeze his way. Flora Bridger takes Billy quite by surprise, appearing on his doorstep with a lame horse, far from her home. His desolate little shack may never be the same again.

Category: Western Romance

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After the Storm
T. S. Authur

Rating: 2.4/5
(85 votes cast)

After the Storm
by T. S. Authur

Opposites attract and repel in this tale of love, marriage and understanding. The beautiful, adventurous Irene Delancy and the ambitious, intellectual Hartley Emerson wed early, but require some life lessons to fully understand themselves and each other. Their trials over the years sometimes threaten, but ultimately strengthen their lifelong bond.

Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance

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Clara Hopgood
Mark Rutherford

Rating: 2.4/5
(37 votes cast)

Clara Hopgood
by Mark Rutherford

Sisters Clara and Madge, independent young women, venture out from their Fenmarket home to London. Not only are they two single women on their own, there is a newborn baby girl to account for, but no husband. The unconventional story was considered scandalous when it appeared in 1896.

Categories: Romance, Historical Romance

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Three Men and a Maid
P. G. Wodehouse

Rating: 2.4/5
(57 votes cast)

Three Men and a Maid
by P. G. Wodehouse

Romantic entanglements ensue aboard an ocean liner carrying three men and a woman. Billie Bennet travels with her fiance the poet, her old friend Eustace, and his cousin Sam. All are smitten with the redheaded woman in their midst, with humorous and romantic results.

Categories: Humor, Historical Romance

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Martin Conisby
Jeffery Farnol

Rating: 2.3/5
(81 votes cast)

Martin Conisby
by Jeffery Farnol

Martin Conisby has drifted away from his true love in the conclusion to Black Bartelmy's Treasure. His need to avenge his father's death carries him to a pirate-filled sea, the Central American jungles, and many a chivalric battle. He needs to find his way back home, to his love, and to himself.

Categories: Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense

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The Blue Lagoon - A Romance Book III
Henry de Vere Stacpoole

Rating: 2.3/5
(109 votes cast)

The Blue Lagoon - A Romance Book III
by Henry de Vere Stacpoole

Published in 1908, The Blue Lagoon was an instant success. The story unfolds as a naive, young girl and her cousin are stranded on a remote island. As a modern day Adam and Eve they age, fall in love, discover sex, have a child and learn the basics of living in a loving relationship as adults.

Categories: Romance, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance

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Reality Check
John Foltin

Rating: 2.3/5
(169 votes cast)

Reality Check
by John Foltin

Brian and Samantha were two people who were unlucky in love. That was, until they met on the set of a reality movie. Now, their luck has finally changed. Will they fall in love? Will they find someone else on their stay? Or are they doomed to relive their past?

Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance

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Sanine
Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev

Rating: 2.3/5
(130 votes cast)

Sanine
by Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev

A smart, powerful, attractive man, Sanine indulges his every lust and longing, regardless of the consequences. The young Russian man is not concerned with morality, but with enjoying every pleasure available during the last years of the oppressive Romanov regime.

Categories: Romance, Historical Romance

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The Well at World's End
William Morris

Rating: 2.3/5
(86 votes cast)

The Well at World's End
by William Morris

The story of a magic well with the power to grant immortality has set Ralph of Upmeads on a quest to find the real thing. Mysterious women he meets on his journey school him in the consequences of drinking from the well, but they cannot stop him.

Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance

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Smiles - A Rose of the Cumberlands
Eliot Harlow Robinson

Rating: 2.3/5
(43 votes cast)

Smiles - A Rose of the Cumberlands
by Eliot Harlow Robinson

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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The Case and the Girl
Randall Parrish

Rating: 2.3/5
(83 votes cast)

The Case and the Girl
by Randall Parrish

A veiled lady in a dark limousine has a proposition for Captain Matt West. Captain West thinks he is ready for anything, but the challenges this nameless, faceless woman puts before him keep him on his toes. Is she his employer, his friend, or something else altogether?

Category: Romantic Suspense

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Cashel Byron's Profession
George Bernard Shaw

Rating: 2.3/5
(40 votes cast)

Cashel Byron's Profession
by George Bernard Shaw

An English schoolboy rebels, running to Australia to become a prizefighter. He returns to England a young man who catches the eye of heiress Lydia Carew. Lydia can't stay away from Cashel despite the difference in their social positions; she marries him, and discovers in his past countless secrets.

Categories: Romance, Historical Romance

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Cecilia, Or Memoirs of an Heiress Volume 3
Fanny Burney

Rating: 2.3/5
(71 votes cast)

Cecilia, Or Memoirs of an Heiress Volume 3
by Fanny Burney

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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This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Rating: 2.3/5
(93 votes cast)

This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Amory Blaine is a romancer, seducing attractive women at Princeton and in New York after World War I. He learns of true love the hard way, though, falling for women who cannot reciprocate. His deepest relationship may in the end be with himself.

Category: Historical Romance

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Tess of the Storm Country
Grace Miller White

Rating: 2.3/5
(93 votes cast)

Tess of the Storm Country
by Grace Miller White

Never accepted by the high society of Ithaca, Tess is still shocked when her father, a squatter, is accused of murder. Barefoot and innocent, Tess sets out into the world to clear his name, forever changing the shape of life for herself and all she touches.

Categories: Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense

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The Chessmen of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs

Rating: 2.3/5
(118 votes cast)

The Chessmen of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

When Tara of Helium meets Gahan of Gathol, interplanetary sparks fly. In the fifth of the Mars series by Burroughs, Tara is captured by the horrible, crab-like parasites the Kaldanes, from whom Gahan must rescue her.

Categories: SciFi & Horror, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance

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Anna Karenina - Part 2
Leo Tolstoy

Rating: 2.3/5
(53 votes cast)

Anna Karenina - Part 2
by Leo Tolstoy

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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Aikenside
Mary Jane Holmes

Rating: 2.3/5
(50 votes cast)

Aikenside
by Mary Jane Holmes

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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The Heart's Kingdom
Maria Thompson Daviess

Rating: 2.3/5
(132 votes cast)

The Heart's Kingdom
by Maria Thompson Daviess

Nickols Powers is desperate for the beautiful Charlotte to marry him. Independent Charlotte, however, is reluctant to accept his religious views as it seems a wife must. She may yet be convinced, however, by the charismatic preacher building a new church in her own backyard.

Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance

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The Amazing Interlude
Mary Roberts Rinehart

Rating: 2.3/5
(66 votes cast)

The Amazing Interlude
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Drawing on her own experience as a World War I correspondent, Rinehart brings us into the world of American Sara Lee Kennedy, who is nursing wounded soldiers in Belgium. There, Sara Lee meets a passionate man who sweeps her into an otherworldly romance and a mystery that begs to be solved.

Categories: Romance, Historical Romance

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Anna Karenina - Part 6
Leo Tolstoy

Rating: 2.3/5
(44 votes cast)

Anna Karenina - Part 6
by Leo Tolstoy

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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The Second Book of Iaddius Iohann
C. Lines

Rating: 2.3/5
(104 votes cast)

The Second Book of Iaddius Iohann
by C. Lines

Five years have passed since Iaddius returned from the desert; five years since the slaughter at Dokhatar. An army has been raised, but betrayal, doubt, dissensions and conspiracies threaten to undermine the ultimate purpose.

Categories: SciFi & Horror, Other Fiction

Swallow
Henry Rider Haggard

Rating: 2.3/5
(82 votes cast)

Swallow
by Henry Rider Haggard

An elderly Boer woman tells a story of The Great Trek in this African love story. It is the tale of her daughter, Suzanne, or Swallow, kidnapped on her wedding day and whisked into the world of witch doctors and warpaths. Husband Ralph Kenzie is on the trail to rescue his beloved.

Categories: Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense

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Good Indian
B. M. Bower

Rating: 2.3/5
(67 votes cast)

Good Indian
by B. M. Bower

How can a man called Good Indian be neither an Indian nor very good? Grant Imsen straddles two worlds in the Idaho ranchlands until he meets Evadna Ramsey, newcomer from New Jersey. Frightened by his wild ways but attracted to his educated mind, Evadna helps Grant define himself in a whole new way.

Category: Western Romance

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Afterwards
Kathlyn Rhodes

Rating: 2.3/5
(99 votes cast)

Afterwards
by Kathlyn Rhodes

The scene opens just before dawn in the darkness of a desert Temple. Hiding, a young woman and a doctor await discovery. Will they be found by friends or foes? What have they seen in the Temple? This page-turner keeps you guessing as romance mingles with murder and the mysteries grow ever deeper.

Category: Romantic Suspense

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Portrait of a Lady Volume I
Henry James

Rating: 2.3/5
(29 votes cast)

Portrait of a Lady Volume I
by Henry James

Beautiful, outspoken American Isabel Archer travels to her wealthy Aunt Touchett in Europe with a plan to marry. Not lacking for gentlemanly suitors, Isabel rejects several offers before falling for the overwhelmingly charming Gilbert Osmond, a man who consumes her, body and soul.

Category: Historical Romance

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The Ink Stain
Rene Bazin

Rating: 2.3/5
(26 votes cast)

The Ink Stain
by Rene Bazin

Fabien Jean Jacques Mouillard, barrister, is well schooled in the academic subjects, with law and arts degrees. But what will this scholarly man make of affairs of the heart? When he meets Mademoiselle Jeanne, he realizes there is more to learn in the world than in the library.

Category: Historical Romance

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Kate Bonnet - The Romance of a Pirates Daughter
Frank Richard Stockton

Rating: 2.3/5
(39 votes cast)

Kate Bonnet - The Romance of a Pirates Daughter
by Frank Richard Stockton

This satirical novel tells the adventures of beautiful Kate, a fictional daughter of a planter turned pirate 'Major Stede Bonnet' who was known as The 'Gentleman Pirate.' Kate falls in love with her friend Dickory as they share adventures while trying to change the ways of her pirate father.

Categories: Romance, Romantic Suspense

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Venus in Furs
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Rating: 2.3/5
(76 votes cast)

Venus in Furs
by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Severin was so infatuated with Wanda that he asks to become her slave and to be treated in degrading ways. Initially Wanda refuses but she eventually agrees, and soon finds that she likes the idea; but, she starts to dislike Leopold for the role he wants to play.

Categories: Romance, Historical Romance

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The Kama Sutra
Vatsyayana Vatsyayana

Rating: 2.3/5
(106 votes cast)

The Kama Sutra
by Vatsyayana Vatsyayana

The ancient Indian Sandskrit text was considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior. It contains practical advice on dating, sex, sexual pleasure within the confines of Indian life in the 4th to 6th centuries.

Categories: Romance, Sex & Relationship, Historical Romance

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She
Henry Rider Haggard

Rating: 2.3/5
(87 votes cast)

She
by Henry Rider Haggard

Ayesha is She, as in She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, ancient ruler of a fabled lost city in a mysterious African maze. It is to this city that the young Leo must travel, in search of a magical fire that brings everlasting life. When he meets Ayesha, however, the nature of his quest changes dramatically.

Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance

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Phantastes, A Faerie Romance
George MacDonald

Rating: 2.3/5
(77 votes cast)

Phantastes, A Faerie Romance
by George MacDonald

A young man, Anados, ventures from the everyday earth into the world of youthful dreams, the land of the fairies. Anados falls in love with the beautiful White Lady, and his love songs free her from imprisonment as a statue. Once she is free, things are forever changed in this romantic fantasy.

Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance

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French and Oriental Love in a Harem
Mario Uchard

Rating: 2.3/5
(209 votes cast)

French and Oriental Love in a Harem
by Mario Uchard

Exploring the secrets of passion in a Turkish harem is endlessly exciting, but can it also be the path to true love? This romantic, erotic story makes the impossible seem both exotic and inevitable in a setting of incredible Oriental splendor.

Categories: Romance, Historical Romance

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Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
Anna Balmer Myers

Rating: 2.3/5
(91 votes cast)

Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
by Anna Balmer Myers

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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The Drums of Jeopardy
Harold MacGrath

Rating: 2.3/5
(98 votes cast)

The Drums of Jeopardy
by Harold MacGrath

A young dancer with the Royal Ballet dies an untimely death after parting from her lover, the Prince. On her body is the legendary Drums of Jeopardy necklace. Seeking revenge, her mad scientist father sends the drum charms from the necklace to members of the royal family as omens of impending doom.

Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romantic Suspense

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Goodmans Hotel
Alan Keslian

Rating: 2.3/5
(99 votes cast)

Goodmans Hotel
by Alan Keslian

As pressure mounts in his job in the City of London, Mark decides on a radical career change and sets up a gay hotel, the ‘Goodmans Hotel’ of the title. He is irresistibly attracted to Tom, a local handyman and he takes in an eighteen year old runaway, Darren, who is escaping from parental bigotry.

Categories: Romance, Contemporary Romance

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The Heritage of the Desert
Zane Grey

Rating: 2.3/5
(113 votes cast)

The Heritage of the Desert
by Zane Grey

Coming to Utah for healing, New Englander John Hare thinks he has found it with a Mormon family and the beautiful Indian girl Mescal. But when he learns Mescal is promised to one of his rescuers, his loyalties are tested. Can he woo Mescal without alienating the very people who are protecting him?

Categories: Western, Western Romance

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Beulah
Augusta J. Evans

Rating: 2.3/5
(96 votes cast)

Beulah
by Augusta J. Evans

A crisis of faith drives Beulah to seek spiritual alternatives to her Christianity. A fiery young woman, Beulah takes her spiritual search to great lengths, looking for the ultimate truth. This truth, for Beulah, cannot be found without also accepting the ultimate emotion, love.

Categories: Romance, Inspirational Romance

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Undine
Friedrich Fouque

Rating: 2.3/5
(79 votes cast)

Undine
by Friedrich Fouque

A water spirit, Undine, seeks to gain a soul in the only way open to her; she must marry a mortal. She marries a knight named Huldbrand and despite their deep love, discovers why such a union has been warned against for all time. The price for a human soul is a high one.

Category: Fantasy & Paranormal Romance

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The Wings of the Morning
Louis Tracy

Rating: 2.3/5
(31 votes cast)

The Wings of the Morning
by Louis Tracy

Only two survive the shipwreck and find themselves alone on a desert island -- Iris and Jenks. Their tale of survival on Rainbow Island becomes one of adventure and passion as they explore the island and its wild inhabitants together.

Category: Romantic Suspense

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The Lighted Match
Charles Neville Buck

Rating: 2.3/5
(118 votes cast)

The Lighted Match
by Charles Neville Buck

Traveling in disguise, a beautiful princess travels through the United States and finds herself falling in love with an American man. Though bound to another across the water, she struggles to free herself to be with her true love in America.

Categories: Romance, Western, Western Romance

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The Count of Monte Cristo Volume 1
Alexandre Dumas, pere

Rating: 2.3/5
(49 votes cast)

The Count of Monte Cristo Volume 1
by Alexandre Dumas, pere

Dumas takes us to the Mediterranean during the early 1800s in this sweeping story that has remained popular through the centuries. Exiled Edmond Dantes re-invents himself as the Count of the island of Monte Cristo, leading him on a twisting trail of fortunes found, loves lost and redemption reached.

Category: Historical Romance

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The Rainbow
D. H. Lawrence

Rating: 2.3/5
(169 votes cast)

The Rainbow
by D. H. Lawrence

The prequel to Women in Love, The Rainbow follows three generations of one family, the Brangwens, and the sexual dynamics and relationships of the family members. Though considered tame today, The Rainbow was banned in Britain for its frank look at sensual desires.

Categories: Romance, Historical Romance

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O Pioneers!
Willa Cather

Rating: 2.3/5
(74 votes cast)

O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather

The Bergson family struggles to hang on to the family farms in Nebraska at the turn of the 20th century. Especially Alexandra, a strong-willed young woman who makes the farms prosper. Now, childhood friend Carl Linstrum showers her with unexpected attention. Does he want her love or her land?

Categories: Historical Romance, Western Romance

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