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Definition of "Historical Romance Genre": This is a very popular subgenre in the massive Romance category. As with other subgenres of the Romance category, these books typically include the common elements of a romance ebook. So, the love and relationship between two people is central to the story, they have to overcome sometimes seemingly insurmountable obstacles to fall in love, but they do end up in love at the end of the stories. Authors in the historical romance subgenre have another task in their writing, however, in that they need to set their stories not in contemporary times, but in times that typically are over a century in the past. Thus, if you appreciate history and the details specific to other times in our world as well as a love story this is a fantastic subgenre for you.
Some examples of bestselling ebooks in the Historical Romance genre are Diana Gabaldon (Outlander), Petra Durst-Benning (The Glassblower), Tracy Brogan (Highland Surrender), and Danielle Steele (Pegasus).
He called himself Peregrine, the wanderer, and he came to London for revenge...
Like the falcon he named himself for, Peregrine is wild and free, an exotic prince who fascinates 1839 London with his wealth, mystery, and dangerous allure. He emerged from his mysterious Asiatic past to exact retribution for an appalling crime. Nothing and no one can stop him—except perhaps Lady Sara St. James, whose fragile beauty conceals a gentle heart, genuine goodness, and a soul of steel.
Unable to resist his seductive charm, Lady Sara turns away from her ordered life to embrace a man she loves, but cannot fully trust. In Sara, Peregrine sees a chance for a life beyond revenge. But can he keep her without revealing his devastating secrets? Or protect her from the enemy he has vowed to destroy?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney was born in Upstate New York with a reading addiction, a condition for which there is no known cure. Her entire romance writing career is an accidental byproduct of buying a computer for other purposes.
Her novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs and two Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, she has six times had books listed among the Library Journal’s top five romances of the year, and three times had books among the top ten romances of Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association.
Her favorite reading is great stories, but in a pinch she’ll settle for the backs of cereal boxes. She’s delighted that e-publishing can now make available books that have been out of print.
Catherine is living a dream life, rescued from an orphanage and married to her best friend. Life couldn’t get any better, and she is the envy of everyone in the little town where she lives. But it turns into a nightmare the day she is given the news that will change her life forever… Her fairy tale life becomes a living hell on earth.
For two years she exists, barely acknowledging one day from the next. Suddenly, without any warning, a stranger walks into her life, and everything is about to change. Is Catherine ready for the change, or is she still only living to die?
Titus is only visiting the home of his brother-in-law’s distant cousin. He isn’t looking for a relationship; neither is he searching for love. Yet, they both find him, with no advanced warning. Titus is not one to succumb without a fight, and boy does he fight, but it seems the harder he fights, the more the force pushing him into Catherine’s waiting arms fights back.
USA Today Best-selling author, Gina Danna, joins best-selling, award-winning authors, Collette Cameron, Ella Quinn, Marie Higgins, Jenna Jaxon, Louisa Cornell, Elf Ahearn, and Lauren Smith in this delightful limited edition, containing eight tantalizing love stories.
THIS LOVE OF MINE by GINA DANNA
He must woo his wife to awaken her past or lose her to a pirate forever.
BRIDE OF FALCON by Collette Cameron
Faced with spinsterhood, Ivonne Wimpleton takes fate into her own hands determined to win the heart of her wholly unacceptable childhood love . . . scandal be damned.
IT TAKES A HERO by ELLA QUINN
Even though their families demand that the youngest son of a duke, Lord Quartus Trevor, and the Duchess of Wharton remain apart, but their hearts don’t seem able to listen.
THE SWEETEST CHALLENGE by MARIE HIGGINS
Is giving her heart to a stranger worth the price?
HEART OF DELIGHT by JENNA JAXON
He’ll do anything to be her heart’s delight—except tell the truth.
STEALING MINERVA by LOUISA CORNELL
He has a thousand reasons to steal the bride, but only one reason to steal her heart.
HIS LORDSHIP’S DARKEST SECRET by ELF AHEARN
The thought of Claire Albright in the arms of another man is unbearable, but in his heart, Lord Flavian Monroe knows he mustn’t ask her to share the consequences of one terrible mistake.
TEMPTED BY A ROGUE by LAUREN SMITH
Gemma never planned on falling in love with her childhood sweetheart’s best friend, Jasper, when he returns home, but she can’t resist the naval officer’s brooding charm.
Duke's Forbidden Love returns to full price, $2.99 on Feb 13th.
A beautiful widow. A daring younger man. A society-threatening age gap. Keep it a secret or risk the wrath of the ton? Will there be any happily ever after for them?
Mrs. Anna Vanessa Maddy is a beautiful widow, now in her early 40s, although she’s always told that she looks much younger.
Duke Bryan Michael Watson has never minded a challenge, especially when society would not approve of the match.
The duke knows that if he hurts the pretty widow, regardless of her age, the members of his peerage—and all generations surrounding—will never forgive him. She’s a beautiful lady on the inside and out, and well loved by all those who know her. However, he’s immediately attracted to her, despite an age gap of more than twenty years.
Anna is lonely, despite the attempts of her teenage son and father to distract her from the sadness caused by her husband’s untimely death a few years earlier. At a grand ball, she meets a handsome young man who draws her into his aura, creating a magnetism that neither of them can deny.
Her father does not approve of the match, mostly due to the age difference, and they couple fears that society will never accept them for this reason. Without her father’s blessing, Anna cannot wed her handsome love, regardless of how she feels, and even if it means ignoring the fact that she already loves him more than she ever loved her husband.
Will Anna be forced to marry the much older Duke Doughtery, her father’s friend, instead of the love of her life?
Can Lord Bryan convince her father that his age is truly not a factor, and that his business savvy and maturity should be considered first—along with his love for Anna and her son?
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A wizard, a curse, a fated love…
When Rolf finally discovers the woman who can end the curse that has plagued his family for centuries, she is already betrothed. Time is running out for the royal wizard of King Henry II. If he cannot find true love without the use of magic, his line will end.
Melissa is intrigued by the mystical, handsome man who haunts her by night and tempts her by day. His bizarre tale of Merlin, enchantments, and finding genuine love has her questioning his sanity and her heart.
From the moment Melissa stepped from his dreams and into his arms, Rolf knew she was his destiny. Now, he will not only battle against time and a powerful duke, but defy his king and the gods to save her.
Brooke Culpepper resigned herself to spinsterhood when she turned down the only marriage proposal she’d likely ever receive to care for her family. After her father dies, a distant cousin inherits the estate and becomes their guardian but permits Brooke to act in his stead.
Heath, Earl of Ravensdale is none-too-pleased to discover five young women call the dairy farm he won and intends to sell, their home. Desperate, pauper poor, and with nowhere to go, Brooke proposes a wager. His stakes? The farm. Hers? Her virtue. The land holds no interest for Heath, but Brooke does and he accepts her challenge.
Brooke loses, and her devastation is compounded when the cousin arrives, intending to haul the Culpepper misses off to London. Heath astounds himself and proposes in order to apply for guardianship of the other girls.
Does Brooke dare marry the handsome stranger who’d been bent on compromising her? Will Heath regret his impulsive gesture, or will unexpected love flourish?
This book can be read as a stand-alone, but is part of the Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper series.
From the lavish gaiety of Elizabethan balls to the jungle's savage passions. She made the journey from innocent to goddess!
Kidnapped on the night of her betrothal to an infamous Englishman, her senses inflamed by the hypnotic ardor of a black-bearded pirate, Diane de Clovis sailed to her tempestuous fate in the New World. Her blond beauty ravaged by an evil Spanish grandee, Lady Diane would reach the heights of passion with Guy Ramsey, a man whose inner voice spoke to her without words and whose magnificent body taught her the eternal language of flaming desire...
Gretchen Matthews is a woman on a mission.
Haunted by the disappearance of her friend, Gretchen is determined to discover the truth. So when a strange old woman gives her a cryptic clue to her friend’s whereabouts, Gretchen packs her bags and heads to Scotland.
But things aren’t as simple as she’d hoped. When she steps through a stone archway on a wind-swept hillside she realizes that to find her friend she must travel not only thousands of miles but hundreds of years into the past – and avert a clan war in the process.
Lost in a world of passion and peril, Gretchen is rescued by Ewan Murray, a brave Scottish warrior. He just might hold the key to everything: finding her friend, averting a war – and unlocking Gretchen’s heart.
But Ewan Murray has demons of his own. Returning to his clan after years of exile, he is eager to build a new life for himself. But with enemies all around, Ewan isn’t sure who to trust – including Gretchen. Does the dark-haired beauty hold the key to his future? Or the destruction of his clan?
And can they figure it out in time to avert a war that will destroy all they hold dear?
Miss Edith Elliott wants Mr. Nelson James.
Mr. Nelson James wants Miss Edith Elliott.
But the rule of attraction have little say in London Society.
Page Count: around 330 pages
Edith learns quickly that as the daughter of one of London's wealthiest bankers, she has to live by a certain set of rules.
Yes... rules - something she hates but needs to live with.
She is not allowed to eat to her heart's content.
She is not allowed to shy away from conversation.
But most importantly, Edith is only allowed to marry a man with a title.
So, denying her heart, she's turned her back on herself and looked toward destiny.
... Too bad the man who happens to catch her eye does not play by the rules.
Nelson James is mathematician, wealthy landed gentry, and the inventor of a new creation that is bound to change the course of the world forever.
But... what Nelson doesn't have is a title.
Still, to have Edith in his arms, he's willing to give away everything he owns for simply one week in her presence.
And it's one week that neither will they ever forget.
But at week's end, will destiny and rules win the day or will Nelson and Edith find a way to gain their happily-ever-after?
Page Count: around 330 pages
A MAN WITHOUT AN IDENTITY
When his sister flees from an angry mob boss who wants to stop her from testifying, Davin Doyle realizes that he’s the one Boss O’Malley will come for next. Caught between the police and the Irish mob, Davin hops on a train to Wyoming, where he thinks he’ll find his sister.
With O’Malley’s lieutenant on his trail, Davin is forced to jump from the still-moving train. He survives the fall, but when he wakes up, he can’t remember who he was or where he was going.
His only piece of luck—he’s been found by a pair of traveling missionaries and their beautiful niece.
A WOMAN ABANDONED BY HER BETROTHED
After her lawman suitor stops writing, Amelia doesn’t know if he’s lost interest or lost his life. She travels west with her aunt and uncle, who are on their way to Wyoming to take over the operation of an orphanage.
Amelia soon finds that the frontier is a dreary place…until they rescue a handsome but mysterious man who can’t remember where he’s from or why he jumped from a speeding train.
But when she arrives in Cheyenne, Amelia learns that her would-be suitor is in jail on charges of corruption—she’s left stranded in Wyoming without prospects.
CHILDREN WITHOUT A CHAMPION
Davin wants more than anything to court Amelia. But his new boss at the saloon forces him to choose between keeping Amelia safe and standing up to a nefarious gang of criminals who are preying on children from a nearby orphanage.
He still doesn’t remember the man he used to be—but Davin must now choose what kind of man he will become.
Will he find a way to protect these victimized children without losing the woman he loves?
Just a Girl: Amelia’s Frontier Adventure is a clean, inspirational mail order bride romance. While this book is part of a series, it can definitely be read as a standalone book.
A WOMAN RUNNING FROM THE IRISH MOB
After Siobhan’s older sister marries a rancher in Wyoming, Siobhan is forced to rely on her quick fingers and her wits to put food on the table.
But when the police demand that Siobhan testify against mob boss O’Malley or go to jail for picking pockets, she flees disguised as a young boy, hoping to escape both the authorities and the mobster who owns her.
A MAN UNDERCOVER WITH TRAIN ROBBERS
Investigative reporter Ned Harte has been chasing big stories all his life. This time he’s cooperating with a federal marshal to infiltrate the Mitchell gang—in the hopes of getting the scoop on the gang’s capture.
But when the train job spirals out of control, Ned must make a choice: stay with the gang and let innocent people die, or blow his cover to save Siobhan and the others.
A FROZEN WASTELAND BETWEEN HERE AND HOME
Siobhan has never ridden a horse, and Ned is in danger of bleeding to death. They’ve got miles to go before they can rest—if they stop, the harsh Wyoming winter will kill them.
With the Mitchell gang searching for them, will Siobhan be able to keep Ned alive until they reach safe haven?
Thief of Hearts: Siobhan’s Winter Flight is a clean, inspirational mail order bride romance. While this book is part of a series, it can definitely be read as a standalone book.
THREE LOST SHEEP. TWO BROKEN FAMILIES. ONE BLIZZARD.
After Chase Williams' first wife died of pneumonia while he was out-of-town, his young daughter stopped speaking. Three years later, he's still not ready to marry, but little Pearl desperately needs a mother. He doubts that any woman can heal his broken heart, but he's willing to propose to a woman who'll be kind to Pearl.
As the oldest of six children, Bridget Doyle became responsible for the cooking and cleaning when her mother died of a post-partum fever. Marrying's not an option for her--if she leaves her two youngest siblings alone, who will stop their drunken father from taking the belt to them?
Bridget discovers that her youngest brother, Tom, has been playing matchmaker: he's been writing letters on her behalf to a rancher in Wyoming. Not only has Chase proposed, he's agree to let her bring Tom and Mary with her. The catch--she's also got to find a way to communicate with his mute daughter Pearl, while playing second fiddle to the ghost of Chase's first wife.
Will Bridget find a way to heal Chase's broken heart and bring two fragmented families together?
A MAN STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE
The last thing blacksmith Walter Jonas wants is to follow in his father’s footsteps. Master of a dying art, he’s struggling to find his place in a world dominated by factory-produced goods brought to Texas by train.
If he can’t find a way to compete with the big companies back East, he’ll lose everything: his home, his forge, and his marriage.
A WOMAN IN SEARCH OF A FAMILY
Ida Cleary grew up in an orphanage, but that didn’t stop her from making a life for herself: she’s been supporting herself by working in a garment factory since she was sixteen.
But at twenty-five, she feels like she’s sewing her way into spinsterhood. Her only chance at marrying is to become a mail-order bride.
A CHRISTMAS IN NEED OF A MIRACLE
When Ida arrives in Salvation to marry Walter, she learns that his situation is more serious than he let on. She vows she won’t raise her own children in poverty, or worse, allow them to be raised in an orphanage like she was.
As Christmas approaches, will Walter’s skills and Ida’s tenacity be enough to keep them from being tossed out into the cold?
Winning the Blacksmith’s Heart is a sweet inspirational mail order bride romance. While this book is part of a series, it can definitely be read as a standalone book.
In Faith Parson’s heartwarming clean romance stories, courageous men and their mail-order brides join together to make a new life on the Western frontier.
2013 RWA® Golden Heart® Award Nominee, Historical Romance
In a town ruled by sin, will he earn her love or her lies? (Dodge City, Kansas – 1877)
Sadie Sullivan lost everything when a herd of longhorn cattle bound for Dodge City trampled and destroyed her farm. Now she works in Dodge—one of the most wicked and lawless towns in the West—at the Northern Star saloon. But her survival in this new world of sin and violence depends on maintaining a lie so deadly it could end her life before the town of Dodge can.
The one man capable of unraveling all of Sadie's secrets is Noah Ballantyne, the Texan rancher whose herd destroyed her home. Back in town and taking up the role of deputy alongside legendary lawman Bat Masterson, Noah vows he won't leave until he's made things right. But with the saloon’s madam unwilling to release Sadie and a rich cattle baron wanting her as well, the odds aren’t in favor of finding love…or leaving town alive.
Will a terrible secret ruin the true love that blooms between best friends?
Can forbidden love blossom amid the constraints of war?
The moment the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, life shifted for Miko Nishimura. Desperate to reach the Portland Assembly Center for Japanese Americans, she’s kicked off the bus miles from town. Every tick of the clock pushes her closer to becoming a fugitive in the land of her birth. Exhausted, she stumbles to her grandparents’ abandoned farm only to find a dying soldier sprawled across the step. Unable to leave him, she forsakes all else to keep him alive.
After crashing his plane in the Battle of the Atlantic, the doctors condemn Captain Rock Laroux to die. Determined to meet his maker beneath a blue sky at his family home, he sneaks out of the hospital. Weary and half out of his mind, he makes it as far as a produce stand he remembers from his youth. Rather than surrender to death, Rock fights a battle of the heart as he falls in love with the beautiful Japanese woman who saves his life.
A poignant, sweet romance, Garden of Her Heart proves love can bloom in unlikely places even under the most challenging circumstances.
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Pregnant Millie Callaghan didn’t ask to be married to an Irish mob boss. But she didn’t realize how dangerous a man her husband was until she caught him beating an innocent man to death.
Fearing for her child’s safety, she files for divorce and flees west, seeking help from a small-town Arizona sheriff who proposed to Millie’s cousin…and doesn’t know that he’s about to be turned down.
Millie’s only hope is to disappear until her ex-husband gives up the chase.
Sheriff Aaron Coburn isn’t expecting a pregnant woman to waltz into his office and tell him that his marriage proposal to her cousin has been rejected. Or that she’s on the run from the mob and needs his help.
But he’s a man of conscience. A man who could never walk away from a woman in distress.
When he tries to help Millie and her child escape the wrath of infamous Eddie the Snake, he doesn’t count on the mobster taking his own mother hostage.
Aaron has no choice but to let Millie risk her own life—and that of her child’s—to help him take down the Snake.
Can Aaron and Millie outwit the vicious mobster and bring everyone home in time for Christmas?
Veronica is grieving for her husband. He wasn't supposed to be killed while trying to support his wife. But that's exactly what happened. Now he's gone and she's alone.
She gets an idea from her friends in Bible study that she doesn't really want to try. She feels that she doesn't have any other options, so she writes a letter to a man looking for a mail order bride. She's nervous and afraid, but proud for taking control of her future.
Mitchell Sartain seems like the perfect rancher man and he needs a wife. As he and Veronica write letters, they learn more about each other and both realize they're a good match. He invites her to Kansas City and she accepts. It's almost Christmas and a Christmas wedding celebration would be the perfect gift for his parents.
The letter she sends before she leaves, doesn't arrive before she does. The secret she's kept from him may be their undoing. In fact, she's making other plans almost from the moment she arrives.
Will this secret be too much for him to handle? Or will the good man he is take over and make sense of an impossible situation?
A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.
Amy is a shy, timid soul, browbeaten by her domineering father until she’s terrified to do or say anything without his approval. When he dies suddenly, his will leaves large dowries for his six daughters, but only if they marry in the proper order, the eldest first. Amy must now find herself a husband, and soon, so her younger sisters can marry in their turn. There are several possible suitors, but will any of them come up to scratch? And how will Amy choose without her father to guide her?
Mr Ambleside has been waiting for Amy for years, his suit rejected by her father. Now he has his opportunity, and he’s determined to win her. But first he has to see off his rivals, and if he manages that, he has to overcome her reluctance to defy her father’s wishes. But he’s a very tenacious man…
Two stand-alone classics by a legend of the genre in a single, value-priced bundle!
THE STORM AND THE SPLENDOR
Julia, involved in a dangerous international plot, becomes a sea captain’s reluctant bride. When a violent storm flings them into the decadent splendor of a Turkish court, will they trust to love…or die in each other’s arms?
LOVE’S WILD DESIRE
Catherine, tricked into attending an infamous quadroon ball, masks her identity until it’s too late. Forced to wed the handsome planter who compromises her, she seeks a place in his life. But the madman stalking her will not rest until she pays the price for…Love’s Wild Desire.