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All that makes life bright : the life and love of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Kilpack, Josi S.
When Harriet Beecher marries Calvin Stowe on January 6, 1836, she is sure her future will be filled romance, eventually a family, and continued opportunities to develop as a writer. Her husband Calvin is completely supportive and said she must be a literary woman. Harriet's...
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Ashes on the moor
Eden, Sarah M.
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Blackmoore
Donaldson, Julianne.
At eighteen, Kate Worthington knows she should be getting serious about marriage, but her restless heart won't let her settle down. To escape her mother's meddlesome influence, she dreams of traveling with her spinster aunt to exotic India. But when the opportunity arises, Kate finds herself...
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The bride of Ivy Green
Klassen, Julie
Much has happened in idyllic Ivy Hill in recent months, and while several villagers have found new love and purpose, questions remain--and a few dearly held dreams have yet to be fulfilled. Jane Bell is torn. Gabriel Locke is back and has made his intentions clear. But Jane is reluctant to give...
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The bride of Ivy Green
Klassen, Julie
Much has happened in idyllic Ivy Hill in recent months, and while several villagers have found new love and purpose, questions remain--and a few dearly held dreams have yet to be fulfilled. Jane Bell is torn. Gabriel Locke is back and has made his intentions clear. But Jane is reluctant to give...
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The bridge to Belle Island
Klassen, Julie
After a humiliating mistake, lawyer Benjamin Booker resolves to never again trust a beautiful woman. When an old friend is killed, the senior partner isn't satisfied with Bow Street's efforts and asks Benjamin to investigate. Eager to leave London for a while, Benjamin agrees. Evidence takes him to...
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A captain for Caroline Gray
Wright, Julie
Regency London Caroline Gray's third season in London society ends as badly as her first two--no marriage proposal, no suitor, not even a glimmer of an interested prospect. She suspects it's because she is far too quick to speak her mind to men who are put off by her...
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A castaway in Cornwall
Klassen, Julie
Set adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura Callaway now lives with her uncle and his disapproving wife in North Cornwall. There she feels like a castaway, always viewed as an outsider even as she yearns to belong. While wreckers search for...
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A castaway in Cornwall
Klassen, Julie
Set adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura Callaway now lives with her uncle and his disapproving wife in North Cornwall. There she feels like a castaway, always viewed as an outsider even as she yearns to belong. While wreckers search for...
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A castaway in Cornwall
Klassen, Julie
Set adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura Callaway now lives with her uncle and his disapproving wife in North Cornwall. There she feels like a castaway, always viewed as an outsider even as she yearns to belong. While wreckers search for...
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A castaway in Cornwall
Klassen, Julie
Set adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura Callaway now lives with her uncle and his disapproving wife in North Cornwall. There she feels like a castaway, always viewed as an outsider even as she yearns to belong. While wreckers search for...
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The Dancing Master
Klassen, Julie.
Can dancing master Alec Valcourt bring new life to the sleepy little village of Beaworthy--and to one young woman's restless heart?
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Edenbrooke : a proper romance
Donaldson, Julianne
Marianne Daventry will do anything to escape the boredom of Bath and the amorous attentions of an unwanted suitor. So when an invitation arrives from her twin sister, Cecily, to join her at a sprawling country estate, she jumps at the chance. Thinking she'll be able to relax and enjoy her...
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Edenbrooke Edenbrooke Series, Book 1
Donaldson, Julianne.
Marianne Daventry will do anything to escape the boredom of Bath and the amorous attentions of an unwanted suitor. So when an invitation arrives from her twin sister, Cecily, to join her at a sprawling country estate, she jumps at the chance. Thinking she'll be able to relax and enjoy her...
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An elegant facade : Hawthorne house
Hunter, Kristi Ann
An Exciting New Voice in Regency Romance Lady Georgina Hawthorne has worked tirelessly to seal her place as the Incomparable for her debut season. At her first London ball, she hopes to snag the attention of an earl. With money and business connections, but without...
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Forever and forever : the courtship of Henry Longfellow and Fanny Appleton
Kilpack, Josi S.
It's 1836, and nineteen-year-old Fanny Appleton, a privileged daughter of a wealthy, upper-class Boston industrialist, is touring Europe with her family. Like many girls of her day, she enjoys the fine clothes, food, and company of the elite social circles. But unlike her peers, Fanny is also...
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Games in a ballroom
Flint, Jentry
London, 1815 Olivia Wilde has resigned herself to never finding a love match. Her father has insisted she marry a man with a title, if only to increase his own standing and reputation in society. But the men her father deems acceptable are, at best, boring and...
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The Girl in the Gatehouse
Klassen, Julie.
Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative's estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how--by writing novels in secret. Captain Matthew Bryant, returning to...
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The Headmistress of Rosemere
Ladd, Sarah E.
In Regency England, the same time period as Bridgerton and Poldark, Patience Creighton has devoted her life to running her father's boarding school. But when the enigmatic master of the estate appears at her door, battered and unconscious, the young headmistress suddenly finds her...
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The Heiress of Winterwood
Ladd, Sarah E.
In this sweet Regency romance, Amelia Barret will risk everything to keep her word--even to the point of proposing to a sea captain she's never met. Amelia Barrett, heiress to an estate nestled in the English moors, defies family expectations and promises to raise her dying friend's baby....
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Whispers on the moors. The heiress of Winterwood / 01
Ladd, Sarah E.
In this sweet Regency romance, Amelia Barret will risk everything to keep her word--even to the point of proposing to a sea captain she's never met. Amelia Barrett, heiress to an estate nestled in the English moors, defies family expectations and promises to raise her dying...
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The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill Tales From Ivy Hill, Book 1
Klassen, Julie.
First Series from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen The lifeblood of the Wiltshire village of Ivy Hill is its coaching inn, The Bell. But when the innkeeper dies suddenly, his genteel wife, Jane Bell, becomes the reluctant owner. Jane has no notion of how to run a business. However, with...
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An Ivy Hill Christmas : a tales from Ivy Hill novella
Klassen, Julie
Richard Brockwell, the younger son of Ivy Hill's most prominent family, hasn't been home for Christmas in years. He prefers to live in the London townhouse, far away from Brockwell Court, the old family secret that haunts him, and the shadows of his past mistakes. But then his mother threatens to...
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An Ivy Hill Christmas : a tales from Ivy Hill novella
Klassen, Julie
Richard Brockwell, the younger son of Ivy Hill's most prominent family, hasn't been home for Christmas in years. He prefers to live in the London townhouse, far away from Brockwell Court, the old family secret that haunts him, and the shadows of his past mistakes. But then his mother threatens to...
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The lady and the highwayman
Eden, Sarah M.
Elizabeth Black is the headmistress of a girls' school and a well-respected author of "silver-fork" novels, stories written both for and about the upper-class ladies of Victorian society. But by night, she writes very different kinds of stories--the Penny Dreadfuls that are all the rage among the...
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The lady and the highwayman
Eden, Sarah M.
Elizabeth Black is the headmistress of a girls' school and a well-respected author of "silver-fork" novels, stories written both for and about the upper-class ladies of Victorian society. But by night, she writes very different kinds of stories--the Penny Dreadfuls that are all the rage among the...
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The lady in the Coppergate Tower
Allen, Nancy Campbell
Hazel Hughes believes there is nothing remarkable about her, not even her strange ability to heal the sick and injured. Her employer, Doctor Sam MacInnes recognizes her special talent, but because of the difference in their social status, he can't tell her how much he admires her. When a...
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The lady in the Coppergate Tower
Allen, Nancy Campbell
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Lady of Milkweed Manor A Novel
Klassen, Julie.
The engaging and moving story of a once-proper lady who finds herself in a most unexpected situation; a romance set in Regency England.
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The lady of the lakes : the true love story of Sir Walter Scott
Kilpack, Josi S.
One is his first love. The other is his best love. Which will be Walter's true love? Walter Scott has three passions: Scotland, poetry, and Mina Stuart. Though Mina is young and they are from different stations in society, Walter is...
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Lakeshire Park
Walker, Megan
Brighton, England 1820 Amelia Moore wants only one thing--to secure the future happiness of her younger sister, Clara. With their stepfather's looming death, the two sisters will soon be on their own--without family, a ...
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The letter from Briarton Park : a novel
Ladd, Sarah E.
In Regency England, one letter will alter a young woman's fate when it summons her to Briarton Park--an ancient estate that holds the secrets of her past and the keys to her future. Cassandra Hale grew up knowing little about her parentage, and she had made peace with the...
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Lies, love, and breakfast at Tiffany's
Wright, Julie
The Lie Women in Hollywood are just pretty faces. But Silvia Bradshaw knows that's a lie, and she's ready to be treated as an equal and prove her worth as one of Hollywood's newest film editors. The Love She and Ben Mason...
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The light at Wyndcliff
Ladd, Sarah E.
Set in the same time period as Poldark and Bridgerton, this Regency romance follows a young man searching for truth among the debris of multiple shipwrecks on his newly inherited property. Cornwall, England, 1820: Raised on the sprawling and rugged Wyndcliff Estate near the...
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Love and lavender
Kilpack, Josi S.
Hazel Stillman is a woman of rare independence and limited opportunities. Born with a clubbed foot, she was sent away as a child and, knowing her disability means a marriage is unlikely, she devoted herself to scholarship and education. Now working as a teacher in an elite...
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The maid of Fairbourne Hall
Klassen, Julie
RITA finalist Julie Klassen has earned numerous awards for her popular historical romance novels. In The Maid of Fairbourne Hall, pampered Margaret Macy flees her home in London to avoid marrying a dishonorable man. Now, with no money and no place to stay, Margaret does the unthinkable: she takes a...
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The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
Klassen, Julie.
Regency Romance and Mystery from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen Pampered Margaret Macy flees London in disguise to escape pressure to marry a dishonorable man. With no money and nowhere else to go, she takes a position as a housemaid in the home of Nathaniel Upchurch, a suitor she...
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Miss Newbury's list
Walker, Megan
England, 1820 Rosalind Newbury is counting down the days until her wedding to the Duke of Marlow, a man she has only met twice. The marriage is more an agreement between two families and less a romantic connection between two hearts, but Rosalind becoming a...
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The painter's daughter
Klassen, Julie
Julie Klassen Is the Gold Standard for Inspirational Regency Fiction Sophie Dupont, daughter of a portrait painter, assists her father in his studio, keeping her own artwork out of sight. She often walks the cliffside path along the north Devon coast, popular with artists and poets. It's where...
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The painter's daughter
Klassen, Julie
Julie Klassen Is the Gold Standard for Inspirational Regency Fiction Sophie Dupont, daughter of a portrait painter, assists her father in his studio, keeping her own artwork out of sight. She often walks the cliffside path along the north Devon coast, popular with artists and poets. It's where...
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Promised
Garriott, Leah
Margaret Brinton keeps her promises, and the one she is most determined to keep is the promise to protect her heart. Fooled by love once before, Margaret vows never to be played the fool again. To keep her vow, she attends a notorious matchmaking party intent on securing...
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Promises and primroses
Kilpack, Josi S.
Lord Elliott Mayfield aims to correct the very messy marital mistakes and spousal scandals of his brothers and sisters by requiring his nieces and nephews to choose worthy companions. If they choose wisely, they will receive their generous share of the family's inheritance. ...
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Rakes and roses
Kilpack, Josi S.
A Mayfield Family Romance Lady Sabrina endured an abusive marriage, a miscarriage, and early widowhood to emerge as a smart, successful, confident woman who found a way to make her mark in a man's world. She has friends and purpose, but cannot hide from the...
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The secret of the India orchid
Allen, Nancy Campbell
Anthony Blake is in love with his best friend's sister, Sophia Elliot. But his plans to court her are put on hold when he is forced to resume his role as an undercover spy for the Crown. A secret document listing the names of the entire network of British spies-including his own-has been stolen...
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The secret of the India orchid
Allen, Nancy Campbell
Anthony Blake is in love with his best friend's sister, Sophia Elliot. But his plans to court her are put on hold when he is forced to resume his role as an undercover spy for the Crown. A secret document listing the names of the entire network of British spies-including his own-has been stolen...
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Shadows of Swanford Abbey
Klassen, Julie
News of her brother's worrisome behavior spurs Miss Rebecca Lane to return home to her village. Upon her arrival, he begs her to go to nearby Swanford Abbey, a medieval monastery turned grand hotel rumored to be haunted. Feeling responsible for her brother's desperate state, she reluctantly agrees...
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Shadows of Swanford Abbey
Klassen, Julie
News of her brother's worrisome behavior spurs Miss Rebecca Lane to return home to her village. Upon her arrival, he begs her to go to nearby Swanford Abbey, a medieval monastery turned grand hotel rumored to be haunted. Feeling responsible for her brother's desperate state, she reluctantly agrees...
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The sheriffs of Savage Wells
Eden, Sarah M.
A USA Today Bestselling AuthorSavage Wells is barely big enough for the people who call it home, let alone more than one sheriff. Yet when famed lawman Cade O'Brien rides into town, he finds he's not the only man ready to take on the job. What's more, one of his competitors is a woman. Paisley Bell...
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The silent governess
Klassen, Julie
A dangerous secret...an overheard conversation...and a woman who is not what she seems. Will hidden pasts ruin their hope of finding love?
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The sisters of Sea View
Klassen, Julie
Some guests have come for a holiday, others for hidden reasons of their own . . .When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers and her genteel sisters fear they will be forced to sell the house and separate to earn livelihoods as governesses or companions....
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The sisters of Sea View
Klassen, Julie
Some guests have come for a holiday, others for hidden reasons of their own . . .When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers and her genteel sisters fear they will be forced to sell the house and separate to earn livelihoods as governesses or companions....
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A stranger at Fellsworth. (Treasures of Surrey novel, #3.)
Ladd, Sarah E
Poachers, mysterious strangers, and murderers converge at Fellsworth Academy, forcing one young woman to a test of fortitude and bravery to stop the shadow of the past from ruining her hopes for the future in this sweet Regency Romance. In the fallout of her deceased father's...
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To capture his heart
Allen, Nancy Campbell
Seaside, England, 1886 Eva Caldwell is an accomplished and well-known photographer who often works with the local constabulary to assist in documenting crime scenes, which means she also often works alongside the handsome and charming detective, Nathan Winston. She...
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The Tutor's Daughter
Klassen, Julie.
Emma Smallwood and her father have come to the Cornish coast to tutor the youngest sons of a baronet--but all is not as it seems. When mysterious things begin to happen and danger mounts, can she figure out which brother to blame...and which to trust with her heart?
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The valet's secret
Kilpack, Josi S.
A passionate kiss from a handsome valet becomes a Regency Cinderella story when he is revealed to be an earl. York, England, 1819. As a once happily married woman, Rebecca Parker lived a charmed life, but now widowed and...
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The vicar's daughter
Kilpack, Josi S.
Cassie, the youngest of six daughters in the Wilton family, is bold, bright, and ready to enter society. There's only one problem: her older sister Lenora, whose extreme shyness prevents her from attending many social events. Lenora is now entering her third season, and since...
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The vicar's daughter
Kilpack, Josi S.
Cassie, the youngest of six daughters in the Wilton family, is bold, bright, and ready to enter society. There's only one problem: her older sister Lenora, whose extreme shyness prevents her from attending many social events. Lenora is now entering her third season, and since...
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With this pledge a Carnton novel
Alexander, Tamera
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Clouston's quietly held principles oppose those of the Southern Cause -- but when forty thousand soldiers converge on the fields of Franklin, Tennessee, the war demands an answer. The Carnton home, where she is governess, is converted into a Confederate hospital, and Lizzie is...
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With this pledge a Carnton novel
Alexander, Tamera
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Clouston's quietly held principles oppose those of the Southern Cause -- but when forty thousand soldiers converge on the fields of Franklin, Tennessee, the war demands an answer. The Carnton home, where she is governess, is converted into a Confederate hospital, and Lizzie is...
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