Historical Suspense Romance

Raina Bretton is a rag woman in London's East End when a handsome stranger appears in a dank alley and offers her a glittering smile and a chance for adventure. Rothburne Abbey has a unique position for her, one that will take her away from her hardscrabble life and give her a chance to be a lady. Things she could only dream of might be coming true. But some dreams turn out to be nightmares. Though Raina has traded squalor for silk and satin, something about the abbey is deeply unsettling.

In 1782, a ghost ship ran aground in a secluded cove in Cornwall. To this day, no one knows what became of the Aurora’s crew or the shadowy woman rumored to be onboard. In 2021, when Kyle inherits his aunt’s historic house in Cornwall, all Nicole anticipates is a few idyllic days in a beautiful setting—until she discovers that not only is the house connected to the centuries-old legend of the Aurora and the woman at the center of the mystery, but it also hides its own dark past.

In 1540, newly married and pregnant Isobel Devlin vanished from a tiny island in Lancashire, never to be seen again. In 2020, leaving London for the first time since the pandemic began, Nicole Rayburn and Kyle Walsh head to a guesthouse in the Lake District for a much-needed holiday. Across from the historic manor house, on an island in the middle of a lake, are the ruins of Montrose Abbey, the last known abode of Lady Isobel Devlin. Intrigued, Nicole begins to research Lady Isobel’s disappearance as the subject for a new book.

Cordelia Fletcher awakens in a stranger’s home with no memory of who she is or how she came to be lying alone on the prairie. What she does know is that the quiet strength of the widowed rancher who rescued her stirs something deep within her, something that feels both dangerous and safe all at once. Micah Redmond has lived three years in the shadow of grief, his heart buried alongside the wife he lost. Devoted only to his daughter and his ranch, he never imagined fate would place a mysterious young woman in his care, one whose presence unsettles his resolve to remain alone forever. As ...

Gareth Fitzallen is celebrated for four things: his handsome face, his notable charm, his aristocratic connections, and an ability to give the kind of pleasure that has women begging for more. Normally he bestows his talents on experienced, worldly women. But when he heads to Langdon's End to restore a property he inherited - and to investigate a massive art theft - he lays plans to seduce a most unlikely lady.

Beth Crawford is fleeing the shadow of her late husband’s deadly debts, desperate to protect her young son. She hides in plain sight by joining a long cattle drive, hoping the endless trail will keep them safe. Yet the farther she travels beside Jake, the rugged trail boss, the harder it becomes to guard her own heart. Jake Thornton commands the cattle drive with discipline and experience, a man shaped by loss and hardened by responsibility. He reluctantly accepts Beth on as camp seamstress and medical tender, but it’s her courage and the gentle care she shows her son that reach a place...

When Aurelie Harcourt's father dies in debtor's prison, he leaves her just two things: his wealthy family, whom she has never met, and his famous pen name, Nathaniel Droll. Her new family greets her with apathy and even resentment. Only the quiet houseguest, Silas Rotherham, welcomes her company. When Aurelie decides to complete her father's unfinished serial novel, she must keep her identity as Nathaniel Droll hidden while searching for the truth about her mother's disappearance - and perhaps even her father's death.

Answering an ad for a mail-order bride, Alice Smidgen finds herself at the mercy of fate when her fiancé vanishes without a trace, leaving her stranded at the altar. As whispers of gossip engulf her, Alice's resilience is put to the test when an abandoned infant appears on her doorstep, intertwining her fate with that of the town's enigmatic doctor. Will his understanding gaze offer refuge from the storm of gossip? Dr. Ezra Draper, scarred by the shadows of his past, returns to Grand Hollow seeking redemption and a chance at renewal. Haunted by the memory of lost love, he finds himself ...

Every bride has a story. These cowboys are determined to give them a happy ending. The Gallant Rescuers of the Boomtown Mail-Order Brides Agency deliver a unique promise. If a bride runs into trouble on her journey west, one of them will be dispatched to protect her—no matter what it takes. Meet four unforgettable couples in the first four volumes of this binge-worthy series: Hot-Tempered Hannah – A bounty hunter finds the woman who broke his heart — alive and on the run. Cold-Feet Callie – A runaway bride gets kidnapped, and her would-be groom sets out to save her, unaware she ...

A widowed Lady, a charming Earl, and a tantalizing bet. Can the uncatchable Earl change his ways and capture Lady Julianna's heart? Having been widowed for the last three years, Lady Julianna Carsington has come to London for Christmas to seek out good company and enjoyment, while secretly hoping her heart might be stolen away by a worthy gentleman. Lord Wessex, however, is an entirely unsuitable gentleman and as much as he might try to catch her eye, Julianna is determined not to give him even a single glance. Andrew, the Earl of Wessex, is determined to garner Lady Carsington’s interest...

Orphaned and alone in the world, Elizabeth Bennet has found reasonable contentment as a companion to the dowager countess of Matlock, the affairs of 1811 and Fitzwilliam Darcy long forgotten. But the past intrudes upon her again, and Mr. Darcy returns to her, handsome, wealthy, and widowed, and hiding many secrets beneath his solemn exterior. But if time had altered their circumstances, one thing remains: Mr. Darcy still wishes to marry her, and this time, Elizabeth consents.

Katie Price is baffled when a man claiming to be her grandfather leaves her his entire estate in the Scottish Highlands. The bulk of the estate consists of a thriving whisky distillery and a moldering castle. The will stipulates that Katie must travel to Scotland and claim her inheritance in person. There, she uncovers the secret that led to her mother’s birth, and begins to unravel a 250-year-old mystery surrounding the beautiful young wife of the last laird of Clan McBride. As Katie begins to unearth the clues to Isobel’s fate, she embarks on a romantic journey of her own.

Join Gareth and Gwen in their first adventures together. Murder, intrigue, and romance in medieval Wales! This audiobook includes three books: The Good Knight, The Uninvited Guest, and The Fourth Horseman.

While seeking solace from a broken heart, Savannah Rose travels to the picturesque city of Savannah, Georgia, only to find herself trapped within the confines of romance, murder, and mystery. It is the 1940s, a war is being waged in Europe, and a serial killer stalks the streets of Savannah, targeting young women and terrorizing the city. When the killer sets his sights on Savannah Rose, she must fight to survive, and in an attempt to save her life, she journeys away from the city only to encounter tragedy and more heartbreak. Forced to return home and face the danger that continues to lurk...

Historians have long whispered that Elizabeth "the Virgin Queen's" passionate, lifelong affair with Robin Dudley, Earl of Leicester, may have led to the birth of a son, Arthur Dudley. In this exquisite sequel to The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, Robin Maxwell fashions a stunning fictional account of the child switched at birth by a lady-in-waiting who foresaw the deleterious political consequences of a royal bastard.

When young Tyballis discovers her husband has been arrested for murder, she is delighted. As a young orphan coerced to marry her abusive neighbor, she was horribly used. Now is her chance to be rid of him for good and find the confidence she never had. When Tyballis joins forces with the motley network of Andrew’s informers and thieves, they are lured into the dark and dangerous world of medieval London’s political intrigue and back alley slums.

The instant Captain Declan Frobisher lays eyes on Lady Edwina Delbraith, he knows she's the woman he wants as his wife. The scion of a seafaring dynasty accustomed to success, he discovers that wooing Edwina is surprisingly straightforward - not least because she makes it plain that she wants him as much as he wants her.

Pride and Prejudice meets Mission: Impossible Part one in a Christian Regency suspense series with slow-burn romance and a supernatural twist She met him again by shooting him. Unmarried after four Seasons of towering over her dance partners, Miss Phoebe Sauber learns she will be cast out of her home when her father remarries. Feeling betrayed by her father and God, she misfires an arrow at an archery tournament. But the arrow pierces a paper held by Mr. Michael Coulton-Jones. And strangely, the symbol drawn on the page is eerily familiar to her. He met her again while searching for a ...

She vanished on the eve of their wedding. Now she’s returned, but remembers nothing—not even his name. Laird Struan MacInnes never stopped searching for Isla, the fierce and compassionate woman he loved more than life. When she’s found half-drowned on the rocky shores below Dun Lirra Keep, battered and without memory, Struan dares to believe the impossible—his bride has come back. But the woman who once pledged her heart to him no longer remembers their love... or the betrayal that tore them apart. Haunted by glimpses of a past she can’t grasp, Isla clings to the fragments—...

Join Godfrid the Dane for murder and mayhem in medieval Dublin! Godfrid the Dane makes his first appearance in the Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mysteries in the first book, The Good Knight. He comes to Anglesey at the behest of the treacherous Prince Cadwaladr, but quickly realizes the deal he’s made is not quite what he thought, and Cadwaladr is not worthy of his allegiance. He takes it upon himself to learn the truth about what is going on in Wales and in the process encounters a young Welsh woman, Gwen, and her fiancé, Gareth, who comes to Ireland in search of her.