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  • Of Mortal Fury: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    Of Mortal Fury: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Morgan de Wolfe, commander of Richmond Castle, is called by his liege Caius d’Avignon (Winter of Solace) into the full-fledged world of the Executioner Knights to go deep under cover, a de Wolfe becomes a Wolfe in sheep’s clothing for the sake of William Marshal and his spy ring...
  • The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

    The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 33 ratings
    Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, returns in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of A Conspiracy in Belgravia and A Study in Scarlet Women, an NPR Best Book of 2016.Under the cover of "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes puts her extraordinary powers of deduction to good use. Aided by the capable Mrs...
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  • Taken to the Grave by Cara Devlin

    Taken to the Grave by Cara Devlin

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series comes to a thrilling conclusion in the seventh and final book, Taken to the Grave.As Audrey Sinclair reaches the end of her mourning period, she and Hugh Marsden, the Viscount Neatham, are at long last looking toward their future together — and hoping for a respite from the dangerous criminal investigations they’ve found themselves entrenched in...
  • Destiny with a Duke by Alexa Aston

    Destiny with a Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A vicar trying to save his own soul. A widow who yearns for children. A darkness that can only be dispelled with the healing power of love . . .William Finchley carries a secret from childhood which he has never shared with anyone, not even his closest friends. When his brother commits suicide, Finch becomes the new Duke of Sommersby...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-medium
  • A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times by Grace Burrowes

    A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times by Grace Burrowes

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A man dwelling in darkness...Lord Julian Caldicott has come home from the war in ragged health and with a reputation in tatters. All he wants is to recuperate in private without bringing any further scandal on the family’s good name...
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    mystery  regency  suspense  historical  war  length-medium
  • A Lesson Learned by Rosie Goodwin

    A Lesson Learned by Rosie Goodwin

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nuneaton, 1850Growing up on a canal boat has meant life for young Saffie Doyle has been hard. Her mother, Olivia, was cast out by her well-to-do family when she fell in love with Saffie's father, a lowly boatman named Reuben. But as the years have passed, Reuben has become a bitter and cruel drunk, forced to work for the local crook, Seth Black, to keep their family afloat...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-long
  • What Happens in Piccadilly by Chasity Bowlin

    What Happens in Piccadilly by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There's no such thing as just a kiss... Chaos! That is what greets Miss Calliope St. James when she enters the household of her prospective employer, Lord Winn Hamilton, the Earl of Montgomery. The newly appointed guardian for his nieces and nephew, he's clearly a man who has no idea what to do with children..
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-short
  • The Mystery of Mr Daventry by Adele Clee

    The Mystery of Mr Daventry by Adele Clee

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Read the next thrilling adventure in the Scandalous Sons series.  How long can one keep up a charade? A gentleman who hides many secrets. Society thinks it has the measure of Lucius Daventry, illegitimate son of the Duke of Melverley, but they know nothing of the dangerous man who lies beneath the constructed façade...
  • The Duke's Magnificent Obsession by Chasity Bowlin

    The Duke's Magnificent Obsession by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    If there is one thing I know, kisses have a tendency to alter things irrevocably.Abandoned at the family’s country estate by her employer, Minerva Stone realizes that the concerns harbored about her position with Mrs. Charlotte Entwhistle-Graves were well founded...
  • Sutton's Scoundrel by Scarlett Scott

    Sutton's Scoundrel by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In this deliciously steamy Regency romance from USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott, a lady determined to restore her reputation meets her match in a seductive East End rogue she can't deny.Dubbed Lady Scandal thanks to her gossip-stirring past, Portia Fairhaven, the widowed Countess of Blakewell, is no stranger to rumors and innuendos...
  • Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris

    Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The “rich period detail [and] riveting action”* C.S. Harris delivers in her Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series reaches new heights as the aristocratic sleuth navigates dangerous political waters to bring a murderer to justice…   Regency London: July 1812.  How do you set about solving a murder no one can reveal has been committed? That’s the challenge confronting C.S...
  • No Life for a Lady by Adele Clee

    No Life for a Lady by Adele Clee

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    After almost a year spent playing chaperone to Mr Daventry’s female enquiry agents, Miss Trimble knows she must find a new position. All his agents are married, and so what other reason could he have for calling her to his office late at night? Except her employer is a master matchmaker, a man who has discovered her true identity, knows her real name and her darkest secret...
  • The Doxy and the Duke by Caroline Lee

    The Doxy and the Duke by Caroline Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lady Raina Oliphant might be the daughter of a powerful Highland earl, but polite society wants nothing to do with her, thanks to the illegitimate son she bore five years ago...
  • The Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O'Neal

    The Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O'Neal

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    When Olivia Shaw’s mother dies, the sophisticated food editor is astonished to learn she’s inherited a centuries-old English estate—and a title to go with it. Raw with grief and reeling from the knowledge that her reserved mother hid something so momentous, Olivia leaves San Francisco and crosses the pond to unravel the mystery of a lifetime...
  • Portrait of the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Portrait of the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A fun-loving man who has become a staid duke . . .An independent lady who wishes to pursue her artistic bent . . .A long-ago meeting which left a lasting impression on them both . . .Daniel Judson, the Duke of Westfield, changed from a carefree young rogue into a sober duke once faced with a mountain of responsibilities after he assumed his grandfather’s title...
  • The Country Bride: The final book in the heartwarming, romance saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Village Scandal by Dilly Court

    The Country Bride: The final book in the heartwarming, romance saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Village Scandal by Dilly Court

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The third book in the dramatic new Village Secrets trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author. The time had come to leave Creek Manor. Their relationship was doomed from the start, he was the master of the house and she the servant…  Summer, Little Creek 1879For most of her life, Judy Begg has been a loyal servant at Creek Manor and to Jack Fox, its future lord...
  • The Lord's Desperate Pledge by Kate Archer

    The Lord's Desperate Pledge by Kate Archer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Steely Lady and a High Stakes Lord Book 3 in The Dukes' Pact Series—six dukes take dire steps to force their heirs to marry, while those heirs fight just as hard to remain bachelors. A sweet regency romance.Lily Farnsworth is a resourceful lady. As well she should be, her father has spent years dragging the family’s estate from the edge of ruin and she’s always had to make do with little...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-short
  • A Rogue to Ruin by Darcy Burke

    A Rogue to Ruin by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Darcy Burke, your next Regency obsession: The Pretenders! Set in Burke’s popular world of The Untouchables, indulge in the saga of a trio of siblings who excel at being something they’re not...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-medium
  • The Earl's Iron Warrant by Kate Archer

    The Earl's Iron Warrant by Kate Archer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Icy Lady and an Implacable Lord... Charles Battersea, Earl of Dalton and heir to the Duke of Glastonburg, is the last holdout among the six young heirs who have been pressured to marry by way of the Dukes’ Pact. This surprises precisely nobody, especially not himself. He has unaccountably lost his friend, Grayson, to Miss Dell, but if he is forced to tow the bachelorhood line alone, so be it...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-short
  • Investigating the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Investigating the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A serious clergyman whose brothers die, leaving him an unexpected duke . . .A woman who is making her way as a Bow Street runner . . .An investigation that leads them to the truth—and each other . . .Jasper Lincoln is happy tending to his congregation when news arrives of his brother’s death in battle. Jasper’s father, ailing for several months, slips away, unable to bear the news...
  • Irresistible by Darcy Burke

    Irresistible by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jessamine Goodfellow has spent six Seasons avoiding the parson’s trap, and spinsterhood is finally within her grasp. A brilliant scholar, she longs for adventure and new experiences, things her family frowns upon. Presented with the opportunity to use her puzzle-solving talent on a secret mission for the Foreign Office, Jess eagerly accepts...
  • The Gunpowder Girl by Tania Crosse

    The Gunpowder Girl by Tania Crosse

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Originally published as Cherrybrook Rose and A Bouquet of Thorns.A GRIPPING TALE OF LOVE AND SELF-SACRIFICE SET ON WILD DARTMOORDartmoor, 1875. Rose Maddiford, beautiful, vivacious and intelligent, could have her pick of men across Dartmoor. But she is in no hurry to marry unless it is for true love — and certainly not while she can help her father manage the Cherrybrook Gunpowder Mills...
  • Fashioning the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Fashioning the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eight titled peers who never expected to become dukes do just that—and are attracted to females whom Polite Society does not believe worthy of the title duchess, due to their desires to be more than typical ladies of the ton...
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    regency  victorian  m-f  historical  length-medium
  • Nature of the Crime by Cara Devlin

    Nature of the Crime by Cara Devlin

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series continues in January 2024 with the sixth Audrey Sinclair and Hugh Marsden investigation...When a fellow passenger is found dead on Audrey’s packet ship from France, a mysterious note on the body points to her as the killer...
  • Lady Brazen by Scarlett Scott

    Lady Brazen by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lady Philippa Shaw had it all: a husband who was madly in love with her, a sweet baby daughter, and a house in the most exclusive square in London. Until a shocking discovery after her husband’s death revealed her happy life was a lie. Now, his past crimes are returning to haunt her, bringing danger, devastation, and the one man she’s spent the past few years despising...
  • A Village Scandal by Dilly Court

    A Village Scandal by Dilly Court

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The second book in the dramatic new Village Secrets trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author. It was her wedding day… the roses and bluebells were blooming and their sweet-scent was filling the air, so why did Daisy feel the cold fingers of fear run down her spine?  Spring in the village, April 1869 It’s spring in Little Creek and wedding bells are ringing...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-long
  • Sutton's Scandal by Scarlett Scott

    Sutton's Scandal by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's a battle of wits and wills between a bold East End lady and the icy shop owner she can't resist in this deliciously steamy Regency romance from USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott.Lily Sutton has been running wild for years beneath her siblings’ noses. Born and raised in the rookeries, she is not afraid of anything or anyone...
  • Polishing the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Polishing the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A haberdashery owner who suddenly discovers he’s a duke . . .A woman of the ton stained by scandal . . .A deathbed request which brings this pair together . . . Haberdasher Pierce Selkirk always knew he was the son of an earl. Much to his surprise, he learns he is not illegitimate as he had been led to believe...
    Categorized as:
    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-medium
  • Designs on the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Designs on the Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A twin back from war, his brother dying in his arms . . .A woman who has traveled the world and learned from those travels . . .Two people who don’t fit into the constricting rules of London’s Polite Society . . .Major Elijah Young never met his father, the Duke of Bradford, who believed his young wife betrayed him and gave birth to twins sired by another man...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-short
  • The Railway Girl by Tania Crosse

    The Railway Girl by Tania Crosse

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Originally published as The Wrong Side of Happiness.A STRUGGLE TO FIND LOVE AND HAPPINESS AGAINST THE ODDSDevon, 1887. Life has not been kind to dairymaid Tresca Ladycott. She can’t rely on her flighty farmhand father, Emmanuel, so she relies on herself.Then comes a devastating blow. Tresca is sacked from the dairy and the pair lose their home...
  • The Quarry Girl by Tania Crosse

    The Quarry Girl by Tania Crosse

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Originally published as A Dream Rides By.August 1883. The future for Ling Southcott, a quarryman’s daughter, seems to be already mapped. Marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Barney, a cluster of children, a life contained to the hamlet of Foggintor Quarry. For Ling, with her sharp, enquiring mind and love of books, it is an accepted, if unwelcome fate...
  • Her Dangerous Beast by Scarlett Scott

    Her Dangerous Beast by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A royal prince exiled from his country long ago, Theo St. George forged a new life in London's dark and seedy underworld. As a coldhearted mercenary, he's willing to do anything for a price. But when he accepts a position as bodyguard to a duke in danger, he finds his true opponent in the nobleman's prim and icy sister...
  • Her Virtuous Viscount by Scarlett Scott

    Her Virtuous Viscount by Scarlett Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Jilted by the woman he loved, Tom, Viscount Sidmouth, has decided he will happily remain a bachelor for the rest of his life. He wants nothing to do with affairs of the heart. And he most certainly wants nothing to do with the wild widow next door.After spending years trapped in a loveless marriage, Hyacinth has returned to London on a mission to experience everything she missed...
  • Vacancy: Viscount Preferred by Tammy Andresen

    Vacancy: Viscount Preferred by Tammy Andresen

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Lady Priscilla is in trouble…When a cousin she didn’t even know existed inherits her father’s title, the new Earl of Purlington wants more than just the earldom, he want’s Priscilla too. Or at least, her dowry. What she needs is a hero. A man to swoop in and save her despite her cousin’s intimidating lurking...
  • Fall of the Lyon: The Lyon's Den Connected World (The Lyon's Den Connected World) by Chasity Bowlin

    Fall of the Lyon: The Lyon's Den Connected World (The Lyon's Den Connected World) by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “It’s all a bit sleight of hand, isn’t it? This business of seduction.” Faced with the devastating and impending loss of her stepfather and the all too real threat of unscrupulous relatives who would have her inheritance at any cost, Miss Margaret Upshaw flees to London. Her stepfather has tasked her to make her way to the Lyon’s Den to seek the assistance of Mrs...
  • What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris

    What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The latest request for help from Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin--from the Archbishop of Canterbury, no less--is undeniably intriguing: The bodies of two men have been found in an ancient crypt, their violent deaths separated by decades. One is the Bishop of London, the elderly Archbishop's favored but controversial successor...
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    suspense  regency  mystery  m-f  historical  length-medium
  • Defending Danger by Wendy Vella

    Defending Danger by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a pirate captures her heartRunning an investigative service with her siblings gives Dorset Sinclair a purpose now she’s lost her twin to love. But trouble steps into her path in the guise of a pirate.She didn’t expect to save the life of the wickedly handsome stranger, and is shocked at the sparks of attraction that flare between them...
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    victorian  regency  m-f  historical  length-medium
  • A Deadly Affair by Carla Simpson

    A Deadly Affair by Carla Simpson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    London 1889 — Murder, mystery, and two people in a most unlikely partnership.She's an unconventional lady who has traveled the world, practices the art of self defense most excellently, and has an interesting tattoo in, ahem... a very unusual place...
  • The Devereaux Affair by Adele Clee

    The Devereaux Affair by Adele Clee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two lonely children form a bond.As the daughter of a famed courtesan, Julianna de Lacy had seen more than her share of heartbreak. As a child, her own heart was broken the night her mother dragged her from the Marquess Devereaux’s mansion and forced her into a stranger’s carriage...
  • Remembering Jamie by Nichole Van

    Remembering Jamie by Nichole Van

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Miss Eilidh Fyffe always assumed her life would follow a predictable pattern—meet a charming man, fall in love, marry, and live happily ever after. But when an accident damages her memory, she is left with only questions. Has she already fallen in love and married? If only she could remember...Master Kieran MacTavish has spent six years searching for his lost wife...
  • More than a Masquerade by Adele Clee

    More than a Masquerade by Adele Clee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An enquiry agent seeking her first case.After spending weeks eagerly awaiting an assignment, Rachel Gambit is instructed to meet her potential new client at a Vauxhall masquerade. She’s been given a list of instructions: to wear red, to find the mysterious gentleman amongst the crowd, with no clue to his identity...
  • The Lady's Last Mistake by Cara Devlin

    The Lady's Last Mistake by Cara Devlin

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    For years, Lady Cassandra Sinclair has harbored a scandalous secret and a painful loss. Unwilling to trust a man again, and determined to remain single, Cassie throws herself into a confidential project—a private home for pregnant, unwed women. Hope House is now her sole purpose...
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    mystery  regency  suspense  m-f  historical
  • A Killer in the Crystal Palace by Deb Marlowe

    A Killer in the Crystal Palace by Deb Marlowe

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A grand showcase for technology, art, design and . . . murder. London, 1851, and the Great Exhibition is on. A soaring success despite months of dour predictions, it is the event of the year, on front pages and wagging tongues the world over—and Miss Kara Levett is thrilled to be in the middle of it...
  • The Dagger Dance by Elizabeth Bailey

    The Dagger Dance by Elizabeth Bailey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lady Fan returns in another twisty murder case! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.Can Lady Fan unravel another mystery…?1793, EnglandAfter a not-so-relaxing holiday in Tunbridge Wells, Lady Ottilia and Lord Francis Fanshawe have returned to their home with a young orphaned girl, Pertesia ‘Pretty’ Brockhurst...
  • A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber

    A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Sebastian Gage returns home to battle the ghosts of his past and prevent them from destroying his future with Kiera in the latest exciting installment in this national bestselling series.July 1831. It's been fifteen years since Sebastian Gage has set foot in Langstone Manor...
  • The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear

    The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Yorkshire Dales 1850As a terrible storm rages, Annabelle Wallis is shocked to find a distressed young woman at her cottage door, heavy with child. Moments later a baby girl is born. But by dawn, the mother has vanished, leaving behind the helpless child wrapped only in a silk peacock shawl...
  • Surrender to the Duke by Tamara Gill

    Surrender to the Duke by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Surrendering to the Duke will be easy. Not losing her heart to him is another matter entirely… Miss Lila York should have refused her sister’s request. But since she didn’t, she’s now in the unfortunate position of traveling to London, pretending to be her sister, and rejecting a man—a man she’s long coveted from afar for herself...
  • An Audacious Woman: A Tabitha & Wolf Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    An Audacious Woman: A Tabitha & Wolf Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For fans of Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, and Andrea Penrose...Step into 1897 Victorian Unravel Love and Intrigue with The Tabitha & Wolf Historical Mystery Series, where Mystery meets Romance with a splash of Humour...
  • An Inexplicable Woman: A Historical Romance Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    An Inexplicable Woman: A Historical Romance Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Step into 1897 Victorian Unravel Love and Intrigue with The Tabitha & Wolf Historical Mystery Series, where Mystery meets Romance with a splash of Humour.Who is this mysterious woman from Wolf’s past who can so easily summon him to her side?When Lady Arlene Archibald tracks Wolf down and begs him for help, he plans to travel to Brighton alone to see her...
  • A Discerning Woman: A Historical Romance Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    A Discerning Woman: A Historical Romance Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It seems Christmas will be anything but peaceful this year!Tabitha and Wolf are hoping to spend a quiet Christmas at Glanwyddan Hall, the Pembroke estate in Wales. However, before they even leave London, they receive unsettling news of disturbing pranks happening on the estate...
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