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He Walks Among Us by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMembers of the Arctic Circle Murder Club get together to discuss the next case they'll take a deep dive into. But their plans are quickly derailed when three bodies emerge from an icy river nearby and a friend of one of the victims pleads for help... -
A Michaelmas Truce by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And the sons and daughters caught in the middle.Madge Paton has been the mainstay of the Fletcher household for a quarter of a century, and even though her role managing the household and raising the children has been usurped by Harry Fletcher’s new wife, there’s still work to be done for a spinster aunt... -
Taken to the Grave by Cara Devlin
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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... -
A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA 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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Divine Creations: A Divine Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs former convict and resident, Kelli Cole enters the last stretch of her time at Joanna Pepperdine’s rehabilitation farm in Divine, Kansas, new evidence that could prove her innocence is given to her from an unlikely ally…the news reporter who unfairly covered her trial... -
An Autumn Courtship by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And the sons and daughters caught in the middle.Johnny Fletcher is exactly where he wants to be - a Fellow at Cambridge, with a lifetime of scholarly pursuits in front of him. He’s not allowed to marry, but he has no need for a wife when he has his books for company... -
The Mystery of Mr Daventry by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRead 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
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIf 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... -
Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe “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
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter 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... -
Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard… It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together.At least not in 1884.Or in the small town where she’s settled.Or anywhere else.It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has... -
Irresistible by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJessamine 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... -
Nature of the Crime by Cara Devlin
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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... -
The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeloved writer Sean Dietrich—also known as Sean of the South—will warm your heart with this rich and nostalgic tale of a small-town sheriff, a mysterious little girl, and a good-hearted community pulling together to help her.Folks in Moab live for ice cream socials, baseball, and the local paper’s weekly gossip column... -
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Vacancy: Viscount Preferred by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLady 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...Categorized as:
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What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe 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... -
Codes of Courage by A.L. Sowards
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a battle of torpedoes, depth charges, and secret codes, nothing is as vulnerable as the human heart. 1940: Austrian refugee Karl Lang has lost everything―his country, his home, and his family. All that is left to him is a burning ambition to see the Nazis defeated... -
The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Cross-Country Trip through Regency England Brings Intrigue, Rogues, and High Adventure The must-read conclusion to Michelle Griep’s Bow Street Runners Trilogy: Life couldn’t be better for Abigail Gilbert—but it’s been a long time in coming. Having lived with a family who hated her, it’s finally her time for love... -
Once Upon an Accidentally Bewitching Kiss by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn this second-chance Regency romance by USA Today bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author BREE WOLF, a jilted lord and a young widow are forced to risk their hearts all over again.Once, he loved her.Once, he lost her.Now, he must fight for her.England 1803: TROY BEAUMONT, only son to the EARL OF WHICKERTON, risked his heart once…and came to regret it... -
The Captain's Heiress by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCaptain Gibb MacGalloway might adore women, but he does not allow them aboard his ship…Females are too distracting for his crew—and too distracting for him, truth be told. But when his brother, the Duke of Dunscaby, asks him to provide safe passage to Miss Isabella Harcourt, the daughter of an old family friend, Gibb has no choice but to bend his rules... -
The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFocused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1859 when she discovers a never-opened love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. Compelled to find the passionate soul who penned it and the person who never received it, she takes a job as a nurse at the seaside estate of Crestwicke Manor... -
The Enemy and Miss Innes by Martha Keyes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll that stands between him and freedom? Turning her hatred to love.Elizabeth Innes has a tongue too sharp for her own good, and she is never more ready to employ it than when faced with the MacKinnons. With just one piece of evidence connecting their clan to a near-deadly attack, she is determined to prove the laird guilty and see him brought to justice... -
The Devereaux Affair by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo 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... -
More than a Masquerade by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn 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... -
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The Lady's Last Mistake by Cara Devlin
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor 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... -
The Lady's Last Mistake: A Bow Street Duchess Romance by Cara Devlin
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor 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... -
The Lost Lieutenant by Erica Vetsch
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe's doing what he can to save the Prince Regent's life . . . but can he save his new marriage as well? Evan Eldridge never meant to be a war hero--he just wanted to fight Napoleon for the future of his country. And he certainly didn't think that saving the life of a peer would mean being made the Earl of Whitelock...Categorized as:
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Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Colleen Coble delivers her signature blend of romance and suspense when Brenna Fleming flees to a cabin in Lavender Tides only to discover that everything she believed about herself has been a lie. Six months after her wedding, Bailey Fleming discovers she wasn't really married to Kyle Bearcroft... -
When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAyleswick-on-Teme, England, 1813. Sebastian has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and to learn more about his own ancestry. But when the body of a lovely widow is found on the banks of the River Teme, a bottle of laudanum at her side, the village’s inexperienced new magistrate turns to St. Cyr for help... -
Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebastian St. Cyr’s past combine to put C. S. Harris’s “troubled but compelling antihero” (Booklist) to the ultimate test in this taut, thrilling mystery.London, 1813. The vicious decapitation of Stanley Preston, a wealthy, socially ambitious plantation owner, at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St... -
The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat Can a London Opera Star and an Escaped Dartmoor Prisoner Have in Common? Opera star Maggie Lee escapes her opulent lifestyle when threatened by a powerful politician who aims to ruin her life. She runs off to the wilds of the moors to live in anonymity. All that changes the day she discovers a half-dead man near her house... -
A Precarious Gamble by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs Love worth the gamble?Lord Hugh Calvert has managed to disgrace himself again. He gambled and won a small fortune, as he usually does, but this time the pot included a ward. He has never been responsible for someone other than himself. Perhaps it would be best if he just turns the care of his new ward over to his mother, washing his hands of her... -
Peacocks of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Laraba Kendig
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDarcy is surprised that Elizabeth has won the friendship of his unusual sister, and he is shocked when he begins to fall for her as well.Mr. Darcy feels guilty that he was not there to prevent Mr. Bingley from marrying Jane Bennet, who no doubt was only after his money... -
A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSebastian 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... -
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Thunder of Heaven: A Joshua Jordan Novel by Tim LaHaye
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEconomies have fallen, freedom has been suppressed, and peace is a distant memory. The world is falling apart. Joshua Jordan's protege Ethan March, along with Jimmy Louder and Rivka Reuban have been left behind in a world that is rapidly coming under the complete influence of the Antichrist... -
The Secret of the Lost Pearls by Darcie Wilde
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBeyond the glittering ballrooms and elegant parties of Regency London lurk all manner of unexpected dangers. In Darcie Wilde’s captivating mystery series inspired by the novels of Jane Austen and written with the wit of “Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s cheeky asides in Fleabag” (Bookpage), no one is better equipped to help ladies who find themselves wronged than “useful woman” Rosalind Thorne.. -
The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a position as housemaid at a midwestern Wisconsin castle and finds that the reclusive and eccentric Gothic authoress inside hides more than the harrowing tales in her novels. With women disappearing from the area and a legend that seems to parallel these eerie circumstances, Daisy is thrust into a web that may threaten to steal her sanity, if not her life... -
The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers convinces her sisters to open their seaside home to guests to provide for their ailing mother. Emily and Georgiana agree, but Viola, who wears a veil to cover a scar, detests the idea. Determined to stay together, the sisters begin the new venture... -
A Gentleman's Honor: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melanie Rachel
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSomeone wants Elizabeth Bennet dead. It’s all Fitzwilliam Darcy’s fault.Elizabeth Bennet wants the truth from Mr. Darcy. When she follows him from the ballroom to insist upon it, she becomes an unwilling witness to a scandalous scene. And for once, she cannot blame Mr. Darcy for disdaining his company. Not even when he departs Netherfield in the middle of the ball... -
Mystery Loves Company: Another John Pickett Mystery by Sheri Cobb South
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReturning to London after his honeymoon (For Deader or Worse), Bow Street Runner John Pickett soon discovers wedded bliss is not without its pitfalls, as he finds it galling to be financially dependent on Julia, his aristocratic bride... -
The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestselling author Kristy Cambron concludes the Lost Castle novels with this sweeping tale of art and secrets long buried in England. It was supposed to be a one-week job: survey an art find, collect a hefty fee, and use that to settle historian Kiera Foley’s life back into balance... -
On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1885.Adria Fontaine has been sent to recover goods her father pirated on the Great Lakes during the war. But when she arrives at Foxglove Manor--a stone house on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior--Adria senses wickedness hovering over the property... -
To Write a Wrong by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Daphne Beekman is a mystery writer by day, inquiry agent by night. Known for her ability to puzzle out plots, she happily works behind the scenes for the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency, staying well away from danger. However, when Mr... -
Lost in Darkness by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven if there be monsters, there is none so fierce as that which resides in man’s own heart.Enchanting Regency-Era Gothic Romance Intertwined with Inspiration from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Travel writer Amelia Balfour’s dream of touring Egypt is halted when she receives news of a revolutionary new surgery for her grotesquely disfigured brother. This could change everything, and it does. . -
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An Alleged Rogue by Sian Ann Bessey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLord Adam Dunsbourne is a tyrant. At least, that’s what everyone says. The tales are shocking: accounts of a man who gambled away the family fortune and keeps his younger sister, Emily, captive in their home at Dunsbourne Manor. So when Adam and his sister make an unexpected appearance at a dinner party, the scandalized whispers cannot be contained... -
To Disguise the Truth by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Arthur Livingston arrives out of the blue at the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency, anxious to hire the agency to seek out a missing heiress, Eunice Holbrooke realizes her past has finally caught up with her.Having fled from the scene of her grandfather's murder seven years before, Eunice is a lady with secrets--the most important that she is the missing heiress Arthur is seeking... -
The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYorkshire 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... -
A Stormy Season by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing but the deepest love will induce Jane Gilchrist to marry, even when asked by the young and handsome widower with whom every other girl is in love.Luke Watley lost his wife to a tragic accident. But when he discovers it was no accident at all, he must solve the mystery behind her murder, or he—and anyone close to him—is in danger of becoming their next victim... -
A Mark of Grace by Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRuth Anniston survived an injury that left her physically scarred, broken, and angry at God. Now she finds herself working behind the scenes as a kitchen supervisor at the El Tovar Hotel, hidden away from curious eyes. When money begins to disappear from the hotel, Ruth's entire livelihood is put at risk... -
Through Every Danger: Four Christian Romantic Suspense Novels by Lisa Phillips, Michelle Aleckson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUndertow - Lisa PhillipsSelena is ready to retire from her career as a social media stunt star. After a disastrous breakup, one last job—on a cruise—will give her the cash to take charge of her future. Peter wants to make full operative at Vanguard Security...
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