Historical Romance
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Punishing The Slave Girl by Penny Black
Why only have one tall, blonde and rugged hero when you can have half a dozen?
We own you now. Each and every one of us.
Desire everywhere, aching through her skin. Heart beating wildly, pounding in her chest. Her breath short, their pleasure forbidden.
She’s surrounded by them, bound to them, powerless to resist. Her body is no longer her own. What they want they will take. What she wants is now out of her control.
Barbarians, savages, Vikings. The words hot on her lips, her knees weak with their need.
She wants it. She has to have it at all costs.
Demanding hands rough with greed. Clothes torn to bare delicate flesh. Touching her in ways she’s never been touched. No stopping it. Fingers, tongues, lust everywhere. Hard, insistent, demanding.
Alpha males ALWAYS get what they want.
Once the Queen of England, now nothing but a slave, there is no turning back for inexperienced Anne.
History meets fantasy in this steamy romance novella, as Penny Black lets her imagination run wild to take you on an incredible forbidden journey you’ll never forget.
This is a standalone romance novella with a very happy ending.
Theodore Hartley by E.H. Nolan
E.H. Nolan brings back the most beloved character from her Amazon best-selling debut in this sequel to “Mabel Crowley”.
Handsome, brilliant, charming, and a millionaire, Theodore Hartley is the most sought after man in all England. At thirty-nine, Theodore is confident that that he will never settle down, until he meets the beautiful and intriguing sixteen-year-old Alice Ingleson.
Four decades of Mabel’s life was recorded in “Mabel Crowley”, but hers wasn’t the only intriguing narrative. Dozens of characters, all struggling with their own hopes and hardships, mingled and crossed paths with Mabel throughout the years. Enter a world thirty years before Mabel Crowley, a time when Theodore Hartley was a young man in search of his destiny.
It’s time we read his story . . .
Mabel Crowley: Book One by E.H. Nolan
Mabel Crowley, the only child of a wealthy English banker, wants nothing more than to be rid of her last name and wed her first love, stable-boy Charlie Archer, whose own hopes reside in becoming a partner in his father’s livery yard. Her parents forbid the union and whisk the impulsive child away to Bath so that she might forget her troubles. Distraught and vowing that she will never love again, Mabel impulsively accepts a teaching position while on vacation in Bath, certain that this will ensure her spinsterhood and prove her undying love for Charlie. Irene Hartley, a five-year-old student desperately in love with her new teacher, persuades her parents to offer Mabel a position as governess to their growing brood. Her father is Theodore Hartley, the obscenely wealthy and renowned railroad tycoon. Theodore sees how his daughter has grown attached to Mabel, and after his wife dies in childbirth, he makes Mabel an offer of a permanent nature to make his eldest daughter happy. Still madly in love with Charlie, Mabel returns home to find out whether he has carried the same love in his heart in the years they’ve been apart. She finds him boarding a train, in uniform, ready to serve his country in World War I. Will she act once again on impulse, or will she make her decision based on hope for her future? A sweeping romance of love, longing, and the nature of hope, E.H. Nolan’s debut is a moving family saga that probes the deepest recesses of the human heart with subtlety, profound empathy, and prose filled with the emotion of open spaces and words left unsaid. Delving into the nature of sacrifice, family secrets, and the important of keeping promises and honouring commitments, Mabel Crowley captures the essence of the human condition as it delivers a passionate portrait of a life consumed by the power of love.
Destiny’s Plan by Victoria Saccenti
When Raquelita Muro and Matthew Buchanan meet by chance on a Greyhound bus between Texas and Tallahassee, neither suspects Fate is about to take over.
Raquelita, a gentle girl under the heel of her abusive mother, finds this kind young man a miracle. Matthew, an idealistic young soldier, discovers this sweet-natured girl is an angel in need of a guardian. However, the next stop on Matthew’s journey is Fort Benning to report for deployment to Vietnam, while Raquelita’s destination is set at her mother’s whim. Regardless of the forces tearing them apart, they discover a way to secretly span the distance, to end up closer than ever. But Fate is rarely kind. The vagaries of war—and the unstable tempers of Raquelita’s mother—intervene, leaving both ill-fated lovers feeling there is no hope for their love.
Set in the turbulent era of the Vietnam War, Raquelita’s and Matthew’s story is one of love, loss, lost faith, shattered memoires, deferred dreams and broken promises. Will Fate tear apart these two damaged souls, leaving them desperately alone forever, or will they finally overcome Fate, their bond stronger than they ever thought possible?
Soldier: A Medieval Christmas Story by Catherine Lloyd
Two linked tales of two amoral men transformed by the women who love them. Set in 13th Century England at Christmas.
In Mercenary, Lord Broderick, has been made a new father but his wife dies in childbirth and his infant son is failing to thrive. Then Tess is brought before him, the daughter of the lord whose lands Broderick has usurped. The new master of Castlemuir confines the young woman to his inner sanctum to nurse his son, unaware that Tess poses the greatest danger to him of all.
In Jester, Dumas, a hideously deformed clown travels the countryside in a caravan with his young assistant, Fallon, a young woman disguised as a boy. In return for keeping her identity a secret, Fallon must perform for the misshapen man each night. But Dumas has a secret of his own as Fallon soon learns after a performance at Castlemuir Hall.
GENEVIEVE by B R Peabody by Barry Peabody
Privileged, spoilt, arrogant and violent. Harry Wetherby’s mother engages yet another governess in a last desperate attempt to salvage her only child. Genevieve Archer will educate the boy at the family’s country house. Her track record is superb, but Harry is the ultimate test and they are closely matched in age. Other darkly erotic attractions lurk in the background, and if they should fall for each other yet more perils lie in wait. A former employer will stop at nothing to bring ruin on Genevieve, causing misery to her and those around her. Harry’s fabulously wealthy mother will almost certainly break them apart, and on the horizon looms a war the like of which mankind has never seen before – a war which will claim the lives of multitudes and cripple millions more in the trenches of the Somme and Ypres. This book will hold you, enthral you, take you to the deepest darkest pits of despair then make your heart soar. It is a vivid portrait of the lives lived in Edwardian Britain. It paints a starkly accurate picture of life and death in the trenches and the price paid afterwards by those who came home – and by those who only ever got a telegram back. Praise for GENEVIEVE: xxx ‘In places it will rend you like a knife and in others touches with gossamer care. If you only read one book this year, you should make sure this is it – gripping!’ xxx ‘Compelling, moving, vividly coloured and darkly erotic’..xxx ‘written with love in letters of blood’ xxx ‘thought-provoking – I would lie awake wondering if my grandparents ever got up to these antics!’ xxx ‘truly Dickensian in its scope – the characters will stay with you forever’ xxx ‘beautifully detailed and so evocative – you’re with them in the trench, waiting for the enemy with your heart thumping madly…’ xxx ‘this book takes you there – best read so far this year!’ xxx Click to see inside or search Genevieve on Facebook.
Love’s Conqueror by Renee Hand
Miranda Mayne, the daughter of a notorious pirate, spent most of her life in the hustle and bustle of London society, though her true love was always the sea. Promising her father she will stay away from the life that killed her mother, Miranda accepts the marriage proposal of a man she thinks she can trust—only to discover that his true intentions are to secretly capture her father. Trapped between loyalty and deceit, Miranda’s heart falls prey for her true match only to find that he is out of her reach. Will she lose everything she holds dear or can she save her father, find true love, and most of all—find herself before reality prevails?
A PLACE IN HIS HEART by Rebecca DeMarino
She could cross an ocean, but could she ever win his heart? Anglican Mary Langton longs to marry for love. Left at the altar and disgraced in her small hamlet, she is being pressured to marry the eligible son of a London milliner. Puritan Barnabas Horton still grieves the loss of his beloved wife, but he knows his two young sons need a mother.
With tender hearts, Mary and Barnabas take a leap of faith and wed. But when Barnabas’s secret plans to move his family to the New World to escape persecution come to light, Mary’s world is upended. How could she possibly leave her papa and her dear sister? And will she ever reach the secret places of her husband’s broken heart? This historical romance is based on the real lives of Rebecca DeMarino’s ninth great-grandparents, Mary and Barnabas Horton, who came to Long Island in the 1630’s.
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The Mourning Doll by K. J. Kay
Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, The Mourning Doll tells the love story between Sir Lincoln Bartholomew Rinehart and the mysterious and haunting, Lady Delphinia and his intertwining political career.
As Lincoln is a man who has grown to become greatly dissatisfied with his life and despise the social class hierarchy in which he was born, he accepts an offer to join the newly formed political faction known as the Ashwoods and become the Minister of Gravesend but, he soon discovers that he is merely a pawn in a game played by powerful politicians.
Amidst this tumultuous political and social climate, Lincoln is torn between the expectations of his family and society to marry the beautiful Lady Madeline Montague, his loyalty toward the poorer working classes of Britain and his love for the mysterious Lady Delphinia who harbours a frightening secret.
A Love That Never Tires by Allyson Jeleyne
When the free-spirited daughter of an archaeologist meets an overcautious marquess, she discovers love is the greatest adventure of all.
