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Enraptured: Secrets of the Loch Trilogy

By Candace Camp - Published 2016

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Candace Camp’s Enraptured, set in 1807, is the final book in the Secrets of the Loch series, and she hooks you with archeology ...Read Review

Frankenstein Diaries: The Romantics

By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - By Michael January - Published 2015

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

“In 1814, two years before the notorious “Gothic Summer” in Geneva, 16-year-old Mary Godwin eloped to Paris with the 22-year-old poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley, ...Read Review

The Heiress of Linn Hagh

By Karen Charlton - Published 2015

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Mystery/Crime

It’s England in 1809, a time of two-wheel shays, smoky taverns, highwaymen, and the Bow Street Runners, two of whose adherents star in ...Read Review

The Prosecution of Mr. Darcy’s Cousin

By Regina Jeffers - Published 2015

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Mystery/Crime

Regina Jeffers, a prolific author of Jane Austen pastiche-fiction, turns in a sparkling mixture of historical period piece and whodunit in her latest ...Read Review

Dukes Prefer Blondes

By Loretta Chase - Published 2015

Genres:

Romance

Lady Clara Fairfax is a celebrated beauty, raised to be the wife of a duke; Raven Radford is a barrister, too smart and ...Read Review

The Dark Days Club

By Alison Goodman - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young Adult Historical Fantasy Mystery/Crime

Lady Helen Wrexhall is excited to begin her first Season out in society. She has noticed that she is getting heightened senses and ...Read Review

Virtuous Scoundrel: The Regency Romp Trilogy, Book 2

By Maggie Fenton - Published 2015

Genres:

Romance

The second book of the aptly named Regency Romp Trilogy turns to Sebastian Sherbrook and Katherine, Marchioness Manwaring, his aunt by marriage. Sebastian ...Read Review

Dukes Are Forever: The Secret Life of Scoundrels

By Anna Harrington - Published 2015

Genres:

Romance

Colonel Edward Westover returns from the war in Spain, burning for revenge against Philip Benton, the drunkard responsible for the death of his ...Read Review

When Falcons Fall: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery

By C.S. Harris - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

St. Cyr, better known to his readers as Devlin, arrives with his family in a small Shropshire village in 1813, ostensibly on a quest ...Read Review

Regency Christmas Gifts

By Carla Kelly - Published 2015

Genres:

Romance

In three Regency-set novellas, Carla Kelly evokes a gentle Christmas past. “The Lasting Gift” tells of an impoverished widow and her child who ...Read Review