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18th Century

Ripples in the Sand: The Fourth Voyage of Captain Jesamiah Acorne

By Helen Hollick - Published 2013

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Former pirate Jesamiah Acorne and his wife Tiola are sailing to England aboard the Sea Witch from the colonies with a hold full ...Read Review

Bring It Close

By Helen Hollick - Published 2011

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Adventure Historical Fantasy Nautical

Pardoned by the king for acts of piracy, Jesamiah Acorne is to wed Tiola, a midwife, healer and white witch. His plans are ...Read Review

Wilderness Trail of Love

By Dorothy Wiley - Published 2014

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Romance

Set in 1797, this romantic adventure takes the reader on a thrilling journey into the “brave new world” of the early American pioneers. Stephen ...Read Review

The Devil to Pay

By David Donachie - Published 2014

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Adventure Nautical

1794. There is no peace for John Pearce, the unorthodox Naval Lieutenant who, after crippling his armed cutter to save his lady-love from Barbary ...Read Review

The Confessions of Becky Sharp

By David James - Published 2014

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Fans of William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair and its unforgettable anti-heroine, Becky Sharp, will delight in David James’s smart, intensely ...Read Review

Wolf Winter

By Cecilia Ekbäck - Published 2015

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Mystery/Crime

Strong, stoic Maija, wavering Paavo, and daughters Frederika and Dorotea leave their native Finland for Swedish Lapland in 1717, having traded homesteads with Paavo’...Read Review

New Frontier of Love: 2 (American Wilderness Series Romance)

By Dorothy Wiley - Published 2014

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Romance

New Frontier of Love is a historical romance set in the Kentucky of 1797. The romance part takes place between Captain Sam Wyllie and ...Read Review

Shadow of the Raven

By Tessa Harris - Published 2014

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Mystery/Crime

Set in 18th-century England, this is a historical mystery wrapped in a romance, which is most likely a familiar theme for regular readers ...Read Review

Patrick’s Journey

By Roy Humphries - Published 2014

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Adventure Nautical

Patrick Rourke is a young Irishman who through a series of misadventures ends up in English custody and is sentences to deportation to ...Read Review

The Day of Atonement

By David Liss - Published 2014

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Literary Thriller

Lisbon before the earthquake of 1755 was one of the major commercial centers of Europe, an ancient city of close, cobbled streets and rambling ...Read Review