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Misty Urban

The Princess Stakes: A Multicultural Regency Romance

By Amalie Howard - Published 2021

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When her father, the Maharaja of Joor, is murdered, Princess Sarani Rao flees to Britain, assuming the name and title of her Scottish ...Read Review

The Highlander’s Irish Bride (Clan Kendrick)

By Vanessa Kelly - Published 2021

Genres:

Romance

When a prank ends with her being sent to visit relatives in Glasgow, lively Irish lass Kathleen Calvert is welcomed into the Kendrick ...Read Review

Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity

By Alberto Angela - Published 2021

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Nonfiction

Popular Italian historian Angela’s docudrama covers a crucial fourteen years of Roman history, complete with feasts, battles, and two legendary love affairs. ...Read Review

Portrait of a Forbidden Love (The Rebellious Sisterhood 1)

By Bronwyn Scott - Published 2020

Genres:

Romance

In this first in the Rebellious Sisterhood series, determined artist Artemisia Stansfield seduces an earl’s son with her painting skill and attractive ...Read Review

Finding Ithaka: An Epic Story Traversing Time (Ionian Trilogy Book 1)

By Anna - By Harvey - Published 2020

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Dr. Thea Sefton returns to the Greek island of Kefalonia as part of an archaeological expedition searching for the palace of Odysseus, regarded ...Read Review

The Cape Doctor

By E. J. Levy - Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Levy’s dreamlike debut fictionalizes the life of 19th-century Dr. James Miranda Barry, the Irish-born military surgeon who advocated for medical reforms, performed ...Read Review

Murder Under A Black Moon

By Abigail Keam - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

Mona Moon is a wealthy businesswoman and amateur sleuth attending the Kentucky Derby when a man is murdered in the box next to ...Read Review

Once Dishonored

By Mary Jo Putney - Published 2020

Genres:

Romance

When he sees the lovely Kendra, Lady Denshire, standing alone at a ball, officer and gentleman Lucas, Lord Foxton, at once asks her ...Read Review

A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem (A Lady’s Guide, 1)

By Manda Collins - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime Romance

When she meets like-minded Caro Hardcastle at a boring dinner party, widowed businesswoman Lady Katherine Bascomb invites her to co-author a new column ...Read Review