More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Wa...
Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.
Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath. It is Catherine's first visit there. She meets new friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and goes to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother, the rough-manner...
Fanny Price is a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, who is taken from them at age 10 to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas, a baronet, and Lady Bertram, of Mansfield Park. She had previously lived with her own parents, Lieut. Price and his wife, Frances (Fanny), Lady Bertram's sister. Sh...
The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naively unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of the...
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set.
The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in L...
This is the debut novel of English author Anne Brontë, first published in December 1847 ( and originally written under the pen name, Acton Bell). The novel follows governess Agnes Grey as she works with the families of the English gentry, and is considered to be largely based on Brontë's own experiences as a governes...
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of...
On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive olde...
Paris, 1940. As the Germans invade her beloved city of Paris, aspiring jazz singer Vivienne Dumont leaves everything behind for her family's summer villa in the charming seaside town of Bordeaux. Instead of finding refuge, Vivienne is forced to assume a new identity when Nazi troops encroach upon every corner of her h...
"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is about an eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
BOOK 3 A life marked by fear and loss, Talitha knows all about running and trusting no one. Her heart in pieces, Talitha knows nothing about accepting love. Enter a charismatic, adventurous knight who knows more about smiling than Talitha knows about grieving. Something is knocking on her heart, Someone is calling h...
When a suitor comes hoping to win Princess Suzanna's heart, her whole world is turned upside down. With a reputation of talking far too much and wild red hair to match her temper, Suzanna can't imagine what the Duke of Adryrwen sees in her. In a sudden decision, she accepts the betrothal. But the more Suzanna questio...
"I was starving. Not a soul cared. The nobles and rich do not care for 'dirt-scum' or 'drunk beggars.' Our King is sick and tired. His heir, the Prince, is a pompous, arrogant, self-absorbed fool. At least, I think so. A beggar has no chance at joy, particularly an orphan one. I am destined to a life of dirt, hard flo...
Life's controversy is overcome by understanding and conquered by love. Two couples. First, there is Lord Bennett Caldwell, Earl of Kendal. He knows of the marital contract he would one day honor. His father raised him to cherish the young girl. Yet, with her young age of only sixteen, he is prepared to wait longer. Ho...
Nothing has gone as planned. Logan of the Usani family had every intention of persuading the powerful Ricell family that he was worthy enough to marry their daughter. He knew it would not be easy, he knew it would take remarkable effort and sacrifice on his part but he was willing. His love for her is strong. Everyt...
Two lands, one much richer than the other. A betrothal is suggested. Wolfe and Raven are to be married, or at least that is what Sparrow believes when she arrives to wish her sister well. The betrothal is broken and Sparrow is bound by honour to find another solution to unite the two lands. An offer is given but sh...
Lord Bear Usani has dealt with a great many of emotions through his life: happiness, excitement, victory, mischief...loss, sadness, grief, guilt... The latter weigh heavily on his mind. He lost his father at a young age, his younger brother only a few years ago, then the woman he intended to marry only six months ago...
When a woman of famous and true beauty discovers she is to be married to a greedy and callous king forty years her senior, she must escape or else spend the rest of her life surrounded by ugliness.
The time has come for Hunter, the only illegitimate son of the late Lord Usani, to know the true meaning of family, loyalty and honour. The path ahead is fraught with danger. Three women will compete to win his heart. But which of them is honest and true? The choice will be in his hands but with everything else conten...
Hidden secrets avoid judgment, but revealed bring new light of healing. Jasper Mills, Earl of Glastonburg, had rather be called bastard than Earl. His half sisters call him Bastard Earl. He was claimed by his father, and was given the name Mills because he had no legitimate sons. As a boy, he had more than most lowbo...
The year is 1888. Secrets begin to unfurl when Frank Forester arrives to court Sarah Lawrence. His idea to stay turns into a need to get her out of town. At each turn, surprises arrive. The trip to the ranch does not go as expected and Jacob Forester also finds things going wrong. He's agreed to ride with the Rangers...
(Sequel to En garde, Milady) He saved her once, however, danger still lurks. Lord Chadwick survived his burns thanks to his nurse, Prudence Stanford, but now she needs his help. His secret tender for her makes him desperate to keep her safe. When he begins to hunt for the underlying threat to her, he uncovers a plot...
Watty's 2018 short list, #2 highest rank for Historical, 1st Place in the Profound Awards. Lord Grey has sailed the seas, fought pirates, and built a shipping fleet before turning thirty. Now he must marry and produce an heir. He believes his days of adventure are limited until he meets Gabriella Barrington. Her cou...
Rankings: 1st in Short stories. 2nd in Princess. 2nd in Billionaire. 28th in Fairytale. 96th in Queens. 153rd in Kings. ×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-× Rose is a Princess of Highland and a gem for her family. She has all the love of her family. But what happens when she is forced to marry someone she just met a...
♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢ He said: "Don't you feel lonely living in your own little world?" She whispered: "Don't you feel powerless living in other people's worlds?" ♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢ A story of two people living in the kingdom of ruins ruled by a merciless king. One of them is in search of finding about her true self and the othe...
The 'marriage' was against his will. The woman was beyond his liking. So, when Lord Stephan Adelwood was married to the poor girl named Eden Henley, his fire did bruise the lady badly enough to change her entirely. Promises were broken, hearts were shattered, madness surged the senses and loss....loss filled the crev...
Shakira Gaston is a lovely young lady who is said to be an orphan, humble peaceful caring and courageous Prince Ethan Mangrove is a cold hearted handsome young prince What happens when two people who are worlds apart falls head over heels Shakira soon discovered royalty at an unexpected twist What about the conspirac...
[Wattys 2022 Winner!] Vanessa Brooks, an anxious and cynical seventeen year-old, discovers she can travel to the summer of 1953 through the run-down community pool in her rural Michigan town and risks her future as she falls for a boy who lives in the past. ****** On the last day of junior year, Vanessa Brooks joins h...