She was the youngest. The most protected. The one the world never meant to harden. Princess Elena of Castile lost everything in a single night. Her father was declared dead. Her brother taken captive. Her sister vanished without a trace. Her mother, once a queen, now lay between life and death. She lost her title as princess - her father stole the crown that didn't belong to him. Elena is now no one. And the palace that once sheltered her became a cage. When an unseen hand reached for her life, Elena understood the truth too late: innocence does not survive courts built on blood. With nowhere left to turn, she entrusted her escape to the only man who never asked anything from her - Lord Edmund of England, a man bound by loyalty, burdened by secrets, and dangerously close to her heart. And worst of all? He is her sister's fiancè. Far from the Ottoman palace, Elena should have been safe. Instead, she began to burn. Because some women do not seek justice. They seek revenge. And Princess Elena remembers every name.

He was told he could never have her, but he is taking her anyway. Dilara Sultan is the youngest sister of the Ottoman ruler Sultan Murad, the daughter of the most feared woman Mahpeyker Sultan and Sultan Selim Han. Brilliant, outspoken, and painfully romantic, she has always wished for only one thing - love. Seeking freedom, she follows her brother to a distant province, unaware that fate has already set its snare. Sultan Süleyman of the Persian Empire is a ruler forged by conquest and control. Feared by enemies, adored by his people, untouched by desire - until one accidental meeting fractures his carefully ordered world. What begins as curiosity turns into fixation. What should have been forbidden becomes irresistible. Dilara Sultan is off limits, but he was never the one to follow the rules anyway. Between rival empires and watchful courts, Dilara plays a dangerous game, guarding her heart against a man whose obsession could either crown her or destroy her. With jealous lovers lurking in the shadows, family loyalty tested, and politics sharpening every stolen glance, their love threatens to rewrite history itself. She was never meant to be his. He was never meant to want anyone this much. A sweeping tale of passion and power, where obsession burns hotter than war, and one woman's fire is enough to bring the whole empire to its knees.

He could lose his head for looking her way, but that doesn't stop him. Taken from her homeland as a child and stripped of her name, Zeynep belongs to the Sultan's harem, bound by obedience and silence. Survival has taught her one rule above all others: never draw attention, don't speak unless spoken to. But when a plague outbreak forces her into quarantine as the sole attendant of Prince Selim, she expects six days of quiet service. Instead, she becomes the center of his gaze. Selim is everything she should fear: charming, restless, dangerously curious. A prince with too much time, too many questions, and eyes that linger where they should not. What begins as teasing grows into something far more perilous: recognition, understanding, and a connection neither of them can afford. In a world where a woman of the harem belongs to the Sultan alone, their growing bond is a crime punishable by death. Eunuchs listen. Walls whisper. And the Valide Sultan, powerful, dangerous, and watchful, sees far more than she lets on. As desire and danger tighten their hold, Zeynep must choose between the life she has endured and the love she was never meant to find. And Selim must decide how much he is willing to risk - his family, his future, even his life - for the girl that belongs to his brother's harem.

The Sultan's Sister & the Grand Vizier Born into power but imprisoned by duty, Aysel Sultana has never been allowed to follow her heart. When the man she loves shatters her heart, Aysel is forced into a marriage she never wanted - with the empire's most loyal statesman, Grand Vizier Ahmed Pasha. He is kind, devoted and everything a woman should want. But she? She is determined to hate him. But their marriage is a battlefield masked in love and affection - where jealousy sharpens knives and love becomes a dangerous weakness. As threats close in around the royal family, Aysel must decide: Will she cling to the love that has already broken her? Or will she stay with a man she swore she could never love? A story of betrayal, forbidden desire, and a marriage born from duty that just might turn into destiny.

He was supposed to ruin her life, he fell in love instead. They were once childhood friends-before fate tore them apart. Now he is Sultan Murad, ruler of an empire built on loyalty, blood, and silence. She is Princess Alina of Castile, a foreign royal promised to a political future she never chose. When tragedy forces their worlds to collide again, old memories ignite into new defiance. He has vowed to protect his dynasty. She has vowed to protect hers. Their reunion should have ended in distance. Instead, it awakens something far more dangerous-forbidden longing, buried loyalty, and a love neither of them is allowed to claim. Enemies by circumstance. Lovers by destiny. And in a world where betrayal is punished by death, even a single glance could cost them everything. {not based on the real history}

Inspired by true events, 'The Blue Hour' is a story of political intrigue and doomed love set in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire during the summer of 1876. All Prince Hamid and the Belgian glove-maker, Flora Cordier, want is to pursue their forbidden love. But how can they amid backroom dealings, deadly conspiracies, and when an ominous prophecy seals Hamid's fate as the saviour of the Empire? ***** It's the summer of 1876, and rebellion, corruption, famine, and the impending threat of war plague the Ottoman Empire. As European powers circle like vultures for spoils, the century-old dynasty fears Allah has abandoned it. Presiding over the decline is the deranged Sultan Abdulaziz. A prophecy emerges that Hamid, second heir to the throne, will ascend to sultan-hood by summer's end. Fearing for his life and haunted by an inner darkness, he flees the palace. Meanwhile, Hamid's step-mother Peresto, and his enigmatic tutor, Reshid, conspire to fulfil the prophecy by betraying the Sultan and Hamid's step-brother, Crown Prince Murad. Intoxicated by love and freedom, Hamid pursues a secret affair with Flora Cordier, about to marry a man she does not love to escape her past. Over a few passionate summer months, they fight for their forbidden love to become the persons they dream of being, in defiance of society and of the powerful forces of history that conspire to drive them apart. Intimate and intensely atmospheric, 'The Blue Hour' encapsulates eternal themes of love, power, and the struggle for freedom. Blending the epic romance of 'Doctor Zhivago' with the rich historical detail and political intrigue of a Jason Goodwin novel, it is entertaining and vividly immersive, with deep emotional resonance. COMPLETED.

After finally graduating high school, eighteen year old Elizabeth Proctor is pressured into a party at sea. When things go wrong, she finds herself thrown into an entirely different world. Waking up on a pirate ship that sailed hundreds of years before her time, Elizabeth must figure out how to adjust to her new life and hide her impossible secret. A grand adventure awaits her if she's only brave enough to take a chance. Cover by @All_AboutAssymetry *Updates on Saturdays* 11/30/16 - #236 in Historical Fiction 1/23/17 - #225 in Historical Fiction 2/12/17 - #98 in Historical Fiction 4/7/17 - #69 in Historical Fiction 4/30/17 - #34 in Historical Fiction 5/21/17 - #29 in Historical Fiction 5/26/17 - #17 in Historical Fiction 6/13/17 - #14 in Historical Fiction 6/23/17 - #7 in Historical Fiction 6/27/17 - #6 in Historical Fiction 7/5/17 - #4 in Historical Fiction 5/15/18 - #1 in Historical Fiction Started - 9/17/16 Finished - 6/10/17

Striving to secure her future through marriage, an heiress with a dubious pedigree begins to question who she truly is -- and who she wants to be. ***** Edith Shepley looks like a Wyrm. She takes after her father, whoever he was -- she doesn't know, and even if she cared to, it would hardly change things. She is a proper Folk lady, as sure as the sun rises, trained from the cradle to govern as Baroness of Ewert someday. And she knows her duty. A woman, now, at sixteen years old, the time has come for Edith to marry and beget Ewert's next heir. Journeying from country estates to city townhouses, through war-ravaged lands in between, Edith diligently considers suitor after suitor, some sweet, some baffling, some detestable -- and, suddenly, who her father was begins to matter very much. The more she sees of her mother's society, the more Edith questions whether she really is Folk, after all. And the more she's stung by its insults, its injuries and injustices, the more she wonders if she really even wants to be. But what is a proper young lady to do, if not her duty? Book One of The Unfinished Wyrm! Wattys 2017 "The Storysmiths" winner!

A pacifist with a war god trapped in her bones must decide between stirring her demons or watching her allies and enemies unite against her. ***** When Queen Nomvula finds herself threatened by a reckless prince, she's cornered into navigating a battle that will devastate the region, and her clan, should it escalate. Worse, someone knows about her deadly secret, and where its bloody trail eventually ends. Staying ahead of her enemies means risking her land, her values, and even her children, all while keeping the war god inside her from takings matters into its own hands.

Verity Baker has spent her life cleaning up after her father's mistakes. But one day, he goes too far and sells her, for one night only, to a local lord to pay his debts. What kind of man would buy a woman? What kind of woman would agree to be bought? COMPLETED