Aurelia, a Noble Roman woman, had heard of the savage British tribes, their mystic Celtic ways, and the battles the Roman army was fighting against them on their shores. The battles her soon-to-be Husband, Quintus Acquilla, was fighting in the name of the Eagle. But she could not have predicted that, when she crossed the ocean to be with him and fulfil the marriage contract between their families, she would be captured by a Barbarian War Lord and made to be his War Prize...

England, 1882, Bedfordshire, Elsie, a young woman living in a big mansion with a vineyard is trying to get on with her life. She lives in comfort because of her marriage with a much older wealthy man, a life she never chose, her father, a baron, deciding everything for her. She has servants looking after her needs, but she is not happy, she feels like her life is not complete and she wants to find the spark. One day something happens to her husband. Her life is then turned upside down when she meets another village widow, Millie, a countess.

Washington State 1880: Liam McCallum (28) is exhausted. After his wife's death, he's single-handedly raising his two children and running their farm. Liam doesn't want a new wife but he finally admits that he needs one. A solicitor from England brings photos of mail-order brides who are hoping to come to the United States. McCallum haphazardly chooses one but she never arrives. God has bigger plans for Liam than he has for himself. Grace Elliott (19) has had a rough couple of years. Although she was raised in a genteel home, she's been on her own since the age of fifteen. On the run from her evil uncle, Grace works as a servant at a small country inn outside London. When it's no longer safe, she prayerfully decides to be a mail-order bride and moves to the United States. But to her horror, after grueling travels with terrible motion sickness, her fiancee takes one look at her and rejects her. Updates once a week on Saturdays.

​Sent from her homeland of Joseon into the glittering, treacherous world of the Forbidden City, Yi Mi-Sook must leave behind her identity to take part in the Qianlong Emperor's highly competitive harem selection. ​In an opulent cage where beauty is a weapon and alliances shift like the wind, Mi-Sook finds herself navigating a deadly web of court politics, ancient rituals, and ruthless rivals. Every smile hides a threat, and every gown conceals a secret. As she vies for the Emperor's attention, she must decide how far she is willing to compromise her honor and her heart to secure her place-or face banishment, or worse. ** 🥀🖤

Betrayal. Vengeance. Secrets.
 Wilbur is a determined prince who is unsure about being king.
 Tom is a cunning prince who will do anything for his kingdom and become king.
When their mother dies and the king tragically commits suicide; the two brothers must each decide over: Kin and Kingdom.
 The fate and future of their kingdom lies in their hands.

He burned her. But another placed a gun in her hands and taught her how to aim. ------------------------ Evelyn Hartwell creates beautiful dresses for a living, but she somehow always finds herself in the ugliest corners of Brickhaven. Smoke-filled speakeasies. Alleyways with blood on the walls. All because she can't stop sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. She's soft-hearted, naive, and impulsive. And in a city ruled by two rival crime families, these can get a girl killed. Her Aunt Clara tries to keep her safe, hidden, quiet. But Evelyn has never been good at keeping her head down. One reckless act of kindness goes terribly wrong and shatters everything she thought she knew. A gun is raised. A name from a past she never knew is spoken. And the life she knew goes up in smoke. Her aunt is lying. Her past is wrong. And two powerful families suddenly want her under their protection...or control. Evelyn finds herself pulled into the gilded, dangerous world of the Crowe family. They say she's safest with them, but Evelyn is done being caged. And the Crowes make it impossible to breathe. Dominic - warm smile, passionate devotion, a seductive kind of danger that feels like falling. Sebastian - cold eyes, steady hands, a quiet command that crawls beneath her skin. Both hiding things. Both watching her. Both wanting to keep her in their grasp for reasons she can't decipher. Caught between warring families, two men who could ruin her, and a past she never knew she inherited, Evelyn must decide what she's willing to give up: freedom, heart, or life.

When Hillary Nathan's dark past is revealed. She realizes she must leave her life in England behind. Bittersweet memories of the one she once loved who brought a storm of chaos that nearly destroyed her life begin to flood her consciousness as she prepares to flee her home in Kent. As she begins to flee England, she experiences flashes from the past. The bloody murder. The girl she once loved more than life itself. All of it. For the first time, Hillary Nathan is finally forced to face what happened all of those years ago as a grown woman, and she learns to let go of the memories of a young Juliet Hulme that have haunted her for forty years. A story of love, obsession, and bloodshed inspired by the 1954 murder of Honorah Mary Parker in Christchurch, New Zealand.

What if the world tearing itself apart was what brought two star-crossed lovers together? As World War I rages, a war also rages inside the hearts of Will and Anasasia (Anna) Johnson, two orphans adopted into the same home without their knowledge. When he's called to serve, and she nearly dies from the Spanish Flu, their bond deepens into a forbidden love that defies morality, family, and faith itself. As their love is slowly discovered, the town turns against them, and they retreat into each other. Will clings to Anna as his neurodiverse Lighthouse, and his yellow rose, the woman he would cross Texas for. Anna latches on to him as her neurotypical anchor, the one who interprets the world and makes it safe for her. As their love deepens, they must decide whether or not to stand firm as they face down the loss of the friends, futures, and possibly their lives. Haunted by memories from past lives lost, and apparitions that even others can see, Will and Anna begin to suspect that this might not be their first time falling in love. The Lighthouse of Galveston is a haunting story of forbidden love, war, soulmates, sacrifice, civil rights, and the gray areas of the human heart. It's perfect for readers who enjoy: Star-crossed lovers Slow-burn romantic tension War-shadowed coming-of-age stories Historical fiction with psychological realism Literary romance with moral complexity Haunting love stories with metaphysical undertones Written with sharp psychological realism, it asks: Do we choose who we love? What kinds of love are acceptable? How far should we go to protect the people we love most? And most importantly Is it ok not to have all the answers? For readers of Cold Mountain, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Atonement, The Lighthouse of Galveston explores how even the purest love can challenge everything we believe about right and wrong.

about Lyra Skylen -A governess who discovered some mystery of her master in the Riverforth Manor ....

So, the cover shows Liselotte and Maximilian before fighting. Because it's the love story of poor(lucky) Severin and Liselotte The Great. And it started with Severin's big mistake with confusing the address of the ceremony in which Liselotte was expected to participate. He is a charming and flustered man and she the next CEO of the city, flawless, respected and admired.