Historical Fiction
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A Lady unlike any other (four hoydens #1)  by ashmita1321
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HIGHEST RANKING #1 in historical fiction. Rosalyn is living her life. She's reckless, stubborn, unladylike and all the other things a Lady isn't supposed to be. In short, she's the bane of her brother, the Earl of Morley's existence. Theo is more than satisfied with life. Women fawn over him, he's rich and he isn't aimless like most of the gentlemen of his acquaintance. He loves horses and so does she. He needs to marry and so does she. But do they want to marry each other? Not so much. Read more to find out what happens when a consummate rake-Lord Theodore Fortescue and an adventurous hoyden-Lady Rosalyn Orford find themselves entangled in a not so ordinary friendship topped off with an inconvenient attraction towards each other. Will they find love or will their circumstances tear them apart? If you're goofy, unladylike and reckless, I'm sure you will be able to relate to Rosalyn :D Cover by @00Athena00
The Duke's Bidding by KianaBerkman
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A Duke's bidding is not easily defied. John, the only son of the Duke of Ashbourne finds himself on the cusp of being betrothed to a girl he barely remembers. In order to escape this fate he chooses to defy his birthright and adventure into the unknown. Nearly a decade later, he returns home-a self made man and the Captain of a fleet of ships-just to find himself wanting to embrace the very reason he walked away from it all. Will his past choices stand in his way? Or will he find a way to rise above it all and find happiness? __UPDATED Monthly__ Please remember to vote and comment! I love hearing from all my readers. Awards: 2017 Azul Awards- Historical fiction -3rd place 2017 Chaos Awards-Historical fiction -2nd place Best Ranking: #89th in Historical Fiction on March 22, 2018 Special rankings by category: #1 in stories about Earl's 5/11/2018 #17 in Duke 5/29/2018. #1 Countess 3/14/2020 #1 in Regency-England 4/15/21 #3 in Regency-England 5/10/22 (still holding)
Like No Other by missphipps
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WHEN AN UNLIKELY SUITOR.... The Earl of Stokeford is hardly a man of amiable disposition and social graces. He scowls whenever he pleases, becomes rude at any time convenient for him, and worse, has a regrettable tendency to scare ladies out of their wits. Therefore, it is a most astonishing thing indeed when, upon laying eyes on the beautiful Miss Sophie Winscott, he decides to embark on a courtship... Except, of course, the hapless peer knows nothing in the matters of romance...until he receives help from an unlikely quarter. MEETS AN EAGER MATCHMAKER Then enter Miss Winscott's cousin, the vivacious Caroline Davis, who oddly gets along well with the slightly waspish Earl. Determined to help, Caroline endeavours to make a match of the two. But for all her enthusiasm, she can't help but be drawn to the troubled lord... and things start to get a little tangled from there.
Loving Lady Georgianna (Spirited #2) by LibMikie101
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***COMPLETED!!!*** ---- Everyone has secrets... Vincent, Viscount Thorne, perfected his wicked grin and his good-humored mask years ago. He has no time for fools. Or that fickle emotion, love. The ton is full of sheep blindly walking into heartbreak. After all, he had ruined his best friend's little sister for love only to have ripped away from him. Thorne had no choice but to leave her waiting that night in the garden. It was his only choice. So, why does he still regret it so damned much? Especially now, when the lady in question reenters society, scarred but hardly broken. The Duke of Burkeley - that pompous, uptight wanker - declares himself her fiancee, and Thorne finds he will do whatever necessary to keep her out of that prig's clutches. A wager is in order. He'll find her a better bridegroom and then let her go. If only he could. ...but eventually, even the best kept secrets come out... Lady Georgianna is done hiding. So what, the love of her life left her waiting for hours in a darkened garden? So what, the fire chose that evening to entrap her, leaving her face burned? She dares anyone to place her into an imposed exile. Once was enough. With the Duke as her betrothed - the most arrogant and influential of them - Georgie will finally have everything she wanted within her grasp. Well, if Thorne hadn't intervened once more with his ridiculous talk of wagers. Suddenly, Georgie's in a game she can't afford to lose. But, what if she wins? ...Until everything comes crashing down... By season's end, the masquerade ball reveals more than their masked faces. It's a blazing unveiling that trumps even Beau Brummel's exile. The question remains. Will it lead to their ultimate ruination? Or might it just be their salvation? *** UPDATES: Irregular, but I'm going to try for every Friday! HIGHEST RANKING: #2 on 3/6/2017 Book 2 in the Spirited Brides series. **CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE** *** Beautiful cover and Graphic by @angelanguyenn!
The Runaway Princess by littleLo
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To the unknowing eye, the exotic young woman making her way through the English countryside is just another poor girl, hungry and looking for work. But Elena Del Fuego is much more than that. She is the youngest daughter of the King of Spain and she is running from an arranged marriage he forced upon her. Elena learned of the betrothal when she was ten years old, and found out that it was to happen on her eighteenth birthday to a Portuguese Prince twenty years her senior. She had eight years to plan her perfect escape. Her escape takes her to Derbyshire where she finds work as a housemaid at a grand estate called Ascot. While Elena had always planned to keep her head down, she cannot help but notice the handsome heir to the dukedom, David Wilde. But life is not like a fairy tale. The handsome heir cannot marry the maid and turn her into a princess, for Elena is already that. She is a princess with two nations chasing her, two nations determined to keep Elena and David apart and to take Elena home.
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale (1851) by HermanMelville
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"Moby-Dick" tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge.
Rachel's Story by AnitaMisra
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Rachel Warren was an ordinary maiden leading an ordinary yet secure life, until an unforeseen misfortune forces her to take up a post as governess to two young girls. Follow her as she travels the paths of her life where she gets her first job, falls in love and finds herself in the middle of adventures she had never dreamed of.
Love, Life, and Jewellery by sophie-sticated
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Alastair is jeweler by trade. Over the years he's built up his fortune and become the most esteemed maker of fine jewellery in early 20th century England. Having reached his ambitions of money, fame, and fortune, something is missing in Alistair's life. Find out how his life, although spanning two centuries, only just begins when he meets a shy young woman named Natalia.
The Earl of Brass (IMD #1) by writershabitarium
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Wattpad Prize Winner 2014 for Best Imaginative Story! NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, BARNES AND NOBLE, THE BOOK DEPOSITORY, iTUNES AND SMASHWORDS IN PAPERBACK AND EBOOK! When Eilian Sorrell, a promising archaeologist and the eldest son of the Earl of Dorset, loses his arm in a dirigible crash, he fears he will face a bleak future among London's aristocracy. On a quest for normalcy, Lord Sorrell commissions a prosthetic arm but finds the craftsman is not what he seems. After the death of her brother, Hadley Fenice takes over his prosthesis business but knows it will be an uphill battle as women are discouraged from doing man’s work. In return for building Lord Sorrell an automaton arm, he offers her a chance at freedom by following him to the Negev Desert under the guise of a man. But what lies beneath the desert is more precious than potshards or bones. As they venture deeper, they discover a society where the path of life is not governed by gain but by passion. When imperialistic invaders come in search of a new colony to pillage, Eilian and Hadley are forced to defend their fleeting glimpse of paradise. The Ingenious Mechanical Devices Series: The Earl of Brass The Winter Garden All the works that are posted under my screen name are mine exclusively and cannot be reproduced, altered, or used in any manner without my permission.