Historical Fiction
5 stories
Wentworth's Baron by IreanneChambers
Wentworth's Baron
IreanneChambers
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  • Parts 21
LADY HENRIETTA WENTWORTH is not interested in the dictates of the day relating to marriage. Satisfied with her life, if she will marry, it will be to someone she loves and chooses. Her father does not insist she marry, until now. ALEXANDER DURHAM BARRINGTON will make a suitable match. All is settled between the families although Henrietta refuses to meet her betrothed until the day of their wedding. A chance encounter with BARON NEVILLE DE RABY may provide a way out. Will their plans provoke the intended result?
The Viking's Hold (First 11 chapters) by JVernis
The Viking's Hold (First 11 chapters)
JVernis
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  • Parts 66
This book is now available on Amazon and unfortunately they won't allow me to put it up elsewhere for free, not even the unedited draft. Sorry! The Vikings! Aelswyn had heard about them, all the tales of their barbaric behaviour, the rapes and pillages, the massacres, the burnt villages. But she never thought they would dare to attack her father's stronghold. And that they would succeed...
The Duke's Prize by lloroncita
The Duke's Prize
lloroncita
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  • Parts 19
The Duke of Marlborough, a wealthy rake with the reputation of the Devil, wins an unusual prize in a game of cards, the prickly and thorny Cordelia Rivers.
Thief of My Heart (Watty Awards Finalist 2012) by sleepswithroses
Thief of My Heart (Watty Awards Finalist 2012)
sleepswithroses
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  • Parts 49
Hannibal Heyes is an outlaw trying to go straight. He's wanted dead or alive. The former leader of the Devil's Hole Gang doesn't have time or room for a woman in his life. But when he saves a girl from a band of murdering thieves, everything changes. With the threat of murderers on their tail and the ever growing attraction he has to his young and innocent new charge, Heyes must get to his quick drawing partner fast. Because he doesn't know who's a bigger threat to her...the villains or himself. Evangeline has lost everything. Her family has been murdered and her innocence and freedom nearly lost. But when she is rescued by a handsome, dimple faced cowboy, a whole new life opens up to her. Now she faces an uncertain future and an undeniable, burgeoning sexual awareness of her rescuer. As their friendship and their love grows, she finds that behind the strong, seemingly unshakable man, stands the shadow of a lost, lonely little boy who just may need rescuing himself.
The Princess Wannabe- Wisdom {Bk 1} (Editing Process) by Skittlez101
The Princess Wannabe- Wisdom {Bk 1} (Editing Process)
Skittlez101
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  • Parts 35
One event. Twelve ladies. Four challenges. Twenty clues scattered through out the castle. Winner wins the hand of the handsome Prince Derrick, and the throne to both the kingdom of Arnaldo and the kingdom of Hester. Evaina was just a slave. A slave mourning because of her parents death. When the event happened she was awaken from her much needed sleep and sent out to find out what made the whole kingdom speechless. An heir was needed. With only one royal member left that could perish at any minute, they needed to find someone fit to lead and the approval of the king himself. The law states that if it was needed King Andrew's 12 best-friends daughters were to compete in a competition that would point out the skills and traits needed to rule, only the true winner of that competition would have the capability to lead, and the respect needed from the kingdom. With Evaina winning the heart of Prince Derrick she's determined to win and will do anything too, but will she?