19th-century Stories

The portrait shown on the cover of the book, painted by Johann Peter Krafft in 1816, shows a Princess of Salerno, with her golden hair and blue eyes-details of which are shown in the other portraits of the princess. The portrait is perhaps one of the most well-known things about her; for, society has long forgotten about the interesting life of the princess. What remains now are portraits and photographs. Maria Clementina's life began in turmoil. Her father the Emperor lost his empire in 1806. Her marriage was apart of a plan to help strengthen the relationship between Austria and Naples. She saw the world change. After her death in 1881, she left behind an intriguing story that has been left alone for more than a century.

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Henry Wright receives a distressing series of letters from his cousin, Clara Marie, who lives in Paris. She is being hunted by a "killer of killers" known famously as The Guillotine Man. Her letters describe in horrific detail how she attempts to evade her pursuer. As he reads, however, he discovers that there is no escaping the judgment of the guillotine.

To spend a summer afternoon, four friends decide to go to a 19th-century mansion that is falling into ruin and has not been inhabited for years, shrouded in a dark, mysterious aura, fueled by local legends, which for many years covered this place like ivy. What bad can happen? However, entering the gates of this estate, they unwittingly became victims of intrigue, a bloody ritual repeated every year in which they will have to pay a higher price than death to learn the Secret of House Woodville!

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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.

Lady Helena Rowley's fate was sealed before she was born. As the only child of the powerful Earl of Alverton, it is her duty to marry well - a duty she intends to fulfil, even if that means leaving the man she truly loves behind. But then recently-orphaned Mary Thorpe arrives at Alverton Hall, throwing Helena's plans into total disarray. Loud, blunt and clumsy, Mary is everything a lady shouldn't be, despite Helena's desperate attempts to conceal Mary's peculiar behaviour from their esteemed neighbours. As if things couldn't get any worse, Mary has a secret - and when the truth is revealed, Helena's life will be turned completely upside-down. Plunged headfirst into an adventure that will take her a world away from the quiet, orderly life she knows, Helena will have no choice but to place her trust in the wild young girl. Forced to be independent for the first time in her life, Helena might just begin to realise that a lady's fate is her own to decide. #43 in Historical Fiction on 02/07/2017.

Historical Romance When Kate Collison, to help her ailing father, completes his portrait of the powerful Baron de Centeville, her only thought is to be a dutiful daughter. But when the Baron presents her to Parisian society as the painter, Kate finds herself basking in the recognition . . . until she discovers that the Baron has plans for her — shocking plans that will change her life unless she can fight the Baron with his own weapons . . .

In MIST-SHI-MUS: A NOVEL OF CAPTIVITY, everyone is bound to something. Captive heart. Captive slave. Captive secrets of the past. In 1860, Englishwoman Jeannie Naughton arrives in the Pacific Northwest. A young widow hurt by scandal not of her own making, she must use a false name to keep her reputation. When she meets Jonas Breed on an island under joint US and British military occupation, she senses a kindred spirit. Captured as a youth and held as a slave - a mist-shi-mus -by the Haida Indians, he uses his hard experience to move on and create a new life in the islands. Jeannie wants this for herself, especially after the tragic death of her little son. Jeannie stays with a British officer’s family but soon discovers the island supports an unusual community of Hawaiians and Indians. Breed introduces her to his many friends among them in Kanaka Town. When his Hawaiian friend, Kaui Kalama falls ill with small pox Jeannie volunteers to care for him. Her actions endear her to the settlement. Restless in the English society at the British encampment, she is drawn to the free life Breed offers. Jeannie loves Breed, but many distrust him for his friendship with the Haida and local Indians. He opposes American smuggler Emmett Krill who traffics native women. When a high born Haida woman is abducted and killed, violence breaks out. When Krill and Breed fight, Breed kills him but Breed himself is critically injured. Friends help Breed escape. Hoping to meet with Breed off-island, Jeannie goes with Breed's friend, Andrew Pierce, to wait. Later Jeannie is told Breed died. Carrying his child, she feels her only choice is to marry Pierce. Twenty years later, Jeannie receives a note. Breed is alive! Now Jeannie embarks on a journey to find him, unaware she is stirring up an old and dangerous struggle of power and revenge at which she is the heart.

Joshua Jeffreys was your topical ladies' man, dark and handsome as well as charming. He could have any woman he wanted in the small town of Twin Oaks. Any woman, except, Catherine Goodwin. Catherine's plans of being a mail order bride didn't go as smoothly as planned. Stuck in Twin Oaks, Nevada, Catherine decided to prove to her father ( and herself) she could make it...Alone. No matter his wealth or charm, Catherine would have no man.

Gloria Browne and Edmund Frost, two different souls, two different lives. What happens when they cross paths. Something blooms inside her heart but what about him? ~~~ Gloria is a commoner girl trying to chase her dream of becoming an accomplished artist. Edmund, marques Frost's son and heir is an arrogant and cold hearted man who will not even spare a second glance at her. Until an unfortunate event starts to bring them closer.

Despite living thirty miles from London, Anabelle Latimer knows her chances of finding a husband in their sleepy village are as thin as cook's white soup. Then she discovers a kindred spirit in Mr. Fielding, the intelligent and handsome new steward from Blackwood Hall. It was a great shame that his position in life was so below her own, for he was exactly the sort of man she would have wished to marry. Anthony Fielding, tired of being the target of the ton's marriage-minded mothers, hopes to spend a relaxing week shooting and fishing in the country. Yet upon his arrival at Blackwood Hall he discovers an estate in chaos, and a friend in desperate need of help. He is quick to offer his knowledge and expertise, unaware that his generosity will have unexpected repercussions. The Steward of Blackwell Hall is a traditional Regency romance of approximately 66,000 words.

A gunpowder fantasy inspired by Paul "Cataphrak" Wang's Infinity novels (Sabers of Infinity, Guns of Infinity and Lords of Infinity). Currently a work in progress.

A guide to Regency England for readers of classic literature or historical fiction set in the early 19th century. England, as it was in the early 1800's, can sometimes be as confusing to a modern reader as travelling to a foreign country. Their clothes, manners, methods of transport, money and even some words they used can be unfamiliar to us today. I hope this book will grow into a helpful source of reference for any reader who is exploring the classic authors, like Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth, or enjoying the wide range of early 19th century set historical stories found here at Wattpad.