Victorianromance Stories

One thing one could say about Arthur Ashford is that no place had ever kept him long enough to become his home. So when he returns to London for his brother's funeral, he expects grief, awkward relatives, and a quick departure. Instead, he finds Kathe-the widow. She is composed. Elegant. Entirely too in control for a woman who has just buried her husband. Naturally, Arthur decides this is none of his concern. Unfortunately, he keeps noticing things. A leather agenda that makes no sense. A household that runs too smoothly. A widow who always seems to be exactly where she should be-no more, no less. And the more he looks, the worse it gets. Because suspicion is inconvenient. Attraction is worse. And Kathe is both. Arthur tells himself he is imagining things. Unfortunately, he has never been good at leaving things alone. Chapter by Chapter COMING SOON

Nathaniel Blackwood has never been accused of recklessness. He is composed where others are careless. Charming where others are obvious. Untouchable where others become vulnerable. At Ardenthal-the center of society's most coveted season-everything has a place. Every invitation. Every conversation. Every outcome. Then Evangeline Rosewood arrives. She is elegant without trying to be admired. Observant in ways that feel dangerous. And entirely unimpressed by men who mistake control for power. What begins as curiosity becomes something far more difficult to manage. Because some people do not fit neatly into carefully arranged lives. And some feelings cannot be negotiated. 🖤Book 5 of Ravensmere Chronicles

LOVING YOU FROM AFAR A Historical Romance Novel by Sonia Odasomhe London society taught Isabella Blackthorne that love was a weakness. Born into wealth, trapped beneath corsets, expectations, and the suffocating rules of Victorian high society, Isabella has spent her life becoming the perfect daughter-silent, elegant, and obedient. Her future is already arranged: a respectable marriage to the cold and powerful Edmund Ashcombe. But storms have a way of resurrecting the past. Three years ago, Isabella loved a boy she was forbidden to touch. Lucien Vale. The reckless son of a stable hand. The boy who taught her how to breathe beyond the walls of privilege. The boy her father destroyed to protect the Blackthorne name. Now, on the very night her engagement is meant to secure her future, Lucien returns-not as the poor servant society once mocked, but as a dangerously wealthy man carrying secrets, revenge, and a love that never truly died. In a world where reputation is everything, Isabella must choose between duty and desire... even if loving Lucien means destroying everything she has ever known. Because some love stories are not born in ballrooms. They are born in storms and some hearts continue loving each other- even from afar. LOVING YOU FROM AFAR is a dark, emotional historical romance filled with forbidden love, obsession, revenge, betrayal, Victorian elegance, haunting moors, slow-burn tension, and the kind of passion that survives distance, time, and heartbreak. Perfect for readers who love: Gothic romance Victorian settings Enemies-to-lovers tension Wuthering Heights vibes Painfully emotional love stories Morally grey characters Rich atmospheric writing Tragic devotion and yearning

In early '900, in Wales, the Honeyfield family, once wealthy, now is in decay due to the debts of Mr. Honeyfield. He aims a good marriage for his daughter Evyree (Efa), but her poor dowry is accepted only by the Quinnell family, a lower class family, living in "Aspen Mansion". The youngest son, Arwel, becomes Evyree's betrothed, but she dislikes him because of his arrogant temper. When the Honeyfields lose their house, the Quinnells offer their help. However Evyree begins to suspect that they are not disinterested... . DO NOT COPY, DISCLOSE OR SHARE ANY PART OF THE STORY. THE STORY COMES FROM THE AUTOR'S MIND, ANY RESEMBLANCE WITH REAL FACTS OR OTHER FICTIONAL STORIES IS TOTALY CASUAL.

She was never meant to catch an earl's eye. He was never meant to want her to. Cordelia Vane has mastered the art of being invisible in ballrooms-until Lord Frederick Ashby, the taciturn Earl of Hollowthorn, notices her across a crowded musicale and forgets to look away. Frederick needs a suitable wife to save his crumbling Yorkshire estate. Cordelia needs one Season to secure her father's medical legacy. Neither expected stolen glances in tropical glasshouses, letters that burn to be written, or a connection that defies every rule of the ton. But when a ruthless rival sets her sights on Frederick and society whispers about matches that should not happen, both must decide if love is worth the cost of being truly seen. Between scandal sheets tracking their every proximity, a godmother who delights in efficient matchmaking, and the excruciating etiquette of wanting someone in a world that catalogues every acceptable way to say nothing at all, Cordelia and Frederick must learn that some choices cannot be undone-and some hearts cannot be guarded forever. ©️ Relle H.

Eleanor Williams, a 18th century girl, comes from a rich and powerful family becomes closer and closer to her maids poor family. Growing closer and closer to her maids young son. Through the disapproval of her father and the public eye. She soon discovers love in different classes were never set out to be destined together... Or so you think.

Egoistic Love is a journey through the hearts of women who love fiercely, unapologetically, and often dangerously. It is a tapestry of longing, obsession, silence, and self possession, where desire collides with doubt, passion with restraint, and love becomes both refuge and battlefield. In these pages, love is not gentle. It is a storm that sharpens the soul, a fire that tests endurance, a mirror that reflects both devotion and disillusion. Here, a woman mourns her lover to death, another keeps her silence as her power, and yet another loves despite uncertainty, walking the fragile line between hope and despair. These are stories of hearts unyielding women who demand respect without apology, who love to the edge of obsession, who endure absence and betrayal, and who rise above chaos with a quiet, devastating grace. Egoistic Love is a collection of emotions felt too deeply to remain ordinary, where love is not a surrender, but a claim, a declaration, and sometimes, a rebellion.

I can Dream Can't ? Is a Sequel to Remember Me

(COMPLETED) Before the Duke of Wardington, before marriage, and before the games of marrying off his three sons and their friends, there was simply Lord Martin... There's only one sort for a rogue and that's more rogues. So... when Martin and his friends spot London's newest and most beautiful lady, competition is struck. Martin intends to use all his charm on Lady Ellen Kay simply to prove who amongst his group fulfills Tirso de Molina's Don Juan. But there's another lady distracting his mission-an old friend. Before she became the queen of the season... Lady Abigail Irwin has transformed since she was last seen by the beau monde. Blossomed into a beauty, she now finds gentlemen willing to take her off the marriage market. While one man in particular seems the most interested, Abigail finds Martin's games to be the most exciting thing to ever happen to her. But in the end, everyone must make a choice and live with the consequences... A prequel to "The Wardington Park" universe, The Lords of Love is the novella that will answer many questions about the past. Who is Levi's mother? Why does Abigail reign supreme during the rule of Prince Regent? Who was Her Grace, the Duchess of Wardington? The woman whose death led Martin into his depression and back into the debauched life? If you're wondered the answers to these question, then get read to curl up in bed, a chair, or even a long flight, and brace yourself for Lord Martin...

After losing three fiancés in tragic accidents over the past six years, Lady Elphi Matson knows three things for certain: heartache only maims its victim when it should kill, not all haunted places are crumbling castles, and without a doubt, she is cursed when it comes to falling in love. Able to see ghosts since surviving a drowning accident at age nine, Lord Rufus Treadway works as a Private Investigator of the paranormal. So, when his closest friend Lord Roderick Matson pleads for help solving Elphi's curse, Rufus agrees to attend the Sanham séance, promising not to let Elphi know Roderick hired him and, for his own safety, not to fall in love with her. However, just like curses, some promises are meant to be broken.

When tramp Albert Windchester winds up on the streets of London again, it's no surprise. However, his meeting - and more importantly - fondness of a Lord he happens to come by is rather startling. Lord Vincent Molberry, heir to the Molberry Bank of London, is ready to debut in British society, turning 18 in only a month. Then he meets a street urchin, and everything changes. What happens when these two men, whose lives couldn't be more different, cross?

Allard Page wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of his life creating the most magical clocks in all of London, until the day he met Willamina Stiff, the bookkeeper across the street. Set in Victorian London during the latter half of the 19th century, this brief romance will get your heart ticking!

Diana is a very shy, yet intelligent debutant in 1860's New York. She has spent the last few years of her life focusing on her studies, but is now thrown into the grasps of polite society, where at the season's opening ball, she rekindles her relationship with a man she thought she may never see again. Will their passion bring them even closer, or will the sharp knives of war cut them apart? (THIS STORY IS NOT FULLY RELEASE AT THE MOMENT, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE TO RELEASE CHAPTERS IN GROUPS AS SOON AS I CAN!)

Eleanor was "not a lady" that's one way to put it. Having built London's richest business empire ground up, she thinks she has what it takes to take anything head on - matters both professional and private. It wasn't until young Simon came along, easy going charm and bright blue eyes on his brilliant self, made it incredibly difficult for Eleanor to not be... intrigued to say the least.

" maybe in another world, at another time we could be us " Elsie does not know heartache. She does not know what it is like to have your soul torn from another. She never has, until her first love, Victor Evans, is stolen from her. Overcome by grief, Elsie must learn how to move on, even though that means letting go.

Lady Blythe Dennings has craved adventure her entire life, but due to her relation to the powerful Carrow family, there was no way she was going to get it. So... she became a missionary. Blythe's prim missionary act gives her plenty of freedom to go to the cruelest parts of London to have her own adventure quests. But her plans are thrown into chaos when her uncle dies ... This leaves her as one of the richest heiresses London has ever seen! Suddenly, everyone's looking at her. Including a dangerous enemy. But ... the person looking the hardest is Thomas "Demon Tom" Martin, Marquess of Amory, the eldest son of the Martin family-the Carrows' sworn enemies. Thomas loves gambling, he loves trouble, and maybe, he loves this supposedly prim little missionary as well! Too bad Blythe belongs to the Carrows. Can Blythe survive the darkness and danger around her? And will their love be enough to quell an ancient feud between the two families?

In Brittany, in the middle of 19th century, the nobleman Joseph Knox welcomes in his estate a caravan of wanderer artists. Despite he reproaches his friends about seducing lower class women, who they consider less worth of respect, Joseph witnesses the attempting assault of a young actress by one of his friends. Joseph's wrath for the act and his sense of honor about the young woman, urges him to stand against his friend, at the point of challenge him to a duel and to question the people and things that mattered to him... . DO NOT COPY, DISCLOSE OR SHARE ANY PART OF THE STORY. THE STORY COMES FROM THE AUTOR'S MIND, ANY RESEMBLANCE WITH REAL FACTS OR OTHER FICTIONAL STORIES IS TOTALY CASUAL.

Ottoilie Rosenburg is an young Victorian lady, wanting to change the world. Although her family, especially her Great Aunt Agatha, are determined for her to live a perfectly normal, upper class Victorian ladies life. Simple. Marry a rich man, inherit the family estate and keep herself to herself. Ottoilie doesn't care about love, inheritance, but she does care about the lives of the employees that her family employee, and the more she gets to know them, the more she realises she has to sacrifice to save them and her own future. But will Great Aunt Agatha's plan for her to marry her awful grandson Isiah prevail or will she find another acceptable love along the way?