Victorian Stories

When her mistress, Isabella, is tragically lost at sea in a shipwreck, Chasity Hemings is left with no choice but to seek out the man Isabella was meant to marry for help. Eric Donahue, is ready to settle down, hoping to raise his young daughter with the bride he has come to love through their letters. But when Chasity arrives on his doorstep with the devastating news of Isabella's death, his plans are shattered. As Chasity stays at the Donahue residence, sparks fly between her and Eric, but both are held back by a shared loyalty to the memory of Isabella as well as societal standards. Can they overcome the shadow of the past and embrace the future together?

Two years after Nathaniel Swift left for America to forget the woman he loved, he learns she's engaged to another man -- and returns to England to win her back. ***** Lord Nathaniel 'Nate' Swift is hopelessly in love with his best friend's younger sister, Charlotte Wilde. However, Nate's rakish ways, their ten-year age difference, and his best friend's objections soon make it very clear that a marriage could never take place. So Nate does the only thing he could: he travels to America and tries to forget about the woman he loves. But after two years in the New World, forgetting Charlotte proves to be impossible, and he's quickly pulled back to England after hearing of her engagement to another man. Determined to make up for past mistakes, Nate swears to stop the impending wedding and win back Charlotte's heart at any cost. But is he too late to show her the truth he's known all along -- that they're meant to be together, forever? [[Word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

When the arrogant stranger Bess is forced to marry unexpectedly becomes a duke, she'll find herself at odds with her growing feelings as he hunts for a killer. ***** Sharp-tongued Elizabeth 'Bess' Jones is perfectly content living on her lonesome in a tiny village south of Derbyshire. She works as a nurse, owns a small home, and finds the label of 'spinster' an agreeable trade for her independence. But when her entire life is uprooted in an instant, she only has one person to blame: her new husband, Emmett Wilde, who was caught in a compromising situation with her. And now, despite his promise to fake a death certificate after their wedding--to free her of any duty to him or their marriage bed--he sends for her in the dead of night with startling news: his father has been murdered, and he is now the Duke of Ascot with a wife he can no longer deny... [[Word Count: 60,000-70,000 words]] [[Cover designed by Ren Tachibana]]

After a disastrous first season in London, Rose Wilde finds herself torn between two men who love her -- but who both hide secrets that could ruin her. ***** Rose Wilde has always considered herself plain, especially when compared to her beautiful older sister Charlotte, and has practically given up on the idea of being romanced. But when American hotelier Derek Montgomery comes to revolutionise her little, sleepy English village of Ascot, Rose starts to revisit the idea of falling in love. However, Derek brings with him many secrets and obligations, some that might prohibit him from pursuing Rose -- and push her into the arms of her friend, Michael Cornell, the Marquess of Juniper. Will fate allow Rose and Derek to marry for love? Or will she indeed become the reluctant marchioness? [[Word count: 70,000 - 80,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Bandy (The Reluctant Marchioness is the sequel to The Coveted Countess, but can also be read as a standalone)

Slamming the door in Justin Arlington's face wasn't exactly the best way to greet the real estate mogul. He had connections, and she didn't. Angelique DeCoeur knew she had to sell her grandmother's Victorian gingerbread house, but she wanted the chance to restore it first. As a journeyman carpenter reworking classic homes was her specialty. Finding a treasure trove of antiques and a locked jewelry box in the attic were the first steps toward her dream, but the journal turned her life upside down. As Angelique adjusts to the new truths of her life, can she meet the insane timetable she set, save her renovation project, and her sanity? Can Justin dodge her flying hammer and win her heart? This is a TEGSA2026 entry. 0the amazing cover is done by @lupe6583v on Wattpad. Thank you for your beautiful work.

Not everyone born a princess lived happily... and not everyone born poor was weak. In a kingdom where a person's worth is measured by their gender, and destinies are written in contracts they cannot refuse, begins the story of a girl whose only fault was being born female. Amidst the melodies of a violin, the whispers of the forest, and the secrets of the royal palace, the paths of two people from different worlds will intertwine... one wearing the crown, the other bearing the wounds of the past. Can love defeat a centuries-old law? Or did fate write their ending before they even met? **If you begin reading... be prepared to reconsider every character you thought you understood.**

The Moor of Shadows A gothic narrative poem in five cantos. A bride. A raven. A moor that holds what the living cannot release. Written in the tradition of Poe and Shakespeare - where grief becomes landscape and mourning becomes myth.

After a devastating defeat, humanity was forced to give up their land and relocate to two isolated continents that were labeled as impossible to live on. After hundreds of years while the rest of the world focuses on agricultural and living conditions. Humanity had focused on its weapons and military. As years of isolation were broken and tensions rise, the fate of the world is left uncertain.

Bella Donna wishes to live a lavish life. Away from sickness and away from arranged marriages. When she moves to a small village in Transylvania, she and her father are greeted with open arms because of her father's medical studies. Luck won't be on Bella Donna's side, as she is forced to marry a man she's never met. Running away from her troubles, she stumbles on a darker trouble. Catherine Valeria. Little does Bella Donna know if she will fall victim to or in love with a vampire.

As Ivory falls in love with Abel and the people of Rosewood Hall, she uncovers secrets hidden for generations. Every answer draws her deeper into a mystery that connects the past, the present, and her own family in ways she never imagined. Soon she must face an impossible choice: Return to the life she has always known... Or remain in the past with the man she loves, even if it means giving up everything else.

While Enola Holmes, the not so ominous sister of Sherlock Holmes, is looking for a new case, a girl wants to be Enola's sidekick.

Verena, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, has been plagued by the same dream every night for years. In the darkness, a pair of crimson eyes watches her with an unsettling familiarity, leaving her questioning whether the dreams are warnings or forgotten memories. When her brother returns from a trading voyage to Italy, he brings home an ancient manuscript titled The Crimson Damned. The mysterious book tells of immortal beings whose glowing crimson eyes mark them as the undead-the very eyes that have haunted Verena's dreams. As the line between nightmare and reality begins to blur, Verena is drawn into a world of ancient curses, dark secrets, and forbidden love, where discovering the truth behind the crimson eyes may cost her everything.

The Villainess Who Was Loved Too Late Priscilla Ali Davis was born into wealth, but never into love. Raised by a family that punished every mistake and demanded perfection, Priscilla grew into a woman society loved to hate-the arrogant, jealous, and infamous countess who would do anything to win the heart of Duke Forrest Ace Atwood. But Forrest never loved her. When his heart belongs to another woman, Priscilla's obsession drives her to commit an unforgivable act, sending her to prison for the rest of her life. Years later, abandoned and dying alone, Priscilla makes one final wish: "If I could live again, I would do everything differently." When she opens her eyes, she is twenty years old once more--but in the body of the very woman she once hated. With a second chance at the life she destroyed, Priscilla vows never to chase the Duke again. But fate has other plans. Because the more she tries to stay away from Forrest, the closer he comes to the woman she has become. And when the Duke finally falls in love with her... he may already be loving the villainess he once despised.

Catherine has one thing left of her family's legacy: a crumbling cottage on the most valuable land in the county. When the ruthless, impossibly wealthy Mr. Benedict buys the surrounding estate, he expects her to sell like everyone else. She refuses. Then he humiliates her best friend at a ball, proving once and for all that Mr. Benedict has a fortune, a manor, and absolutely no idea how to talk to a woman without insulting her into tears. He wants a wife. What he has instead is a reputation for disaster and a solicitor too polite to tell him the truth: nobody likes him. So when he comes to her with an offer, she counters with one of her own: she'll teach him how to actually court a woman... with the condition that he abandons his campaign to tear down her family's cottage for good. It should be simple. Lessons, in exchange for the one thing she has left. But between failed compliments, disastrous dinners, and a moonlit confrontation neither of them can forget, the lessons start teaching her something too - that the man she agreed to save from himself might be the one person capable of undoing her. Enemies to allies to something neither of them bargained for. A house he wants. A wife he doesn't know how to win. And a woman who was never supposed to be the one teaching him how.

In Selestia's empire, the greatest of the continent, where the four great ducal families reign alongside the emperor , is the princess Jade Selestine . this world where magic was given by the goddess Selest as a gift for what happened thousands of years ago, and where dragons, mythical creatures, and extraordinary events aren't that uncommon, is the princess who fought her whole life for a specifical reason .. for something she dreamed of her whole life.. *go read my story if you wanna know what ! * please read my story ! I'm 14 years old and very new to Wattpad , wrote only two fanfictions and this is my first time writing a fantasy and romancy!

In 1882, Doctor Jane Barber has no shortage of problems. From being scrutinised at work for her gender, judged for her youth, and undermined by society as a whole, shes had quite enough. The Boer War was a traumatic experience on its own, but on top of that, Jane now has to find accommodation in London on her own- as the years she should've spent meeting a man and settling down, she spent in a trench tending to wounds. Detective Inspector Arthur Murphy is in need of a roommate. His last was too whiny, the one before that too loud. Another whistled too much, and a brief encounter with one man's dog was enough for Arthur to evict him immediately. When his sister Ada finally puts her foot down, and finds him a roommate herself. Which is how Arthur comes home one day to find his new roommate: a woman. If the Boer War was explosive, Jane and Arthur sharing a shabby flat in London is practically a world war. Spilled tea, scattered case files, and one meddling doctor who won't stop tidying his desk. Arthur nearly kills Jane. Jane nearly kills Arthur. And no, for the last time, as they have to tell many people, they are not married. | Work In Progress Story | Will become a series once this book is complete | Please vote and comment |

1886. Hattie Phelan, too sick to work in the factories, moves to live with her distant relatives in Iowa with Constance Daugherty, her fellow tenant from Chicago. Hattie, embittered at the death of her mother and leaving her father in Chicago, is angry towards God and Constance, blaming them for the hole she feels in her heart. Will her new life fill the hole or will she face the bitterness she holds toward God? Posting Schedule: Every Thursday! Estimated posting period: 12/22/22 - 05/04/23 Rankings: #45 in found (02/10/2023) #14 in Christianity (02/26/2023)

The year is 1350 and the Black Death rages in Europe. With his young wife on the verge of death, Eugene knows that the only way to save her is to save the entirety of London. Striking a deal with the city's council, he makes an enchanted flute to lure the rats away in exchange for enough coin to purchase a well-guarded recipe to save his wife. Once the task is complete, the citizens of London refuse to pay the magician what is due, not knowing the evil they have unleashed upon their descendants... **Editing. Copyright © 2014 Veronica Graham. All rights reserved. [NaNoWriMo'13]