Category Archives: Historical Fiction

Never Fall for Your Fiancée by Virginia Heath

Never Fall for Your Fiancée by Virginia Heath

The last thing Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, ever wants is a wife. Unfortunately for him, his mother is determined to find him one, even from across the other side of the ocean. So, Hugh invents a fake fiancée to keep his mother’s matchmaking ways at bay. But when Hugh learns his interfering mother is on a ship bound for England, he realizes his complicated, convoluted but convenient ruse is about to implode. Until he collides with a beautiful woman, who might just be the miracle he needs. Minerva Merriwell has had to struggle to support herself and her two younger… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment
  • Alcohol consumption & abuse
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Blackmail
  • Poverty

A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare

A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare

Minerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove’s confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland. Colin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, a rake of the first order, needs to be…anywhere but Spindle Cove. These unlikely partners have one week to fake an elopement. convince family and friends they’re in “love”, outrun armed robbers, survive their worst nightmares, and travel four hundred miles without killing each other. All while sharing a very small carriage by day and an even smaller bed by night. What they don’t have time for is their growing attraction. Much less wild passion. And heaven forbid they spend precious hours baring their… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Trauma
  • Nightmares
  • Death of a parent recounted

Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare

Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare

Luck is a double-edged sword for brooding war hero Rhys St. Maur. His death wish went unanswered on the battlefield, while fate allowed the murder of his friend in the elite gentlemen’s society known as the Stud Club. Out of options, Rhys returns to his ancestral home on the Devonshire moors, battle-scarred and world-weary. But he is offered a chance at redemption in the arms of beautiful innkeeper, Meredith Maddox who dares him to face the demons of his past

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child abuse
  • Sex work shaming

Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare

Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare

The bastard son of a nobleman, Julian Bellamy is now polished to perfection, enthralling the ton with wit and charm while clandestinely plotting to ruin the lords, ravish the ladies, and have the last laugh on a society that once spurned him. But after meeting Leo Chatwick, a decent man and founder of an elite gentlemen’s club, and Lily, Leo’s enchanting sister, Julian reconsiders his wild ways. And when Leo’s tragic murder demands that Julian hunt for justice, he vows to see the woman he secretly loves married to a man of her own class. Lily, however, has a very different husband in mind.  She’s loved Julian forever, adores the man ben… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Murder

Surrender of a Siren by Tessa Dare

Surrender of a Siren by Tessa Dare

Desperate to escape a loveless marriage and society’s constraints, pampered heiress Sophia Hathaway jilts her groom, packs up her paints and sketchbook, and assumes a new identity, posing as a governess to secure passage on the Aphrodite. She wants a life of her own: unsheltered, unconventional, uninhibited. But it’s one thing to sketch her most wanton fantasies, and quite another to face the dangerously handsome libertine who would steal both her virtue and her gold. To any well-bred lady, Benedict “Gray” Grayson is trouble in snug-fitting boots. A conscienceless scoundrel who sails the seas for pleasure and profit, Gray lives for conquest but will this counterfeit governess prove to be a rogue’s redemption?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fire
  • Animal death

Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

After eight years of waiting for Piers Brandon, the wandering Marquess of Granville, to set a wedding date, Clio Whitmore has had enough. She’s inherited a castle, scraped together some pride, and made plans to break her engagement. Not if Rafe Brandon can help it. A ruthless prizefighter and notorious rake, Rafe is determined that Clio will marry his brother—even if he has to plan the dratted wedding himself. So how does a hardened fighter cure a reluctant bride’s cold feet?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Forced dieting
  • Disordered eating

Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare

Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare

As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens. She never doubted romance would be in her future, too. The storybooks offered endless possibilities. And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off. One by one by one. Ugly duckling turned swan? Abducted by handsome highwayman? Rescued from drudgery by charming prince? No, no, and… Heh. Now Izzy’s given up yearning for romance. She’ll settle for a roof over her head. What fairy tales are left over for an impoverished twenty-six-year-old woman who’s never even been kissed? This one.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death from childbirth recounted
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Scars
  • Sword violence
  • Death of a mother recounted, off-page

One Dance With a Duke by Tessa Dare

One Dance With a Duke by Tessa Dare

A handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, has a reputation as the dashing “Duke of Midnight.” Each evening he selects one lady for a breathtaking midnight waltz. But none of the ladies of the ton catch his interest for long, until Lady Amelia d’Orsay tries her luck. In an effort to get the Duke to forgive her brother’s debts, Amelia claims the duke’s dance. But she is playing a dangerous game with a notorious rake…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Gambling addiction
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Murder
  • Animal death

Lord Dashwood Missed Out by Tessa Dare

Lord Dashwood Missed Out by Tessa Dare

Miss Elinora Browning grew up yearning for the handsome, intelligent lord-next-door…but he left England without a word of farewell. One night, inspired by a bit too much sherry, Nora poured out her heartbreak on paper. Lord Dashwood Missed Out was a love letter to every young lady who’d been overlooked by gentlemen—and an instant bestseller. Now she’s on her way to speak in Spindle Cove when snowy weather delays her coach. She’s forced to wait out the storm with the worst possible companion: Lord Dashwood himself. And he finally seems to have… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of a family member recounted
  • Carriage accident

A Lady of Persuasion by Tessa Dare

A Lady of Persuasion by Tessa Dare

Only one thing could convince Sir Tobias Aldridge, an incorrigible libertine, to profess undying fidelity to a woman he’s just met. Revenge. What better way to get back at an enemy than by stealing the scoundrel’s sister? Not that Toby finds it a chore, seducing Isabel Grayson, a beguiling, sultry beauty freshly arrived from the West Indies. Isabel, for her part, is determined to reform the charming devil and get exactly what she craves: society’s respect. But it’s a dangerous gamble. For if Toby wins this battle of persuasion, Isabel could lose her reputation as well as her heart.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Slut shaming
  • Childbirth
  • Death of a friend
  • Death of a spouse recounted
  • Gun violence