Love sometimes appears in the most mysterious places. In The Stranger I Love by Anneka R. Walker, Estelle Lowry makes the bold decision to leave home. Set in England in the 1850s, her choice becomes clear after her brother arranges a marriage for her to...

Miss Woodhouse and Miss Fairfax by Maisie Jardelle is an absolutely delightful Regency romance, but with a fascinating twist. Jane Fairfax was a beautiful young woman whose family had fallen upon difficult financial times. Her nemesis, Emma Woodhouse, is by Regency standards, a rising young...

Hazel Sallington is the daughter of a baron. Sadly for her, her mother passed away when she was very young, and her father remarried. When he also passed, her stepmother, the new Lady Sallington, showed her true colors, banishing Hazel to a life of servitude...

In A Trail to Love by Joanne Kiersarsky, the story begins in the early 19th century with a young soldier named Rex who falls for Felicity, the daughter of a powerful and rather ruthless senator. After her father tries to force her into a marriage...

A Faithful Companion by Kasey Stockton is a delightful example of one of my favorite genres. Emma Darling was deeply in love with her neighbor’s nephew, Owen Buckley. When he visited his aunt and uncle in Derbyshire, he and Emma experienced an idyllic summer filled...

A Winter’s Disgrace by Kathleen Buckley begins with a chance meeting on a snowy road. Rosamund Fortescue, who has been forced to leave her home, is trying to reach London on foot but is on the verge of giving up. Cyprian Law, the Earl of...

In Alexandria Prescott’s Maelstrom of Innocence, book one of The Maelstrom Trilogy, on the night of 7 December 1941, Harper Miller attends an embassy reception in Tokyo with her father, Ambassador William Henry Miller, expecting only a diplomatic ceremony. By morning, news of Pearl Harbor...

In Tinker by Jennifer M. Lane, the main character, Caroline, wrestles with her beliefs and the fear of acting on them. The story begins in 1794. She is the daughter of the local tax collector. She finds herself caught in a growing dispute between the...

Bloodlines and Betrayals by Lorraine Carey is a mafia romance set in Youngstown, Ohio, in the 1970s. It follows Elena Donato and Tony Marinetti, a young couple who instantly fall in love with each other. However, bad luck follows them because Elena’s mother's family, the...

In The Lady in the Veil by Allie Cresswell, upon her mother's marriage, Georgina Willow is sent from her isolated existence in the rugged moors of Yorkshire into mid-1830’s London society. Unlike most young women who might be thrilled to spend a season amongst the...