The Queen's Dressmaker by Meghan Masterson
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Publication Date: March 19th, 2021
Publisher: Bookouture
Format:ebook
Length: 303 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

One woman must choose between loyalty to her queen and the man she loves…

Giselle always dreamed of making beautiful dresses, but never thought she would be chosen to attend to the elegant, but troubled, queen of France, Marie Antoinette. Within the glittering, mirrored walls of the palace, Giselle ensures the queen shines brighter than anyone, with not a single feather or ruffle out

A Captain for Caroline Gray by Julie Wright
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Publication Date: March 2nd, 2021
Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback, eBook, & audiobook
Length: (336) pages
Genre: Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Inspirational Fiction

Synopsis

Caroline Gray's third season in London society ends as badly as her first two—no marriage proposal, no suitor, not even a glimmer of an interested prospect. She suspects it's because she is far too quick to speak her mind to men who are put off by her forthright opinions, her eager intellect backed by a formal education, and her unconventional

Mystery by the Sea by Verity Bright
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Publication Date: March 11th, 2021
Publisher: Bookouture
Series: A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 5
Format: ebook, 276 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

A magnificent seaside hotel, striped deckchairs, strawberry ice cream… and a rather familiar dead body? Lady Swift is on the case!

Spring, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, explorer extraordinaire and accidental sleuth, hasn’t had a vacation since she arrived in England a year ago. Being an amateur detective can be a rather tiring business and she is determined

A New York Secret by Ella Carey
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Publication Date: March 12, 2021
Publisher: Bookouture
Series: Daughters of New York, Book 1 Format: ebook, 379 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

She looked at the telegram in horror, the words blurring in front of her eyes. She dropped to her knees, feeling that her entire world was ending. The paper slipped from her hands as she put her head in hands, sobs wracking her chest…

1942, New York. As war rages in Europe, Lily Rose is grateful for her perfect life: the love of her wealthy uptown parents in their beautiful brownstone overlooking the park and her

Rhapsody by Mitchell James Kaplan
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Publication Date: March 2, 2021
Publisher: Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook; 352 pages
Genre: Biographical/Literary/Historical

Synopsis

One evening in 1924, Katharine “Kay” Swift—the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition—attends a concert. The piece: Rhapsody in Blue. The composer: a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin.

Kay is transfixed, helpless to resist the

Widow's Lace by Lelita Baldock
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Publication Date: 23 March 2020
Publisher: Independently Published
Page Length: 242
Genre: Historical Fiction / Mystery

Synopsis

A hundred year old mystery, the widow left behind, a fallen soldier, the abandoned fiancée, an unnamed body and the young student determined to find the truth.

In 1886 famous English poet Edward Barrington moves from Derbyshire, England to a farm on the Finniss River, in South Australia. Two years later he disappears.

25 years later Archie Hargraves abandons his

Stars Over the Southern Ocean by J.H. Fletcher
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Synopsis

With her home and freedom on the line, will her family force her to leave it all behind?

1937 - Seventeen year old Marina Fairbrother has lived in the small logging town of Mole Creek, Tasmania, her whole life. When she meets Jory Trevelyan, she is intrigued by the young man with the strange name and his tales of the west coast. Stories of wild winds and a tumultuous sea leave her hungering for a freedom she hadn't realised she lacked.

1993 - After a terminal diagnosis, Marina knows there is only one place she wants to spend her remaining days. The remote coastal property of Noamunga has been her

To The Dark by Chris Nickson
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Publication Date: March 2, 2021
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Series: A Simon Westow Mystery, Book 3
Genre: Historical Mystery

Synopsis

Winter is about to take a chilling twist...

Thief-taker Simon Westow is drawn into a deadly puzzle when the melting snow reveals a dark secret in this gripping historical mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry and Charles Finch.

Leeds, 1822. The city is in the grip of winter, but the chill deepens for thief-taker Simon Westow and his young assistant, Jane, when

The Dark Shadows of Kaysersberg by Michael Stolle
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Publication Date: 27th December 2020
Publisher: Independently Published
Series: Book Six inThe French Orphan Series (this book does standalone)
Page Length: 223 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance / Adventure

Synopsis

It’s 1646 and infant King Louis XIV reigns over France; wily Cardinal Mazarin holds the reins of power - but he needs money, desperately.

Armand de Saint Paul, the younger son of a great and rich noble house, is leading a carefree life in Paris, dedicating his time to

Thunder on the Moor by Andrea Matthews
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Publication Date: October 30, 2019
Format: Paperback & eBook; 432 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction/Scottish/Time Travel

Synopsis

Maggie Armstrong grew up enchanted by her father’s tales of blood feuds and border raids. In fact, she could have easily fallen for the man portrayed in one particular image in his portrait collection. Yet when her father reveals he was himself an infamous Border reiver, she finds it a bit far-fetched—to say the least—especially when he announces his plans to return to his sixteenth century Scottish home with her in tow.

Beware the Lizard Lurking by Vivienne Brereton
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Publication Date: 12th February 2021
Publisher: Yuletide Press
Series: The House of the Red Duke, Book 2
Page Length: 302 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Welcome to the candlelit courts of Europe!

Uninvited guests at a secret wedding.

A frozen River Thames.

May Day celebrations to remember.

The young Henry VIII, with the aid of his chief advisor, Thomas Wolsey, and against the

A Wild Legacy by Celeste De Blasis
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Publication Date: February 15, 2021
Publisher: Bookouture
Series: Wild Swan Trilogy, Book 3
Format: ebook
Genre: Historical Fiction, Family Saga

Synopsis

Lexy Culhane follows in stunned silence as her father bundles her younger brothers onto the train in a midnight flight away from the only life they have ever known. It seems impossible to her that her gentle, loving mother could have shot a man.

Despite the shock, Lexy soon grows to love her new home at Wild Swan, the grand horse farm in Maryland run by her formidable