The Unlikely Gunwharf Rats, by Carla Kelly

The Unlikely Gunwharf Rats, by Carla Kelly The year is 1808. Davey Ten, a promising Gunwharf Rat, has finished a year of medical school at the renowned University of Edinburgh. It’s been a tough year for Davey. Students and faculty alike have been informed of Davey’s early workhouse years, his questionable parentage, and his lowly…

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One Good Turn, by Carla Kelly

One Good Turn, by Carla Kelly In this sequel to Libby’s London Merchant, Benedict Nesbitt, Duke of Knaresborough, becomes a reluctant Good Samaritan. Under duress from his butler, he offers a ride to a Spanish woman and child trudging in the rain. She does him a good turn, and he feels obligated to return the…

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A Wild Colonial Girl, by Jean Harrington

A Wild Colonial Girl, by Jean Harrington 1686: Bored with village life, 18 year old Abby O’Donnell longs to sail away into the exciting world beyond the ocean. She has little hope of that ever happening until Lord Harry Rushmount, a man unlike any she’s ever met, sails into Providence harbor. Abby is convinced fate…

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In the Lion’s Mouth, by Jean Harrington

In the Lion’s Mouth, by Jean Harrington It has been less than a year since Johanna Hudson realized that her research Stalked by a lecherous tyrant, Owen and Grace flee their beloved Ireland. Determined to pursue freedom and happiness in the New World, they sail to Liverpool, England. But with no ship departures until spring,…

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The Barefoot Queen, by Jean Harrington

The Barefoot Queen, by Jean Harrington When Grace O’Malley’s beloved father is hanged for poaching a deer, she knows the time is ripe for defiance. The usurper of Ballybanree village, Lord Ross Rushmount, must learn that the villagers will not, cannot, continue to exist in hunger and want under his tyrannical thumb. But can a…

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The Mistress of Fashion, by Evelyn Richardson

The Mistress of Fashion, by Evelyn Richardson Juliette de Flournoy refuses to be imprisoned by her past — the French Revolution that robbed her family of their heritage, and the rape that left her homeless — comforting herself with her dreams of becoming London’s premier modiste, and by her friends, the enterprising ladies off Mrs.…

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The Necklace, by Carla Kelly

The Necklace, by Carla Kelly Hanneke Aardema is the daughter of an ambitious Dutch herring merchant. It is 1211, when Spain’s kingdoms are planning a final push to drive the weakening caliphate from the Iberian Peninsula. Warriors fired by the flames of Islam have ruled Spain for five hundred years. Because Hanneke’s dowry will finance…

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The Unlikely Heroes, by Carla Kelly

The Unlikely Heroes, by Carla Kelly The year is 1805. Napoleon is determined to invade England. Angus Ogilvie, spy catcher, has learned more of Napoleon’s plans. He relays them to Master Able Six, instructor at St. Brendan the Navigator School, where workhouse boys of promise are training in naval service to an England that considers…

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