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Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 8,603 ratings
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Eleanor the Queen
Eleanor the Queen 3.79 avg rating — 905 ratings
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Angélique
Angélique 4.19 avg rating — 3,078 ratings
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A Wayside Tavern
A Wayside Tavern 4.23 avg rating — 364 ratings
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The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 23,948 ratings
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Hester Roon
Hester Roon 4.18 avg rating — 364 ratings
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Nethergate
Nethergate 3.86 avg rating — 364 ratings
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The Prince of Darkness (Plantagenet Saga, #4)
The Prince of Darkness (Plantagenet Saga, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 828 ratings
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Csardas
Csardas 4.18 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
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Jassy
Jassy 4.01 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
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Angelique and the King (Angélique: Original version #3)
Angelique and the King (Angélique: Original version #3) 4.20 avg rating — 1,858 ratings
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The Proud Breed
The Proud Breed 4.35 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
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Roselynde (The Roselynde Chronicles, #1)
Roselynde (The Roselynde Chronicles, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
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Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga, #2)
Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 11,332 ratings
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Alinor (The Roselynde Chronicles, #2)
Alinor (The Roselynde Chronicles, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 596 ratings
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Kathryn in the Court of Six Queens
Kathryn in the Court of Six Queens 4.27 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Cotillion
Cotillion 4.10 avg rating — 17,977 ratings
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The Day of the Butterfly
The Day of the Butterfly 3.65 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn 3.96 avg rating — 1,249 ratings
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Yankee Stranger (Williamsburg, #2)
Yankee Stranger (Williamsburg, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 973 ratings
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Angelique in Barbary (Angelique: Original version #4)
Angelique in Barbary (Angelique: Original version #4) 4.18 avg rating — 1,329 ratings
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Angélique in Love (Angélique: Original version #6)
Angélique in Love (Angélique: Original version #6) 4.24 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
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Trade Wind
Trade Wind
by: M.M. Kaye
3.99 avg rating — 3,135 ratings
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Now Face to Face (Tamworth Saga, #3)
Now Face to Face (Tamworth Saga, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
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The Tiger's Woman
The Tiger's Woman 4.29 avg rating — 475 ratings
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Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV
Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV 3.81 avg rating — 2,956 ratings
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Without Honor
Without Honor 4.07 avg rating — 99 ratings
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The Secret Eleanor
The Secret Eleanor 3.50 avg rating — 447 ratings
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Ardent Infidels
Ardent Infidels 4.08 avg rating — 22,385 ratings
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The Saracen Blade
The Saracen Blade 3.90 avg rating — 401 ratings
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Marianne and the Crown of Fire (Marianne #6)
Marianne and the Crown of Fire (Marianne #6) 3.84 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Mistress of Paradise (Hawaii, #2)
Mistress of Paradise (Hawaii, #2) 2.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Summer of Sighs
Summer of Sighs 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Tenants of Time (The Thomas Flanagan Trilogy #2)
The Tenants of Time (The Thomas Flanagan Trilogy #2) 4.11 avg rating — 363 ratings
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The Three Legions
The Three Legions really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The King's Women
The King's Women 3.78 avg rating — 287 ratings
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Duke by Day, Rogue by Night (Nelson's Tea #1)
Duke by Day, Rogue by Night (Nelson's Tea #1) 3.82 avg rating — 422 ratings
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Ivy (Ivy, #1)
Ivy (Ivy, #1) 3.36 avg rating — 1,569 ratings
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The Exiles (The Australians, #1)
The Exiles (The Australians, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 661 ratings
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Crown of Desire
Crown of Desire liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Tabula Rasa (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #6)
Tabula Rasa (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #6) 4.16 avg rating — 1,813 ratings
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The Rogue's Prize (Nelson's Tea Trilogy #2)
The Rogue's Prize (Nelson's Tea Trilogy #2) 4.25 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Ship of Dreams (Americana Dreaming Book 2)
Ship of Dreams (Americana Dreaming Book 2) 3.68 avg rating — 240 ratings
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The Flowering of the Rose (We Speak No Treason, #1)
The Flowering of the Rose (We Speak No Treason, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 364 ratings
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Lost Treasure, Captive Princess
Lost Treasure, Captive Princess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Lily Cigar
Lily Cigar 3.96 avg rating — 396 ratings
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The Shadow of the Pomegranate (Tudor Saga, #3)
The Shadow of the Pomegranate (Tudor Saga, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
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My Lord Rogue
My Lord Rogue 3.92 avg rating — 341 ratings
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Scarlet Shadows
Scarlet Shadows 3.88 avg rating — 41 ratings
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My Lady Rogue (Nelson's Tea #2.5)
My Lady Rogue (Nelson's Tea #2.5) 4.37 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Dragon of Destiny
Dragon of Destiny 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Burning Land
The Burning Land 3.32 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Lady of the Glen
Lady of the Glen 3.92 avg rating — 1,422 ratings
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Seventrees
Seventrees 4.20 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Cinnamon Wharf
Cinnamon Wharf 4.15 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Marianne and the Lords of the East (Marianne #5)
Marianne and the Lords of the East (Marianne #5) 3.92 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Shadow of a Lady
Shadow of a Lady 3.55 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Marianne and the Privateer (Marianne #4)
Marianne and the Privateer (Marianne #4) 3.92 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Polonaise
Polonaise 3.40 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Marianne and the Masked Prince (Marianne #2)
Marianne and the Masked Prince (Marianne #2) 3.93 avg rating — 191 ratings
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Red Sky at Night Lovers' Delight
Red Sky at Night Lovers' Delight 3.73 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Marianne and the rebels
Marianne and the rebels 3.85 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Rebel Heiress
Rebel Heiress 3.65 avg rating — 213 ratings
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Marianne (Marianne #1)
Marianne (Marianne #1) 3.90 avg rating — 324 ratings
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Marry in Haste
Marry in Haste 3.87 avg rating — 803 ratings
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Savannah Purchase (Purchas Family, #1)
Savannah Purchase (Purchas Family, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 674 ratings
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A Memory of Lions
A Memory of Lions 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Watch the Wall, My Darling
Watch the Wall, My Darling 3.83 avg rating — 1,315 ratings
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The Sins of the Lion
The Sins of the Lion 3.45 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Captain Barney
Captain Barney 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Burnished Blade
The Burnished Blade 4.12 avg rating — 109 ratings
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A woman of quality
A woman of quality 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The tower and the dream
The tower and the dream 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Captain for Elizabeth
Captain for Elizabeth 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The White Rose
The White Rose 3.92 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The Walsingham Woman
The Walsingham Woman 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Swan's Chance (Wild Swan Trilogy, #2)
Swan's Chance (Wild Swan Trilogy, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 899 ratings
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Queen's Grace
Queen's Grace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Wild Swan (Wild Swan Trilogy, #1)
Wild Swan (Wild Swan Trilogy, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 1,453 ratings
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I, Jacqueline
I, Jacqueline 3.24 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Born of the Sun (Dark Ages of Britain, #2)
Born of the Sun (Dark Ages of Britain, #2)
by: Joan Wolf
4.25 avg rating — 456 ratings
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I Am Mary Tudor (Mary Tudor, #1)
I Am Mary Tudor (Mary Tudor, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 175 ratings
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The Edge of Light (Dark Ages of Britain, #3)
The Edge of Light (Dark Ages of Britain, #3)
by: Joan Wolf
4.20 avg rating — 300 ratings
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The Witch and the Priest
The Witch and the Priest 3.99 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Deep Summer (Plantation Trilogy, #1)
Deep Summer (Plantation Trilogy, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 1,702 ratings
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The Handsome Road (Plantation Trilogy, #2)
The Handsome Road (Plantation Trilogy, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 1,100 ratings
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Rivals in the Tudor Court (Tudor Court #2)
Rivals in the Tudor Court (Tudor Court #2) 3.83 avg rating — 718 ratings
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Dark Angels (Tamworth Saga #1)
Dark Angels (Tamworth Saga #1) 3.93 avg rating — 4,690 ratings
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The Lords of Vaumartin
The Lords of Vaumartin 3.64 avg rating — 100 ratings
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The Firedrake
The Firedrake 3.89 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Great Maria
Great Maria 4.09 avg rating — 592 ratings
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The Shadow Queen
The Shadow Queen 3.61 avg rating — 2,209 ratings