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Simple Jess
Pamela Morsi
Jove, 1996
Historical

"Althea Winsloe is a young widow with a son named Baby-Paisley and a farm with the finest corn bottom on the mountain....Althea is given until Christmas to pick herself a man, and to everyone's surprise, except the reader's, she chooses Simple Jess, a combination of Forrest Gump, Mr. Universe and a really great golden retriever." -- Publisher's Weekly
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Lily's Sister
Karen J. Hasley
Outskirts Press, 2006
Historical

Satisfied with her comfortable life, Lou is content to live in her sister Lily's shadow. Until she meets John Rock Davis, Civil War veteran and man with a past. Until her cherished hometown is rocked by violence and fear and her friends and neighbors begin to act like strangers. Until she is forced to take a stand that threatens to destroy her safety, her happiness, and everything she holds dear. More...

Waiting for Hope
Karen J. Hasley
Outskirts Press, 2008
Historical

In 1905, Hope Birdwell is a spirited young woman of strong will and uncompromising dreams. Exchanging her routine life as the domestic servant of a wealthy family for the demanding self-reliance of a Wyoming homesteader is the first step in her plan for success. Hope is finally on her way to the home and the future she has always desired, and she will not allow any distractions into her life-or her heart. She doesn't realize that her dream of a bright and independent future will be threatened by secrets from her past, a past darkened by the shadows of prostitution and violence. More...

Winning the Highlander's Heart
Terry Spear
Vintage Romance Publishing, 2006
Historical

Countess Anice vows to flee the amorous advances of King Henry I, and return to her home in the Highlands, where she hopes to find a laird to wed. Highlander Laird Malcolm MacNeill, seeking an English bride, becomes entangled with the Scottish lass while trying to find out why her staff has vanished. More...

Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
Delta, 1998
Historical Time Travel

The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon — when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach — an "outlander" — in a Scotland torn by war and raiding Highland clans in the year of Our Lord ... 1743.

Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into intrigues and dangers that may threaten her life ... and shatter her heart. For here she meets James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, and becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire ... and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. More...

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Give Me Tonight
Lisa Kleypas
Onyx, 1989
Historical

"This is an "unputdownable" love story, taut with suspense, filled with passion and romance...and also a unique tale of time-travel. Lisa Kleypas certainly outdoes herself with this novel." -- Jana L. Perskie, Amazon Top 100 Reviewer ...full review

The Grand Sophy
Georgette Heyer
Harlequin, 2003
Historical Regency

Vibrant, irrepressible on-Lacy was no stranger to managing delicate situations.... But staying with her relatives could be her biggest challenge yet.

Lovely cousin Cecelia was smitten with an utterly unsuitable suitor; cousin Herbert was in dire financial straits; and the ruthlessly handsome Charles Rivenhall was bent on marrying a horribly prosy bluestocking. Using her signature unorthodox methods, Sophy set out to solve all of their problems -- never anticipating romantic entanglements of her own! More...

Darkest Dreams (Killdaren Series, Book 2)
Jennifer St. Giles
Berkley, 2006
Historical Paranormal

The stunning sequel to Midnight Secrets by the award-winning author.

Visiting her recently wed sister at Dartmoor's End, Andromeda finds herself hopelessly drawn to the estranged twin of her new brother-in-law. But a dark shadow hangs over Alexander, one that may eclipse their hearts forever. More...

You might also be interested in the first book of this series:

Midnight Secrets (Killdaren Series, Book 1)

Silken Shadows (Killdaren Series, Book 3)
Jennifer St. Giles
Berkley, 2007
Historical Paranormal

New from the award-winning author of Darkest Dreams.

In search of a vicious killer, a woman of psychic abilities and a sea captain are thrust into the realm of the supernatural. There they must trust in their own passion to survive the killer's thirst. More...

To Love a Dark Lord
Anne Stuart
Avon, 1994
Historical

"If ever there was a man who needed a good woman it is James Killoran, the hero of To Love a Dark Lord. He is so jaded and world world weary that it will take a special, innocent and determined heroine to veer him from his self destructive course." -- Melissa …full review

Promise Me Heaven
Connie Brockway
Avon, 1994
Historical

"Connie Brockway's first novel, Promise Me Heaven, sizzles with sensuality and is drenched with intelligence, wit and wonderful characters." -- Trish A. Howell …full review