Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Romance - Historical - Ancient World

The son of an Irish Laird is grieving the loss of his Viking mother. His father, the Laird of County Meath returns from his grieving period with a new bride and sends his son to the isle of Rathcru to marry and become the Laird of the mysterious Danaan people. Upon arriving on the isle, Cael the spitting image of his Viking ancestry, meets his betrothed a raven-haired beauty and a warrior named Feinn. Feinn's lineage harkens from a long line of female warriors that fought and died defending Ireland from the Vikings. The marriage is quickly performed and Feinn's ailing father passes soon...

In war torn England the battle lines between Saxon and Norman are clearly drawn. Rowena Godwinson, the sole remaining member of the defeated royal family, stands proudly against the Normans that would trample them underfoot. Her nobility and grace, however, make her an ideal pawn in King William's play for power with the Saxon people. When he decrees she marry a powerful Norman knight, her subjugation appears to be complete. Can she hold firm to her Saxon heritage and refuse to give in to his tempting advances?

John of Normandy is rewarded for his service and loyalty with land,...

Who controls your destiny? On Corrone, Fate determines everyone's destiny but, in the aftermath of a planet-wide plague one young woman must decide if it might be time to take matters into her own hands. Clayra's world has been devastated by the Red Plague; her people are on the verge of extinction, leaving her with little hope of ever finding her destined Soulmate. Fortunately Clayra has Jace, whose soulful, green eyes and dimpled smile belie his bad-boy reputation. Together they believe they can survive anything but, they soon discover that Fate has other plans. Just when Jace finally...

Set against the war-prone and volatile times of ancient Magna Graecia, this uplifting tale portrays the transcendental love between a Lucanian princess and her merman prince lover. Both, expected to marry from among their own races, decide to follow their oracle and spiritual advisor's guidance instead and set out on a life-transforming journey that will bring them to the brink of human perseverance and faith, in the hope of being able to unite in the heavenly abode of the Olympian Gods. In this first book of the multi-volume grand saga, Within the Ocean of Eternal Love, entitled The Quest of...

A medieval soldier returns home to find his lover died in childbirth just as his own mother had. Believing he is cursed, Peter of Normandy turns from love. When he must give escort to an Irish princess more noble than many knights, he struggles with his decision to live a solitary life. Can he take the chance that his love won't be a death sentence and possibly make them stronger?

Padraig MacNaughton's death bed decree rips his daughter, Brighit, from the shelter of her protective clan in Ireland. Forced to take vows at a Priory in England, she finds herself in the hands of...

The warmth in their hearts is so deep Pushed to marry a man she would never pick for herself, Uvbi hatches a way out to undermine the rule of law. Getting out of the age old tradition will cost Uvbi her dignity and freedom. When Nagudia, who conceals his past to gain freedom in the land, rescues Uvbi in the bush, he has no idea his life will become entangled with hers in a bizarre way. After the rescue, Uvbi issues a threat to Nagudia in the bush before she disappears. With his conscience on fire, Nagudia wants to do everything in his power to find Uvbi. The journey to bring her back will...

Love is eternal, crossing time spans. To escape recent betrayal and loss, Irish archaeology student, Brid Ni Laoghaire seizes the chance to be a last minute replacement on a dig in a remote Chinese desert and discovers a dangerous secret that links her to an ancient past. An Alaskan Tlingit Indian, John Sheldon, leads the team, and their incredible discoveries arouse hostility in the Chinese officials sent to observe the dig. As more items are examined, Brid begins to have startling visions that link her to the past which complicate the growing attraction between her and the emotionally...

The saga continues... Married off to an older man, Aeliana has never had the love and passion she desires. After Titus dies, Aeliana finds herself deep in debt to a man named Augustus, who wants her more than his money. Aeliana is under pressure to marry Augustus or risk losing everything to him when a mysterious free gladiator, Gernot, suddenly turns up offering to help with a deal too good for her to refuse. Gernot is full of secrets, and Aeliana can't seem to stop herself from falling for him. Gernot is seeking the whereabouts of Tiberius and his pack after the eruption of Vesuvius....

"The ultimate sacrifice." Gwas can outrun a horse, knows how to hide and steal, but is ignorant of the ways of men. Rescued from a miserable existence by an intimidating angel and fated as a Druidic offering, the only direction he wishes to flee is straight into the arms and knife of his savior, Gareth.
"Enduring love." Maura knows Gareth is no angel, but she adores him with a passion that loneliness cannot dent. When he brings her an injured orphan who fears her on sight, she opens her heart.
"Heroic resolve." Gareth is caught between his liege lord and brother's fist, and a...

The Beginning commences with two main characters, to whom I have given their own views and voices. It is how they met and fell in love. A tragedy separates the young lovers and the hero, Hektor, must save his best friend and future wife, Andromakhe, or die in trying to rescue her. What was love and dedication 3,200 years before we were born? Will love have a happy conclusion? Review by Melanie Archer The Reading Chestnut 'When you serve another this does not mean you are less than human....' This is my favourite quote from the first in a series of books I have recently read by Amarissa Amber...

Warning This story contains graphic violence including cannibalism. "Set in 1057 A.D. among the Anasazi of the American Southwest." Raised by his beloved Sky Chief grandfather and a mysterious albino woman, Tuwa expects to become the next skywatcher. When a strange star appears in the sky, so bright it shines during the day, the High Priest, backed by ultraviolent warriors from the South, demands blood sacrifice. Tuwa's grandfather, a vocal opponent of the foreigners, is murdered in a public ceremony, cooked, and served to the stunned crowd. Next in line are Tuwa's adopted mother and the...

The Reckoning is a rollicking time travel adventure that plummets the reader into a world of treachery, adventure, and romance. Trust me. You won't want to miss this one Michelle Griep, author.
When Morgan Shaw crept into the hold of an old pirate ship replica at San Diego's Annual Tall Ship Festival, her only intention was to avoid the guy who had just dumped her and who was now boarding the ship with two women on his arm. What she didn't expect was to wake up aboard a real pirate ship three-hundred years in the past. But of course, it wasn't real. Her wealthy father...

Six thousand years ago, before the birth of the Akkadian Empire, it started with a promise. "I want you to promise me a life," she whispered so softly he barely heard her. She slowly sat back up and searched the gloom of the hut warily. "Akhila " Akintunde hissed quietly and also glanced about fearfully. It was strictly taboo to speak of future lives, and a well-known harbinger of ill luck. If an attentive god should hear, whether good or evil, they just might strike you dead so that you could quickly begin the new life you so coveted. Akhila flinched, but quickly regained her resolve. "I'm...

On their way to ultimate unification in the heavens of the Olympian Gods, the lovers Loriolan and Indirali, a merman prince and a Magna Graecian princess, along with their close friends, encounter impossible seeming odds that challenge them to the core of their beliefs and love for one another. One existential crisis after another leads them to realize the power of friendship, of companionship that supports selflessly in situations of crisis and need. Thrown into the unknown to fend for themselves and find the way to Mount Olympos, the seat of the Gods, Indirali and her maid, Hedna,...

Winner of the Christianity Today 2017 Book Award

Before he became a father of the Christian Church, Augustine of Hippo loved a woman whose name has been lost to history. This is her story.

She met Augustine in Carthage when she was seventeen. She was the poor daughter of a mosaic-layer; he was a promising student and heir to a fortune. His brilliance and passion intoxicated her, but his social class would be forever beyond her reach. She became his concubine, and by the time he was forced to leave her, she was thirty years old and the mother of his...

O romance "O Imigrante Portugues" se prende a impressionante saga do portugues Jose Lourenco, desde sua aldeia natal, Quilho, ate se fixar definitivamente na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, em busca de uma vida melhor. Os personagens protagonistas da estoria sao basicamente dois: Jose Lourenco e Amalia Botelho. Ele, filho de uma meretriz que morreu ainda cedo, o qual parte estrada afora pelo interior de Portugal em busca de novas oportunidades, ja que em Quilho isto nao lhe era possivel, principalmente em virtude de suas origens. Ela, mal casada, abandona o lar para iniciar, sem retorno, uma fuga...

Amazon #1 Best Selling Historical Romance - The Norman Conquest SeriesThe Irish Warrior - Book Three

Outcast and alone, Thomasina MacDonell is hell bent on finding her brother, the only person who can thwart their father's latest scheme to offer her as payment for his gambling debts. Disguised as a lad, she defiantly sets off on foot to locate him never expecting to find a handsome, Irish warrior riding her beloved horse. Her first duty? To get back her horse no matter the cost. The warrior's unexpected offer of help and unsolicited advice on how to be manlier sparks an intimate...