Hey so I have made a google drive with a bunch of books in it. Right now it is view only, but you should be able to download the books onto your computer. All I ask is don’t “link to” your own google drive cuz then i think it actually moves stuff and I spent a long time setting this up. Thanks.
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[Free eBook] Gilded Splendour by Rosalind Laker [Georgian Historical Romance]
Gilded Splendour by Rosalind Laker, a pseudonym for the late British author Barbara Ovstedal, an historical novelist whose American editor was former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is a standalone f/m Georgian historical romance novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.
This was originally published in 1982 by Methuen.
The story takes place during the 1730s in Georgian England, starring Thomas Chippendale, an apprentice carpenter of humble background who will eventually become the founder of the famous Chippendale furniture family, and the gentle young noblewoman with whom he forms a tender attachment that can never be truly realized, even as they both search for love as their lives continue to intertwine.
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Description
In the summer of 1737, a young apprentice carpenter at Nostell Priory in Yorkshire lovingly creates an invalid chair for a convalescent visitor.
But although the tender love born between the humble carpenter, Thomas Chippendale, and the young noblewoman, Isabella Woodleigh, can never be openly declared, their lives are destined to remain intricately and intimately linked.
Thomas’s career will be remarkable, his destiny to be the most renowned of English cabinet-makers. From a background of poverty, with low prospects, he works tirelessly to perfect his craft and his life is transformed. Isabella, romantic and gentle, will suffer a crueller fate in her search for love and fulfilment. The life that awaits her becomes a nightmare and it is only until her new home is visited by death that she escapes.
Despite their wildly different courses in life, the unbreakable bond forged that summer between Isabella and Thomas will always hold them close...
Gilded Splendour is a powerful story of love, loyalty and destiny, from best-selling romantic novelist Rosalind Laker.
[Free eBook] Warwyck's Wife by Rosalind Laker [19th C Family Saga Historical Romance]
Warwyck's Wife by Rosalind Laker, a pseudonym for the late British author Barbara Ovstedal, an historical novelist whose American editor was former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is the 1st novel in the Warwyck Trilogy series of f/m family saga historical romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.
This was originally published in 1979 by Eyre Methuen under the title Warwyck's Choice. The series (also known as the Easthampton Trilogy) is set in a small village in the English countryside and follows successive generations of a local family, spanning from the Regency to the Victorian Era.
This installment takes place during the Georgian Era, as inheritance issues between the two orphaned Warwyck brothers leads one to “buy” a wife at a bride auction in Brighton in order to gain the ancestral manor, then plan to discard her in favour of an aristocratic woman he longs for, who can further his ambitions to turn the village into a fashionable resort.
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Description
Flush in the pocket with winnings from his most recent fight, renowned pugilist Daniel Warwyck finds himself bidding at a strange and barbaric auction in Brighton for a young woman named Kate.
Kate, who has seen more than her share of suffering, clashes frequently and fiercely with Daniel, her quiet and enigmatic exterior hiding a spine of steel.
Though not in the market for a wife, Daniel realises he can make use of the newly bought Kate to regain his birthright — the inheritance of Warwyck Manor.
It rapidly becomes clear, however, that fate has decreed Warwyck Manor never to be his.
No longer in need of a convenient wife, Daniel discards Kate and redoubles his efforts to become the next prize-fighting champion of England, an obsession only rivalled by his desire for, and pursuit of, vain and aristocratic Claudine Clayton.
It is in the village of Easthampton, which Daniel seeks to build into a fashionable seaside resort to rival Brighton, that Daniel’s bought wife and desired wife collide.
Daniel is finally forced to choose between Kate’s quiet and abiding love and Claudine’s fiery and heated passion.
Who will he choose?
Warwyck's Wife is a thrilling historical saga that will keep readers gripped to the last page.
Sovereign's Key by Rosalind Laker, a pseudonym for the late British author Barbara Øvstedal, an historical novelist whose American editor was former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is a vintage standalone f/m Regency historical romance novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.
This was originally published in 1969 by Robert Hale.
The story is set in the English countryside during the Regency, starring a highwayman's daughter fostered out to a farm in a rural area which rapidly grows over the years into an elegant resort town, and following her adventures as she rises from becoming a household maid to a lady of fashion against this changing backdrop and chooses between three suitors who will influence her destiny.
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Description
Of love and violence in a time of change...
Fostered out at birth, Theresa Marlow, highwayman’s daughter, grew up on a farm in the tiny hamlet of Bognor. The town expanded rapidly and turned into a fashionable and elegant resort to rival Brighton. Against this fast-changing background, Theresa rose from linen maid to lady of fashion.
The three men she loved influenced her future destiny: Andrew, the tavern-boy who went to sea; David, the young officer with whom she liaises on the beach; and Jonathan, landowner and compulsive gambler. It was Theresa’s obsessional passion for Jonathan that set her on a path more terrible and violent than anything she could have dreamed possible.
[Free eBook] The Frenchwoman by Rosalind Laker [Vintage Regency Historical Romance]
The Frenchwoman by Rosalind Laker, a pseudonym for the late British author Barbara Øvstedal, an historical novelist whose American editor was former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is a standalone vintage f/m Regency historical romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.
This was originally published in 1977 by Macdonald & Jane's Publishers.
The story stars a Frenchwoman escaping the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars as an exile in Norfolk, with her betrothal to a cold stranger complicated by the passionate attraction she shares with his elder brother, sparking a potentially deadly struggle between them.
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Description
She belonged to one man, yet loved another - torn between love and honour...
Juliette Delahousse came to Norfolk from France to be a bride. Like all Frenchwomen, fiercely passionate, Juliette knew the arts of love. Exiled to England by her jealous stepmother, betrothed to a cold stranger, she yearned for the one man who could quell her surging desires. Then she met him -- Blake Lockington, her husband's elder brother.
As the Napoleonic wars raged across Europe, Juliette's smouldering beauty ignited another dark battle -- a flaming struggle between two brothers.
But will one of them be destroyed before the winner can claim his prize?
I didn't know Rosalind Laker before but she's now one of my favorite writers. In this family saga, we follow four generations of women (Marguerite, Jasmin, Violette and Rose). The first one lives under the Sun King's reign and sees all of Versailles' splendour. Her daughter, Jasmin, meets Louis XV but doesn't have the life she wanted. Violette, her daughter, catches the eye of the king and finally Rose, Jasmin grand-daughter, becomes Marie-Antoinette's dear friend.
I enjoyed a lot this book even if there was some slow parts in the end. I was really immersed in the time period and liked the way she described the principal characters and of course Louis XIV, XV, and Marie Antoinette. To Dance with Kings should please any historical fiction fan.
Other suggestions:
-Before Versailles by Karleen Koen
-Madame Tussaud, a Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
