Historical Romance

From the old west to old England these romances take you on a jaunt through history. Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list.

	Mary Balogh. Slightly Married Meet the Bedwyns; six brothers and sisters--men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality. Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal, and where Aidan Bedwyn, the marriage-shy second son, discovers that matrimony may be the most seductive act of all. First book in Bedwyn series.
	Elizabeth Chadwick. The Champion and others An award-winning historical novelist delivers an epic tale of medieval plots and royal intrigues, in the story of a skilled young knight, the woman he betrays, and their chance meeting years later.
	Marion Chesney. The Banishment   An English lord gambles away his estate and the family is banished to a small cottage. The lord has six daughters and the eldest, Isabella, must court the new owner to restore the family to its proper position. But when the handsome Lord Fitzpatrick arrives Isabella faces a problem, love or duty? First book in the Daughters of Mannerling serires.
	Catherine Coulter. Lord of Hawkfell Island Mirana, an ingenious Viking woman with a love for birds, finds her life changing irreparably when Rorik, a fierce and savage Viking warrior, arrives at the Viking fortress Clontarf to kill her half-brother. First book in the Vikings trilogy.
	Celeste De Blasis . The Tiger's Woman The story of the westward expansion.
	Sara Donati . Into the Wilderness A beautifully wrought, passionately evoked novel of early America. When Elizabeth Middleton leaves England to join her father and brother in the remote mountain village of Paradise, New York, she does so with a strong will and an unwavering purpose: to teach school. First in the Nathaniel & Elizabeth series.
	Barbara Erskine. Lady of Hay This masterfully crafted first novel tells the spellbinding story of a contemporary woman who discovers her past life as a 12th-century Welsh noblewoman.
	Diana Gabaldon. Outlander Intrepid time-traveler Claire Randall who is whisked to 1743--and becomes torn between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. First book in the Outlander series.
	Rodrigo Garcia y Robertson. American Woman R. Garcia y Robertson applies his considerable talents in historical research and writerly depiction to an epic of American history, the legendary Battle of the Little Big Horn and Custer's last stand--and turns the legends upside down. First, he tells the tale entirely from the Indian side, and secondly, he tells it through the eyes of a blonde white woman from Pennsylvania married to an Indian brave: American Woman.
	Rodrigo Garcia y Robertson. Knight Errant In a thrilling time-travel romance of Renaissance England, a young American woman is swept into the age of the War of the Roses, where she falls in love with a young knight, a prince who will be king. First book in the Time Travel series.
	Julie Garwood. The Bride Ordered by the king to take an English bride, Scottish laird Alec Kincaid selects the feisty, violet-eyed Jamie, who brazenly swears to resist Alec until she realizes her feelings have changed. First book in the McAlister saga.
	Georgette Heyer. These Old Shades and others The Duke of Avon is merely indulging himself when he rescues a handsome youth from a cruel older brother.But what the Duke doesn't know is that this boy will soon engage his heart as well...for physical appearances aside, the lad is actually a young girl. As she blossoms into a stunning beauty, the Duke finds himself drawn to her.
	Lisa Kleypas. Suddenly You Unmarried and nearly 30, novelist Amanda Briars is determined to make love with a man before her birthday. When Jack Devlin, London's most notorious businessman, appears at her door, she is tempted, but she craves respectability. But Jack refuses to live by society's rules.
	Arnette Lamb. Border Lord A beautiful diplomat from Queen Anne's court comes to Scotland to negotiate peace between the Scots and the English--and is swept into a tempestuous affair with the Border Lord, a legendary, masked Scottish rebel.
	Johanna Lindsey. Brave the Wild Wind As wild as the Wyoming frontier and a terror when spurned, Jessie Blair is furious when she over hears Chase Summers refusing her hand -- and vows to seduce the handsome drifter out of spite.Enraged by Jessie's arrogance yet haunted by her beauty, Chase is irresistible drawn to the headstrong miss -- and into her troubles with the land-hungry villains who murdered her father. For his pride insists he tame the fiery temptress who toys with his emotions. And his passion won't be sated until the sensuous young hellion becomes a woman in his arms. First book in the Frontier series.
	Merline Lovelace. The Captain's Woman Victoria Parker, daughter of a Wyoming newspaper baron, has loved Captain Sam Garrett for years. When the career soldier returns to Cheyenne, Victoria sets out to win his heart. But war erupts and Sam joins Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Victoria follows him, determined not to lose the love she has just found.
	Glenna McReynolds. The Chalice and the Blade For readers who love the romantic fiction of Diana Gabaldon, The Chalice and the Blade heralds the arrival of a major new storytelling talent in the popular genre. In 12th-century Wales, young Ceridwen, daughter of a Druid priestess, is unaware of her own power, until fate leads her into the path of a feared sorcerer. First book in the Wales series.
	Teresa Medeiros. The Bride and the Beast In a "beguiling blend of myth and magic" (Tami Hoag), Medeiros combines the timeless "Beauty and the Beast" theme with a few of her own unexpected twists to create an unforgettable love story in 1771 Scotland.
	Edith Pargeter. The Heaven Tree Trilogy A trilogy of novels set in twelfth-century England and Wales-- The Heaven Tree, The Green Branch, and The Scarlet Seed --chronicles the adventures of master stone carver Harry Talvace; Ralf Isambard, Lord of Parfois; and their two sons. Novelist Eliis Peters writing under her own name.
	Susan Price. Sterkarm Handshake The Sterkarms have plundered the Scottish border for generations. Now time travelers from the future have found a way back to the 16th century to do their own plundering. Andrea Mitchell, a 21st-century woman who has found a home among the Sterkarms, is caught between two cultures. She underestimates the arrogance and treachery of her adopted hosts -- and of her fellow time travelers, who will stop at nothing to have their way.
	Judith Merkle Riley. Vision of Light and others "An appealing novel about Margaret of Ashbury, a 14th-century Englishwoman, who is inspired in a "vision of light" to write her memoirs and tell a woman's story. Unable to write, she hires Brother Gregory to record her memories. He is contemptuous of her ambition, but hungry enough to accept her offer. Riley's ingenious plot then alternates between Margaret's and Gregory's clashes in their present and her telling of her past." - School Library Journal. First book in the Margaret of Ashbury series.
	Anya Seton. Green Darkness and others Set in England in the 1500s, Green Darkness follows Celia as she grows into womanhood and falls in love.
	Judith Tarr. Kingdom of the Grail and others Historical fact and fantastic legend clash when Merlin's descendant Roland takes up the Quest for the Grail against Arthur's ancient enemy.
	Elswyth Thane. Dawn's Early Light The young daughter of the town drunk sets her heart on Williamsburg's new schoolmaster, recently arrived from England on the eve of the Revolutionary War. First book in the Women of Williamsburg series.