Archives de catégorie : Historical Romance

A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES de Katie Abdou

A foppish nobleman accidentally joins a pirate ship and falls for his debonair captain.

A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES
by Katie Abdou
Simon & Schuster, Spring 2026
(via Mushens Entertainment)

Kit Davenport is impulsive, headstrong, a little too sure of himself, and desperate to get out from under his father’s thumb. Oh—he’s also the son of a Viscount, and days away from marrying a future marchioness.

But Kit doesn’t want to marry and become trapped in his father’s world of white wigs, dull dinner parties, and odious meetings in the House of Lords.

A string of dubious choices lands him on the crew of Captain Reggie Sharpe’s galleon, the Deliverance. There’s just one problem: Kit has no idea they’re pirates.

PS: Kit can’t swim.

Katie Abdou was born and raised in historic coastal Massachusetts, USA—where she cultivated a love of history, the occult, and piracy. Her goal is for her work to be a safe space for teens and young adults to experience both the good and bad in the world by exploring topics of self-discovery, ethnicity, sexuality, found family, and acceptance—with a dash of myth and magic.

LITTLE GERMANY de Maria Nikolai

Two women, two worlds, two lives at a crossroads.

LITTLE GERMANY #1 DER DUFT DER NEUEN WELT
by Maria Nikolai
Penguin Germany, May 2025

Germany, 1901. Domestic servant Lissi has embarked on a foolish affair with the scion of the family she works for. But her hopes of a romantic wedding are shattered, and when she finds herself pregnant, alone and desperate, she decides to leave her home town. Meanwhile, Julia Varrell has been lured into an arranged marriage under false pretences, and feels lonely on her husband’s idyllic estate. She, too, wants out. And so Lissi and Julia find themselves on board a ship bound for New York.

The two of them quickly become close friends, and agree to help each other make a fresh start. A bakery in Manhattan’s Little Germany offers them work and a roof over their heads. Soon, the bakery and its heavenly sweet pretzels gain a reputation among the upper echelons of New York society. What no one suspects, though, is that disaster is looming on the horizon – one that will disrupt not only Julia’s and Lissi’s lives, but the whole of Little Germany…

• Based on a true story
• Vol. 2 to be published in October 2025

Maria Nikolai loves the stuff of history and tender love stories. With her debut The Chocolate Villa she wrote her way into the hearts of her readers, and spent many months in the bestseller lists. The saga sold about half a million copies. Maria Nikolai’s fans were also enchanted by her second historical fiction trilogy, set on picturesque Lake Constance towards the end of the First World War. LITTLE GERMANY, her new émigré saga, tells the story of two bold young women seeking their fortune in the New World.

THE GODS TIME FORGOT de Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez

Irish mythology collides with Gilded Age New York in this sweeping debut enemies-t o-lovers historical romantasy, perfect for fans of Outlander and A Fate Inked in Blood.

THE GODS TIME FORGOT
by Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez
Crooked Lane, April 2025

Manhattan, 1870. Rua knows only two things: her name, and that she has no memories. So when the wealthy Harrington family mistakes Rua for their missing daughter, Emma, Rua goes along with the charade, hoping for answers about who she really is. As she tries to blend into a society she doesn’t remember, she’s drawn to a firmly off-limits man: the Lord of Donore, a newcomer to Manhattan society who is somehow familiar to Rua.

Finn is new to this side of the Atlantic and knows that the best way to fit in as Lord of Donore is to make friends in high places and play by the rules of society. He knows he shouldn’t become involved with a mysterious, recently missing debutante, but he’s intrigued by Emma Harrington, and Finn has an uncanny feeling that this isn’t the first time they’ve met.

With societal pressures mounting on both sides, Rua is determined to discover the truth about the missing Harrington daughter and her own past. But when her memories begin to return, they’re of a world far stranger than New York and traced in dark magic.

As ancient secrets unfurl in Rua’s memory, Rua and Finn are forced to uncover the mystery of their past and try to save their future. In this gritty and glittering romantasy, nothing and no one is as they seem.

Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez lives in New York with her husband, their son, and a fluffy dog named Oliver Queen. When she’s not writing, she can be found in Ireland, touching stones, and trying to fall through them.

CRADLE OF SECRETS de Jasmin Wigham

A Victorian fantasy romance perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Alexandra Christo.

CRADLE OF SECRETS
by Jasmin Wigham
Podium, TBD
(via Zeno Agency)

Jem has lied, cheated and stolen to make his way into the swankiest circles of London’s elite. And now he almost has everything he ever wanted, a beautiful if vapid fiancé, a patron who’s willing to fund his lavish lifestyle. But now he’s here it doesn’t deliver the high he wanted. So when a mysterious blond called Felicity appears and asks him to demonstrate his legendary gunslinger skills, he can’t quite resist.

Jem’s about to realise the problem with inventing yourself an elaborate adventuring background is, it doesn’t hold up very long when you’re confronted with real monsters.

Narrowly escaping with his life, Jem realises Felicity isn’t all she appears. He tries to slip back into his normal life but can’t quite resist the pull of an actual adventure. So alongside Felicity, a young woman cursed with immortality to watch everyone she loves grow up and leave her; Odessa, a witch with no magic; Rashid, a scientist who figured out how to turn people invisible but not how to turn them back; and McLaren, a Scotsman who may or may not be a werewolf – Jem must figure out who is creating monsters out of men.

Jasmine Wigham lives in Country Durham. After finishing a degree in History and English literature, she went on to become a finalist in Penguin Random House’s 2020 ‘Write Now’ scheme, which aims to champion promising new writers who are so far underrepresented in the publishing landscape. CRADLE OF SECRETS is her debut novel.

GRIMSTONE de Sophie Lark

From USA Today bestselling author Sophie Lark comes a brand new romantic thriller series in the gothic, secretive beach town of Grimstone.

GRIMSTONE
by Sophie Lark
Bloom Books/Sourcebooks, September 2024

Remi Hayes is beginning to think she’s cursed—her fiancé cheated on her, her brother Jude is a major pain in her ass, and the moldering mansion she inherited from her uncle might just be haunted.

Flipping Blackleaf Manor already feels impossible, even before Remi is blackmailed by Dane Covett, the dangerously hot doctor-next-door, and Grimstone’s most eligible bachelor—if you can ignore the fact that everyone in town thinks he murdered his wife.

Remi doesn’t want to believe it, especially after Dane sews up a gash in her thigh and steals a kiss in payment—a kiss that makes it hard to walk for reasons that have nothing to do with an injured leg.

But as the renovation takes a strange and violent turn, Remi must decide if Dane is the one haunting her nights, or if he’s trying to protect her from something much worse.

When Sophie Lark started writing, she wanted to create intelligent and powerful female characters who were allowed to be flawed. She’s always loved dark and twisty storylines. She thought so many of her interests were strange until she found an online community of readers who love all the same things. Sophie writes all kinds of stories, including dark romance, fantasy, and suspense. She’s a sucker for anti-heroes and moral dilemmas. Her readers mean everything to her. She couldn’t do what she loves for a living without them, and she’d be lost without the outlet of writing.