[Free eBook] A Lion by the Mane by Edna Dawes [1970s South Africa Romantic Suspense]

A Lion by the Mane by Edna Dawes, a pseudonym for Hong Kong-born British author Emma Drummond, is a standalone vintage f/m international romantic suspense thriller novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.

This was originally published in 1977 by Macdonald & Jane’s Publishers.

The story takes place in South Africa during the 1970s, starring an English veterinary surgeon headed to a game reserve in Transvaal, and the headstrong local pilot in charge of the disastrous flight there, which is only the beginning of the dangerous journey that awaits them.

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[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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[Free eBook] My Highland Spy by Victoria Roberts [Jacobean Historical Romantic Comedy]

My Highland Spy by Victoria Roberts is the 1st novel in the Highland Spies series of f/m historical romantic comedy with suspense elements, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks’ Casablanca imprint.

The series takes place in the early 17th century during the reign of King James I of England and VI of Scotland, starring English spies of the Walsingham family (apparently meant to be related to historical Elizabethan spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham) and the Scottish highlanders encountered as part of their secret missions.

This one stars a stubborn laird suspected of being involved in a plot against the Crown, and the Lady who goes undercover as his son’s new governess to infiltrate his household and discover the truth.

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[Free eBook] The Rice Dragon by Elizabeth Darrell [Historical Adventure Romance]

The Rice Dragon by Elizabeth Darrell, a pseudonym for Hong Kong-born British author Emma Drummond is a standalone f/m historical adventure romance novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.

This was originally published in 1980 by MacDonald Futura and appears to have been revised by the author in 2001.

The story takes place in China during the mid-19th century as the expanding British Empire encroaches upon it, starring a professor’s spinster daughter who is swept away from London due to a promise made to her deceased brother by his Crimean War buddy, only to find herself in conflict with him as he pursues his soldierly destiny when troubles arise even as she becomes more intrigued with exploring the mysteries of a local temple.

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[Free eBook] My Fair Lord by Wilma Counts [Regency Historical Romance]

My Fair Lord by Wilma Counts is the 1st novel in the Once Upon a Bride series of f/m Regency historical romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Kensington’s Lyrical Press imprint.

This is Barnes & Noble’s featured Free Fridays selection for the weekend. The series is centred around a group of women, friends since their schoolgirl days bonding over books, who each find their happily ever after.

The story is a reverse take on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion (adapted as the musical My Fair Lady), starring an earl’s daughter who takes her stepsister’s challenge to transform a simple dockworker into a society gentleman for the marriage mart.

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[Free eBook] The Smile of the Stranger by Joan Aiken [Regency Gothic Romance]

The Smile of the Stranger by the late British author Joan Aiken, best known as an award-winning supernatural fantasy author who was awarded an MBE for her contributions to children’s literature, is the 1st novel in the Paget Family Saga series of f/m Regency historical romance with Gothic suspense elements, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks’ Casablanca imprint.

This was originally published in 1978 by Doubleday, and this reprint is based on the later Warner paperback edition. The series is apparently a hybrid of Regency romance and Gothic suspense, starring various members of a family either encountering or escaping danger even as they uncover various truths of the heart.

This one focuses on the Continent-crossing adventures of an expat Englishwoman fleeing her home in Italy, fending off unwanted advances before reaching the relative safety of her first Season in London, which may turn out to be the most dangerous situation of them all.

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[Free eBook] The Jade Alliance by Elizabeth Darrell [Historical Drama with Multicultural Romance]

The Jade Alliance by Elizabeth Darrell, a pseudonym for Hong Kong-born British author Emma Drummond, is a standalone historical family saga novel with strong f/m romantic elements, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.

This was originally published in 1979 by Hodder & Stoughton.

The story follows White Russian siblings fleeing the Russian Revolution for the relative safety of Hong Kong, trying to establish lives which are threatened by troubles reappearing from their pasts and difficulties pursuing local Chinese and foreign British loves.

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[Free eBook] The Cheats by Marjorie Bowen [Vintage Jacobean Historical Romance]

The Cheats by the late English author Marjorie Bowen, a prolific multi-genre novelist who wrote under many other pseudonyms during the early mid-20th century and had several works adapted to film, is a standalone f/m Jacobean historical romance novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.

This was originally published in 1920 by William Collins under the title The Cheats, A Romantic Fantasy.

The story is set in England during the reign of James I and is centred around the seemingly impossible love between a courtier’s daughter from the gentry and a mere farmer’s son, as they get caught up in the intrigues of the troubled times.

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[Free eBook] All the Queen’s Players by Jane Feather [Tudor Historical Romance]

All the Queen’s Players by British expat author Jane Feather is a standalone f/m historical romance novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Headline’s Eternal imprint.

This is the featured Free Book of the Week in the iTunes UK store.

The story takes place during the reign of Elizabeth I and is an intrigue-filled coming-of-age, starring a naïve newcomer lady-in-waiting who is a cousin of spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham, who finds herself acting as his agent—serving first one queen, and then another, as a budding relationship with an unsuitable courtier results in her being banished to wait upon Mary, Queen of Scots.

Offered in the UK, Europe, South America & Japan and possibly other regions worldwide (excluding North America), available at multiple retailers.

[Free eBook] Knight Secrets by C. C. Wiley [Historical Romance]

Knight Secrets by C. C. Wiley is the 1st novel in the Knights of the Swan series of f/m medieval historical romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Kensington’s Lyrical Press imprint.

This is Barnes & Noble’s featured Free Fridays selection for the weekend. The series takes place in early 15th century England and is centred around the members of an elite order of knights.

This story is an enemies to lovers tale, starring a noblewoman whose father was accused of treason in a plot against the king, who becomes the prisoner of the dutiful knight who destroyed her family estate.

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