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14 books found
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
500 pagesgothic romance
(2.3M)Mild
A plain governess falls for her brooding employer — but Thornfield Hall hides a devastating secret.
The Seaside Homecoming
Julie Klassen · On Devonshire Shores #3
277 pagesregency romance
(3k)Mild
A disgraced woman takes refuge in a mysterious man's boarding house — but her hidden past may cost her everything.
Weathered Too Young
Marcia Lynn McClure · Evans Brothers #1
270 pageshistorical romance
(2k)Mild
A destitute young woman hides her age and her secrets while falling for her brooding, older employer.
The Rake (Davenport, #2)
Mary Jo Putney · Davenport #2
352 pagesregency romance
(8k)Steamy
A notorious rake inherits an estate — only to find it already run by a woman hiding in plain sight as its male steward.
My Brave Highlander
Vonda Sinclair · Highland Adventure #3
334 pageshistorical romance
(916)Steamy
A Highland warrior returns home in secret — and the beautiful widow who wants him is promised to another man.
Maverick Wild
Stacey Kayne · Wild #2
304 pageshistorical romance
(782)Steamy
Her childhood protector grew into a brooding rancher — and Cora Mae's crush is no longer childish.
The Ivy Tree
Mary Stewart
400 pagesromantic suspense
(7k)Mild
A woman assumes a dead heiress's identity — but someone at the manor may already know the truth.
The Winter People
Phyllis A. Whitney
207 pagesgothic romance
(1k)Mild
A gothic romance shrouded in secrets, where the past refuses to stay buried.
Thunder Heights
Phyllis A. Whitney
327 pagesgothic romance
(2k)Mild
A woman inherits a brooding family estate — and the deadly secrets buried within its walls.
The Golden Unicorn
Phyllis A. Whitney
315 pagesgothic romance
(2k)Mild
An adopted woman's golden unicorn locket leads her into the dark secrets — and murder — of her real family.
The Turquoise Mask
Phyllis A. Whitney
gothic romance
(1k)Mild
A woman uncovers dark family secrets in New Mexico — but one of her newfound relatives is a murderer.
Touch Not the Cat
Mary Stewart
372 pagesgothic romance
(9k)Warm
Haunted by her father's dying warning, a woman returns to her cursed estate — and a secret lover she can't quite place.
Our Little Secrets
Merry Farmer · Montana Romance #1
304 pageshistorical romance
(2k)Steamy
Two strangers with dangerous secrets marry within a day — and fall in love before the truth catches up with them.
Tangled Up In You (Truly Idaho, #2; Writer Friends, #3)
Rachel Gibson · Writer Friends #3
364 pagescontemporary romance
(12k)Steamy
She's back in town to expose his family's dark past — but falling for the man she came to destroy.