WhelmedGrayson

Twenty-three year old (Y/n) (L/n) is an intelligent and well respected woman and an incredible poet with a well known published book. Although, at times she can be irrational, stubborn, aggressive, and sometimes even a little inappropriate. She's definitely not the type of woman you'd expect in 1885, especially one in London. However, she meets a like minded young woman named, Enola Holmes, and the two become friends and partners.The two girls often find themselves in trouble, but like they say, well behaved women rarely make history.(Sherlock Holmes x Reader)…

littleLo

Eliza Banes, her ambition for adventure and her penchant for trouble, have often been trying on her poor mama's nerves. All her mother desires is for Eliza to be married and settled, but Eliza has other plans. Seizing an opportunity to stow away on a merchant ship to live out her dreams of seeing the world, Eliza has no idea what she is getting herself into. What she thought would be a harmless adventure sees her experience new challenges, rowdy sailors, evil pirates, and it brings her face to face with the surliest sea captain with a heart of pure gold.Eliza is about to discover the true meaning of, "be careful what you wish for."…

AbbyWheelerRomance

2019 WATTY WINNER FOR HISTORICAL FICTION.Charity loves Ian. Ian thinks Charity is an incorrigible flirt and he is certainly not tempted. Not one bit! Or at least that's what he tells himself...Bright, optimistic, and a bit naïve, Charity Crewe has always been in love with Ian Douglass. And it would certainly help if he loved her back... just a little bit! Though Ian was raised on the estate and generously given lessons with the Crewe siblings, no one, especially Ian, has ever forgotten he is the housekeeper's son. Charity might not care what anyone thinks of her, but Ian certainly does, so he is determined to protect her reputation as well as his own. He's worked too hard to secure his position to risk his livelihood, not to mention his mother's. He has discouraged her affections at every turn... with only a few moments of weakness. However, while Charity is away gaining some polish, circumstances drastically change and Charity must decide if she is willing to risk everything, even complete and utter ruin, in pursuit of the man she loves.Authors notes:This is Book One of The Crewe Legacy, a four-book series in progress, involving the Crewe siblings and other characters you'll meet along the way. I hope you enjoy Ian and Charity's story and that everyone else intrigues you!CONTENT WARNING: this story contains some mature sexual content, descriptions of spousal abuse, child abuse, murder, and suicide.…

dixondarlin

Anthony Bridgerton based One Shots…

Extraordinaryyyyy

"Mr. Sm-Sm-Smith," was all I could stammer out. "Mmhmm," he whispered into my ear. My breath got heavy, and I felt weak in his presence. He melted me like butter on a hot day. |Book based in the 1800's-1900's|A beautiful albino woman was sold and separated from her family at 21 years old. She thought she would never smile again. Little did she know it was a blessing in disguise. She didn't know how crazy life was about to get.…

aracelie01

Lord and Lady Coves moves their family back to London for the season. Their daughter is getting over a broken heart. Will she find love in London or will someone force her in marriage?…

ladsontourxo

❝ 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨 ❞…

littleLo

Katy Fairchild is an orphan and knows that no respectable man will marry her. But when a storm throws her into the arms of a mysterious stranger, will she fight society's opinion of her low status to pursue a forbidden romance? *****At the age of nine, Katy Fairchild was brought to the small village of Wilshire to live with her distant relations, the Banes family. Brought up as a companion to their daughter, Eliza, Katy has lived a life according to her low rank and limited opportunities, and without complaint. But one day when she is nineteen, she gets caught in a dangerous storm with a handsome man who is unlike anyone she's met before. The encounter throws Katy into a world she never knew. For the first time, a better life may be just around the corner, but is she prepared to fight for it?[[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]]Cover designed by Cil Ojumo…

BtsIca_98

this is the chapter to beat the heat and even the summer time, this reading thing will take you back to the 18th and 19th century where the smurfs will end up doing the beat the heat while helping out around the community in the 1700s 1800s…

dixondarlin

Simon Basset, The Duke of Hastings, based One Shots…

emregal

A young woman, coming of age, in the 1800s must meet certain expectations to survive in the heart of London. But the free-spirited orphan Evangeline Winters struggles to mold into society. With romanticized ideas about how the world should be, she promises to herself that she would forge her own path. As she dreams of finding a life for herself, she is thrown into an unexpected whirlpool of opportunities and obstacles. And wait...a marriage proposal?The mystery man, Dominik, who enters her life seems to be keeping a lot more secrets then he leads on. She constantly asks herself, what will she end up finding? Will she be trapped forever or find a way out? Will she experience the love she's been missing all along? Is there more to her past...is she even human?#1 in 1800s…

littleLo

When the arrogant stranger Bess is forced to marry unexpectedly becomes a duke, she'll find herself at odds with her growing feelings as he hunts for a killer. *****Sharp-tongued Elizabeth 'Bess' Jones is perfectly content living on her lonesome in a tiny village south of Derbyshire. She works as a nurse, owns a small home, and finds the label of 'spinster' an agreeable trade for her independence. But when her entire life is uprooted in an instant, she only has one person to blame: her new husband, Emmett Wilde, who was caught in a compromising situation with her. And now, despite his promise to fake a death certificate after their wedding--to free her of any duty to him or their marriage bed--he sends for her in the dead of night with startling news: his father has been murdered, and he is now the Duke of Ascot with a wife he can no longer deny...[[Word Count: 60,000-70,000 words]][[Cover designed by Ren Tachibana]]…

NormaRodman

Cassandra didn't know what was wrong with her. Why didn't any of the Earls and Barons appeal to her? As a woman of four and twenty living in 1804 England, she was expected to be wed by now.After running away from an embarassing dance lesson, she ends up at The Vixen Inn, run by her friend, Sophia Brook. While there, a bounty hunter and his prisoner,Jeremy Hawkins, seek refuge from a storm.Can the outlaw pirate, set for a date with the gallows, be the man who can give her what she craves? I read some of the comments where people were upset about the mores of the time. It's not my personal belief. I'm just reflecting what people believed in those days. I appreciate comments. Most people don't use swear words, and I and most readers appreciate that. Please refrain from using swear words in your comments.…

khaiyakoto

Nancy Griffiths, a young & beautiful woman with musical talents, came from a poor working class family from Bloomsbury. Together with her mother, Nancy worked as a maid at the Danbury household while her father was a simple clerk. Following the passing of both her parents, Lady Danbury took it upon her to raise young Nancy and mentor her to become a fine young lady. Years pass and now a world class pianist and composer in a world dominated by men, Nancy returns to London from performing in the Americas and faces the high society she is now recognized to be a part of where she will face many challenges, including being forced to find herself a husband.03/03/2023: No. 1 in #benedictbridgerton 03/07/2023: No. 2 in #bridgerton- THIS STORY IS NOT AT ALL ACCURATE TO THE BOOKS BY JULIA QUINN. THIS ALSO TAKES PLACE AFTER S2 -!WRITTEN BEFORE SEASON 3!…

nmmorton

*Highest Rank #1 in Historical Fiction*Shy and awkward Elizabeth Montgomery doesn't think she'll ever find love. As her family's former plantation struggles in Reconstruction era Virginia, she's afraid she'll find herself either betrothed to the wrong man through an arranged marriage, or a spinster living with her widowed father. However, Elizabeth's sister Amelia is vibrant and charming, and sure to secure a valuable match. When two wealthy, eligible bachelors come to her family's plantation home for a visit, Elizabeth finds that she has to depend on her faith more than ever. Edward Stanton is a cocky bank owner's son, and his father, Charles, is pressuring him to take a wealthy wife to create a banking empire. As Edward resists his father's demands, the stakes become higher and higher, pointing to evidence that Charles has underlying motives for forcing a particular match on Edward. Will an unexpected love emerge from so much greed and manipulation?*Completed May 2015*…

violetxdragons

It's 1854, and the south is thriving on agriculture. Men do the hard work, and women raise the babies.I feel like I'm being smothered.I've always been too smart for my gender. Too eager to learn. Too expressive.I want too much. At least, that's what my father says.The oldest son of my father's friend is home from college, and he's looking for a wife. And his sights are set on me.Will I be too much for a man like Easton Abernathy to take as a wife, or will he be intrigued by the knowledgeable woman my father keeps suffocating?…

LeeleeKez

With her family bankrupt and the man she loved now married to another woman, Gretchen decides to move to London to fix what's left of her life. Returning to San Francisco a failure is not an option, so she takes on the only job she can find - one that involves a baby, a man, and unfortunately, love. *****Ethan Williams is done with love. Scorned and left by his wife, his life's goal is to acquire more wealth and travel the world. But one morning, he wakes up to find an infant on his doorstep. Left with no choice, Ethan hires a nanny to care for the child. When he begins to feel his heart respond to the presence of the new nanny, he is certain his life just took a turn for the worse - and he is determined to rid himself of every silly notion of love.[[Word Count: 80,000-90,000]]Cover design by Cil Ojumo…

LegendaryPenName

Meli is a beggar in 19th century London. Not just a beggar- a pickpocket. A thief. And a good one.*************I didn't ask to be a beggar. It was just what becomes of orphans. I suppose I could have gone to work at a factory- but I was sure it wouldn't have paid as well as the pocketwatches and coins that the uppercrusts of England supplied me with.Besides, I had never been caught before. I didn't even worry myself over the possibility. Even if the theft had been noticed- as if!- I was the only girl among the group of young thieves. The last to be suspected. Me being caught was an impossibility!Until I made a mistake. Until my hand was seized as I reached into the pocket of a nobleman.I expected to be sent off to a prison or a workhouse. Perhaps to be whipped, or even hanged.Not to be sent to a reformatory school. Not for that same nobleman that I had stolen from to adopt me from that reformatory school. Not a life sentence to the strictness and rigidity and discipline of nobility. Not a governess who tells me when to sleep, eat, bathe, study, and speak.This was not the life of poverty and thievery that I had planned out for myself. And I didn't like it one bit.*Warning: Will contain outdated aspects of 19th-century life and childrearing. This includes but is not limited to corporal punishment, old-fashioned medical treatments, and strong references to social class and the struggles of the working class.*…

coffeels127

Karen was a typical school girl, not that very popular in class but very average. She thought that everything in her life would be just like an ordinary day. Not until she was abducted by complete strangers to complete the experiment.…

Darling_moony

Two women meet and fall for each other in 1812…

hexterya

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 difference between a sin and a clandestine longing? A yearning that pulses silently beneath the surface, sheltered away from a place where love is tightly defined and drawn by ancient hands. Can a heart so full and so pure truly be blamed as sinful? Or is the true sin in the unspoken truth that binds them to stare across ballrooms?Siena DeLuca would have never imagined that one's heart could stray so far from the paths taught to follow. Her rebellion and often misunderstood ideals had never ventured so far as to imagine herself dipping her toes into forbidden places. But Eloise Bridgerton surely is a spark in the darkness- a wildfire that refuses to be tamed. She is the ocean's tide that pulls her to uncharted shores, leaves her wondering if she even cares about being a castaway from a society that has terribly failed at comprehending them.So, if it is a sin, must they sincerely care if they are sinners?BOOK 1 OF THE:『 BETWEEN THE FOLDS OF MY LETTERS 』SERIES!…

1231Storytime1231

Life is harsh for the poor in 19th century London. To survive, Penelope lives on stolen goods; always has, always will. However, things change when she finally steals from the wrong person.…

NormaRodman

What if you were swept off your feet by an Italian Duke?Lady Elisabeth has scandalized her family. She is sent away to Kent to live with her aunt. As fate would have it, she falls in love with an Italian Duke who has been involved with his own scandals.Carlo, the Duke of SanMarco is different from the English men Eisabeth has known. Soon, she is embroiled in another scandal. The Duke has a secret. They must find a way to be together.…