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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorYour Scandalous Ways
Loretta Chase · 384 pages
James Cordier is all blue blood and entirely dangerous. He's a master of disguise, a brilliant thief, a first-class lover—all for King and Country—and, by gad, he's so weary of it. His last mission is to "acquire" a packet of incriminating letters from one notorious woman. Then he can return to London and meet sweet-natured heiresses—not adventuresses and fallen women.Francesca Bonnard has weather
The Wicked House of Rohan
Anne Stuart · 400 pages
Venice, 1740. Desperate, starving, Kathleen Strong makes her way to a job interview that promises a chance at proper employment...and maybe a bite to eat. Accused of "gross immorality," she's adrift after being dismissed from her governess position, despite being entirely innocent. That innocence is precisely what a mysterious group of debauched aristocrats finds so alluring about Miss Stron
The Shadow of the Lion
Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer · 825 pages
"Three writers (the others are Eric Flint and Dave Freer) collaborate on this massive concoction of alternate history, high fantasy, and historical romance set in the sixteenth-century Venice of an alternate world in which Catholicism is factionalized, the Hohenstauffens instead of the Habsburgs rule the Holy Roman Empire, magic works, and the grand duke of Lithuania is trying to use that magic ag
Let It Be Me
Kate Noble · 311 pages
Bridget longs to meet a gentleman who doesn't mention her beautiful sister upon shaking her hand. But since being branded a shrew after a disastrous social season, Bridget knows she's lucky to even have a man come near her. It's enough to make a lady flee the country. So Bridget heads to Venice for music lessons with the renowned Italian composer Vincenzo Carpenini, with whom she's been correspond
Deep Midnight
Shannon Drake · 478 pages
"An opulent Carnivale ball in Venice takes a terrifying turn for book critic Jordan Riley. As festivity turns into frenzy, she is rescued by a powerful man disguised as a wolf. But was what she witnessed really just the evening's entertainment--or something far more sinister?"--Back cover.
Valour and Vanity
Mary Robinette Kowal · 408 pages
Acclaimed fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal has enchanted many fans with her beloved novels featuring a Regency setting in which magic--known here as glamour--is real. In *Valour and Vanity*, master glamourists Jane and Vincent find themselves in the sort of magical adventure that might result if Jane Austen wrote *Ocean's Eleven*. After Melody's wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the
Touched
Elisa S. Amore
Based on a Norwegian legend A Sealed Fate An Angel of Death A Forbidden Love What are you willing to sacrifice when the only person who can save you is the same one who has to kill you? After vampires and werewolves, after wizards and fallen angels, a new breed of Angels is here to usher you into their dark world. An ancient, deadly, inescapable race. No one can see them. They’re shadows of dest
Fools' Gold
Philippa Gregory · 366 pages
Tasked to expose a coin counterfeiting scheme, Luca and Isolde, whose romantic attraction continues to grow, travel to Venice in 1454, where they meet an alchemist who plans to create the Philosopher's Stone, a mystical substance said to be capable of turning base metals into gold and producing the elixir of life.
The Rossetti Letter
Christi Phillips · 391 pages
A novel of seventeenth-century Venice and a modern woman's search for a courtesan's secret history.
The Venetian Mask
Rosalind Laker · 458 pages
Enduring friendships and long-held vendettas come alive against the splendor and decadence of eighteenth-century Venice.In 1775 Venice--known to outsiders as "the brothel of Europe"--the tradition of mask-wearing has allowed adultery and debauchery to flourish. But Marietta and Elena, two dear friends at the Ospedale della Pieta, a world-famous orphanage and music school for girls, know little of
The Fallen Blade
Jon Courtenay Grimwood · 419 pages
Venice, 1407. The city is at the height of its powers. In theory, Duke Marco commands, but Marco is a simpleton so his aunt and uncle rule in his stead. They seem all powerful, yet live in fear of assassins better than their own. On the night their world changes, Marco's young cousin prays in the family chapel for deliverance from a forced marriage. It is her misfortune to be alone when Mamluk pir
The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice
Laurel Corona · 389 pages
Dans l'orphelinat de la Pietà, à Venise, Vivaldi remarque un jour Maddalena, une jolie jeune fille exceptionnellement douée pour le violon. L'amitié amoureuse, pleine de pudeur, qui naîtra entre eux ne s'altérera pas au fil des ans.--[Memento].
Cry to Heaven
Anne Rice · 544 pages
In a sweeping saga of music and vengeance, the acclaimed author of The Vampire Chronicles draws readers into eighteenth-century Italy, bringing to life the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. This is the story of the castrati, the exquisite and otherworldly sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voi
Gypsy Lady
Shirlee Busbee · 490 pages
Raised to ravishing womanhood by Gypsies - a stunning, violet eyed beauty stolen a lifetime ago from her father's Cornish estate - innocent Catherine Tremyne's destiny drew her into a world of intrigue and danger. Carried off to Paris by Jason Savage, she began an odyssey of peril and sensuous captivity, finding no escape from her fearless adventurer who at last would quench the fire burning in he