Books > Romance > Historical
Monthly median sales (top 30)
$57,564
The median book price
$4.99
Bestseller's daily sales
2,707
50th book's daily sales
193
Average number of pages per book
391
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fiction > romance > historical > viking
70.71%
fiction > romance > historical > victorian
70.71%
fiction > romance > historical > scottish
70.71%
fiction > romance > historical > regency
70.71%
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romance, love
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Median title & subtitle length is 8 words:
- Sinful Beasts: A Contemporary Reverse Harem Romance (Sin City Beasts Book 2)
- Coming for Coby: Silver Spoon After Dark
- Shōgun, Part One: The Asian Saga, Book 1.1
- By Frenzy I Ruin (Sins of the Fathers Book 5)
- Darkest Sins: An Age Gap Mafia Romance (Perfectly Imperfect Book 9)
- Indie success
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35%
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- New releases
- KDP Select
100%
44.44%
73.33%
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Front-page bestsellers:
Coming for Coby: Silver Spoon After Dark
Nichole Rose
Shōgun, Part One: The Asian Saga, Book 1.1
James Clavell
By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell’s Shogun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series!Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part One contains the first half of the complete novel.After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen—Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne’s loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed.Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, Shogun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion. Endlessly compelling, this sweeping saga captivated the world to become not only one of the best-selling novels of all time but one of the highest-rated television miniseries, as well as inspiring a nationwide surge of interest in the culture of Japan. Shakespearean in both scope and depth, Shogun is, as the New York Times put it, ‘'not only something you read—you live it.’‘Also available: Shogun: Part Two Read more
By Frenzy I Ruin (Sins of the Fathers Book 5)
Cora Reilly
Aurora Scuderi spent her childhood and teenage days doing one thing-- loving Nevio. Until one fateful moment, he breaks her heart without a second thought. Leaving Aurora with her broken heart bleeding in her hands. Fleeing Las Vegas is the only way for Aurora to heal - forget Nevio and that night. But a man like Nevio can’t be shaken off that easily. The hunter in him was awakened.Nevio Falcone is darkness. It seeps from his pores. It’s where his monster comes out to play to satisfy its cravings. Until he starts to crave something other than carnage: the one woman he shouldn’t pursue - Aurora.What Nevio craves, he ruins. He told her to keep her distance. Now it’s too late to run away. Consequences be damned. Read more
NERAIn a night of blood and death,Fate brought us together.I thought I was saving the life of an innocent man,A man I'd never see again.I was wrong.A slight shift in the air.A glint of silver eyes in the darkness.I may not see him, but I know he's there.My angel of death,Lurking in the shadows,Watching over me.Protecting me,Before disappearing into thin air,Until we meet again.A man who took a bullet for me,But he won't touch me,Love me,Or even share his name. KAIDarkness. Pain. Blood.It's all I have ever known.An empty shell of a human being,No heart. No soul. No dreams.Surrounded by death,I was a dead man walking.But then, her light shone through my darkness,Breathing life into my dead soul.My fearless tiger cub,My only reason to keep living.Every time I have to leave her in the light,My black heart breaks and bleeds,As I retreat to the shadows,Where I belong.I cannot change the past,Cannot take back what I have done.My darkest sin.*Darkest Sins is a full-length novel with several open-door steamy scenes, no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.This is book 9 in Perfectly Imperfect mafia series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order. Read more
A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Boy Obsessed, Found Family, Standalone Romance from USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov. Ruby Rose declared me the enemy before I had a chance to defend myself.I may be an attorney, but this girl had appointed herself judge and jury. And I’d never minded a good verbal sparring.There was a comfort in going to battle against the evil queen.Maybe it was just the recognition of one damaged soul to another.But the more we fought—the more I craved her.Until our arguing turned into a bit of a wager.One I was determined to win.One time. Sixty seconds. A secret only we would share.I’d work my magic and she’d declare me the winner.I’d gloat, she’d sulk—that was my plan.She was determined to prove me wrong.But from the minute we crossed the line, there was no turning back.She was so far under my skin I couldn’t think straight.Feeling things that I’d never felt before was one thing.But knowing the clock was ticking was another.Ruby Rose may have given me more than sixty seconds, but she wasn’t offering forever.And now my world doesn’t work without her in it.But how do I convince her to stay, when she already has one foot out the door?**This is book 2 in the Magnolia Falls Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**Magnolia Falls Series:Loving RomeoWild RiverForbidden KingBeating HeartFinding Hayes Read more
The Perfect Fit
Sadie Kincaid
A Dark Why Choose Romance.One wannabe writer from Brooklyn.Three insanely hot billionaires.One very indecent proposal.West Archer, Ezekiel Cavanagh, and Xander King. AKA The Unholy Trinity. Ruthless. Ambitious. Intimidating.With dark tastes and even darker desires, they’ve been searching for the perfect woman to fit into their unique lifestyle for over a decade. But despite their best efforts, none have made it past three months. Believing they’re destined to never find the one, they swear to stop looking.Until they meet Lily.There’s something about Lily Sloane, something that captivates all three of them. For the first time ever, it seems like they may have truly found the perfect fit. But as we all know, there is such a thing as too good to be true.Lily Sloane isn’t the penniless girl from Brooklyn they think she is. And with a past full of secrets and lies that she’s trying to escape, the unholy trinity might have bitten off more than they can chew. When trust is broken, is there any way back?The Perfect Fit is a dark why-choose MMFM romance with lots of angst, emotion, betrayal, and enough heat to melt your kindle. This book contains grumpy/sunshine, sword crossing, an epic grovel, and a HEA.Content warnings include: CNC, knife play, blood play, primal play. Read more
Ruthless Hunter: An Arranged Marriage Romance
Faith Summers
My Villain. My Rebel. My Ruthless Hunter…Hunter Le Blanche is one of New York’s most sought-after billionaires.People call him the Wall Street Shark because he always gets what he wants.His latest conquest just happens to be me.We met by mistake.I thought he was someone else when I was attempting to cross off the most significant item on my bucket list—losing my V card.Fleeing with embarrassment, I hoped never to see the beautiful devil again.However, fate had other plans for me the next day when my father announces I'm to marry him.My father needs Hunter’s investment and our union to increase his chances of becoming governor. While Hunter needs a wife to get the Le Blanche empire.Bound by duty, I agree to the marriage—as if I had a choice.That’s the moment my world becomes a twisted fairytale.Belle had the Beast.Persephone had Hades.I have the Shark.Falling for Hunter Le Blanche is a mistake I can’t afford.Our tale isn’t exactly like the one as old as time.But suddenly I’m enjoying his touch and him calling me his wife more than I should.Everything about him weakens my resolve, and soon I can’t help myself.Neither can he.Until the day I find out his true intentions and dark secrets.Hunter isn’t the man I believed him to be.Neither is our marriage.This is an arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, dark billionaire romance. It is a complete standalone with mature language, themes, and content intended for mature readers only.Tropes include:*Possessive and jealous male hero*Opposites attract*Forced proximity* Age gap* He falls first although he’s emotionally damaged* No cheating and a happily ever after Read more
My father's business partner will do anything for the empire they built together...Even marry me.Declan Hardy, All-American heartthrob and retired NFL billionaire, is my complete opposite.He's commanding where I'm cooperative.Spontaneous while I am deliberate.Loud when I stay quiet.The only thing we have in common is that both our names are on my father's will.He'll inherit the fitness and hospitality empire and I'll keep the one thing I hold dear.As long as I marry him—with conditions.One year of a fake marriage.One year of living together.One year of pretending I belong in his luxury lifestyle.But stipulations are never that simple.Especially when I can't tell if his kisses are fake or if I'm pretending when I kiss him back.And as more conditions arise, it's clear there's a fine line between commitment and betrayal... and neither of us knows where that line falls.Between Commitment and Betrayal is a billionaire, forced proximity, fake marriage of convenience and a father’s business partner novel. It is a complete standalone by Shain Rose. Read more
AN AMAZON TOP 5 BESTSELLERLife is never black and white.One minute you’re a struggling graphic designer in LA that's finally coming to terms with being single forever, and the next you're flying to New York in a private jet to get engaged to your ex-boyfriend’s older brother.At least...that’s what everyone thinks. Forced to clean up his playboy image in order to protect his company, Beckham Sinclair, the city’s most eligible billionaire bachelor, wants me to be his fake fiancée and personal assistant.Now I'm spending every spare second with a man I thought I’d never see again.My freshly mended heart has barely recovered from the first time a Sinclair broke it. But with each passing day, Beck’s dirty mouth and lingering stares make me question his motives—and mine.As the line blurs between real and pretend, only one thing is certain: there are secrets hiding in this city full of black ties and white lies.Black Ties and White Lies is a billionaire, fake relationship, forced proximity, and ex's older brother novel and a complete standalone by Kat Singleton. Read more
If You Hate Me (The Toronto Terror Series)
Helena Hunting
A brand new standalone hate-to-love, brother's best friend hockey romance.My new roommates are two pro hockey players.First, my f-boy of an older brother, and second, his seriously hot best friend (who I seriously hate).This was a last resort.No one should be sleeping on a futon that smells like Cheetos and man sweat.But here I am, trying to get my life together.Tristan Stiles is the bane of my existence.He never wears a shirt.We can’t seem to stop fighting.He’s an arrogant playboy with a filthy reputation.Sure, I had a crush on him when I was fourteen but that was a long time ago.I know better than to trust him.I just need to survive long enough to find a new job and get a new place.And not accidentally let Tristan show me exactly how well deserved his reputation is. Read more
Twilight Tears (Kulikov Bratva Book 2)
Naomi West
I’m pregnant with the pakhan’s baby…And he has no intention of letting me out of his sight.I used to like surprises.Not anymore.Because every surprise lately has been worse than the last.Surprise! A blind date with a mob boss ruined my life.Surprise! I ended up pregnant with his baby.Surprise! I got captured by his enemies, watched his sister take a bullet for me…And now, I’m locked in a cell with a monster at the door and Yakov nowhere in sight.He’ll come for me.He has to…Right?I can only hope he does.Because the shadows in the corner are creeping closer and closer…And if I want my babies to make it to their first breath—Yakov is the only one I can count on.Unless he’s decided I’m not worth his love anymore.TWILIGHT TEARS is Book 2 of the Kulikov Bratva duet. The story begins in Book 1, TWILIGHT SINS. Read more
A New York Times BestsellerThe inspiration for season three of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington in the fourth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family.COLIN AND PENELOPE’S STORYPenelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for . . . well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn’t know him at all.Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought of as nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can’t seem to publish an edition without mentioning him. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same—especially Penelope Featherington! The girl who was always simply there is suddenly the girl haunting his dreams. When he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide . . . is she his biggest threat— or his promise of a happy ending? Read more
When trouble follows you home…LilyHis name was Cayden, and he was a golden boy, an instant hit with everyone I knew.But the mask chipped and cracked in front of me, and I saw underneath.If I hadn’t, maybe everything would have been different.Maybe he would have let me go.I guess I’ll never know.I saw him, and I can never change that.Most importantly…. he saw me.Now, the Coach says he’s staying with us for the season, in the room right next to mine…I’m locked inside with my bully, and he’s watching my every move.Meet the Ice Gods, the Hockey players who never play by the rules and own Hade Harbor and everyone in it. Bad Intentions is a standalone bully romance featuring a possessive hockey playing Ice God, and the smart, sheltered object of his obsession. Read more
Grace (The Shackleford Sisters Book 1)
Beverley Watts
In this Regency romantic comedy series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn't know what's hit it...Reverend Augustus Shackleford’s mission in life (aside from ensuring the collection box was suitably full every Sunday) was to secure advantageous marriages for each of his eight daughters. A tall order, given the fact that in the Reverend’s opinion they didn’t possess a single ladylike bone in the eight bodies they had between them. Quite where he would find a wealthy titled gentleman bottle headed enough to take any of them on remained a mystery and indeed was likely to test even his legendary resourcefulness.Grievously wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar, Nicholas Sinclair was only recently returned to Blackmore after receiving news of his estranged father’s unexpected death. After an absence of twenty years, the new Duke was well aware it was his duty to marry and produce an heir as quickly as possible. However, tormented by recurring nightmares after his horrific experiences during the battle, Nicholas had no taste to brave the ton’s marriage mart in search of a docile obedient wife.Never in his wildest dreams did Reverend Shackleford envisage receiving an offer for his eldest daughter from the new Duke of Blackmore. Of course, the Reverend was well aware he was fudging it a bit in describing Grace as respectful, meek or dutiful, nevertheless, he could never have imagined that his eldest daughter’s unruliness might end up ruining them all.A #1 Bestseller in Regency Historical Romance on Amazon, Grace is perfect for fans of Regency Romances with wit and humor and a little bit of steam.Praise for the Shackleford Sisters:‘Very funny, kept laughing out loud when reading them.’'Fabulous reads, full of fun, romance and skulduggery.'‘Such an entertaining series, full of laughter and delightfully quirky characters.’‘Terrific series, very funny.’‘Thoroughly enjoyed this series, love the humour.’‘There is constant action and so much funny banter, I couldn’t help laughing.’‘These were wonderful. Lots of fun and great love stories.’ Read more
My journey at Silvercrest Academy has become a perilous cycle I can’t seem to break. And if the visions are true, then I am the key to bringing this madness to an end.The threats have never been more prevalent, danger lurking around every corner as I seek strength from surprising allies and promised oaths. It’s time I break these chains and embrace who I am, what I stand for, and what I am capable of.I’m not here to protect the academy, the Elevin Realm, or the Monarchy. I live, breathe, and fight for my Bishops. If that makes me selfish, then so be it.Because I’m no hero.I’m just me.Just Raven.Once a Void, now forever theirs.This is the fourth and final book in the Silvercrest Academy series. Read more
This Much Is True (Marshall Family Series)
Adriana Locke
USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke delivers a “sweet and spicy!” new standalone romance about a runaway bride who finds herself in the arms, and horse barn, of her deliciously handsome frenemy—who just so happens to be her first love. This isn’t your average romance. It begins with me in a wedding dress, just not at an altar …I never expected to be a runaway bride. I also never thought I’d end up on my ex’s doorstep to flee from said wedding. Now that I’m here, it’s easy to find the key in an old boot by the door and let myself inside. It’s not breaking and entering if I have a key, right?It’s safe to say that Luke Marshall didn’t expect to find me on his couch in my wedding dress, my veil over my face in tears. He has no choice but to listen to my panic-induced plea for salvation. It’s only a matter of time before the tabloids get wind of my disappearing act, and my life is over.Luke takes pity on me and says I can stay… on one condition.I can’t sing for my supper—I have to earn it. I have to work in the barn alongside him, up to my elbows in horse manure. Oh—and because there’s only one bed, I get the couch.This works … in theory. However, when sparks start flying, and the small-town farrier asks me to stay, I’ll have to decide between my life as a pop star or a second chance with my first love. Read more
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.A youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922 inspired the novel. Following a move to the French Riviera, he completed a rough draft in 1924. He submitted the draft to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After his revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. The final title he desired was Under the Red, White, and Blue. Painter Francis Cugat's final cover design impressed Fitzgerald who incorporated a visual element from the art into the novel.Gatsby continues to attract popular and scholarly attention. The novel was most recently adapted to film in 2013 by director Baz Luhrmann, while contemporary scholars emphasize the novel's treatment of social class, inherited wealth compared to those who are self-made, race, environmentalism, and its cynical attitude towards the American dream. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterpiece and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel.A True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf! Read more
Two outcasts in medieval England are brought together and share a destiny of passion in the third of the Velvet Montgomery Annals Quadrilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Duchess. With her father murdered, her home burned, lovely Alyx Blackelt fled to the woods and found sanctuary in the camp of Raine Montgomery, a nobleman outlawed by the king’s edict. There she hid her beauty in the guise of a boy, and her sorrow in her work as Montgomery’s squire. But how long could such loveliness as hers be hidden? How long could such a gallant man’s desires be blind? And how soon—even as a blood feud raged between the Montgomery family and the Chatworth, as angry swords clattered in the name of family honor—one woman’s love would make all the difference...one woman’s love would inflame a hero’s passion, touch a kings pity, and raise a song of praise in every English heart. Read more
Night over Water
Ken Follett
#1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes to the skies in this classic novel of international suspense. Set in the early days of World War II, Night over Water captures the daring and desperation of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances—in prose as compelling as history itself. . . . September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world's most luxurious airliner—the legendary Pan Am Clipper—takes off for its final flight to neutral America. Aboard are the cream of society and the dregs of humanity, all fleeing the war for reasons of their own . . . shadowed by a danger they do not know exists . . . and heading straight into a storm of violence, intrigue, and betrayal. . . . Read more