12 Top historical fiction books like A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley

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A Desperate Fortune

By: Susanna Kearsley

4.20

Format: None pages,

For nearly 300 years, the mysterious journal of Jacobite exile Mary Dundas has lain unread -- its s…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Divide and Conquer (Infinity Ring, #2) by Carrie Ryan

1. Divide and Conquer (Infinity Ring, #2)

By: Carrie Ryan

3.92

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Scholastic's next multi-platform mega-event begins here! Dak, Sera, and Riq might be in over the… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Ryan's Divide and Conquer (Infinity Ring, #2) book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1) by Carolyn Meyer

2. Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1)

By: Carolyn Meyer

3.81

Format: 227 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The story of Mary Tudor's childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess who is to inherit the thron… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Meyer's Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1) book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Pirates!

By: Celia Rees

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live… read more

Similar categories in Celia Rees's Pirates! book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. A Highlander for Christmas

By: Sandy Blair

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

WELCOME TO MY WORLD`Tis the season to be jolly - but Boston antiques dealer Claire MacGregor isn't … read more

Similar categories in Sandy Blair's A Highlander for Christmas book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
Cover of The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner

5. The Confessions of Catherine de Medici

By: C.W. Gortner

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

The truth is, none of us are innocent. We all have sins to confess. So reveals Catherine de Medici … read more

Similar categories in C.W. Gortner's The Confessions of Catherine de Medici book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Dark Passage (Dark Mirror, #2) by M.J. Putney

6. Dark Passage (Dark Mirror, #2)

By: M.J. Putney

3.60

Format: 404 pages,

The Irregulars return home to 1803 England safely, but their worldview has changed. Not only have t… read more

Similar categories in M.J. Putney's Dark Passage (Dark Mirror, #2) book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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7. A Desperate Fortune

By: Susanna Kearsley

4.20

Format: None pages,

For nearly 300 years, the mysterious journal of Jacobite exile Mary Dundas has lain unread -- its s… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
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8. The Time-Traveling Fashionista at the Palace of Marie Antoinette

By: Bianca Turetsky , Sandra Suy

3.64

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

What if a beautiful dress could take you back in time? Louise Lambert's best friend's thirteenth bi… read more

Similar categories in Bianca Turetsky's The Time-Traveling Fashionista at the Palace of Marie Antoinette book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Time-Kept Promises

By: Constance O'Day-Flannery , Constance O'Day Flannery

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Kristine Gavin was depressed about turning thirty until she received a most unusual gift from her b… read more

Similar categories in Constance O'Day-Flannery's Time-Kept Promises book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • historical romance

10. The Book of Kells

By: R.A. MacAvoy

3.95

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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Similar categories in R.A. MacAvoy's The Book of Kells book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

11. Splendor (Luxe, #4)

By: Anna Godbersen

3.45

Format: 105 pages,

New Beginnings. Shocking Revelations. Unexpected Endings. As spring turns into summer, Elizabeth re… read more

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12. A Love Beyond Time

By: Judie Aitken

3.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

When anthropologist Ryan Burke joins a dig at the site of Little Big Horn, she realizes that not ev… read more

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13. The Map of the Sky (Trilogía Victoriana, #2)

By: Félix J. Palma

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author of The Map of Timereturns with a mesmerizing novel casting H.G… read more

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14. The Devil's Queen: A Novel of Catherine de Medici

By: Jeanne Kalogridis

3.62

Format: None pages,

From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of I, Mona Lisaand The Borgia Bride, comes a new nov… read more

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15. Every Secret Thing (Kate Murray, #1)

By: Susanna Kearsley , Emma Cole

4.00

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

When an old man strikes up a conversation with her on the steps of St. Paul's and makes a mystifyin… read more

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Cover of Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece by Yvonne Korshak

16. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

Cover of The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) by Barry Kirwan

17. The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

By: Barry Kirwan

4.23

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2063, Earth's overheated climate and war-ravaged cities are near breaking point. A new habitable… read more

Similar categories in Barry Kirwan's The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • fiction
"People rarely search for bodies in ceilings…"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"It has no eyes. Zack, why doesn’t it have any eyes? "

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure."

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Your life is a beer glass Micah, but you want champagne"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

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18. His Forefathers and Mick

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's His Forefathers and Mick book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • contemporary
"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has  been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

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19. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • contemporary
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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20. Isabella Warrior Queen

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.30

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's Isabella Warrior Queen book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

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21. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Sontheimer's Victor's Blessing book and Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

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3.81

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Celia Rees

4.18

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Jennifer Foehner Wells

3.83

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J.H. Walker

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Danielle Bourdon , Kimberly Hoyt

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