Books like Besieged by Bertrice Small

Set between South Carolina and New York, this 40‑year saga follows brothers Tom and Savannah Wingo as they confront family secrets and turbulence.

Ranulf, the Black Lyon, a formidable Norman conqueror, falls for the fierce Lithuanian–born Lyonene. Their tumultuous romance, marked by betrayal and peril across the Irish Sea, tests loyalty and love.

Miranda, a spirited young lady in Regency‑era New England, faces the turbulence of love and war when she marries daring merchant Jared Dunham.

Beatrix Grosvenor, locked in a Parisian apartment with a murdered man's body, is rescued by the charismatic libertine Pasha Duras. Their forbidden romance and the threat to her child swing between desire and danger.

Regan flees her inheritance to escape an unwanted marriage and finds herself on London’s docks, where a rugged American named Travis Stanford vows to protect her, sparking a romance that spans England’s wharves and Virginia’s mansions.

Skye O'Malley: a fearless Irish woman who commands a fleet and outwits Queen Elizabeth, embarking on a romantic adventure from Ireland to Algeria and London in pursuit of eternal love.

Guy deMontgomery, a Norman conqueror, falls for the beautiful Lillyth while his army ransacks England. Lillyth's enchanting beauty and fiery nature lead Guy to challenge everyone for her hand in marriage. They share a passionate love story in the heart of medieval romance.

A collection of four historical romance stories featuring strong women characters, including the captivating Lady Lucinda and the determined 48-year-old widow Megan who trades places with a local prostitute to experience a night of sexual abandon.

Lady India Lindley leaves England for Italy only to be seized by Ottoman pirates, sold into slavery under the Barbary ruler Caynan Reis, where her fierce spirit is tested in a perilous journey for freedom.

Quicksilver follows mysterious scientist Virginia Dean as she wakes beside a dead body with no memory, drawn into the Arcane Society, where psychic mirrors and hidden societies blur reality and romance.

A thrilling historical romance about a mercurial mercenary and the beautiful Miriam Toulon, a gifted physician who nurses him back to health but is drawn to the dark stranger he has become in love with, leading Rigo Torres on a dangerous journey to reclaim his family’s inheritance and protect his father’s betrayal of his brother and Taino tribe from a cunning enemy known as ‘The Fox’.

Merry Wilding’s accidental kidnapping propels her aboard the notorious Black Joke, where she encounters the rugged pirate captain Devon and navigates the perilous world of 18th‑century seafaring romance.

Patrick Leslie, Duke of Glenkirk, inherits his estate and faces a choice: marry the fiercely independent heiress Flanna Brodie, whose love and political ambitions threaten both families and the Stuart cause.

A lush island heiress, Aurora Kimberly, defies a marriage contract with Duke Velerian Hawkesworth, leading her and her sister to swap identities and challenge social expectations.

Headstrong Jasmine O'Malley defies a royal decree, fleeing France with her children and a secret son who is the king’s only grandson, only to find the man who pursued her long after.

In Skye’s Legacy #6, three fierce heroines—Fancy, Siren, and Cyn—navigate love, power, and defiance in 17th‑century England, facing kings, twin brothers, and rebellious aristocrats while forging their own destinies.

Elizabeth Lawrence, a pampered English woman, marries a powder mill owner in the American colonies, only to discover that he has died in an explosion. Forced to run a business and face a perilous life on the frontier, she meets a man she initially fears, but he is ultimately revealed to be strong, sensual, and secretive Michael Patrick O'Brian.

A sweeping historical romance that follows the intertwined destinies of the Eden family, where honor, forbidden love, and a looming castle clash amid gothic intrigue.

A young girl is forced to marry a child, but her feelings for a protector make her realize that love is something to cherish and not to suppress.

Mistress Sarah Fairfax defies injustice in a dangerous battle of wits and desire, drawing the ire of Lord Anthony Rutledge as she fights for her people in a historical romance set on the moors.

A seductive 17th‑century tale of Lady Autumn Rose Leslie, who navigates love, war, and political intrigue from the Loire Valley to the English court, while discovering her own strength amid shifting monarchies.

Set on 1840s Maui, "Dawn Shadows" follows a young woman who is forced into an older man's marriage and later meets a youthful rake; together they confront obstacles to find love amid dramatic conflict.

Heiress Philippa Meredith of Friarsgate Manor faces heartbreak when her suitor rebuffs her, yet her fortunes change when she enters Queen Katherine’s court, where she finds love with Crispin St. Clair, Earl of Witton.

Rosamund Bolton, newly wealthy, leaves her estate for a daring courtly adventure—where love, power, and destiny collide at Queen Margaret’s court.

A street‑born London girl escapes to America, where treason charges and a death sentence threaten her life. She is rescued by the bold Captain Cole McRae, setting the stage for a perilous, romance‑laden adventure.

During the Civil War, a daring Confederate spy in New York City falls in love amidst the turmoil of a nation at war.

In the third book of the Hetar series, Lara Vaninth, the Domina of Terah, vanishes in the New Outlands, spurring her husband Magnus Hauk to enlist Prince Kaliq of the Shadows and the faerie queen Ilona in a frantic search. As the mysterious Twilight Lord Kol claims Lara for his own, the Emperor of Hetar schemes a war to seize Terah.

Astride her white palfrey, surrounded by a nimbus of silver-blond hair, Jasmine was a vision to strike a man mute with desire. But the violet-eyed love child of King Richard's half brother had vowed that no man would ever rule her heart. Until she saw the face of the Devil himself in her crystal ball--the dark, brooding knight who would kill to make her his own. She would risk a dissolute court and a maddened, lustful king to keep destiny at bay, anything to keep her from the hypnotic eyes and burning caresses of...The Falcon.A wickedly handsome warrior who lived by blood and the sword, Falcon de Burgh wanted to wed no woman--until he laid eyes on the exquisite Jasmine, and he vowed to possess her, to teach her all the wondrous ways a man could love a woman, no matter what it might take to conquer her fiery, unyielding heart. Falcon knew only blind, reckless passion as he swore to tame, at the risk of his life...The Flower.From the Paperback edition.