Books like Dark Surrender by Margaret Pargeter

A contemporary romance about Neale, who confronts her fears and desires when her future is thrown into uncertainty by a charismatic luxury‑hotel developer, leading to a passionate and potentially devastating encounter.

Prince Olaf of Norway, a fierce Viking warrior, and Princess Erin of Ireland, a formidable Irish noblewoman, must confront love and loyalty as they are bound together by war and a vengeful past.

Adrienne Dalton's idyllic life shatters when her father dies, drawing her into the haunted Maine estate of Wyndecliffe and a bitter blood feud between Matthew Wyndham and his mysterious brother Jason.

When her father dies, Alaine de Ste. Claire must defend her Normandy castle from the vengeful warrior Rorik Valis, who also seeks to claim her and her heart.

During the American Civil War in Florida, a Yankee colonel’s daughter and a staunch Confederate supporter find love that defies their opposing loyalties, illustrating how passion can bridge deep political divides.

When Savannah Clare sails into New York harbour, her dark green eyes are anxious. What will the future hold? She knows so little of her past. American-born, she was taken to England for a genteel upbringing, when her mother died And now she is bound for the Deep South and the plantation which her father owns. Hut why has he never acknowledged her existence by even a letter? Aboard a Mississippi steamship the piercing gaze of raven-haired Rue Delaney, a riverboat gambler, tempts Savannah into bitter sweet desire. She longs to accept his offer of marriage, but a few short weeks have made her worldly wise, and she cannot believe Rue's honied words. Under the dark shadow of Civil War, their destinies again become dangerously intertwined when,after her father’s death, Savannah learns that her mother was a mulatto. She is bylaw, a slave -- and must trade herself to save the life of the man she loves.