Books like The Countess by Valentina Luellen

A gripping tale of passion, deception, and the dangers of the Cold War in Afghanistan.

Tamar Brown arrives in a small English village to investigate the story of Abigail Parkes, a witch burned three centuries earlier. As superstitions flare, Tamar faces danger and a reunion with her long‑lost lover, William.

In late‑Victorian London, a battleground of aristocracy and intrigue, Eustacia Rochdale is wed to heir Julian Kershaw of Dragonmede, only to discover her mother's schemes and a growing danger at the manor.

In war‑torn Louisiana, Amanda Trent discovers a dark secret at her cousin Amelia’s plantation, where the enigmatic widower Jason Monteigne hides a haunting truth about Amelia’s death.

Victoria Brown travels to England, where a mysterious link to Alconleigh Manor’s Barrancourt family forces her to uncover a legacy of greed and violence.

Victoria Ryan, who found love and freedom in Boston, must return home to Alta, California, and confront a forced marriage. With a hidden fortune, she seeks escape and is escorted by the stoic ex‑Texas Ranger Nick Kincade, whose own secrets bind them in a fierce romance of destiny and danger.

Caught in a compromising situation, Colleen MacGregor marries a man she barely knows to save her reputation. Sebastian Ware thinks he'll never see the sharp-tongued spinster again. He never planned on becoming the next Earl of Penwyth.or falling in love. But, before he can declare his feelings, he must protect her against an enemy who wants them both dead.

Lady Rosaline escapes her cousin who is determined to take over her substantial inheritance for himself. On the stormy night of her flight she takes shelter on the moors with a mysterious man who she fears has been sent to find her. Running away from him the next morning, she manages to join a troupe of actors incognito. But she meets the mysterious man again when she is invited to the estate of a lord who is a theater aficionado. The mystery man is the lord’s secretary, and she is free to turn to him for love and protection.

In Victorian England, Brook Edgerton’s longing for an heir leads his wife Harriet to a desperate act of motherhood, while her close friend Felicity’s obsession threatens to unravel their marriage.

When the Duchess of Harborough offers Harriet Treene a chance to model for one of her alluring paintings, Harriet accepts. Beautiful, witty, and bold, Harriet is a lowborn orange-seller in St. James Park. Can this diamond-in-the-rough be polished enough to find a place in the genteel ton -- and in the heart of London's most enigmatic rake? Devilishly irresistible William Manderville, Earl of Bonnington, refuses to take a wife because the covert risks he takes for the sake of his country put him in constant danger. A painting by his friend the duchess -- of a woman who looks like the goddess Venus -- could change his mind, however. As the duchess plays matchmaker between the enamored earl and the mysterious beauty, William finds himself caught up in a maelstrom of powerful emotions and desires he has never felt before. But can he finally take the risk of loving a woman when his love of danger and excitement will put her in harm's way?

Eighteen‑year‑old Hannah McLeod flees Paris for England, a homeland she despised, to escape the French police, only to become entangled in a deadly power struggle between two wealthy men while hoping a charming stranger can help her survive.

A political cartoonist living under a male pseudonym turns her former lover into a town laughingstock, only to uncover a buried secret that could change her life.