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Laura Frantz

    Laura Frantz writes with a deep passion for history, particularly the 18th century, initially crafting her manuscripts by hand. Her narratives frequently weave in Scottish themes, reflecting her rich family heritage. Frantz immerses readers in the past with her signature attention to historical detail and emotional depth. Her work is celebrated for its authenticity and evocative power.

    Laura Frantz
    A Heart Adrift
    The Rose and the Thistle - A Novel
    Love's Reckoning
    Tidewater Bride
    The Rose and the Thistle
    The Mistress of Tall Acre
    • 2024

      The Seamstress of Acadie

      • 402 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family--French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral--are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war, and William Blackburn, the British Army Ranger raising havoc across North America's borderlands. As summer takes hold in 1755 and British ships appear on the horizon, Sylvie encounters Blackburn, who warns her of the coming invasion. Rather than participate in the forced removal of the Acadians from their land, he resigns his commission. But that cannot save Sylvie or her kin. Relocated on a ramshackle ship to Virginia, Sylvie struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. When her path crosses once more with William's, they must work through the complex tangle of their shared, shattered past to navigate the present and forge an enduring future.

      The Seamstress of Acadie
    • 2023

      Contemporary jurists and democracy

      A reading of the political works of Hans Kelsen and Norberto Bobbio

      • 52 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Focusing on the contributions of Hans Kelsen and Norberto Bobbio, this work explores their perspectives on democracy within the context of 20th-century political thought. It examines the essential characteristics of democracy as articulated by these jurists and identifies key assumptions underlying their theories. The study ultimately emphasizes both the commonalities and differences in their views, reinforcing the ongoing importance of the struggle for democracy in contemporary society.

      Contemporary jurists and democracy
    • 2023

      Amid the Jacobite uprising of 1715, an English heiress flees to the Scottish lowlands to stay with allies of her powerful family. But while castle walls may protect her from the enemy outside, a whirlwind of intrigue, shifting allegiances, and temptations of the heart lie within.

      The Rose and the Thistle - A Novel
    • 2023

      Amid the Jacobite uprising of 1715, an English heiress flees to the Scottish lowlands to stay with allies of her powerful family. But while castle walls may protect her from the enemy outside, a whirlwind of intrigue, shifting allegiances, and temptations of the heart lie within.

      The Rose and the Thistle
    • 2022

      A colonial lady and a privateering sea captain collide once more after a failed love affair a decade before. Will a war and a cache of regrets keep them apart? Or will a new shared vision reunite them?

      A Heart Adrift
    • 2021

      Tidewater Bride

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.2(1365)Add rating

      Virginia Colony's most eligible woman is busy matchmaking for a ship of brides, though she has no interest in finding her own mate. Will she reconsider when new revelations about the colony's most eligible landowner come to light?

      Tidewater Bride
    • 2020

      In the borderlands of 1770 West Virginia there is no place for finer feelings. Charged with keeping the peace with local tribes, a hero of the French and Indian War is determined to stay free of romantic entanglement--until he meets a frontier maiden who just might be able to change his mind.

      An Uncommon Woman
    • 2019

      A Bound Heart

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.1(2085)Add rating

      Though Magnus MacLeish and Lark MacDougall grew up on the same castle grounds, Magnus is now laird of the great house and the Isle of Kerrera. Lark is but the keeper of his bees and the woman he is hoping will provide a tincture that might help his ailing wife conceive and bear him an heir. But when his wife dies suddenly, Magnus and Lark find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of accusations, expelled from their beloved island, and sold as indentured servants across the Atlantic. Yet even when all hope seems dashed against the rocky coastline of the Virginia colony, it may be that in this New World the two of them could make a new beginning--together. Laura Frantz's prose sparkles with authenticity and deep feeling as she digs into her own family history to share this breathless tale of love, exile, and courage in Colonial America.

      A Bound Heart
    • 2018

      The Lacemaker

      • 413 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
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      When colonial Williamsburg explodes like a powder keg on the eve of the American Revolution, Lady Elisabeth "Liberty" Lawson is abandoned by her fiancé and suspected of being a spy for the hated British. No one comes to her aid save the Patriot Noble Rynallt, a man with formidable enemies of his own. Liberty is left with a terrible choice. Will the Virginia belle turned lacemaker side with the radical revolutionaries, or stay true to her English roots? And at what cost? Historical romance favorite Laura Frantz is back with a suspenseful story of love, betrayal, and new beginnings. With her meticulous eye for detail and her knack for creating living, breathing characters, Frantz continues to enchant historical fiction readers who long to feel they are a part of the story.

      The Lacemaker
    • 2017

      A Moonbow Night

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.2(1276)Add rating

      After fleeing Virginia, Temperance Tucker and her family established an inn along the Shawnee River. It's a welcome way station for settlers and frontiersmen traveling through the wild Cumberland region of Kentucke--men like Sion Morgan, a Virginia surveyor who arrives at the inn with his crew looking for an experienced guide. When his guide appears, Sion balks. He certainly didn't expect a woman. But it is not long before he must admit that Tempe's skill in the wilderness rivals his own. Still, the tenuous tie they are forming is put to the test as they encounter danger after danger and must rely on each other. With her signature sweeping style and ability to bring the distant past to vivid life, Laura Frantz beckons readers to join her in a land of Indian ambushes, conflicting loyalties, and a tentative love that meanders like a cool mountain stream.

      A Moonbow Night