One of my cats died recently

so I'm trying to "hide" in books. I have loads on my ereader and am currently reading "Restoration" by Rose Tremain (can't remember where I got this

) which so far just seems the story of a very selfish guy who jumps in and out of the beds of different women.
I like historical novels, romances with a twist - not the Mills and Boon variety- Dragonwyck by Anya Seton is a good example. Anything which really pulls you in from the first page and is reasonably easy to read (my concentration isn't great due to grief) and has characters I can really care about.
Public Domain and Creative Commons preferred cos the cat, bless her, cost a fortune in vets bills and I'm broke.