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As a women’s rights activist with a construction business in Wyoming in 1889, Bretta Shaw’s life isn’t easy. She couldn’t even find anyone to work for her until Alec Peterson shows up. The newspaper misprinted her name as Brett Shaw, and he thinks she’s a man; however, he agrees to take the job. Although Bretta suspects he might be hiding something, she hires him in desperation, but will she live to regret it?

Edwina Bradbury, sole heiress of a vast fortune, has finally agreed to come to Dawson after being enticed by an advertisement for a mail-order bride from a handsome English butler. He is charmed by Edwina's wit and independence. They embark on a romance that blossoms even as shocking truths come to light. Will these events rob them of a wonderful future or will their newfound love endure all?

London, 1877: Nachdem Maryanne Landerton gezwungen ist, ihre Stelle als Gouvernante bei der Familie Grey aufzugeben, übernimmt sie die Leitung der Teestube ihres verstorbenen Vaters. Jedoch läuft das Geschäft schlecht und der einstige Treffpunkt des Londoner Tons steht kurz vor dem Aus. Um die Familie vor dem Ruin zu retten, muss Maryanne nicht nur einflussreiche Gäste, sondern auch als eigenständige Frau Anerkennung gewinnen. Als plötzlich Edward Grey, der Neffe und Erbe ihrer früheren Arbeitgeberin, auftaucht, erkennt sie eine einmalige Chance dem Teehaus zu helfen.

Betrayal taught Sir Brett Murray to make protecting others his only life. Still, the growing desire he can't help but feel for this entrancing widow makes him long to earn more than her trust. But in trying to save all she cherishes, he can't see how an honor-scarred knight can stay in her world and her heart - unless he risks everything to prove his love is now and forever always.

Per Melissa Wade il futuro non potrebbe essere più nero: il secondo matrimonio di suo padre si sta rivelando un disastro, e la nuova moglie è tanto rozza quanto ricca, interessata solo a divertirsi bevendo e andando a caccia. Per di più, la matrigna le ha dato un terribile ultimatum: andarsene di casa oppure sposare immediatamente un uomo scelto da lei. Pur di uscire dalle grinfie della donna, Melissa accetta un lavoro come cameriera della giovane protegée del duca di Aldwick.

Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN's debut novel, Nineteen Steps, is a moving tale of love, longing, and loss, inspired by the true events of her family's experience during World War II. Adding a deeply personal touch to the experience, Millie Bobby Brown narrates this story...

1843: the early years of Queen Victoria's reign witness much high-level debate at the Palace of Westminster, but nothing can interfere with Society's enjoyment of the Season. When Charlotte Meldon's father dies, she believes herself to be destitute, but a lawyer's letter reveals that she is not only part of the great Morland family, but wealthy and a countess in her own right. She is expected to make a great marriage, and with her vivacious cousin Fanny by her side, she is launched into her first Season.

Lady Amelia Norrington’s debut season is filled with excitement, but it’s the mysterious Marquess of Lennox who captures her attention. As their bond deepens, secrets from Jonathan’s past and a family scandal threaten to tear them apart. Amelia is faced with a difficult choice: fulfill her duty or follow her heart.

Shane Banderas is ready to move on with his life. As a deputy in Splendor, a town he’d grown to love, the time had come to buy a place, marry, and start a family. Six years had passed since losing the only woman he’d ever loved. Years he’d never get back. Time to live for the present, and with luck, a new kind of future.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NINETEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN Cliffehaven, 1946. The war is over and those who have spent years fighting behind enemy lines are finally coming home. Peggy Reilly is over the moon that her husband Jim is safely back from...

As the country changes and shifts, everyone is challenged to find courage to stand. Carrie and Janie face the challenge of a horse plague that sweeps through America. Thomas, Anthony, and Matthew go on an extraordinary adventure that reveals truth to a stunned nation. Peter and Elizabeth are once again faced with their greatest fear. Felicia begins to find her way after graduation. Carrie is forced to decide if she will fight hate with hate, or do something different that will open the door to change.

After the death of her great-uncle, orphan Lady Rosanna Donnington was overwhelmed to learn he had left her his vast fortune. It was then her life changed and she became the target of unscrupulous fortune hunters. But she was determined to marry only for love. When the loutish Sir Walter Fenwick insisted she marry him, Rosanna decided enough was enough. She fled London and journeyed to Donnington Hall, her new country estate.

Berauschend, glänzend, unnachahmbar – die neue Saga von Bestsellerautorin Charlotte Jacobi. München, 1844: Die einundzwanzigjährige Marie Thomass hat von ihrer Mutter ein Paar Perlenohrringe geerbt, die ihre Liebe zu Schmuck und Juwelen begründen. Diese Leidenschaft bringt sie in die Dienste des Münchner Juweliers Neustätter – und zu den Perlenfischern im Vogtland, wo sie den attraktiven Moritz kennenlernt.

With ruin bearing down on his sisters, Wynn Masterson, Marquess of Exmoor, must find a respectable wife posthaste. Lovely and formidable brides-to-be accost him from one end of Mayfair to the other, but it’s the retiring Lady Caroline Brookfield who catches his eye.

Just when he'd fobbed off the last brat, another appeared to take her place! Poor Lord Anselm! The dashing bachelor was forever plagued with dying relatives leaving their female children to his care. Indeed, he had squired so many a silly miss from schoolroom to marriage mart that he had sworn...

Cosmo, o Conde de Wynterborne, seguro e confiante, abriu a porta que separava seus aposentos do quarto de hóspedes. A escuridão era total e ele estranhou, pois estava acostumado a encontrar as mais variadas lindas mulheres, esperando-o, ansiosas por ele, para viver momentos de amor e prazer, inesquecíveis... E agora? Como explicar aquela jovem atriz, que viera ao seu Palácio com a intenção clara de lhe fazer companhia, que tinha de dormir inocentemente ao seu lado e deitar os seus lindos cabelos loiros, sobre o travesseiro?

Eventually, all wallflowers will have their chance at love...this is where it begins. Lottie Hughes likes people, as long as they aren't too close. Does it bother her that no one asks her to dance? Yes, but she's not sure how to drum up dance partners when she has almost no dowry and no title, and freezes up when anyone tries to talk to her. Ellen might be beautiful and considered a diamond of the first water by Society, but she is so very tired of the pressure to marry a titled gentleman. Charlotte Winters is destined to spinsterhood until she turns down an unwanted proposal.

Kann Durstan Hayles den Wildfang Lorinda tatsächlich zähmen? Als sie als Verkörperung der Lady Godiva mit ihrer rotblonden Mähne fast nackt auf einem schwarzen Pferd durch den Ballsaal fegt, wettet der empörte Durstan darauf, sie zur Räson zu bringen. Er konnte ja nicht ahnen, wie trotzig und eigensinnig Lorinda ist! Als sie Durstan schließlich das Leben rettet, können beide ihre Gefühle für einander nicht mehr leugnen... Barbara Cartlands Bücher bringen alle romantischen Herzen zum Höherschlagen.

When both learn of the other’s lack of desire for love, they know the best chance to escape those seeking to wed them is to come to an agreement - one that will free them both from the pressures of matchmaking. But a marriage of convenience doesn’t imply a marriage without passion. As their feelings eventually warm toward one another, old enemies emerge and threaten everything they have worked for. Will they be able to draw strength from their blossoming love to defeat those who seek to destroy them, or will they deny their feelings and lose one another forever?