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En 1878 Elizabeth Downton es ya una solterona. Tiene treinta años y ninguna expectativa romántica. Aun así Elizabeth no es una mujer amargada, acepta el destino que le ha tocado y disfruta de las cosas sencillas de la vida. Elizabeth tiene un potente aliado en su hermano pequeño, Dexter, que es el único que la conoce realmente y con el que siempre puede ser ella misma.

Nightly at the Covent Garden Theatre in London, an enchanting actress is wowing the crowds with her affecting portrayal of Ophelia. Preyed on by rakes and opportunistic young bucks, feted by dukes and earls, even the Prince Regent himself, Angelica Leigh is a sensation. But in Regency England, beauty and talent are not enough to be considered marriage material, so when the eminently eligible Lord Charles Latimer sets his heart on Angelica, his uncle is sent to intervene.

Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of the Season—even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking—and dancing. When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of primitive crutches, he instantly understands her yearning.

To protect her family, she has done the darkest of deeds, and now she is determined to find the protection of a good marriage. A marriage that will let her pursue her dreams. A powerful friend has arranged for her to marry the Earl of Derby. But when she arrives, the earl does nothing as expected. He demands a trial. Drawn to the Earl, who seems to carry a shadow in his heart, she agrees. Margaret cannot deny her desire for him, but if he learns the truth, will he cast her out? When her heart begins to long for him, she is determined to keep him... and her secrets.

Der Blick aus seinen feurigen Augen lässt die süße Star alles vergessen. Auch den Grund, warum sie in das Königreich Duratra gekommen ist: um nach den verschollenen Juwelen zu suchen, die ihre Familie vor dem Ruin retten sollen. Sie ahnt nicht, dass der geheimnisvolle Fremde Scheich Khalif ist! Als er sie in seinen verschwenderischen Palast in der Wüste entführt, kann Star ihm nicht länger widerstehen. Unter dem magischen Sternenhimmel verbringen sie Nächte voller Hingabe. Aber Star weiß: Es kann niemals eine gemeinsame Zukunft für sie geben.

Robinswood Estate, County Waterford, 1950 Three sisters, the three men that love them, and a house that could consume them all. Assuming their roles as the new Lord and Lady Kenefick and returning to Robinswood with the plan to drag it back from the brink of dereliction, is taking its toll on Kate and Sam.

À quelques jours de se marier à un homme qu'elle n'aime pas, la princesse Eleni savoure ses derniers moments de liberté, lors d'un bal masqué donné en son palais. À l'abri de son loup, elle se fait passer pour une mystérieuse inconnue pour Damon, l'homme qui l'a abordée. Oui, sous couvert d'anonymat, elle peut faire ce qui lui chante, et même, suivre ses désirs. Alors, quand son séducteur lui vole un baiser, elle le laisse faire, grisée de n'être qu'une femme, entre ses bras. Hélas, ses responsabilités royales lui reviennent de plein fouet, lorsque peu de temps après cette parenthèse insouciante, Eleni se découvre enceinte.

Страшные тайны скрываются за роскошным фасадом замка Меккона. Славный король обезумел после исчезновения супруги. Принц не спешит вступить в брак ради укрепления позиций королевства. Единственный луч света — принцесса Анника, она мечтает о благе для своего народа… и о большой любви. Но отец решает выдать ее за черствого, надменного вельможу, и Анника — сильная, волевая и рассудительная — вынуждена подчиниться. Еще хуже обстоят дела в ветхом замке Возино, где власть захватил спесивый тиран.

Een heerlijk kerstboek met een koninklijk randje waar de vonken vanaf vliegen! Maximilian von Hansburg, baron van Laudon en erfgenaam van de hertog van Aquilla, heeft niet bepaald een vrolijke kerst. Hij is net gedumpt door een prinses, hij is zijn baan kwijt én zijn dominante vader heeft hem naar New York gestuurd om een potentiële bruid te ontmoeten in wie hij absoluut geen interesse heeft. In de stad ontmoet hij Dani Martinez, een intelligente professor. Maximilian is vastbesloten om een vriendschap met haar te sluiten.

Alexandra Bradbury and Dallin McQuoid are neighbors who couldn’t be more different. She’s prim, mindful, and skittish of social improprieties. Dallin is slightly scandalous, boisterously charming, and unbothered by gossip. On an unexpected night of magic forged under the stars, they discover what they do have in common. Could theirs be a rare love match that might last forever? But everything changes in a heartbeat: a death in the Bradbury family, financial ruin, and Alexandra’s betrothal to a wickedly wealthy marquess.

Gifted with the elements of all five kingdoms, Aurelia had never known a minute of peace. No Virium was ever meant to hold all five elements, and now they war inside her, keeping her from rest. Upon turning twenty-one, Aurelia takes the reins of her magic and destroys the tower she was raised in. Taking the only opportunity she's ever had for freedom, she flees in the night in an attempt to escape her future and the four princes who all expect her hand in marriage.

Lady Lisbeth Medford, Countess of Waterstone and famed international spy, is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. On a covert mission, she’s determined to infiltrate a notorious smuggling ring in the West Indies as a ship’s captain…only her identity has been compromised. Leaving her pursuers in ashes, she boards her vessel to flee, but the men on her heels will stop at nothing until she’s paid the piper.

Eleanor Eastwick is out of tricks. This alleged wallflower is hiding a secret, beyond the fact that her family is skint broke. If she wants to ensure the survival of her aged grandmother and younger siblings, she'll need to leverage the only thing they have left—their good name—and land herself a rich husband. There's only one problem: she has no bloody idea what she's doing. Enlisting the help of the wickedly rakish Marquis of Basingstone, Eleanor embarks on a crash course in how to attract the monstrous Gentry, high society courtship, and lessons in lovemaking . . . academically, of course.

It’s been over a year since Emma Clark’s no-good husband left on an expedition. The Countess of Dearborn has played the abandoned wife, but people are beginning to presume the earl is dead, which doesn't suit Emma at all. Emma likes being head of household in Albert’s absence and does her best to keep his family believing he is alive and well. She’s thirty years old and finally having some fun. If the earl is in fact dead, his family is waiting in the wings to swoop in and throw Emma out, leaving her destitute.

The wedding-night death of her much older husband left Tess Townsend the Dowager Duchess of Wansford—and still a virgin. Now she and her two best friends investigate London’s most scandalous crimes, and while Tess longs to experience physical pleasure for herself, she can’t risk losing her treasured independence.

Lady Eliza Whitmoreland just wants to be left alone. A season and a husband are the last things she needs or wants. But when the ton's biggest rake tries to charm her, instead of rolling her eyes, she sees her chance. She challenges the blowhard to a game of chess. The prize? If she wins, he has to pretend to be her fiance for the rest of the season to get her mother off her back.

Lydia Drake presents Book 2 in the Cinderella and the Duke series. Contains mature themes.

Der Bastard des schwedischen Königs, Haakon, lebt ein Leben außerhalb der royalen Zwänge. Er verachtet seinen Vater, der ihm nie eine Sekunde lang das Gefühl gegeben hat, ihn zu lieben. Nur sein Bruder zählt für alle, Olaf der Thronfolger. Haakon aber fällt gerade dadurch die Rolle des Enfant terrible sehr leicht. Ein Schicksalsschlag jedoch führt dazu, dass sich sein Leben von Grund auf verändert. Damit hat Haakon nie gerechnet und er fühlt sich in dieser Rolle, in der er nun steckt, nicht wohl. Zudem weckt dieser Sekretär, den man ihm zur Seite stellt, Gefühle in ihm, die mit keinen zu vergleichen sind, die er bisher hatte.

The Duke of Clyde has been a friend to many, but none can climb the walls around his heart. None can thaw the ice that he has wrapped his soul in. Until a bluestocking invades his castle and his life and threatens to upend everything he has ever known.

Unpaid and under-appreciated journalist Miss Eve Shelling never goes anywhere without a trusty notebook and her overprotective Duenna—who happens to be a bullmastiff. Eve learned the hard way that men are not to be trusted. She’s definitely not falling head-over-heels for the deceptively charming subject of her front-page column.