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It’s a mystery that has passed into fashion legend: the perfect evening gown that was to be created by couture star Elisabeth Fontaine before her tragic death in 1930. Its design, a closely guarded secret, has never been found. So when vintage fashion dealer Isabelle Bernard comes across an enigmatic letter from Fontaine mentioning the ‘evening sketches’, she’s very excited. Hot on the trail, she heads to Paris to investigate, fetching up on the doorstep of couture apprentice Romy Valence.

What's a woman to do when her husband has departed but her desires very much remain? The only thing Lady Carenza Smythe-Harding misses about her late spouse, a notorious gambler and adulterer, is his expertise between the sheets. After two years donning mourning dresses, it's her turn for some fun. But with no intention of remarrying, how can she find the right devil-may-care rogue for the job?

Due to a misunderstanding, Mary publishes a novel, an action she considers highly improper. Behind a pseudonym, she frets over the undiscovered fact that she is an author. When she learns that her brother is forcing his daughter, Louisa, into an arranged marriage, she recognizes the opportunity as an escape for them both. Mary sweeps her niece off to Bath where she intends to stay away from the lure of her pen and to help Louisa find a match.

Living happily ever after should be easy. After all, Tristan and Isolde Gilbert, the new Duke and Duchess of Kendall, have overcome obstacles, confessed their love, married, and are eager to sail off into the sunset of their glorious future. But, of course, life rarely offers smooth sailing. After their honeymoon tour, an unexpected return to London sends the new couple reeling. Tristan struggles to balance his new Isolde-loving self with his former role as the autocratic Duke of Kendall. Upstart relatives and scurrilous accusations complicate his efforts to find a purpose.

Debutante Juliette Howard's attempt to ruin her sister out of envy and spite ended badly—with Juliette herself ruined, disgraced, and pregnant. Consumed by regret, and reviled by Society, Juliette fled her family's disappointment to hide in obscurity in a remote seaside village. As an outsider, she's viewed with suspicion by all except the vicar with the gentle voice and kind eyes.

Harriet Hapgood has always delighted in arranging the lives of others, while generally doing as she pleased. And after having thwarted her cousin Caroline's engagement, what better way to pass a dull winter than in helping Caroline to a new husband? Her cousin sets her sights on the glittering Mr. St. John Rotherwood, so Hetty cheerfully puts her shoulder to the matchmaking wheel.

Princess Danielle Allard d’Orleans grew up believing that she was a simple village girl raised in Kent by surrogate parents. That simple life vanishes when she discovers she’s actually a princess in hiding—especially as the first order of royal business is to marry a war hero she’s never met. Captain Luke Bannock wasn’t trying to become a hero—and even less so, a husband. But he shows selfless courage in a fierce Naval battle and the Crown offers him a reward for valor. His chosen prize? The hand in marriage of an obscure princess, living in exile. The reason? Revenge against his sworn enemy.

Тихая жизнь Динни Черрел закончилась раз и навсегда после того, как во время одной из прогулок по Лондону она встретила Уилфрида Дезерта. Впервые они увидели друг друга на свадьбе Флер и Майкла Монта, и искра влечения, вспыхнувшая много лет назад, сейчас переросла в настоящую, всепоглощающую любовь. Но Уилфрид, совсем не тот, что был раньше и вскоре отношения влюбленных становятся все напряженнее и вызывают неприятие со стороны семьи и «высшего общества», особенно когда достоянием общественности становится новость о том, что Уилфрид отказался от христианства ради ислама.

Дерзкая и прекрасная театральная актриса Лилиан очаровывает 17-летнего Пауля; они проводят ночи вместе, наслаждаясь беспечной жизнью. Однажды вечером, проиграв последние деньги за игорным столом, они встречают странного старика с белыми волосами и глазами, похожими на укутанное дымом пламя.

Dans le cadre vibrant du Londres de 1812, où les mondes de la haute société et de la bourgeoisie se croisent dans un tourbillon de passion et de secrets, plongez dans le deuxième tome des Chevaliers libertins : Inatteignable (monsieur Walpole).
Isabella Whitaker, comtesse de Kylemore, a juré de protéger sa famille à tout prix, une promesse faite à son grand-père mourant, le duc de Badersfield. Mais son destin prend un tournant inattendu lorsqu’elle croise Caleb Walpole, un homme qui s’est fait lui-même, méprisé par la haute société et connu pour sa réputation sauvage.

1964. Sorcha O'Donovan drømmer om noget andet end det stille liv ved West Corks kyst i Irland, hvor hun er vokset op, og da hun møder den karismatiske musiker, Con Daly, forandres alt. Sammen drager de til London, hvor Con slår igennem med rockbandet The Fishermen, og fremtiden ser lys ud for parret. Men bag berømmelsen lurer mørket. Trusler og hemmeligheder fra fortiden truer med at ødelægge alt. Og en dag forsvinder Con sporløst. 20 år senere samles The Fishermen igen til en kæmpe velgørenhedskoncert – men hvor er Con Daly? Der er kun én person, der kan afdække sandheden.

When Caitlin King’s father collapses on the eve of the summer solstice, she’s drawn back into the tangled web of her already fragile family – and strange visions begin to haunt her. Visions of another life, another time and a woman who looks uncannily like herself. In Iron Age Britain, Cordelia is the third daughter of chief Lear Bladudsunu and a gifted shaman. But she is left grief-stricken when betrayal, ambition and patriarchal power threaten everything she holds dear. Linked across the centuries, Caitlin and Cordelia each face devastating choices.

As the snow falls on Berkeley Square, the staff at the Buckingham Hotel are busy preparing for the arrival of American soldiers. 'King of the Ballroom' Raymond de Guise is rallying the performers for the forthcoming Winter Ball, with a familiar face returning to surprise the guests. As rumours circulate that the Royal Party will be in attendance on the night, tensions begin to rise on and off the dancefloor as shocking secrets are revealed. Raymond has always been a keeper of secrets, most especially his own.

Dorothy Clausey grows up in the splendid shadow of Worcester Cathedral, raised by loving parents she believes to be her own. But soon after her eighteenth birthday, Dorothy learns the shocking truth. She is the secret daughter of the great Cardinal Wolsey - King Henry's chief minister and the most powerful subject in the realm. When rumours swirl that the King will move against Wolsey for treason, Dorothy finds herself in a dangerous position. Heartbroken, she agrees to enter a convent for her own protection.

Pour sauver cette agence qui pourvoit aux besoins de sa famille, elle doit impérativement décrocher la vente du château Granville. Or, par orgueil, le propriétaire ne signera qu'avec un nom à particule. Fanny décide alors de se faire passer pour une aristocrate. Elle convainc Tancrède de Chassagne de Montbazon, un invité du château rencontré par un heureux hasard et quitté par sa fiancée à cause de sa paresse chronique, de faire équipe avec elle. Visage gracieux malgré son fichu caractère, à vingt-quatre ans, la jeune femme dispose encore d'une année avant de coiffer sainte Catherine !

Amidst the Luftwaffe’s relentless bombings, Isla Donahue finds solace in her love for Rory, best friends Meg and Sophie, and her rewarding work with the WAAF. Until one day, without any warning, cruel figures from the girls’ past return to threaten the world they have worked so hard to build. To add to Isla’s turmoil, Rory is convinced that a ghost from his previous life has followed him to Liverpool intent on settling old scores. With her friends scattered by a war that shows no sign of ending, can Isla draw on her grit and determination to build a brighter future?

Alla fine del lungo viaggio che doveva condurla alla dimora della signora Macclesfield, per diventarne la governante, Elinor Rochdale si trova invece al cospetto di un elegante gentiluomo, lord Carlyon, il quale le chiede di sposare il cugino Eustace, che giace nella stanza accanto, agonizzante. Così Elinor diventa sposa e vedova nel giro di una notte… e si trova al centro di una singolarissima vicenda di documenti segreti, agenti inglesi al servizio di Napoleone e assassini.

Mercury Raine is the most sought-after ghost broker in all the kingdom, with more ghosts than anyone knows and more secrets than one person should have. With a dangerous past threatening to catch up with him, Mercury has taken on the goliath task of training his new neighbor, Tacey Wilde, in the ghost brokering trade. Doing so isn’t without risks, but letting her and her all-too-knowing ghost simply walk away is far more perilous.

Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker has applied her mortician skills to many faces, but a beautiful young debutante needed little work, or so she thought. When the debutante's spirit appears to her, insisting she was murdered and demanding Phoebe do something about it, Phoebe agrees. She has, after all, helped many of her ghostly clients before they move on to the next world.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, Styrkar, loyal housecarl to the fallen King Harold, journeys to Ireland in search of the dead king's exiled sons. When a plot to murder Harold's widow and infant son is uncovered, duty pulls him in a different direction. Fleeing back to England with the dowager and child, Styrkar's loyalties are tested as he's forced into an uneasy alliance with his old comrade Eadnoth, now sworn to William the Conqueror. When the sons of Harold return to reclaim their birthright, Styrkar must choose: stand with his blood brother or his brothers-in-arms?