検索キーワード： 歴史

Octavius Everard, el adinerado duque de Eccess, se refugia en los placeres más decadentes de Londres para escapar del dolor que lo persigue. Especialmente en Navidad. La comida más costosa, el mejor coñac y las mujeres más deslumbrantes hacen que la época «más feliz» del año sea un poco más soportable. Sin embargo, hay una tentación a la que se ha jurado no ceder jamás: la institutriz de sus tres pupilos. Pero cuando la señorita Temperance Fields solicita el puesto, con un severo moño y un sencillo vestido de lana marrón, Octavius descubre que nunca ha estado tan peligrosamente fascinado.

Para salvar a su clan del hambre y recuperar su lugar en las Highlands, Greer MacAulay acepta casarse con Roddy MacLennan, el hermano del hombre que mató a su padre. Consciente de la amenaza que representan los MacDonald, Roddy accede a ese matrimonio, por su hermano y por los MacLennan, sin sospechar las dificultades que le esperan. Porque además de convertirse en el Laird de un clan que no lo quiere, se ha casado con una mujer que no comprende.

Ravenna never asked for her gifts, and certainly not for her parents to sacrifice themselves protecting her. As a half-fae with foresight, she has more power than most realize, even her well-meaning but doomed parents. She isn't some damsel in distress—and she isn't prey for the evil Fae Queen Amaranthe. No matter how long it takes, no matter what it demands of her, she will avenge her parents. With only her innate gift, a seething rage, and her father's begrudging unicorn, Ravenna means to burn the faelands to the ground.

Eighteen-year-old Dorothy St. James can't control her magic. To avoid arrest, she locks herself at home and buries her nose in her experiments. But a kidnapper called the Rook is on the loose, and his victims keep turning up insane. When Dorothy's father is taken, she must exchange her beakers for bravery and find the Rook's trail—the problem is, only one person ever has: a masked hero. Ashley Gardner unabashedly casts illusions, using his charm to flit between the upper ton and the magical underbelly below. When Dorothy accuses him of knowing the masked hero's identity, he flatly denies it.

Gawain Burton, the Duke of Bromleigh, is a Silver Duke, and everyone in the ton knows these exceptionally handsome forty-something men with some gray salted in their hair have no intention of ever marrying. However, carrying on the Bromleigh title is important, and Gawain is determined to find a proper wife for his nephew and heir.

Quint arrives at her cottage one day with a wound that needs her skills. It is obvious that he is a seasoned warrior. His injury requires him to remain at her cottage for a few days and she finds she quite enjoys having him there. It does not take long for her to find what she never thought she would or for Quint to rediscover what he lost...love.

No longer in the first blush of youth and without a marriage portion, Miss Constance Woodley can scarcely imagine why one of the leading lights of London society should take an interest in the likes of her. But under her benefactor's guiding hand, she's transformed into a captivating creature who catches the eye of the handsome, charming, and ever-so-slightly notorious Lord Dominic Leighton.

Alex Ivanov is a brilliant young innovator, designing cutting-edge train engines. But Alex has a secret—he isn’t really Alex Ivanov. As a boy, he was pulled from the Thames, presumed drowned, with no memory of who he was. Rescued and raised by the formidable Ryder Sherbrooke, Alex has built a new life, but his past is catching up with him.

The compelling and emotional conclusion to New York Times–bestselling author Lisa Kleypas' beloved Travis series "is passionate and immensely rewarding, speaking right to the heart of what romance readers love" (The Washington Post). Wedding planner Avery Crosslin may be a rising star in...

Dans ce roman, Maupassant reprend des thématiques qui lui sont chères à travers une intrigue où se croisent passions amoureuses et enjeux financiers. Venue de Paris en Auvergne avec son mari William, sur les terres du village d'Enval, suivre un traitement thermal contre une prétendue stérilité, Christiane Andermatt découvre l'amour avec Paul Brétigny. Son mari, banquier, spécule quant à lui sans relâche sur des terrains de la région, construisant une nouvelle ville d'eaux pour faire croître sa fortune.

Evie Stuart's uncle is the Spymaster to the Crown. Her cousins are spies. She wants to be a spy. When they turn her down due to her being a lady, she gathers her three best friends who are now debutantes during the Season to help her catch a traitor and prove to her family that anything her cousins can do, she and her friends can do better.

Unmarried after four Seasons of towering over her dance partners, Miss Phoebe Sauber learns she will be cast out of her home when her father remarries. Feeling betrayed by her father and God, she misfires an arrow at an archery tournament. But the arrow pierces a paper held by Mr. Michael Coulton-Jones. And strangely, the symbol drawn on the page is eerily familiar to her.

1338. Inglaterra le ha declarado la guerra a Francia, y Jeanette de Kent, prima del rey Eduardo III, se despide de su familia para acompañar a la corte real al otro lado del mar. En Amberes, en medio de intrigas palaciegas y de las obligaciones que conlleva su rango, conoce al valiente caballero Thomas Holland, de quien se enamora perdidamente. Aunque ambos saben que su amor está prohibido, la pasión que sienten es tan grande que deciden casarse en secreto.

When Mr Darcy discovers Elizabeth Bennet's true feelings, he's grateful the ill-fated proposal he had planned to make in Kent was stopped. But as the London Season drags on, he realizes the truth: he cannot be happy without her. Determined to become the man worthy of her regard, he returns to Hertfordshire with a singular purpose—to win her heart. If only it were that simple. Darcy has indeed reformed himself, tempering his pride and learning humility, but Elizabeth's wounded feelings and lingering resentment cannot be overcome in a day.

Can this marriage of convenience overcome the shadows from the past? Helena Angiers is grateful for a quick bolt to the Scottish border and the opportunity to keep her unborn child, but she has no intention of abandoning the memories of her first love. And yet, the more she learns about her new husband, Ralph Aldine, the more she wonders why such a kind, considerate, and capable man would marry her. Can it be possible that he married her for herself and that her money had nothing to do with it? Lowly solicitor Ralph Aldine has adored Helena Angiers from the moment he set eyes on her.

Der Highlander Ewan MacBreanagh spürt sofort, dass Eleanor Redgrave gefährlicher ist als jeder Feind: stolz, unbezwingbar und entschlossen genug, selbst in Gefangenschaft gegen ihn aufzubegehren. Doch Ewan soll sie seinem Bruder als Braut ausliefern – aus Pflicht, aus Loyalität, aus Gründen, die schwerer wiegen als seine eigenen erwachenden Gefühle. Während englische Dragoner die Highlands durchkämmen und dunkle Schatten sich nach ihnen strecken, wächst in ihm eine Wahrheit, die alles bedroht: dass er die Frau begehrt, die er gefangen hält.

Years ago, Lord James Harrington, the Earl of Manderly, saved Miss Evie Ashewood and made her his countess. Their marriage was meant to be a sanctuary—until a threat to Evie’s life shatters their fragile peace and exposes her hidden wounds. Now the quiet earl is tormented by an improper longing…for the wife he adores but cannot reach. Brilliant, shy, and far more comfortable in a greenhouse than a ballroom, Evie never intended to marry—least of all a man as impossibly perfect as James. Yet behind closed doors, his tenderness awakens dangerous desires.

Im Herzen von Yorkshire, wo sanfte Hügel und prachtvolle Landsitze alte Geheimnisse bewahren, gerät Lady Eden Thornton zwischen Pflicht und Begehren. Als temperamentvolle Tochter eines Earls liebt sie ihr ruhiges Landleben – fernab der eitlen Spiele der Londoner Gesellschaft. Doch als der beste Freund ihres Bruders, der düstere und rätselhafte Lord Blackstone, nach Jahren im Ausland zurückkehrt, ist nichts mehr sicher.

In 1877, the Paris art scene is very competitive for men but nearly impossible for thirty-three-year-old Mary Cassatt, an American woman. Bored by traditional methods of painting, she admires the work of avant-garde painters, especially Edgar Degas. So, when Edgar visits Mary's studio to view her paintings, she is exhilarated by his invitation to join him, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and other Impressionists in the collective.

Manchmal braucht es nur ein paar Stunden, um sich in eine andere Welt zu träumen. High Society Love vereint drei abgeschlossene Liebesgeschichten voller Gefühl, leiser Spannung und Entscheidungen, die das Leben verändern. Jede Geschichte erzählt von Nähe, Mut und der Frage, wie viel Freiheit man sich selbst zugesteht, wenn das Herz eine andere Sprache spricht. Alle drei Liebesgeschichten sind in sich abgeschlossen und können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.