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Behind the stone walls of Santa Croce delle Pietre, time belongs to God. The bells divide the day. The Rule governs the body. Silence is meant to purify the soul. For fourteen years, Sister Beatrix has survived by becoming exactly what the abbey requires: obedient, watchful, disciplined, untouched. She has learned to bury every hunger before it can be named. Then Sister Ilaria arrives. A widow from the world beyond the cloister, Ilaria is everything Beatrix has trained herself not to be—warm, restless, unguarded, alive.

A brilliant software engineer. A lost 21st-century device. And the fierce Highland blacksmith who holds the key to her survival…When Maeve Vance triggers a glowing temporal rift in the misty hills of Inverness, she only intends to capture the data. But in the blinding emerald explosion, her state-of-the-art smartphone is snatched through the portal—and she is dragged right behind it into the brutal, dangerous winter of 1744. Now, her only lifeline home is lost in a wild land on the brink of a bloody rebellion, rumored to be in the hands of clan chiefs who believe it is a magical artifact.

Året är 1875 i överklassens England, ett samhälle som präglas av överdåd, hemligheter och stram etikett. Markisens äldsta dotter, Adele Heathrow, står i färd med att gifta sig med sin trolovade, den blivande hertigen av Sandringham, som hon känt sedan barnsben. Men som den envisa och...

The second installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author James Clavell’s Asian Saga, Tai Pan, Part Two contains the second half of the sweeping epic of the founding of Hong Kong. “There can only be one Tai-Pan.” Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also...

The second installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author James Clavell’s Asian Saga, Tai Pan, Part One contains the first half of the sweeping epic of the founding of Hong Kong. “There can only be one Tai-Pan.” Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also...

From a bestselling, award-winning author comes a compellingly realised story of an enigmatic figure, the beautiful 19th century muse and brilliant social powerhouse Florence Stoker, whose life, in spite of her many gifts, was overshadowed by one of the most abiding and terrifying of contemporary...

Zwei Frauen, die einem Duke niemals trauen sollten. Zwei Männer, gefährlicher als jeder Skandal. Manche Männer sind keine Rettung. Sie sind ein Risiko. Eine Versuchung. Ein Fehler, den eine kluge Frau besser nicht begehen sollte. Joanna und Temperance wissen das. Und kommen ihnen trotzdem viel zu nahe.

Er nahm ihr die Freiheit. Er machte sie zur Kaiserin. Als Imperator Lucius Aurelius Valerianus die Provinz Lyrica unterwirft, fordert er einen Tribut, der alles verändert: Arien Thalea, die Tochter seines größten Feindes. Aus ihrer Heimat gerissen, findet sich Arien im goldenen Käfig von Valaris wieder – umgeben von Macht, Intrigen und den unerbittlichen Erwartungen eines Imperiums.

My clan calls me vigilant. My brother calls me overprotective. I call it my duty. I knew since I was young that I wanted to protect my clan and those who could not defend themselves. So when one of the towns we were visiting turned us away without giving us a chance to speak to the people there...

In 1889, the rakish Duke of Ravenstock is driven by heartbreak and betrayal to seek a bride who embodies purity and virtue. When his search leads him to Anoushka, a mysterious and intelligent novice raised in a secluded convent, their worlds collide in an unexpected arrangement. As the Duke seeks redemption and Anoushka discovers the vastness of the world beyond the convent walls, their journey unfolds into a tale of transformation, passion and the healing power of love.

1901, Wiltshire. Young Kathleen Keller is being forced into marriage with a man she despises by her cruel father. In an act of desperation, she runs away in a bid for a safer life, although one she might not have otherwise chosen. But when tragedy strikes, Kathleen is left vulnerable and one man threatens the fragile peace she has made for herself.

It is 1910 and life in Wiltshire is far from pleasant for Mattie Willitt and her sisters. Bullied by her stepfather, who attempts to force her into an unwelcome marriage, Mattie decides her only hope for happiness is to run away. With nowhere else to go, Mattie stays with Jacob and the two of them grow close. Their relationship is complicated by Emily Newington, the elderly landowner, who wishes to protect her property from her greedy cousin.

Like a moth transforming into a butterfly, Lady Harriet must shed her past insecurities to reveal the grace and confidence within. After Lady Harriet’s less-than-ideal debut into society, her parents decide it would be best for her to spend some time with her cousin and his wife. They hope...

When Lady Josephine Tweedale escapes an abduction and flees into the woods, she finds refuge in a small gamekeeper’s cottage, completely unaware that the man tending the fire is actually Jude Dexter, Earl of Pendryn. Desiring to simply keep her safe for the night, Jude allows her mistake to stand. If she knew the truth, Society would force them into a marriage that neither of them wanted. But the shared danger and the quiet hours spent together in the cottage pull them closer than either expects.

From a bestselling, award-winning author comes a compellingly realised story of an enigmatic figure, the beautiful 19th century muse and brilliant social powerhouse Florence Stoker, whose life, in spite of her many gifts, was overshadowed by one of the most abiding and terrifying of contemporary...

A ruined lady. A reluctant lord. One scandalous night that changes everything . . . Miss Cressida Alby has spent her life as a mere shadow in society, a poor country squire's daughter with no prospects and even less hope. But nothing could have prepared her for the night she's put up for auction...

Set against the backdrop of post-WWII Oxford University, The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies is the irresistible debut from Kate Westbury that seamlessly layers mystery, romance, and a dash of academia to introduce the Crown’s newest undercover operatives. Oxford, England, 1951 - The...

The explosive final book in I.V. Ophelia’s darkly addictive, nationally bestselling Poisoner trilogy—about a botanist who kills unsavory men, and the one man who's resistant to her poisons yet possesses his own deadly charms... Alina Lis is plunged into a Manhattan mansion that’s equal...

She was unmarried, untouched and almost thirty, but novelist Amanda Briars wasn′t about to greet her next birthday without making love to a man. When he appeared at her door, she believed he was her gift to herself, hired for one night of passion. Unforgettably handsome, irresistibly virile...

"Det, der gør Onegin fremragende, er dens tidløse indsigt i mennesket: dets forfængeligheder, dets dårskaber, dets katastrofer." – The Guardian Handlingen udspiller sig i 1820’ernes Rusland. Den blaserte og melankolske unge Eugen Onegin arver sin rige onkels gods og forlader sit...