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When Elizabeth Bennet returns to Pemberley after five years, she never expects to find healing from past trauma—or love with the very man who once seemed so proud and disagreeable. As Fitzwilliam Darcy discovers that the spirited girl he barely noticed has become the woman he cannot live without, they must both learn that second chances at happiness are worth every risk.

Cassie Woods is finally making a name for herself as a journalist in early 1880s New York City. However, success in her career has cost her relationship with Detective O'Neill. When Cassie begins receiving threats from an old enemy, she must convince her O'Neill and her former colleague Powolski to help her and take down a notorious crime family for good. What secrets will be revealed, and will working together on this case bring Cassie and O'Neill back together?

Gleich nach seinem Ritterschlag reist Tristan nach Irland, um Prinzessin Isolde als Braut für seinen Onkel, König Marke von Cornwall zu gewinnen. Es gelingt ihm, doch auf der Fahrt verlieben sich die beiden jungen Menschen unsterblich ineinander. Fortan müssen sie ihre verbotene Liebe vor aller Welt verstecken und können doch nicht voneinander lassen.

In 1067, William the Conqueror was changing the course of England’s history forever. As the sister of a Saxon baron, Lady Elisande knew life would never again be the same, but she wasn’t prepared for this one knight. Sir Henry de Vere was under orders to conquer and secure Rosewyn Manor by any means necessary—including marrying the baron’s daughter, who was rumored to be a rare beauty. Prepared to do his duty, the last thing he expected was to find a white flag of surrender, ordered by the courageous Saxon lady left behind.

A string of vanished women. A noble daughter gone. A secret so vile, the powerful would kill to keep it buried. London. 1889. As spring settles over London, bodies of young women begin washing up along the Thames—women no one seems to miss, many of them former residents of charitable institutions. When a concerned mission worker reaches out to Lady Rosalynd, what begins as a simple act of compassion soon reveals something far darker. These women weren’t merely lost. They were deliberately erased.

Set in a quiet coastal town in nineteenth century Norway, Beneath the Northern Light is a slow burning historical romance about love shaped by choice, loss, and restraint. Ingrid Aas and Elias Holm meet at the edge of the sea, each carrying private grief and the weight of social expectation. As their bond deepens, they are forced to confront a world where duty often speaks louder than desire. When separation becomes unavoidable, both must learn who they are apart from each other before they can decide what love truly asks of them.

Seraphina Laurent, a modern-day nurse and guérisseur, collapses during a visit to the Weld House Civil War Medicine exhibit, only to awaken in 1862, Virginia. Out of place and time, Seraphina confronts the brutal realities of slavery and war. Drawing on her Creole healing heritage, she begins treating runaway slaves and wounded soldiers on a contraband farm tucked behind Union lines. Colonel Dr. Aaron Weld, a Union surgeon overwhelmed by the endless tide of wounded, fears the war will be lost in the hospitals, not on the battlefield.

Für Blair MacKenzie gibt es keinen schöneren Ort auf der Welt als ihre Heimat, die Isle of Skye. Wäre da nur nicht ihr Stiefbruder Tam Buchanan. Nach dem frühen Tod ihrer Eltern wuchs Blair bei den Buchanans auf, und Tam und sie waren unzertrennlich. Bis er Blair plötzlich im Stich ließ...

With an introduction by Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall. Originally published in 1956, The Long View is Elizabeth Jane Howard's uncannily authentic portrait of one marriage and one woman. Written with exhilarating wit, it is a gut-wrenching account of the birth and death of a relationship. In...

Painting a candid picture of a family in crisis, Something in Disguise is a haunting, heartfelt novel from the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard. May's second marriage to Colonel Herbert Brown-Lacy is turning out to be a terrible mistake. Her son, Oliver, leaves...

As the First World War takes hold, a young girl comes of age in a troubled London. Capturing the longing, excitement and poignant comedy of adolescence, The Beautiful Visit is the debut novel from the beloved author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard. 'She helps us to do the...

BBC dramatisation of the classic novel, an enduring romantic love story Experience R.D. Blackmore’s classic novel like never before, in this full-cast adaptation of one of the greatest love stories ever told. Immerse yourself in the world of Lorna and John as they battle their families and...

There is no happily-ever-after . . . Kilmara, Scotland. 1725. For fifty years, Iris has accepted the curse that blighted her life. By night, she is a heartbroken woman, destined to walk the misty shores of Kilmara without growing older. By day, she is Moireach, a terrifying monster imprisoned in...

Casablanca, 1955. Une femme est allongée sur un rocher encerclé par les vagues. Bientôt, les courants d'arrachement l'empêcheront de regagner la terre. En face d'elle, sa fille dort sur la plage, exposée au danger. Affleurent à sa mémoire les épisodes de sa vie : son enfance de misère en Normandie ; son placement dans une famille de cœur fauchée par la Shoah ; son adoption par son oncle fortuné au Maroc ; la prison d'un mariage de raison et l'emprise d'un frère incestueux.

I’ve returned home from the war in France one-armed and defeated. While I was fighting at Waterloo, my father, brother, and sister-in-law all died, leaving me alone to raise my baby niece. I'm a broken man, and this new battle feels impossible to win. Only the assistance of my valet Percy, who refuses to leave my employ, offers me any hope.

As the war continues throughout, Europe, Dashiell Blackwell, the Earl of Ravenwood, moves in the shadows, uncovering secrets and thwarting Napoleon’s schemes as a trusted operative of The Lion Watch. With no room for distractions, he has resigned himself to a life of duty—one that does not include love or marriage. The battlefield and the whisper of coded messages have long been his world, and he has no intention of surrendering to the dangerous pull of emotion. Lavinia “Vivy” Ellsworth has spent years watching Dash from afar, her heart belonging to him long before he ever took notice.

As the war rages across Europe, Leander Ashby, the fearless and elusive second son of the Duke of Lionston, has spent years working in the shadows as a spy for the Crown. But when tragedy strikes—his father and elder brother killed in a devastating accident—Leander is forced to return to England and assume the title he never expected to inherit. Though duty binds him to his family’s legacy, he cannot abandon the work he believes in. Determined to continue aiding the war effort, he founds The Lion Watch, a covert spy agency operating beyond the limitations of the war office.

Bestsellerowa saga o kilku pokoleniach kobiet i zdradzie, która na zawsze naznaczy ich losy. Historia rywalizacji, zgubnej namiętności i błędów zmieniających bieg wydarzeń. Opowieść o tajemnicach z przeszłości, zaklętych w starych legendach, snach oraz w dziejach potomkiń, które zmuszone są dźwigać na barkach nie swoje winy i prostować ścieżki pogmatwane przez przodków, a także przez własne wybory.

Distrutto e segnato dalla guerra, Spencer Seaton, un tempo duca di Grandhampton, torna a casa solo per scoprire di aver perso tutto. Il suo unico scopo è vendicarsi dell'uomo che gli ha rovinato la vita. Nulla potrà fermarlo... tranne Miss Joanna Digby—intelligente, astuta e avvolta nel mistero. Apparentemente insignificante, nasconde la propria vera natura dietro una maschera, finché la sua famiglia viene minacciata dallo stesso uomo che ha rovinato Spencer. Era destino che Lord Seaton si frapponesse sul suo cammino, e lei sul suo.

Dopo tre deludenti stagioni in società, il padre di Daisy Bowman non usa mezzi termini: sua figlia deve trovare un marito, molto alla svelta. Daisy è terrorizzata, sposerebbe chiunque altro piuttosto che quel borioso, rude individuo. Ma non ha fatto i conti con l'insospettabile charme che Matthew userà per conquistarla. Il ragazzo gracile e ambizioso che aveva conosciuto si è trasformato in un uomo attraente, maturo, pieno di vitalità.