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The resentment Kaleb faced, from his own generation, for his duty as a combat Marine in Vietnam made him decide to backpack around the world, not knowing what he was looking for. But now it’s time to go home. As he hitchhikes from LA back to Texas, fate has other plans. Just outside of Tucson, a murder takes place, and the police say the slayer seen running away looks a lot like Kaleb—but Kaleb has an alibi. The young waitress who served him a meal at the time of the murder remembers him. Although her testimony rescues him, it is not Kaleb’s reason for falling in love with her.

Lady Esme Jones has no intention of being auctioned off to the “most sensible” man in London—no matter how tirelessly her brother, Viscount Woodmere, tries to arrange it. Determined to survive the Season on her own terms, Esme finds an unexpected ally in James Dearborn, Viscount Redford: a carefree rake with a wicked grin, an even wicked-er tongue, and a talent for turning social rules into sport. Together they quietly found a “Mutual Mischief Society,” devoted to harmless pranks and artful escapes from the ton’s most determined matchmakers.

Um romance histórico sobre poder, traição e a mulher que se tornou uma lenda! Filha favorita do Faraó, a princesa Cleópatra sonhava em escrever a própria história em meio aos pergaminhos da biblioteca de Alexandria. Após a morte do pai, ela é traída e encurralada por seu próprio irmão, que deseja o poder todo só para si. Para sobreviver, ela precisa ser mais inteligente e implacável que seus inimigos. Sua única esperança é uma perigosa aliança com o general romano Júlio César.

Em Sabará, Minas Gerais, as trajetórias de Cléo, Clarice e Luzia Pinta se entrelaçam em uma trama sobre a "chama do sagrado". Durante a ditadura militar, as gêmeas Cléo e Clarice crescem marcadas por um poder que gera temor e fé. Anos após uma tragédia, Cléo retorna como jornalista investigativa para reencontrar a irmã, agora uma mística reverenciada, e enfrentar segredos enterrados.

Four sensual Regency romances make up this bundle about six couples set during the Christmastides of 1815, 1816, and 1824.

Als die temperamentvolle Lady Cecily Alderley sich zwischen einem gütigen, ehrenhaften Verehrer und dem düster faszinierenden Viscount Tristan Ainsley wiederfindet, ist sie gezwungen, sich der einen Sache zu stellen, der sie seit Langem nicht mehr trauen wollte—ihrem eigenen Herzen. Tristan ist der einzige Mann, der sie je wirklich aus der Fassung gebracht hat, der einzige Mann, dessen stille Intensität, gefährliche Eifersucht und unleugbare Zärtlichkeit es unmöglich machen, ihm zu widerstehen.

The instant Sunday Times #1 bestseller THE ULTIMATE TALE OF COURAGE AND SACRIFICE FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the First World War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first...

"The beat of his heart came to a full stop, the air left his lungs, and the march of time ground to an abrupt halt." Mr Darcy, a paradox of superior intelligence and hubris, falls instantly in love with Miss Elizabeth Bennet. The following courtship is swift and efficient, saddling him with the...

She was the villain of everyone else's love story. Now, it is time for hers. Caroline Bingley has spent a lifetime being unforgivably herself, sharp-tongued, fiercely ambitious, and unapologetically bold. But when the two most eligible bachelors in London, Mr Darcy and Viscount Keathley, are...

Von Bild-#1-Bestsellerautorin Ada Caine: Im prachtvollen Wien der Jahrhundertwende muss Hanna beweisen, dass wahre Stärke nicht vom Stand, sondern vom Herzen kommt. Hanna von Wildermuth dient als Gouvernante in der Familie Munteanu und führt ein angenehmes Leben. Doch unter der glanzvollen Oberfläche der Donaumonarchie lauern Gefahren.

In love and war, these sisters stay strong. In WW2 Scotland, headstrong Molly Robinson decides to help the war effort and sign up for the Women's Land Army but is none too pleased when her mother insists she takes along her older sister, Maisie. At their new home in a remote Perthshire farm, the...

From best-selling historical romance author Sian Ann Bessey comes romance and suspense in the heart of eighteenth-century London—a story of redemption and forbidden love. London, 1776 It’s been twelve years since Hannah Dennington looked into the gray eyes of Samuel Ross, their depths as...

Der zweite Teil der Sturmland-Saga. Miriam Georg schreibt so packend, dass man nicht aufhören kann! Coras Welt liegt in Scherben. Alles, was sie sich im Seebad Norderney als Hauslehrerin aufgebaut hat, war vergebens. Doch wo soll sie hin? Etwa nach Hamburg zurück – dorthin, wo sie alle Brücken hinter sich abgebrochen hat? Ihre Schülerin Emmi braucht sie, und auch Onnen will Cora nicht verlieren. Obwohl sie weiß, dass er seine Vergangenheit vor ihr verbirgt und es für sie beide keine Zukunft gibt, kann sie ihn nicht loslassen.

Elizabeth Bennet is not the type of woman to be forced into marrying anyone, especially not the insufferable Mr. Darcy. When, through no fault of her own, she ends up in a compromising situation with him, she does everything she can to keep their scandal secret and avoid matrimony. Unfortunately...

In this enthralling novel—already in production as a major movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Caitriona Balfe, and Emma Laird— the award-winning author of Absolutely & Forever and The Road Home brilliantly reimagines Daphne du Maurier, and the origins of her timeless...

Meg Burton-Smythe es tímida, no solo eso: es tartamuda. Ha pasado toda su vida al margen de la sociedad, pues relacionarse con la gente se le hace demasiado duro. No obstante, una mañana conoce a un apuesto joven de cabello rubio y… se atreve a soñar. A Ivo Beresford no le interesan ni el...

Eve, Ela, Kira y Lara crecieron en un orfanato sin más familia que ellas mismas y sin respuestas sobre quiénes las dejaron allí. Quince años después, cuando la vida empieza a abrirles una puerta fuera de aquellas paredes, los sueños extraños, los libros antiguos y unos poderes imposibles comienzan a revelar que su historia nunca fue tan sencilla como creían. Un giro inesperado las empuja a una época donde las mujeres no tienen la libertad que ellas conocen, los secretos se esconden tras leyendas y cada decisión puede cambiar lo que creían escrito para siempre.

Kærligheden har aldrig været stærkere, farerne aldrig større. Amalie og hr. Wickfall er endelig blevet sikre på kærligheden til hinanden og nyder livet som ægtefolk. Men ydre kræfter truer deres lykke. I sensommeren 1807 belejrer briterne København. De vil gå til angreb på byen, hvis...

Wolf hatte gehofft, sein Leben als Dieb hinter sich lassen zu können, als er unerwartet eine Grafschaft erbte. Jeremy Wolfson Chesterton – „Wolf“ – der neue Earl of Pembroke, wird wider besseren Wissens erneut in eine Untersuchung hineingezogen. Er weiß, dass er Tabitha, die Witwe...

Rudyard Kipling’s taut, tender two-part tale unfolds amid a searing South Indian famine. Wilhelmina “William” Martyn—a fearless, whip-smart Englishwoman—refuses the safety of the hills and rides straight into the crisis. Beside her works Scott, a driven irrigation engineer seconded to...