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Inspirado nos acontecimentos verídicos em torno da destruição da cidade de Iola nos anos 1960, Siga como um rio é a história de um amor avassalador, de pessoas que seguem em frente, fluindo e carregando tudo pelo caminho, ainda que diante de tantos obstáculos. Victoria Nash é apenas uma adolescente na década de 1940, mas já é responsável por todos os afazeres da casa, numa fazenda de pêssegos na cidadezinha de Iola, no Colorado – a única mulher num lar de homens cheios de problemas.

Amara Fairfax was born between two rebellions. The daughter of an English heiress disowned for loving an African herbalist whose knowledge stretches back generations, Amara inherits both refinement and resistance. She knows how to enter a ballroom with poise and how to survive a world determined to reduce her. In Victorian society, she is admired, studied… and quietly rejected. Too educated to dismiss. Too composed to scandalize. Too powerful to control. Then Lord James Whitmore makes a dangerous choice: he sees her.

When Emma Vane breaks into The Sentinel’s offices at midnight, pistol in hand, she has one demand: force Mr Stanton to print a retraction. It sounded simple enough at home. It doesn’t help that the man is like brandy, sharp at first, then smooth enough to make her forget he’s dangerous. No wonder he’s called the Devil of Fleet Street. Hugh built The Sentinel on one principle: print the truth. He did not build it to be held at gunpoint by a bluestocking with a signed confession and an impossible demand. But her evidence is compelling. Almost as compelling as she is. He’s a man she should avoid.

For fans of KJ Charles's The Magpie Lord and Freya Marske's A Marvellous Light, this Lammy-nominated twentieth-century American romance follows a graduate student through a magical, queernorm version of the 1960s as he joins forces with an archivist to fight a god. Fall, 1969. Ulysses Lenkov...

She was never meant to be alone with the Viscount. When Viola Merriweather accidentally finds herself trapped in Lord Lydford’s private study during a grand ball, scandal erupts at once. Society expects Nathaniel Harrow, Viscount Lydford, to do the honorable thing and offer marriage. But Viola refuses to become any man’s bride out of duty—even one as powerful, handsome, and impossible to ignore as Nathaniel. Used to being obeyed, Nathaniel is stunned by the one woman who dares to refuse him.

Three full-length sensual Victorian romances make up this boxed set about six heirs. They all require wives, but not every young woman wants a husband. THE ANGEL OF AN ASTRONOMER. When a neighbor appears to be spying on her from his backyard observatory, an incensed Lady Angelica is determined to give him a piece of her mind. Will Sir Benjamin end up with her heart as well? Mistletoe and moonlight work their magic in The Angel of an Astronomer.

Ranulf Ombrier’s fame throughout 13th century England for his skill at swordplay is rivaled only by his notoriety as King Edward I’s favorite killer. Ranulf's actions have gained him lands, title, and a lasting reputation as a hired butcher. But after years of doing his king's bidding, he begins to fear for his mortal soul and follows his conscience away from Edward, all the way to the wilds of Wales. Gwenllian of Ruardean, Welsh daughter of a powerful Marcher lord, has every reason to leave Ranulf for dead when one of her men nearly kills him.

Tres generaciones de mujeres. Una herida que solo el amor será capaz de cerrar. 1956. Tras la muerte accidental de su padre, Rosario, con tan solo trece años, se ve obligada a dejar el pequeño pueblo de Veracruz donde ha vivido siempre y mudarse, junto con su madre, al Distrito Federal...

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance," or so Charlotte Lucas claims. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy put this notion to the test when they find themselves in a passionate and unexpected marriage.

Three early Victorian novels make up this boxed set of sensual historical romances featuring seven couples! THE LADY OF A GRUMP. He's a grouch. She's the reason. Max, known throughout the aristocracy as "The Earl of Grump," is about to have his world turned upside down when Patience Grayson, the reason for his grumpiness, invades his home—and his bedchamber—on a late winter night. THE LADY OF SULTAN. Captured by pirates. Sold to a sultan. This is not how Charlotte expected to spend her holiday.

Ewan Mostyn thinks a job as a duke's daughter's bodyguard will be easy—but Lady Lorraine has a few tricks up her sleeve that spark an undeniable passion. "I know we aren't suited. You are silent, and I speak all the time. You're a younger son with no fortune or title, and I'm the daughter of a...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a lady can do anything a man can do: backwards and in high-heeled dancing slippers. Lady Juliana, daughter of the Earl of St. Maur, needs all the help she can get. She's running a ramshackle orphanage, London's worst slumlord has illicit designs on her...

Zwei Frauen, die heiraten müssen. Zwei Dukes, die glauben, eine Ehe kontrollieren zu können. Manche Männer glauben, eine Ehe sei ein Vertrag. Eine Unterschrift. Ein Versprechen. Eine Frau, die sich fügt. Sie haben Calliope und Modesty noch nicht kennengelernt. In diesen zwei vollständigen Regency-Romanen mit einer Laufzeit von über 20 Stunden treffen stolze Dukes auf Frauen, die keine Zeit für romantische Illusionen haben.

Zwei Schwestern, ein Traum – und die Liebe, die alles ins Wanken bringt. Von Bestsellerautorin Mina Baites Bischofsgrün im Fichtelgebirge, 1908: Der Witwe Marga gelingt, was den wenigsten Frauen glückt. Sie entflieht einem Leben in Armut und kauft ein altes Haus am Rande des Fichtelgebirges. Mit ihren ungleichen Töchtern, der feinsinnigen Lotte und der naturverbundenen Luise, die trotz aller Unterschiede ein inniges Verhältnis haben, eröffnet sie schließlich das Fremdenhaus Helene. Nur mit einem Ziel: Sie wollen sich durch harte Arbeit von der Gunst der Männer unabhängig machen.

Catherine Brooks ist eine Lady, wie sie im Buche steht, an Tugendhaftigkeit kaum zu überbieten. Jonathan Blake, Viscount Hayes, ist ein sorgloser Lebemann, der nur sein Vergnügen kennt und seine Zeit lieber an den Spieltischen der Stadt verbringt, als auf Brautschau zu gehen. Als das Schicksal sie auf immer aneinanderkettet, müssen beide erkennen, dass nicht alles ist, wie es scheint und manch einer ein gefährliches Geheimnis verbirgt.

Lucia wonders what love feels like. Max already knows it's her. Lucia Cucinotta has spent years tucked away on the Weaver farm, her world no bigger than family chores and the occasional trip to town. But when she finally visits Clear Creek, she’s swept into a whirlwind of picnics, parties, and...

A devastated bride. A broken-hearted groom. A marriage of convenience that changes everything. When the Duke of Harbury swept sweet, mild-mannered Cassandra Wainwright into a scandalous waltz at Almack’s, he only wished to mask a much older heartbreak from the ton’s prying eyes. But his rash...

When a Wild West bandit takes an educated young woman hostage, the sparks that fly between them are more dangerous than bullets—"Don't miss this one!" (Affaire de Coeur, 5 stars). A recent graduate of Wellesley College, Leslie Powers is on her way out to Arizona Territory. All she knows about...

A fan-favorite story from New YorkTimes bestselling author Candace Camp, originally published in print in 2003. Rachel Aincourt fears that she's trapped in a loveless marriage. Her husband, Michael Trent, the Earl of Westhampton, is cold, enigmatic, and completely unreadable, and Rachel herself...

Charlotte Carruthers must find her brother. Joshua Robertson needs the funds to free his. On the road into the Canadian wilderness, they become reluctant allies in a race to save their siblings before brewing rebellion tears the colony apart. Canada, 1837. Charlotte is determined to hold onto...