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Den engelske adelsmand og hertug af Avon, lord Justin Alastair, er berygtet for sit kolde væsen og sin udsvævende livsstil. En sen aften i Paris, støder han på den unge mand, Léon Bonnard , hvis iøjnefaldende røde hår, dybblå øjne og sorte øjenbryn har en slående lighed med Alastairs ærkefjende, comte de Saint-Vire. Alastair tager drengen under sine vinger og gør ham til sin page. Hans første anelse om Léon viser sig at holde stik, da han erfarer, at Léon i virkeligheden er pigen Léonie ! Léonie bliver en del af Alastairs familie, og hans følelser for den unge pige bliver stadig varmere.

Cursed by revenge, hunted by darkness, bound by love. Isabelle’s transformation into a beast was the price she paid for revenge, but it may cost her everything. As her humanity fades, she finds herself entangled with a skilled archer who sees beyond her monstrous form. But the curse grows stronger with every heartbeat, and the darkness within her threatens to consume them both. Together, they must face the dark forces hunting her—but the greatest battle may be within herself.

Une réputation basée sur une sauvagerie impitoyable. Un chef se délectant d’effusions de sang et de conquêtes. Un homme décidé à se venger. Récemment mariée à Eirik, maintenant jarl de tout Svolvaen, je porte le bébé que nous désirons tous deux. Mais l’ennemi le plus féroce de Svolvaen ne nous accordera pas la paix. Tombée entre les mains de la Bête, l’évasion est impossible. Je dois rassembler toutes mes forces. Sans elles, je ne survivrai pas.

Elizabeth Bennet non è il tipo di donna che si piega. Né agli uomini, né a un destino scritto da altri. Non immagina, però, che l'arrivo del ricco e insopportabile signor Darcy sia destinato a mettere in discussione ogni sua certezza. Scoprite il mondo interiore di Elizabeth, dove la ragione duella con il cuore nel tentativo di conciliare l'orgoglio dell'identità con la vulnerabilità del sentimento.

Den unge, viltre Viscount Sherringham – af venner og familie kaldet Sherry – lever et ekstravagant liv, hvor udgifterne langt overstiger indkomsten. Men for at kunne bruge af den kapital, hans afdøde far har efterladt ham, er han nødt til at gifte sig. Det bliver den sky og forældreløse Miss Wantage, som har været hemmeligt forelsket i Sherry, siden de var børn. Gift bliver de – men hvordan skal ægteskabet med den umodne Viscount Sherringham, som hellere ville have haft Isabella, nogensinde blive lykkeligt?

Quatre vendeuses de Harpers, grand magasin d'Oxford Street, sont déterminées à réussir tant professionnellement que personnellement. Vivant sous un même toit, elles pourront se soutenir en cas de coup dur, ou se réjouir quand la première d'entre elles annoncera ses fiançailles. Des amours naissent dans le deuxième volet de cette série addictive, par l'une des autrices les plus populaires d'Angleterre.

Ein gestohlenes Kind. Ein verborgenes Kriegsgeheimnis. Eine Wahrheit, die alles verändert. Norwegen, 1940. Verführt von der Nazi-Propaganda schließt sich Liv, als der Krieg das ländliche Norwegen erreicht, dem deutschen Oberkommando an. Sie besitzt etwas, das in Berlin heiß begehrt ist – doch der Preis, den sie dafür zahlt, wird schrecklich sein. England, 1968. Agnes, eine Kriegswaise, wächst behütet bei ihrem liebevollen Großvater in der idyllischen englischen Landschaft auf. Doch als er plötzlich stirbt, stößt sie auf ein Geheimnis, das ihr Leben aus den Angeln hebt.

Ten Highland warriors. Ten modern time travelers. Ten journeys through time. Can love survive a Scottish medieval war? Discover the adventures of ten modern people thrown into the 1300's, the midst of Robert the Bruce's Wars of Scottish Independence, and get entangled into the destiny of the Highland Clans Cambel, Mackenzie and MacDonald.

Tormented by guilt and rage, Dorian, the Duke of Rath, agrees to a marriage of convenience—with the sister of the man whose death weighs on his soul. He vows never to touch her. But Patience Rose is stubborn, brilliant, and utterly irresistible.

Horses, tents, Highlanders—Battle of Bannockburn reenactment preparations are in full swing when British intelligence agent Danielle Field visits Stirling Castle. Then a rune-covered rock sends her plunging through time to a battlefield that looks all too real. Highland warrior Colum MacDonald betrayed his clan to save his queen. Only helping Robert the Bruce win the upcoming battle will restore his honor. Mistaking Danielle for an English spy…and a lad…he puts her in shackles and sets out to kill King Edward II.

When Lady Emma Bardsley's vile husband sells her at auction, she is purchased by the rakish duke of Loxchester. For Sebastian, buying a pig farmer's wife is the perfect way to avoid an arranged engagement, no matter the scandal. Emma hides her identity, hoping to run away. But she can't hide her growing feelings for the amber-eyed rake who is showing her how much pleasure he can provide.

A marriage of convenience forces a powerful duke to choose between his ferocious pride and love that melts his icy heart. Lonely in Pryde's elegant Mayfair home, she despises the cold, unyielding duke who expects her to become his perfect duchess. Faced with a dreadful choice, will Constantine sacrifice his pride and his title for the wife and child he has come to treasure?

Three Highland warriors. Three modern time travelers. Three journeys through time. Can love survive a Scottish medieval war? - For all fans of Outlander ! 3 love stories. Over 25 hours of binge-worthy, edge-of-your-seat drama, and sizzling time-travel romance. Discover the adventures of three modern people thrown into 1310, into the midst of Robert the Bruce's Wars of Scottish Independence, and get entangled into the destiny of the Highland Clan MacKenzie. Book 8: Highlander's Protector - He's trapped in the past. She's trapped in a dungeon.

Un matrimonio de conveniencia obliga a un duque poderoso a elegir entre su soberbia atroz y un amor que derrite su helado corazón. La reputación lo es todo en la alta sociedad. Y nadie sigue las reglas tan a rajatabla como Constantine Buccleigh, el duque de Pryde. Pero cuando un extorsionador amenaza con exponer su funesto secreto —y con quitarle todo lo que tiene—, Pryde se ve obligado a casarse con la señorita Modesty Fairchild, una mujer muy por debajo de su posición social. Modesty, una arqueóloga prometedora, prefiere cavar en la tierra a ser la anfitriona de un baile.

Countess Ellen Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of the charming Newland Archer, engaged to be married to her cousin, May Welland. Though he accepts the society's standards and rules he is acutely aware of their limitations. He knows May will assure him a conventional future but Ellen, scandalously separated from her husband, forces Archer to question his values and beliefs.

Дама с собачкой – потрясающий рассказ, вышедший из-под пера русского писателя Антона Павловича Чехова (1860 – 1904). Автор рассказывает о невероятном романе Дмитрия Дмитриевича Гурова и Анны Сергеевны фон Дидериц. Казалось, что их искренняя любовь останется лишь приятным воспоминанием…Любовные переживания главных героев не оставят равнодушным ни одного читателя. Чехов Антон Павлович — автор знаменитых рассказов, повести "Палата № 6", пьес "Вишневый сад" и "Чайка", а также таких произведений: "Три сестры", Дама с собачкой, "Толстый и тонкий", "Человек в футляре", "Тоска", "Смерть чиновника", "Хамелеон" и других.

My father called them messengers. He once told me they walked among us and that somewhere in this dark and godless city, there shined a faint sliver of hope. I had only to look for the signs. Well, I’ve spent my whole life investigating the inexplicable and all I've found are the unsettling vestiges of iniquity—the evidence of another world shrouded by the obscure. Purgatory to some, where depravity hides in shadows, and girls like me are little more than delicious bites of temptation. Others call it Nightshade.

Caecilia has long been torn between her birthplace of Rome and her adopted city of Veii. Yet faced with mounting danger to her husband, children, and Etruscan freedoms, will her call to destroy Rome succeed? Pinna has clawed her way from prostitute to the concubine of the Roman general Camillus. Deeply in love, can she exert her own power to survive the threat of exposure by those who know her sordid past?

Rachel will do anything to save her mother, even steal the money needed for her surgery. So when an old woman leaves a golden spindle on the Chicago's Navy Pier, she grabs her prize—and is hurtled back in time to 874 AD. Awakening near a village in Norway, she finds chests of jewels and gold ripe for the picking…and a dreamy Viking warrior she'd rather kiss than rob.

A shipwreck near Castle Black sees Dr. Nicholas Warner risking his life to save a woman from the churning sea. As he pulls her to the safety of the shore, the villagers are stunned by her presence. She is no stranger to them. They identify her as Viola Grantham, Lady Ramsleigh, wife of the recently deceased Lord Percival Ramsleigh...a woman who supposedly died nearly two years earlier. She confides in Dr. Warner about the son she bore in secret, the heir to her late husband and that she had only returned to secure his future and his place in society.