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Lady Edith Darling is supposed to live a quiet life in her family’s manor. She is not supposed to go unchaperoned on a quest to find Excalibur. But Edith won’t let that stand in her way, especially not when she's on this mission to honor her beloved grandmother’s dying wish. Determined to prove her grandmother right, Edith packs her satchel with Arthurian legends, pastries, and her grandmother’s ashes and runs off to hire a mercenary.

The final two entries in THE HEIRS OF THE ARISTOCRACY series make up this boxed set of four young men and women and their struggles with courtship. In THE HONOR OF AN HEIR, twin sisters Dahlia and Diana have no desire to husband-hunt, but their ghost of a father has plans for them and the set of twin men who would make their perfect mates. Heir to a sultanate, Ertuğrul hasn’t yet begun his harem, but if he finds true love with a young lady in London, he may forgo concubines.

Four early Victorian novels make up this boxed set featuring four cousins on their Grand Tour of Sicily, Greece, Egypt, and Rome. When they set off on their two-year trip, they have no idea they will no longer be bachelors when they return to England. A Courtship in CataniaWhen Donald visited Catania the first time, he fell hard for Lady Nicoletta, unaware her father had plans for her to marry a much older man. While acting as a guide for his younger brother and cousins, he returns seven years later to claim her. Will he reveal the secrets that led to their parting?

Everyone knows the garden. Everyone knows the fruit. But what if paradise began to break long before the first bite? Eden, Divided reimagines the story of Adam and Eve as a slow, intimate unraveling of innocence, love, and trust. In the first days of creation, Adam and Eve live in a world untouched by fear, shame, or death. Their bond is whole. Their joy is complete. But when a hidden voice begins to whisper at the edges of paradise, desire turns inward, trust begins to bend, and the first fracture in creation is born. This is not just the story of a single temptation.

Margaret held high hopes of a successful London season—until scandal found her. Years of isolation made the scrutiny of the ton unbearable. To navigate the season, Margaret finds refuge in her childhood friend, Adam. But sharp tongues and gossip soon cause her to flee London in humiliation. A summer day, reminiscent of their youth, leaves Adam and Margaret in a compromising situation. When Adam offers a marriage out of honor, Margaret insists they go their separate ways. Infuriated by her refusal, Adam does not give up so easily.

Brianna è cresciuta ascoltando le gesta dell'antenata di cui porta il nome, la stessa donna raffigurata nell'antico quadro che le Douglas Mackenzie si tramandano fin dal 1200, e che le somiglia in modo impressionante. Perché sente sempre una strana sensazione davanti a quell'immagine? E chi è il possente e affascinante guerriero highlander che ogni notte invade i suoi sogni? Complice un'eclissi di luna e un cerchio di pietre, Brianna si ritrova in un posto che non le è familiare e in un tempo che non le appartiene.

Tandis que Paris se prépare à célébrer Noël, Joséphine, elle, savoure ses fiançailles désormais officielles avec le séduisant et noble Jérôme de Faulcon de Montessand. Car à l'église Saint-Étienne, de mystérieux accidents sèment l'effroi. Très vite, la demoiselle soupçonne qu'il ne s'agit pas de simples malheurs, mais d'une main criminelle aux méthodes aussi ingénieuses qu'impitoyables.

Tragedierne står i kø i det lille samfund. Viktor mister sit ben efter ulykken i tørvemosen, og på Linde-gården finder Signhild Helena død i sin seng. Også Jona må indse, at det barn, hun kun lige havde turdet drømme om, ikke kommer alligevel. Men Adam har en plan, der skal muntre hende...

The Sun Virgin is a bold work of historical romance by best-selling American author Jr. Thomas Dixon , set against one of history's most dramatic collisions of civilizations: the Spanish conquest of Peru. The novel explores the clash between the burgeoning Spanish Empire and the majestic Incan...

In the early 1800s the penal colony of Botany Bay was an unforgiving and harsh place. Isabella O'Shea is transported to New South Wales for wounding a member of the British aristocracy who raped her, so it is understandable that she loathes members of the upper class and the system that punished her; sentenced her to seven years transportation. Tiger Carstairs is rich, ambitious and English-so is it any wonder she is determined to hate her new master. Tiger dreams of making a new life beyond the aptly named Blue Mountains, so called because of the perpetual haze of blue surrounding them.

Eine Wette. Ein Maskenball. Ein Kuss, der alles verändert. Lady Helena Fairfax trägt seit zwei Jahren Trauer—nicht um den Ehemann, den sie verloren hat, sondern um das Leben, das sie nie führen durfte. Als sie unerwartet eine Einladung zu einem Maskenball um Mitternacht erhält, ergreift sie die Gelegenheit, aus dem Schatten zu treten und in eine Welt voller Geheimnisse einzutauchen. Als verführerische Unbekannte verkleidet, ist sie entschlossen, sich eine einzige Nacht der Freiheit zu nehmen und die Fesseln ihres streng geregelten Lebens hinter sich zu lassen.

Lady Charlotte Ashbourne est au pied du mur. Pour sauver les siens, elle doit affronter l’homme qu’elle accuse d’avoir brisé sa famille : Grant Tilbury, duc de Ravenscroft, sombre, énigmatique… et terriblement inatteignable. Libertin réputé, Grant refuse toute attache. Pourtant, Charlotte le trouble dès le premier regard. Pour la retenir—et s’amuser du danger—il lui propose un marché aussi scandaleux qu’irrésistible. Charlotte accepte avec une idée fixe: se venger. Le pousser à céder, l’amener à s’attacher, le faire tomber amoureux…

Set in the 1940s during German occupation of France, remember, Paris follows Sophia, a young American, who arrives in Paris with only a suitcase, and a fragile sense of Hope. She finds work in a small café, determined to survive quietly in a city that’s being reshaped by war. Then she meets Derek – a Greek fisherman with a steady gaze, a weathered boat called the calypso, and a heart carrying its own scars. What begins as a simple connection soon deepens into something far more powerful.

Auschwitz, 1945. The gates are flung open. Prisoners flee for their lives. But as Celina stumbles toward safety, a man in a German uniform seizes her arm. She knows it’s impossible… but he looks just like her husband. Celina has given up hope of ever leaving Auschwitz. Only memories of her beloved husband Noah keep her sane—her childhood sweetheart, her protector, once her entire world. If she allows herself to remember that he was killed, she knows she’ll be lost too…Now, as the Soviets liberate the camp, Celina screams when a man in a German uniform grabs her.

Frequent space-time anomalies drag them a hundred years back into the past. They witness Count Arthur battling bandits relentlessly to defend the fortress, his precious porcelain collection and his beloved lover. After a sorrowful separation, numerous porcelain antiques drifted to Italy and...

Uma deusa da noite inconformada com o próprio destino decide responder a uma prece. Uma pirata que quer tomar as rédeas do seu futuro planeja um roubo para se libertar. Uma jovem que perdeu o coração em um Carnaval busca o sentido do amor em sua arte. O roubo em três atos é a edição...

If there’s one thing about Rafe Lennox that the women of London know… it’s that his heart cannot be tamed, except perhaps by the little Scottish orphan he has claimed as a daughter. That doesn’t stop every eligible woman in London from trying to convince the outrageous flirt to put a ring on their finger after they tumble into his bed. But Rafe has never been tempted by love to marry, until he robs a coach one night and he steals a necklace from a brave and beautiful woman.

O símbolo da devassidão londrina foi convocado para proteger a imaculada aristocracia. Qual lado influenciará o outro primeiro? Olivia Stanford, a duquesa de Lovingdon, foi criada para colocar o dever acima de tudo. Após a morte de seu ma­rido e anos abrindo mão dos próprios desejos, a...

The Earl of Stratton is the heir to a dukedom, for heaven's sake. He could have his pick of young ladies. And yet, here he is, fawning over the debutante the ton has not-so-affectionately dubbed "Cast-Off Clarissa." Is it out of the goodness of his heart? No. Of course not. Lady Clarissa Whitfield might be clumsy and incurably talkative, but she is not naive enough to believe the great and charming Earl is truly smitten with her.

On the heels of an unjust accusation, Grace flees from her country village to the anonymity of London. Although she intends to seek sanctuary with her cousin Joe Fiddick, she discovers he's also suffered a setback and needs more help than she can offer. Desperate, she solicits assistance from Joe's friend--the notorious rake, Lord Henley. Will the price of the handsome baron’s help be more than she's willing to pay?