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By the age of six, Fiona could sink a bank shot. By eight, she could mix a perfect Manhattan. By twenty-two, she had a business degree and a concrete plant to save her grandfather’s failing bar. Then she was pushed through a time-portal. Now Fiona is stuck in fourteenth-century Scotland with no way home. There’s a good chance time-soldiers are after her. And Henry, the guy she’s shacked up with, is a grumpy son-of-a-bitch who doesn’t get her at all.

Lady Isla Thompson had her heart broken during her first season. The man she fell in love listened to another regarding the rumors spread about her family. He walked away from her and ruined her for any other man. She could never trust anyone again, especially him. Lucian Oliver, the Duke of Thornridge doesn’t have many regrets. He’s a duke. Why should he bother with such a useless notion? Except he does have one. The biggest regret a man could have. He listened to advice that he shouldn’t have, and now he cannot discern a way to rectify that mistake.

Miles Yardley has spent years admiring the girl next door—only to find himself in an impossible predicament. With a newly inherited estate, he finally has the means to offer for Grace Jenkins, the woman who has captivated him for as years. But just as he gathers his courage, he learns she is heading to London for a Season—not to enjoy the delights of the ton, but to secure a titled husband.

Cecily Bradshaw has despised Nash Markham since before they met. His captivating smile and overdone charms might blind others from the insufferable tease he is, but not Cecily. Only once, in the naïveté of youth, did her resolve momentarily falter, and she is determined it will never happen again. Especially not when, years after their first meeting, Nash returns to England a wealthier and even more devastatingly handsome gentleman than when he left.

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that the power of dragons establishes the dignity of a house. Only Valeraine Longbourn believes in her house’s elderly dragon. To prove his prowess, she disguises herself and flies in the dragon derbies — deadly races that only admit men. If Valeraine wins, the kingdom will finally respect her dragon. She’ll secure a dragon egg, saving Longbourn house. If Valeraine is discovered, she’ll ruin her family along with herself. Once Valeraine tastes the sky, she realizes dragoneering is more than status or wealth — it’s what burns inside her.

While magic still glimmered over the lands and people of Scotland and the Vikings ruled the western islands and the north, a woman encounters a powerful Fae prince and could not imagine the consequences that would shape the rest of her life and that of her sons–three brothers who will struggle against their fate to overcome a dreaded curse tied to their own Fae powers. Agneis of Mull betrayed the Fae prince who loved her and lost everything and everyone.

Una novela inolvidable que removerá tu corazón Madrid, principios del siglo XX. Paola es apenas una muchacha cuando, cansada de ser una carga para su familia, decide mudarse a la capital con una maleta repleta de sueños anhelando experimentar la vida lejos de su pequeño pueblo. Allí espera encontrar lujos, romance y sofisticación, pero pronto comprenderá que la realidad es mucho más cruda de lo que había imaginado.

Liebe, Intrigen und Machtspiele am Königshof: Der historische Roman "Die Dichterin von Aquitanien" von Tereza Vanek jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts, nahe Paris: Die junge Marie wächst in einfachen Verhältnissen auf. Kurz nach dem Tod ihres trinkfreudigen Vaters erhält sie die Nachricht, sie sei die illegitime Tochter von Geoffrey VI., und damit die Nichte des englischen Königs Henri II. Sie wird nach England an den Hof gebracht, doch der Prunk des Hofes macht es ihr schwer, sich in der neuen Umgebung zurechtzufinden.

Esslingen im 15. Jahrhundert: Nach Monaten, die die junge Katharina als "Meisterin der verbotenen Künste" unter fahrendem Volk verbracht hat, kehrt sie in ihre Heimatstadt Esslingen zurück und kann ihren Liebsten, den Weinhändler Lukas, wieder in die Arme schließen. Doch dann verstört eine Reihe grausamer Morde die ganze Stadt. Katharinas Feinde sorgen nur zu gern dafür, dass der Verdacht auf die junge Frau fällt. Gemeinsam mit Lukas versucht sie, den wahren Täter zu finden. Doch es ist ein schier aussichtsloser Wettlauf mit der Zeit.

Lady Moria had accomplished the first three on her own...until a chance meeting with a captain with tattooed hands a gentle soul who sees past her facade to the jaded-but-lovable woman beneath. Except she's still her, her schemes are still her schemes, and he has a duty to uphold. Now he's back from active duty, and ready to do whatever it takes to win her for good this time before he has to ship out again.

Ein geheimnisvoller Singvogel. Ein hingebungsvoller Herzog. Eine Liebe, die den Regeln der Gesellschaft trotzt. Als ein Schicksalsschlag Isadora Vale und ihre Familie an den Rand des Ruins bringt, greift sie zu dem einzigen Geschenk, das ihr bleibt – ihrer Stimme. Hinter einer Maske verborgen, wird sie zu La Sirena, dem geheimnisvollen Singvogel, dessen ergreifende Melodien Londons glanzvolle Gesellschaft in Bann ziehen. Adrian Hawthorne, der mächtige Herzog von Evermere, hat wenig Geduld für die endlosen Paraden von Debütantinnen, die ihm aufgedrängt werden.

One splash changed everything! Poor relation Kynthea Petrelli never dreamed she’d have a Season, but she is getting one… even if only as a companion to her younger, wayward cousin Zoe. Though Kynthea loves the girl, keeping up with her wild ideas is difficult, especially when Zoe sets her cap for England’s most eligible bachelor, and decides a love potion is the way to win his heart. Unfortunately, it isn’t Zoe who trips and spills the potion on the oh-so-perfect Duke of Harle, but Kynthea. And before long, she finds herself the center of a scandal—and unexpectedly, the object of his desire.

Lady Delilah Ashbrook is no stranger to risk - especially not when a boy vanishes under her care. Desperate for the Maidens of Mayhem to find him before it's too late, Delilah dives into London's darkest corners... and straight into the path of a maddeningly mysterious man. Sebastian St. Allen moves effortlessly between society's glittering elite and its criminal underworld. He claims he's after the same boy, but Delilah isn't sure if he's an ally or enemy. With danger closing in, Delilah and Sebastian strike a wary partnership.

The captivating new novel from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Steele is a spellbinding book club read, set in the glittering French Riviera in the dangerous days leading up to the outbreak of WW2. Nestled into the pine-dusted coastline of the Cap d'Antibes is the dazzling white Chateau...

Miss Caroline Quick is desperate to escape London for the freedom of the wilds and her career as a naturalist—but she must get her widowed mother married before she can go. It’s a simple enough idea; track down Mama’s first love and engineer a meeting…with the help of the gentleman’s alarmingly charming son.

Celebrated explorer Ethan Burnell has all the ladies swooning, but he's exactly the sort of "dangerous man" Cornelia has sworn off. When Burnell's sister throws a Christmas house-party, intent on fixing him up with a bride, he sees only one way out. A fake engagement for the duration of the festivities! Cornelia knows she's crazy to agree to the plan, but has faith Ethan's "adoration" will bring other suitors running.

Lady Bathsheba lands on the tropical island of Vanuaka in search of her missing brother. Under the protection of darkly handsome Captain de Silva, she soon learns he's not all he seems. And Bathsheba is in more danger than she can imagine.

Elizabeth Bennet is pleased when Netherfield Hall is let at last to Mr. Charles Bingley, a young man of good fortune from the north. She is less pleased to discover that Mr. Bingley is already married and that his clever and handsome friend, Mr. Darcy, is engaged. Darcy finds himself entranced with Elizabeth Bennet, but he has been forced by duty into an engagement to another. Many years previously, a man had done a great service for the Darcy family, which resulted in a promise by the elder Mr. Darcy.

Jim Yarrow, a wounded World War II vet, sees his luck change when he finds work as a police officer. He now thrives in his beloved hometown on the Merrimack River. Content with his job, his long-term friendships, and his wife and kids, he never expected the girl he loved in high school to reappear in his life. Becky Bivens fled Riverbend, Massachusetts, in 1941, after her mother’s crimes were exposed. She’s lived a hardscrabble life ever since, and those struggles now help her understand her mother’s troubling choices.

When Makenna Hadley loses her job, and her long-term relationship ends abruptly, she gets away from it all by taking a trip to New England, where she stays with her Aunt Jenny Markham, an eccentric widowed farmer living in Connecticut's famous Quiet Corner. When she finds a diary in a box from a garage sale at her aunt's house, she becomes enthralled with the tragic love story of Jemima Brown and the Revolutionary War soldier she loved and tried to save. She also learns about the local legend that says her apparition still inhabits the town.