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What if Prince Arthur Tudor hadn’t died? It is 1502 and Arthur Tudor has just married the Spanish infanta Katherine of Aragon, solidifying the alliance between England and Castille, when they are both struck down with the infamous sudor anglicus, better known as the sweating sickness. In the history books as we know it, fifteen-year-old Arthur succumbs to the illness, leaving Katherine – and England – at the mercy of Arthur’s younger brother, the future King Henry VIII. But what if Arthur Tudor had not died on that fateful day?

Charlotte’s Kisses is a steamy regency novel introducing the Rake’s Rogues, & Scoundrels series. After Bow Street Runner Hugh Fletcher’s temper gets him into trouble with the magistrate, he accepts a job searching for a marquess’s by-blows so that he can stay close to the beautiful woman who has stolen his heart. If only Charlotte Beckett could find the confidence to stand up to her evil stepmother and confront her preoccupied father. As if answering her prayers, an injured stranger shows up at her family’s masquerade ball, helping her discover her internal strength.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ”Fængslende.” Donna Tartt ”Vildt romantisk.” Time ”Nervepirrende og spændende … smukt gjort.” Washington Post” Stærk, opfindsom, lidenskabelig og smukt skrevet.” Boston Globe Madeline Millers mesterlige genfortælling af Homers Iliade –...

Bloomsbury presents Lizzie’s Daughters by Rosie Clarke, read by Juliette Burton FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIZZIE'S SECRET and LIZZIE'S WAR. LONDON 1958. Lizzie Larch battles to keep her daughters safe and out of harm's reach. Perfect for the fans of Nadine Dorries and Lyn Andrews. Lizzie...

England, 1948. It’s been ten years since Lola arrived from Germany as a Jewish refugee. Even now, she can’t think about the family she lost, or her heartbreak will destroy her. Instead, Lola looks to the future: the new family she’s found working in a job she adores as an airline stewardess, and the butterflies she feels around handsome pilot Brian – though the thought of opening her heart again terrifies her.

Bloomsbury presents… Lizzie’s War by Rosie Clarke read by Juliette Burton FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIZZIE'S SECRET. LONDON 1940. A gritty, heart-warming and wholesome drama about surviving against the odds. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Nadine Dorries. Against the devastating...

Bloomsbury presents Lizzie’s Secret by Rosie Clarke, read by Juliette Burton LONDON 1938. A gritty, heart-warming and wholesome drama about two girls united in friendship and tested in love. Perfect for the fans of Katie Flynn and Nadine Dorries. Lizzie Larch is a twenty-year-old hatmaker in...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the sunlit ateliers and cafés of the Latin Quarter, young American art student Selby is warned about her on his very first day: the beautiful, unapproachable music student the whole quarter calls "Rue Barrée" — named for the barred street where...

A Timeless Hero is a time-travel historical romance set between present day and the 1800s where Ross York, a Peterson Detective, hunts outlaws from all over the US, bringing them to justice. He goes after them wherever the outlaws have escaped to, whether to the past, present but to different countries, or to the future.

Her sight. His blood. One faery hill that should never have been opened. Edan MacRuari has already lost his wife. He refuses to lose his daughter. When little Heilyn is snatched from her cradle during a strange, rainless storm, Edan turns to the legendary Clan Grant on the Isle of Mull for help.

Bluestocking Lady Elise Smith is a very content spinster. She holds intellectual gatherings and attends poetry readings, mind-improving lectures, and art shows. She runs her father’s household with quiet and determine efficiency, which is why she is absolutely stunned when Papa informs his three daughters that until Lady Elise is happily settled with—gasp—a husband, he will not consider offers for his two younger daughters.

Persuasion is Jane Austen's final completed novel and one of her most mature and moving works. The story follows Anne Elliot, a thoughtful and quietly intelligent woman who, years earlier, was persuaded to end her engagement to Captain Frederick Wentworth because of his uncertain fortune and social position. When Wentworth returns as a successful naval officer, Anne must face the consequences of that earlier choice, the pain of lost love, and the possibility of renewal.

Miss Cecily Higgins, come ogni fanciulla che si rispetti, è alla ricerca di un marito. Dotata di un'intelligenza vivace e di un certo pragmatismo, si prepara alla stagione mondana con piglio scientifico, riempiendo pagine e pagine di quaderni con le strategie più sofisticate per affrontare la caccia all'uomo. Sfortunatamente, la ragazza non ha fatto i conti con la sfacciataggine del duca di Wessex, il gentiluomo più ambito dell'alta società, che una sera la invita a danzare per scommessa.

Betreten Sie das viktorianische London des Jahres 1897: Entdecken Sie Liebe und Intrigen mit der historischen Mystery-Serie „Tabitha & Wolf“, in der Mysterium auf Romantik mit einer Prise Humor trifft. Tabitha war es gewohnt, ein sozialer Paria zu sein. Könnte sich ihr Ansehen in der...

The goddaughter of a legendary pirate joins forces with a guarded sea captain to undertake a perilous rescue mission—one that may cost them everything, including their hearts. Jane Austen meets Pirates of the Caribbean. Annabelle Bradford was born on the sea and as an infant, was claimed by...

Venice, 1880. Alexander, Viscount Dundarran, seeks refuge from scandal amidst the fading grandeur of crumbling palazzos during the infamous Carnival in the city. There he encounters the enigmatic Lady Arabella Pembrook—a young, beautiful widow. Both are scarred by their pasts but find solace in each other and a chance at redemption. But when duty calls Alexander back to England upon his father's death, a darker journey begins.

Coral de Petras is on the hunt for the perfect husband, and she doesn’t care who knows it. In her third Season and with the shock of her father’s shipping business collapsing in disaster, Coral makes the hard decision to forgo a love match and fall back on the plan she had as a child. Marry for money. But if Coral’s giving up a love match, she doesn’t just want to settle for any gentleman: she has a list. A list of all the qualities she will demand from her future husband—and publishes it in all the newspapers.

Free to follow her heart…just not to her husband! Deborah needs a husband to protect her from the scandal breaking over her head; Christopher Halland, a radical and ambitious member of parliament, needs a wife to get at his fortune and Gosmere Hall. It is the perfect marriage of convenience. Or is it? She should have been warned off by the fury in his eyes on their first encounter when he almost rode over her. And by the whispered rumors of his women and loose living.

London, 1813. Lord Spencer Seaton kehrt gebrochen und verletzt aus dem Krieg zurück. Er hat alles verloren: seinen Titel, seine Liebe und sich selbst. Sein einziges Ziel ist Rache. Nichts kann ihn aufhalten. Nicht einmal die hinreißende Nichte seines Feindes, Miss Joanna Digby. Er will nichts für das kurvige Mauerblümchen fühlen, sein Herz nicht mehr öffnen, niemanden an sich heranlassen. Doch mit ihr fühlt er sich lebendig, stark. Akzeptiert.

A Morte de Artemio Cruz (1962) narra as últimas horas de vida de um antigo revolucionário mexicano, agora um poderoso empresário, que está morrendo em seu leito, velho e doente, dentro do quarto de uma mansão da Cidade do México. A história se desenrola a partir da consciência fragmentada de Artemio, misturando suas lembranças, delírios e pensamentos imediatos. Por meio de uma estrutura narrativa inovadora — que alterna entre a primeira, segunda e terceira pessoa —, o romance mergulha no passado do protagonista.