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When a half-frozen young girl is discovered on the country estate of Viscount Clavering, he is unaware his past will soon come crashing through his doors. Five years ago, Maxmillian's life spiraled into a life of debauchery and self-destruction after his position as a third son was deemed unsuitable for the hand of a duke's daughter.

To escape her guardian's plans to marry her, Lady Charlotte Fairfax steals away to Montreal to locate Reid McCoy, a fur trader who owes her fiancé a debt for saving his life. Even though European women are forbidden from entering the interior, she is desperate to get to her fiancé deep within the northwestern wilderness.

Déterminée et sûre d'elle, la jeune femme tient à ce qu'il restaure le manoir, point d'orgue du village et du futur festival floral auquel elle concourt. Les enjeux sont de taille : la princesse royale est attendue, et son aval pourrait infléchir la carrière de Madeline. Et, Will a beau tempêter et refuser cette responsabilité, Madeline semble décidée à lui tenir tête coûte que coûte.

Die junge Luise kommt aus Heidelberg ins geschäftige Berlin. Sie will im Pestalozzi-Fröbel-Haus eine Ausbildung zur Kindergärtnerin beginnen. Durch Zufall macht sie die Bekanntschaft des warmherzigen Bernhard. Die beiden sind voneinander fasziniert und verlieben sich Hals über Kopf. Aber hat ihre Liebe überhaupt eine Chance? Denn Bernhard und seine Familie sind Juden. Die Wirren der Weimarer Republik und das Erstarken der Nationalsozialisten werfen zusätzliche Schatten auf eine gemeinsame Zukunft.

A medida que Lord Murchison intenta descubrir el secreto detrás de la enigmática belleza de Sibyl, se ve envuelto en una trama de intriga y pasión. La historia explora temas como la dualidad entre la apariencia y la realidad, la obsesión amorosa y las consecuencias de perseguir un ideal inalcanzable.

Scars of the Heart is the first book in Kristene Holloway’s debut clean and sweet, historical western romance series. If you like an engaging story, full of intriguing characters with heart and depth, focused on friendship, family, community, and, above all—romance, then you will love this heartwarming first installment of the debut series Brides of Lilac Grove.

Let Evening Come is the love story between an Indigenous son displaced from his ancestral home on the Tar Sands of Canada and a motherless farm girl from Michigan who struggles to overcome loss while navigating the pitfalls of young adulthood.

Six previous missions had been overwhelmingly successful. They always relied on each other to get out alive, Lex was thinking as he and his four-man SEAL team lay hidden in the wet jungle grass. Their mission was to destroy the North Vietnamese encampment with explosives and to eliminate the officers. When their mission goes terribly wrong, the team is separated, and Mack is killed. While recuperating in the hospital, Lex is more interested in reuniting with his lost love, Leah.

The river was chaos—blood, shouting, and the splash of bodies hitting water. In the midst of it all, I reached out to Cedric, certain he would come for me. But he didn’t. His gaze slid past mine as he pushed me aside, swimming straight for the Lady Eleanor who had drifted farther away. Pain exploded across my face as I struck floating debris, my vision stained red. When I sank, choking and desperate, he never once looked back. And even as I—Jane, his wife—waited, he didn't look back. He still carried Lady Eleanor in his arms, as if she were the only thing that mattered.

Elara Millstone never wanted a life of impossible bargains. But when her father, once a respected alchemist, claims he can change straw into gold, they find themselves trapped in a dangerous game with the powerful Duke of Sutton. If her father fails to deliver on his promise, imprisonment would be the least of their worries. Desperate to save them, Elara makes a deal of her own with a mysterious masked gentleman who seems to hold the key to their survival.

Beatrice Collins is known as the demure and obedient sister of Last Chance’s overbearing Pastor Collins. But enough is enough! She’s tired of watching as woman after woman has a beau come and her brother refuses to let her send for one, telling her she needs a Godly man, and that God will provide. Maybe He will or maybe God helps those who help themselves. When one of the men seems to be forsaken by his bride-to-be, Bea sees her chance and takes it, even as her brother surprises her with a traveling preacher he’s promised her hand to.

Maggie Spencer’s ordinary life shatters when a mysterious artifact pulls her from the modern world and casts her into the grandeur of Regency England—a time of lavish ballrooms, whispered intrigue, and strict societal rules. Stripped of her identity and thrust into a world where appearances are everything, Maggie must rely on her wits and survival instincts to navigate the dangerous waters of the aristocracy.

Es el verano de 1936, y la isla de Creta brilla bajo el sol y el mar Egeo. Allí, en sus playas, dos jóvenes descubrirán el amor. Eleni ha viajado a Creta toda su vida. Viene de Inglaterra a pasar los soleados veranos con su abuelo en su idílica villa junto al mar. Cuando llega en 1936, cree que las largas y calurosas semanas que se avecinan serán como muchas otras. Pero ese año también llega a la isla un joven alemán llamado Otto. Y así comienza un verano de romance: el mar, el sol, el tomillo fresco, la alegría y la música deberían durar para siempre.

Lady Grace has everything high society could envy—beauty, title, privilege. But none of these treasures can match what she stands to lose: Lewis, the man who holds her heart. Torn between duty and desire, Grace defies convention and sets off across the wilds of Scotland to find the man she loves before it's too late. Lewis Lockhart believed that by exiling himself from England—and Grace—he was protecting her from scandal. However, fate decides otherwise when Grace braves all dangers to reach him.

Der plötzliche Tod seines Vaters holt Valerian Gale von seinen Ausgrabungen in Pompeji zurück nach England. Dort erwarten ihn nicht nur der Titel des Earls of Windham und der Vorsitz des »Zirkels der Freunde der römischen Antike«, sondern auch ein belastendes Vermächtnis: Sein Vater hat die Familie in finanziellen Nöten zurückgelassen und schuldet zudem drei mächtigen Lords spektakuläre römische Artefakte. Als Frau spricht man ihr jeglichen Sachverstand ab, und der einflussreiche Londoner Archäologen-Zirkel lässt nichts unversucht, um in den Besitz ihrer Entdeckungen zu gelangen.

When Elizabeth flees to London, a surprising letter from Mr. Darcy sets off a heartfelt correspondence neither expected. Misunderstandings give way to growing affection, but secrets threaten their fragile connection. A sweet, early HEA story where love blossoms through letters and trust is the key to everything.

New York Times best-selling author Diana Gabaldon enchanted scores of fans with Outlander, her electrifying historical saga set in 18th-century Scotland. Now this sequel sweeps listeners back into the past as Claire relates more of her perilous sojourn there with her Scottish warrior husband, James Fraser. Twenty years after her strange journey back in time, Claire has returned to Scotland with her daughter, determined to share with her the secret she has harbored since her time travel.

Sheila Hopkins has always put her family first. But when tragedy strikes, she's faced with an impossible choice: hold on to what's left of the past, or take a leap of faith for the future. Her daughter Betsy is trying to stay strong for her children, even as her marriage is tested by sorrow and the rising tension towards her loving husband's German heritage. And newcomer Edith Treloar arrives from Cornwall with a suitcase full of hopes and heartbreak… and a secret that could change everything.

Dominic Prince is passionate, tenacious, and determined to carve out a legendary name for himself—just like his famous treasure-hunting father. When an American tycoon funds his expedition to uncover a Viking hoard in Norfolk and ship it across the Atlantic, Dominic sees his chance to claim glory. If he can unearth a treasure trove so magnificent it lands him on the front pages of newspapers in both England and America, his success will finally be undeniable.

One moment, Lily’s just your average 21st-century woman, the next, she’s stuck in the body of Catherine Howard, soon-to-be King Henry VIII’s doomed fifth wife… Yep, the one who gets beheaded. Slip into this raunchy, irreverent time travel romance!