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A spy in the crowd Harry Sinclair moves in disguise among Londons elite as he guards against violence and treasonuntil he sets eyes on the beautiful daughter of the earl hes sworn to protect. A lover in the night Lady Mariah Dunmore longs to escape the tedious marriage martuntil a stranger on a...

La alta sociedad londinense sabe dos grandes certezas. La primera, que la señora Maranta Farrell es el paradigma de la moral y el buen comportamiento, y la segunda, que el valiente capitán Hilton es el peor de los libertinos. Ninguno de los dos oculta su enemistad, aunque nadie sabe muy bien...

Alene i verden har hun blot et spinkelt løfte at klamre sig til. Sneen daler ned og lægger et fredfuldt tæppe over Christiansand. Året er 1810, og juleforberedelserne er i fuld gang. Stikirenddrengene spæner gennem gaderne, så sjappet sprøjter, tjenestepiger haster mellem ærinder, og...

She refused the Duke everyone else would have accepted. Now he is determined to win her heart.Dominic Ravenshaw, Duke of Ravenshaw, is used to being obeyed, admired, and never refused. But when he offers marriage to the beautiful and fiercely independent Arabella Wrenford, she does the...

Gli ha tirato uno schiaffo in mezzo alla strada. Ora è l'istitutrice dei suoi pupilli. La notte in cui fugge per le strade di Londra per salvarsi la vita, Temperance non si aspetta di incontrare nessuno — men che meno un duca spericolato a cavallo, che ha l'ardire di baciarla prima ancora che lei ne conosca il nome. Lei gli dice senza mezzi termini cosa ne pensa. Poi scappa. Ventisette giorni. Tanto le basta per restare nascosta fino a Natale, quando compirà ventun anni, entrerà in possesso della sua eredità e sfuggirà per sempre alla presa della matrigna.

Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky.

Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down.

It was only a mistletoe kiss, Miss Preece told herself, stepping out into the icy December evening and locking the library doors behind her. Hetty Gilbert is a canal child with no permanent address, so when she needs to join the library, she cannot do so. Miss Preece dislikes children, but Hetty's longing for books touches a chord and she stretches the rules to allow the girl to read on the premises. Soon, Hetty's chief desire is to become a librarian like her friend.

A brand-new recording of the classic work, narrated by Holliday Grainger, star of The Borgias and The Capture. On a trip to the South of France, a shy young woman falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him...

What if Elizabeth Bennet rescued a child during a devastating fire in London—only to find the man who aided her that night standing beside her at a country dance months later? As danger follows them into the quiet countryside, Elizabeth and Darcy must navigate secrets, suspicion, and a growing...

The first novel in Julia Quinn's worldwide bestselling Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. This is the story of Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke: welcome to the ballrooms of Regency London . . . Can there be any greater challenge to London's Ambitious Mamas than...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece. A MASON WITH A DREAM 1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his...

Does forever mean there’s always time for a second chance? ASHER I guide souls to the end of their journey. I’m good at my job. I don’t ask questions. Why would I when I believed my story ended long ago? But memories laid to rest are awakening, drawing me toward a love I have never truly...

Eighteenth-century Scotsman James Fraser and his 20th-century time-travelling wife, Claire Randall, have emigrated to the beautiful countryside of the Royal Colony of North Carolina. The year is now 1771, and dissidents are stirring throughout the American colonies. Claire forewarns James of the impending war and the dangers it may bring to their clan. Will her knowledge of America’s tumultuous revolution be enough to guide them through a dangerously uncertain future?

The work tells the story of Jane's early life, her experience at Lowood School and as a governess. Her refusal to accept Rochester's love on any but her own strictly moral terms is a passionate cry for independence.

Considéré comme l’un des romans d’aventures les plus célèbres de tous les temps, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo raconte l’histoire du marin Edmond Dantès, injustement accusé de trahison le jour de son mariage, puis emprisonné sans procès dans une île-forteresse infâme. Son compagnon de captivité, l’abbé Faria, prend Edmond sous son aile, le guide, lui apprend à lire et finit par lui révéler le secret d’un trésor caché sur l’île de Monte-Cristo.

Jeffrey Archer's Kane and Abel was a global phenomenon when it was first released, selling over one million copies in its first week of sale, and it has captivated fans worldwide ever since. They had only one thing in common . . . William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston...