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Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a tale of love and marriage told with irony and insight. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth have met and seperated years before. Their reunion, after the passage or irrecoverable years of their youth, forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart.

It is 1779, and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser's Ridge. Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible. Yet even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt. Tensions in the Colonies are great, and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell's tea-kettle. Jamie knows loyalties among his tenants are split and it won't be long until the war is on his doorstep.

風のように空のように すれ違う運命の中で出会い 心を通わせたふたりの忘れられない物語 韓国系アメリカ人の実業家テリーカンと 日本人の客室乗務員西村綾子 飛行機の中東京タワー銀座のバーソウルの夜景…… 世界の空の下で繰り返された偶然の再会はやがて運命へと変わっていく しかしある日彼女は突然空の向こうへと姿を消した 残された手紙とピアノの旋律に込められた愛の記憶 これは現実と夢のあいだに咲いた ひとつの"さよなら"の物語 切なく美しく そして心に深く響くラブストーリー

Victoria Carlton wurde als Waisenkind von ihrem Onkel, einem Bankier, großgezogen, und auf eine standeswürdige Heirat und eine Zukunft als Dame der Gesellschaft vorbereitet worden. Ihr gutes Herz jedoch zwingt sie, armen Familien in den Slums zu helfen, sehr zum Missfallen ihrer Familie. Als ihr Onkel plötzlich stirbt, gibt ihre Cousine ihr die Schuld daran und sie wird mit leeren Händen des Hauses verwiesen. Victoria bleibt nichts anderes übrig als in den Armenvierteln neu anzufangen—in einer Welt voller ihr unbekannter Gefahren.

Abby Proctor has made her choice—she's racing back to Wry to save Joey "JT London", the outlaw she's fallen in love with. But time is running out—the ghosts of Abby's past are giving chase, they're not going to let her go without a fight, and Joey is a wanted woman with a target on her back. Then, Joey disappears. But Abby is determined to find her, and along the way, she might even find herself.

Detective Sergeant Aaron Fowler of the Metropolitan Police doesn’t count himself a gullible man. When he encounters a graphologist who deduces people’s lives and personalities from their handwriting with impossible accuracy, he needs to find out how the trick is done. Even if that involves spending more time with the intriguing, flirtatious Joel Wildsmith than feels quite safe. Joel’s not an admirer of the police, but DS Fowler has the most irresistible handwriting he’s ever seen. If the policeman’s tests let him spend time unnerving the handsome copper, why not play along?

Elinor Burkenstock never believed in fairy tales. Sure, she’s always been a fool for love—what woman isn’t? But Elinor knows the difference between fiction and truth. Daydreams and reality. True love and false promises... Until the unthinkable happens, and Elinor’s engagement is suddenly terminated and no one, least of all her fiancé, will tell her why.

This time the gossip columnists have it wrong. Anthony Bridgerton hasn't just decided to marry; he's also chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended's older sister, Kate Sheffield: the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate's the woman haunting his dreams....

England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his friends, fingers, and future to a terrible military accident. Alone, purposeless, and angry, Curtis is determined to discover if he and his comrades were the victims of fate, or of sabotage. Curtis's search takes him to an isolated, ultra-modern country house, where he meets and instantly clashes with fellow guest Daniel da Silva. Effete, decadent, foreign, and all-too-obviously queer, the sophisticated poet is everything the straightforward British officer fears and distrusts.

Spirited Elizabeth Bennet navigates love and marriage in Regency England. When wealthy newcomers arrive in the neighborhood, Elizabeth clashes with the proud Mr. Darcy while her sister falls deeply in love with his friend. As Elizabeth's hasty judgments and Mr. Darcy's prejudices lead to misunderstandings and heartbreak, both must undergo profound changes to find their way to true love.

If there's one thing society knows about Thorne Cumming, the new Duke of Stroken, it's that he enjoys the pleasures offered by a lady. Or two ladies—or even a gentleman. Or all of them at once; he's not picky when it comes to pleasure. But now that his uncle's gone and selfishly died, Thorne is having to learn how to Duke—and must save the Crown from a traitor who is days away from falling into his trap!

Sex, Scandal, Swordplay… and Chocolate! The prequel to Ellen Kushner's cult classic Swordspoint is back for a fourth season!

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.

Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. But there Anne finds herself, hurt, disoriented, and under the care of Dr. Thomas Smith, guardian to a young boy who is oddly familiar.

Lady Lucy Lively despises the Duke of Thornecliff. Arrogant, cruel, and dangerously seductive, Thorne is the exact opposite of The Gentle Rogue, the mysterious highwayman Lucy adores. She has no idea they are one and the same man…and when Thorne suffers a terrible accident after a masked night of stolen passion with Lucy, neither does he.

Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton is a firm believer in true love. He'd have to be an idiot not to be: all seven of his siblings are happily married. Gregory figures he is just biding his time until the right woman comes along. And so when he sees Hermione Watson, he knows with every fibre of his being that she is meant to be his. But through Hermione's closest - and slightly less beautiful - friend, Lucy Abernathy, he finds out that Hermione is desperately in love with another man. Sadly, by the time Gregory figures out the right girl is actually the wrong girl.

Lucy, a smart, attractive, and well-respected botanist, travels to Blackwell Manor to take care of her sick cousin, Kate, who is married to Miles' younger brother. For Lucy, the trip is a welcome respite from her work and recent discovery of a breakthrough serum that could eliminate the scourge of vampires from London. But Lucy finds more than she bargained for when she arrives at the Manor.

Sir Horley Comewithers isn’t particularly interested in getting married, especially when his match is a perfectly respectable young woman. Sir Horley is, after all, extravagantly gay. But he’s resigned to a fate there’s no point resisting—until a dear friend does it for him. Arabella Tarleton has no interest in romance, but even she can see that Sir Horley’s nuptials are destined to end in a lifetime of misery. Well, not on her watch. And what are friends for, if not abducting you on the night before your wedding in an overdramatic attempt to save you from a terrible mistake?

Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball, or that 'Prince Charming' would be waiting there for her!Even though she's the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. But now, spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight.

After years of scraping by, Caleb Murphy has graduated from college and is finally getting to start a new life. Except he suddenly has no way to get from Boston to Los Angeles. Then, to add to his misery, there’s perfect, privileged Peter Cabot offering to drive him. Peter Cabot would do pretty much anything to skip out on his father’s presidential campaign, including driving across the country with a classmate who can’t stand him. After all, he’s had plenty of practice with people not liking him much - his own family, for example.