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Love may demand the ultimate betrayal of loyalty. Agnes Sinclair, daughter to the Earl of Caithness, has been sent to Stirling Castle to make her debut and become one of the queen's ladies in waiting. Traveling with her uncle, John Sinclair, she scarce pays attention to his prattling on about...

Who could resist a wager from London's most popular detective, Sherlock Holmes? Certainly not his scientist neighbor, Elise Hamblin. The challenge: Study the primal nature of men; but not just any man for her study will do. Sherlock has chosen the Earl of March, a man with a scandalous and...

"Desperate men have no morals . . ." Léon Lyon: beautiful, beloved, broken. As premier executioner of Reims, he's desired and feared in equal measure, a celebrity of the most dangerous kind, a symbol of justice and good citizenship in the explosive era of the French Revolution. But Léon has a...

“Feed this directly into my veins.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author From the bestselling author of Hungerstone, an intoxicating and chilling gothic horror novel that reimagines Hamlet with a seductive sapphic twist—and where the only thing more dangerous than a...

A Dual Narration Audiobook USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe returns with an angst-filled retelling of Beauty and the Beast, set against the excess and opulence of Gilded Age New York. Love isn’t always a fairy tale. Charming and popular, Orson Grey is the most sought-after bachelor in...

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1605. Seit Beatrix auf dem Sterbebett das ewige Leben gewährt wurde, führt sie ein Dasein in den Schatten. Nacht für Nacht wandert sie durch die Gassen Londons und versucht zu vergessen, dass jeder, den sie einst geliebt hat, seit beinahe hundert Jahren tot ist. Dass Liebe für sie nur eines bedeuten kann: Verlust. Bis sie eines Tages Oliver begegnet.

An unexpected baby. A life-changing decision… Escape to the world of the Staffordshire Potteries, from the award-winning writer Margaret Kaine. When eighteen-year-old Rebecca Lawson is orphaned in tragic circumstances, she is forced to live with her aunt and uncle, working at their East London...

The heart-rending first novel in a brand-new series from the author of Rosie's Dilemma and The Coal Miner's Wife In 1911 in Wiltshire, a young orphan promises to find out the truth about her mother. Abandoned as a small child, Sally Brown was raised by a kindly rector and his wife. Now eighteen...

Brought to you by Penguin. If you love Lucinda Riley and Santa Montefiore, don't forget to check out Karen's brand-new escapist winter romance - preorder now! In a grand villa on the shores of Lake Geneva, Dulcie’s grandmother nears the end of her glamourous and eventful life. The days pass...

As winter comes to Crow Castle, what secrets will Eliza Brown uncover? Born into a travelling circus, she knows that fate can turn on a sixpence — but nothing prepares her for the day her father casts Eliza and twin sister Angelica out. Forced into service for the Wildblood family, Eliza...

From best-selling historical romance author Sian Ann Bessey comes romance and suspense in the heart of eighteenth-century London—a story of redemption and forbidden love. London, 1776 It’s been twelve years since Hannah Dennington looked into the gray eyes of Samuel Ross, their depths as...

Der zweite Teil der Sturmland-Saga. Miriam Georg schreibt so packend, dass man nicht aufhören kann! Coras Welt liegt in Scherben. Alles, was sie sich im Seebad Norderney als Hauslehrerin aufgebaut hat, war vergebens. Doch wo soll sie hin? Etwa nach Hamburg zurück – dorthin, wo sie alle Brücken hinter sich abgebrochen hat? Ihre Schülerin Emmi braucht sie, und auch Onnen will Cora nicht verlieren. Obwohl sie weiß, dass er seine Vergangenheit vor ihr verbirgt und es für sie beide keine Zukunft gibt, kann sie ihn nicht loslassen.

Elizabeth Bennet is not the type of woman to be forced into marrying anyone, especially not the insufferable Mr. Darcy. When, through no fault of her own, she ends up in a compromising situation with him, she does everything she can to keep their scandal secret and avoid matrimony. Unfortunately...

THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that neither privilege nor prejudice...

In this enthralling novel—already in production as a major movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Catriona Balph and Emma Laird— the award-winning author of Absolutely & Forever and The Road Home brilliantly reimagines Daphne du Maurier, and the origins of her timeless...

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Als Herwarth Walden, der Herausgeber der literarischen Zeitschrift Der Sturm, im Herbst 1911 nach Norwegen reist, schickt ihm seine Frau Else Lasker-Schüler Briefe hinterher. Darin erzählt sie ihm von ihrer Liebe zu drei anderen Männern. Das Pikante: Sie lässt die Briefe gleichzeitig im Sturm abdrucken. Das macht so eine Furore, dass Lasker-Schüler auch noch weiterschreibt, als ihr Ehemann wieder zuhause ist – und die Ehe allmählich zerbricht.

After her heartbreaking first Season, Elizabeth Ashling resolved to avoid London Society – and matrimony – completely. However, family obligations mean that Elizabeth is thrust back into society where she faces an overzealous poet, a bitter rival and, most awkwardly, the man who jilted her...

A family secret. A forbidden love. A world about to change forever. Cambridgeshire In 1913, fifteen-year-old Kate Linton’s life is upended when her father dies suddenly and her mother becomes too ill to care for her. Sent to live with wealthy relatives she has never met, Kate arrives at...

A fan favorite from New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp, originally published in 2009. Lady Francesca Haughston has given up on romance for herself, finding passion instead in making desirable matches for others. So it seems only fair, when she learns she'd been deceived into breaking...