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Laat je meeslepen met de koninklijke intriges en tragedies van koningin Elizabeth I van Engeland in de 16e eeuw. Alles wat haar begeerde, viel in de handen van Lettice, de gravin van Essex. De man van haar dromen, het volmaakte huwelijk en een gezin - alles ontglipte de koningin. Maar haar woord is wet, waardoor Lettice de onverbiddelijkheid van Elizabeth in levende lijve moet ondergaan. Jaloezie, liefde en bedrog staan centraal in deze onverbiddelijke roman van Victoria Holt.

Armed with an elite culinary education, a small inheritance, and the famed Mrs. Marshall’s recipes, Clara Ward is ready to open a gourmet ices shop that leaves the vacationers of Margate Beach talking. She didn’t anticipate feeding them a scandal… Or gaining a husband.

På Sandstad står Iselilja inför den svåra uppgiften att övertyga Ivo om sin oskuld. Trots den uppenbara kärleken mellan dem, kastar en skugga av tvivel sitt mörker över deras relation efter Ivos misstankar om hennes band till Clemet. Samtidigt grips Oleanna av en djup oro när hon får höra att Martin Haakonsen, hennes forna stora kärlek, har blivit gripen. Gamla, undanträngda känslor vaknar till liv med nyheten och hon finner sig plötsligt mitt i en kamp mot klockan för att rädda Martins liv. På prästgården märker Louise att någon har börjat smyga runt om nätterna.

Der udbryder panik på Haveng, da man opdager, at Iselilja er forsvundet. En intensiv eftersøgning sættes i gang, og fundet af et afskedsbrev får situationen til at eskalere. Men hvorfor valgte Iselilja at efterlade alt uden et ord? Imens Louise kæmper for at holde sine følelser for Angus i skak, gætter resten af Hol på, hvem den mystiske klokker mon var. Da rygterne begynder at svirre om en mand på en sort hest, bliver Louise grebet af en ubehagelig følelse. Måske er det på tide, at hun deler sine bekymringer med Oleanna ...

Som datter af storbonden Edmund Angell ved Oleanna, at hun en dag skal giftes med en mand af sin egen stand. Alligevel sværmer hun for Martin, en tilrejsende fisker, og under deres hemmelige møder drømmer hun om en fremtid som hans hustru. Men en bitter fejde har i årtier stået på mellem Oleannas familie og Havengerne på den anden side af fjorden. Og en dag beslutter hendes far sig for, at det er på tide at lægge striden i graven. En beslutning, der får store konsekvenser for Oleannas fremtid.

Efter Oleanna har fået kendskab til Iseliljas hemmelighed, ser hun livet på Haveng og Elens magt over hende i et nyt lys. Alexander modtager også beskeder fra en ukendt afsender; små gåder på vers, som han ikke forstår, men måske er Oleanna nøglen til at løse mysteriet? Livet på præstegården er ikke blevet lettere efter Louises fund i Alstads arbejdsværelse. Hvem er den mand, hun blev tvunget til at gifte sig med egentlig? Og hvad er han i stand til at gøre?

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.

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!

Exiled for 20 years, Lucien never planned to return to England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. He's also inherited his family's enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast. He doesn't expect it to turn up angry. Magician Stephen Day has good reason to hate Crane's family. Unfortunately, it's his job to deal with supernatural threats. Besides, the earl is unlike any aristocrat he's ever met, with the tattoos, the attitude...and the way Crane seems determined to get him into bed.

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.

He’s the most notorious rake in London.... Though he uses the reputation to his advantage, the exotic Duke of Evesham is misunderstood and mysterious. He sidles around societal rules, especially when it comes to pursuing a wife. Though when he sets his sights on Lady Georgiana, the rules find a way of bending on their own accord. Meanwhile, the consummate bluestocking is in London for one thing - to find a financier for her late husband’s fire engine. And after six years away from the ton, Georgiana realizes social codes of conduct are different for widows....

A young suitor with his eyes on a forbidden love... and an old feud that threatens to tear them apart. Locked in a secret romance with the stunning Lady Amelia, Philip, the Earl of Crawford, is determined to win her hand in marriage... but if her pompous brother Alfred catches wind, he fears their old University feud will shatter their chance at love.

Penguin Classics presents Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Juliet Stevenson. "May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then" Lockwood, the...

Gabriel makes his first mistake when he falls in love with his predecessor's beautiful young widow, Lady Emma Crompton. He faces a second hurdle—he is slowly being poisoned with arsenic. A double mystery unfolds when it comes to light Lady Emma's deceased husband was also suffering from arsenic poisoning. Is there a curse on the Earls of Farnworth or are there other forces at work that will rob Gabe and Emma of their chance to find true love?

His Bride for the Taking: It's the first rule of friendship among gentlemen: Don't even think about touching your best friend's sister. But Sebastian, Lord Byrne, has never been one for rules. He's thought about touching Mary Clayton - a lot - and struggled to resist temptation. But when Mary's bridegroom leaves her waiting at the altar, only Sebastian can save her from ruin. His Duchess for a Day: It was never meant to be... That's what Elizabeth Terry has told herself while trying to forget the man she married - her once best friend.

Veronica’s natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job offer: preparing an iguanodon for a very special dinner party.

London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau Stoker are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After years of traveling the world, her eldest brother, Jonathan, heir to Hathaway Hall, was believed to have been killed in the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa a few years before. But now a man matching Jonathan’s description and carrying his possessions has arrived at Hathaway Hall with no memory of his identity or where he has been.

January 1889. As the newest member of the Curiosity Club - an elite society of brilliant, intrepid women - Veronica Speedwell is excited to put her many skills to good use. As she assembles a memorial exhibition for pioneering mountain climber Alice Baker-Greene, Veronica discovers evidence that the recent death was not a tragic climbing accident but murder.

In 1898 London, an underground club allows its members to explore untold pleasure. There, Lord McCaulay meets Mademoiselle Noire, a woman unlike any he has known. As the pair ventures into a darkly sensual game, they’ll have to confront their true desires…

In the sordid streets of Victorian London, unwanted desire flares between two bitter enemies brought together by a deadly secret. Crusading journalist Nathaniel Roy is determined to expose spiritualists who exploit the grief of bereaved and vulnerable people. First on his list is the so-called Seer of London, Justin Lazarus. Nathaniel expects him to be a cheap, heartless fraud.