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Publicada póstumamente en 1818, presenta un cuadro de familia sumamente austeniano: un viudo pomposo que sólo lee el baronetario, una hija soltera llena de pretensiones, una hija casada hipocondríaca y caprichosa, una multitud ruidosa de parientes y vecinos que aparecen por todas partes… y, al fondo, en el último rincón, una heroína sensible, paciente y menospreciada.

Wenn aus purer Vernunft die wahre Liebe wird. Die leidenschaftliche Regency Romance von Erfolgsautorin Stacy Reid! Lady Fanny Dashwood hat es aufgegeben, aus Liebe zu heiraten, nachdem sie erst einen Glücksritter und dann einen verlogenen Wüstling abserviert hat. Diesmal soll eine Ehe für sie rein geschäftlich sein, und zwar mit einem Mann, der ihren Bedingungen zustimmt, der ihr Kinder schenkt, aber ihr Herz nicht verletzt. Sebastian Rutledge, Viscount Shaw, begehrt Lady Fanny schon seit Jahren aus der Ferne.

Lady Sybil Fallow, heartbroken after four stillbirths and desperate to provide her husband with an heir, secretly adopts a baby girl, Charlotte, from a destitute family. However, the deception does little to heal her fractured marriage with Lord Irvin Fallow.

Life is not a bed of roses for Lexie Forbes. Abandoned both by her husband and her lover, she resigns herself to a quiet life with her two young children. Until one day, everything changes. Her husband dies suddenly, leaving both his fortune and children in the guardianship of his best friend, Philip Templeton.

Isabella Stanton had determined from an early age that the fact of having been born female would not stand in the way of her doing what she desired. Having inherited a substantial estate from her grandfather, she insisted on taking an active role in managing her affairs, including the tenancy of Netherwick Hall, the magnificent mansion on her estate.

As the ruthless owner of a notorious gaming hell, Aaron Chance’s fierce reputation commands the ton’s respect. Scarred by his tragic past, there is no room in his ordered life for love. Vengeance is his only desire. His interest in Miss Lovelace, the captivating owner of a ladies’ club, is strictly business. Something he reminds himself when she invades his thoughts at night, when she’s the endless subject of his dreams.

Daniel Stanton has been blessed with everything. He is charming, confident and handsome—and heir to the great Stanton fortune. At age 24, he has had his fair share of amorous adventures with women, as well as one tantalising experience with a man, leaving him wondering about his sexual inclinations. Those questions are quickly answered when he first meets Ambrose Cranshaw, his grandfather's estate manager. He wants the man, and what he wants, he usually gets. Not this time though.

Jasmine gli aveva fatto ritrovare la voglia di rimettersi in gioco. Il gioco più serio di tutta la sua vita, quello che non poteva permettersi di perdere. Dopo dieci anni trascorsi al servizio della Compagnia delle Indie, Rupert Selby ritorna a Londra. Rupert è nobile e ricco e il ton sarebbe disposto a perdonargli un passato scandaloso, se non fosse per la bimba di sangue misto nata dal suo precedente matrimonio. Rupert la adora, ma il carattere difficile della figlioletta mette alla prova le rigide governanti inglesi.

Lady Madelaine Aldridge might be the worst lady-in-waiting to ever grace King George III’s court. An oddball who prefers archery to embroidery and honesty to deception, she earns the dislike of the Queen, the cruelty of the other ladies-in-waiting and the advances of a lecherous scoundrel who wants to seduce her. Her father is threatening an arranged marriage unless she finds a proper husband―a task that seems hopeless until Lord Grey Adlard rides into court.

Una rosa recuerda en su forma a una espiral; una que se cierra sobre sí misma. Una rosa es, entonces, siempre, un misterio que se devela, que se abre, pétalo a pétalo, si se la sabe rozar con habilidad. Mary Browning es esa rosa y ese misterio, incluso para quienes más la conocen.

Londra 1875. Rimasto vedovo, Leonard Lennox, conte di Moncrieff, ha bisogno di una governante che si occupi di Penelope, sua figlia, o meglio della figlia della sua defunta moglie, visto che non è certo di essere il padre della bambina. A tale scopo assume Sidonie Tate, vedova a sua volta, una donna ancora giovane, avvenente, dal carattere forte e con un passato non proprio cristallino. Spedire figlia e governante in una tenuta di campagna lontano da Londra pare la soluzione a tutti i suoi problemi. Pare.

Nada en la perfección permite que sea amada. ¿Entonces, para qué insistir en lo perfecto si eso nos aleja de lo que más anhelamos? Desde que tiene memoria, Claire Baxton sabe que el objetivo de su vida es ser una señorita perfecta: educada, bonita, refinada, con el solo objetivo de conseguir un buen marido. Un buen marido que respalde el próspero negocio familiar y que pueda mantener el estatus de los Baxton. Clases de música, de canto, visitas a modistas, en fin, todo lo que una joven dama de sociedad debe ser.

Eleanor Lyndon was minding her own business when a lord of the realm fell–quite literally–into her life. When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie's feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage. But Charles must find a bride before his thirtieth birthday or he'll lose his fortune. And Ellie needs a husband or her father's odious fiancée will choose one for her. And so they agree to wed.

Una decisión traza una línea que divide un antes y un después. A una decisión se enfrenta nuestra heroína: con qué hombre quedarse –el fortachón, el melancólico, el tierno, el astuto, el galante–, pero también debe decidir quién es y qué hacer con su pasado. Emily Randolph trabaja en la Agencia de Detectives Essex: en poco tiempo se ha transformado en alguien indispensable para la organización.

Recently widowed, Laura has no intention of tying herself to any other man. She is finally free of the life she choose after leaving the orphanage. But when evil catches up with her, she is left with no option but to run to Clover Springs. There her friends will provide some protection and safety.

Born and raised in the forgotten and broken kingdom of Ashbury, Elora has spent years resenting the royals of Pumpkin Hollow, the kingdom that forced the fall of Ashbury and procured the town as its own. Separated by a mysterious glass bridge, Ashbury is treated as the orphan kingdom, left to squander and starve with only the promise of protection from King Jasper, preventing anyone outside their realm from searching for the magic that lay within the ashy valleys and red skies. Because twenty-five years ago, the Cinder Fae arrived.

El mundo se ha terminado para Gillian ahora que él la ha abandonado. Es cierto que una niña ha nacido de los dos. Pese a eso, ella no puede con el destrato social, con la soledad. Solo ve un océano de niebla, un abismo. La luz, sin embargo, aparece por accidente y decide iluminarlo todo.

Miss Olivia Wilson is desperate, and desperate women do daring things. She's willing to do just about anything to save her family's newspaper. When her biggest investor pulls his funding, she confronts him, willing to become his mistress if that's what it will take. He might not speak, but she can't deny his dark and dangerous appeal, and there would be worse hardships than becoming a duke's plaything.

For two years, the War Between the States rages on. Just like so many women around her, Ella Coburg says goodbye to her childhood sweetheart, Robert. She believes all that is left for her is to marry Ethan Harris, the most eligible bachelor in York, Pennsylvania. But when the war comes knocking on her door, in the form of a tired soldier with news Robert is dying, she finds her escape—right into the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg and into the arms of Lieutenant John Mathis.

Cuando el rey obligó a Duncan McLeod a desposar a la hija de su enemigo, se juró a sí mismo que se vengaría de tal ofensa. Antes de partir a la guerra para pacificar las tierras del norte, McLeod tuvo que casarse con Megan Harris, una muchacha consentida y vanidosa que detestaba a los McLeod, tanto como su padre