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Meet the covert heiresses: women who by day are the talk of the ton and by night England's top spies. 

After a mysterious sojourn in Paris, Beryl Burnham has returned home to the village of Shepton Worthy, ready to resume the life she left behind. Betrothed to the wealthy Sir Henry Rivenhall, she has no reason to be unhappy or so people keep reminding her. But Beryl's life isn't as perfect as everyone believes.

Lady Brooke Linwood non avrebbe mai immaginato cosa stava per succederle, dopo che era letteralmente piombata addosso al Duca di Grafton. Da quel momento, l`affascinante Duca non la mollerà un attimo, e gradualmente la decisione di Brooke di resistergli vacillerà sempre di più. Deve credere nell`amore o ciò che prova è solamente passione? Brooke ama Drake da quando erano bambini, e lui le aveva promesso di venirla a cercare, una volta cresciuti. Ma Drake non sapeva che suo padre sarebbe morto presto, lasciandolo immerso nei debiti e con una grande tenuta da riscattare.

For Hanna, married life hasn’t been what she hoped for at all. She and her husband live with his mother and five rowdy younger siblings. Otto isn’t romantic or even seems to take much notice of her. Hanna is feels invisible and miserable. Will she ever find her place in this big, busy family? Should they take Eugene Munro’s threats seriously? Will the accidents around the farm force the family to abandon the land they love? Roll up your sleeves and join Hanna as she and her new family fight against the man who’s determined to put an end to the town called Hope.

When the past haunts Mary, will she live long enough to make it right? Mary escaped the horrific clutches of Victor Del Avilasto, a man hell-bent on leaving no loose ends. Before Victor’s dead body is buried in the Denver cemetery, her past comes alive. What she thought well behind her in Kansas City, is now in front of her with revolvers and a hangman’s noose. Ross Montgomery was with Mary when they escaped Victor’s clutches. Mary saved his life. This rough around the edges woman captured his heart, but before he could strum up the courage to call on her, she’s taken.

How would spending a few extra days in each other’s company affect the relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy? While her sister Jane is ill at Netherfield, Elizabeth overhears the proud Mr Darcy express his admiration of her and her fine eyes. Not sure what to think of his praise after all of their previous disagreements (and more flattered than she wants to admit) Elizabeth responds by teasing him, forcing Darcy to reconsider his opinion of a woman who has truly bewitched him.

Tuesday 28th, December 1897. Mr. Benedict Hannan, the owner of Hannan’s Auction House in Fitzrovia, London, receives an unexpected visitor at his Bloomsbury home. The man on his stoop sends Benedict’s heart into a flutter, and on inviting the mysterious stranger into his house, he is inviting mystery, adventure, and volcanic desire. Sebastian Cavell, master thief, gives the impression he has sought out Benedict for the sake of business, but the kind of business Sebastian has in mind has nothing to do with making money!

Captain Gideon Whitlock never thought to see the woman he spent one unforgettable night with again. His years at war have changed him into a different man - one he feels certain she could never bring herself to love. Sylvia Whitlock has moved on from being abandoned the man she eloped with following a reckless night of passion. Telling herself she doesn’t want or need him, she dedicates her life to healing the wounded, traumatized soldiers of the Crimean War as a nurse.

Brighton, England, 1856. For young solicitor-at-law Devin Bennett, building his career is his foremost goal. Love and the future are far from his thoughts. The last thing he expects is Harry. Lady's maid and chaperone to his client's daughter, Harry is an intense, intelligent, and interesting girl Devin can't stop dreaming about. But Devin is aware Harry is hiding something from him; something that might tear them apart and whisk Harry off to the far side of the world.

Book three of The Montana Bride Series completes the saga of Philomena Harcourt's experience on the McGuire cattle drive across Frontier Montana. After a rocky start, Irene and Audrey McGuire prove themselves strong and capable Frontier women. Their husbands, Jack and Owen McGuire, can't stop marvelling how they saved the cattle drive from disaster. But what about 17-year-old Philly? Why can't she be happy with her own role in the operation? Why isn't she satisfied with her competence and skill, keeping the family fed and tending camp?

Aileen Sullivan arrives on America's shores with little in her pocket and vengeance in her heart. She doesn't count on the handsome Englishman turned American who is determined to make sure she stays out of Five Points. How can Aileen find the man who did her family wrong if she has a constant watchdog? Samuel Westfield felt an immediate attraction for the feisty Irish woman and will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means giving her a job and room and board. 

Verdie’s entire life has been one of quiet desperation! Poverty is a constant companion for Verdie, her father, and younger brother Ansel. Living near the docks in Liverpool with two other families under the same roof, money for rent is a constant struggle, and food is scarce, made even more difficult by a lecherous gambler who refuses to pay his share of the rent.

Darkness once twisted Adelaide Dinsmore’s mind, but she thought she had grown out of that. Her job as a teacher in Hedlund proved that - until she discovers one of her students dead and the town turns against her. As her mind starts to crumble, she is offered a new job, this time as a governess for Gentleman Bennett’s granddaughter back east. 

His lordship is in the House of Lords. His new bride is straight out of the schoolroom. It's their first Christmas. Lady Gwen Hallcroft organizes their holiday houseparty at the manor. She wants to be a credit to her husband, but she's feeling very insecure. After all, he's never told her that he loves her, not in words. Lord Christopher Hallcroft thinks nothing of making a public speech. But he isn't able to say all that is in his heart. He's uncertain - what gift will prove how much he adores his new bride?

It is 1869. Matthew Gentry joined the Confederate Army at 18 years of age after an argument with his father, leaving Paradise, his Virginia home and famed horse breeding stables, for the fields of Gettysburg. Having survived the War Between the States, Gentry is haunted by the violence and inhumanity of the war. He continues to roam the country long after the conflict is over, finding solace in the arms of soiled doves and at the bottom of whiskey bottles. Finally traveling home after learning of a family tragedy, he nearly loses his life in a spring flooded riverbed. 

A romantic novella in the Icebound series, an ongoing collection of polar delights. Behold dogsleds and penguins. Howling winds and cold, pitiless wastes. This is Antarctica, where the intrepid inhabitants of the frozen ends of the earth battle the terrain, and each other, to find love - in a past much like that of the early 1900s. Amidst the scientists and explorers at the British Antarctic base in 1900 there are a few women who serve as maids, cooks, and nurses. Then there’s Electa Yellowsmith.

Pregnant and unwed, Anna Jorgesen is disowned and sent to America from her beloved Denmark to marry the baby's father. With her heart full of hopes and dreams, she reunites with Jorn Stryker. He reluctantly agrees to marry her in order to maintain her family's help with his business of assisting young men to emigrate to America. Each year when he returns to Denmark for his next group of emigrants, Jorn assigns a farm hand, Halvor Hansen, to look after Anna. Halvor begins to fall in love with her. 

Rebecca Livingston has a problem: Her mother is desperate to marry her prettier, more talented, younger sister Lydia off to the handsome Duke of Wiltshire but when Rebecca and her family arrive at the grand ducal estate, it’s Rebecca who falls right into the handsome arms of the duke himself. Rebecca tries to avoid the seductive duke but neither she nor he can keep their hands off each other. Her mother is furious, her sister is thrilled for her – but can it be possible that the duke wants Rebecca as much as she discovers she wants him?

Mail Order Melody concludes the Chapman Mail Order Bride Series, unraveling the mystery of Melody Hansen, the third and final Chapman Family Mail Order Bride. After Melody’s intended groom, Prescott, runs off to the altar with Maggie Clement, Melody finds herself alone on the steps of the church with the surly and intransigent middle brother, Paul. Despite his repeated assertions that he doesn’t want to get married, Paul cannot bring himself to defy the directives of his older brother, Parker, by leaving Melody unmarried and abandoned at the church door.

Sensible Kevin O’Rourke does not believe in ghosts, in love at first sight, or in the happily-ever-after type of love. Instead, he is convinced only hard work, dedication to family, and self-sacrifice will bring contentment. When he meets Aileen O’Keefe on the steamboat trip from Saint Louis to Fort Benton, Montana Territory, his world is turned upside down as quickly as she nearly tumbles into the Missouri River. After spending a few moments in her company, he knows his life will never be the same.