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After five years away, Lady Eliza Cartwick isn't relishing returning to the whirl of the London season. But the young widow knows to ensure the best future for herself and her young daughter, Rosa, she must remarry. If only Lord Evanston, the dashing rogue who has haunted her dreams since she was 16, didn't insist on distracting her with his searing looks and lingering touches at the most inconvenient times....

Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything - or anyone - is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife - and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he’s determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love - the one thing he can’t give.

Crumbling castles shrouded in secrets, ghostly skeletons cloaked in black veils, and innocent maidens held in the gravest of danger: the clich‚d tropes of gothic romance fill the mind of Catherine Morland, the young, naive, but warm-hearted heroine of Jane Austen's parody of the popular fiction of her time.

À medida que o ciúme de Sheridan aumenta, os dois se envolvem em uma conspiração que envolve um noivado falso, uma investigação secreta – e um mergulho não tão secreto assim em direção ao amor verdadeiro.

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." Set in Puritan New England, this timeless classic delves into themes of sin, guilt, and redemption. The story follows Hester Prynne, a woman branded with a scarlet letter "A" for adultery, as she navigates the complexities of societal judgment and personal redemption. Hawthorne's exquisite prose and rich symbolism bring the characters to life, while exploring the human condition with profound insight.

Georgiana Dudley, the 'Ice Duchess', has just emerged from mourning after a nine-year marriage of convenience to the Duke of Darby, her twin brother's lover. Deeply hurt by a scoundrel a decade ago, Georgie swore she would never turn her head for any man, let alone another rakehell. But then she encounters the wickedly handsome and all too charming Rafe Landsbury, the Earl of Markham and against her better judgment, her interest is reluctantly aroused. An affair may be impossible to resist, but dare she trust Lord Markham with her most intimate secrets...and her heart?

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.

At eighteen, Emmeline Ballentine’s father splashed out on one London season to introduce his daughter to polite society. Sadly, for Emmeline, polite society was not terribly receptive to a city trader’s daughter. She only ever caught one gentleman’s fancy, the dishonorable Jeremy Vance who made her head spin as he singled her out for attention at the balls and assemblies. Her worldly chaperone warned her he was making a May game of her, but Emmeline had not heeded her warning. Consequently, her dreams were dashed, when at the close of the season, Jeremy announced his engagement to another.

After losing the love of her life, Lady Rosina Preston had no intentions of looking for love. Fortunately, for Rosina, love isn’t always part of the equation when it comes to indulging her desires. But all that changes one night at a country house party, where Rosina finds herself in the middle of a scandalous arrangement with James, the Duke of St. Albans. Soon, Rosina finds herself falling for James and his charming, steadfast heart. But is she able to forget the pains of the past and begin again? Or will she lose love a second time?

Life on the river has never been easy for Tilly and Sam, but they've built a home filled with love. Joey, Tilly's eldest son, has straddled two worlds - cherished as her child but granted privileges, denied to her other children, through his wealthy birth father's family. It's a fine balance that has always held . . . until an incident at a glittering Celebration Ball shatters the fragile harmony. Tilly fears the consequences, especially when her headstrong daughter Martha is involved. How will Martha cope when she meets Joey's entitled friends and their easy lives?

In the first of a brand-new series set in Victorian England, a young woman returns home from India after the death of her family to discover her identity and inheritance are challenged by the man who holds her future in his hands.

Miss Annabel Ashton is a teacher at the Rogers School for Young Ladies in Winchester when she takes a brief visit to her family home, Highcliffe Hall at Milford-on-Sea. She believes her stay will be short but soon learns that she will not be returning to the safety of the school. Instead she remains at Highcliffe at the mercy of her cousin, Edward Everedge. Annabel protests, but as the illegitimate daughter of a woman who died in an insane asylum, she has little say.

When Lord Meriwell collapses and dies at his dining table, Barnaby and Penelope Adair are summoned, along with Inspector Basil Stokes, to discover who, how, and most importantly why someone very close to his lordship saw fit to poison him. When Lord Meriwell dies at his dining table, Nurse Veronica Haskell suspects foul play and notifies his lordship’s doctor, eminent Harley Street specialist Dr. David Sanderson. In turn, compelled by a need to protect Veronica who is at Meriwell Hall as David’s behest, David calls on his friends Barnaby and Penelope Adair for assistance.

Un libertino rebelde. Un duque solemne. Para escapar de un compromiso arreglado, compra una esposa a la que jamás quiso amar… y acaba perdiendo el corazón. Cuando el vil marido de lady Emma Bardsley la vende en una subasta, es el libertino duque de Loxchester quien la compra. A pesar del escándalo que podría significar para Sebastian, comprar a la esposa de un porquero es la manera perfecta de evitar un compromiso arreglado. Con la esperanza de huir, Emma oculta su identidad. Sin embargo, no puede ocultar los sentimientos que comienza a experimentar por el libertino de ojos ambarinos que le muestra cuánto placer le puede hacer sentir.

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.

Romantisch derde deel over de vrouwenspionnen van het Vogelhuis. Felicity Vane mag dan een wiskundig genie zijn, haar familie overtuigen van haar academische ambities blijkt een lastige opgave. Ze besluit te infiltreren in de glamoureuze wereld van The Lucky Penny – een illuster gokparadijs – om zo haar toelage voor de universiteit bij elkaar te spelen met een potje kaarten. Dan beschuldigt Ash, de frustrerend knappe eigenaar van The Lucky Penny, haar van vals spel.

Lady Arabella Ponsford has it all: wealth, beauty, a title—and the vilest temper in England. She takes pleasure from punishing anyone who offends her—including the arrogant gardener whose impertinent gaze sets her pulse racing. When he threatens to penetrate her façade to reveal the unhappy woman beneath, she destroys his belongings then evicts him without payment.

Debutante Juliette Howard's attempt to ruin her sister out of envy and spite ended badly—with Juliette herself ruined, disgraced, and pregnant. Consumed by regret, and reviled by Society, Juliette fled her family's disappointment to hide in obscurity in a remote seaside village. As an outsider, she's viewed with suspicion by all except the vicar with the gentle voice and kind eyes.

Vestry Lane's favorite solicitor has long since learned not to trust members of the ton. Particularly the women. But when sweet and proper Miss Mary Turner arrives unannounced in his office declaring that she needs his help.... well, it's difficult to remember that he's sworn off proper young ladies. But then again, this young lady might not be as proper as she seems. In fact, she seems rather intent on getting herself into trouble. And it turns out the one thing this noble man of law can't resist... is rescuing a naughty damsel.

Nada como un buen escándalo para desatar las malas lenguas de la alta sociedad londinense. Por eso cuando hallaron muerto al secretario personal del príncipe Sebastian, heredero del trono de Alucia, durante su visita oficial a Inglaterra, el asesinato se convirtió en el principal tema de conversación para todos, incluida Eliza Tricklebank. Su irreverente revista de chismorreos se había beneficiado de una pista anónima sobre el crimen, y había empujado a Sebastian a convertirse en detective. Además de suscitarle un gran interés por ella.