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Ruined and abandoned by her betrothed, Lady Juliet has no choice but to take the stagecoach home to her family in Yorkshire. Fortunately, she is protected on the journey by a handsome and amusing self-styled “wastrel”. Daniel Stewart - together with his enormous, unruly mongrel dog - is reluctantly answering a summons to his grandfather’s deathbed. But instead of the prodigal’s traditional fatted calf, he is presented with the miserly baron’s temper and a parcel of resentful relatives. Juliet faces recrimination and isolation in her own home.

Octavius Everard, el adinerado duque de Eccess, se refugia en los placeres más decadentes de Londres para escapar del dolor que lo persigue. Especialmente en Navidad. La comida más costosa, el mejor coñac y las mujeres más deslumbrantes hacen que la época «más feliz» del año sea un poco más soportable. Sin embargo, hay una tentación a la que se ha jurado no ceder jamás: la institutriz de sus tres pupilos. Pero cuando la señorita Temperance Fields solicita el puesto, con un severo moño y un sencillo vestido de lana marrón, Octavius descubre que nunca ha estado tan peligrosamente fascinado.

Eighteen-year-old Dorothy St. James can't control her magic. To avoid arrest, she locks herself at home and buries her nose in her experiments. But a kidnapper called the Rook is on the loose, and his victims keep turning up insane. When Dorothy's father is taken, she must exchange her beakers for bravery and find the Rook's trail—the problem is, only one person ever has: a masked hero. Ashley Gardner unabashedly casts illusions, using his charm to flit between the upper ton and the magical underbelly below. When Dorothy accuses him of knowing the masked hero's identity, he flatly denies it.

Gawain Burton, the Duke of Bromleigh, is a Silver Duke, and everyone in the ton knows these exceptionally handsome forty-something men with some gray salted in their hair have no intention of ever marrying. However, carrying on the Bromleigh title is important, and Gawain is determined to find a proper wife for his nephew and heir.

Alex Ivanov is a brilliant young innovator, designing cutting-edge train engines. But Alex has a secret—he isn’t really Alex Ivanov. As a boy, he was pulled from the Thames, presumed drowned, with no memory of who he was. Rescued and raised by the formidable Ryder Sherbrooke, Alex has built a new life, but his past is catching up with him.

Evie Stuart's uncle is the Spymaster to the Crown. Her cousins are spies. She wants to be a spy. When they turn her down due to her being a lady, she gathers her three best friends who are now debutantes during the Season to help her catch a traitor and prove to her family that anything her cousins can do, she and her friends can do better.

Der Highlander Ewan MacBreanagh spürt sofort, dass Eleanor Redgrave gefährlicher ist als jeder Feind: stolz, unbezwingbar und entschlossen genug, selbst in Gefangenschaft gegen ihn aufzubegehren. Doch Ewan soll sie seinem Bruder als Braut ausliefern – aus Pflicht, aus Loyalität, aus Gründen, die schwerer wiegen als seine eigenen erwachenden Gefühle. Während englische Dragoner die Highlands durchkämmen und dunkle Schatten sich nach ihnen strecken, wächst in ihm eine Wahrheit, die alles bedroht: dass er die Frau begehrt, die er gefangen hält.

Years ago, Lord James Harrington, the Earl of Manderly, saved Miss Evie Ashewood and made her his countess. Their marriage was meant to be a sanctuary—until a threat to Evie’s life shatters their fragile peace and exposes her hidden wounds. Now the quiet earl is tormented by an improper longing…for the wife he adores but cannot reach. Brilliant, shy, and far more comfortable in a greenhouse than a ballroom, Evie never intended to marry—least of all a man as impossibly perfect as James. Yet behind closed doors, his tenderness awakens dangerous desires.

Im Herzen von Yorkshire, wo sanfte Hügel und prachtvolle Landsitze alte Geheimnisse bewahren, gerät Lady Eden Thornton zwischen Pflicht und Begehren. Als temperamentvolle Tochter eines Earls liebt sie ihr ruhiges Landleben – fernab der eitlen Spiele der Londoner Gesellschaft. Doch als der beste Freund ihres Bruders, der düstere und rätselhafte Lord Blackstone, nach Jahren im Ausland zurückkehrt, ist nichts mehr sicher.

In 1877, the Paris art scene is very competitive for men but nearly impossible for thirty-three-year-old Mary Cassatt, an American woman. Bored by traditional methods of painting, she admires the work of avant-garde painters, especially Edgar Degas. So, when Edgar visits Mary's studio to view her paintings, she is exhilarated by his invitation to join him, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and other Impressionists in the collective.

Royal Navy in disgust and is quickly approached with an intriguing proposition to serve his country undercover. His first assignment takes him home to Cornwall to expose traitors plotting a French invasion of England. There, he meets newly unemployed governess, Olivia Collins, who has stumbled upon a hidden secret from Adam’s past–his youthful summer love affair with the local squire’s daughter. It is a tragic history that brings Adam and Olivia closer than is wise.

In the grandeur of Regency-era London, Lady Isabella is a breath of fresh air, eschewing societal norms in favor of her genuine passions, from caring for animals to the simplicity of a moonlit walk. Yet, her path intertwines with the dashing and mysterious Lord Alexander, a man bound by duty and societal expectations.

Genova, 1857. Donata è giovane, caparbia, coraggiosa. La vita la allontana dalla sua città natale per farla partire alla volta di Torino, dove la aspetta una sorella con la quale non ha legami da anni. Lì non solo incontrerà il pericolo, ritroverà i fili del suo passato ma anche una svolta inaspettata. Manlio è un futuro conte, libertino, affascinante e passionale. Ed è l'uomo a cui Donata, per una serie di equivoci, è promessa sposa. Riusciranno a superare le paure e a riconoscere, nel fuoco che li unisce, i sentimenti più forti?

England, 1586 An embittered war-hero must protect a crazed beauty. But he’s being blackmailed, she’s being hunted, and falling in love could be a fatal mistake. In honor of a deathbed promise, wounded veteran Sir William Cavendish rescues Isobel Marston from her grasping cousin. But this frenzied young woman proves a nightmare to handle. Soon Will is trying to save her from herself, as well as from those who want her dead.

Emilie kan knappt tro sina ögon när hon ser vem som går mot skolbyggnaden. Ola återvänder till Trøndelag som en välbärgad herre med en resväska full av presenter, och Birte är särskilt glad över sin. Men Ola längtar redan tillbaka till Amerika – och till Emilie…

Tiden för förlossningen närmar sig, och även om Emilie är exalterad är hon också orolig. Kommer allt att gå bra – och hur kommer hennes framtid att se ut som ensamstående mamma? Simon får olycksbådande nyheter om att Jorid har insjuknat i lunginflammation. Det är inte alls säkert att hon kommer att överleva.

Trots svårigheterna ger polislöjtnant Andersen inte upp jakten på kvinnorna som troligen tog Emilies pengar. Kommer de att hållas ansvariga för vad de har gjort? Odd vill expandera sin verksamhet i Minnesota och beger sig till Denver för att sälja både de två obebyggda fastigheterna och verksamheten där. Men kan han förmå sig att sälja verksamheten mot chef Howards starka vilja?

Accadde al ballo, dove la bella Lillian Bowman scoprì che il suo temperamento da americana, diretto e sfrontato, non era ben visto nell'affettata società inglese. Soprattutto agli occhi di Lord Westcliff, Marcus, lo scapolo d'oro più insopportabile della città. Accadde in giardino, dove Marcus e Lillian scoprirono che un solo appassionante bacio poteva valere più di mille arroganti pregiudizi, e persino più di un profumo afrodisiaco!

Lady Piper Brudenall hoped, prayed, and pleaded for her brother to return to London and rescue her from the marriage her mother arranged for her. Heartbroken by her brother's apparent abandonment, Piper knew she had no one left to trust. Leaving behind life as she knew it, she ran away from it all. Connor MacKintosh relishes the chance to take control of the Marquis of Aylesbury's estate, Dinton Grange, while his sister and her husband were on their honeymoon.

Eight titled peers who never expected to become dukes do just that—and are attracted to females whom Polite Society does not believe worthy of the title duchess, due to their desires to be more than typical ladies of the ton. But these sudden dukes choose to forge their own paths with the remarkable women who are already doing just that—and the resulting love proves that trusting one’s heart is always the right choice.