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Preston Seaton, Duke of Grandhampton, ist entschlossen, den Mann zu vernichten, der für den Tod seines Bruders verantwortlich ist. Lady Penelopes Schicksal ist besiegelt. Der Traum von einer Karriere als Malerin scheint unerreichbar. Denn ihr Vater zwingt sie zur Heirat mit dem kaltherzigen Duke. Dieser verachtet sie abgrundtief und hält sie für eine Heiratsschwindlerin. Doch jeder Blick, jede Berührung spricht eine andere Sprache, erfüllt sie mit Sehnsucht.

Nella scintillante Parigi del XIX secolo, Violetta Valery è la regina incontrastata della mondanità. Ma dietro la maschera della cortigiana più desiderata della città, Violetta nasconde un cuore fragile e un segreto che la consuma. Quando incontra Alfredo Germont, tra loro esplode una passione incontrollabile, un amore puro che sembra capace di superare ogni ostacolo. Ma in una società che non perdona le trasgressioni, la loro felicità è destinata a durare poco.

A quiet manor. Two children in need of guidance. A governess who never intended to stay. When Miss Clara Ashby arrives at Hartwell House to take a position as governess, she expects a practical arrangement and nothing more. Her task is simple: educate two young girls, maintain order in the schoolroom, and remain professionally distant from the household she serves. But Hartwell House is not as quiet as it first appears. The children carry the quiet weight of loss. The once-beautiful garden has been left to grow wild. And the reserved master of the estate keeps the world at a careful distance.

How do you decide what story to tell – and what secrets to keep . . . ? When journalist Amy Collins returns to Norfolk, a magazine assignment leads her to Farthington House. As she steps through the gates into the garden, she remembers visits she made as a child to the grand old house, but...

Birmingham, 1858. Dora, a spirited young maid with a vivid imagination, finds solace in the library of the esteemed family she works for. But when a forbidden love leads to a secret that could ruin her, Dora has no choice but to leave the only place that has ever offered her security and...

The brand new novel from the author of Netgalley's Historical Fiction Book of 2025 The Lamplighter's Bookshop Two locked hearts. One secret that could set them free … He can't bear to remember. She is desperate to forget … From the stage of the Penny Farthing Theatre, Ava Adams uses...

A trama apresenta um triângulo amoroso entre Vilela, sua esposa Rita e o melhor amigo dele, Camilo. Camilo e Rita tornam-se amantes, mas vivem sob o constante medo de serem descobertos.

On the grim streets of London, a young man succumbs to his demons. Discarded by his lover and left penniless and alone, Michael “Micha” Dashwood uses sex to pay the bills and opium to numb the pain. When a sudden illness strikes, all seems lost. But hope finds Micha in the shape of the Reverend Thomas Mandeville. Haunted by grief of his own, Thomas cannot bear to ignore another man’s plight. He brings the ailing Micha home to heal in his parish at Nettlefield.

Lady Irene Wyngate swore she'd never marry, keeping suitors at bay with her caustic tongue. But there's one man she can't scare: Gideon, long-lost heir to the Earl of Radbourne. Kidnapped as a child, Gideon grew up tough on the London streets. And though he's been restored to his family, he's still more at home in gambling dens than stately ballrooms. When matchmaker Francesca Haughston asks Irene to help civilize Gideon for marriage, she agrees—but only reluctantly. After all, he is a true rogue with a dubious past.

From USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott comes a scorching, angsty second chance romance between a scorned duchess and the duke who won't let her go . . . Everett Saunders, Duke of Riverdale, found the perfect duchess. One who would grant him an heir and a spare and rusticate quietly at...

In a Victorian London where magical privilege divides society, Duke Evander Ravenwood and Viggo Stonewall have forged more than just an alliance—they've fallen in love. But their happiness is short-lived when a new threat emerges. A renowned professor from the Royal Institute for the Arcane...

Writer on Demand TM Vol. 5: Tales of an Altered Past Powered by Romance, Horror, and Steam includes four stories: "Dashed Hopes" (approximately 4,250 words) is a tale of invention, romance, and tragedy set in the coal fields of England.

Lorsque la fougueuse artiste Iris Wynnford croise le chemin de l’énigmatique duc de Kingswell, aucun d’eux ne s’attend à ce que leurs mondes entrent en collision avec une telle intensité. Elle rêve de capturer la beauté sur toile — non d’être capturée par un duc séduisant et protecteur, au regard brûlant et au cœur secrètement tendre. Benedict Kingswell n’a jamais cru en l’amour — jusqu’à Iris. Désormais, rien ne l’arrêtera pour la faire sienne.

Lady Marianne Blackwell tient à sa liberté et n’a aucune intention d’être enchaînée par le mariage. Mais lorsque le charmant et énigmatique duc de Westford pose son regard sur elle, changera-t-elle d’avis — ou risquera-t-elle de perdre le seul homme qui la comprend vraiment ?

You can take a man out of the wild, but you can’t take the wild out of the man. She failed to save the man she loved. She won’t make the same mistake again.

Tauchen Sie ein in die rosarote Welt der Romantik – in eine Welt mit schönen Heldinnen, bösartigen Grafen, edlen englischen Adelskreisen und einer guten Portion Liebe, die letztendlich doch immer siegt und den Hörern den Genuss eines Happy Ends beschert. Barbara Cartland ist die erfolgreichste Autorin für Liebesgeschichten aller Zeiten.

1851, England. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath she knew nothing about the only things she has left of him. Knowing the debt collectors will arrive any moment, Louisa must leave everything she knows behind, and move to Bath. But left with no means of income, Louisa knows she has little choice but to return to her old way of life.

La novela narra la historia de Víctor Frankenstein, un estudiante de medicina en Ingolstadt, obsesionado por conocer "los secretos del cielo y la tierra". En su afán por desentrañar "la misteriosa alma del hombre", Víctor crea un cuerpo a partir de la unión de distintas partes de cadáveres diseccionados. Víctor Frankenstein comprende en ese momento el horror que ha creado, rechaza con espanto el resultado de su experimento y huye de su laboratorio. Al volver, el monstruo ha desaparecido y él cree que todo ha concluido.

Orgullo y prejuicio fue publicada por primera vez en 1813 y ha sido considerada una de las mejores novelas de Jane Austen. En ella, se relata la historia de las cinco hermanas Bennet y sus amores y desamores, centrándose en la figura de Elizabeth y en cómo debe superar obstáculos y madurar para descubrir a quién ama de verdad. Todo ello aderezado de un padre un poco excéntrico, una madre que roza el ridículo en sus ansias para casar a sus hijas, unas hermanas con caracteres muy diferentes y una auténtica colección de pretendientes interesados.

Lord Jasper Hartcliffe—Hart the Heartless to the ton—left Society behind years ago, choosing freedom and fortune over expectations. But to save his twin brother from ruinous debt, Hart returns to London and enters a devil’s bargain with the formidable Justin St. Briac… a bargain that entangles him with St. Briac’s brilliant, unconventional daughter.