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You have seen her ten thousand times, on the prow of every Rolls-Royce ever built: the little silver woman leaning into the wind. You have never known her name. She was Eleanor Thornton. Born in a clerk's house in south London, she invented a self the world would make way for, ran the most glamorous motoring magazine of the Edwardian age, and for fifteen years loved a man she was never once permitted to claim: John, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. She bore him a daughter in secret and gave her away to keep her safe.

Eine Einladung vom Duke, ein Geheimnis hinter den Mauern von Studborne Abbey–und die Hoffnung auf eine große Liebe England, 1883. Rosamund muss ein passendes Gegenstück finden, bevor bekannt wird, dass sie mittellos ist. Ihre Gebete scheinen erhört zu werden, als der Herzog von Studborne in sie vernarrt zu sein scheint. Der Herzog hat jedoch seine eigene Agenda, und Rosamund ahnt nicht, in welcher Gefahr sie sich befindet. WAS SIE ERWARTET: Ein schneidiger junger Held, eine geniale Heldin, ein schelmischer Hund, eine aufdringliche Mutter und ein altes Herrenhaus voller Geheimnisse.

Lady Felicity Wrenford hat lange genug darauf gewartet, dass Lord Jasper Ravenshaw sich für sie entscheidet. Als ein angesehener Earl beginnt, ihr mit der festen Absicht einer Heirat den Hof zu machen, beschließt Felicity, die sichere Zukunft anzunehmen, die Jasper ihr niemals angeboten hat. Doch Jasper kann nicht tatenlos zusehen, wie ein anderer Mann die Frau für sich beansprucht, die er schon immer geliebt hat. Als Eifersucht zu verbotenen Küssen und lange unterdrückter Leidenschaft führt, verlangt Felicity mehr als gestohlene Augenblicke.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Step into a world of classic romance, breathtaking secrets, and aristocratic drama in *Only a Girl’s Love*. When the beautiful and innocent Stella escapes a harsh life in Italy to live with her artist uncle in a serene English village, she expects...

One last will and testament. Four cooked books. A pinch of holiday magic. Is this a recipe for a happily-ever-after? Estranged from her son, the new Earl of Montaine, widowed countess Elaine is spending Christmastide at the Soho Club. She's determined to learn her late husband's secrets from his last will and testament, sure he was hiding something from her. Some of the language is confusing, though, the legalese foreign to her.

The explosive final book in I.V. Ophelia’s darkly addictive Poisoner trilogy – a bestselling gothic romance series about a botanist who kills unsavoury men, and the one man who's resistant to her deadly poisons while she finds herself intoxicated by his deadly charms . . . She fears the...

The Marquess of Chesterhill hires an ex-Bow Street Runner to track down all of his by-blows before he dies. Follow each of Chesterhill’s children as they come to terms with their true parentage. These stores are romantic, suspenseful, and deliciously spicy.

Three full-length sensual Regency romances make up this boxed set about a trio of widows! Extra! Extra! Learn all about the scandalous kiss that becomes THE GOSSIP OF AN EARL. THE ENIGMA OF A WIDOW is a tale of two spies with the same insane assignment—each other. Nothing makes a man more lonely than his secrets. The same might be said for women in THE SECRETS OF A VISCOUNT.

Four full-length sensual Regency romances make up this boxed set about four widowers. THE DREAM OF A DUCHESS is a tale of a duke in need of a duchess—and a whole lot of horse sense. In THE VISION OF A VISCOUNTESS, a young blind woman opens the eyes of an archaeologist. THE CONDUNDRUM OF A CLERK occurs when a banker hires a headmistress for a girls' school when he would rather hire her as his mistress. And imagination runs amok when a viscount wants a chance with a matchmaker in THE CHARITY OF A VISCOUNT.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A widowed earl and governess forbidden romance unfolds when a single father falls for his governess during a snowbound Christmas Victorian romance. As the governess heals a grieving family, their forbidden employer employee historical love becomes an...

Carla Jakobson und Lord James Howard, der künftige Earl of Cumberland, nehmen an einer Ausgrabung des berühmten deutschen Archäologen Heinrich Schliemann in Mykene teil. Ein langweiliges, unnötiges Unterfangen, wie James findet, der lieber mit Carla um die Welt reisen würde, als auf der Suche nach alter Keramik in der Erde herumzuwühlen. Mehr als einmal schon hat er ihr die Ehe angetragen, ebenso oft wurde er abgewiesen. Sie aufzugeben und allein weiterzuziehen kommt für James dennoch nicht in Frage. Zu sicher ist er sich ihrer Liebe und ihres Begehrens.

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas delivers the unforgettable tale of a strong-willed beauty who encounters her match in one of London's most notorious-yet irresistible-rakes . . . perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James. 'Lisa Kleypas is the best' Sarah...

Opening The Raven’s Den with his two closest friends, was supposed to quiet Patrick’s inner demons that insist he’s useless. A dozen years later, they’re still there. All he wanted was to hide from their taunting between the legs of a willing woman for the night, but when the madam sends Rosie into the room and she obviously has no wish to be there, what can he do but save her?

'One of the queens of the historical romance genre' EMILY HENRY 'Kleypas can make you laugh and cry - on the same page' JULIA QUINN From blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes Tempt Me at Twilight, the third title in the beloved Victorian romance series The Hathaways -...

En Loxley Court, lady Emmeline Alderley jamás esperó perder el corazón. Callada, reflexiva y mucho más cómoda detrás de un cuaderno de dibujo que en el centro de la atención, no está preparada para la intensa atracción que siente hacia Gabriel Ashford, el conde de Loxley. Gabriel es todo lo que debería evitar: serio, agobiado y atado a deberes que dejan muy poco espacio para el amor. Y, sin embargo, bajo su reserva arde una devoción demasiado profunda para ocultarse, y cuando el anhelo se transforma en pasión, ninguno de los dos puede negar lo que ha crecido entre ellos.

Miss Gertrude Barkley, local spinster, takes pride in shocking the locals now and then. Her latest scandal is the decision to get her hair bobbed. Her brother blames such behavior on her career as a novelist, giving her wild ideas. But brickyards owner, Mikolai Stefanski likes the look. He's liked a lot of things about Gertrude for a very long time. But Venice Missouri in 1916 is not like his homeland, Poland. The rules of the old world don't work in this new one, especially not in matters of love.

When strong-willed Lady Jane Stanhope finds herself facing a marriage ordered by her father, she flees home, disguises herself as "Plain Jane" and lands a governess position to the ward of the reclusive Marquess of Saybrook. Winning the love of the shy little boy is easy. And sparking arguments with the mysterious Lord Saybrook stirs her passions more than she cares to admit. But as she becomes more a part of the household and its secrets, she finds her heart is in danger.

Sie lehnte den Herzog ab, den jede andere angenommen hätte. Nun ist er entschlossen, ihr Herz zu gewinnen. Dominic Ravenshaw, Duke of Ravenshaw, ist daran gewöhnt, dass man ihm gehorcht, ihn bewundert und ihm niemals widerspricht. Doch als er der schönen und leidenschaftlich unabhängigen Arabella Wrenford die Ehe anbietet, tut sie das Undenkbare — sie sagt Nein. Arabella wird keinen Mann heiraten, nur weil er mächtig, gut aussehend und unmöglich zu übersehen ist. Wenn Dominic ihr Herz gewinnen will, muss er mehr lernen, als nur zu befehlen. Er muss lernen, um sie zu werben.

She builds to survive. He destroys to forget. But when a storm traps them in the same century, the friction might burn the house down. Scarlett Rune fixes things. As a modern contractor, she understands load-bearing walls, torque, and tensile strength. She does not understand how a floorboard collapse in 2025 dropped her straight into a freezing cellar in 1882. Stranded in a crumbling Victorian manor on the edge of the Cornish cliffs, Scarlett isn’t just fighting the laws of physics—she’s fighting the landlord.

Tabitha and Wolf should be relishing the quiet joys of new parenthood when yet another investigation calls them away. Lady Arlene Archibald approaches Wolf with a troubling request. An elderly stranger from Grenada has arrived in England with letters from her grandfather, once a wealthy...