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Number-one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens brings you a tale of unexpected romance that blossoms against the backdrop of dastardly murder. Well-born rakehell and head of an ancient family, Alaric, Lord Carradale, is finally preparing to find a bride. But loyalty to his childhood friend Percy Mandeville necessitates attending Percy's annual house party, held at neighboring Mandeville Hall. Alaric decides that as soon as he's free, he'll hie to London and find the mild-mannered lady he believes will ensure a peaceful life. But the following morning he comes upon the corpse of a young lady-guest.

Estamos en las postrimerías del siglo XIX, cada vez más mujeres se interpelan sobre su papel en una sociedad gobernada por hombres. Marjorie lleva un año en Nueva York, nuevos amigos y nuevas experiencias, aunque eso no hace que se olvide de Henrietta y Robert. En casa de la condesa se va a celebrar una fiesta de cumpleaños y se espera la llegada de William para las próximas semanas. Marjorie se prepara para volver a Worthington a pasar el verano, pero no se imagina lo que se va a encontrar a su regreso. 

A murdered clockmaker. A stolen masterpiece. An observatory full of secrets. London, 1889. When elderly clockmaker Horace Whitby is found bludgeoned to death in his workshop at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, suspicion falls on the woman who discovered his body – Charlotte Mellor, who makes...

'I'm just so excited for everyone to discover Cold-Hearted Rake, and for me to read the rest of the Ravenel series!' Sarah MacLean A twist of fate . . . Devon Ravenel, London's most wickedly charming rake, has just inherited an earldom. But his powerful new rank in society comes with unwanted...

Perseguitato da un terribile segreto, Dorian, duca di Rath, vive divorato dalla rabbia e dai sensi di colpa. Disposto a sopportare qualunque tortura pur di espiare i propri peccati, accetta persino di sposare una perfetta sconosciuta—la sorella della sua vittima—per salvarne la famiglia dalla rovina. Quando Miss Patience Rose, botanica di professione, si presenta all'altare nel suo abito semplice e con le unghie ancora sporche di terra, porta con sé un raggio di sole capace di rischiarare il cuore annerito di Rath.

Un libertino ribelle. Un duca corrucciato. Per sfuggire a un matrimonio combinato, compra una moglie che non intende amare… ma perde la testa. Quando il suo spregevole marito la vende all'asta, Lady Emma Bardsley viene comprata dal duca di Loxchester, noto libertino. Per Sebastian, comprare la moglie di un allevatore di maiali è il modo perfetto per evitare un fidanzamento combinato, nonostante lo scandalo. Ma Emma ha un segreto — in realtà è una nobildonna.

En 1878 Elizabeth Downton es ya una solterona. Tiene treinta años y ninguna expectativa romántica. Aun así Elizabeth no es una mujer amargada, acepta el destino que le ha tocado y disfruta de las cosas sencillas de la vida. Elizabeth tiene un potente aliado en su hermano pequeño, Dexter, que es el único que la conoce realmente y con el que siempre puede ser ella misma.

From the New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes Secrets of a Summer Night, the first title in the beloved romance series The Wallflowers - perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James. 'Kleypas can make you laugh and cry - on the same page' Julia Quinn, Sunday...

Lady Liza Woodrow lernt auf einer Fuchsjagd Edmond Parks, den Bruder des Earl of Huntington, kennen. Schnell ist es klar, dass Liza und ihr „Fuchs" mehr füreinander empfinden als nur Zuneigung. Durch eine Intrige werden die beiden Liebenden auseinandergerissen, um sich erst Jahre später im Club ihres Bruders wiederzutreffen. Liza ist mittlerweile Baroness Kinson und Edmond selbst der Earl of Huntington. Vom ersten Moment ist klar, dass ihre Gefühle füreinander immer noch dieselben sind wie damals.

A woman of modest means meets a society man skilled in the art of seduction in this captivating novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas, the first title in the beloved regency romance series The Hathaways - perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James. 'Lisa...

In this heartwarming Victorian classic by Agnes Giberne, first published in 1885, we follow the story of Daisy Meads—a gentle and resilient young girl navigating life alongside her eccentric and miserly father, Isaac. Set against the rustic backdrop of a traditional English village, "Daisy of...

Revealing the true love of her life! The thrilling conclusion to the Season of Scandal series! Lady Meg’s parents decide that the best solution to the scandal breaking over her head, is to marry her to her old childhood friend, Harry. Meg will not allow it. Instead, she persuades Harry to take her secretly to her twin sister’s house in Kent to ride out the storm.

He’s untouchable. She’s untamable. Her fiery spirit is the only thing that can melt his heart of ice. When her relatives turn the treasured Lloyd family heirloom into a prize for whichever cousin marries first, Daphne Lloyd is desperate to keep the daffodil-painted platter that inspired her own art, out of the hands of those who don’t care about it the way she does. She’ll play their game, but on her own terms, and with the man they least expect. Luke Rushton wants to play hockey, not the part of a dutiful grandson in a feuding family.

Drei Romane über die Frauen von Bloomsbury von Stefanie H. Martin. Ein so überraschender wie mitreißender Roman über Virginia Woolf – Ikone der literarischen Moderne und der Frauenbewegung. Die Bloomsbury Group steht bis heute für geistige Freiheit und Liebe in all ihren Facetten. Eine große Liebesgeschichte zwischen zwei Frauen, die für Literatur leben: Virginia Woolf und Vita Sackville-West.

The Songbird of SpainBorn to Spanish blood and raised in the fiery embrace of passion, Esperanza was a force of nature. She danced through society with an untamed spirit, her dark curls cascading like waves of ink against her caramel skin.

Penniless, shunned, and marked forever by her mother's descent into madness, Lucy makes a desperate choice. She slips uninvited into London's most lavish masquerade ball, to secure the one thing she can't live without Marriage. When a masked stranger sends her heart racing, he draws Lucy into a dangerous dance that ends in public ruin and a forced marriage neither can escape. When the masks come off, the man who broke her heart years ago stands before her.

In het Engeland van 1818 moet Lady Iris Palmerton kiezen tussen de plagerige Jeremy Black en de elegante Lord Frank Galston, terwijl ze worstelt met schokkende persoonlijke gebeurtenissen. Deel 3 van 3.

Wenn die Pflicht sie bindet, kann die Liebe sie befreien? Lady Juliana Alderley war immer die Starke, die Tochter, die die Lasten ihrer Familie ohne Klage trägt. Als ein unerwarteter Antrag des mächtigen Duke of Norfield Sicherheit für ihre Mutter, ihre Schwestern und das geliebte Anwesen Briarwyn Hall bietet, willigt Juliana in eine Vernunftehe ein, von der sie nie geglaubt hätte, sie jemals für sich selbst zu wollen. Rowan Dacre, Duke of Norfield, ist ein Mann der Ordnung, der Ehre und stillen Selbstbeherrschung.

Nobody's Daughter is a gripping and moving saga from beloved author, Annie Murray and is the third book in the Children of Birmingham series after The Pearl Button Girl and Dora's Dream. Stourbridge, 1864. Raised in a joyless, puritanical home, Ruth Mountford hungers for more. When her mother...

Vor der zauberhaften Winterkulisse des Regency-Englands spinnt das Schicksal eine unerwartete Geschichte von Liebe und Erlösung. Lady Emily Fairchild, eine temperamentvolle Witwe, die die Last ihrer Vergangenheit trägt, begegnet dem charismatischen Halunken Mr. Nicolas Winters, dem zweitgeborenen Sohn eines angesehenen Earls. Als das Schicksal Nicolas verwundet und bewusstlos an Emilys Tür führt, zwingt ihr mitfühlendes Herz sie dazu, ihn gesund zu pflegen. Mit jedem Tag, an dem er mehr zu sich kommt, umweht ein Hauch von Geheimnis den faszinierenden Fremden.