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A woman as untamed as the islands themselves. A guarded doctor who can heal every hurt but his own. Will their differences bind or break them? For Georgina Wright, traveling to the Hawaiian Islands in 1873 with renowned explorer Isabella Bird is the adventure of a lifetime. After years of being watched over, protected, and quietly underestimated, Georgina is ready to see the world, fill her sketchbook, and prove she is capable of more than anyone believes.

All Miss Sophie Everett wants is to see her beloved cousin happily married to the man she loves, and she'll do whatever it takes to make it happen. When a prime opportunity for matchmaking presents itself in the form of a country house party, she contrives to spend the week sowing the seeds of romance... until a fellow guest arrives with ideas of his own. Soon Sophie finds herself butting heads with the most stubborn man she's ever known. A man who once owned her heart... James Halloran, the Earl of Dearborn, is in need of an heir, but first he must find a wife.

Un oiseau chanteur secret. Un duc dévoué. Un amour qui défie les règles de la société. Lorsque la tragédie laisse Isadora Vale et sa famille au bord de la ruine, elle se tourne vers le seul don qui lui reste : sa voix. Cachée derrière un masque, elle devient La Sirena, l’oiseau mystérieux dont les mélodies envoûtantes captivent la brillante société londonienne.

Vincent van Gogh arrives in Paris with little more than paint-stained hands and an aching determination to create something worthy of the world. Living in his brother Theo's cramped apartment, he struggles against poverty, doubt, and the relentless pull of his own restless mind. Across the ocean in Amherst, Emily Dickinson receives news that changes everything. Faced with the nearness of death, the reclusive poet does the unthinkable: she leaves the quiet safety of the Homestead and sails for Paris, determined to taste life before it slips beyond her reach.

A calculated scheme. An unexpected attraction. And a secret that could ruin them all. Jonathan Hatcher is desperate. His family’s business is failing, and he needs money fast. One good investment, one strong return, and everything will be set to rights. But the most promising venture in London is as exclusive as it is lucrative, and try as he might, he cannot forge a connection with the man whose touch turns every investment into gold. A man who is forever out of reach. But his daughter isn’t. A few compliments. A few outings. A few dances. Then the doors will open.

When duty binds them, can love set them free? Lady Juliana Alderley has always been the strong one, the daughter who carries her family’s burdens without complaint. When a sudden proposal from the powerful Duke of Norfield offers safety for her mother, her sisters, and the beloved estate of Briarwyn Hall, Juliana agrees to a marriage of convenience she never expected to want for herself. Rowan Dacre, Duke of Norfield, is a man of order, honor, and quiet control. He did not seek a love match, only a wife he could respect.

Celia Calthorp, Duchess of Acaster, is sick of always being on the edge of disaster. Now that widowhood has finally given her the freedom to make her own choices, she knows exactly what she needs to do—marry a rich man to secure her future and that of her beloved stables. And it’s all going to plan…until it isn’t.

Cinco años después de su angustia y humillación, Sofía está decidida a averiguarlo y a reclamar el lugar que le corresponde a su lado, incluso si eso significa viajar a las montañas salvajes de los Cárpatos para establecer su hogar en un castillo decrépito. Maldecido por su linaje, Constantin fue un tonto al creer que el matrimonio con Sofía lo salvaría. Ahora, la única mujer que siempre ha amado está en peligro, ya que los oscuros secretos del Castillo Roznov están a punto de ser revelados.

In der Pracht des London der Regency-Ära ist Lady Isabella ein Hauch frischer Luft, indem sie gesellschaftliche Normen zugunsten ihrer echten Leidenschaften ablehnt, von der Pflege von Tieren bis hin zur Einfachheit eines Spaziergangs im Mondlicht. Doch ihr Weg kreuzt sich mit dem des charmanten und geheimnisvollen Lord Alexander, einem Mann, der von Pflicht und gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen gebunden ist.

When his cousin’s death puts Leo Westrop in line to inherit a marquessate, he suddenly becomes the target of every match-making mama in London, including his own. To save himself, Leo offers his hand to the angel who delivers him from a compromising situation—Lillian Gower, the daughter of well-known antiquarians, who could finally help Leo secure a dig of his own.

When George Hardy, surgeon and photographer, sets off from the cold squalor of Victorian Liverpool for the heat and glitter of the Bosphorus to offer his services in the Crimea, there straggles behind him a small caravan of devoted followers: Myrtle, his adoring adoptive sister; lapsed geologist Dr Potter; and photographer's assistant and sometime fire-eater Pompey Jones, driven onwards through a rising tide of death and disease by a shared and mysterious guilt.

A quietly moving Victorian romance from the author of John Halifax, Gentleman. In a Scottish household near St Andrews, a reserved young governess and her pupils' tutor are drawn together through years of small, everyday kindnesses rather than dramatic declarations. Craik builds their attachment...

Reduced to genteel poverty following the closure of the family's Cornish tin mine, Alexandra Gedding and her twin are saved from the wrath of angry, unpaid workers by the timely intervention of a secretive stranger. David Manston, the disgraced Baron of Carreg, lives as a hermit in a clifftop cottage, his true identity unknown to everyone in the village–just as he prefers. His offer of mediation was to be a one-time act of kindness, but it does not stop Allie trying to pry into his past nor lessen his own attraction to the beautiful gentlewoman.

Two RONÉ Award nominees begin and end this boxed set of Regency romances. In THE KISS OF A VISCOUNT, George-Bennett Jones finds himself in love with Lady Elizabeth. His competition for her hand is the blond, blue-eyed Gabriel, Earl of Trenton, who is determined to gain the hand of the daughter of his most powerful political opposite. George has been tutored by his mistress, though, and employs the rules he has learned in an attempt to gain the upper hand in his quest for Elizabeth's hand.

Three RONÉ-nominated Regencies make up this collection described by editorial reviewers as "delightful", "creative" and "unique and thought-provoking". A sensual tale-within-a-tale of a baron, a book, and a bride-to-be, THE TALE OF TWO BARONS delights. Lady Evangeline is about to buy the book, 'The Story of a Baron', when Baron Sommers appears with the same intention. With only the one copy available, they agree to read it together -- despite the impropriety — †¢ Evangeline's reputation as a bluestocking could use a bit of scandal.

Laird Finlay Dalreagh, comte de Dunrannoch. Charmeur et espiègle. Une bête excitante dans la chambre à coucher. Et totalement incapable… de conserver l’attention de sa femme. Finlay n’a qu’une seule chance de tout arranger. Bloqué par la neige au ch âteau de Dunrannoch, parviendra-t-il à convaincre la seule et unique femme qu’il adore qu’il est digne de son amour?

Tras la muerte de sus padres y su paso por un internado para señoritas, Emma ha pasado los últimos tres años viviendo con su insoportable y tiránica prima Matilde. Mientras tanto, el primo Archibald ha estado a cargo de Lapis Lazuli House, la casa que los padres de Emma le dejaron al morir en el encantador barrio de St. Crispian's, y manejando la herencia de la joven a su antojo. A punto de alcanzar la mayoría de edad, Emma está decidida a recuperar su casa y a tomar las riendas de su vida.

Mayo-junio de 1883. La temporada social ha comenzado y Emma M. Lion ha sido reclutada por su tía lady Eugenia con una misión: colaborar estratégicamente para asegurar el matrimonio más ventajoso para su prima Arabella. Emma deberá asistir a cenas exclusivas, tés cuidadosamente orquestados y bailes donde cada gesto está calculado. Su papel consiste en estar presente cuando convenga y hacerse invisible cuando estorbe, y Emma intentará cumplirlo sin perder su identidad.

When Shackleford and Daughters Detective Agency takes on its first real case — the theft of an emerald necklace from a wealthy Torquay widow, Arabella Shackleford expects nothing more complicated than a drawing room mystery. She is, in every possible sense, about to get more than she bargained...

1812, Londres. Malgré son désir de discrétion, Wisteria a toujours été au cœur des rumeurs. Sur son passage, il se murmure qu'elle serait tour à tour vieille fille, sorcière, tentatrice… Mais la vérité est plus sombre encore. Si le jour, elle exerce comme apothicaire, dans l'ombre...