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In the gaslit dark, love is never tender. It’s teeth at your throat. Blood on silk. It is the sweetest surrender – and the most exquisite damnation. By day Lady Euphemia Butterworth is a dutiful daughter – corseted, perfumed, and groomed to marry a lecherous duke twice her age. By night...

Two of the greatest women authors of the twentieth century come together in this incredible collection. This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of Jane Austen Complete Novels and Anne of Green Gables Collection.

After Leo and Jasper are summoned to the reading of a last will and testament for a woman they do not know, they are stunned to receive not only a joint bequest, but also a bidding from the grave: to find out if the woman's young son fell to his death a dozen years ago . . . or if he was, as she...

Isa Rose can hardly believe her luck when she lands a job as a maid to Charles Dickens' family. She has writing ambitions of her own and it isn't long before the charming, convivial Charles begins to take her under his wing. But as Isa is drawn into the lives of the Dickens' family, she begins to realise that behind closed doors all is not quite as it seems, and not everyone there is happy about her growing influence.

Ze kenden elkaar absoluut niet, de twee nichtjes; ze wisten zelfs niet van elkanders bestaan af. Wanneer zij bij toeval oog in oog komen te staan na een treinongeval in Engeland, wordt de hoeksteen gelegd voor een komedie die tien dagen zal moeten duren. Dat deze komedie voor Prinses Johanna, voor Koning István van het verre Luthenije verstrekkende gevolgen zal hebben, kunnen de beide meisjes op dat moment niet voorzien.

Nathaniel Ellison, the powerful Duke of Scarsdale, has sworn never to fall in love. The bitter marriage of his parents taught him one hard lesson—love makes fools of men. When the time comes, Nathan intends to marry only for duty… never for love. Then he meets Sophia Vane. Sophia is nothing like the polished ladies of London society. She's a tavern girl with fierce determination, sharp wit, and a desperate plan to escape the cruel father who controls her life—and save her young brother before it's too late.

Nel cuore dell'Inghilterra vittoriana, Eleanor Sutton, una donna vivace e intelligente, si è rassegnata a una vita di solitudine e insegnamento, credendo che una ferita d'infanzia la renda inadatta al matrimonio. Il suo mondo viene capovolto quando incontra William, l'affascinante Duca di Thornfield, che vede oltre le sue paure ed è determinato a conquistare il suo cuore.

Rescued from a French prison by a mysterious benefactor, smuggler Nathaniel “Nate” Payne returns home to Cornwall a nearly broken man. He hopes to recover at his old haunt, but The Queen’s Head Inn has a new owner. Susannah Linwood is a young widow with a dark secret fleeing a brutal past. She has made an honest success of the inn and intends to keep it that way, and not fall in with the likes of Nate.

Un scandale. Une demande en mariage. Un amour qu’aucun d’eux n’avait prévu. Lorsque la fougueuse Celia Ashbourne se retrouve au cœur d’un scandale, la dernière chose qu’elle souhaite, c’est épouser l’arrogant — bien que terriblement séduisant — vicomte James Redwell. Mais des fiançailles précipitées pourraient bien être la seule façon de sauver sa réputation… et son cœur n’est pas prêt à affronter ce qui l’attend.

A bold beauty. A brooding viscount. And two weeks that may change everything. Lady Alice Pickford is not the kind of woman who fades quietly into the background. With flaming red hair, a razor-sharp wit, and a smile that dares the world to keep up, she thrives on risk, rebellion, and romance—for others. Love, after all, is something she’ll only accept on her own impossible terms. Samuel Baldwin, Viscount Crewe, has spent years building a life of restraint and order.

Thief or gentleman, he is uniquely dangerous! Governess Matty Mather has grown to love her pupils of the Dove family. When a borrowed ring is stolen from Catherine Dove and her friend, now in their first London Season, the redoubtable Matty goes alone to Maida Pleasure Gardens to confront the thief – who turns out to be outrageous, charming and utterly mysterious.

Love at first smile… Charmingly wicked, Johnny Winter has spent his adulthood drifting from scandal to scandal. However, inheriting the dukedom of Dearham has him considering his responsibilities, one of which is to right the wrong done to a distant cousin twenty years ago. His search takes him to Maida Pleasure Gardens, where he is distracted by an unusual and intriguing beauty.

“Feed this directly into my veins.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author From the bestselling author of Hungerstone, an intoxicating and chilling gothic horror novel that reimagines Hamlet with a seductive sapphic twist—and where the only thing more dangerous than a...

Ein abgelegtes Gelübde, ein Herz auf dem Spiel und eine Liebe, für die es sich zu kämpfen lohnt... Evangeline Winchester hat ihr Leben unter dem kontrollierenden Blick ihrer Stiefmutter verbracht, gefangen in einer Welt voller Pflichten und Opfer. Doch als der gutaussehende und geheimnisvolle Duke von Emberleigh, Nicholas Blackwood, in ihr Leben tritt, beginnt sie, auf eine Zukunft voller Liebe und Freiheit zu hoffen.

London, 1868: Edith 'Etty' Redgrave has spent two years perfecting the art of quiet rebellion. But when her best friend, Princess Louise, begs her to retrieve a scandalous sketch before it destroys the royal family, Etty's carefully curated independence shatters. Enter Tristan Bankes-Fernsby, Duke of Rockingham. Cold, controlled, and the Queen's personal fixer, he has been sent to contain the same problem and has no patience for interference. Especially from a determined woman who refuses to stay in her place.

In a London that insists women remain quiet, dutiful, and dull, two unlikely conspirators discover a secret that awakens everything society tells them to suppress… Jenny Rosewood – single, clever and nearly thirty, heaven forbid – has long disguised herself as a man to attend nighttime...

Antike Gräber, düstere Gassen im London des 19. Jahrhunderts, Schatten und Verfolger, Mord und Tee zur richtigen Stunde – garniert mit Liebe, Missverständnissen und Vorurteilen. Ein Roman für unterhaltsam-schaurige Stunden.Carla Jakobson ist eine junge Kunsthändlerin aus Mainz. Als sie von der neuesten antiken Errungenschaft des Earls of Cumberland erfährt, macht sie sich nach England auf, um sie mit eigenen Augen zu sehen. Unangekündigt erscheint sie eines Morgens auf Green Hill Hall. Mit ihr kommt Bewegung in den bis dahin beschaulichen Alltag.Sie bleibt nicht der einzige Gast.

Prepare to be captivated by an extraordinary new historical two-part series from the acclaimed bestselling author of over fifty novels. In her latest, Dilly weaves a mesmerizing tale that follows the lives of two spirited sisters navigating the tumultuous world of a traveling circus. Set against...

Georgiana, Duchess of Leeds, hasn't seen her husband since he left her on their wedding day for an extended hunting expedition and never returned. But she isn't the sort to wait around pining for an arrogant oaf who can't bother to recall he has a wife, no matter how sinfully handsome he may be...

Nell, Lady Needham, has earned her scandalous reputation by devoting her days to an endless barrage of wild parties in the wake of her husband's devastating betrayal. But her appetite for distraction is no longer as voracious as it once was. She longs for a true marriage and a family, and she...