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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.

England, 1861: Die adlige Vivian verliebt sich völlig unstandesgemäß in Ross, den Stallmeister ihres Vaters. Die beiden brennen durch und schiffen sich nach Kanada ein, um sich dem Overland Transit zu den Goldfeldern in British Columbia anzuschließen. Auf der Überfahrt treffen sie auf Colleen, die vor ihren Dienstherren flieht und ihre Reise umsichtig vorbereitet hat. Sie träumen von einer glücklichen Zukunft und einem neuen Leben am anderen Ende der Welt.

Distrutto e segnato dalla guerra, Spencer Seaton, un tempo duca di Grandhampton, torna a casa solo per scoprire di aver perso tutto. Il suo unico scopo è vendicarsi dell'uomo che gli ha rovinato la vita. Nulla potrà fermarlo... tranne Miss Joanna Digby—intelligente, astuta e avvolta nel mistero. Apparentemente insignificante, nasconde la propria vera natura dietro una maschera, finché la sua famiglia viene minacciata dallo stesso uomo che ha rovinato Spencer. Era destino che Lord Seaton si frapponesse sul suo cammino, e lei sul suo.

Star-crossed lovers bound by magic. But will their devotion set them free—or doom them forever? London, 1866. All Kit Finchley wants is to master the magic that keeps eluding him – and to live a life not dictated by title or expectation. Duty presses in from every quarter, but the one thing...

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.

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 ?

Dopo tre deludenti stagioni in società, il padre di Daisy Bowman non usa mezzi termini: sua figlia deve trovare un marito, molto alla svelta. Daisy è terrorizzata, sposerebbe chiunque altro piuttosto che quel borioso, rude individuo. Ma non ha fatto i conti con l'insospettabile charme che Matthew userà per conquistarla. Il ragazzo gracile e ambizioso che aveva conosciuto si è trasformato in un uomo attraente, maturo, pieno di vitalità.

Tom Finchley es abogado, se ha pasado la vida resolviendo los problemas de los demás y ahora, lo que busca, es un poco de paz. En cuanto a sus propios problemas, con vengarse un poco sería suficiente. Jenny Holloway, antigua dama de compañía, ha conseguido por fin ser un poco independiente. Quiere vivir aventuras y liberarse del restrictivo corsé social que impone la Inglaterra victoriana. Esta búsqueda la unirá a Tom y ambos descubrirán que, incluso en los más remotos rincones del imperio británico, el pasado puede alcanzarles.

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.

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...