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Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a tale of love and marriage told with irony and insight. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth have met and seperated years before. Their reunion, after the passage or irrecoverable years of their youth, forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart.

Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down.

Desperate to win the heart of the man she secretly loves, Beatrice Hadley becomes the masked Lady in Blue—an opera-ballet star whose true identity could ruin her if revealed. But when Luke Atherton discovers the woman behind the mask is his brother’s jilted bride, keeping her secret may cost...

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.

This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detail and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes.

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.

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Lady Marguerite Lennox refuses the Duke of Argyle’s offer without hesitation. Cold, arrogant and aloof, he is the last man she could ever love. Her parents are appalled. The duke is furious. Stunned by the insult, he decides to pursue her—not to win her heart, but to bend her to his will. She avoids him—then he steals a burning kiss at a ball and everything changes. Marguerite is struck by lightning, but she is terrified of getting burnt. Passion may burn brightly, but what happens when the fire fades?

Drei freche historische Liebesromane im Geiste von "Bridgerton" in einer Sammerausgabe. "Venetia und der Wüstling" Die kluge 25-jährige Venetia Lanyon hat früh ihre Eltern verloren. Auf ihr liegt die Verantwortung für das Familienanwesen und ihren behinderten Bruder Aubrey. Dazu muss sie...

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.

Precisa de dinheiro rápido sem levantar suspeitas? Desaparecer sem que ninguém descubra sua identidade? Limpar o nome de alguém? Ou ganhar uma aposta em que todos as chances estão contra você? Nada tema, a D'Aqueus & Associados está aqui para virar o jogo. Ele deveria tê-la expulsado. Mas...

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.

Bridgerton meets Evie Dunmore in a sparkling new regency romcom from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Enoch, A Duke Never Tells, in which an heiress disguises herself as a maid in her fianc's household to see if he really is too good to be true. Before entering into a...

In Alexandra Vastis newest Regency rom-com, a reclusive earls life is turned upside down when a stranger shows up on his doorstep with an astonishing proposaland an inconvenient connection to espionage. For three years, wallflower heiress Lydia Hope-Wallace has anonymously penned seditious...

In this steamy Regency romp, Lady Selina is determined to find the Duke of Stanhope the perfect wifethe only problem is she's starting to think that might be her. Peter Kentnewly inherited Duke of Stanhope and recently of New Orleans, Louisianamust become respectable. Between his radical...

The Halifax Hellions are the most scandalous, outrageous, ungovernable ladies in London. From the day of their debutin which Matilda smoked a cheroot and Margo tied a cherry stem in a knot with her tonguetheyve turned the ton upside down. But when Matilda elopes with a dangerous aristocrat...

For seven years, Matilda Halifax and her twin have been the most scandalous ladies in London. But when Matilda accidentally sells erotic drawings of the brooding, reclusive Marquess of Ashford, she hasperhapsgone a bit too far. Christian de Bord, Lord Ashford, knows what its like to be notorious...

In 1811, Winifred Wallace told one tiny lie. To secure her future as an independent sheep farmer, she invented an estranged husband named Mr. Spencer Halifax and forged their marriage record. Ten years later, her deception catches up with her: in the form of the disturbingly real, distressingly...

Beautifully told by Anna Massey, this is the engaging story of sisters Elinor and Marianne, whose lives are turned upside down when they are left almost penniless following the death of their father. Two men with whom the sisters form attachments present more unforeseen challenges along the way...

Read by Belinda Lang, and seen through the eyes of Emma Woodhouse, Jane Austen paints a charming, often ironic, picture of courtship and love. The novel is set in Highbury, a sizeable village in Surrey, where social life is dominated by the intelligent and wealthy young lady Emma, who has too...