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Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, is one of literature’s most beloved stories of love, marriage, and sisterhood. For Elinor Dashwood, sensible and sensitive, and her romantic, impetuous younger sister Marianne, the prospect of marrying the men they love appears remote. In a world ruled by...

As the niece of an earl, Elizabeth Abbington knows all about the stifling expectations and responsibilities placed upon peers of the realm. She has no desire to marry into that kind of life. Instead she dreams of traveling abroad, where she can put her talent for languages to good use. When her dear friend invites her on a trip to Spain, Libby jumps at the chance to begin her adventure.

Two enemies during the War of the Roses must marry by decree of the conquering king. Proud and beautiful Lady Alys Wolveston is left without a protector at the end of a decisive battle in the bloody War of the Roses. She refuses to accept Henry Tudor as the legitimate king; her loyalty is to the late Richard III and his Queen Anne, her beloved foster mother. But the Welsh knight Sir Nicholas Merion prevents Alys from returning home and carries her off to London to become the King’s ward.

Anne Elliot has grieved for seven years over the loss of her first and only love, Captain Frederick Wentworth. When their paths finally cross again, Anne finds herself slighted and all traces of their former intimacy gone. As the pair continue to share the same social circle, dramatic events in Lyme Regis, and later in Bath, conspire to unravel the knots of deceit and misunderstanding in this beguiling and gently comic story of love and fidelity.

Reclusive designer Victoria Andrews hasn't gone outside in five years, though she yearns to escape the prison of her house. She designs sensual lingerie for the most exclusive dressmaker in London, although she has never known a man's touch.

Colin Bridgerton è l'uomo più affascinante di Londra, lo sanno tutti. Penelope Featherington adora da sempre il fratello della sua migliore amica, e dopo una vita passata a osservarlo pensa di sapere tutto di lui. Fino a quando non scopre il suo più profondo segreto, e si accorge di non conoscerlo affatto. Ma anche Penelope nasconde un segreto, e per Colin svelarlo sarà la sfida più intrigante.

Dopo anni di dissolutezze, il noto libertino Michael Stirling ha deciso di cambiare vita: è bastata un'occhiata a Francesca Bridgerton per farlo innamorare come non avrebbe mai creduto possibile. Peccato che Francesca stesse per sposarsi… Tutto ciò è avvenuto tempo fa. Ora Michael ha ottenuto il suo titolo e Francesca è libera, ma continua a vederlo solo come un caro amico. Fino a quando non si ritrova, quasi casualmente, tra le sue braccia appassionate.

Gregory Bridgerton crede nel vero amore. Quando troverà la donna giusta, se ne accorgerà subito, ne è convinto. In effetti così accade, solo che… Hermione Watson è innamorata di un altro. Ma la sua amica Lucy, per salvarla da un'unione disastrosa, si offre di aiutare Gregory a conquistarla. E finisce per innamorarsi lei di Gregory. Peccato che Lucy sia già fidanzata e, anche se Gregory ha capito di ricambiare il suo sentimento, lo zio della ragazza non intende farle rompere la sua promessa...

Gareth St. Clair è nei guai: il padre, che lo detesta, è determinato a mandare in malora le sue tenute per rovinargli l'eredità. L'unica speranza è in un vecchio diario di famiglia, che potrebbe contenere i segreti del suo passato, e la chiave del suo futuro. Solo che è scritto in italiano. Hyacinth Bridgerton si offre di tradurlo; mentre approfondiscono il misterioso memoriale, i due si accorgono che le risposte di cui sono in cerca non si trovano tra le pagine, ma nel cuore dell'altro.

Reserved to the point of being aloof, Lord Westerfield never attended balls or even considered taking a wife - until he met Miss Kitty Stanley and his orderly world turned on end. Determined to have the beautiful and animated sister of his friend from the gambling hall, but doubting his ability to effectively court her, Westerfield strikes a bargain with her brother for her hand.

Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: All Regency Collection. Listeners will love this collection of six regency romance novellas.

Catherine, the widowed Lady Rosemont, is considered a most unsuitable countess by polite society. Whispers about her checkered history follow her wherever she goes. Despite the rumors, Catherine navigates high society's treacherous waters with her head held high. For the sake of her son, Louis, she must never sink. But when she receives threatening letters and Louis's life is endangered, she turns to a past paramour for help . . . the man who left her heartbroken.

When her home situation becomes unlivable, Lydia hopes to escape through a marriage and her qualifications for her new husband are not long. Unfortunately she's a too-old bluestocking with nothing to tempt a man into wedding her, but desperate times call for desperate measures. The Duke of Manchester has been tricked and trapped into marriage with the quietly stunning Miss Lydia Stafford - he just doesn't know why. She's not a fortune hunter, she's not a social-climber, and she's still a virgin.

Max, Lord Rotham, has been browbeaten by his mother, the Duchess of Davenmere, to marry her choice for him. The more he resists, the more she schemes to force the match upon him. He became connected with the beauty Hope Whitford when her and her sisters were entangled in a dangerous situation, and while he feels drawn to her, he is not ready to commit to a lifetime because of his mother. But is losing Hope worth spiting his mother?

The Duke of Severn is one of the greatest men in Britain. He's also short, quiet, and unimpressive. And now he's been robbed, after indulging in one rash night with a strange man who stole the heirloom Severn ring from his finger. The Duke has to get it back, and he can't let anyone know how he lost it. So when his cousin bets that he couldn't survive without his privilege and title, the Duke grasps the opportunity to hunt down his ring-incognito.

Honora Pemberton’s life has changed, and not for the better. Over the six months, nearly all her hair has fallen out, forcing her to hide beneath bonnets and wigs. The last place she wants to be is under the scrutinizing gaze of London Society. When her father surprises her with a London Season, Nora is less than enthusiastic. If her secret is to be discovered, surely London is where it will happen.

Dos almas desventuradas y solitarias que se encuentran. No pueden ser amigos y de aventuras, ni hablar… Valentine March es la hija de un estricto vicario, una solterona, o eso parece. Ha conseguido un nuevo empleo como dama de compañía en Yorkshire, en una casa en la que vive también el...

Proud heiress Arabella Larke has little respect for rules and no time for scruples - not when she faces marriage to a man she loathes and fears. Determined to save herself, Arabella comes up with a plan: a fake engagement with her childhood nemesis, Guy Roth, Marquess of Hardbury, recently returned home after years away. To Arabella’s surprise, Guy has become strong, honorable, and unexpectedly attractive...but he refuses to even hear her plan.

Emmeline Laurent has survived by grace and grit. After her parents' execution in France, she has learned to live unseen as a humble ballerina instructing young pupils in a small London theatre. When whispers spread that the Danforth Theatre may be sold to an unscrupulous buyer, Emmeline fears not only for her livelihood but for the safety of her impressionable students. With no time and no options, she does the only thing she knows to do: leap into a moving carriage and bargain with the new lord who holds their fate.

Una viuda cautelosa. Un hombre encantador en quien jamás debería confiar. Un amor demasiado poderoso para negar. Rosamund ya ha aprendido que los matrimonios seguros pueden romper un corazón con tanta certeza como los imprudentes. Así que, cuando Adrian Aldenhurst empieza a perseguirla con calidez, ingenio y una devoción que parece demasiado real, ella lucha contra el único hombre que la hace sentirse viva de nuevo. Pero Adrian no le ofrece una pasión pasajera. Le ofrece un para siempre.