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Inghilterra, 1827. Dopo aver sconfitto i Turchi con la flotta britannica, il tenente Wright ritorna a Londra portando con sé una lettera per Miss Vianna Murray. Vianna, orfana e affidata alle cure di una zia nubile, di tutto si aspetta tranne che una visita a mezzanotte con le peggiori notizie che si potrebbero ricevere la notte di Natale. Suo fratello è gravemente ammalato, e Wright riesce a ottenere per lei un imbarco sulla Confidence, la nave da guerra inglese comandata dal Capitano Anderson.

Phineas Blanchard, the Earl of Delacourt, feels restless and he can’t place why. It’s like there’s some itch he can’t scratch as he goes through the motions of his duties to his title and the dissipated pleasures he finds as a rake in hells all over London. Until, that is, he encounters a mysterious woman one night. One who bewitches and challenges him in ways that keep him dreaming of her. Imagine his surprise when he later realizes she is the infamous masked female boxing champion only known as The Hellion.

Er schickt sie in die Kolonie Québec, wo sein Bruder Absalom als Pelzhändler für die berüchtigte Hudson's Bay Company arbeitet. In Montreal soll dieser einen Bräutigam für seine Nichte finden. Widerwillig bricht Marigold zu einer abenteuerlichen Reise auf und entdeckt dabei dunkle Geheimnisse, gefährliche Machenschaften und bisher unbekannte Gefühle.

Jane Austen's classic tale of love overcoming preconceptions centers on the two eldest daughters of the Bennet family: Jane and Elizabeth. Elizabeth has to fend off an unwelcome offer of marriage from the Rev. Collins, while mistakenly falling for the charms of the dashing Mr Wickham, before realizing that appearances are deceptive and that her prejudice against Mr Darcy has blinded her to his real character.

Countess Rosseline arrives upon wild and windswept Dartmoor with a plan: marry the young man who has inherited her dead husband's estate and all she holds dear. However, an obstacle stands in her path.

A collection of stand-alone novellas that explore what would happen between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet if her sister Lydia’s elopement were handled differently.

I signed my maiden name first before memorializing my new name. Elizabeth Madeline Darcy. Elizabeth Bennet lay dead on the altar of matrimony. HAVING SIGNED THE REGISTER as Elizabeth Darcy, the former Miss Elizabeth Bennet must somehow survive a crushing scandal as a stranger to herself. Her unwilling husband is so outraged to find himself tied to a person he thinks no better than a fortune hunter that she is forbidden to speak of the circumstances behind their union. Indeed, Mr. Darcy seems to loathe even the sound of her voice, and often Elizabeth's only recourse is to be silent.

What's a woman to do when her husband has departed but her desires very much remain? The only thing Lady Carenza Smythe-Harding misses about her late spouse, a notorious gambler and adulterer, is his expertise between the sheets. After two years donning mourning dresses, it's her turn for some fun. But with no intention of remarrying, how can she find the right devil-may-care rogue for the job?

Harriet Hapgood has always delighted in arranging the lives of others, while generally doing as she pleased. And after having thwarted her cousin Caroline's engagement, what better way to pass a dull winter than in helping Caroline to a new husband? Her cousin sets her sights on the glittering Mr. St. John Rotherwood, so Hetty cheerfully puts her shoulder to the matchmaking wheel.

Elizabeth Bennet's visit to Netherfield Park to tend to her ailing sister takes a surprising turn when she meets with Mr. Darcy on the grounds, and his manner so altered as to shock her. The gentleman provokes her gratitude when he helps her escape all Miss Bingley's contempt, conveying her to her sister's room and taking the duty of informing the mistress of her presence on himself.

When the master of Longbourn dies, the estate is inherited by Jonathan Bennet, the eldest son of Thomas. Alongside his sister Elizabeth, Jonathan finds himself caught in the tense household of their father's second wife, Fanny Bennet, whose bitterness towards her stepchildren leads to escalating conflicts. As Jonathan marries and the Bennet family is divided, Fanny schemes to regain control of Longbourn, determined to rid herself of the family she resents.

Living happily ever after should be easy. After all, Tristan and Isolde Gilbert, the new Duke and Duchess of Kendall, have overcome obstacles, confessed their love, married, and are eager to sail off into the sunset of their glorious future. But, of course, life rarely offers smooth sailing. After their honeymoon tour, an unexpected return to London sends the new couple reeling. Tristan struggles to balance his new Isolde-loving self with his former role as the autocratic Duke of Kendall. Upstart relatives and scurrilous accusations complicate his efforts to find a purpose.

Debutante Juliette Howard's attempt to ruin her sister out of envy and spite ended badly—with Juliette herself ruined, disgraced, and pregnant. Consumed by regret, and reviled by Society, Juliette fled her family's disappointment to hide in obscurity in a remote seaside village. As an outsider, she's viewed with suspicion by all except the vicar with the gentle voice and kind eyes.

USA Today bestselling author Charis Michaels concludes her delicious Hidden Royals series in this enchanting romance between a young woman, unaware of her royal birth, and the rugged sea captain who comes to claim her as his future wife. Princess Danielle Allard d’Orleans grew up believing...

Lady Clara Mapleton believes in love—the kind worth waiting for, not the kind brokered in drawing rooms or secured by titles. It certainly doesn't include Crispin Hallworth, Earl of Oakford, a man so steeped in scandal he’s earned the name Devil of Oakford. But when a masked kiss at a lavish masquerade threatens to destroy her reputation, Clara does the unthinkable to protect herself: she claims they are engaged.

Captain Wentworth has a lot of explaining to do! Why did he fly off in such an unreasonable rage when Anne tried to put their engagement on hold? And why didn’t he come back to try her again as soon as he was more financially secure? So much time wasted! What about his bad behavior when they met again years later – flirting with the Musgrove girls right in front of Anne? Was that really necessary? Find the answers in Captain Wentworth in His Own Words. Catch a glimpse of his difficult childhood, and learn how he ended up in the Navy so young.

Als die temperamentvolle Künstlerin Iris Wynnford dem geheimnisvollen Duke of Kingswell begegnet, ahnt keiner von beiden, wie heftig ihre Welten aufeinanderprallen werden. Sie träumt davon, Schönheit auf der Leinwand festzuhalten–nicht davon, selbst vom gutaussehenden, beschützenden Duke mit durchdringendem Blick und einer verborgenen sanften Seite erobert zu werden. Benedict Kingswell hat nie an die Liebe geglaubt–bis er Iris traf. Jetzt wird er vor nichts zurückschrecken, um sie für sich zu gewinnen.

They’ve been engaged since they were children, so he sees no need to woo her. She wants a love match and is determined to find an alternative suitor. Perhaps a Christmas trapped together in snowy London will change both their minds. Lord Comerford has returned from the navy to claim his title, but ton life appears shallow after active service and the woman he has been promised to since birth seems a frivolous child, only interested in parties and clothes.

Dans le cadre vibrant du Londres de 1812, où les mondes de la haute société et de la bourgeoisie se croisent dans un tourbillon de passion et de secrets, plongez dans le deuxième tome des Chevaliers libertins : Inatteignable (monsieur Walpole).
Isabella Whitaker, comtesse de Kylemore, a juré de protéger sa famille à tout prix, une promesse faite à son grand-père mourant, le duc de Badersfield. Mais son destin prend un tournant inattendu lorsqu’elle croise Caleb Walpole, un homme qui s’est fait lui-même, méprisé par la haute société et connu pour sa réputation sauvage.

Bath, 1816. Josephine Casterleigh will nur eins: raus aus dem Schatten ihrer exzentrischen Mutter und rein ins Abenteuer. Ein Maskenball klingt nach der perfekten Gelegenheit. Doch als sie im Ballsaal über eine geheimnisvolle Inschrift und einen gutaussehenden Fremden stolpert, beginnt eine Nacht, die sie so schnell nicht vergessen wird, mit einer rasanten Kutschfahrt ins Ungewisse, einem Gentleman’s Club, der besser nicht existieren sollte, und Rätseln, die nur eine lösen kann: ausgerechnet Josephine mit ihrem nutzlos geglaubten Wissen über alte Kulturen.