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In the heart of Yorkshire, where rolling hills and grand estates whisper secrets of old, Lady Eden Thornton finds herself caught between duty and desire. The spirited daughter of an Earl, she is content with her idyllic country life, far removed from the frivolities of London society. But when her brother's best friend, the brooding and enigmatic Marquess of Blackwood, returns from abroad, her world is turned upside down.

The formerly spirited—and even wild—naval man Horace Langworthy returns to England, having lost his best friend and two years of his life as a prisoner of war, only to find his childhood sweetheart engaged to another man. And though the promises made to him have been broken, he determines now on keeping his own. He will care for the widow and orphan entrusted to him by his late friend Sebastian Barstow. But his attempt at being a new man meets unexpected obstacles, including the very widow and orphan he is trying to save.

Marriage? "No thank you, sir!" has always been Lady Calliope Seaton's answer. But she needs access to naval documents to rescue her brother Spencer. And she'll do anything to get them—even wed disreputable navy officer Nathaniel Fitzgerald, the Duke of Kelford. Nathaniel has been obsessed with the daring bluestocking since she broke into his office. And to claim his inheritance, he needs a wife and an heir. So he proposes a marriage of convenience. Moving into Nathaniel's decaying Mayfair mansion and taking on his three untutored sisters would challenge even the bravest new bride.

Elizabeth Hotchkiss arbeitet schon seit fünf Jahren als Gesellschafterin für Lady Danbury, und trotzdem wird es bald nicht mehr ausreichen, wenn sie ihrem Bruder ein Studium ermöglichen will. Es hilft nichts, erkennt Elizabeth, sie muss sich einen Ehemann suchen, damit ihre Geschwister eine Zukunft haben. Da entdeckt sie bei Lady Danbury das Buch »Wie heiratet man einen Marquis« und fasst einen Plan. Der neue Gutsverwalter Mr. Siddons scheint ihr ein gutes Übungsobjekt zu sein.

Felicity is the daughter of Henry and Beth Bennet, and for his own reasons, her father decides to arrange a marriage for his daughter, who is seventeen, to the son of Augustus Collins, Clem. His reasoning is that he is not confident his son Thomas will ever marry, and if he does, he doubts the son's ability to produce a son. Given the entail to heirs male on Longbourn and that if there is no son of Bennet blood, the Collins line will inherit, Henry sees this as the only way to secure the future of Longbourn after he is called home to God.

The young Victoria remembers nothing but Kensington Palace. Arriving as a baby, she has been brought up inside its musty, mold-ridden walls. Others may see the value of Kensington's priceless artifacts and objets d'art, but the palace is a jail cell for young Victoria.

Catherine Blynn resigned herself to a life without romantic love after a disastrous broken engagement. Although she’s always hoped to marry for affection, her father arranges for her to wed Loftus Cromwell, the broken Earl of Hardwicke. If she defies her parents, she risks her family's ruin.

ELIZABETH BENNET THINKS HER FATHER is worrying over nothing when he sends her from Longbourn to London to keep an eye on her mother, who has been staying with a friend. But Mrs Bennet proves to be uncommonly elusive. Everywhere Elizabeth looks, she finds Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley instead.

1569 Costretta a fuggire dall'Olanda per sottrarsi alla persecuzione spagnola, Freida Ortelius è decisa a ricominciare da capo a Londra e a tenere al sicuro la sua famiglia a qualunque costo.

Set before Mr. Bingley takes up residence at Netherfield Park, Elizabeth travels into Derbyshire with her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner. On a day when her relations are visiting with some of Mrs. Gardiner's childhood friends, Elizabeth decides to explore the small village instead. Without realizing it, she strays further and further from the village, unconsciously walking in the direction of Pemberley, the estate they visited two days prior.

Rose Stratford, lleva enamorada de su vecino Lyonel Knigth, desde que era una niña. Un hecho curioso, pues todo el mundo piensa que su corazón le pertenece al hermano, Frederick Knigth. Pero nada más lejos de la realidad. Lyonel es apuesto, valiente, un coronel del ejército de su majestad al que ha amado en silencio desde siempre. Pero su carácter serio y el cierto hieratismo que demuestra cuando está con ella, le hace pensar que le es totalmente indiferente, hasta que ocurre una tragedia.

When a foreign prince collapses at an English court function, suspicion falls on Lord Peregrine Fitzroy—the estranged son of a notorious traitor, and the man who knows all too well the effects of henbane especially since it's the same poison his mother once used in a crime that nearly cost Lady Charity Cresswell everything. Now a widow and lady-in-waiting to the Queen, Charity has clawed her way back from scandal to reclaim her place among the ton.

No-nonsense Jane Delaney divides her time between her grandfather's beloved bookstore and writing newspaper columns, determined to overcome a past that's left her with scars on her face and in her heart. But when the store ends up in unexpected financial jeopardy and Jane's secrets are threatened by a mysterious blackmailer, she finds herself in desperate need of money. All seems lost until a temptation like no other presents itself.

Miss Eleanor Clairbridge, at five and twenty, has resigned herself to a life without love. With her family's London townhouse threatened by dwindling finances, she accepts employment as a governess to help support her widowed mother and preserve her cherished childhood home. When Eleanor arrives at Ivy Grange Estate, the last thing she expects to find is a spark of attraction between her and her new employer. Determined not to risk her position, she resolves to keeps her distance. There is more than one reason a romance between them can never be.

Lady Imogen Marlowe met the love of her life, Lord Thaddeus Herrington, at a summer house party in Shropshire. But can Imogen trust Thaddeus to save her in time or will Lord Cunningham stay one step ahead of them?

With her two older sisters married, managing family affairs has fallen to capable Miss Margaret Hapgood, leaving little time for thoughts of marriage. But a trip to Bath to find her uncle a wealthy bride throws her in the path of a handsome recuperating soldier, who is equally determined to keep his mother's fortune out of grasping hands.

Sebastian Drake is in dire need of a fortune. With limited time and a dearth of wealthy relatives to will him such a thing, he is left with only one option: marry money. Happily, London is full of eligible heiresses, but it is the newest arrival in Town who catches his eye. Selina Lawrence is only just rid of one husband—the last thing she wants is to acquire another. When she finds herself the target of the charming Mr. Drake, a suspected fortune hunter, what is she to do but teach the man a valuable lesson?

Lady Maeve Thompson hadn’t been against having a season, but she hadn’t been supportive of one either. Her twin had hoped to find a match. Maeve was content with painting and spending solitary time alone in her studio. Until she met a viscount that stole a piece of her heart and became a temptation she didn’t even want to resist. Brooks Davis, the Viscount of Pemberton is one of the ton’s notorious rogues. Something he refused to apologize for. He is who he is, and they bloody well should accept that, or not. He could care less…

Eigentlich ist er ihr Vormund, aber wer kann sich vor der Liebe wehren? Vor allem, wenn der Earl ein wahrer Märchenprinz zu sein scheint. Gäbe es da nicht ein düsteres Geheimnis im Herrenhaus … George Cockridge, Earl of Townfield, finanziert schon seit vielen Jahren die schulische Ausbildung für die Tochter seines verstorbenen Militärkameraden. Um so überraschter ist er, als er eines Tages eine hübsche, junge Dame in der Eingangshalle seines Herrenhauses antrifft. Patience Danford, ist gerade einundzwanzig Jahre geworden. Alt genug endlich das Mädchenpensionat zu verlassen.

Venetia er 25 år, og efter Regency-periodens standard er hun allerede godt på vej til at blive gammeljomfru. Den smukke, intelligente kvinde er ikke interesseret i nogen af sine bejlere, for hun vil kun giftes med en mand, hun virkelig elsker. Lord Damerel er tydeligvis også betaget af Venetia, men hun tør ikke give ham sit hjerte, før hun har fundet ud af, om der virkelig banker et blødt og nobelt hjerte et sted i den berygtede libertiners bryst.