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Love, true Love! For the lovely, widowed Lady Sherington, it bloomed in her thirty-sixth year, when she was still ravishing enough to pass as the twin of her daughter Trina. But her gentle heart is racked with doubt--for if she were to remarry, her inheritance would be lost, and the handsome Comte she wishes to wed needs a rich wife. Thankfully, she's blessed with a daughter who is both beautiful and smart and fight to solve all their problems. But will she save her late father's estate and her mother's heart.

Beautiful and penniless Felicita Galvão is destitue and all alone in the world when the Duchesse de Monreuil finds her desperately trying to sell her needlework at The Grand Hotel in Lisbon. Felicita reminds the Duchesse of herself as a young woman and the time she met the love of her life Juan, Marques de Oliveira Vasconles. The Marques later abandoned her to marry someone of equal ranking, leaving her heartbroken and bitter.

Accustomed to spending fortunes on fast women and high living, Lord Wynchingham is horrified to lose a fortune in a card game and then finds that he is almost bankrupt. So when Tina Croome, his beautiful orphaned Ward, throws herself on his mercy he says that there is nothing he can do. Unless, she suggests, he uses the last of his credit to launch her into London Society and quickly attract a rich husband. Soon she has a long list of suitors, including the wealthy but odious Lord Welton who Tina reluctantly agrees to marry to save Lord Wynchingham.

Daydreamer and book-lover, Zosina, the eldest daughter of the Archduke Ferdinand of Blitzstein, is reluctantly obedient when her father announces that she must marry King Gorgy of neighbouring Dorsa to create an alliance between the two nations. On her first visit to Dorsa, Zosina is greeted by the beguiling and handsome Prince Regent. By contrast, her betrothed, the King, is wild and disagreeable. For the sake of her people, Zosina must go ahead with the marriage with a hope that someone warmer hides beneath the King's hard exterior.

All'età di dieci anni Miranda Cheever non mostra segni di particolare avvenenza. Per sua sfortuna, è nata in un ambiente che attribuisce grande importanza all'aspetto fisico femminile e, consapevole di essere considerata inferiore a tutte le altre giovani dei dintorni, ha ormai accettato il destino opaco che la società le ha già assegnato. Fino al giorno in cui conosce Nigel Bevelstoke, visconte Turner, il fratello maggiore della sua amica Olivia. Lui ha diciannove anni, è bello come un dio greco, gentile e arguto.

She knows her fiance is out there. Her almost fiance, that is. But she has not heard from him in months, and although she's kept up a brave face with her family, even Ursula is starting to worry. Meets a young man looking to get from here to there with as little fuss as possible . . . Ford accepted a seemingly simple errand for his cousin, Viscount Warrington: bring a racehorse from Epsom to Doncaster in time for the match race of the decade. What he did not count on? A bossy, buxom siren distracting him at every turn.

Eleanor Claridge had it all. A family that loved her, a secret romance with a handsome soldier, and a beautiful home in the seaside town of Brighton. Although her father did not approve of her suitor, she found no fault in him. With respect to her father's wishes, she paused to examine his character. But it was too late. Abducted and taken to Scotland under the ruse of a happy elopement, Eleanor was forced to marry the wicked man she had once loved. And now she has a chance to escape.

Miss Georgina Townsend begged me to ruin her. After all, selfish plunder is what I excel at. How can I, Charles Montclare, second son of an Earl, renowned rake, possibly refuse this beautiful young heiress who's determined to thwart her family's unsavory plans for her future? Of course, I should refuse. She's my friend's younger sister. But she's no longer that spirited young girl. Georgina is now a beautiful and fiery woman who, as always, is making me crazy. Only this time, with desire. This time, with a fire to make her mine.

Josephine Claremont hides her real name—and all the struggles she's endured—behind a beautiful stage name and debonair lifestyle. As the premier actress in London, she is welcomed in all society homes even though she doesn't belong in the haute ton. She is the queen of the demimonde and is determined to maintain that position—even if a dashing viscount is oddly intent on winning her heart.

Elena MacKinnon has spent the last seven years training to become a proper English lady. When her childhood friend, Captain Theo Donovan, returns from serving in the Navy, he brings along with him Elena’s humiliation for the ill-advised and ardent love letter she wrote him before his departure, which he ignored entirely. Elena hopes to simultaneously stifle his memory of the letter and make him regret overlooking her, showing him just how fine an English lady she can be. The only problem? She is not English but a proud Scot—and her heart may be more enamored with Theo than ever.

England, 1786: Liliana Preston hat dem jungen Kapitän Finlay Clark endlich ihre Liebe gestanden und folgt diesem, auch gegen den Willen ihres Vaters, auf sein Schiff. In den Niederlanden verbringen sie romantische Tage, während derer Finlay Liliana einen Antrag macht. Das Glück scheint perfekt – wäre da nicht Lilianas intrigante Mutter, die eine Heirat mit einem Seefahrer um alles in der Welt verhindern will. Zusammen mit dem verräterischen Mr. Parker macht sie eine Frau aus Finlays eher fragwürdiger Vergangenheit ausfindig, die das junge Paar auf eine harte Probe stellt.

Kann wahre Liebe alle Grenzen überwinden? Maximilian von Seybach ist Arzt aus Leidenschaft. Sein größter Wunsch ist es, besonders den Ärmsten der Gesellschaft zu helfen. Das passt ganz und gar nicht zu den ehrgeizigen Plänen seiner Familie. Als er erfährt, dass seine Großmutter bereits eine Ehe mit der wohlhabenden Sophie de Neuville arrangiert hat, ist er außer sich vor Wut. Heimlich hat Maximilian schon lange ein Auge auf die schöne und kluge Louisa geworfen. Das Problem: Louisa ist Dienstmädchen im Hause von Seybach.

Matilda Weldon refuses to marry the husband that her parents have chosen for her. She will, she says, marry the ugliest man in London rather than become the wife of a man she loathes. Her three loyal friends are determined to help her, but how does one advertise for an ugly husband? Then, one day, a solution appears.

He's a master of disguises...but he can't mask true love. Spymaster Harry Harmon's new assignment is to spy on enemies at a country house party. To do that, he'll require a courtesan: learned, truthful, and beautiful.... Poor, sensible, smart Simone Ryland has come to Mrs. Burton's bawdy house in search of work. But instead, she finds Harmon in need of her special skills.

Grace Beaumont ha visto cosa può fare l’amore a una donna. Sua madre ha sacrificato la propria vita per generare il figlio ed erede tanto desiderato. Un padre sconvolto e un fratello appena nato la costringono ad assumere il ruolo di Lady Boldon quando ha solo quindici anni. Tuttavia, trova una consolazione nella libertà e nel potere procurati dalla sua nuova posizione.

Vorhang auf für verbotene Leidenschaften und die ganz große Liebe! Augenscheinlich ist Isabella von Seybach bereit für die kommende Ballsaison. Bereit für atemberaubende Kleider, rauschende Feste und die Suche nach einem Ehemann. Insgeheim schmiedet sie aber ganz andere Pläne: Sie will ihre Leidenschaft für das Theater ausleben! Als Rudolf Heiland, Hofschauspieler und der wohl begehrenswerteste Mann Münchens, Isabella seine verruchte und aufregende Welt zeigt, kann sie nicht widerstehen. Ihr engster Vertrauter Leopold von Löwenstein plant inzwischen seine eigene Zukunft – ohne Isabella.

Kelly Collins wants nothing more than to return to her quiet life in the countryside. When the fate of her family and home are in jeopardy, she has no choice but to travel to London in search of her wayward fiance. But the man she finds in London is not the boy she remembers from her youth. He arouses feelings in her she never imagined. Before long, it isn't just her home, but also her heart, that is at risk.

Redcliffe Park, Northumberland, 1819. Dominic Thorne, Earl of Redcliffe, arrives in Redcliffe village in the far north of England to view his inheritance. The estate, Redcliffe Park, is miles from a decent town and in need of extensive renovation. The former earl, Dominic's uncle, was disliked for his failure to pay his debts, and it’s suspected he distrusted banks and stashed his wealth in a secret place on the estate. It’s assumed Dominic is cut from the same cloth as his uncle—or even worse.

In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent...not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed, because George had secrets...secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy.

In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent… not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she, and her King, needed. Because George has secrets… secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy.