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1793. L'ultimo desiderio del tirannico lord Lavenham è stato chiaro: suo nipote, sir Tristram, dovrà sposare la giovane cugina Eustacie, che ha cercato rifugio in Inghilterra per sfuggire al regime del Terrore che si sta diffondendo in Francia. Ma Eustacie, impulsiva e romantica, non ci pensa neppure a sposarsi, e quindi si dà alla fuga… finendo così dritta fra le braccia di un contrabbandiere che, destino vuole, porta lo stesso cognome del nonno.

Miss Maddie Smythe My callous father wagered me to a brooding stranger during a hand of cards, leaving me terrified. But Lord Wheaton was nothing like the baron who’d forced me into servitude and gave me away. The handsome marquess was compassionate, honorable, and my only hope for a future. I...

After more than a decade separated from his home and family, the Earl of Heathbrook returns to his London townhouse to face a new test: reclaiming guardianship of his younger brothers. His reputation as a rakehell, it seems, has followed him from detention inside Napoleon’s France and caused his own father to block Heathbrook’s rightful custody in his will. However, the clever rogue concocts a plan to restore respectability and rescue his siblings . . . by finding a “fiancée” with no strings attached.

Bridgerton meets The Goldfinch in How to Fake It in Society, a stunning queer romance by rising genre star KJ Charles. It is 1821 and Nicolas-Marc, Comte de Valois de La Motte is making a splash in London Society. The son of Jeanne de Valois de La Motte, infamous for stealing a priceless diamond...

A sapphic regency romance about the duke who fears nothing—until the woman she never forgot walks through the door and brings her to her knees. Set in a world of powerful female nobles and the women who love them... Kate, Duke of Howard, is known throughout Europe as a merciless autocrat not...

Il barone Andrew Hastings è un furfante della peggior specie: libertino, arrogante e pieno di sé, è soprannominato il Selvaggio di Hungerford, e non ha mai fatto nulla per smentire la sua fama, ma quando rivede Rhiannon deve fare i conti con il suo passato e con tutti gli errori che ha commesso. Rhiannon deve sposarsi, o finirà i suoi giorni da zitella. Resta solo un dubbio: quale pretendente scegliere, se l’unico che l’attrae è anche il solo da cui deve tenersi alla larga?

Inghilterra, '800. Opaline è una lady molto particolare: aristocratica, bella come il sole, con due splendidi occhi color fiordaliso, potrebbe ambire a sposare un duca. Ma a lei non importa nulla dei salotti mondani o di sfoggiare vestiti e sorrisi a Londra durante la Stagione; il suo desiderio più grande è vivere in campagna, tra il cielo e l’erba, a contatto con la natura, gli animali, e il ricordo della sua idilliaca infanzia.

Wie verrucht ist der Lord wirklich? Eine junge Miss soll es herausfinden. Der Ruf von Alastair Woodrow, Marquess of Merrypenny, eilt ihm in der Umgebung seines Familiensitzes schon voraus. Es geht das Gerücht um, dass der Marquess jeden zweiten Freitag ausschweifende Maskenbälle im Herrenhaus veranstaltet. Doch niemand weiß etwas Genaues. Deborah Silverfield ist der Marquess durch seinen Lebenswandel zuwider. Deswegen traut sie ihren Ohren nicht, als ihr Ziehvater, der Vikar des Ortes, ausgerechnet sie ins Herrenhaus schickt, um sich um die Tochter des Marquess als Gouvernante zu kümmern.

In den glitzernden Ballsälen und anrüchigen Spielhöllen des englischen Regency ist der berüchtigte Lord Tristan Breckenridge ein Name, der mit ehrfürchtigem Schaudern geflüstert wird. Als ein Kartenspiel mit hohem Einsatz ihn dazu bringt, die bezaubernde Miss Emmeline Brooks zu gewinnen–eine tugendhafte Dame, unberührt vom Reiz der Londoner Gesellschaft–werden ihre Schicksale unwiderruflich miteinander verflochten. Tristan, ein charmanter Schurke mit einer Abneigung gegen die Ehe, hatte nie damit gerechnet, durch ein Glücksspiel eine Frau zu erwerben.

When a scandalous letter threatens to shatter the pristine Rutherford legacy, Silas Rutherford, the Duke of Ayston, is forced to descend into the filth of Covent Garden. To unmask a ruthless blackmailer, he must strike a devil’s bargain with the one woman the ton has cast into the shadows. He is the "Saint of St. James," a man of iron-clad morality and icy restraint.

Alors qu'elle est élève à Rosebridge Academy, une prestigieuse école de lettres, Jane Marlowe fait la découverte d'un manuscrit relatant l'histoire d'amour à l'origine de la création de ces lieux. Hélène Cavendish, jeune servante rejetée et maltraitée par ses parents, et James Granton, aristocrate fortuné et homme de lettres féministe, n'auraient jamais dû se rencontrer. Pourtant, dans l'intimité d'une écurie, naît une idylle interdite. Comment leur amour a-t-il pu faire face aux convenances de la Régence anglaise, aux lourdes attentes mondaines et aux ombres du passé ?

What's in a Name? Hidden at Ashwick Hall, Emma Wynn must stay "dead" until she comes of age, then prove she can protect her brother. A visit to Lady Eagleton draws her to the reclusive Mr Carne, but rumours about him could ruin everything. Disgraced by a false accusation, Oliver Carne retreats to his Cornish estate and shuts out the world. Meeting Emma makes him question his exile and whether he might reclaim his honour after all.

Zwischen all den übereifrigen Kupplungsbemühungen im Viktorianischen England finden sich die auf Wohltätigkeit bedachte Lady Catherine Breckenridge und der charismatische Herzog von Bedford in einer vorgetäuschten Liebesgeschichte wieder, wobei sie ihre Überzeugungen auf einem schmalen Grat zwischen Verstellung und wahrer Leidenschaft zu enträtseln versuchen.

After years of hardship, Miss Susannah Croft is given a chance to start anew in a quiet Sussex village. As she builds a life for herself and her daughter, Sukey must overcome gossip, old betrayals, and her own fears. The support of steadfast friends and the unexpected kindness shown her exceed her expectations. She is content, and yet longings that can never be satisfied begin to intrude on her peace. Thomas Townsend has built a life of quiet responsibility as a country gentleman. Beneath his easy charm lies a man marked by loyalty and integrity.

When Elizabeth Bennet discovers her father intends to force her marriage to the insufferable Mr. Collins, she demands one thing before she decides her fate—a kiss of her own choosing, with a man she selects. Fitzwilliam Darcy has admired Miss Elizabeth for weeks. Her distress finally moves him to act on his growing affections. Their one kiss changes everything. With her sister Mary's help, Elizabeth flees Longbourn before dawn and places her future in the hands of a man she barely knows.

Manche Geheimnisse sollten niemals ans Licht kommen …Für Lady Helena Carter ist es keineswegs verwerflich, ein Mauerblümchen und ein Blaustrumpf zu sein. Sie wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher als Unabhängigkeit. Ihr Vater hat es ihr nie leicht gemacht, und ihre Mutter will nur eines: dass Helena endlich einen Ehemann findet–irgendeinen Mann, Hauptsache verheiratet. Um ihr Ziel zu erreichen, schmiedet sie einen scheinbar narrensicheren Plan, der ihren größten Wunsch erfüllen soll. Nur gibt es ein Problem–und im Mittelpunkt steht ausgerechnet ein Mann.

Miss Flora Bridges is well accustomed to village gossip—but while whispers of witchcraft she can endure, accusations of murder are quite another matter.

Deux romans dans lesquels les dames se retrouvent accidentellement liées à leur futur mari. Lorsque la femme qui lui est promise s'enfuit avec un autre, le vicomte Dominic Kelbourne se résout à se marier avec Torie, la sœur fantasque de sa fiancée. Montée précipitamment dans un fiacre vers l'Écosse, Clara Vetry prétend être la nouvelle gouvernante dans le château du mystérieux Caelan.

Iona's magic thrives in ways that defy explanation. The threads of fate pull Iona to Lysander College, an illustrious school for aristocratic witches of great renown. Though Iona is only a novice witch with no ancestral claim to old magic, her anomalous power garners the unwanted attention of imperious witches in her class.

She never wanted a fairy tale prince —but he showed up anyway. Nursing her sister at Netherfield should have been Elizabeth Bennet’s only concern. Instead, she must endure Mr. Darcy’s intense scrutiny and Miss Bingley’s pointed barbs. And after relentless rain turns the road home into a river, Elizabeth is forced to make a daring rescue. Now she’s sick, stranded, and at the mercy of Mr. Darcy’s unsettling concern. Fitzwilliam Darcy lives his life by the rules: stay composed, stay detached, and never, ever fall for a woman outside his sphere.