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Self-made industrialist Sir William Christie tempts the scorn of London society by attempting to seduce Catrin Jones, a modest but opinionated battlefield nurse who earned notoriety after surviving a naval shipwreck. His ambition to secure her exclusive story is part of his latest business plan, while her intention is to marry well before her moment of fame expires. With respectability, wealth, and security at stake, they must decide whether love is worth embracing just a little more scandal...

Zwei Menschen, die durch eine unerwünschte Fügung zusammengeführt wurden, finden etwas, von dem keiner von beiden geglaubt hat, dass er es jemals haben würde.Jane, von Natur aus ein Mauerblümchen, hat sich schon vor langer Zeit damit abgefunden, einmal als alte Jungfer zu enden.

Es ist die Zeit des dritten Kreuzzuges. Die schöne Nasrin, Tochter des Emirs aus dem erhabenen Haus al-Dir, führt ein behütetes Leben. Als der mächtige Saladin ihrem Vater den Kreuzritter Bernhard von Markward als Sklaven schenkt, ist sie von dessen Stolz und Mut fasziniert. Bald empfinden Nasrin und Bernhard mehr füreinander als nur Bewunderung. Doch ihre Gefühle werden auf eine harte Probe gestellt, als die Kreuzritter unter Richard Löwenherz gegen Akkon ziehen...

«الحب ليس سوى حالة ارتياب، فكيف لك أن تكون على يقين من إحساس مبني أصلًا على فوضى الحواس، وعلى حالة متبادلة من سوء الفهم يتوقع فيها كل واحد أنه يعرف عن الآخر ما يكفي ليحبه».

Rebecca Plummer is a healer, midwife, and caregiver to women whose strength has been diminished by childbearing, near starvation, and abuse. In 1812, when the United States invades Canada, Rebecca’s dedication to healing is put to the test. Told from multiple perspectives, the listener is given interwoven views of the war, and contrasting perceptions about Rebecca and her life. Based on real people and historical events, this fictionalized account is told from the Canadian perspective and presents a rarely seen view of life in war-torn, rural Canada.

In the summer of 1944 the work for the resistance movement takes all Helene's time and energy. There are indications that they have an informer in the group and Helene is under suspicion. At the same time, she is very much in love with a German soldier, but she is very afraid that he informed the authorities about a certain bomb attack. She decides to find the informer herself...

“La gente semplice non desidera fare cose straordinarie, ma lasciarsi cullare dai ritmi, dai profumi delle stagioni e vivere i propri sogni. Che cosa saremmo se non avessimo i nostri sogni? La vita si nutre di sogni!”. Ambientato negli anni Quaranta, il romanzo è una nenia di fiducia per chi, nonostante la guerra (e le tante guerre quotidiane), continua a fare progetti, attingendo a un serbatoio di energie che viene dal lavoro delle proprie mani, dalla creatività, dalla voglia di difendersi dalla crudeltà.

Die junge Freya reißt des nachts von zu Hause aus und strandet in einer Klosterruine. Eine freundliche Frau nimmt sie auf und bietet ihr ein Obdach an. Freya könnte sich hier wohl fühlen, wäre da nicht dieser ungehobelte und grobe Highlander, der sie offensichtlich begehrt, aber pausenlos schikaniert. Doch Freya hat ein Geheimnis, das sie unbedingt für sich behalten will ...

On her eighteenth birthday, Honor Harris meets Sir Richard Grenvile: he is proud, reckless—and utterly captivating. They have a rare connection, and with her beauty and sharp wit, she intrigues him too. But days before their wedding, tragedy strikes and Honor must reconcile herself to a life alone. Fifteen years later, war forces Honor to shelter with her sister at the Cornish estate of Menabilly. There, she meets Richard, who has risen through the ranks to become a general in the king's army.

Sir Horley Comewithers isn’t particularly interested in getting married, especially when his match is a perfectly respectable young woman. Sir Horley is, after all, extravagantly gay. But he’s resigned to a fate there’s no point resisting—until a dear friend does it for him. Arabella Tarleton has no interest in romance, but even she can see that Sir Horley’s nuptials are destined to end in a lifetime of misery. Well, not on her watch. And what are friends for, if not abducting you on the night before your wedding in an overdramatic attempt to save you from a terrible mistake?

Growing up as an orphan on the streets of Aberdeen, Scotland, Bran MacKay had a rough life. To save his adopted sister from paying for one of his past mistakes, he needs a large sum of money. Upon overhearing a plot to rob a business, he beats the thieves to the establishment. When he learns his actions could cost an innocent lass her business, he endeavors to make amends by secretly helping her earn back what he took. As he grows to care for her, he discovers a devious plot afoot to undermine her success, and it becomes harder for him to admit the truth of his part in her possible downfall.

Michael Mason, surgeon for the enemy ship Three Queens, faces an uphill battle as he holds the precariously balanced life of Sneaky Lass captain, Bennett Holt, in his hands. He finds his vow to save lives is in direct conflict with his personal feelings about the surly captain and the secrets Bennett asks Michael to keep. Bennett mourns the loss of his health, but more so chokes on the damage to his pride. Having not completed his mission to destroy Captain Gates, he fears appearing weak in the eyes of the Sneaky Lass crew. Worse still, each day, infection draws on his strength.

Shy Helene dreams of studying at university, finding love and getting married. A chance encounter leads her down a dangerous path with increasingly desperate choices to make in order to survive in this time of war and crisis.

Nimic nu părea să o predestineze pe Inés Suárez, o croitoreasă spaniolă frumuşică şi modestă, unei vieţi ieşite din comun. Însă Inés se hotărăşte să-şi regăsească soţul, plecat la război dincolo de Ocean, şi astfel tânăra ajunge în Americi, unde o aşteaptă o nouă iubire, dar şi o viaţă plină de lupte grele şi rare momente de fericire. Alături de căpitanul Pedro de Valvidia, această eroină a Spaniei de care istoria s-a ocupat atât de puţin ajunge adevărata întemeietoare a Regatului Chile.

Josephine Greyville, the daughter of an earl finds herself kidnapped on the eve of her wedding by her fiance's twin who just happens to be a pirate...a true devil of the high seas. Torn between the duty to marry the man she's promised to and caught up in the storm of passion she finds with her new pirate captor, Josephine fears she must choose between her family and her heart.

Widower Sir Adam Wilson has put off remarrying in favor of seeing to his textile business and the tenants farmers who work the fields. At thirty-five and a father of a young daughter, he can no longer ignore his need for an heir. When he discovers how his grandfather found his Lady Wilson, he decides to do the same—run a bride contest at the local fair.

Lady Rose Gardner strives to live up to her name—the perfect flower—flawless, beautiful, accomplished, and confident, but her efforts always seem to come up short. When she finds she is unable to fulfill her parents’ expectations of a brilliant match to a titled gentleman, the Earl and Countess Gardner give her an ultimatum she cannot ignore: secure the marriage she was raised for right away, or be promised to an unscrupulous fortune hunter of noble birth.

After his failed proposal at Hunsford, Fitzwilliam Darcy suffers a devastating accident that alters the course of his future. Overwhelmed with concern, unresolved feelings, and self-blame, Elizabeth Bennet finds herself compelled to stay by his side throughout his recovery. Is this fate’s way of giving them a second chance, or are some wounds too deep to heal?

Jean, the daughter of the Laird's farrier, has loved Alan, successor to the lairdship of Clan Grant, for years. At 16, Jean was hired as the castle's kitchen help, and worshipped Alan from afar. But Alan paid her no attention, and his good looks attracted the affections of many women, especially Lady Janet, a woman full of conceit, envy, and jealousy, to whom he is betrothed. But Alan's heart does not beat with love for Lady Janet, who his parents expect he will marry.

Georgiana Darcy wants nothing more than to fall in love, yet her innate reserve as well as a traumatic event in her past makes her uneasy in company—particularly in the company of gentlemen. She desires a husband and family, but how is she to manage such a feat when she will not even consider partaking of a London Season? She cannot so much as hold a meaningful conversation with most men, which does not bode well for falling in love.