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Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street, in the same Welsh seaside town, is the rival bakery: Green's. As Gilly's grandfather falls ill, and facing the outbreak of the Second World War, things look tough for the Jenkins. Amidst the hardship of war they face an unexpected tragedy. Their feud with the Greens intensifies, and a new arrival in the town causes consternation. Yet, despite it all romance blossoms across the divide as Gilly falls for Paul, a dashing pilot and heir to the Green business.

Bryher Finch's life isn't just a disaster, it's a catastrophe, until a chance invitation to chart her family tree changes everything. As Bryher uncovers the ancestry she never knew about, she stumbles on the find of the century – Anne Boleyn's 'B' necklace, as enigmatic as Henry VIII's most notorious Queen herself.

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?

A love that spans centuries. A choice that could change everything. Newly married and adjusting to life in the past, Dr. Abigail Thorne has built a home with Captain Ben Turner in colonial America. But when a visit from her twin brother stirs old emotions, Abigail proposes a bold idea—one that will take her and Ben back to the future for a visit. Ben has fought battles before, but none quite like this. The modern world is a dazzling whirlwind of wonders, but he fears it may be too enticing for Abigail to leave behind again.

Though not a superstitious man, Lord Dearborn humors his mother by going to her fortuneteller, who informs him that he will meet his Destiny —a beautiful blonde —this very Season. He scoffs, until he meets Miss Rosalind Winston-Fitts, an absolute vision of blonde loveliness. Entranced, he believes the fortuneteller may have been right after all and pursues the new beauty with an eye to making her his wife. To be sure, Miss Rosalind is not as witty or lively as her small, dark cousin, Miss Elinor O'Day, but Dearborn's tastes have always run to statuesque blondes.

When the war-scarred Viscount Penrydd washes up in 1799 Newport minus his memory, Gwenllian ap Ewyas decides not to tell him he owns, and threatened to sell, the property she’s made a refuge for her and other lost souls. Gwen found healing from her haunted past by making St. Sefin’s into a sanctuary for the hurt and abandoned, and she’ll do anything to preserve the place—including lie to the English lord who owns it until she can win him to her cause. But making Penrydd her stableboy is a dangerous game, especially when he’s a target for an outside menace moving into Newport.

Chelsea Fergusson, daughter of the impoverished Earl of Dumfries, is a desperate young lady with an indecent plan to get out of an unwanted marriage to an old lecher by losing her virginity to London's most infamous libertine, Sinjin St. John, Duke of Seth, “the Saint.” Sinjin, sworn bachelor, sexy rogue and bedder of beautiful women, was sure nothing could surprise him.

Too many children in Meryton and Longbourn Village are plagued with terrifying nightmares, yet no one wonders why. Mr. Darcy arrives to visit his friend Mr. Bingley and senses the unhappiness of some of the children. His special lullaby seems to help these children, but something is causing the nightmares to return. What is doing this? Or, who is doing this? Darcy has never felt so many affected souls in one neighborhood and wonders at the persistence of these unusual and exceptionally terrifying nightmares.

Rewinding Time: A Pride & Prejudice Variation is a novel in which Darcy and Elizabeth separately (and unbeknownst to each other) find themselves in possession of a potion that enables them to travel back one hour in time. The potion enables Darcy and Elizabeth to go back and change their mistakes, sometimes only to make new and different ones, and occasionally with farcical results. You will enjoy listening to multiple variations of some of your favorite scenes from Pride & Prejudice, much more than Darcy or Elizabeth will enjoy experiencing them…

When Abby Proctor is kidnapped from a train in the middle of the desert halfway to her new life in California, she makes a promise to herself—she will escape. Because there's a reason Abby is leaving Iowa and all its oppressions behind, and she refuses to be someone's prisoner again. Especially when that someone is the infamous female outlaw Joey "JT London" Taylor, Abby's brash, brooding, and inconveniently beautiful captor.

Für seine Tapferkeit in der Schlacht als Lyon bekannt, akzeptiert Piers de Montgomerie die Herausforderung von König David, einen lästigen Aufstand der Highlander niederzuschlagen. Im Gegenzug erhält er umstrittene Ländereien – doch schon bald erkennt er, dass nur die schöne Highlanderin, deren Bruder sich ihm nie beugen wird, sein wahres Begehren stillen kann.

Der plötzliche Tod seines Vaters holt Valerian Gale von seinen Ausgrabungen in Pompeji zurück nach England. Dort erwarten ihn nicht nur der Titel des Earls of Windham und der Vorsitz des »Zirkels der Freunde der römischen Antike«, sondern auch ein belastendes Vermächtnis: Sein Vater hat die Familie in finanziellen Nöten zurückgelassen und schuldet zudem drei mächtigen Lords spektakuläre römische Artefakte. Als Frau spricht man ihr jeglichen Sachverstand ab, und der einflussreiche Londoner Archäologen-Zirkel lässt nichts unversucht, um in den Besitz ihrer Entdeckungen zu gelangen.

Après le phénomène Les Sept sœurs, découvrez le nouveau roman inédit de Lucinda Riley : des landes sauvages irlandaises aux soirées glamour du Swinging London, l'histoire inoubliable d'un amour perdu.

Innsbruck 1891: Das Nähen ist schon seit Jahren die große Leidenschaft von Elsa. Als sie unerwartet die Möglichkeit erhält, eine Schneiderei zu übernehmen, ist die Erfüllung ihrer Träume greifbar nah. Außerdem lernt sie den weltgewandten Richard kennen, dessen Charme ihr Herz höherschlagen lässt. Inmitten der Wirrungen um die Schneiderei versucht Elsa herauszufinden, was wahre Liebe bedeutet.

Ein Teufelbraten, der entschlossen ist das Leben voll auszukosten … Lady Hannah Blakey hat keine Pläne sich in nächster Zeit niederzulassen. Die Verlockung von Glücksspiel, Pferderennen und Scotch ist viel zu mächtig, nicht zu erwähnen erfreulich. Deshalb ignoriert sie das Beharren ihres Bruders zu heiraten und bremst ihn bei jeder Gelegenheit aus. Ein Mann, der durch eine Freundschaft gebunden ist …

Hermosa, coqueta y viuda desde hace poco, lady Susan Vernon desea volver a casarse, y que el suyo sea un matrimonio ventajoso. Al mismo tiempo, intenta empujar a su hija a una unión deprimente. En palabras de Natalie Jenner, autora de La Sociedad Jane Austen, lady Susan es «uno de los personajes más engañosos y manipuladores» de todos los creados por Jane Austen.

In a time long past, along the Nile, a peace treaty is signed between the powers of Egypt and Rome. As an act of good faith, Arsinoe, Pharaoh Ptolemy's daughter, invites the Roman envoy Albanus to dinner, making for him her three stone soup. As Ptolemy sees the attraction between the two, the pharaoh decides to drive a wedge between the two.

After being pawned off from one relative to the next, all Olivia Ledford desires is to find a stable place to call home. When at her favorite cousin’s request, Olivia returns to Aberdeen, Scotland, she is forced to re-live the worst night of her life and the death of the only man she’s ever loved.

When a devoted monk meets a divine goddess, when unwavering faith collides with irresistible love, does it lead to transcendence or downfall? Love Letters from the Goddess unveils this profound dilemma through 36 soul-stirring letters, carefully selected from the Holy Monk and the Spirit Woman. Hidden in the void for a millennium, these letters now come to light, revealing the poignant and timeless romance between Saraswati, a retired Nepali Living Goddess, and Khyungpo Naljor, a Tibetan pilgrim on a quest for ultimate freedom.

Callum Keith nunca miraba a una mujer dos veces. Cuando obtenía lo que deseaba de ellas, pasaba a la siguiente. Pero desde que vio a Margaret por primera vez, no la ha podido sacar de su mente. Por eso, que lo haya rechazado e insultado, insinuando que se parece al malnacido de su difunto esposo, ha hecho que la odie con la misma intensidad que la desea. Margaret todavía no es capaz de superar los demonios que la atormentan tras su fatídico matrimonio. Ahora, es libre, y madre de un niño al que criar para que no se parezca en absoluto al monstruo que lo engendró.