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Miss Mariah Wynn was adopted and has spent her life attempting to prove herself worthy. Intelligent and witty, it's nonetheless not a good idea to let a gentleman know you actually have brains. After all, no one marries the bluestocking, even if she is beautiful and but twenty one. One man who laughs in the face of bluestockings is Patrick O'Leary, Viscount Donal. He knows the woman's place, and that is most certainly in the home.

Harriet Hapgood has always delighted in arranging the lives of others, while generally doing as she pleased. And after having thwarted her cousin Caroline's engagement, what better way to pass a dull winter than in helping Caroline to a new husband? Her cousin sets her sights on the glittering Mr. St. John Rotherwood, so Hetty cheerfully puts her shoulder to the matchmaking wheel.

Miss Theodosia Ashbrooke does not believe there is anything greater than matching the perfect pair—and she's become rather expert in it. Never mind that she's never found the missing half to her own soul and body. Perhaps that's not her lot in life, even at the age of eight and twenty. Her own failure is Albemarle Howard, Earl of Lenskeyn. He's rude, he's arrogant, he's overly confident, and nothing Theodosia can do makes a difference. Albemarle has found his match though: and he is sure it is Theodosia.

Though ostensibly in London for her debut, Miss Deirdre Wheaton is far more interested in meeting celebrated poets than eligible bachelors. In fact, her deepest, most secret desire is to have her own poetry published someday...until she meets the Marquis of Wrotham.

England, 1814. Edith Hapgood only has eyes for art. As the darling pride of her family, she has been encouraged in her passion for painting, making it easy for her to overlook other objects of affection. But her distant cousin, one of her chief friends and companions from the age of eleven, has no intention of being forgotten as the creative world opens to her.

Plin de suspans, romantic, îmbibat de atmosfera de secol XIX, noul roman al britanicei Diane Setterfield, scris cu aceeași fervoare ca explozivul ei debut literar A treisprezecea poveste, combină superstiția cu descoperirea științifică, magia și legendele cu povești de iubire și ură, purtându-și cititorii în cel mai misterios loc de pe malurile Tamisei. Nominalizat pe lista scurtă la HWA Gold Crown Award 2019, bestseller în topurile din The Times și Sunday Times, una dintre "Cele mai bune cărți ale lunii decembrie 2018 de pe Amazon", romanul A fost odată un râu e tradus în peste 20 de țări.

Cuando un matrimonio de conveniencia se convierte en cualquier cosa menos conveniente para un duque lleno de secretos oscuros, la Bella acabará por domar a la Bestia. Acechado por un terrible secreto, Dorian, el duque de Rath, se encuentra consumido por la ira y la culpa. El poderoso noble está dispuesto a soportar cualquier tortura con tal de expiar sus pecados, incluso si eso significa casarse con la hermana menor de su víctima, una completa desconocida, para salvar a su familia de la ruina.

FITZ WILLIAM DARCY WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED the depravity dwelling in the hearts of those he thought he knew best. On the run from hired killers, he is forced into hiding in the mean streets of London with the only person he can trust being Elizabeth Bennet.

Lady Josephine Watkins hatte den Herzog von Constantan nicht mit ihrem Pfeil treffen wollen. Getrieben von Schuldgefühlen und dem Verlangen, ihn wieder gesunden zu sehen, weigert sie sich, von seiner Seite zu weichen. Niemals hätte sie gedacht, dass der verwegene Herzog ihr Herz stehlen würde. Devon Mowbray, Herzog von Constantan, trieb die Neugier nach Faversham Abbey. Er hatte nur den Earl, besser bekannt als das Biest von Faversham, kennenlernen und danach sofort wieder abreisen wollen.

Years after his arrival in the original tale, a widowed Mr. Bingley finally takes up residence at Netherfield. His close friend, Mr. Darcy, has spent these intervening years in a relentless quest for the ideal wife, gracing every ball and partaking in every dance of the Season. Yet, each potential match he encounters lacks a certain something. His friends have grown skeptical of his insistence that he intends to enter matrimony.

Sie: von ihrem Bruder aus Geldnot in eine Ehe gezwungen. Er: ab der Taille gelähmt, dennoch will er sie als seine Braut … Miss Felicity Newberry ist ihrem Bruder zuliebe gezwungen, einen Marquess zu heiratet, den sie noch nie zuvor getroffen hat. Sie stimmt der Ehe zu, um ihrem Bruder aus einer finanziellen Krise zu helfen. Doch als sie ihren Ehemann, den charmanten Vernon Payton, Marquess of Kittredge, endlich kennenlernt, stellt sie fest, dass er seit seinem „schwarzen Tag“, an den er keine Erinnerung hat, ab der Taille gelähmt ist.

Lady Tabitha Pemberton möchte nichts mehr als ihre erste Saison zu genießen ohne sich zu verlieben, aber als Lady X von einer verbotenen Verabredung zwischen Tabitha und Colin Brooks, Graf von Harcourt, schreibt, verändert sich alles. Jetzt muss sich Tabitha zwischen ihrem Ruf und ihrem sehnlichen Wunsch ungebunden zu bleiben entscheiden.

Jason, Lord Kilmore, a fortune-hunter, elopes with a beautiful but birdwitted heiress. Penny Bryant, escaping her wicked uncle, elopes with a kind but humorless doctor. Meeting on the road to Gretna Green, both find their plans in conflict with their hearts.

Darf eine Debütantin aus bestem Hause sich in einen Bow-Street-Runner aus der schmutzigsten Ecke Londons verlieben? Einen reichen Herrn von Stand heiraten! Das ist für Lavinia Allen der einzige Weg, einem Leben bei lieblosen Verwandten oder einem tristen Dasein als Gesellschafterin launischer Damen zu entgehen. Kaum zum Debüt in London angekommen, buhlen etliche Lords um ihre Gunst. Doch bald muss Lavinia erkennen, dass ihr Herz ausgerechnet für Jack Parker schlägt – einen Mann, der genau das Gegenteil von dem ist, was sie sucht!

Theo, Duke of Lightmorrow and Bernadette, Dowager Duchess of Tunbridge, grew up together and both experienced the pain of families who didn’t appreciate them. Now that their mutual friends are married, they’ve rekindled a friendship that is also highly flirtatious. When one tipsy night Bernadette admits she wishes she could take a lover, Theo is shocked. At first he tries to put Etta off the idea, but he soon realizes she’s too tenacious and decides there’s only one way to keep her safe: volunteer as the man in her bed.

Mira Marleigh hides behind a pen name to write scandalous stories about the lords and ladies of society at the court of Queen Charlotte. Her world is turned upside down when an outrageous circular she writes sends Regency buck, Finnegan Underwood, on the run for murder. As Mira heads to the Devon coast in search of the real culprit, she finds herself caught in a den of ruffians and scoundrels, not least Finnegan himself. Now turned smuggler, he is proving to be one lawbreaker who is very hard to resist.

Lady Lucy não está nada contente ao se ver obrigada a introduzir sua sobrinha Ina nas aclamadas festas de Londres. Não gostava nada da aurora iluminada das garotas mais jovens! Mas eis que a bela e inocente Ina finalmente chega apesar de seus protestos. Durante uma festa na mansão senhorial do Marquês de Chale, Ina desenha o anfitrião, pois se sente inspirada por sua presença. Na verdade, ela possui estranhos poderes e consegue ver cenas do futuro e sentir o verdadeiro caráter daqueles que desenha.

De criada a Rainha! Xênia Sandon não passava de uma dama de companhia quando entrou no trem, mas o destino preparou-lhe uma surpresa! A pobre jovem esbarrou-se com Johanna Xênia, uma nobre prima distante. Que surpresa quando percebem que são idênticas e possuem o mesmo nome! A prima estava noiva e de casamento marcado com o Rei da Lituânia, mas seu coração pertencia a outro. Angustiada para rever seu grande amor, Johanna implorou a Xênia que ela tomasse o seu lugar, apenas por uma semana... Assustada com a proposta, mas de bom coração, ela aceitou sem pensar nas consequências.

Lady Evelin era rica, bonita e apaixonada. Noiva do nobre Robert Broadmoor, ela logo iria se casar e teria tudo o que sempre sonhou. Que desilusão quando descobre que seu noivo quer se unir a ela não por amor, mas por dinheiro! Evelin resolve fugir para se esconder dos mexericos e cicatrizar sua desilusão. Decidida a não revelar sua identidade, a jovem se apresenta como a simples Sra. Winters e começa a trabalhar na mansão do duque de Castleforde.

Lord Alistair McDonon possui uma vida deslumbrante em Londres, mas seu cotidiano chega ao fim quando recebe a notícia trágica de que seus dois irmãos morreram afogados... Seu pai autoritário o convoca à Escócia para que ele assuma o título de Marquês de Kildonon e o cargo de herdeiro da chefia do clã. O jovem fica aborrecido, pois mal conhece sua terra natal e não está nada acostumado com as velhas cerimônias místicas dos clãs. Lorde Alistair fica ainda mais horrorizado quando descobre que deve se casar com Lady Moraig McNain para incentivar a união dos clãs que estão em conflito há séculos.