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A situationship refers to an amorous or close connection that is not delineated by explicit limits, designations, or enduring obligations. These types of connections stand out for their vagueness and adaptability, granting individuals the opportunity to experience camaraderie and closeness devoid of the conventional anticipations associated with a dedicated relationship. While this arrangement may offer a sense of liberation and impromptu enjoyment, it frequently gives rise to ambiguity and intricate emotional dynamics. The absence of a concrete relationship definition can provoke ...

Sulle coste tempestose della Bretagna, si consuma l'amore tormentato tra una ragazza di città e un giovane pescatore, i cui destini sono legati al mare... Il piccolo villaggio di Paimpol conosce solo due stagioni: quella in cui si parte per le battute di pesca verso la lontana Islanda e quella in cui si torna a casa (anche se non sempre al completo). Quando la sofisticata Gaud, cresciuta a Parigi, conosce l’impenetrabile Yann, le crudeli regole del mare sembrano per un attimo annullarsi. Ma forse è solo un’illusione, un miraggio che si perde nell’enigma eterno delle onde.

Ruth Connell’s beloved theater is under threat! In desperation, she approaches reclusive playwright Artemis Goode. If Artemis can write a hit, Ruth can save her troupe from financial ruin. Yet, it’s not just Ruth’s livelihood in need of saving, but Artemis’s shattered heart, too. As quickly as their personalities clash, their passion ignites! But while that leads their play toward success, it also leads Ruth closer to the end of her partnership with Artemis.

Leaving England after his disastrous proposal was refused at Hunsford, Darcy spent two lonely years in Scotland and Ireland before returning home to face Elizabeth Bennet, certain that he could regard her as an indifferent acquaintance. Events that transpired in his absence have left Elizabeth a changed woman. The victim of a marriage by deception to Count Stefano, she has suffered greatly at his hands. Will Mr. Darcy rescue the woman he vowed to forget?

One old farmhouse brought them together. It could also tear them apart. Gigi has just uprooted her whole world to start a new life. The unexpected gift of a farmhouse in small-town Montana is just what she and her daughter need to escape big-city loneliness. The last thing she needs is attitude from the town’s sheriff, the most perfectly attractive and ruggedly handsome man she’s ever laid eyes on—and a complete jerk.

She has vowed she will never marry...Miss Sophia Hayward knows all about men and their immoral behavior. She has watched her father and older brother behave like reckless fools her entire life. All she wants is to avoid marriage to a lord until she reaches her majority because she has plans which do not include a husband. Until she meets the one peer who will not take a hint.

Beautiful, headstrong Afton is taken from her parents at an early age and raised in the castle, a companion to the earl’s daughter. Schooled in the ways of kings and surrounded by splendor, Afton falls in love with the earl’s son, brave, Calhoun, her childhood protector. But Calhoun’s mother, the Lady Endeline, has much different plans for him than marriage to a villein’s daughter. Suddenly Afton’s world is torn viciously apart. She is cast out of the castle, given to a man she fears and despises as a reward for his loyalty—an all too clear reminder that, for all her dreams, she...

Charlotte Lucas marries Mr. Collins, a man she can neither love nor respect, but what more can a plain-faced girl with no dowry hope for? When Mr. Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam visit Lady Catherine, Charlotte and the Colonel conspire to help Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy reach an understanding before the visit ends. In the process, Charlotte falls in love with the Colonel, and learns that he cares for her as well! Alas, their love is doomed, as Charlotte is very much married. When Mr. Bennet dies, Charlotte and Mr. Collins soon find themselves living at Longbourn. But life at Longbourn is far ...

When mill heiress Miss Emily Marsham agrees to a marriage born out of tragedy and hardheaded necessity, her hopes for future marital bliss aren’t high. Adam Blackthorn, the ambitious manager of one of her father’s mills, is not what she expected in a husband. Can she make the best of her situation and be a dutiful wife, or will Adam challenge her to become something else entirely?

A young suitor with his eyes on a forbidden love... and an old feud that threatens to tear them apart. Locked in a secret romance with the stunning Lady Amelia, Philip, the Earl of Crawford, is determined to win her hand in marriage... but if her pompous brother Alfred catches wind, he fears their old University feud will shatter their chance at love.

Mark Johnson didn't want a wife, but his Pinkerton boss demanded he take one. Then Mark saw Evangeline, and she stole his heart. Impossible as it may seem, he loved her. Evangeline stared at Mark, but there was no love coming from her eyes. To go along with Archie's deal, she'd marry Mark. Besides, she had plans. She needed to be a Pinkerton agent, and like it or not, she needed Mark to free her brother.

Struggling to support her family after her husband’s death, Caroline Harding attracts the attention of the ruthless Captain Francis Grafton who offers her a devil’s bargain to pay back her debts to him. Outwitting her enigmatic employer and unwillingly gaining his approval significantly changes her life for the better, but can she win his loyalty and his heart when he appears to care for nothing but profit?

In the Regency era's glittering society, the Earl of Sheffield, Peter Mellingham, witnesses his cousin's murder and becomes a target himself. To escape the killers, he adopts a daring disguise as Cynthia Meadows, his best friend's younger sister. As Peter and his loyal friend Brendon journey to Worthing for the transformation, the villains are never far behind. Meanwhile, Cynthia's heart races with fear while also finding unexpected love in the form of Miss Elsbeth Palfrey.

Una mujer maltratada. Un Highlander feroz. ¿Es lo suficientemente fuerte como para luchar contra los demonios que amenazan con destruirla? Madeline MacDonald ha sido víctima de la crueldad de su hermanastro desde la muerte de sus padres en un incendio dos años atrás. Obligada a comprometerse con un hombre que odia, su única salida es escapar a un convento. Lord Alexander Grant está obligado por su honor a rescatar a Maddie después de ver los golpes en su cara. Lo que no sabe es que, una vez que tenga a la muchacha en sus brazos, su corazón nunca volverá a ser el mismo. Él jura ...

¿Podrá el destino separar a estos corazones solitarios? Mientras las llamas la envuelven, Merry du Boise lucha inútilmente contra las cuerdas que la retienen antes de ceder a su destino. Milagrosamente, un guerrero intrépido la saca de la hoguera y de una muerte segura, colocándola bajo su protección. Ahora, al ser condenada por herejía y con los rumores de que practica brujería, los problemas de Merry apenas han comenzado. Luke es el comandante del rey y ha combatido antes al fuego logrando sobrevivir. Usando su apodo ganado con tanto esfuerzo, el Fénix, ha ascendido al servicio ...

Un grande romanzo storico ambientato nella Napoli del ’700. Un viaggio modernissimo nella Napoli di oggi per risalire al passato, scritto da un grande autore italiano. La storia d’amore tra un grande compositore e una giovane ragazza di buona famiglia, una sorta di Abelardo ed Eloisa nella magnificenza del barocco partenopeo. Come in molti bellissimi romanzi dei nostri anni, il passato e il presente si inseguono e si riflettono l’uno nell’altro. Culicchia sa raccontare, far riflettere, emozionare.

You are formally invited to the Highland wedding event of the year. (Regrets Only!) Their marriage was two decades in the making. Elizabeth Hay is young, educated, and has her own ideas about her life. Alexander Macpherson is a Highlander and a pirate and not about to be tied down to some delicate court flower. But honor dictates they go through with the betrothal arranged when they were still children. Now the wedding ceremony is only a week away. Each wants to put an end to the nuptials, but fate has a way of bollixing the best-made plans. As the biggest storm in memory sweeps through ...

England, 1941. Reunited briefly with her husband-to-be before he returns to fighting, Lily Baker now finds her mundane army office work dreary. But when her boss asks her to keep watch on the happenings at the depot, she quickly suspects a new weapons supplier of fraud. As she trains her sharp eye on the potential cheat, she agrees to help an unmarried colleague with an unexpected pregnancy. But when, without evidence, she is accused of being the one with child, she faces hard decisions.

Mary Rose had been born and raised in Canada, but when love called her to her fiancé’s Far East, she packed up her bags, flew to Singapore three days early — and walked in on him with another woman. Unwilling to turn around and go back home, she stayed on and proved her value as a nurse at a big Singapore hospital, but after three months of being the target of well-meaning pity, she was ready to look for some other place in which to make her way in life. And to her surprise, she got one — when one of her patients, a handsome Kiwi war hero, who through an unfortunate series of ...

Three stolen princesses, a missing criminal king, and a princess who can’t help falling in love… Princess Kaylee doesn’t want to stay inside. Her parents, King Caleb and Queen Katherine insist she stay tucked away inside the castle in their kingdom of Arteria until the mystery of the kidnapped princesses is solved. When Kaylee defies their orders and ventures outside with a group of friends, it’s her cousin, Princess Jenna, who is taken. Now, Kaylee is in a race against time to find her cousin before something awful happens to her. If she can keep from getting killed herself. ...