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Two sworn enemies - a bookish daughter of a scholar and an arrogant heir to a Duke made a pact: If they were single in a decade they would get married. Nicola thought this was a joke. The Duke of Westleigh did not. Ten years later the Duke of Westleigh appears to claim his bride, but Nicola is not convinced. He is determined to marry her. She is determined to convince him she is not the marrying kind. Both bet they can change each other’s minds, who will win?

Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch haven't seen much trouble of late. Fact is, burgeoning Appaloosa and the territory had been without incident for months. But with recent reports of village raids, coupled with the arrival of a young widow from San Francisco, the lawmen are about to be put to the test. Rose McMaster, the feisty daughter of Virgil's half-brother, ushers in a whole new unsuspected brand of trouble.

八代将軍・吉宗の寵姫である竹姫が大奥女中の雑用を引き受ける男衆の五菜に襲われた。竹姫の操を奪おうとした行為に吉宗は激怒。

A moving and unforgettable tale of love and family secrets set in Georgia in the 1940s from visionary Tyler Perry and acclaimed author Echo Brown, based on Perry’s original screenplay and Netflix film of the same name.

When you're going through hell, you need The Devils on your side.

将軍の毒味役｢鬼役｣を務める矢背蔵人介。将軍を誹謗する落首を書いたとして、知己の奥医師が切腹を申し付けられた。冤罪を晴らさんと動く蔵人介の前に立ちはだかったのは「甲賀五人之者」と呼ばれる手練たち。

After Jimmy's shocking departure, Nellie Castle is feeling bereft. And with Rodney being elusive, she's determined to do all she can to help her youngest son Bert get back on his feet following the terrible injuries he sustained in the bombing. Plagued by guilt and nightmares, the last thing Bert wants is to return to the café - being there only makes his guilt over Gladys's death worse. His relationship with nurse Vi is helping somewhat, but when he receives a formal summons to the trial of the woman who tried to kill him, he is plunged back into the depths of despair.

Aristocratic sleuth Charles Lenox makes a triumphant return to London from his travels to America to investigate a mystery hidden in the architecture of the city itself, in The Hidden City by critically acclaimed author Charles Finch...

「辣腕同心」の勇名とは裏腹に、連夜の大酒宴に興じる八卷卯之吉。その正体がバレぬよう健気に尽くすダメ幇間の銀八だったが、下総から出てきた伯父金五郎の百姓踊りにまでお株を奪われる始末。

お夏が再会したその男は、親に捨てられ泥棒稼業に身をやつした過去の持ち主だった。一時期はまっとうな道を歩もうとした彼だが、世間の風は容赦ない。「生まれてこなければよかった」。

In late Victorian England, private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn find themselves in the middle of the deadly chaos when powerful forces align to take over London's criminal underworld.

新井白石から「大奥を跪せよ」と命じられた勘定吟味役水城聡四郎だが、絵島事件の衝撃を受け、大奥の調べは引き延ばされた。

将軍の毒味役、鬼役を代々務めてきた矢背家。当主の蔵人介は、ついに自らの跡を継ぐ者として居候の卯三郎を試すこととする。命懸けの毒味、驚異の水練、死に物狂いの武芸、桁外れの早駆け……。

御用金を着服して公領の大水を引かせ、世間を驚嘆させた放蕩同心、八巻卯之吉がついに江戸に戻ってきた。

正紀の近習植村の嫁取り、待望の世継ぎ誕生と、慶事が続いた高岡藩井上家。そんな中、本家浜松藩の扶持米と、分家下妻藩が仕入れた銘茶緑苑が奪われた。扶持米は藩士の血の一滴だ。銘茶は藩財政を救う鍵となる。

Bisclavret is cursed: to live his life in exile; to take a wolf's shape involuntarily; to lie to everybody he meets. And yet he has always dreamed of knighthood, of brotherhood and belonging. When the old king dies unexpectedly, Bisclavret travels to the royal court to seek his rightful inheritance and swear fealty to the new king. It's here that he discovers the mysterious young warrior now wearing the crown is willing to offer him far more than just his father's lands, and suddenly the life that seemed like an impossible fantasy is catapulted within his grasp.

将軍の毒味役を務める矢背蔵人介は、実父・孫兵衛の料理屋で孫兵衛の元上役である天守番之頭・中村勝之進と出会う。しかし、中村は何者かに斬られてしまう。その裏には薩摩の影がちらつく。

Germany is at war. The Nazis have absolute power. Evil men carry out their crimes without fear, knowing that the police dare not defy the regime. But Criminal Inspector Schenke - a good man living in terrible times - believes in justice. Whatever the personal cost.

In the aftermath of a tumultuous year, Fiona Winslow finds solace in the decaying grandeur of Wurimbirra, the rambling family estate on the east coast of Australia she once called home. Intent on restoring it, she discovers the keys to more than just the dilapidated mansion—beneath the crumbling plaster and dust are secrets that have been buried for a generation. When a misshelved book, The Midnight Estate, catches her attention in her late uncle's library, Fiona is plunged into a tale that mirrors her own—a story of love, loss and betrayal.

関八州の出水は公領を水没させたばかりか、ついに江戸にまで魔の手を伸ばす。増水する大川に公儀も手をこまねくなか、公領で呑気に踊り狂っているのはご存知放蕩同心・八巻卯之吉。