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Sometimes you find love in the most unexpected of places... This is not one of those times. Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. The two families have been neighbors for centuries, and as a child the tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew. Either one...

During a spring visit to Kent, Elizabeth Bennet expects nothing more than polite society and the quiet duties of friendship. She does not expect to encounter Fitzwilliam Darcy, nor to discover how deeply time and reflection have altered them both. At Rosings Park, where pride once prevailed, chance meetings beneath April’s budding trees awaken feelings neither has forgotten. Darcy is determined to earn her good opinion; Elizabeth is determined to guard her heart. Yet as Easter approaches and restraint gives way to renewal, hope begins to blossom where doubt once lived. When Darcy speaks ...

When Mrs. Dashwood is forced by an avaricious daughter-in-law to leave the family home in Sussex, she takes her three daughters to live in a modest cottage in Devon. For Elinor, the eldest daughter, the move means a painful separation from the man she loves, but her sister Marianne finds in Devon the romance and excitement which she longs for.

"It is the way of the world, Elizabeth. Men hold power over women, but I am not a man who wants to wield such power. I would prefer a woman who has some power over me". Fitzwilliam Darcy already has one arranged marriage in his past. The last thing he envisions for himself is another, yet he has somehow become entrapped in a promise to a dying man. Not only must Darcy overcome his resentment in order to live up to his sense of honour, but when he realises how deeply his heart may be engaged, he must convince Elizabeth Bennet of his true feelings.

Elizabeth Bennet—shocked, dismayed, and emotional following Mr Darcy’s offensive proposal in Hunsford parsonage—makes a flippant remark to her friend Charlotte Collins. She observes that, given Mr Darcy’s disdain for her family, accepting him would be the worst punishment imaginable for him, for then he would be forever connected to the very people he so despised. She speaks in jest…but Mrs Collins fears she might be serious.

The Heathcliff we know is obsessive, possessive and cruel, bound and beholden to his childhood love and would-be soulmate Catherine, and their home at Wuthering Heights. But before his descent into monstrous revenge, there were three missing years. A time of possibility, freedom and a different kind of love… With Cathy’s rejection burning hot in his ears, Heathcliff flees the moors and arrives in London, seeking distraction and oblivion...

“Start with Douglas Adams’s comic science fiction (A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and J.R.R. Tolkien’s alternative worlds, mix in James Ellroy’s gritty realism and Jonathan Swift’s unflinching satire and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get something like Terry Pratchett’s Thud...

When the dangerous men who killed her husband in a political assassination threaten Ara, Duchess of Burghly, the Crown assigns her a bodyguard. But the man charged with protecting her is no stranger. He’s Clayton Ludlow, the bastard son of a duke and the first man she ever loved. Eight years after he took her innocence and ruthlessly abandoned her, he’s back in her drawing room and her life. This time, she’s older, wiser, and stronger. She will resist him at any cost and make him pay for the past.

Juliana Fairfax, the daughter of the Earl of Garland, vanished from London society two years ago, leaving behind scandal and silence. Now she is back to protect her sister’s debut, carrying the weight of a secret that still haunts her. Hardened by heartbreak, she is determined to stay out of the spotlight, but escaping her past proves harder than she imagined… Dominic Wexley, Marquess of Longwood, has spent years wondering why the charming Juliana disappeared without a word. When she reappears in his world, the questions come rushing back. He wants answers, but more than that, he wants ...

In the fourth audiobook in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, the values of a Victorian gentleman, the young clergyman Mark Robarts, are put to the test. Though he lives a comfortable life, has a doting wife, children and a patroness in Lady Lufton, his ambitions stretch beyond the little village of Framley. Through a combination of naivety and social climbing, Robarts is compromised and brought to the brink of financial and social ruin by the disreputable politician, Sowerby.

A determined young woman. A charming but misguided gentleman. When their paths cross, can God use unlikely means to change them both? In this uplifting Regency romance, an intelligent young woman from the countryside reluctantly accepts guidance from an infuriating gentleman of the ton. But his teasing sparks more than irritation—and soon challenges her resolve in ways she never expected. She thinks he is arrogant and vain … The Davis family has newly entered the gentry through their unusual connection to the Earl of Saunton. Now the earl insists Emma Davis and her sister join them for ...

1197 A.D. - Smarting from the loss of his betrothed, Sir Keller de Poyer has learned not to trust women. A bear of a man with a brilliant mind, Keller is socially awkward but an accomplished knight. He is so accomplished in fact that his liege William Marshal gifts the man with lands in Wales for his meritorious service. But there is a catch - in order to secure the lands and titles, he must marry the Welsh heiress.

Fall through time… Trip to the English countryside. Check. Eccentric manor with a mysterious artifact. Check. Faerie costume at a May Day party. Check. Getting struck by lightning and waking up in 1192. Definitely not on the itinerary. Archaeologist Elodie Hart talks too much, trips over her own feet, and has just fallen eight hundred years into the past, landing at the boots of a scarred knight who hasn’t spoken a word in three years. Sir Gareth de Clare is feared, battle-hardened, and silent after a betrayal that nearly cost him his life. He communicates through glares, gestures, and ...

Morgan de Wolfe, cousin to Edward de Wolfe, earl of Wolverhampton (and father of William de Wolfe of The Wolfe), finds himself the perfect man for an Executioner Knight’s job. Assuming the identity of a dead man, he makes his way to the Welsh border to infiltrate his way into a castle stolen by a Marshal enemy. His task is to use the dead man’s identity to reclaim the castle. What he didn’t count on was a woman who could quite possibly ruin his mission. And possible even his life.

Cecily Bradshaw has despised Nash Markham since before they met. His captivating smile and overdone charms might blind others from the insufferable tease he is, but not Cecily. Only once, in the naïveté of youth, did her resolve momentarily falter, and she is determined it will never happen again. Especially not when, years after their first meeting, Nash returns to England a wealthier and even more devastatingly handsome gentleman than when he left.

“Wholly immersive and impeccably researched, Bryn Turnbull’s tale brings the time vividly to life.” —Toronto Star on The Paris Deception For fans of Kate Quinn and Kristin Hannah, this sweeping love story follows a young couple whose lives are irrevocably changed when they’re separated...

Five full-length Scottish romance novels to sweep you away. Book 1: A Promise to Be Kept Her knees tremble when she first lays eyes on her betrothed. Except, this beast of a Highlander isn’t her betrothed after all... Book 2: A Price to Be Paid It might have taken eight long years, but the past is finally buried. Until it rises from the grave and knocks on her door... Book 3: A Heart to Be Tamed She swore she’d had enough of powerful lairds, playing their powerful games. Until she wakes up next to one... Book 4: A Sword to Be Sheathed This perfect soldier could have any woman in the ...

A recent widow, Lady Arabella Grey hires the young and unconventional Zandra Lancaster as governess to her children. Despite Zandra's impressive recommendations, Arabella is skeptical and unimpressed by Zandra's youth and artistic nature. But Zandra is brilliant with her daughters, and Arabella's inexplicably drawn to her.

In 1869, Gloriana Womack's family is much smaller since smallpox killed her mother and two of her siblings. She lives in a modest cottage in Duluth, Minnesota, with her father and young brother, and she has dedicated her life to holding her tiny, fractured family together - especially as her father is frequently gone on long fishing trips. Their livelihood may come from the waters of Lake Superior, but storms on the lake can be dangerous, even to those who know it well. Luke Carson has come to Duluth to help shepherd the arrival of the railroad to the city's port.

Left penniless and alone after her father's sudden death, Isabella Barrett accepts a position at Harrowgate Manor, an isolated estate shrouded in secrets and sorrow. Whispers stalk the halls. Icy fingers graze her skin. And shadowed figures watch her from the dark. The spirits want something from her—and their intentions are growing darker. Her new employer, the enigmatic Rhys Caradoc, is a man forged of silence and secrets. He claims to need her help cataloguing his rare book collection, but Isabella soon realizes he knows far more about her gift—and her past—than he should.