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Georgiana Milford may be a wealthy heiress without title, but even she has her limits. It's vexing enough to be courted by every fortune-hunting noble during the Season—goodness, you'd think she was hiding a gold mine beneath her skirts! But this is not to be condoned. Because during a merry two-week party at a lord's country home, she's forced to endure her father's greatest enemy and the most wretched duke in all of England: the Duke of Despots.

A blacksmith in need of a miracle, a livery stable owner requiring rescue- Will an arranged marriage bring more than either bargained for? A widowed blacksmith, Joseph Evans, is hardened, hard-pressed, and weighed down by the needs of his unusual family. If only he could find a housekeeper. But they’re in short supply, and Joseph needs one with the patience of Job. “I don’t want a wife. What I need is a miracle.” Livery stable owner Birdie Murphy needs another pair of hands to save her family home and business. In desperation, she seeks the help of a matchmaker. “I don’t want ...

When Harry Kincaid’s flighty older sister decides to join her husband on an Egyptian expedition, Harry, a former naval captain, is left in the lurch, minding her three unruly children and giant, mad dog. But Harry has a busy career at the Admiralty that requires all his attention, and he has no clue how to manage the little rascals or when his sister is coming back. In desperation, he goes to Miss Prentice’s School for Young Ladies prepared to pay whatever it takes to hire an emergency governess quick sharp to ensure everything in his formerly ordered house is run shipshape again.

Daire Claymore, Duke of Claymore, does not understand why he is so drawn to Moonstone Landing, the sleepy village on the coast of Cornwall. He has all the wealth and power any man can want and women who will come running to warm his bed at his slightest nod. He is used to getting whatever strikes his fancy. Except he cannot coax, bribe, buy, or get the impertinent Brenna Angel. Not that he wants her, although she is stunning and irresistible in an irritating way. He is merely negotiating to purchase a property owned by the stubborn beauty.

Beautiful renegade Anne Bonny disguised herself as a man and joined a pirate crew in Nassau in 1718. Captured off the Jamaican coast two years later, she was convicted of piracy on the high seas and condemned to hang. Though never pardoned or paroled, there is no record that she died in prison. She was lost to history. This is the story of Anne's rebellious beginnings, romantic obsessions, her adventures as a pirate and what may have happened after she disappeared.

Rachel will do anything to save her mother, even steal the money needed for her surgery. So when an old woman leaves a golden spindle on the Chicago's Navy Pier, she grabs her prize—and is hurtled back in time to 874 AD. Awakening near a village in Norway, she finds chests of jewels and gold ripe for the picking…and a dreamy Viking warrior she'd rather kiss than rob.

Anthropologist Cara Eastman arrives on the Isle of Skye to investigate Dunscaith's connection to a series of myths around a woman warrior—the Scathach. After stepping through the unbarred door to the past, she finds herself in the right place at the right time, since the very thing she intended to investigate has made a reappearance. Only, this time, the Scathach is leaving a trial of bodies in her wake.

The gossips say his soul is as black as his cravats. Handsome, enigmatic Duncan Kirkwood is the prince of London’s most exclusive—and wicked—gaming club. He founded his empire upon one goal: gaining vengeance against the man who sired him and abandoned his mother. To society, Lady Frederica Isling is a quiet, proper duke’s daughter and wallflower. No one suspects she harbors a secret desire to become a renowned novelist. She’ll go to any lengths to conduct research for her manuscript, including infiltrating Kirkwood’s notorious club disguised as her brother.

The unlikely heroine of this novel is the bashful and unadventurous Fanny Price, who occupies a Cinderella-like position in the residence of her wealthy cousins, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. Fanny is the butt of ridicule for the young Bertram sisters (Maria and Julia), and is relentlessly bullied by her manipulative and penny-pinching aunt, the widowed Mrs Norris.

London, 1601—a golden city soon to erupt in flames. Shay is a messenger-girl, falconer, and fortune teller who sees the future in the patterns of birds. Nonesuch is the dark star of the city's fabled Blackfriars Theatre, where a cast of press-ganged boys perform for London's gentry. When the pair meet, Shay falls in love with the performances—and with Nonesuch himself.

Tegen de achtergrond van wereldoorlogen, politieke schandalen en maatschappelijke onrust proberen opeenvolgende generaties uit de familie Clifton hun weg te vinden. In een verhaal dat decennia en continenten omspant, laat Jeffrey Archer je meeleven met hun lotgevallen en brengt hij op grandioze wijze een voorbij tijdperk tot leven. In 1957 krijgt Sebastian Clifton een beurs voor Cambridge, en daarmee zet een nieuwe generatie Cliftons de familiesaga voort.

Psykhe has always been different. Fair as Venus, the goddess of love, and with the hard-won ability to save the lives of those of mortal blood, she is both shunned and revered. When she unwittingly provokes Venus, she and her sisters lose everything. Psykhe must find a way to make amends and support her family. Befriended by an old woman, Nokturna, Psykhe finds herself irresistibly drawn to her young friend, Ambrose. But neither is what they seem.

Kinsey is running. She promised her dying sister she’d take her nephew away from his shiftless father, even if it brands her a kidnapper. She’s taken them as far as she can, but the money has run out in Kansas. Viktor is running, too. By now he should’ve been married to the former teacher, but she left him at the altar and now he’s the running joke. Kinsey’s desperate for a job and a safe place. Viktor needs to hire a school marm and offers her both. Their prayers are answered as slowly they open their hearts to each other, but their fragile love is built on secrets. When ...

Can his mail-order bride handle the diversity that comes with her husband’s dangerous vocation? Together will they blend their opposing desires to create a recipe for love? Selah Anderson agrees to participate in a matchmaking service organized by her pastor and the orphanage's matron, where she spent most of her life and become a mail-order bride. The man of her dreams will share her love of creating delicious confections and running a successful bakery. People will come for miles to purchase her specialty-shoo-fly pie. Stagecoach driver Emerson Clark isn’t looking for love. But he ...

London, 1372. Bittere Reue verspürt Sir Gilbert Wolford, als er die junge Lady Valerie mit der Witwenhaube erblickt. Denn er war es, der ihren Mann in ein tödliches Gefecht entsandt hat. Immer wieder kreuzen sich ihre Wege im Savoy-Palast in London, wo Gil auf den Einsatz nach Kastilien wartet. Doch dann erhält der Ritter eines Tages vom König persönlich einen pikanten Befehl: Er soll Valerie heiraten! Gil muss gehorchen, aber es schmerzt so sehr. Denn er will keine Ehe aus höfischem Gehorsam, er will das Herz der schönen Witwe, will ihr heiße Liebe und Kinder schenken.

When Eleanor Abbott is released from prison after serving time for a crime she didn’t commit, there doesn’t seem to be a place for her in New York anymore. Her family treats her like an embarrassment, and the neighbors shun her. Longing for a new start, she writes to a rancher in California through correspondence courtship, using an assumed name to cover her tracks. When Sam Strong responds, the connection seems promising. She travels west to meet him, and he and his town of Eden Spring provide the refuge she seeks. But Eleanor (now Ellen) can’t shake the past and remains haunted by ...

Two men in competition to capture the heart of a cautious cook. Is this a recipe for disaster or true love? Alice Connelly agrees to participate in a new matchmaking project organized by her pastor and the orphanage's matron. She can find no peace accepting a role as a mail-order bride and instead becomes the first volunteer to accept a job in a local restaurant and relocate to Carrie Town, Texas. She hopes the experience will help her to discover what she wants in life. But in a town where single men outnumber women thirty to one, she’s more confused than ever. Thrilled to put her skills...

John Carter, also known as "King Carter," was a notorious smuggler who operated in the 18th century in Cornwall, England. He was the leader of a gang of smugglers based in Prussia Cove, a secluded area along the coast known for its rugged cliffs and hidden caves. King Carter and his gang were infamous for their daring smuggling operations, which involved evading the authorities and smuggling contraband goods such as tea, brandy, and tobacco into the country.

На борту океанского лайнера встречаются двое: Адель Глимпс отправляется на похороны бывшего возлюбленного, с которым она рассталась 20 лет назад, а Джереми поднимается на корабль в мечтах о лучшей жизни. Она путешествует первым классом, он — третьим. Она — опытный мастер-часовщик, а он еще только мечтает стать джазовым музыкантом. Адель и Джереми — такие разные, и все-таки их пути пересекаются. Какие грани жизни они откроют друг другу? Долгожданная новинка от признанного во всем мире мастера романтических историй Марка Леви.

Bath 1816. Wenn eine junge Frau von ihrem Beinah-Verlobten für eine andere verlassen wird, bleiben ihr zwei Möglichkeiten: Sie scheidet an einem gebrochenen Herzen dahin oder sie sorgt dafür, dass sie rasch mit jemand anderem vor dem Altar landet. Der jungen Lucy Wright steht der Sinn nach Letzterem. Um ihren verletzten Stolz zu retten, fasst sie einen tollkühnen Plan: Noch vor dem Weihnachtstag wird sie einen Lord heiraten. In dem ehrenhaften Lord Brinkhurst und dem unterhaltsamen Lord Cessil findet sie schnell zwei passende Kandidaten.