Cathérine, die leidenschaftliche Frau von märchenhafter Süße, deren bewegtes Los bereits Millionen von Lesern gefesselt hat, bricht in diesem Roman zu ihrem zärtlichsten und gefahrenreichsten Abenteuer auf. Auf einer Pilgerfahrt ist ihr geliebter Ehemann in maurische Gefangenschaft geraten, in der er einer liebestollen Prinzessin zu Diensten sein muß. Cathérine setzt alles daran, den sehnsüchtig vermißten Gatten, den sie dem Schicksal gegen alle Widerstände abgetrotzt hat, zu befreien … Das mittelalterliche Spanien mit dem düsteren Prunk seiner Paläste und der Macht- und Blutgier seiner kleinen und großen Despoten, mit seinen Kerkern und Klöstern, seiner wilden Natur und seinem weiten Himmel wird zum grandiosen Turnierplatz, auf dem Cathérine de Montsalvy mit ihren Gegnern die Waffen, auch die urweiblichen der Verführung, kreuzt.Titel der Originalausgabe: ›Cathérine et le temps d'aimer‹

Une vingtaine de portraits de femmes emblématiques et incontournables du règne de Louis XIV. Espionnes, maîtresses ou courtisanes, elles évoluent toutes dans l'ombre du Roi-Soleil.Agent secret de Louis XIV, femme de lettres et de pouvoir, aventurière, rebelle, épouse bafouée, intrigante ou favorite... toutes les femmes réunies par Juliette Benzoni évoluent dans l'ombre du Roi-Soleil. Toutes sont des figures emblématiques et incontournables du Grand Siècle. Alliant le souffle de l'aventure à la rigueur de l'histoire, Juliette Benzoni redonne vie à ces figures de femmes exceptionnelles, qu'elles soient espionnes, maîtresses ou courtisanes, qu'il s'agisse des sœurs Mancini, de la princesse des Ursins, de la Grande Mademoiselle, d'Henriette d'Angleterre, de la marquise de Sévigné, de Louise de La Vallière ou encore de Ninon de Lenclos...

Elite 8th Wing pilot Celene Jur was taken captive after a mysterious device temporarily disabled her ship's controls. Three solar months later, when Celene receives intel on the man who built the device, she's ready to get the bastard. Only problem is, the higher-ups think her mission partner should be Nils Calder, a tech-head who can understand the disabling device. The attraction between them is electric, but Celene needs a soldier who can watch her back as she exacts her revenge.Nils knows his department is nicknamed NerdWorks. Pilots like Celene think the closest tech geeks come to combat is all-night Nifalian chess tournaments. But behind the NerdWorks insignia on his sleeve Nils is an able fighter, ready to prove himself and gain Celene's trust.The desire between them is unexpected, but with the fate of thousands hanging in the balance, the hotshot pilot and the tech genius must succeed in their mission—no matter the cost.

Rebecca MandevilleThe story of The Changeling is told by Angelet's daughter, Rebecca, who was born in Benedict Lansdon's house in an Australian gold-mining township. Before Rebecca was born, her father had died saving another man's life. She had always looked up to him as a great hero and when she heard that her mother was to marry Benedict Lansdon, she was deeply shocked.The prolific British author of historical romances (The Pool of St. Branok) continues her lavishly entwined narrative of the families connected to Benedict Lansdon, now a recently bereaved widower, absentee father and wealthy seeker of a Parliament seat. Narrated by Benedict's aggrieved stepdaughter, Rebecca, this complex tale of love and betrayal concerns a three-cornered sibling relationship involving Rebecca, her half-sister, Belinda and Lucie, a country waif informally adopted by Benedict. Aware that her father blames her for her mother's death in childbirth, Belinda takes refuge in michievous behavior. Placid Lucie, however, fits in well with the family, though her lineage is suspect and clouded with mysterious events at St. Branok's pool. Although Belinda seems the most obvious "changeling," Carr sustains an air of doubt and intrigue. The ambience of the Cornish countryside and of Victorian London permeate this piquantly Gothic family saga.

A story set in Regency England. When a chivalrous impulse saddles Viscount Desford with a homeless waif in the engaging shape of Cherry Steane, he asks his childhood playmate, Henrietta Silverdale, for help. Although they refused to oblige their parents by marrying, they remain the best of friends.

In the Faerie realm, Noli Braddock's relationship with her best friend V has grown into something more. But V's mother, Faerie Queen Tiana, has ruled that they are forbidden to see each other. Returning to the mortal realm, Noli joins the crew of her brother's air-pirate ship, the Vixen's Revenge. There she discovers that her brother has hired the scallywag Faerie huntsman, Kevighn Silver. While serving as shipmates, Kevighn and Noli learn that the Earth Court King plans to find a forbidden artifact--one that will bring destruction to everyone Noli loves.

In 1218 an extraordinary princess is born, whose mystical powers and unquenchable spirit will alter the course of history…

Darcy has invited the Bennets and the Bingleys to spend the Christmastide’s festive days at Pemberley. But as he and Elizabeth journey to their estate to join the gathered families, a blizzard blankets the English countryside. The Darcys find themselves stranded at a small inn while Pemberley is inundated with refugees seeking shelter from the storm.Without her brother’s strong presence, Georgiana Darcy tries desperately to manage the chaos surrounding the arrival of six invited guests and eleven unscheduled visitors. But bitter feuds, old jealousies and intimate secrets quickly rise to the surface. Has Lady Catherine returned to Pemberley for forgiveness or revenge? Will the manipulative Caroline Bingley find a soul mate? Shall Kitty Bennet and Georgiana know happiness?Written in Regency style and including Austen’s romantic entanglements and sardonic humor, Christmas at Pemberley places Jane Austen’s most beloved characters in an exciting yuletide story that speaks to the love, the family spirit and the generosity that remain as the heart of Christmas.

His Vengeance Was SweetJudith Easton knew that even the spirit of Christmas wouldn't stop the Marquess of Denbigh from settling the score with her. For the beautiful young widow had injured Denbigh's rigid pride years ago by jilting him for another man.Now that Judith was free from her nightmare marriage to that other man, the bold and handsome Marquess made no secret that he had her in his sights and wanted her in his arms.But how could she trust the tender words on his lips when she could sense the hardness of his heart? And after she had made so grievous a mistake in love once, how could she ever trust her own heart's desire again?The marquess slowed his pace, and Judith followed suit. She turned to him and fixed her eyes on the top button of his greatcoat as his gloved hands cupped her face. She lifted her hands and rested her palms against his chest. And she lifted her eyes to his and then closed them as his mouth came down to cover hers.He was the man she had feared for so long. She tried to remember the impression she had had of his face until now-harsh, the eyes steel-gray, the lips thin. It was he who was kissing her, she told herself.Was this the face of love? The face of hate? And did she, in this moment of abandoned ecstasy, any longer care?

Augusta Ballinger estaba segura de que se trataba de un terrible error. No era posible que el temible, pomposo y peligrosamente perturbador conde de Graystone quisiera casarse con ella… porque se rumoreaba que la elegida tenía que ser un dechado de virtudes. Y todos sabían que ella, la última descendiente de los desenfrenados Ballinger de Northumberland, no respetaba las normas sociales. Con el fin de convencer al conde de que no es la esposa apropiada, planea un encuentro a medianoche. Pero al entrar en la casa por una ventana sólo consigue fortalecer la resolución de él: arrancar a besos la risa de esos labios de miel y enseñar buen comportamiento a la indomable jovencita. Pero un viejo enemigo irrumpe para amenazar el amor de los dos, su honor e incluso su vida.

Every woman dreams of saying 'I do.' Jilly Jones did — and years of a deeply imperfect marriage followed. Now living in London and working in a charming bookshop, the free-spirited Jilly is perfectly content with her newfound independence.until she meets a dashing naval officer who sparks her longing for a real happily ever after.Captain Stephen Arrow is just home after years of service, and he's in no hurry to give up his hard-won freedom. The meddlesome bluestocking Jilly Jones is exactly the kind of woman he doesn't need.But there's something about her that keeps drawing Stephen back to the bookshop. With her sparkling wit and understated beauty, she seems like a surprisingly real match for Stephen. But will a scandalous chapter in Jilly's past stand in the way of their heated attraction? For this bachelor, nothing is impossible.

In a galaxy torn apart by war...Mara Skiren is a scavenger, a black-market dealer. Blackmailed into helping Commander Kell Frayne infiltrate a treacherous corner of the galaxy, Mara learns that her biggest danger is from her sexy, by-the-book partner. She's a loner with more than a few battle scars on her heart, but something about Commander Frayne stirs up her long-buried need for an intimate connection.An ace pilot for the elite Black Wraith Squadron, Kell's mission is to rescue a lost pilot and ship. Unable to deny his attraction to the beautiful, rebellious Mara, he decides bedding her would cool his ardor. But one taste is not nearly enough, and he finds himself sharing more of his real self with her than he has with anyone.With deadly criminals on their heels and an increasingly dangerous assignment to complete, he's starting to wonder...if they survived, could he let her go? And will Mara want to stay?

At the age of eighteen, James Brandon's world is shattered when the girl he loves, Eliza, is forced to marry his brother. In despair, he joins the army and leaves England for the East Indies for the next several years. Upon his return, he finds Eliza in a debtor's prison. He rescues her from her terrible situation, but she is dying of consumption and he can do nothing but watch and wait. Heartbroken at her death, he takes some consolation in her illegitimate daughter, who he raises as his ward. But at the age of fifteen, his ward goes missing. Devastated by the thought of what could have happened to her, he is surprised to find himself falling in love with Marianne Dashwood. But Marianne is falling in love with the charismatic Willoughby...

A woman with no name and no memory…The two men who claim her:one with love, the other with fear…A dazzling tale of secret passions--and a love tragically lost and miraculously reborn--by the incomparable storyteller.Mere days after Ashton Wingate's wedding to the enchanting Lierin, capricious Fate stole the Mississippi plantation owner's beloved from him. Now, three years later, his carriage has collided with a cloaked rider on horseback: a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to the young bride who was swallowed up by the merciless river.She awakens from unconsciousness in his magnificent home with no memory of who she is. Yet the tenderness of this noble, caring stranger who lovingly calls her "Lierin" soon captures her heart and inflames her with wanting. Then another enters their lives, threatening to destroy the happiness they have rediscovered in each other's arms--the dark and dangerous Malcolm Sinclair, who claims the enigmatic beauty is, in fact, his own wife, Lenore. But Ashton has sworn that he will not lose his adored one a second time, and he will risk any peril to preserve their newfound joy--no matter what the unremembered secrets of his lady's past ultimately reveal.LIERINWith no name and no memory, she awakens from a nightmare of madness into the lives of two stranger. One she desires, one she fears--but both have claimed her heart.To handsome plantation owner Ashton Wingate, she is Lierin--the cherished bride cruelly stolen from him by capricious Fate. The other calls her Lenore--entangling the lost, tormented beauty in his sinister web of perilous deceit. But it is in the adoring arms of noble Ashton that her true destiny awaits--as they join together to unlock the mysteries of a shadowed past. . .and to rekindle the flames of a glorious love once vanished but never forgotten.

Cuando Elizabeth Hotchkiss se hizo con una copia del libro?Como casarse con un marqués?, lo hizo en el momento apropiado. Ella debía casarse por dinero para mantener a sus hermanos y una guía sobre seducción puede ser justo lo que necesita?. Pero cuando James Sidwell, marqués de Riverdalle, se ofrece a ayudarla a encontrar un marido, nunca soñó que el único candidato que podía proponer era él mismo?

Carolyn Turner, vizcondesa Wingate, está completamente escandalizada por la última selección llevada a cabo por la sociedad literaria de Londres. Memorias de una amante es escandalosamente explícito y absolutamente perverso… y despierta en ella sentimientos que nunca supo que tuviera. Está convencida de que esta erótica lectura es el único motivo por el que está sucumbiendo a los encantos del célebre libertino Daniel Sutton, lord Surbrooke. Es del todo imposible que esté enamorándose del granuja y sus ilícitas caricias… ¿o no?Lo último que Daniel deseaba era pronunciar los votos matrimoniales. Desea con ansia a Carolyn, cierto, pero nunca imaginó que una vez que la arrastrara a su cama jamás quisiera dejarla marchar. Pero sólo cuando un asesino convierte a su amada en su objetivo, Daniel se ve incitado a confesar su amor… y a reclamar a Carolyn como su mujer.

Carolyn Turner, Viscountess Wingate, is absolutely shocked by the Ladies Literary Society of London's latest selection. Memoirs of a Mistress is scandalously explicit and downright wicked… and it's stirring feelings within Carolyn that she hasn't felt… well, ever! She's sure that this steamy read is the only reason she's succumbing to the charms of notorious rogue Daniel Sutton, Lord Surbrooke. She couldn't possibly be falling for the rascal and his illicit caresses… or could she?The last thing Daniel wanted was to be shackled by marriage vows. He lusted after Carolyn, sure, but he never imagined that once he lured her to his bed he'd never want to let her go. Yet only when a murderer targets his beloved will he be spurred to confess his true love… and claim Carolyn as his bride.

Książka opowiada o tytułowej córce pirata. Dziewczyna nie wie, kim jest jej ojciec, a gdy się o tym dowiaduje, muszą oboje się ukryć. Ojciec wysyła ją do swojego przyjaciela nakazując, aby udawała, iż straciła pamięć i nikomu nie wyjawiła swojej tożsamości. Książka jest bardzo płytka. Fabuła mogłaby zostać dobrze wykorzystana, bo jest to materiał na dobry romans. Tak jednak się nie stało. Po przeczytaniu czytelnik jest zawiedziony, że cała sprawa została tak łatwo rozwiązana, i czuje niedosyt…

Young Kitty Charing stands to inherit a vast fortune from her irascible great-uncle Matthew--provided she marries one of her cousins. Kitty is not wholly adverse to the plan, if the right nephew proposes. Unfortunately, Kitty has set her heart on Jack Westruther, a confirmed rake, who seems to have no inclination to marry her anytime soon. In an effort to make Jack jealous, and to see a little more of the world than her isolated life on her great-uncle's estate has afforded her, Kitty devises a plan. She convinces yet another of her cousins, the honorable Freddy Standen, to pretend to be engaged to her. Her plan would bring her to London on a visit to Freddy's family and (hopefully) render the elusive Mr. Westruther madly jealous.