El apuesto oficial de caballería sir Gabriel Boscastle, regresa de Waterloo siendo un héroe, sólo para retomar su búsqueda de placeres prohibidos en Londres. No hay apuesta que este cínico caballero no acepte, ni mujer que no pueda seducir. Pero cuando viaja a la mansión campestre que ganó a las cartas, descubre que existe un juego al que jamás ha jugado, y que podría haber encontrado la horma de su zapato. Su contrincante y vecina no es otra que Alethea Claridge, la única persona que le plantó cara durante sus años más alocados y la única mujer que ha logrado capturar su corazón.La hermosa y solitaria lady Alethea sigue, aparentemente, de luto por su prometido, que murió en la batalla. Pero bajo su escudo de fingida aflicción, oculta un atroz secreto que podría destruir su reputación para siempre. De modo que, cuando una noche este apuesto jinete regresa como un trueno a su vida, comprensiblemente recela de él. Alethea defendió a Gabriel cuando era un muchacho travieso. Pero ahora que es un seductor, le revela sus deseos sensuales sin la menor duda, pese a que jura que se reformará. ¿Se redimirá este irresistible granuja y le devolverá a Alethea la confianza en el amor o la arruinará para siempre? Alethea no tardará en tener la respuesta mientras Gabriel pone en tela de juicio todo lo que ella cree acerca del amor, de sí misma, y de lo que se precisa para ser un héroe.

Cuando la atractiva Caroline Trent es secuestrada por Blake Ravenscroft no lucha para eludir al peligrosamente atractivo agente de la corona. Después de todo, ha pasado la mayoría de sus días huyendo de las indeseadas proposiciones del inútil hijo de su tutor. Sí, Blake cree que ella es la famosa espía Carlotta de Leon, pero ocultarse durante seis semanas -hasta que cumpla 21 años y pueda obtener el control de su fortuna-, junto a su misterioso conveniente, es conveniente y romántico. La misión de Blake Ravenscroft es entregar a `Carlota` a la justicia, no enamorarse de ella. Su corazón se ha endurecido por los años de intrigas y por la perdida de su querida prometida. Pero esta pequeña tentadora demuestra ser extrañamente encantadora y completamente besable, y de repente, lo inconcebible se convierte en posible: que esta desigual pareja esté destinada al amor

Set in opulent 19th-century France, here is the epic tale of Rafael Whitbourne, the Duke of Candover, and beautiful spy Countess Magda Janos. United to uncover a court assassination, Rafael is shocked to learn that Magda is a woman he loved 15 years before and had thought dead.

Philippa Meredith, la hija mayor de Rosamund Bolton y heredera de Friarsgate, sufre una terrible desilusión cuando el joven con quien pensaba casarse la abandona para ordenarse sacerdote. Sin embargo, ese inesperado giro del destino permite a la bella e impetuosa Philippa volver a ocupar su lugar en la corte de Catalina de Aragón y conocer a Crispin St. Claire, conde de Witton, un hombre sofisticado, elegante y, además, un excelente candidato para casarse. La pasión arrebatadora del noble caballero enloquece de deseo a Philippa.Pero cuando ella se entera accidentalmente de un complot para asesinar al rey Enrique Tudor, y ambos se ponen en marcha para desenmascarar a los conspiradores, su amor se resiente por la dura prueba que deben atravesar. Sensualidad, drama e intriga abundan en este relato ambientado en la corte de Enrique VIII

A ghost will find his way home.Jennie Lovell's life is the very picture of love and loss. First she is orphaned and forced to live at the mercy of her stingy, indifferent relatives. Then her fiancé falls on the battlefield, leaving her heartbroken and alone. Jennie struggles to pick up the pieces of her shattered life, but is haunted by a mysterious figure that refuses to let her bury the past.When Jennie forms an unlikely alliance with a spirit photographer, she begins to uncover secrets about the man she thought she loved. With her sanity on edge and her life in the balance, can Jennie expose the chilling truth before someone-or something-stops her?Against the brutal, vivid backdrop of the American Civil War, Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown have created a spellbinding mystery where the living cannot always be trusted and death is not always the end.

Nous sommes en 1436. L'épuisant combat fratricide entre la France et la Bourgogne s'est achevé à Arras. L'Anglais recule et abandonne peu à peu les terres conquises. Mais la guerre, bientôt séculaire, n'en a pas fini de répandre la souffrance, les larmes et le sang… Afin de prendre sa part des batailles à venir, Arnaud de Montsalvy est parti avec ses compagnons. Au château familial, Catherine est seule face au danger qui, tout de suite, se présente. Malgré le courage des gens de Montsalvy, Catherine devra faire face non seulement à la peur, à la trahison, au meurtre et à l'horreur, mais aussi au piège perfide tendu à son époux et dans lequel s'écroulera peut-être la somme d'amour et de bonheur fragile si patiemment, si douloureusement édifiée…

Affairs of honour, affairs of the heart, and all the gallantry, villainy and elegance of the age that Georgette Heyer has made her own are exquisitely revived in these eleven short stories of the Regency.

Lady Fortune Lindley jako dwudziestoletnia stara panna opuszcza Szkocję, by zamieszkać w Irlandii, w Maguire's Ford, gdzie się urodziła. Ma odziedziczyć tę posiadłość pod warunkiem, że wyjdzie za mąż za irlandzkiego protestanta. Ostatecznie Fortune zgadza się rozważyć kandydaturę Williama Deversa, arystokraty o odpowiednim statusie i majątku. Wkrótce jednak poznaje jego młodszego brata, Kierana, i ogarnia ją namiętność, jakiej do tej pory nie zaznała. Ten wybór pociąga za sobą serię dramatycznych zdarzeń. A to dopiero początek jej zawiłych losów…

Angelet HansonThe tale is long and complicated, but attention is held as Angelet, daughter of Annora and Rolf of Midsummer's Eve, begins to enter adulthood. One incident marks her indelibly. At the superstition-laden pool of St. Branok in Cornwall, she is saved from a rapist by Ben, a young family connection on a visit from Australia. When she and Ben dispose of the attacker's body in the pool, their bond is strengthened. Ben returns to Australia in pursuit of gold; Angelet debuts in London and marries a charming scapegrace, a gambler who will eventually take her to Australia in pursuit of a fortune. There the stage is set for Angelet, by now a widow, and Ben, a putative widower.

Malvina Maulton jest największą pięknością londyńskiej socjety, w dodatku bajecznie bogatą panną na wydaniu. Nic dziwnego zatem, że nie może się opędzić od arystokratycznych łowców fortun, którzy bezustannie ją zasypują propozycjami małżeństwa.Uciekając przed nimi wyjeżdża na wieś i tam niespodzianie poznaje właściciela sąsiedniego majątku z przepięknym, lecz całkowicie zrujnowanym historycznym klasztorem – lorda Flore…

TO WIN HER HAND, HE MUST BECOME WHAT HE DESPISES…Cleone Charteris's exquisite charms have made her the belle of the English countryside. But Cleone yearns for a husband who is refined, aristocratic and who is as skilled with his wit as he is with his dueling pistols…. Everything Philip Jettan is not. As much as she is attracted to the handsome squire, Cleone finds herself dismissing Philip and his rough mannerisms.With his father's encouragement, Philip departs for the courts of Paris, determined to acquire the social graces and the airs of the genteel -- and convince Cleone that he is the man most suited for her hand. But his transformation may cost him everything, including Cleone….

Pulled into the craze of Egyptology, the Darcys and their lively children embark on an expedition to find a hidden tomb and uncover its treasure. Not only are immeasurable riches awaiting them in the exotic land of the Sphinx, but also danger and betrayal and the chance to lay an ancient grudge to rest...

Only her beloved grandmother, Lady Esther, knew how devastated Taylor Stapleton had been when her fiance eloped with Taylor's cousin. Now dear Esther—one of London's richest and most formidable matriarchs—lies dying. But first she was going to help Taylor pull off the scam of the season. To escape becoming a ward of her unscrupulous uncle, Taylor would wed Lucas Ross, a rugged American rancher. Lady Esther's money would enable Ross to return home to Montana. Taylor had her own urgent reason to go to America...a precious legacy she hadn't revealed to Ross, for they had agreed to part ways once they reached Boston. But as her handsome new husband spoke of life in Montana, Taylor began planning a new future. To Taylor, the wide-open spaces of Montana sounded like paradise...

In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and—if they survive—marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born.Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows all this. He expects to die for his cousin, for his house, but a spark of rebellion still lives inside him. At night, he is the Prince of Shadows, the greatest thief in Verona—and he risks all as he steals from House Capulet. In doing so, he sets eyes on convent-bound Rosaline, and a terrible curse begins that will claim the lives of many in Verona……And will rewrite all their fates, forever.

Après avoir trouvé son château pillé et dévasté par les troupes du Grand Condé, qu’elle aime depuis l’enfance, Isabelle, duchesse de Châtillon, entend lui faire payer mais ne résistera pas longtemps à l’amour qu’il lui avoue. Ce pourrait être le bonheur. Ce sera la fin d’une paix relative pour Isabelle. La Fronde du Parlement et des Parisiens s’achève. Celle des Princes commence. Moins pour chasser Mazarin que pour s’emparer du pouvoir, avant que le jeune Louis XIV ne l’assume. Pour Isabelle commence un incessant et épuisant combat où elle ira jusqu’à jouer sa vie pour empêcher le héros de Rocroi de passer à l’ennemi et de retourner ses armes contre la France, entraînant avec lui François, son jeune frère qu’elle aime infiniment. Quand cette dure bataille prend fin, Isabelle, adorée des uns, détestée des autres, n’en aura pas fini avec l’aventure menée au galop de ses chevaux. Ils la mèneront très loin, très haut sans qu’elle abandonne jamais l’amour de son enfance.

Romano el la antikva Babela historio de la tempo de la biblia Ijob, kiu aperas kiel unu el la romanpresonoj.

In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent… not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed, because George had secrets… secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy. Thrust into her new role as a royal, Charlotte must learn to navigate the intricate politics of the court… all the while guarding her heart, because she is falling in love with the King, even as he pushes her away. Above all she must learn to rule, and to understand that she has been given the power to remake society. She must fight—for herself, for her husband, and for all her new subjects who look to her for guidance and grace. For she will never be just Charlotte again. She must instead fulfill her destiny… as Queen.

Her name was Caroline of Ansbach, a woman taught the cruelties of life at an early age. Refusing to succumb to her stepfather's abominable behavior, she married George Augustus, Prince of Hanover--the man next in line to be King. With the dream of someday being Queen to sustain her, Caroline lived a life of danger and quiet desperation, as she yearned for her native Germany, as she steered a dangerous course between the King, her father-in-law, and her husband, as she quietly prepared herself for the glorious future that lay ahead if only she could play the dangerous game....