Virginia Dean wakes at midnight beside a dead body, with a bloody knife in her hand and no memory of the evening’s events. Dark energy, emanating from the mirrors lining the room, overpowers her senses. With no apparent way in or out, she is rescued by a man she has met only once before, but won’t soon forget....  Owen Sweetwater inherited his family’s talent for hunting the psychical monsters who prey on London’s women and children, and his investigation into the deaths of two glass-readers has led him here. The high-society types of the exclusive Arcane Society would consider her an illusionist, a charlatan, even a criminal, but Owen knows better. Virginia’s powers are real — and they just might be the key to solving this challenging case.

In the New York Times-bestselling author's latest Arcane Society novel, a paranormal killer pushes an unlikely duo's powers and passions to the limit.  Virginia Dean wakes at midnight beside a dead body, with a bloody knife in her hand and no memory of the evening's events. Dark energy, emanating from the mirrors lining the room, overpowers her senses. With no apparent way in or out, she is rescued by a man she has met only once before, but won't soon forget. Owen Sweetwater inherited his family's talent for hunting the psychical monsters who prey on London's women and children, and his investigation into the deaths of two glass-readers has led him here. The high-society types of the exclusive Arcane Society would consider Virginia an illusionist, a charlatan, even a criminal, but Owen knows better. Virginia's powers are real—and they just might be the key to solving this challenging case.

With both of her parents gone, Patience Debbington is accustomed to managing her own affairs, and those of her teenage brother Gerrard. To her love is dangerous, men uninteresting and faithless. Gerrard needs a suitable mentor, but when tall elegant Vane Cynster rides into her life, Patience sees nothing but an arrogant, presumptuous dandy-a man who drinks in her very soul like a fine wine and intoxicates her in the bargain.With both of her parents gone, Patience Debbington is accustomed to managing her own affairs, and those of her teenage brother Gerrard. To her love is dangerous, men uninteresting and faithless. Gerrard needs a suitable mentor, but when tall elegant Vane Cynster rides into her life, Patience sees nothing but an arrogant, presumptuous dandy-a man who drinks in her very soul like a fine wine and intoxicates her in the bargain.

In the dark days after the death of Richard the Lionhearted, lives and lands would fall into upheaval at the hands of a power-hungry British ruler and his violent minions. One victim of the scourge is innocent Gillian, who is a mere child when the cruel and ambitious Baron Alford slaughters her father and tears her family apart. Alford, determined to recover a jeweled box for the despotic King John, is furious when the precious treasure slips through his fingers—only to be lost for more than a decade. Now a beautiful young woman, Gillian finds the key to resolving her past in handsome Scottish chieftains Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan. With the cunning and courage of the daring Scotsmen, and with the friendship of a new ally, Bridgid KirkConnell, Gillian at last fights the unscrupulous Baron Alford, laying claim to her home, her family, and her father's reputation. But in the presence of the mighty warriors, Gillian and Bridgid discover that desire can be a weapon of conquest...betrayal can slay trust in a heartbeat...and the greatest risk of all is surrender—to the deep emotions of unexpected love.

There was no doubt about it what Miss Harriet Pomeroy needed was a man. Someonepowerful and clever who could help her rout the unscrupulous thieves who were using her beloved caves to hide her loot. But when she summoned Viscount St Justin to her aid, she could not have known she was summoning the devil himself.

Millicent understands the terms of her arranged marriage all too well. She gets to be a Countess by marrying an impoverished Earl. And in return, the Earl Fitzhugh receives the benefit of her vast wealth, saving his family from bankruptcy. Because of her youth, they have agreed to wait eight years before consummating the marriage--and then, only to beget an heir. After which, they will lead separate lives.It is a most sensible arrangement. Except for one little thing. Somehow Millie has fallen head over heels in love with her husband. Her husband, who has become her very best friend, but nothing more...Her husband, who plans to reunite with his childhood sweetheart, the beautiful and newly widowed Isabella, as soon as he has honored the pact with his wife...As the hour they truly become husband-and-wife draws near, both Millie and Fitzhugh must face the truth in their hearts. Has their pact bred only a great friendship--or has it, without either of them quite noticing, given rise to a great love?

When Joshua Kelling proposes to Miss Rebecca Fossington, she refuses him. He may have compromised her, but she has no intention of marrying him. Meeting him again in London comes as a shock — but worse is discovering that her grandfather has made them joint owners of a cotton mill!

Of all the dukes in England, jered Marcus Benton, the Duke of Bradford, was the wealthiest, most handsome—and most arrogant. And of all London's ladies, he wanted the tender ohedience of only one—Caroline Richmond. She was a ravishing beauty from Boston, with a mysterious past and a fiery spirit. Drawn to the powerful duke, undeterred hy his presumptuous airs, Caroline was determined to win his lasting love. But Bradford would bend to no woman—until a deadly intrigue drew them enticingly close. Now, united against a common enemy, they would discover the power of the magnificent attraction that brought them together...a desire born in danger, but destined to flame into love!

Certain that Gabriel Banner, a man she admired when she was a child, can carry out an important quest for her, Phoebe Layton lures him to a midnight rendezvous and finds he is nothing like the hero of her dreams.

THE EARL OF RAYMORE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH LADIES    Once he had adored an angelic creature who had turned out to be a devilish minx in disguise. After that, the only females he cared to know were women who catered to his body without laying claim to his heart.    MISS ROSALIND DACEY WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH GENTLEMEN    Unlike her best friend, the beauteous and biddable Lady Sylvia Marsh, Rosalind found flirtations a fearful ordeal and the game of love one that she could only lose. Better to be happy with herself than suffer a man who would only use her and mock her dreams.    Clearly Raymore and Rosalind were in perfect harmony in assiduously avoiding each other-until the night the unthinkable happened, and the impossible had to be faced…

Judith Taverner and her brother, Peregrine, are orphans. The death of their eccentric father left them well provided for but consigned to the guardianship of a man they have never met, Julian St. John Audley, Lord Worth. When repeated requests for an introduction to him go unanswered, they set off to London to force a meeting. En route, they spend the night in the village of Grantham, where they make the acquaintance of their Uncle Bernard. Judith and Perry, knowing that their father had disowned his brother many years ago are reluctant to acknowledge the relationship, but Bernard proves to be polite and charming. They also run afoul of an arrogant aristocrat when Perry mishandles a borrowed gig on the road and causes a near-accident. On reaching London, Judith and Perry are amazed and horrified to discover that the insufferable nobleman who made their lives a misery in Grantham is none other than Lord Worth himself.

Moira Trevithick and her brother have been bilked of their family fortune by Lionel March, so they masquerade at a country inn as the vulgar Lady Crieff and her stepson, with a plan to take the scoundrel for everything he owes them. But they’re not the only ones interested in March, and they look very suspicious to one well-born gentleman.

Près de la « Tour oubliée », Renaud vient d’enterrer son aïeul Thibaut, le Templier banni auquel il a juré de retrouver la Vraie Croix pour la remettre au roi de France. Une accusation de parricide qui pèse sur lui l’oblige à chercher refuge à la commanderie de frère Adam. Le Temple est prêt à l’accueillir. Seulement Renaud n’a que dix-huit ans et il veut vivre, c’est-à-dire aimer, car les femmes l’attirent… Entré au service du baron de Coucy, il aborde alors la cour du futur Saint-Louis, où règne la redoutable Blanche de Castille, mère du Roi, qui voue d’emblée une inexplicable animosité à Renaud. Mais il y a aussi Marguerite de Provence, la jeune Reine, dont il tombe passionnément amoureux. C’est alors que l’accusation de parricide le rattrape et que sa vie se change en cauchemar. A qui Renaud va-t-il confier cette vie qu’on veut lui ôter? A l’incroyable Baudouin II de Constantinople, empereur sans le sou de l’ancienne Byzance? Au pape Innocent IV, dont il espère au moins un peu d’aide? A Robert d’Artois, le frère du Roi, cœur de feu et tête folle? Au Roi lui-même, qu’il n’aimera jamais? Ou bien à Marguerite, en train de découvrir que la vie auprès d’un saint n’a pas grand-chose à voir avec le bonheur? Le chemin sera rude pour triompher des obstacles et chausser enfin les éperons d’or. Un chemin qui, par Chypre, Damiette, La Mansourah et la Syrie, est celui de la septième croisade. Un chemin tout au long duquel Renaud rencontrera l’ennemi – d’autant plus redoutable qu’il se cache sous la puissance des Templiers -, mais aussi d’étonnants visages de femmes: Hersende, le « médecin » du Roi, Flore, sans scrupules et passionnée, Sancie enfin, qu’il appelle « l’amusant petit laideron »… Après Thibaut ou la Croix perdue, Renaud ou la malédiction est le deuxième volet de la série des Chevaliers, une vaste épopée qui se déroule de 1176 à 1320.

Augusta Ballinger was quite sure that it was all a dreadful mistake. The chillingly pompous and dangerously disturbing Earl of Graystone could not possibly marry her.Why,it was rumoured that his chosen bride must be a veritablemodel of virtue,and everyone knew that Augusta,as the last of the wild,reckless Northumberland Ballingers,was a woman who could not be bothered by societys rules.

Džūlija HilpatrikaRets BatlersAleksandras Riplijas romāna "Skārleta" turpinājumsSkārletas O'Haras un Reta Batlera pret­runīgo raksturu cīņa turpinās, mijoties ar īsā­kiem vai ilgākiem saskaņas brīžiem ģimenē.Tomēr ari šai laimei pienāk gals līdz ar kādu liktenīgu kuģa avāriju, kurā Skārletai ar dēlu un jaunāko meitu izdodas izglābties, bet Rets dzīvo vidū nav atrodams. Reta pazu­šana nozīmē vēl vienu pārbaudījumu Skār­letas nelokāmajai gribai un raksturam, jo vienai jāuzņemas rūpes par ģimeni. Viņas iekšējais spēks un no īru senčiem mantotais skaistums pievelk daudzus vīriešus, un tas ir vēl viens pārbaudījums Skārletas izturībai. Tomēr viņa tos visus atraida, arvien vēl gaida… gaida brīnumainā kārtā atgriežamies Retu.Tikmēr pati savu ceļu pasaulē meklē Reta un Skārletas meita Ketija. Trauslā un jūtīgā meitene sapņo par dzīvi uz skatuves, bet sa­stapšanās ar pelēcīgo realitāti neļauj šo sapni līdz galam īstenot.Tomēr Ketijai, tāpat kā Skārletai, it visā palīdz spītīgais cīņas gars un pārliecība, ka rit atkal būs jauna diena, kad varēs sākt visu no gala.Pat tad, kad Skārletai šķiet, ka jaunas die­nas vairs nebūs, tomēr paliek cerība, ka kaut kur aiz izmisuma un paguruma miglas viņu gaida stiprais un pašpārliecinātais Rets BatlersNoskannejis gramatu un failu izveidojis Imants LočmelisTulkotāja Tatjana Jermolinska Redaktore Jautrīte Roze © «Rija», Rīga, 1994

Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler’s People is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels the Great American Novel, Gone With The Wind. Twelve years in the making, the publication of Rhett Butler’s People marks a major and historic cultural event. Through the storytelling mastery of award-winning writer Donald McCaig, the life and times of the dashing Rhett Butler unfolds. Through Rhett’s eyes we meet the people who shaped his larger than life personality as it sprang from Margaret Mitchell’s unforgettable pages: Langston Butler, Rhett’s unyielding father; Rosemary his steadfast sister; Tunis Bonneau, Rhett’s best friend and a onetime slave; Belle Watling, the woman for whom Rhett cared long before he met Scarlett O’Hara at Twelve Oaks Plantation, on the fateful eve of the Civil War. Of course there is Scarlett. Katie Scarlett O’Hara, the headstrong, passionate woman whose life is inextricably entwined with Rhett’s: more like him than she cares to admit; more in love with him than she’ll ever know… Brought to vivid and authentic life by the hand of a master, Rhett Butler’s People fulfills the dreams of those whose imaginations have been indelibly marked by Gone With The Wind.

Annalice Mallory, the sheltered daughter of a family of map makers, discovers the cryptic diary of her long-dead ancestor that includes a map of a mysterious far-of island. Philip, Annalice's brother, sets sail for the island, lured by the promise of incomparable riches to be found. But when he doesn't return, Annalice sets out to find him - and the secrets of the diary - in a desperate journey that leads her through the worlds' most exciting outposts... and finally to the tropical islands of the South Seas, where she encounters heart-stopping peril, but also the promise of love.