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Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky.

വിവാഹിതയും ഒരു കുട്ടിയുടെ അമ്മയുമായ അന്നയ്ക്ക് അന്യപുരുഷനോടുണ്ടാകുന്ന പ്രണയവും അതേതുടര്‍ന്നുണ്ടാകുന്ന...

Six shipwrecked Vikings. An island of isolated women. Six strapping warriors are determined to lay down the law. The women who claim them as mates might think they have the upper hand, but they’re about to discover what it means to be loved by a Viking.

Spokojne dotąd życie polskiej emigrantki, Teresy, burzy wybuch wojny francusko-pruskiej. Po tragicznej śmierci ukochanego męża kobieta zmuszona jest wyprowadzić się z Angers do niewielkiego miasteczka Amantes, położonego w samym sercu krainy koniaku, otoczonego zewsząd malowniczymi winnicami. Nowe miejsce, jakkolwiek idylliczne i piękne, okazuje się skrywać mnóstwo tajemnic, a im bardziej Teresa wgłębia się w ich odkrywanie, tym bardziej naraża się na kłopoty. Czy bohaterki wyjdą cało z zawirowań losu?

Vladimir Nabokov called Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina "one of the greatest love stories in world literature." Set in imperial Russia, Anna Karenina is a rich and complex meditation on passionate love and disastrous infidelity. Married to a powerful government minister, Anna Karenina is a beautiful woman who falls deeply in love with a wealthy army officer, the elegant Count Vronsky.

After laboring for decades in the mines of Skálavík, Viggo is lured by the promise of great riches, and joins his jarl’s sea quest. But the daring adventure is doomed, the longship destroyed in a terrible storm. He awakes to find himself robbed of his sight, and his liberty. Signy knows what it is to suffer alone. The last thing she seeks is a man—even if the future of the island depends upon compliance. Thrown together, the two form an alliance. Viggo will impregnate her, in return for a promise that she’ll help him end his misery.

No woman shall subdue him! Badly wounded, Rangvald is obliged to accept aid from the woman with whom he now shelters. The payment demanded? That he sires her child! But this warrior gives nothing against his will. If she is to own his manhood, he will possess her body and soul.

Eldberg—the mighty Beast of Skálavík, feared by all—is tied to a bedpost. His captor? An acid-tongued vixen set on making him her thrall. Trussed and used, he vows revenge. But his greatest nemesis is also his wildest fantasy. And when the tables are turned, his beautiful jailor will discover what it means to kneel.

Other young ladies might occupy their spare time with drawing or needlework, but Sophia Monmouth spends hers scaling rooftops and shadowing suspicious characters. Her objective: to gain information that will free a friend wrongly accused of murder. She hasn't bargained on being spotted and followed back to the Clifford School by a mysterious earl who holds almost as many secrets as she does. Tristan Stratford, Lord Gray, earned the nickname the Ghost of Bow Street because no man has ever escaped him.

The only thing Georgiana Harley despises more than chaos is bad behavior. So when the duchess of Kenilworth pleads for help to escape her witty, charming, handsome, heartless monster of a husband, she's come to the right place. Calm and logical, with nerves of steel, Georgiana is uniquely qualified to safely disappear the duchess, along with her young son. Her greatest challenge is Her Grace's brother, Lord Haslemere. An arrogant scoundrel, he keeps interfering with Georgiana's methodical plans.

When playing a game of wits, never ever go up against the woman they call the Hellion . . . LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD... Whether it's business or pleasure, Lord Robert Carlisle never backs down from a dare. But finding a husband for scandalous Mariah Winslow? It's one challenge he instantly regrets...

Sagan om Emilie är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger. Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga. Resan hem till Norge har inte gått som Odd hoppats på. Nu är han på Salstad och vet inte om han orkar resa tillbaka till Trondheim igen. Synen av Solfrid i Even Conrads armar har bränt sig fast i honom.

Conceited, arrogant, and built like a prize stud, Rutger is a red-blooded Viking. But his brash, bad boy demeanour hides a chasm of pain. He has known love, only to have his heart cleaved in two by a faithless woman. Grethe’s hopes of marriage and children were cruelly dashed when her fickle betrothed abandoned her. With Rutger as her captive mate, she’ll punish him as she’d like to punish all men. Hot-headed and stubborn, the two are intent upon the other’s torment. Nothing can change the way they feel. Can it…?

Astrid can’t believe that anyone would want her as their bride, let alone a strong and handsome man like Jørgen. She longs to submit to his seductions but knows his interest will wane once he’s bedded her. Jørgen has never lacked for female attention, yet the only woman to wholly capture his heart is Astrid. Though she refuses to accept his intentions are true, Jørgen is determined to demonstrate his devotion. Uncovering the source of the island’s curse together, Jørgen has the chance to win her over. But even if love conquers all, can they convince the others that mortal danger is at hand?

Sagan om Emilie är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger. Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga.

Going undercover as a governess is a first for Cecilia Gilchrist. But once she's installed in Darlington Castle, discovering whether the mysterious marquess murdered his wife proves more daunting than she imagined. Dashing widower Gideon Rhys, marquess of Darlington, is clearly harboring secrets - but is it possible a cold-blooded killer lurks behind his devastating gaze? Trailing his every move only brings her closer to him. But if her heart misleads her, she could pay with her life....

Als Tochter aus gutem Hause ist es die Pflicht der jungen Caroline Caspari, eine vorteilhafte Ehe zu schließen. Doch erst als Caroline sich in Georg verliebt, den neuen Postillion der Stadt, erkennt sie, was wahres Glück bedeutet. Aber welchen harten Preis wird sie dafür zahlen müssen, ihrem Herzen zu folgen? Als Hanka in ihren Heimatort Rothenbach zurückkehrt, ist ihr Leben ein Scherbenhaufen. Fest entschlossen, von vorn anzufangen, zieht sie im alten Schlehenhof ein.

Fall in love with New York Times bestselling author Grace Burrowes's "favorite kind of historical" where a case of mistaken identity leads to an unexpected love between a duke and debutante. Miranda Hodgkins has only ever wanted one thing: to marry Robert Carlisle. And she simply can't wait a...

One should never judge a duke by his cover. As far as London society knows, Giles Drew, the Duke of Basingstoke, is everything a proper aristocrat ought to be. But when a notorious scandal sheet publishes details of Giles's questionable bedroom antics, only one bride can salvage his reputation. Prim and penniless, Francesca Stanhope has resigned herself to a season full of the ton's snickering—until the Duke of Basingstoke's dizzying courtship transforms her fate. Yet wedded bliss quickly turns into a clash of wills as Franny realizes her handsome duke is a devil in disguise.

As the youngest son of a duke, Edward Wentworth is neither the heir nor the spare, leaving him feeling restless and uncertain. He decides to forge his own path by embarking on a journey to the newly formed United States that will change his life forever. But when he stumbles upon a beautiful Irish woman being sold into indenture, he knows that he cannot turn a blind eye to her plight.