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The illegitimate daughter of an English lord, Sian Jones abandoned her heritage to live in a stalwart coal-mining community in South Wales. Empowered by their cause, she's engaged to be married to the leader of a revolutionary movement that is bracing itself against the tyranny of English mine owners. But Sian's principles are unexpectedly shaken when she accepts a job as governess under Alexander Hyatt, the mysterious marquess of Craille, the oppressive symbol of everything she has come to resist.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes the next chapter in Bailey Flanigan's journey--a story of love, longing, and the choices that shape our hearts. After months of silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan begins to spend more and more time with her Hollywood co-star...

In Beverly Lewis' eagerly anticipated finale to her Amish trilogy set in the 1860s, an accident cripples Caleb's dad. Despite being even more tightly bound to the farm and to the man who so opposed his courtship of Nellie, Caleb can't forget his first love. Although Nellie sometimes thinks of Caleb, her New Order ways keep them apart. Yet as she still yearns for a husband, new possibilities beckon and soon surprise her heart.

After tragedy strikes, a women strives to recover and spread kindness while her husband is on a military deployment as a chaplain. Book 3 in the Courtship of Nellie Fisher series.

Claudine Rafferty is rich, reckless and beautiful. So when she throws herself into an arranged marriage with the eminently eligible but notorious François de Lorvoire, everyone in Paris is amazed. Determined to cope with François' cruelty and indifference, Claudine soon finds herself driven to find love in the arms of Armand St Jacques, one of her husband's vignerons. But all is not what it seems in the de Lorvoire family. As Claudine learns more of Francois' sinister past, she also inherits some of his most dangerous enemies.

Settle in by the fireside and savor stories of unexpected romance, second chances, and lifelong love. Featuring four novellas from some of your favorite authors, this historical Christmas romance collection is sure to capture your heart: Memories of Christmas, A Home for the Holidays, Lady Walmsley and Foster, and Charles and Maria.

Estelle LaMarche has never pursued power for its own sake. But now that she’s been made seneschal, responsible for vampire queen Wavena’s entire military, she’ll do her duty. That means devoting herself to planning the war against the Dawning. Protecting her kind. And resisting, at any cost, her distracting desire for Stephan Daker, the masquerada lieutenant with whom she shared one unforgettable night.

Ein attraktiver Fremder. Ein Spiel voller Emotionen. Eine Liebe, die alles verändert. Grace wurde aus einem Grund geboren: Sie soll das Leben ihrer schwerkranken Schwester Lucy retten. Als Lucy stirbt, sieht Grace keinen Sinn mehr in ihrem Leben. Bis sie eines Tages die "Karte der Sehnsüchte" entdeckt – ein Spiel mit Aufgaben, das Lucy sich vor ihrem Tod ausgedacht hat. Den Anweisungen folgend sucht Grace einen Fremden namens Will auf.

Twenty-six-year-old Katie Macauley has placed all her hope in Hope Springs, a small town in the 1870 Wyoming Territory. But if she wants to return home to Ireland to make amends with her estranged family, she’ll need to convince the influential Joseph Archer to hold true to his word and keep her on his payroll as his housekeeper - despite her Irish roots. When Joseph agrees to keep Katie on ash is housekeeper, the feud erupts anew, and Katie becomes the reluctant figurehead for the Irish townsfolk.

Thrust into a new shifter world without enough time to adjust, Amara made one hasty mistake that could cost her mates their position in the tribe or break their happy family apart forever. But those struggles are eclipsed when demonic wolves threaten to take everything from Amara's family. She must fight to heal the rift she caused before it's too late.

Rush is a Fae Guardian, a wolf-shifter whose enhanced abilities have made him a ruthless protector of Elphyne. His job is to protect the realm from the human enemy, and to ensure the sins of the past never come to pass again, lest magic die forever. But one night of weakness resulted in a curse worse than death - exile. Now he spends his lonely time longing to be part of the living, once again protecting them from monsters…until one mysteriously washes up on the shores of his lake. If he hands her over to the Order, she’s his ticket to having his curse removed.

The two scientists meet when a lab rat escapes from its cage after giving birth. When they find the rat, they also discover one tiny, raw-pink baby, mewling despairingly at a frequency inaudible to human ears. From there, love - or some disjointed, broken version of it - develops between the scientists.

She's got a job she's proud of and a passport full of stamps from her frequent work trips. Everyone keeps telling her she's living the dream—but it's starting to feel more like drifting. Constant motion is just another way to avoid standing still long enough to feel lonely. She tells herself she's content, but something's missing—something she's never quite let herself want.

Julián Walker, hijo del despiadado Silas Walker, se encuentra con una mujer americana en una noche parisina. Ella le confiesa que es su última noche en la ciudad y que le encantaría vivir una noche sin ataduras, sin detalles de identidad. Solo sexo. Esto es justo lo que Julián quiere tener en París, la ciudad donde él se permite ser cualquier cosa, excepto el príncipe del imperio Walker.

Danica Wendell seems to have it all figured out. She's a respected neonatologist at one of the finest hospitals in the nation, engaged to the man of her dreams, and living a life that most only dream about. Well, one of those things is true. The other? Well, that's her secret to keep for now. Petra "Pete" Pancott isn't settling for an average life. She's globe-trotted, embraced every thrill, and carved out a career that's on her own terms. Sure, sometimes she daydreams of a future with a family and a home, but who needs roots when you're flying through life?

Grupos comienzan a organizarse para hacer frente al presidente, entre ellos el bando liderado por Francisco I. Madero. Los maderistas se situarán en distintos lugares de México y al sur de Estados Unidos, específicamente en San Antonio, Texas, punto clave para la lucha. María, de tan solo 15 años, es una joven con espíritu revolucionario que lucha por escapar de su condición social privilegiada e iniciar una vida de entrega para los más necesitados.

Die Erinnerungen an ihre Kindheit sind das einzige, das Ellie von ihrer Heimat Schottland noch geblieben sind. Doch als das urige "Rose Cottage" ihrer Tante vor dem Ruin steht, reist sie Hals über Kopf zurück nach Fallbury–in das Fischerdorf direkt neben den Klippen. Fest entschlossen, das Bed & Breakfast zu retten, stürzt Ellie sich in die Arbeit und wird dabei von zahlreichen Erinnerungen eingeholt. Eine von ihnen trägt den Namen Graham Flynt und hat Ellies Herz schon einmal im Sturm erobert …

Ein Sommer an der Ostsee liegt hinter Lexi. Ein Sommer mit Niko, der alles verändert hat. Doch bevor sie sich auf ihre neue Liebe einlassen kann, muss sie erst ihr Leben in den Griff bekommen. Und das bedeutet: Neue Wohnung, neuer Job und endlich ihre Diplomarbeit fertig schreiben. Voller Tatendrang stürzt sich Lexi in ihre Aufgaben. Doch sie hat Sehnsucht. Nach Niko, nach salziger Meeresluft, nach Sand unter den Füßen und gemütlichen Stunden im Strandkorb. Zwischen Unfällen, Notfällen und Zwischenfällen merkt Lexi, dass man im Leben nicht alles haben kann. Oder doch?

Tiffany Sturgil steals the spotlight as her new boutique Naughty & Nice opens in downtown Gansett—right in time for the annual spring Race Week festivities. Finally divorced and ready for a new beginning, Tiffany wonders if sexy police chief Blaine Taylor thinks of her as often as she thinks of him since their explosive encounter last fall. Back then, he directed her to call him the second she was officially divorced, but the opening of her store and her unconventional ad campaign have put the island's lingerie queen at odds with the town's top cop.