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Hannah Kent and Oliver Jennings pledged their hearts to each other as children. Now, years later, Hannah is thrilled to receive an invitation to spend the summer at Oliver’s family’s country estate. The path to wedded bliss is clear - so long as Oliver’s highbrow older brother, Damon, has ceased his juvenile antics, Hannah’s future looks bright indeed. But from the moment Hannah arrives at Summerhaven, nothing is as she expected. Oliver seems disinterested in renewing their acquaintance, and Damon is not the brutish boy she remembers but a man intent on avoiding marriage.

Anna Atwood returns to Breckenridge, where she spent one blissful summer as a young woman. This time, though, she comes to the quaint town as a penniless spinster with a single hope: to build a life free from the constraints her father’s death put on her and free from the persistent suitor Mr. Green, whose plans for marriage are Anna’s worst nightmare. When she runs into David Tate, the boy she knew from that memorable summer, she finds he has grown into a confident and striking man.

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the sweeping Sunday Times bestselling and prize-winning novel, made into a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, and Rachel Weisz. After experiencing the horrors of The Western Front, Tom moves to Janus Island to work as a...

María es una mujer viuda que vive con su hijo en la costa de Zahara. Una noche el pueblo es asaltado por corsarios musulmanes y ambos son capturados. Tras ser separados en un mercado de esclavos, María se promete encontrar y liberar a su hijo, a pesar de ser esclava y mujer, sin importarle las consecuencias, aunque estas sean ser la esclava de una leyenda del mar.

As the successful owner of multiple railroad lines, Diana Barton is all too accustomed to fending off suitors seeking to stake their claim on her wealth. In order to keep the wolves at bay, Diana has contrived the perfect plan: appeal to the most notorious rake in London, the Baron Lord Bryant, to ruin her reputation and scare off the worst of the time wasters. The ruse will be no hardship - she’s secretly been fascinated by the man for years.

Un hombre tiene un cuaderno viejo, traído y llevado mil veces, en su regazo. Una mujer a su lado escucha lo que él le lee cada mañana, aunque no acaba de entender. Muchos años antes, Noah Calhoun vuelve a casa, a Carolina del Norte, después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Noah intenta que la plantación de la que procede vuelva a su antigua gloria, pero las imágenes de la preciosa joven que conoció catorce años antes -una mujer a la que amó como a ninguna otra- no paran de perseguirle.

Año 2021. Leonor viaja a Escocia con un grupo de amigas para hacer las prácticas de sus estudios de arqueología. En el yacimiento en el que trabajan no parece haber nada interesante, salvo una escultura de alguien a quien llaman el lobo de las Highlands. Sin embargo, un derrumbamiento repentino les descubre un antiguo baúl que parece llevar setecientos años cerrado.

Als Dr. Roberta J. Cole beschließt, ihre kriselnde Ehe und die Karriere in der Bostoner Großklinik hinter sich zu lassen, um Landärztin zu werden, erfährt ihr Leben eine ungeahnte Wende. Inmitten der grünen Hügel von Massachusetts trifft sie auf den Aussteiger David Markus aus New York. Schon bald kommen die beiden Stadtflüchtlinge sich näher. Aber nicht nur Markus kämpft mit Problemen, vor denen er vergeblich zu fliehen sucht.

Lothian 1355. Tras la partida de Leonor, Tanarys contrae matrimonio con Evaleen, formando así una alianza entre los clanes más poderosos del sur. Consciente de la inminente invasión inglesa, marcha al norte en busca de aliados. Aunque regresa con el apoyo de otros clanes, es raptado en su propias tierras por mercenarios ingleses, entendiendo que entre sus filas del sur hay traidores. Cuando Tanarys cree que llega su final, el que aceptó a cambio de la marcha de Leonor, flechas y fuego arrasan a sus captores.

Zara and Noah have walked together with the Creator for their entire lives. They have done their best in an increasingly wicked and defiant world to raise their three sons to follow in their footsteps. It has been a challenge—and it’s about to get much, much harder.

Louisa Cox is tired of fortune hunters pursuing her dowry. So when Lady Kellen offers to help her find an eligible suitor, Louisa accepts and makes a list of what she wants in a husband. The man selected is barrister Paul Sheldon. He has one thing in his favor: he is unaware of her fortune. What Louisa did not anticipate was his curious behavior—or being so attracted to him. When Paul catches wind of the matchmaking organization his mother and her friends are establishing, he pities the fellow who will be caught in their scheme—until he realizes he is to be their first victim.

Clara Ward planned on starting a business. She didn't anticipate causing a scandal... Or falling in love with her unexpected husband. When scandal threatens Clara Ward’s future—and her dream of opening a gourmet ices shop—she agrees to a practical solution: a marriage of convenience. Ellis...

Hannah Kent and Oliver Jennings pledged their hearts to each other as children. Now, years later, Hannah is thrilled to receive an invitation to spend the summer at Oliver’s family’s country estate. The path to wedded bliss is clear—so long as Oliver’s highbrow older brother, Damon, has ceased his juvenile antics, Hannah’s future looks bright indeed. But from the moment Hannah arrives at Summerhaven, nothing is as she expected. 

As nursemaid to the eight-year-old Duke of Kielder, Robbie will spend her holidays with her young charge as a guest of Lord and Lady Jonquil. While the couple makes the child’s holiday magical, the handsome gardener works his own magic on Nurse Robbie’s heart. A Christmas house party offers two members of the ton an irresistible weekend of anonymity. But their charade comes with unexpected romantic consequences. Alice Hunt is searching for a Christmas miracle: a husband of her choosing. With the threat of an arranged marriage looming, she looks to an unlikely matchmaker for help.

Since her mother's disappearance seven years ago, Lady Sarah Denham has remained resolutely at Manderfield Hall. She is certain her mother will someday return home, so when the estate is sold, Sarah can't bear to let go of the house or the hope it symbolizes. There's only one solution that will allow her to stay: she must marry the new owner. But her impulsive proposal does not go as planned.

Matthew Harrison has only one task in life: to marry money. After failing miserably in London, his family takes matters into their own hands by arranging his marriage to the wealthy Lucy Bateman. But when he meets Lucy for the first time, his resolve to save his family from ruin crumbles. Lucy looks to be nothing more than a child, and he cannot fathom going through with the union. Without a thought for the consequences of his actions, he runs away.

When Peter Hathorn proposes to his childhood sweetheart, Jenny Monroe, the outcome is far from the happy ending he envisioned. Before she can give him an answer, Jenny falls desperately ill. He does all in his power to ensure her recovery, but something between them has changed. Determined to win Jenny’s hand, he proposes each time he sees her, never realizing that the woman he loves harbors a secret that makes it impossible for her to accept.

Her first London Season has arrived, but Clare Compton is far from enthusiastic. In fact, she finds the experience positively nauseating, and when her first ball ends in disaster, the consequences threaten to upend her entire Season. She wants nothing more than to retreat to her country home away from Society’s judgmental stares. Instead, respite comes from a most unexpected source. Patrick Milton, Clare’s childhood enemy, offers a cunning solution: he will serve as her escort for the final five weeks of festivities to help repair Clare’s reputation.

Miss Harriet Lockhart has been anticipating her debut into London Society since she was a little girl. When her father’s new position with the admiralty sees their return to England after a longtime post in India, Harriet finally has a chance to find a suitable—and suitably rich—husband. Mr. Foote seems the ideal candidate: well-mannered, well-groomed, and wealthy. But her plans go awry when she is whisked onto the dance floor by none other than handsome naval captain Patrick Sloane, a man she has known and despised for years.

Though Olivia Calloway has long anticipated the London Season, her first foray into the Marriage Mart is tinged with apprehension. As the sister of a baron, she is well aware that fortune hunters might find her—and her substantial dowry—irresistible. When the rakish Duke of Tipton takes an immediate interest in her, she sees through his charm, but the duke will not be dissuaded from the fortune he seeks. Determined to gain access to Olivia, he tasks his younger brother with ingratiating himself with the Calloways. Alexander Bailey’s titled family is nothing more than a curse.