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Only the boldest of ladies risks her heart and her reputation . . . THE FIRST BOOK IN THE STATELY SCANDALS SERIES 1826. At first sight, Ellen Turner does not seem the type to elope with a stranger. So when the young heriess vanishes from her boarding school in the arms of the rugged scoundrel...

A 2025 Audie Awards WINNER | A WOMAN EVOLVE BOOK CLUB PICK | A NORTH CAROLINA READS PICK | A Christy Award WINNER | A 2024 American Fiction Award WINNER | Best Historical Fiction of 2024 (She Reads) | FEATURED IN GMA, WASHINGTON POST, AND ESSENCE | There is only one known queen who truly ruled a...

The first work of long fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright—a tour de force of memory, mystery, death, and life. This searing, extraordinarily evocative narrative opens with a man in his house at dawn, surrounded by aspens, coyotes cackling in the distance as he quietly...

Jane Popyncourt was brought to the court as a child to be ward of the king and a companion to his daughters - the princesses Margaret and Mary. With no money of her own, Jane could not hope for a powerful marriage, or perhaps even marriage at all. But as she grows into a lovely young woman, she still receives flattering attention from the young men flocking to serve the handsome new king, Henry VIII, who has recently married Catherine of Aragon. Then a dashing French prisoner of war, cousin to the king of France, is brought to London, and Jane finds she can't help giving her heart to a man she can never marry.

"Andreas, inden du pakker op, skal du vide en ting: I vores familie betyder det rent faktisk noget at træde ind i de voksnes rækker. Det, der sker nu, er sket for alle drengene i min familie på deres konfirmationsdag. Jeg håber meget, du vil følge traditionen og gøre mig stolt," sagde far og så på mig, som han aldrig havde set på mig før. Med en blanding af respekt og nervøs forventning. Andreas kommer i sit livs dilemma, da han får en noget anderledes konfirmationsgave af sine forældre. Lige meget hvad han gør, synes hans liv kun at have én retning: Direkte mod afgrunden.