Showing results for "The Reluctant Bride" in Literature & Fiction

Fearing for his life, Thomas Marsh has fled Castle Bay and found work as a mill hand, deep in the countryside. Here he comes across the unconventional Isabel Cavendish and is captivated by her beauty and wildness. But Isabel's father has ambitions for his daughter, and she is soon sent away to Ramsgate to learn how to be a lady. Struggling to understand society's obsession with dresses and balls, Isabel chafes against the restrictions of her new life. Then she meets Daniel Coates, in town for one night only, and the pair discover a strong mutual attraction.

She never wanted to marry. He hopes to make amends for past wrongs. Can love find a way to heal both of their hearts? Sadie Schrock swore she would never marry. All of her other Amish friends could court and marry—she was content to manage the family business and eventually take it over when...

Living in London's poorest slum, Mercy Wilkins has little hope of a better life. When she's offered an opportunity to join a bride ship sailing to British Columbia, she agrees. After witnessing so much painful heartache and loss in the slums, the bride ship is her only prospect to escape a bleak future, not only for herself but, she hopes, someday for her sister. Wealthy and titled Joseph Colville leaves home and takes to the sea - as ship's surgeon - in order to escape the pain of losing his family. When Mercy becomes his assistant, the two must fight against a forbidden love.

Devastated after both my fiancée and best friend betrayed me, I traveled to a distant isle in the Pacific Northwest, clinging to a job as an artist's assistant to escape my broken heart. Little did I know that I would find something else entirely when I met Briggs Tutheridge. His kindness and sensitivity were not at all what I expected. Still, his reputation was well-known and notorious, with bevies of admirers who wanted nothing more than a brief affair. That wasn't me. I was a wallflower destined to live in the shadows, and no amount of wishing could change that.

Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling and dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight, she is a bride, by dawn, a widow.

After five years away, Lady Eliza Cartwick isn't relishing returning to the whirl of the London season. But the young widow knows to ensure the best future for herself and her young daughter, Rosa, she must remarry. If only Lord Evanston, the dashing rogue who has haunted her dreams since she was 16, didn't insist on distracting her with his searing looks and lingering touches at the most inconvenient times....

When Clara Mayfield helps her sister elope, she's prepared for the scandal to seal her fate as a spinster. What she doesn't expect is to find herself engaged to the vile Baron Rutherford as a means of salvaging her family's reputation. Determined not to be chained to a man she loathes, Clara slips out of Essex and sheds her identity: She becomes Helen, maid at the Earl of Ashworth's country estate.

Lady Caroline Rowe is determined never to marry. After the disastrous end to her last Season, she wants nothing more than to live quietly with her aunt in the country. But her resistance starts to slip when an exasperating new neighbor, The American, begins to invade not just her land, but her life. And, of course, he is the last man who should ever tempt her....

Baldwin, the Viscount of Mountgarret, was content with his life. Unexpectedly, his childhood friend dies, leaving him his most prized treasures: his two young daughters. Baldwin’s priorities begin to shift as he arrives home and meets his wards’ infuriatingly stubborn governess. His interest is piqued by the mystery surrounding her, but she’s only a governess. He certainly can’t pursue her. Can he?

Zwei weihnachtliche Highland-Liebesromane von Emmanuelle de Maupassant. In den wilden Mooren Schottlands. Jedes Mal wenn der furchterregende Geist des längst verstorbenen Clanchefs Camdyn Dalreagh eine gespenstische Weise auf dem Dudelsack erklingen lässt, ist der Tod nicht fern... zumindest besagt das die Legende. Aber ist die Geschichte über den Fluch wahr? Über die vielen Jahre war Schloss Dunrannoch ein Ort von Intrigen, Ehrgeiz und mehr als einem Mord.

Он ворвался в мою жизнь неожиданно и необратимо. Новый альфа, победивший моего кузена и захвативший мою стаю. Сильнейший волк в Крайтоне, чемпион Волчьего ринга, мужчина, настолько опасный, как взгляд его разноцветных глаз. Он выбрал меня, хотя не должен был, и теперь хочет сделать своей.

Очередной отбор невест заканчивается плачевно—меня силой забирают в чужую страну, чтобы принудить к участию в этом безумном фарсе. Я сделаю всё, чтобы сбежать, чтобы вернуться домой, к жениху, даже если придётся откусить руку дракону! Даже если он так порочно красив. Даже если кто-то решил, что мы идеально подходим друг другу, и связал нас истинной меткой! Даже если я без него умру.