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Accadde al ballo, dove la bella Lillian Bowman scoprì che il suo temperamento da americana, diretto e sfrontato, non era ben visto nell'affettata società inglese. Soprattutto agli occhi di Lord Westcliff, Marcus, lo scapolo d'oro più insopportabile della città. Accadde in giardino, dove Marcus e Lillian scoprirono che un solo appassionante bacio poteva valere più di mille arroganti pregiudizi, e persino più di un profumo afrodisiaco!

Londra, periodo natalizio. Rafe Bowman è arrivato dall'America per incontrare Natalie Blandford, la bellissima figlia di lady e lord Blandford. Ma prima deve superare l'arduo esame della cugina di lei, Hannah, che seppure affascinata dai lineamenti ben definiti e dal fisico imponente ritiene i suoi rozzi modi tipicamente americani e la sua reputazione di libertino non adeguati a una giovane come Natalie, rispettabile e di buona famiglia. Per assicurarsi la sua mano, Rafe dovrà imparare le regole della società londinese.

Edward Stanhope, the icy Duke of Thornfield, likes his life in a certain order. Give him a strong drink, a good book, and his dog for company, and he’s content. But when he goes to his library and finds a woman sitting in his chair, petting his dog, what starts as a request for her to leave turns quickly to a fiery battle of wits, leading to a steamy kiss that could ruin them both if they’re caught. So, of course, damn it all, that’s when Edward’s aunt walks in and, thereafter, announces Miss Georgiana Bly as the future Duchess of Thornfield.

Britannia, AD 117: Roman centurion Flavius Ferox is trying to live a quiet life of dignified leisure, overseeing his wife's estate and doing his best to resist the urge to murder an annoying neighbor—until someone else does it for him. Dragged back into a life of violence, Ferox finds himself chasing raiders, fighting chieftains and negotiating with kings, journeying far into the north just as war breaks out. With the new emperor, Hadrian, sending agents from Rome, the whole world seems to be changing.

Annabelle, Lillian, Evie e Daisy sono quattro giovani donne piene di speranze, sogni e timori, stanche di aspettare che l'uomo della loro vita venga a cercarle: l'amicizia le renderà più audaci e intraprendenti, e d'ora in poi si aiuteranno l'una con l'altra. Annabelle è affascinante e colta, di nobili origini, ma senza dote. Ma il suo algido orgoglio le impedisce di accettare il corteggiamento di Simon Hunt, ricco borghese e impetuoso seduttore, ben diverso dagli aristocratici che vorrebbe accalappiare.

""I'm Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I can't be celibate. Everyone knows that."" Desperate to escape her scheming relatives, Evangeline Jenner has sought the help of the most infamous scoundrel in London. A marriage of convenience is the only solution. No one would have ever paired the shy...

The first irresistible installment in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McQuiston's Seduction Diaries series proves that some secrets are too delicious to hide. Pretty and popular, Miss Clare Westmore knows exactly what (or rather, who) she wants: the next Duke of Harrington. But when...

The Wallflowers Four young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands . . . no matter what it takes Proud and beautiful Annabelle Peyton could have her pick of suitors—if only she had a dowry. Her family is on the brink of disaster, and the only way...

She gave him her innocence . . . Lady Aline Marsden was brought up to marry a man of her own class, but from the moment she meets John McKenna, she risks everything to be with him. He gave her his heart Although their love is forbidden, McKenna's passion for the beautiful Aline is too compelling...

Lady Jo Danvers has declared war on her humdrum life. Armed with a list of ways to be wicked, she will step out of her role as never-been-kissed wallflower and experience passion. With the right gentleman, of course. She just has to find him. Mr. Elijah Decker, the handsome businessman she cannot stop thinking about, is definitely no gentleman. And he is decidedly all wrong. Unfortunately for Jo, she has unwittingly given him her list. When Decker discovers Jo’s list mistakenly tucked between the pages of a pamphlet for the Lady’s Suffrage Society, he is intrigued.

Miss Maryann FitzWilliam is too witty and bookish for her own good. No gentleman of the ton will marry her, so her parents arrange for her to wed a man old enough to be her father. But Maryann is ready to use those wits to turn herself into a sinful wallflower. When the scandal sheet reports a sighting of Nicolas Ives climbing out the chamber windows of a house party, Maryann does the unthinkable. She anonymously claims that the bedchamber belonged to none other than Miss FitzWilliam, tarnishing her own reputation - and chances of the dastardly union her family secured for her. 

Sterling Nottingham, Duke of Hanover, didn't plan on kissing Rosemary Stanhope. It was a complete accident, spurred on by too much gin and a temporary loss of sanity. Unfortunately, now that he knows what she tastes like, kissing her again—this time on purpose—is all he can think about. Rosemary was as surprised as the Duke of Hanover when he kissed her. The sinfully handsome rakehell isn't exactly known for paying much attention to wallflowers. Yet for some reason, their paths keep crossing . . . and before long she finds herself falling for the one man who loves her for who she is.

Constantly stifled by the rules of Society, spirited Rebecca Rowley enjoys finding ways to quietly - or not so quietly - rebel. But riding bareback and avoiding nosy neighbors are nothing compared to the thrilling secret she is keeping from her family. When Rebecca’s quick thinking saves the life of a young girl, she unwittingly attracts the attention of the child’s dashing brother, Lieutenant Nicholas Avery. As that attention turns flirtatious, Rebecca is forced to tell him the truth: She is secretly engaged - to the one man her family would never approve of.

A recluse and a young woman discover that the scars of life are no match against an act of love. Iowa, 1903. All of Monticello believes Otis Taylor has been away fostering his musical genius. But the truth is that his father exiled him long ago, rejecting Otis's appearance and the scars that...

When the Berlin Wall goes up, Karin is on the wrong side of the city. Overnight, she’s trapped under Soviet rule in unforgiving East Berlin and separated from her twin sister, Jutta. Karin and Jutta lead parallel lives for years, cut off by the Wall. But Karin finds one reason to keep going: Otto, the man who gives her hope, even amidst the brutal East German regime. 

Headstrong American heiress Lillian Bowman has come to England to find an aristocratic husband. Unfortunately, no man is strong enough to tame the stubborn beauty's fierce will. Except, perhaps, the powerful and arrogant Earl of Westcliff—a man Lillian despises more than anyone she's ever met...

Lady Imogen Marlowe met the love of her life, Lord Thaddeus Herrington, at a summer house party in Shropshire. But can Imogen trust Thaddeus to save her in time or will Lord Cunningham stay one step ahead of them?

Cristina é a jovem romântica que vem de Portugal para casar-se com Tiago. Decepciona-se logo ao desembarcar do navio: seu prometido não a aguarda. E, para chegar a Lagoa Serena, a propriedade da família do noivo, precisa enfrentar dificuldades a fim de transpor a muralha da Serra do Mar, que separa o litoral da vila de São Paulo de Piratininga. Mas Cristina terá de lidar com muito mais do que as vicissitudes de uma terra selvagem: a indiferença de Tiago, que parece só querer bem às estrelas, e os hábitos tão distintos daqueles do Reino.

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas’s sparking tale of love, romance, and Christmas magic, set in Victorian London, in which the irresistible Wallflowers help steer the course of true love for a notorious wealthy American and his reluctant British bride. The search for true love...

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.