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For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to get her out of his mind, Royce returns to Medford with Hadrian but the two receive a very different reception—Gwen refuses to see them. The victim of abuse by a powerful noble, she suspects that Royce will ignore any danger in his desire for revenge. By turning the thieves away, Gwen hopes to once more protect them. What she doesn't realize is what the two are capable of—but she's about to find out.

Une saga envoûtante, dans la lignée des grands romans de Sarah Lark et Tamara McKinley. Après s'être enfin retrouvés en Inde, Jezebel, jeune orpheline qui avait été contrainte de quitter l'Angleterre, et Jan Lukas, un bel aventurier, décident de concrétiser leur amour en annonçant un grand mariage.

France, 1367. Rafeu, Vicomte Bruniquel, is deeply, insanely in love—and he's about to meet the lady of his heart for the first time. Unfortunately for him, lovely English widow Eglantine avoids charismatic French knights like the plague. Bitter experience has taught her that love is an illusion. She will not be deceived again, so she bars her castle to all suitors and creates an English garden paradise in detested France.

Lorsque le prince Aldo Morosini, expert en pierres anciennes, rencontra Simon Aronov, surnommé le boiteux de Varsovie, il ne s'attendait pas à la mission que ce mystérieux personnage lui confierait : retrouver les quatre pierres manquantes du pectoral du Grand Prêtre du Temple de Jérusalem, une plaque en or où s'enchâssaient douze pierres précieuses. Or, une tradition veut qu'Israël ne retrouve sa terre ancestrale que lorsque le pectoral reconstitué pourra y revenir.

1501: the turbulence of Henry VIII's reign brings passion and pain to the Morlands as they achieve ever greater wealth and prestige.Paul, great-grandson of Elanor Morland, has inherited the Morland estates, and his own Amyas is set to be his heir. But Paul fathers a beloved illegitimate son, and bitter jealousy causes a destructive rift between the two half-brothers which will lead to death.

Cora Atherton wants nothing more than to finally fall in love—real love, not the unrequited sort. When she is invited to attend a house party without her disapproving, overbearing mother, Cora leaps at the chance, desperate to make a match of her own. That is, until she finds that Oliver Cartwell is also attending the party. Oliver, the boy she has loved since she was a girl and the man she is determined to forget.

Aus schierer Not hat Lady Juliana sich auf einen gefährlichen Handel eingelassen. Jetzt ist ihr Englands bester Spion auf den Fersen... Sebastian Colbourne ist nicht nur der Sohn eines Dukes, sondern – was kaum jemand weiß – ein Spion der Krone. Sein neuester Auftrag führt ihn jedoch nicht hinter die feindlichen französischen Linien, sondern mitten in die Londoner Ballsäle. Er muss eine englische Dame ausfindig machen, die als Spitzel für Napoleon arbeitet.

Kassel, 1832. Es ist Frühling, und im Atelier Rosen herrscht reger Betrieb. Elise hat nach ihrer Rückkehr in die Marktgasse alle Hände voll zu tun, ein neues Lehrmädchen soll sie und die anderen Putzmacherinnen entlasten. Mutter Charlotte ist zunächst wenig angetan von den Bewerberinnen - schon gar nicht von der unscheinbaren Grete. Während Grete jedoch mit ungeahnten Talenten überrascht, fiebert Elise dem Besuch ihres Vaters entgegen. Als dieser in Kassel eintrifft, begleitet ihn ein lebensfroher Student, der besonderen Gefallen an der hübschen Elise findet.

Doctor John Dee and Margaretta, assisted by his pupil Christopher, are charged with unraveling the mystery. But then there is a kidnapping, a ransom threat and more bodies appear. Amongst secrets and rumors, the scandal of the Seymour Affair threatens to resurface. Elizabeth's road to the throne could be ruined and with that comes the fall of the Tudor Dynasty. Can John Dee keep Elizabeth's secret before it casts a shadow over them all?

In a novel that sizzles with passionate intrigue and breathtaking romance, Marsha Canham whisks the listener back to war-torn Scotland as a legendary warrior fights for the two things most precious to any man: his country and the woman he loves.

Kassel, 1832. Es ist Frühling, und im Atelier Rosen herrscht reger Betrieb. Elise hat nach ihrer Rückkehr in die Marktgasse alle Hände voll zu tun, ein neues Lehrmädchen soll sie und die anderen Putzmacherinnen entlasten. Mutter Charlotte ist zunächst wenig angetan von den Bewerberinnen - schon gar nicht von der unscheinbaren Grete. Während Grete jedoch mit ungeahnten Talenten überrascht, fiebert Elise dem Besuch ihres Vaters entgegen. Als dieser in Kassel eintrifft, begleitet ihn ein lebensfroher Student, der besonderen Gefallen an der hübschen Elise findet.

Sandra Worth's Crown of Destiny, her second novel in a trilogy about Richard III, picks up shortly after the first book's conclusion, with Richard finally wed and attempting to safeguard his new family from the machinations of his brother Edward IV's court. This is a fast listen, but one that never lags. Richard grows in this unusual portrayal of a humane man in an inhumane time, one who must confront challenging choices that threaten to rend his world apart, and contend with the own darkness in his own nature.

Second tome d'une série de cinq romans qui s'est vendue à 2 millions d'exemplaires en Allemagne. Angleterre, 1413. Lorsque Jean de Waringham, jeune noble de treize ans, apprend que son père souhaite le voir embrasser une carrière ecclésiastique, il s'enfuit du château familial et se met en route pour Londres. À Westminster, il rencontre le roi Henri V. Embarquant pour la France aux côtés du charismatique souverain, il ne tarde pas à être armé chevalier et se distingue sur le champ de bataille par ses actes de bravoure.

In the opulent ballrooms of Regency-era London, Mercy Ainsworth plays her part flawlessly. By day, she's the poised daughter of an esteemed earl, an embodiment of grace and decorum. But when the moon ascends and the city's shadows lengthen, she transforms into a clandestine artist of Drury Lane, her paintings ablaze with untamed passion.

Lord Elgin's Greek marbles are the talk of London society, so when a death threat arrives, the earl hires actress Dora Fitz-Pennington and the honourable Dr Jacob Sandys to investigate. They plunge into the scandals of society's most eminent members, from the Byron circle to the secret world of collectors. As danger lurks around London's every corner, in the most exclusive ballrooms and the roughest taverns, Dora and Jacob will face not only what has been left unsaid simmering between them but the threat of silent assassins, traitorous acquaintances and the darkest of secrets...

Bound for the Caribbean on a mission for the king, Varian St. Clare's ship is attacked by a Spanish galleon. When a pirate ship, the Iron Rose, comes to their rescue, cannons blazing, the emissary is surprised to learn the captain is a woman, Juliet Dante, daughter of the infamous Pirate Wolf.

Prudence Emerson doesn't have time for romantic entanglements. She's taken a job at the mercantile and is saving money to attend school at Oberlin. That is until the Reverend Derrick Chase rides into town to start a new church. Her good friend Lilly Warren invites her to a service at Enduring Faith Moravian church, and the die is cast. She can't deny her attraction to him, and the handsome mulatto preacher obviously returns the feelings. Should she change her plans to explore a relationship with him? Or will being the preacher's paramour lead to nothing but pain?

Catherine Howard stumbles upon the tomb of her granddaughter, Anne Howard Brandon, who'd been swept back through time. Horrorstruck, she discovers Anne was murdered in the year 1562. She calls upon a time-traveling priest, Father Daniel, to rescue her precious granddaughter. But journeying back to the 16th century is a dangerous undertaking; the life and death risks sobering and real. Daniel calls upon the forces of heaven and earth - including a secret Vatican society of time travelers - to aid in this quest.

Wife and mother to a dynasty of kings, crusader, prisoner and formidable political operator, Eleanor of Aquitaine is a thoroughly modern woman, despite living almost 900 years ago. Intelligent, witty and independent, she is tough enough to forge her own destiny—and subtle enough to shape the world to her will.

Cuando su hermana Bluebell se escapa para evitar casarse con Diego de Valterra, Rose Wadlow se siente obligada a ocupar su lugar. Sabe que el matrimonio pactado con ese hombre no le traerá felicidad. Aun así, está dispuesta a no permitir que su carácter mujeriego le afecte, porque, a cambio, su sangre española la liberará de la maldición que pesa sobre su familia.