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Among his eccentric though strictly principled group of friends, Lord Richard Vane is the confidant on whom everyone depends for advice, moral rectitude, and discreet assistance. Yet when Richard has a problem, he turns to his valet, a fixer of unparalleled genius - and the object of Richard's deepest desires. If there is one rule a gentleman must follow, it is never to dally with servants. But when David is close enough to touch, the rules of class collide with the basest sort of animal instinct: overpowering lust.

Hero Wantage is desperate to change her fate. When the dashing Lord Sherry proposes out of the blue, Hero is overjoyed—she'll escape a life as a governess and, once they wed, he can finally claim his inheritance. But as Hero attempts to social climb in glamorous London society, Sherry is concerned that her naivety will ruin them both and takes drastic action. The chaos that follows will push friendships—and hearts—to breaking point.

In the fourth audiobook in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, the values of a Victorian gentleman, the young clergyman Mark Robarts, are put to the test. Though he lives a comfortable life, has a doting wife, children and a patroness in Lady Lufton, his ambitions stretch beyond the little village of Framley. Through a combination of naivety and social climbing, Robarts is compromised and brought to the brink of financial and social ruin by the disreputable politician, Sowerby.

Louisa Robertson’s father is furious when he finds her acting on stage. Now, she’s being shipped off to America to marry some stranger her father thinks will bring out the “lady” in her. Luckily, Louisa’s maid agrees to switch places with her! Her maid will marry the American and get the wealthy lifestyle she’s always wanted, and Louisa can do whatever she damn well pleases - for the first time in her life. Highlander Ian Sinclair needs an army commission, and the only way he can get one is to safely deliver the general’s daughter-from-Hell to her intended in America.

George Eliot's first full-length novel Adam Bede is a profound rendering of 19th century English pastoral life. This timeless story of seduction and betrayal follows the virtuous carpenter Adam Bede, whose world is soon disrupted when the all-too-beautiful Hetty betrays him for another villager. Her actions precipitate a turmoil of tragic events that shake the very foundations of their serene rural community.

Britain, March, 1944. After a desperate aerial battle over Somerset, a German bomber goes down in flames. When Joan discovers the Luftwaffe pilot hiding in her barn, her first instinct is to turn him in – against her better judgment, she offers him shelter instead. As they work side by side in the fields, a forbidden love begins to flourish. As the walls close in on their unlikely affair, Dieter and Joan's lives become fraught with danger, until passion and patriotism finally collide.

Now a major new Channel 4 series starring Brenda Blethyn (Vera) and Jessica Reynolds (Outlander) from OBE‑honoured, award‑winning author Barbara Taylor Bradford One girl. One secret. One unstoppable ascent. In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and...

The governor’s daughter has gotten herself into a mess. If I protect her, her father will owe me, bigtime. But the best way to keep her safe is to marry her. Claim her as one of our own.

Lord Sebastian St. John, dedicated bachelor and a co-owner of Fallen, the most scandalous pleasure club in London, is known as Sin for good reason. Orphaned by a shocking accident, Sin long ago vowed a life of solitude and decadence. Yet when Lady Grace Carrington begs for his help destroying her reputation, Sin can't turn the ton's most proper lady away.

It's 1793, and Simon Cavendish needs to get to his station at Fort Charlotte, a fur-trading outpost in the untamed Canadian wild. The fort is only accessible by canoe, and there's just one man daring enough to take him on the perilous, thousand-mile journey from Montreal this late in the summer. Young Christian Smith, the son of an Ojibwe mother and absent English father, is desperate for money to strike out on his own, so he agrees to take clueless Simon deep into the wild. As they travel endless lakes and rivers, they butt heads.

One of Daphne Wade's guilty pleasures is to watch the Duke of Tremore as he works, shirtless, on the excavation site of his ducal estate. Anthony Courtland is by far the most exciting and handsome man she has ever known, and she dreams of one day being able to speak with him without getting tongue tied. Anthony, meanwhile, only sees her as a hard worker on his excavation team. He considers her a plain young lady and says so to a friend, unaware that Daphne is outside the library door, her heart shattering to pieces. So Daphne decides she will not be so silly any longer.

The instant Captain Declan Frobisher lays eyes on Lady Edwina Delbraith, he knows she's the woman he wants as his wife. The scion of a seafaring dynasty accustomed to success, he discovers that wooing Edwina is surprisingly straightforward - not least because she makes it plain that she wants him as much as he wants her.

Jack Audley has been a highwayman. A soldier. And he has always been a rogue. What he is not, and never wanted to be, is a peer of the realm, responsible for an ancient heritage and the livelihood of hundreds. But when he is recognized as the long-lost son of the House of Wyndham, his carefree...

Er kam nach Bellebourne, um die Ordnung wiederherzustellen. Dann fand er sie auf seiner Wiese, einen verletzten Fuchs im Arm – und verlor die Herrschaft über sein Herz.Cassian Thorne, Duke of Halewick, ist Gehorsam, Disziplin und Kontrolle gewohnt. Doch Lady Amara Fenwick ist wunderschön...

Nia O'Doyle has always met life at a gallop: on horseback, with a bow in hand, and with her dearest friends, the Huntresses, at her side. But a dangerous bout of rheumatic fever has left her too weak to cross a garden, let alone return home after a gathering of her dear friends. Nia stays behind...

She appeared out of nowhere in June of 1978. A beautiful five year old little girl dressed in only a pillowcase for a dress and rags for shoes. No one knew where Molly Sue came from and she could not lead them back to her home. Little did she know, that she was walking straight into the heart of...

Lady Marianne Blackwell schätzt ihre Freiheit und hat nicht die Absicht, sich durch eine Ehe binden zu lassen. Doch als der charmante und geheimnisvolle Duke von Westford ein Auge auf sie wirft, wird sie ihre Meinung ändern – oder riskiert sie, den einzigen Mann zu verlieren, der sie...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Step back in time to the golden era of medieval England, where deep ancient forests whisper of legendary outlaws, chivalrous knights, and rustic village charm. Amidst the political turmoil of the Barons' Wars and the shifting loyalties of crown and...

A refined lady. A savage knight. A marriage neither wants... and cannot escape.What happens when the most polished lady in England is forced to wed the most notorious warrior on the Scottish border?Utter chaos!Gareth “Gar” de Wolfe—son of Troy de Wolfe of DarkWolfe—is a knight forged in...

Is it madness when men cannot forgive? Shaggy-haired and unshaven, ex-tribune Marcus Carinna slouches over a cup of cheap wine in a squalid taberna far from Caligula's Rome. A fugitive from the emperor's anger, he sees only one way to overcome his disgrace: with a deed glorious enough to dazzle...