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Da Ann Shefford mistede sin far, var hun ikke alene på bar bund, hun havde også ansvaret for sine tre yngre søskende. Alligevel var hun i syv sind, da John Melton bad hende om at gifte sig med ham. Nok ville det være den lille families redning, og da han vidste hun ikke elskede ham, stillede han ingen krav... Men kunne han stå sig ved denne transaktion, hvor han ville få så lidt og hun så meget? Og kunne hun slå til som fruen på Gulliver?

Da Adriana Maldons far dør uden at efterlade hende penge, drager hun til London med sine to yngre søstre, med det formål at opsøge sin gudfar, hertugen af Broxbourne, for at bede ham om at introducere dem til Londons selskabsliv. På turen mod London gør en elegant mand tilnærmelser til Adriana, men hun afviser ham - kun for at finde ud af, at den elegante herre viser sig at være hertugen.

Varia, der var ansat på Sir Edwards kontor, har aldrig været i udlandet, så da Sir Edward foreslår, at hun ledsager hans søn, Ian, på en forretningsrejse til Frankrig, og samtidig mod klækkelig betaling udgiver sig for at være Ians forlovede, kan hun ikke sige nej. Men opholdet i Frankrig former sig helt anderledes end ventet – ikke mindst på grund af en charmerende franskmand ved navn Pierre.

Professor Wardell, de grootste Sanskriet-kenner aller tijden, wordt ernstig ziek, vlak voor hij met zijn opdrachtgever Lord Frome naar Nepal zal vertrekken. Zijn dochter Chandra besluit in zijn plaats de lange reis te ondernemen, wel wetend hoe moeilijk ze het zal krijgen. Lord Frome is immers een vrouwenhater van de eerste orde. In de boeken van Cartland is de hoofdrolspeelster meestal een onschuldige, pure vrouw, die een intrigerende, avontuurlijke man ontmoet. Het einde is altijd goed, en liefde overwint alles.

Ottila Staverly bor alene på det gods, hvor hun er vokset op, men hun er så fattig, at hun dårligt kan spise sig mæt hver dag. En dag kommer hendes bror hjem fra London og meddeler hende, at en amerikansk mangemillionær ønsker at leje godset, imens han er i England for at lede efter en brud af adelig herkomst. Ottila bliver tvunget til at påtage sig rollen som guvernante for samtidig at kunne udspionere ham. Men det er hende, der en dag redder ham fra en tung skæbne.

De Elzas, 1870. De jonge Irene groeit op in een weeshuis. Het leven is er hard, dus wanneer ze als dienstmeisje wordt ontboden in het landhuis van de rijke wijnhandelaar Wilhelm Gerban komt dat als geroepen. De sfeer op de wijngaard is gespannen: Wilhelm is getrouwd met een Franse vrouw en het huwelijk heeft te lijden onder de groeiende politieke onrust in de Elzas. Als Irene Franz ontmoet, worden de twee hartstochtelijk verliefd, maar niet alleen klassenbarrières en familie-intriges staan hun relatie in de weg.

Irrungen, Wirrungen (1888) ist einer der bekanntesten Romane von Theodor Fontane, in dem er die feinsinnige, aber aussichtslose Liebesgeschichte zwischen dem adeligen Offizier Botho von Rienäcker und der bürgerlichen Näherin Lene Nimptsch erzählt. Fontane entwirft ein vielschichtiges Panorama der Berliner Gesellschaft im 19. Jahrhundert – geprägt von Konventionen, Klassenunterschieden und der stillen Kraft weiblicher Würde. Die leise Tragik dieser Beziehung ist zugleich scharfe Gesellschaftsanalyse und anrührende Charakterstudie.

Winter 1895. Als haar vader sterft en zijn glasmakerij wordt geveild, blijft de achttienjarige Anna Härtel berooid achter met haar zieke moeder en zes jaar jongere zusje. Om toch wat geld te verdienen maakt ze 's avonds glazen engeltjes, die ze op de markt verkoopt. Maar op een dag verandert haar leven drastisch: koningin Victoria van Engeland heeft over haar en haar kunstzinnige engeltjes gehoord en nodigt Anna uit op het paleis in Londen. Anna pakt al haar engelen in en gaat op reis.

A London deb and a military hero meet at a ball and fall in love. Years later, a chance meeting reveals the truth of the past and yet the impossibility of a future together. Can they surpass love's barriers the second time around?

Elizabeth Black is the headmistress of a girls' school in 1830s Victorian London. She is also a well-respected author of stories written both for and about the upper-class ladies of Victorian society. But by night, she writes very different kinds of stories - the Penny Dreadfuls that are all the rage among the working-class men. Under the pseudonym Charles King, Elizabeth has written about dashing heroes fighting supernatural threats, intelligent detectives solving grisly murders, and dangerous outlaws romancing helpless women.

Furious at being tricked into marrying a woman who keeps a hedgehog in her pocket, Derek couldn't get away from Eleanor fast enough after their vows were read. It's been a year since he's seen her, and he has no plans to change that anytime soon - until his scheming cousin shows up and declares the union a sham. Now Derek has exactly one month to woo a wife he never desired and consummate a marriage he never wanted.

Doctor Isla Cooper is cursed. Each night, at the stroke of midnight she falls into a deep sleep from which she cannot be awakened for six hours. To make it worse, the curse has an expiration date - after a year, she will fall asleep forever. And the year is almost up. In a desperate attempt to find Malette - the witch who cursed her - Isla blackmails her way onto Daniel Pickett's private airship bound for the Caribbean, only to discover she's traveling with three illegal shapeshifters and the despicable Nigel Crowe.

Lord Vaughn, Viscount Darlington, has a dark reputation for sinful pleasures, putting off even the most ardent mamas who crave his title for their unmarried daughters. They say he's dangerous enough to ruin a woman with just one look...but he can't resist the pleas of a woman who needs his help. This rogue might yet be redeemed. All of London adores Perdita Darby. She receives invites to every party and has eligible gentlemen willing to wait for her, but she has no desire to marry.

When Evangeline is sent to live in a small mill town in Northern England as a schoolteacher in 1871, she finds herself struggling to fit in with an unfamiliar culture. Raised with the high-class Victorian values and ideals of a sophisticated upbringing, she is unprepared for the poverty she finds in the gritty factory town of Smeatley, where the locals speak with a hard-to-understand Yorkshire accent and struggle to thrive with few resources or opportunities. Though she has no training as a teacher, she must prove herself successful before her grandfather will release her inheritance.

An enchanting historical second chance romance from the author of The Paris Apartment. "A charming, clever, and engaging storyteller." —Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Scoundrels series Duke. Scoundrel. Titan of business. August Faulkner is a man of many...

On a splendid August afternoon, Susanna Osbourne is introduced to the most handsome man she has ever seen...and instantly feels the icy chill of recognition. Peter Edgeworth, Viscount Whitleaf, is utterly charming - and seemingly unaware that they have met before. With his knowing smile and seductive gaze, Peter acts the rake; but he stirs something in Susanna she has never felt before, a yearning that both frightens and dazzles her.

The daughter of a Scottish lord with a dark and treacherous past, Rosalind Melbourne has spent years distancing herself from her past. After escaping her tyrannical father and marrying an aging English lord, she has become a powerful widow with a business empire at her command. Her business dealings are everything to her, leaving her no time for love. Especially not with her business rival, Ashton, a man with a scandalous reputation as striking as his blue eyes.

As the fourth daughter of a baron, Miss Hannah Fairchild has no dreams of grandeur when it comes to marriage. Forget a duke or an earl. The shy, spinsterly wallflower would be happy with a doctor or (even better) the bookseller's son. Unfortunately, if she wants to save her family from financial ruin - and her father from debtor's prison - a duke is precisely what she needs.

Suspended from his work as an agent for the Crown, Griffin, Duke of Strathmore, exists under a dark cloud of suspicion for crimes he didn’t commit. He’s on a desperate race to clear his name by any means until a grave error lands him under house arrest with the last sort of distraction he needs.

Fans of Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn will adore this opposites-attract romance featuring a dashing duke, a shy bookshop owner, and a wager that will change their lives forever. Evie Harlow runs a quaint little bookshop in London, which is the biggest adventure an unmarried woman with no...