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Une page d'amour est le huitième volume des Rougon-Macquart. Dans le Paris du Second Empire, Hélène Grandjean, jeune veuve discrète et réservée, vit seule avec sa fille Jeanne dans un appartement dominant les toits de la capitale. Toute son existence est tournée vers cet enfant fragile, qu'elle protège avec une tendresse presque excessive. Mais lorsqu'un médecin, Henri Deberle, entre dans leur vie, Hélène découvre peu à peu la force d'une passion qu'elle croyait impossible.

A murdered clockmaker. A stolen masterpiece. An observatory full of secrets. London, 1889. When elderly clockmaker Horace Whitby is found bludgeoned to death in his workshop at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, suspicion falls on the woman who discovered his body – Charlotte Mellor, who makes...

'I'm just so excited for everyone to discover Cold-Hearted Rake, and for me to read the rest of the Ravenel series!' Sarah MacLean A twist of fate . . . Devon Ravenel, London's most wickedly charming rake, has just inherited an earldom. But his powerful new rank in society comes with unwanted...

'One of the queens of the historical romance genre' EMILY HENRY 'Kleypas can make you laugh and cry - on the same page' JULIA QUINN From blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes Mine Till Midnight, the first title in the beloved Victorian romance series The Hathaways -...

The last thing Camden Huxley wants is to sort out his family's sprawling Yorkshire estate, along with its squabbling tenants, retainers, and neighbors. Cam nonetheless turns his back on his greatest passion–trade–and travels to Lorne Hall, telling himself all the while that he's merely...

A humorous friends-to-lovers tale with a hoyden, a Corinthian, and lots of kittens! The youngest of five beautiful sisters, Joy Whitford lacks both their femininity and sophistication. To wit: she is a hoyden. In fact, when trying to perform circus tricks on a horse, she suffered a brutal...

Will Cupid’s bow bring these two together or will his past keep them apart? Charles, twin brother to the Duke of Hightower, has spent his life hidden from his siblings. Considered mad by some, Charles has a mind unlike most others. Unfortunate circumstances lead to Charles being reintroduced...

Every book in the Society of Scandalous Witches can be read as a standalone. Secrets. Scandal. Hexes. And a desire that refuses to be tamed. In gaslit Victorian England, reputation is everything—and Lady Cynthia Burrows has perfected hers. A flawless hostess. A dutiful wife. A paragon of the...

Jonas Langford, Duke of Ramsdale, knows he is a beast and no one can possibly love him. He was the ton's most eligible and desired bachelor before the Napoleonic War left him horribly scarred and had him retreating to live out his life in solitude. That is, until one Miss Ailis Temple, the...

When masked men storm a charity dinner for the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage, Leonora Spencer and Detective Inspector Jasper Reid are among the many guests forced to witness the pandemonium—and a brutal murder. Although she is shaken by the apparent robbery gone wrong, Leo insists on...

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! When two history professors and best friends are forced to fake hate to protect their reputations, chaos ensues, in the next rollicking historical-fantasy rom-com from beloved author India Holton. Magical-antique experts Amelia Tarrant and Caleb Sterling have...

A classic historical romance novel from New York Times bestseller Lisa Kleypas (“One of today’s leading lights in romantic fiction” —Seattle Times), Because You’re Mine is a breathtaking tale of romantic intrigues and uncontained passions that showcases this acclaimed author at her...

Catherine Brooks ist eine Lady, wie sie im Buche steht, an Tugendhaftigkeit kaum zu überbieten. Jonathan Blake, Viscount Hayes, ist ein sorgloser Lebemann, der nur sein Vergnügen kennt und seine Zeit lieber an den Spieltischen der Stadt verbringt, als auf Brautschau zu gehen. Als das Schicksal sie auf immer aneinanderkettet, müssen beide erkennen, dass nicht alles ist, wie es scheint und manch einer ein gefährliches Geheimnis verbirgt.

Finkenwerder im 19. Jahrhundert: Auf der Grenze zwischen Preußen und Hamburg in Zeiten der Cholera kämpft eine junge Frau um den Apfelgarten ihrer Familie und um ihre Liebe. Der Auftakt eines epischen Zweiteilers vor norddeutscher Kulisse. Finkenwerder 1892: Seit dem Tod ihrer Mutter findet die junge Kea Loop nur Trost in deren altem Apfelgarten. Dort will sie den perfekten Apfel züchten.

Kat Holloway’s beau, Daniel McAdam, has always had a past shrouded in mystery. He knows nothing about his origins, only that a kind man rescued him from the streets all those years ago. So when a man claiming he knows where Daniel comes from turns up dead moments before meeting with them, Daniel goes on the hunt for the killer. It soon becomes clear that to see justice served, Daniel will have to figure out who he truly is and where he came from. When Daniel asks Kat for her assistance, she readily complies, knowing she’ll do whatever it takes to protect the man she’s come to love.

Kann die wahre Liebe an einer Liste festgemacht werden? Die bezaubernde Regency Romance Reihe von Ella Quinn geht endlich weiter qualiLady Alice Carpenter hat genaue Vorstellungen, wie ein geeigneter Ehemann sein sollte: intelligent, freundlich, kinderlieb, passabel aussehend, humorvoll. Doch...

In a London that insists women remain quiet, dutiful, and dull, two unlikely conspirators discover a secret that awakens everything society tells them to suppress… Jenny Rosewood – single, clever and nearly thirty, heaven forbid – has long disguised herself as a man to attend nighttime...

"Richard Armitage...steps in and sweeps us away on his deep, velvety voice, one much worth the marathon listening time. Listeners will know they are in for a treat immediately as they hear his voice change between reading the front matter and the first moments of the novel...this new edition...

Based on the family from the bestselling Love in a Nutshell, the story of an heiress longing to marry for love or not at all... From The New York Times bestselling writing duo Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly, comes the story of a young woman's search for true love. Caroline Maxwell would like...

Based on the family from the bestselling Love in a Nutshell, the story of an heiress longing to marry for love or not at all... From The New York Times bestselling writing duo Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly, comes the story of a young woman's search for true love. Caroline Maxwell would like...