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Bloomsbury presents How to Solve Murders Like a Lady by Hannah Dolby, read by Antonia Beamish. Hannah Dolby does it again...Violet is such a character and her adventures are just delightful.' – Jennifer Paige *** Violet Hamilton is no ordinary lady… She is a Lady Detective, who spends her...

Wilkie Collins was born on 8th January 1824 in Marylebone, London. He pursued his education at Mr Cole’s private boarding school in Highbury, Islington. Here, he began his literary career under unusual circumstances: the school bully would give him no peace until he had been told a bedtime story. This ‘little brute’ helped create one of England’s greatest writers.

Lord Hugo Starling is having the worst day. Not only have funders rejected his ambitious medical plans-again—but his friend's younger sister has disguised herself as a boy to hunt for gold sovereigns stolen from the Royal Mint. Due to the terms of her parents' will, Georgette Frost is about to lose her bookshop home. If she can cross England in time to claim the Royal Mint's reward, her future will be secured. She invites Hugo to join her, for a share of the reward would allow him finally to bring his medical plans to life.

Mina spürte die Hand des Dukes in ihrer. Eine Nacht. Ein Ball. War es möglich, jemanden in so kurzer Zeit für sich zu gewinnen? London 1818. Aufgrund eines Skandals in ihrer Vergangenheit ist Mina Moreland mit 26 Jahren noch immer unverheiratet. Ohne Vermögen oder Beziehungen droht ihr ein Schicksal als Gouvernante. Eine Einladung auf den Casterleigh & Esterhazy-Ball, dem wichtigsten Ereignis der Londoner Saison, ist ihre letzte Chance – schließlich ist dieser bevölkert von begehrten Junggesellen, allen voran dem schottischen Duke von Annadale.

When mill heiress Miss Emily Marsham agrees to a marriage born out of tragedy and hardheaded necessity, her hopes for future marital bliss aren’t high. Adam Blackthorn, the ambitious manager of one of her father’s mills is not what she expected in a husband. Can she make the best of her...

Struggling to support her family after her husband’s death, Caroline Harding attracts the attention of the ruthless Captain Francis Grafton who offers her a devil’s bargain to pay back her debts to him. Outwitting her enigmatic employer and unwillingly gaining his approval significantly...

Two junior naval officers, Cosway and Stone, have led too indulgent a lifestyle while awaiting the recall to their ship, whose sailing has been delayed by the severe illness of the captain. When the orders to board finally come, the two friends find they have insufficient money to pay their bills. Their landlady, Mrs Pounce, suggests a surprising way to settle their debt: one of them must marry her.

In 1828, the beautiful Rosina Wheeler married one of Victorian England’s most successful and prolific writers, Edward Bulwer-Lytton. What followed shocked and entertained the public for over thirty years. After their marriage broke down, Rosina refused to be silenced. She pursued her husband with a single-minded and very public crusade to prove she was in the right. She even interrupted her husband’s election campaign to denounce him to the assembled voters. Edward responded by threatening to have her committed to a lunatic asylum.

When their elderly guardian dies, Faith Whitford is determined to set up house in Bath and look for respectable country gentlemen for her four sisters. She has no ambitions for mingling with the ton. What she did not expect was a new guardian, in the form of a London Beau to be appointed over them, nor that he would take any interest in their care.

Cassandra Zerek is a true innocent in a wild and dangerous place—but her indomitable spirit and gentle soul make her stronger than anyone suspects. The owner of a Colorado mining empire, Luke Taggart's wealth and position can buy him anything, yet he has grown bored with a life of saloons, gambling, and loose women. Nothing soothes his restless inner yearning—until he spies Cassandra, as fresh and pure as a spring morning, and vows he will possess her.

Lord Farnsworth would rather rot in debtor’s prison than sell the one place that feels like home to him—his mother’s manor. That is, until he meets the woman who wants to buy it. Sally Duncan is beautiful, intelligent, and as rich as a baron—a rich baron, not a cash-strapped one like Lord Farnsworth. She’s the solution to every one of his financial problems and is bewitching to boot. All he needs to do is sell her his beloved manor and then charm her to the altar, and the manor will be his again. Simple, right?

If there is one woman Samson Rutherford, Earl of Riverton, can’t abide, it is his meddling sister. He has spent his whole life being a pawn in her plans and tricks, but when one of her schemes leaves him embarrassed in front of an old friend, he has finally had enough. He cannot beat her at her games, or even say no to her, his only option to save his sanity and pride is to run away--and fortunately, his solicitor knows just the place.

Matthew Harrison has only one task in life: to marry money. After failing miserably in London, his family takes matters into their own hands by arranging his marriage to the wealthy Lucy Bateman. But when he meets Lucy for the first time, his resolve to save his family from ruin crumbles. Lucy looks to be nothing more than a child, and he cannot fathom going through with the union. Without a thought for the consequences of his actions, he runs away.

Follow the love story between a ghost and an exorcist in this omnibus edition of the Spirit Suitor trilogy. Maggie Hathorn is the spirit of a socialite who is determined to redeem the sins of her past by spending her afterlife solving crimes in turn-of-the-century Manhattan. Reverend Coronado is...

Der Zauber einer Ballnacht. 2. März 1810: Heute habe ich mich verliebt! Dreizehn Tagebücher und neun Jahre später sind Miss Mirandas Gefühle für Viscount Turner noch genauso unsterblich – und ebenso aussichtslos. Eine kurze, verhängnisvolle Ehe hat ihn verbittert. Dennoch hegt Miranda Hoffnung. In ihrer ersten Saison will sie sich ihren Mädchentraum erfüllen und endlich mit dem Viscount tanzen. Dabei will sie ihm ihre Gefühle gestehen... Witzig und unwiderstehlich romantisch: Der erste Roman der Bevelstoke-Trilogie.

Daire Claymore, Duke of Claymore, does not understand why he is so drawn to Moonstone Landing, the sleepy village on the coast of Cornwall. He has all the wealth and power any man can want and women who will come running to warm his bed at his slightest nod. He is used to getting whatever strikes his fancy. Except he cannot coax, bribe, buy, or get the impertinent Brenna Angel. Not that he wants her, although she is stunning and irresistible in an irritating way. He is merely negotiating to purchase a property owned by the stubborn beauty.

Nancy Morris, a shopkeeper's daughter from Sandwich, becomes a governess with the help of a benefactor, Sir Gervase Damian. One day she helps a stranger whose advances she gently rebuffs, only to meet him again when she takes a new position in the North.

Tristan Bawden adora la sua vita di lusso e nullafacenza, se non fosse che suo fratello maggiore lo ha destinato a una noiosa carriera ecclesiastica. Tristan è disposto a tutto per evitare questa sorte, anche sposare qualcuno che non ama... o forse no. "Ombre Rosa" è una collana e insieme un viaggio alla riscoperta di un’intera generazione di scrittrici italiane che, tra gli anni Settanta e gli anni Duemila, hanno posto le basi del romanzo rosa italiano contemporaneo.

In un'epoca di torbidi e di guerre, una ragazza decide di prendere in mano la propria vita e affrontare le sfide dell’amore. Italia, 1860. Sullo sfondo della Spedizione dei Mille di Giuseppe Garibaldi, Nelly si rende conto di quanto la vita sia stata molto più generosa con la sorella Odeana che con lei. Ma non è il momento di piangersi addosso! Nelly dovrà andare incontro al proprio destino a testa alta, sperando nella salvezza che solo l’amore può dare.

Kent, 1809. A Robert, erede del marchese di Castleford, è bastato un solo sguardo per innamorarsi perdutamente della figlia del nuovo vicario del paese, Victoria Lyndon. Osteggiati dalle rispettive famiglie, i due giovani decidono di fuggire nottetempo per sposarsi in segreto. Ma il padre di Victoria sorprende la ragazza un attimo prima che possa mettere in atto i suoi propositi e subito la rinchiude nella sua stanza per impedirle di recarsi all'appuntamento.