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Nightly at the Covent Garden Theatre in London, an enchanting actress is wowing the crowds with her affecting portrayal of Ophelia. Preyed on by rakes and opportunistic young bucks, feted by dukes and earls, even the Prince Regent himself, Angelica Leigh is a sensation. But in Regency England, beauty and talent are not enough to be considered marriage material, so when the eminently eligible Lord Charles Latimer sets his heart on Angelica, his uncle is sent to intervene.

Letzte Nacht verbrachte ich mit einem Fremden, der mich meinen eigenen Namen vergessen ließ. Heute Morgen ist er mein neuer Chef. ...Und in genau 12 Wochen werde ich ihm sagen müssen, dass er Vater unseres Kindes wird. Letzte Nacht ließ ich mich von einem Fremden gegen eine Badezimmerwand drücken, bis ich nicht mehr atmen konnte. Jetzt? Dieser Fremde ist Troy Gunner – Milliardär, Bastard und mein neuer Boss. „Ms. Durall." Die Art, wie er meinen Namen sagt, verrät mir, dass er sich an alles erinnert. „Willkommen bei Gunner Industries."

They call him The Mute for a reason. Hard, cold, and calculated, he rarely speaks. When he does, it's with disdain. When he does, his words aren't meant for me. When he does, my stomach flips and my world tilts on its axis. He is 33. I am 18. He's a single dad and my father's business partner. I'm just a kid to him and his enemy's daughter. He's emotionally unavailable. And I am...feeling. Feeling things I shouldn't feel for him. Trent Rexroth is going to break my heart. The writing isn't just on the wall, it's inked on my soul.

Hallo Du, ich heiße Liana White und bin einundzwanzig Jahre alt. Zumindest wäre ich das jetzt, wenn ich nicht tot wäre. Wie ich gestorben bin, wird niemals jemand erfahren, denn worüber in Miami Beach keiner spricht, sind Skandale. Mein Tod war ein solcher Skandal. Ein Skandal, der das Leben meiner Schwester und meines Bruders verändert hat. Sie haben das schlimmste Jahr ihres Lebens hinter sich, dabei wissen sie gar nicht, was ihnen noch bevorsteht.

Sie sind zurück und sie sind heißer denn je – die Könige und Königinnen der Lügen. Der Nachwuchs der Reichen und Schönen. Die Elite Miamis. Matthew White ist rückfällig geworden. Aber das ist nicht sein einziges Problem, denn er fühlt sich plötzlich zu jemandem hingezogen, für den er niemals Gefühle hätte entwickeln dürfen. Seine Schwester liebt Skandale. Deswegen vertieft sie ihre Affäre mit dem mysteriösen Geschäftspartner ihres Vaters – Alec Godwin. Aber was hat er mit dem Mörder ihrer Schwester Blake King zu tun?

"Sieht aus, als hättest du vergeblich versucht, vor mir davonzulaufen, Prinzessin", raunte Christian in mein Ohr. Ein einziges Mal in meinem Leben wollte ich mutig sein und aus der Rolle ausbrechen, die andere mir zugeteilt hatten. Für eine Nacht wollte ich mich nicht hinter meinen Boyfriend Jeans, meinen weiten Shirts und meiner Kamera verstecken. Ich wollte mutig sein. Herausfinden, wer ich war und meine Stimme als angehende Fotografin entdecken. Dass es mich dafür ins Galore verschlug, einen gewagten Club mitten in New York, war purer Zufall. Aber genau das, was ich brauchte.

Wenn die Büchersucht zum Verhängnis wird... Manche Geschichten beginnen mit einem Ups. Ich laufe lesend gegen Jonah Kent, den Mann mit den buchwürdig blauen Augen. Kurz darauf erfahre ich nicht nur, dass er zu den begehrtesten Junggesellen der Stadt gehört, sondern auch, wie mächtig er ist. Er bringt meinen Boss dazu, dass ausgerechnet ich seine Biografie schreiben und ihn dafür täglich begleiten soll. Davon erhofft er sich genau das, was die Protagonisten in meinen verruchten Lieblingsbüchern lang und ausdauernd tun.

Growing up with four unruly brothers has made Freyja Bedwyn far bolder than most society ladies. From feisty manner to long, tumbling hair, Lady Freyja is pure fire - a woman who seeks both adventure and freedom. Adventure soon finds her on a visit to Bath, when a handsome stranger bursts into Freyja's room and entreats her to hide him. His name is Joshua Moore, Marquess of Hallmere, a man with a hell-raising reputation of his own who is quickly intrigued by the independent beauty.

A must-listen sapphic romance by Milena McKay, author of The Delicate Things We Make.

Bianca Chopra. Gorgeous. Forbidden. My past obsession. When she propositions me for a sham marriage, I say no with a warning to stay away. Like a dirty vixen, she raises the stake, reawakening the forbidden feelings, and I find myself throwing caution to the wind. She thinks she'll walk away unscathed but doesn't realize she made a deal with a monster with a secret that will wreck her entire world.

Two eccentric orphans bring together a grumpy viscount and the free-spirited heroine who steals his heart in the first novel in Eloisa James’s new Accidental Brides series, in which haughty aristocrats find themselves married to the wrong women. He wants a nanny, not a bride… Suddenly...

James Cordier is a master of intrigue, a brilliant thief, a first-class lover, and an intimate friend of danger - all for King and Country - and thoroughly sick of it. He just has to complete one last mission, and then he can retire peacefully, and resume his aristocratic life in Regency London, where his most dangerous task will be courting sweet, respectable heiresses. But first, James must charm a set of incriminating letters from a woman who is anything but quiet or respectable: the notorious Francesca Bonnard.

As much as Beatrice Hyde-Clare relished the challenge of figuring out who murdered a fellow guest during a house party in the Lake District, she certainly does not consider herself an amateur investigator. So when a London dandy falls dead at her feet in the entryway of a London Daily Gazette, she feels no compulsion to investigate. It was a newspaper office, after all, and reporters are already on the case as are the authorities.

There's a murderer on the loose—but that doesn't stop the girls of St. Etheldreda's from attempting to hide the death of their headmistress in this rollicking farce. The students of St. Etheldreda's School for Girls face a bothersome dilemma. Their irascible headmistress, Mrs. Plackett, and...

Miss Eliza Cade is a lady in waiting. And waiting. Because of a foolish mistake in her youth, she's not allowed ""out"" in Society until her three older sisters are wed. But while she's trying to be good, she keeps bumping elbows—and, more distressingly, lips— with notorious rake Harry...

Leopold Halton, the duke of Dammerton, is the man with everything: perfect hair, beautiful waistcoats, and London's finest collection of decorative objects. But two years after his highly entertaining divorce (entertaining for everyone but him, that is), Leo still doesn't have what he wants most: another wife. Leo is ready to propose to a suitable lady, but with gossip dissecting his every move, the family of his nearly ideal future bride demand that he first stop calling on artist Juno Bell, the first woman he ever kissed and now, a decade later, his friend.

I’m hiding a secret. A big one. One that could shake the very foundation of the Upper East Side elite. My secret has dark blond hair and a smile that could charm the pants off anyone—including mine. Charismatic. Powerful. Unbelievably gorgeous, with a body I fantasize about—not that they will ever know. This secret is one I’ll take to the grave. Because, you see, I am in love with a Carrington, just not the one I’m dating. And what’s a bigger scandal than falling for your girlfriend’s dad?

Beneath Lily Layton’s sweet and charming exterior beats the heart of a vixen - one with shocking and scandalous secrets and desires. But as a genteel lady, she confines her forbidden fantasies, like those about her employer’s devastatingly handsome son, to her diary…until she loses it. Oliver Carlyle, Marquess of Ambrose, has finally found the perfect wife, a woman who will not hide from his dark, carnal cravings. He just needs to figure out who she is.

Lord Hampton cursed his luck. Six dukes were in league together to force their sons to marry, and one of them was his own father. The old men had drawn up a formal pact, with severe consequences to their heirs included. Edwin is determined to devise a way out of it, he has no intention of marrying any time soon. He's also desperate to get his name off the ton's lips. Mamas are circling like hunters round a wounded stag and every pert little miss is fanning herself.

"Two-thirds royal drama, one-third mystery...like a much darker Princess Diaries.” —Jennifer Lynn Barnes, New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games The second book in the Royal Blood series about an American girl who threatens the royal family by exposing their darkest...