Ergebnis für "Daring" in Viktorianisch

Set in New York City’s Gilded Age, Joanna Shupe’s first book in her Four Hundred series features an English beauty with a wicked scheme to win the man she loves—and the American scoundrel who ruins her best laid plans… Lady Honora Parker must get engaged as soon as possible, and only a...

Miss Olivia Wilson is desperate, and desperate women do daring things. She's willing to do just about anything to save her family's newspaper. When her biggest investor pulls his funding, she confronts him, willing to become his mistress if that's what it will take. He might not speak, but she can't deny his dark and dangerous appeal, and there would be worse hardships than becoming a duke's plaything.

As the daughter of an old wealthy merchant family, Ada was looking forward to this London season with her friends, but all her plans grind to a halt when her beloved older brother, Richard goes missing. Basil Thompson is the only thing standing between herself, what remains of her family and a life of isolated humiliation. Surrounded by enemies and with her list of allies growing thinner by the day, she strikes a daring bargain with him. They will marry long enough to find and secure her brother, then Basil can seek an annulment and leave her behind.

She’s an accomplished spy for the British War Office, carrying out daring missions no one else has the tenacity to attempt. And yet, no one can remember her name. The daughter of a revered naval captain, Katharine Cavanaugh, the Countess of Stirling, is only ever known as Captain Hadley’s daughter. Under the pressure of her heritage, she has always does what others expect of her without ever wondering what she expects of herself. American mercenary Matthew Thatcher has spent his life running away from every expectation he has for himself.

Miss Estelle Darcy is running from her past. Everyone believes she drowned in a shipwreck off the French coast, and many times she wished she had. The smugglers who rescued her are not the sort of men one crosses. Still, London is a vast city with plenty of unsuitable places where a lady might hide. Lord Trevane's pledge to find Miss Darcy has him in a quandary. The only woman ever to haunt his dreams is dead. Renowned for being the most dangerous lord of the ton, ladies are scheming to bed him. Jealous men are plotting to drive a blade through his cold heart.

Bold and clever, THE CAVANAUGHS are unlike any other family in early Victorian England. #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens continues to explore the enthralling world of these dynamic siblings in the eagerly anticipated second volume in her captivating series. A Gentleman of...

Five well-bred sisters, one sensational scandal. Now the Duke of Marymount’s daughter Ida is about to find love in the most unconventional way . . . It was easy for society to overlook Lady Ida Howlett; they found her bookish, opinionated, and off the marriage mart. But little did they know...