Ergebnis für "Duke" in Literatur & Belletristik

One chance meeting on a Texas ranch. One wild, too-charming cowboy. One snowed-in night that changes everything. Wheeler Rankin isn't here for romance—she's come to Lucky River Ranch to visit her best friend, wrangle a business deal, and prove herself to everyone who ever doubted her. But when...

A vengeful duke finds his world upended by an enemy's daughter, whose spirit and passion light up his darkened life. A lord's quest to find his brother leads to a faux engagement with a woman whose courage and dignity defy her humble status. A marriage of convenience between a daring lady and a rakish duke becomes a genuine quest for love amid danger.

Bridgerton: Die Inspiration zur Netflix-Serie. Die ganze Geschichte von Daphne und Simon - jetzt mit zusätzlichem Epilog. Als Daphne Bridgerton ihren Namen in der Kolumne von Lady Whistledown liest, kümmert es sie nicht besonders. Aber ihre Mutter drängt sie, endlich einen Ehemann zu finden, bevor ihr Ruf in dieser Ballsaison völlig dahin ist. Daphne schließt einen Pakt mit Simon Basset, dem heiratsunwilligen Duke of Hastings: Indem er ihr den Hof macht, erscheint der umschwärmte Aristokrat vergeben. Sie dagegen rückt gesellschaftlich in den Mittelpunkt und entflieht den Kuppelversuchen ihrer Mutter.

Arabella Caulfield, one of three orphaned sisters, has clung to an ancient gypsy prophecy as the only way to save her family from endless heartbreak. Now she has 12 days to reach a remote French castle and fulfill her destiny: to marry a prince. Along the way, Arabella meets Lucien Westfall, decorated naval captain and the new Duke of Lycombe. She thought he was a pirate. He thought she was a governess. Two wrongs have never made such a scandalously perfect right. 

Ein Frauenheld. Ein Blaustrumpf. Eine Verlobung auf Zeit. London, 1813. Lord Richard Seaton hat zwei Wochen Zeit, die adlige Gesellschaft und vor allem seine Familie davon zu überzeugen, dass er unsterblich verliebt ist. In die Schwester des berüchtigtsten Verbrechers von East End. Denn nur wenn Richard die besserwisserische Lehrerin heiratet, erhält er wertvolle Informationen, um seinen verschollenen Bruder zu finden. Womit er nicht rechnet, ist, dass seine unkonventionelle Zukünftige gefährlich für sein Herz werden könnte.

Als Timothy seinen einst besten Freund nach Jahren aufsucht, ist von Vertrautheit kaum etwas geblieben. Warren ist nicht länger der Junge von früher, sondern der unnahbare Duke of Evermoore. Ohne ein Wort hat Warren damals den Kontakt abgebrochen – und nun auch noch seine Verlobung mit Timothys Zwillingsschwester gelöst, wodurch ihr Ruf in der Gesellschaft auf dem Spiel steht. Für Timothy gibt es nur eine Antwort: ein Duell. Doch aus einem werden viele. Mit jeder Begegnung geraten nicht nur Stolz und Pflicht ins Wanken, sondern auch Gefühle, die nie verschwunden sind.

Ein charmanter Frauenheld. Ein brillanter Blaustrumpf. Ein gewagtes Spiel. England, 1814. Lady Chastity ist nicht auf der Suche nach einem Ehemann. Lieber ist sie in ihrem Labor, kämpft um Anerkennung ihrer medizinischen Forschungen. Wäre da nur nicht ihr verräterisches Herz. Es schlägt schon seit vielen Jahren heimlich für den besten Freund ihres Bruders, den für seine Affären berüchtigten Duke of Luhst. Als es zu einem hitzigen Streit zwischen ihnen kommt, schließt sie mit ihm eine skandalöse Wette ab. Sie will seine Hilfe. Er eine gemeinsame Nacht.

Iris Almeria, the daughter of a powerful duke, is arrested and forced to her knees in front of her fiancée. Her betrothed, Prince Edward, is rejecting her for another woman! As Iris's life flashes before her eyes, she suddenly realizes she knows exactly what's coming next--because she has been reincarnated into her favorite otome game as its villainess. Quick thinking saves her from exile, but Iris can't rest yet. If she wants to survive this world that sees her as wicked, she'll have to change the world itself.

When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband's mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune - and her freedom. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her life to be near her child - until The Widow's Grace gets her hired as her own son's nanny. But working for his unsuspecting new guardian, Busick Strathmore, duke of Repington, has perils of its own. Especially when Patience discovers his military strictness belies an ex-rake of unswerving honor - and unexpected passion....  

Not all dukes are created equal. Most are upstanding members of Society. And then there’s the trio known as Their Dis-Graces. Hugh Philemon Ancaster, seventh Duke of Ripley, will never win prizes for virtue. But even he draws the line at running off with his best friend’s bride. All he’s...

Alfred Blakesley, Duke of Lowell, has long been an enigma. No one dares to give a man of his status the cut direct, but there's simply something not quite right about him. What would the society ladies say if they learned the truth - that the Duke of Lowell is a wolf-shifter and the leader of a pack facing extinction if he doesn't find his true love? So now he's on the hunt for a wife.

When the dangerous men who killed her husband in a political assassination threaten Ara, Duchess of Burghly, the Crown assigns her a bodyguard. But the man charged with protecting her is no stranger. He’s Clayton Ludlow, the bastard son of a duke and the first man she ever loved. Eight years after he took her innocence and ruthlessly abandoned her, he’s back in her drawing room and her life. This time, she’s older, wiser, and stronger. She will resist him at any cost and make him pay for the past.

Along with his stepsiblings, Sheridan Wolfe, Duke of Armitage, is determined to finally solve the mysteries behind the suspicious deaths of their mother's three husbands. Tasked with investigating a possible suspect, Sheridan finds himself in dangerous proximity to her captivating daughter, Vanessa Pryde. But still haunted by a tragically lost love, the duke is resolved to resist the attraction - and avoid any "scheming" husband-hunters. Besides, lovely Miss Pryde seems utterly smitten with a roguish London playwright....

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Maiden Lane series comes the first book in a new series that "marries her irresistibly witty writing style with an intrigue-steeped plot," (Booklist) perfect for fans of Tessa Dare and Eloisa James. Freya de Moray is many things: a member of the...

In a land where a cruel and jealous god holds sway, the currents of history converge to pluck one young girl from obscurity and thrust her blinking into the maelstrom of world events. Stilitha Zandravo, daughter of a priest, had led a quiet and uneventful life on the island of Eudora in the religious state of Vhanakhor. A member of the ruling classes, she had nevertheless always felt a curious affinity for the conquered people who laboured in the nearby valley and a curious distance from the society that she had been born into.

Suspecting he can never be the man Emma Peters wishes him to be, Lucien Morgen, the fifth duke of Willyngham, decides to break off their long-standing engagement... only to discover the innocent fiancé he set aside for years has unexpectedly blossomed into a passionate, irresistible woman. When All Through the House...

For years, Abigail Linton devoted herself to caring for her parents and her siblings’ children. Now, eager to create a life of her own, Abby seizes upon a position as a governess on a neighboring estate. Unfortunately, her absentee employer is Maxwell Bryce, the Duke of Rothwell, the notorious rake who once broke her youthful heart. But since he hasn’t set foot on his estate for 15 years, Abby assumes she’ll never have to lay eyes on him ever again.

William, the sixth Duke of Pelham, enjoys his punctual, securely structured life. Orderly and predictable-that's the way he likes it. But he's in the public eye, and the scandal sheets will make up anything to sell papers. When the gossips link him to Juliette, one of the most beautiful and celebrated courtesans in London, chaos doesn't begin to describe what happens next....

A missing girl. A dead hunter. One sheriff caught in the storm. When a seasoned hunter is found murdered in the Colorado high country and a teenage girl vanishes hours later, Sheriff Ray Duke doesn’t believe in coincidences. Not in Blue Sky County. Not with the snowstorm rolling in. And not with fresh boot tracks pointing to a tangled trail of lies. As Duke digs deeper, what he finds isn’t just a missing girl—it’s a web of secrets that stretches across families, friendships, and the frozen wilderness they all call home.

Install Pocket FM app now & unlock 10 bonus episodes—totally free! Use the link below ⁠https://click.pocketfm.in/uU6q/prsubfzd In a world of deception and power struggles, a masked woman seeking freedom and a feared Duke haunted by his past form an unlikely alliance through a contract marriage, challenging societal norms and discovering love amid treachery and secrets.