Ergebnis für "Forest" in Historische Liebesromane

Das bin ich, Robynne: Fuchsgestaltwandlerin, Meisterbogenschützin und gerissene Gesetzlose mit dem unbändigen Wunsch, Ärger zu vermeiden. Doch als mein impulsiver Bruder mit seiner fröhlichen Bande von Außenseitern eine vorbeifahrende Kutsche ausraubt, setzt dies eine Kette von Ereignissen in Gang, die mein Schicksal für immer verändert. Da es zu spät ist, sie aufzuhalten, entscheide ich mich für die nächstbeste Lösung: von den Reichen zu nehmen und den Armen zu geben.

In the Robin Hood reimagining, a beautiful maiden poaches to feed the poor, while a handsome forester is on a mission to catch her.

Eliza Ellis has stayed hidden in Balfour Forest for as long as she can remember. Perhaps her only friends are the trees, or her little dog, or her story-telling father called Captain. But at least she is safe from the cruel world outside, a world Captain has warned her against and protected her from. That is, until a handsome stranger named Felton Northwood invades her quiet forest and steals her away. Why does he tell such lies?

Matilda, Lady of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy, rules as Regent of Normandy for her husband, Duke William. William has won the Battle of Hastings, but Saxon England does not wish to surrender to him as King. As William sets England to flame, Matilda waits in Normandy for the time to come when she can claim her crown. Through bloodshed, battle, and struggle will England be won, but even as Matilda rejoices for her new power, a prophecy is spoken, linking the fates of her children to the wailing voices and horrific images in dreams which come to haunt her.

The spring of 1824 is a challenging one for the inhabitants of Paradise N.Y. when a flood devastates the village. But for Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner, it’s also a time of reunion as their children return from far-off places: Lily and her husband from Italy, and Martha Kirby, the Bonners’ ward, from Manhattan. Although Lily is nursing her own grief, it is Martha, fleeing a crushing humiliation, who brings with her trouble that will reverberate in all their lives.

"Hon såg modigt och klart på sin situation och erkände att hon var rädd för att vara ensam, rädd för att ge sig ut i en främmande, fientlig värld, och, framför allt, rädd för att inte duga något till. Att hennes far alltid hade ansett att hon var mycket intelligent var något helt annat än att kunna tjäna pengar på att använda sin hjärna." Carmelas far har precis gått bort och hon måste för första gången i sitt liv klara sig på egen hand. Hon tar i desperation ett jobb som barnflicka på en prästgård, men är osäker på om hon kommer att stå ut där. Ett av barnen hon passar är närmast oregerlig.

December 1943. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family’s summer cottage was filled with laughter. Now, as deep drifts of snow blanket the Black Forest, German dissenter Franka Gerber is alone and hopeless. Fervor and brutality have swept through her homeland, taking away both her father and her brother and leaving her with no reason to live.

Secretly, however, if Jilly ever allowed herself to be completely honest about it (which she tried to avoid), there was one other man in Mourning Dove who always crossed her mind when the subject of the handsomest man in town arose. Yet there was no lingering on thinking of that man - no sirree! Not for a moment! And so Jilly just kept telling Jack that he was the handsomest man in Mourning Dove Creek. Besides, it was almost true - being that the other man lived outside of town and not right in town the way Jack did.

Cynthia Morrow tvingas sälja Birch Bale, familjegodset, efter faderns död. Robert Shelford, en man hon fruktar men inte kan undvika, köper det. Det finns ett mysterium i hans liv och plötsligt uppenbarar sig hans dotter från Sydamerika. Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

Det enda den unga prinsessan Anastasia vet om sin blivande make är att han är kung i ett litet furstendöme vid Medelhavet. Och att han har en älskarinna. Anastasia har aldrig träffat sin trolovade och hennes första tid blir en prövning. Men när revolutionen bryter ut får både hon och kungen en chans att hitta varandra mitt i kaoset ... Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar.

Charlotte Harrison dreams of being part of the winter festival, where romance fills the air and new starts are made. Penniless and after her family was swindled, she's always stayed home, unwilling to be looked at with pity. But this year Charlotte is desperate and willing to do whatever it takes to be there when she hears the most eligible man in town has his eye on her.

Fairest maiden in the land? I’d rather be known as the best swordswoman or the best rider. On the other hand, there are advantages to keeping my skills secret — along with my rare shifter heritage. Like now, when I must outwit the cruelest, most ruthless man alive. To do so, I head to the most lawless corner of the country, hoping to find Robin Hood.

A finales de los años veinte del siglo pasado, Estrella y su hermana gemela, Alma, llevan una vida privilegiada como hijas de los marqueses de Zuloaga, propietarios de una casa solariega y una mina de hierro en un pequeño pueblo suspendido sobre el Cantábrico. Crecen rodeadas de fiestas y lujos, pero también marcadas por un poderoso misterio. Porque Estrella y Alma no son como las otras niñas: herederas de un extraño don que pasa de generación en generación entre las mujeres de su familia.

Don’t believe what they tell you about Robin Hood, the outlaw of Sherwood Forest. There was never such a man. But there is a woman. That’s me, Robynne: fox shifter, master archer, and jaded outlaw with a fierce desire to avoid trouble. But when my impulsive brother and his merry band of misfits robbed a passing carriage, they set off a chain of events that changed my destiny forever. Too late to stop them, I settle for the next best thing: taking from the rich and giving to the poor.

I’m Willa Scarlet, and my mother taught me never to depend on a man. She was right. Case in point: my secret mission to keep a trunk full of priceless treasure safe from Prince John. When the outlaws of Sherwood Forest fail to help, all my carefully laid plans are thrown askew. And it’s all the fault of one burly, infuriating bandit who has a bee in his bonnet when it comes to me. Men!

Lady Josephina Crawford, daughter of Viscount Whitemore, harbors a devastating secret that keeps her from finding a suitable husband in high society and risks bringing scandal to her family name should it ever be revealed. Custom, duty, and propriety stand in the way of her happiness, and within the confines of Regency England’s high society, those barricades are enough to keep her encaged forever. Gerard Sheridan, Marquess of Richmond, heir to the Duke of Bedfordshire, suffers from a secret of his own.

Captain Robert Ashton, Earl of Darington, knows finding a bride in London will not be easy - not since he has been notoriously dubbed as the "Pirate Earl". What he didn't expect was to get abducted - and to have his escape go horribly awry when an innocent lady gets caught in the crossfire.

Orphaned at young ages, Lady Katherine Ashton and her brother have spent most of their lives on the high seas, seeking to restore their family fortune through somewhat dubious means. After that kind of adventure, Kate knows, she won't ever be accepted as a proper society lady. To the annoyingly clever, temptingly handsome, and altogether troublesome Earl of Wynbrook, society ladies are a dead bore. Kate, on the other hand, is scandalous, alluring, and altogether fascinating.

Lady Vivian Ravenswood has the future determined for her - a wealthy husband, a place in high society, a coterie of exclusive friends - and none of it suits her. One magical evening at Almack’s - London’s most exclusive club - Lady Vivian runs into the dashing Lieutenant Sawyer Cook and discovers her future is not so set in stone. Romance ensues, scandals are wrought, and true identities are revealed. Trapped between duty and longing, Lady Vivian must come to grips with the very notion of fate.

Cormac Maclean would rather read than rampage, but his fearsome warlord father demands that he prove himself in war. Cormac chooses what he thinks is an easy target, only to encounter a fiery Highland lass leading a doomed rebellion and swearing revenge on him. Jyne Cambell is not about to give up her castle without a fight, even though her forces are far outnumbered. She's proud, hot-blooded, and hot-tempered.