Ergebnis für "Illusion" in Historische Liebesromane

Despite the misgivings of her fiancé, Calder Hart, Francesca cannot turn away from a threat that is terrorizing the tenement neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. A madman has attacked three women, but while the first two victims survived, the third is found dead. All the victims are impoverished but beautiful Irishwomen - and Francesca fears that her dear friends Maggie Kennedy and Gwen O'Neil could be next. Soon she is working with her former love, police commissioner Rick Bragg - Calder's half brother and worst rival.

Cora is about to discover who she truly is. It’s the summer of 1913, and Cora Kensington’s life on the family farm has taken a dark turn. Not only are the crops failing, but someone dear to Cora is failing as well. One fateful afternoon, a stranger comes to call, and Cora discovers a...

Ghostly images appear and float across the stage, objects levitate into the air, and a beautiful assistant disappears inside a glass box, then reappears inside a second glass box. All while the audience at the Crystal Palace, including amateur investigator Mikaela Forsythe, watch the performance. Is it real? Then, an evening with her friend, Theodora Templeton, attending the one-night performance by master illusionist Jean Luc Betard, takes a ghastly turn and plunges Mikaela headlong into murder when the illusionist's young assistant is found dead at the end of his newest stunt.

Not all Christmas magic comes from Santa... This Christmas, recently divorced photographer Flick isn't looking for love—especially not with a charming magician twelve years her junior. But when the Amazing Alex appears at her daughter's birthday party, their instant connection feels like pure magic. Between stolen glances and shared dreams, Flick finds herself falling for his irresistible charm, despite her better judgment. Yet as their relationship deepens, Alex's secrets threaten to shatter the illusion. Now Flick must decide: is their love real magic, or just another clever trick?

Engaged by proxy to a man she’s never met, Lady Daintry Tarrant is dismayed when the war hero returns, introducing himself as her fiancé, Lord Penthorpe. She cherishes her independence and has turned away many suitors, but this one she must marry. Penthorpe is completely captivated by Lady Daintry - but he’s not who he claims to be. Penthorpe and Lord Gideon Deverill fought together at the battle of Waterloo, and when Penthorpe fell, Gideon assumed his identity in order to see the beautiful Lady Daintry. Gideon knows there’s bad blood between Lady Daintry’s family and his own, but he’s smitten....

Twenty-five years ago, Martin Roth made the most difficult decision of his life. He gave up the girl he loved, married a different woman, and raised a family. But he's just been given another shot at happiness. Sylvia has loved Martin since she was a young girl. They have two great children and a wonderful life together - until a love from Martin's past threatens everything she's worked so hard to build. Jenny McCoy can't believe she and Martin have found each other again - but she's never gotten over his cruel betrayal.

Madeleine Ingleton has just come home from the Swiss finishing school where she has spent the last two years. She returns to a whirl of social engagements and parties...and to Hamilton Bramwell, the young man her parents are determined she marry. Hamilton is wealthy and agreeable, but he isn’t the man of Madeleine’s dreams, and she longs to choose her own husband rather than bow to her parents’ wishes. Innocent Madeleine’s eye is caught by a young milkman, and she succumbs to new and overwhelming feelings - feelings which lead to disaster.

Linetta är ensam i världen. När hennes guvernant ligger för döden säger hon åt henne att åka till Paris och söka upp sitt syskonbarn Marie. Men om den välvilliga damen hade vetat vilka kretsar Linetta skulle hamna i hade hon aldrig skickat henne dit. Under uppsyn av Marie blir oskyldiga och oerfarna Linetta älskarinna åt förmögna och generösa män dubbelt så gamla som henne. Hon vet att hennes leverne skulle ha förargat sin mor, men hon står ensam och utan pengar och hon ser inget annat alternativ.

Chicago, 1971. A marriage broken. A second chance at complicated love. Jackie Moretti always believed in fairy tale endings. But six months into her marriage, it becomes alarmingly clear that Jackie's husband Stephen is not the man she thought she married. Her husband blames Jackie for the destruction of their relationship. She tries to cope with the pain by taking on a new job at a local bar, diving into a series of one-night stands, and numbing herself with drugs. Then sexy mechanic Michael Nowak grabs Jackie's attention.

Lady Abigail of Blackmore is being sent by her father to marry the vile Lord Shrewsbury in return for the release of her brother. When a thief robs them on the road, she sees him as her opportunity to run from a life that no longer suits her. Madoc ap Powell has been raised as a peasant, knowing nothing about his true heritage. In order to survive, he has lived his life as a thief. He is known for his disguises, and being a master of illusion is his best skill. But when the Lady Abigail hunts him down to retrieve her stolen dagger, he finds that he is not the only one looking to escape a life of doom. 

Dos hermanas huérfanas que viven en un pequeño pueblo de Italia emigran a América a principios del siglo XX. Llegan a Nueva York y se instalan en Little Italy, el barrio italiano de la Gran Manzana, donde encuentran trabajo en una fábrica de textiles. Arman allí una nueva vida, compartida con otras mujeres inmigrantes, hasta que un incendio fatal en la fábrica cambiará drásticamente su destino.