Ergebnis für "Love" in Mittelalter

Adair Radcliffe is only a child when her family perishes in the War of the Roses, so her real father, the womanizing King Edward IV, takes her in, honoring his promise to her mother. Once Adair turns 16, the king marries her off without her knowledge - and to her later outrage - in a wedding by proxy. But when tragedy leaves her a widow twice over, Adair realizes that her already tenuous social position has sunk even lower. Now, all she can do is hope that the Scottish laird to whom she is sold will have mercy on her. But little does master or servant suspect that love knows no rank.

Sie kennt sein Schicksal und darf es nicht verhindern. Er will seinen Clan beschützen, und das um jeden Preis. Gefährliche Rivalen, waghalsige Rettungsaktionen und unerlaubte Leidenschaft – für alle Fans von Outlander! Schottland, 2021. Als die Amerikanerin Rogene in Eilean Donan Castle einen Felsen mit Runen berührt, erwacht sie im Jahr 1310 vor den Augen des anziehenden Highlanders Angus Mackenzie. Sie ignoriert ihre Gefühle für ihn, da sie dessen Bedeutung als Historikerin nur allzu gut kennt.

High-born though she is, Kate Campbell isn’t afraid to draw her sword. When raiders strike, she rushes into the fray…and is lucky when a mysterious Highlander shields her from a deadly blow. Swept onto his stallion, she soon discovers that her rescuer is her clan’s most hated enemy: Callum MacGregor, the man they call the Devil. Yet she cannot ignore his achingly tender touch or the way his fiery gaze leaves her breathless.

Jorah Mallon-Garth, medieval warrior and alpha of the Varkash wolf pack, seeks a human bride who will do his bidding.... Lady Isolde Merrell is pretty but altogether too plump to be noticed when her beautiful younger sister is around. In desperation she douses herself with a lust potion to snare the attentions of returning warrior Jorah Mallon-Garth, who has just completed three years soldiering for the Crown. Suddenly she finds herself wedded and bedded by the alpha male of the Varkash pack and bound for the Winterlands!

1234 A.D. - For as long as she can remember, the Lady Adalind de Aston has loved Sir Maddoc du Bois. Being sent away to foster did nothing to cure her of her unending love for Maddoc, a sentiment he did not return. Years later, Adalind returns from fostering as a cultured and beautiful woman. So beautiful, in fact, that tales of her beauty are legendary and a string of hopeful suitors follow her home. Maddoc, now faced with this exquisite and refined creature, is tasked, as the captain of the army, with chasing the suitors away.

A lady does not smoke cheroot. She does not ride astride. She does not fence or attend duels. She does not fire a pistol, and she never gambles at a gentlemen's club. Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has always followed the rules, rules that have left her unmarried—and more than a little unsatisfied...

Lady Aileana Grant just wants to help her starving clan at Christmastide. So she pilfers some vegetables from the bastard Laird James MacDonald—the Devil, they call him. When the Devil shows up and demands marriage as recompense for the thievery, Aileana can't believe it when her brother agrees. Even if she's able to negotiate a severance on Twelfth Night, that's still two weeks to put up with the laird in enemy territory. She's counting down the days, even if James isn't quite the disgusting cretin she'd imagined.

After proving himself on the field of battle, Ramon de Segrave is appointed to the Council of Barons by Richard the Lionheart. But instead of taking his most formidable warrior on his latest crusade, the king assigns Ramon an even more dangerous task - woo and win the lady of Thistle Keep. Isabel of Camoys is a capable widow with no intention of surrendering her valuable estate. She's fought long and hard for her independence, and if the price is loneliness, then so be it.

Cassandra Zerek is a true innocent in a wild and dangerous place—but her indomitable spirit and gentle soul make her stronger than anyone suspects. The owner of a Colorado mining empire, Luke Taggart's wealth and position can buy him anything, yet he has grown bored with a life of saloons, gambling, and loose women. Nothing soothes his restless inner yearning—until he spies Cassandra, as fresh and pure as a spring morning, and vows he will possess her.

Princess Una harbors no illusions about her claims to Karadok's throne. The last of her ill-fated line, she is just grateful she emerged from the dark days of war with her head still on her shoulders. After three years under house arrest, she is keen to start her own life afresh, hopefully in relative obscurity. What she does not realize is the extraordinary scheme the king has devised to find her a suitable bridegroom.

THE FIRST BOOK IN THE THE COUSINS' WAR SERIES FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR PHILIPPA GREGORY One woman at the centre of England's most enduring royal mystery. Elizabeth Woodville was an ordinary woman before her marriage to King Edward IV elevated her to the throne of England...

A dangerous mission. A false bride. And a betrayal that could destroy Scotland itself. Ewan Grant, known among the clans as the Black Stag, is a warrior who survives by seeing what others overlook. Calm, calculating, and fiercely loyal to Robert the Bruce, Ewan has spent years serving as one of...

The Lucius Ring, passed down through the females of Theodosia's family, makes its way to medieval England where a highway robber steals it and gifts it to his true love. But secrets, and more curses, threaten to tear the couple a part. Will they be able to be together or will the curse of the Lucius Ring end their love forever?

Dear Lady Truelove, I am a girl of noble family, but I am painfully shy, especially in my encounters with those of the opposite sex . . . For Clara Deverill, standing in for the real Lady Truelove means dispensing advice on problems she herself has never managed to overcome. There’s nothing...

Framed for murdering her ex-boyfriend, US Army officer Amber Ryan flees to Scotland and hides out in the ruins of Inverlochy Castle. But when a Highland faerie transports her back to 1308, she’s catapulted into a fierce skirmish alongside a handsome warrior. Highlander Owen Cambel is shocked to see a gorgeous woman valiantly battling men in the castle. He risks everything to save her, only to lead them both into English captivity. Amber can’t help falling for the rebellious Scot. Will they survive to build a future together?

RITA Award-winning author Sarah MacLean reveals the identity of The Fallen Angel's final scoundrel in the spectacular conclusion to her New York Times bestselling Rules of Scoundrels series . . . By day, she is Lady Georgiana, sister to a duke, ruined before her first season in the worst kind...

Set in England when Vikings are on the brink of invasion, this is an epic tale of seduction, war, and unrequited love from an outstanding new voice in historical fiction In 1002 AD Emma, a young Norman girl, must take her place as bride to England’s King Æthelred, a ruler who is looking for...

When Marion de Lacy faces an unwelcome marriage to an evil knight, she concocts a desperate scheme to avoid it—feign her death and flee England. But her plan goes awry, and she’s captured by a Scottish barbarian who informs her that he’s to marry her by edict of her king. With little choice, she weds the strangely compelling but obstinate laird of the MacLeod clan. He may be a big, burly Highlander, but she’s one wee lass with a huge stubborn streak who’s about to storm her new husband’s hardened heart and claim it for the love she’s always longed for.

Brought to you by Penguin. When Lady Viviane leaves the lakes of the far North for the splendour of Camelot, she knows the destiny her father has planned for her. To capture the heart and hand of the young prince, Arthur. To bring her family richness and glory. But it is Arthur’s sister Morgan...

A Sunday Times Bestseller England’s Forgotten Queens ‘O’Brien cleverly intertwines the personal and political in this enjoyable, gripping tale.’ -The Times Her children or her crown France, 1399: The Duke of Brittany is dead and his widow, Joanna of Navarre, has inherited control of...