Ergebnis für "Love" in Herrschaftshäuser

ELIZABETH BENNET AND FITZWILLIAM DARCY have an instant attraction to one another when they meet in the summer of 1811 at Netherfield Park. Love blossoms quickly and an autumn wedding is planned for happily betrothed couple.

Perfect for fans of witty banter, slow-burn romance, and fiercely independent heroines, A Bachelor's Lessons in Love is a Regency romance filled with heart, humor, and unexpected love. Part of the Bachelors of Blackstone's series, the books may be read and enjoyed in any order.

Als Henry Digbys langjährige Freunde von den Fortuna's Lovers plötzlich Heirat und Familie planen, statt sich den von ihm erdachten skandalösen Wetten zu widmen, ist er mehr als verärgert. Er will seine Aufgabe unbedingt lösen, um es den Lords zu zeigen. Doch dazu ist er auf Hilfe angewiesen. Hilfe, die er nur bei Winifred Masterson, einer verzweifelten jungen Frau aus der Mittelschicht, findet. Ohne über die Konsequenzen nachzudenken, macht Henry ihr ein Angebot, das sie nicht ablehnen kann.

What happens when a Duke is mistaken for a Viscount—on purpose? Add that to two Michelangelo sketches, hidden passages, vanishing and reappearing art, threatening messages, conniving art collectors, arrogant academicians, a Bow Street agent, a lovelorn couple, and an elderly prankster. It’s enough to give a Duke a headache.

When Elizabeth Bennet demands satisfaction for an insult, she never expects Fitzwilliam Darcy to accept. But the proud master of Pemberley arrives at first light with his honor on the line. What follows is the most unconventional courtship in Meryton's history. Darcy’s method? Nine clues that reveal a side of him Elizabeth never imagined—vulnerable, witty, and utterly captivating. With each illustration, her anger transforms into something far more dangerous: fascination.

She spies him in the deepening dusk of a Wales evening - a lone figure of breathtaking strength and masculinity, his handsome face branded by a secret pain. For single mother and teacher Anne Jewell, newly arrived with her son at a sprawling estate in Wales, Sydnam Butler is a man whose sorrows - and passions - run deeper than she could have ever imagined. As steward of a remote seaside manor, Sydnam lives a reclusive existence far from the pity and disdain of others.

Eine Wette, ein Schnauzbart und ein pikantes Gemälde führen einen Lebemann und eine junge Lady in Versuchung. Sein Aktbild, in Öl gemalt von einer Lady. Der reiche Gentleman Alexander Sidwell denkt, dass seine Wette für Fortuna's Lovers im Handumdrehen erledigt wäre. Doch da hat er sich getäuscht. Damen malen nicht in Öl. In ganz London ist keine Lady aufzutreiben, die dieses Gemälde anfertigen könnte. Nicht gewillt kampflos aufzugeben, engagiert er einen jungen Künstler für die Aufgabe. Dass unter dem Schnauzbart die Lösung seines Problems steckt, ahnt er nicht.

Simon Hexham, Viscount Ingleford hält die Wette, die sich seine Freunde für ihn ausgedacht haben, für leicht zu gewinnen. Auf einem Ball eine ausgewählte Dame zu verführen, ist für den attraktiven Lord ein Kinderspiel. Emma Falworth, eine Waise, die Ingleford einmal eine wandelnde Katastrophe genannt hat, stolpert mitten in seine wohldurchdachten Pläne und stellt seine sonst so geordnete Welt auf den Kopf.

London, 1819. Richard, Marquess of Devon, is satisfied with his ton marriage. His wife of five months, Lady Eugenia Devon, thought she was, too, until she found the book. Their marriage is one of respect and affection, with no messy entanglements such as love. Devon's upbringing impressed upon him that gentlemen slake their baser needs on a mistress, not their gently bred wives. However, once married, he was no longer comfortable bedding a woman other than Eugenia.

Poor relation Kynthea Petrelli never dreamed she'd have a Season, but she is getting one…even if only as a companion to her younger, wayward cousin Zoe. Unfortunately, it isn't Zoe who trips and spills the potion on the oh-so-perfect Duke of Harle, but Kynthea. And before long, she finds herself the center of a scandal—and unexpectedly, the object of his desire. As Kynthea's reputation unravels, the duke can't resist acting as her unlikely champion. But society expects him to marry for advantage and his mother is demanding a proper alliance.

Anne Elliot has grieved for seven years over the loss of her first love, Captain Frederick Wentworth. But events conspire to unravel the knots of deceit and misunderstanding in this beguiling and gently comic story of love and fidelity.

When Fitzwilliam Darcy meets Miss Elizabeth Bennet, his heart is almost immediately engaged. Seeing the pretty lady before him, a lady of no consequence or fortune, he believes he should not form an attachment to her, unsuitable as such a woman is to be his wife. What he cannot see, however, is the truth. That the simple country girl harbors a secret. Before she meets Darcy, Elizabeth has spent two years hiding from the men who killed her beloved first husband.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the disastrous first meeting of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet at the Meryton Assembly provided each with a ready-made set of prejudices to apply to the other. But when a horrific rural accident reveals Darcy to be a man of active, intelligent benevolence, and Elizabeth, in the absence of her appalling family, to be an extraordinary lady of courage and decision - then, surely, the course of true love will run smoothly. But alas, the lovers' meeting is not the end, but a new beginning.

When Mrs. Dashwood is forced by an avaricious daughter-in-law to leave the family home in Sussex, she takes her three daughters to live in a modest cottage in Devon. For Elinor, the eldest daughter, the move means a painful separation from the man she loves, but her sister Marianne finds in Devon the romance and excitement which she longs for.

After thinking long and hard, I have come to the conclusion that - although it may not be the kind of love my sister and I once had in mind - marrying Mr Darcy would be marrying for a love of the deepest kind. Recovering from their parents' deaths, Elizabeth and Jane Bennet have held their family together, leaning on the support of their uncle, Edward Gardiner, to help them survive. Thus, when Mr. Gardiner is threatened with scandal and ruin, Elizabeth vows to help him.

A mysterious and sensual woman, shrouded in a heavy black veil, begs Gabriel Cynster to help protect her family's home from the unscrupulous man trying to steal it. Unable to resist a challenge, he agrees - but protection comes with a price. From one searing kiss to the next, the truth of her identity could be revealed, which could cost both of them everything -including their passion.

Zwischen Pferderennen und Debütantinnenbällen trifft ein Lord auf seine Jugendliebe. Flammen, die er längst verloschen glaubte, werden neu entfacht. Belinda Dudley hat ihre unglückliche erste Liebe nie vergessen. Eine Vernunftehe hat sie neun Jahre lang von dem Mann ferngehalten, der ihr Herz gebrochen hat. Als sie frisch verwitwet ihre junge Nichte in die Londoner Gesellschaft einführen soll, kann sie ein erneutes Aufeinandertreffen nicht verhindern. Was soll nach so langer Zeit schon passieren? Baron Quentin Trent ist einer der begehrtesten Lords der Londoner Damenwelt.

The wealthy and handsome Marquess of Camryn can have any woman he desires, but the charismatic bachelor shocks everyone by falling for the rather prudish Charlotte Livingston - who happens to abhor everything the rising politician and captain of industry represents. When the no-nonsense social campaigner shows zero interest in him, Camryn is even more drawn to her and sets out to seduce the lady’s mind - as well as her body.

At the tender age of 12, Elizabeth Bennet vowed to protect her younger sisters from her parents’ neglect, brought on by their increasingly combative marriage. Jane is her partner in this endeavour - until her attention is diverted by the arrival of a handsome new neighbor, Mr Bingley. With him is his friend, Mr. Darcy, who Elizabeth first dismisses as taciturn and rude. But as she gets to know him, other feelings arise - ones destined to end in heartbreak.

When rumors of Jane Bennet’s impending betrothal to Mr. Collins begin spreading at the Meryton Assembly, Elizabeth Bennet vows to save her dearest sister’s happiness from being sacrificed in marriage. She finds an unlikely ally in Mr Darcy, the taciturn man whose heroics on the cricket field have made him the target for Lydia’s affections.