Ergebnis für "Return of the Gentleman" in Liebesromane

After an anonymous encounter at a Hertfordshire assembly, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet conduct a secret courtship without knowing each other's identities—unaware that she is the paid companion to the cousin he jilted and that their families' intertwined fates will force them to choose between love and duty.

Before he shares it with the world, he's determined to build the confidence he wants to live life as a gay man and the experience hell need to snag Mr. Right. For that, he requires a mentor--someone experienced. Someone with manners. Someone discreet enough to be able to mix business with pleasure under the watchful eye of his fathers empire--a gentleman. Pete Carver is without a doubt that man.

Margaret Easton needs a husband, and she needs one now. Her parents are convinced that only a European will do, but Margaret wants nothing more than to stay in England. The trouble is that there is only one man Margaret can think of, or rather, one she cannot forget, and he wouldn’t do as a husband at all. Then she finds herself in his care unexpectedly, and her hunt becomes even more complicated than she could have ever imagined.

Elvi Black schläft in einem Sarg, meidet die Sonne und verzichtet auf Knoblauch. Sonst hat sie allerdings keine Ahnung, was es heißt, eine Vampirin zu sein. Victor Argeneau erklärt sich bereit, sie in das Dasein einer Unsterblichen einzuführen. Doch da verübt ein Unbekannter einen Anschlag auf Elvi. Irgendjemand scheint es auf sie abgesehen zu haben. Und Victor soll sie beschützen...

Alles oder nichts... Wenn Unternehmer Landon Wolfe etwas will, gibt er alles dafür, es auch zu bekommen. Ablenkung ausgeschlossen! Zuerst war es seine Eliteeinheit, dann seine eigene Firma und schließlich Skylar Anderson. Er dachte, es würde nur eine Nacht von vielen. Doch dann konnte er sie nicht mehr vergessen. Und als sie sich Jahre später auf einer Luxusyacht wieder gegenüberstehen, weiß Landon sofort, dass er sie nicht noch einmal gehen lassen kann, auch wenn es sie beide in Schwierigkeiten bringen wird.

Um ihre Familie vor der bösartigen Druidin Grainna zu retten, flieht Myra aus den mittelalterlichen Highlands und landet in den Armen eines gut gebauten, aber überaus misstrauischen Cops im 21. Jahrhundert. Todd fühlt sich wider Willen stark zu der seltsamen jungen Frau hingezogen, die in sein Leben platzt und ganz offensichtlich etwas zu verbergen hat. Myra weckt mehr als nur ritterliche Instinkte in ihm. Schon bald wird sein Wunsch sie zu beschützen auf die Probe gestellt. Wird ihre Liebe groß genug sein, um die Zeiten zu überbrücken?

From the drawing rooms of Hertfordshire to the ancient sands of Egypt — some treasures are worth crossing the world to claim. Elizabeth Bennet is certain the invitation her father received from a Cambridge professor is a jest. A treasure hunt. Across the Mediterranean. In pursuit of the Lost Library of Alexandria. Yet, she knows her father requires a practical companion to accompany him on this journey—and she has always yearned for a life beyond Hertfordshire's gentle hills. This is her moment of discovery. Mr.

Würde man Prudence Finch nach der Anzahl ihrer London Seasons fragen, würde sie nur kühl die Augenbraue heben. Als älteste Tochter einer wohlhabenden Familie hat sie längst beschlossen, sich mit Würde aus dem absurden Heiratskarussell zu verabschieden – unverheiratet, aber einflussreich. Was sie ganz sicher nicht will: einen Ehemann, der entweder doppelt so alt, halb so klug oder so reizlos ist, dass man selbst im Schutz völliger Dunkelheit kaum seine Nähe ertrüge.

When Gervase Frant, Seventh Earl of St Erth, returns at last from Waterloo to his family seat at Stanyon, he enjoys a less than welcome homecoming. Only Theo, a cousin even quieter than himself, is there to greet him - and when he meets his stepmother and young half-brother he detects open disappointment that he survived the wars. But the dangers of the Lincolnshire countryside are quite different to those of the battlefield. 

“Dunmore is my new find in historical romance. Her A League of Extraordinary Women series is extraordinary.”—Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author A BookBub Best Romance of Winter 2024! Bookish suffragist Catriona Campbell is busy: An ailing estate, academic writer’s block, a...

Growing up, the three of us were friends. He was the nerd. I was the playboy. She was the beauty. Deep down, I only ever wanted her. I kept it inside because Rory and I made a pact that our friend, Amber, was off-limits. He lied. I went off to college, and he got the girl. Amber never knew how I felt. They were together for years - before he broke her heart. Through it all and across the miles, she and I casually stayed in touch. When my job sent me to Boston for a three-month contract position, Amber let me stay in her spare room.

Angelette, the recently widowed Comtesse d'Avignon, only invited Viscount Daventry to her country house party as a favor to her sister. When the handsome British lord arrives - two days late - he's full of unnerving tales of unrest and violence in Paris. Angelette assumes it's all exaggeration...until her chateau is attacked and her life threatened. Daventry rescues her, and the two are forced to run for their lives. But when danger closes in, will the viscount stand at her side or save himself?

Banished from home by her angry father, Julia Devon travels to Bath to fulfill her role as family spinster by assisting her cousin, Lady Macon, in caring for her dying husband. Nathaniel Hastings's life runs in a predictable pattern, until a routine visit to one of his ailing patients brings him face to face with Julia, the woman who broke his heart five years before in London. Julia and Nathaniel find themselves unlikely allies as they work together to tend to the family's needs, fend off Lady Macon's scheming brother-in-law, and avoid confronting the pain of their shared past. 

1788. When Lindsay Somerville, the most elegant werewolf in Paris, learns that the man who held him in abject captivity for decades is on his way to France, intent on recapturing him, he knows he must leave the Continent for his own safety. Lindsay cannot take the risk of being recaptured—he may have been free for a century but he can still feel the ghost of his old chains under his fine clothes.

London barrister Jason Jonquil has spent his entire life working to establish his identity as a gentleman, a man of refinement like his father and brothers. But when fiery Spanish beauty Mariposa Thornton walks into his office, he finds himself losing his grasp on his dignified character. The woman is infuriating, pushing him to the limit of his legendary patience. However, her case seems simple enough - a small matter of inheritance. Or so he believes.

Lydia Slaughter understands the games men play - both in and out of the bedroom. Not afraid to bend the rules to suit her needs, she fleeces Will Blackshear outright. The Waterloo hero had his own daring agenda for the gaming tables of London's gentlemen's clubs. But now he antes up for a wager of wits and desire with Lydia, the streetwise temptress who keeps him at arm's length. A kept woman in desperate straits, Lydia has a sharp mind and a head for numbers. She gambles on the sly, hoping to win enough to claim her independence.

Tuesday 28th, December 1897. Mr. Benedict Hannan, the owner of Hannan’s Auction House in Fitzrovia, London, receives an unexpected visitor at his Bloomsbury home. The man on his stoop sends Benedict’s heart into a flutter, and on inviting the mysterious stranger into his house, he is inviting mystery, adventure, and volcanic desire. Sebastian Cavell, master thief, gives the impression he has sought out Benedict for the sake of business, but the kind of business Sebastian has in mind has nothing to do with making money!

Wealthy squire's daughter Margaret Honeywell was always meant to marry her neighbor, Frederick Burton-Smythe, but it's bastard-born Nicholas Seaton who has her heart. Raised alongside her on her father's estate, Nick is the rumored son of notorious highwayman Gentleman Jim. When Fred frames him for theft, Nick escapes into the night, vowing to find his legendary sire. But Nick never returns. A decade later, he's long been presumed dead.

Liebe und Verwechslung im viktorianischen London. In England um 1871 sind die Möglichkeiten für Joanna und ihre beiden Schwestern begrenzt. Eine vorteilhafte Heirat wäre der Ausweg - doch wer nimmt schon eine verarmte Lady zur Frau? Joanna beschließt ihren Mann zu stehen und aufs renommierte Kenwood Internat zu gehen. Das ist allerdings nur für Jungen und ihre Verkleidung aufrecht zu erhalten ist eine echte Herausforderung. Schafft sie es bis zum Abschluss, steht ihr eine glänzende Karriere bevor und sie kann für ihre Schwestern sorgen.

Elizabeth Bennet wants the truth from Mr. Darcy. When she follows him from the ballroom to insist upon it, she becomes an unwilling witness to a scandalous scene. And for once, she cannot blame Mr. Darcy for disdaining his company, not even when he departs Netherfield in the middle of the ball.