Ergebnis für "Seven" in Viktorianisch

Tormented by guilt and rage, Dorian, the Duke of Rath, agrees to a marriage of convenience—with the sister of the man whose death weighs on his soul. He vows never to touch her. But Patience Rose is stubborn, brilliant, and utterly irresistible.

The supposedly dead Duke of Comerford requires a wife. And quickly. By tomorrow noon, to be precise. Blame it on his father’s ridiculous will. A Duchess is required if he is to inherit his title. Miss Marian has only come to plead with the surly Duke for an extension on her father’s mountainous debts. Perfect for him. If she becomes his Duchess, he’ll happily annul her father’s promissory note.

Benjamin enjoys his easy friendship with Georgina. So when she announces she is selling her café and leaving town, his world is suddenly turned upside down. He can’t imagine life without Georgina, even though she deserves far more than what he has to offer. Georgina refuses to stay in Bullet, taken for granted by the bachelor cowboy she has secretly loved forever. No longer content to be Benjamin’s confidante, his support, his best friend, she elects to carve a new life for herself in another part of the country.

The suitcase she found changed everything. The contents? An elegant dress and an invitation in another girl’s name. Twenty-three-year-old Mary would go to the ball, enjoy how the rich lived just for one night, and then quietly slip back into her real life, sorting rubbish as a poor barmaid. No harm done. Of course, there wouldn’t be much of a story to tell had it turned out that way.

Barron rues the day he helped rescue Lily after she was kidnapped, for the woman has been a thorn in his side ever since. With a murderer in their midst, he has no time for her antics. Lily doesn’t trust Barron. Like all men, he says one thing and does another. But whether he likes it or not she owes him for his part in rescuing her. And she always pays her debts. Even if she has to pretend to like him.

Braydon prides himself on his womanizing skills. Then he meets Henrietta, an adventure-loving, globe-trotting, treasure-hunting enigma. Henrietta has no time for Braydon’s macho charisma. No interest in getting involved in the drama between Braydon’s brothers and their sworn enemy. Until she finds herself implicated in a murder. And Braydon is the one person she can count on.

Bradley can’t believe his bad luck. All because of one innocent kiss! He’ll never be husband material. Not with his past. Amanda agrees! If Bradley won’t woo her, who needs him? Until her secret, guaranteed to keep her safe from the man driving terror into the hearts of the locals, is stolen. Bradley doesn’t want anyone to count on him. Especially Amanda, even though she is the one person who understands him. The one person who can save him from his past. The one person who can teach him to love.

Brody and his brothers have a plan to save Copper Moon from their rival Hawkes, who is trying to buy up the whole town. Brody draws the short straw to woo the new school teacher who is living in Hawkes' ranch. Laura never stopped loving Brody. And when she learns of Hawkes' plans to take Brody's home, she can't stay away. She returns to Bullet and accepts the job as the new school teacher. Determined to make amends for the past, Laura will do anything to help Brody, even putting herself in the path of the murderous Hawkes.

A decade ago, Araminta’s father foisted her off on the elderly county squire with her prize herding dog. The squire’s dead and she’s living on the forebearance of her insufferable step-son and his wife as an unpaid housekeeper and governess to their daughters in exchange for room and board. She’s been tasked with organizing the holiday party and when it ends in disaster because of food poisoning, an ornery barn cat and a crashing tree, she seeks solace in the barn. She falls asleep over a pile of puppies and when she wakes up she’s cradled in the arms of a local farmer.

Noelle Boyd is a fearless detective, much to the chagrin of the city crime lords, who want her dead. Fearing for his friend’s life, her captain enlists the help of a friend, Molly White, to devise a reason to get her out of the city and to safety. Under the pretense of finding the truth about a young man accused of murder, Noelle travels to Fort Walla Walla, not knowing that the real reason is a Molly-made matchmaking adventure straight to the unsuspecting arms of one of Jethro’s sons—Pierce Knerr.

Twin brothers Ivan and Theo Knerr are determined never to moon over a woman the way they see their brother Alan doing over his new wife, Cynthia. Suspecting that their father, Jethro, has a plan to see them married off, too, they tell him that they will only ever marry twins. Miles away, an exasperated mother tires to convince her twin girls, Georgina and Danielle, that their dream of marrying twin men is childish. She even sends them to her cousin, Molly White, hoping that she might further convince them. Molly, however, has other ideas.

Without home or income, pregnant and tragically widowed after just one year of blissful marriage, Cecelia is grief-stricken and despairing. When Mrs. Molly White suggests a radical solution to her heartbreaking situation Cecelia is unsure. How can she love any man other than her late-husband, especially a stranger living hundreds of miles away? But Molly knows that Cecilia is just the right person to melt Wayne Knerr’s hard heart. He, however, is determined to ignore the woman his father has arranged for him to marry.