Ergebnis für "The Book of Curses" in Herrschaftshäuser

Peytra Sike is a gifted, but frustrated, sculptor. After the masked duke, Jors Ameros, is taken with her and her artwork, he commissions Peytra to carve the mantels in his castle. There, Peytra discovers a world of artistry and friendship that cloaks the secrets of the Duke. Despite his unwillingness to be seen, their difference in status, and some castle meddling, their love for each other grows each passing day. But can their love overcome her dangerous curiosity?

A deadly stiletto rips through the Venetian night, and Lady Sabrina Barclay is saved from certain death by a mysterious Shadowman. Her secret errand, forced on her by her devious and tyrannical uncle-in-law, is thwarted, and she is fearful he will withdraw his support of her and her young son. But who would want her dead? And who - or what - is the creature who saved her?

When a man wakes to find himself gripping a dagger and sprawled next to a corpse, what else can he do but board a boat sailing for India? But after five years spent avoiding the hangman’s noose, Hudson Lockhart has returned to England to prove himself innocent of any crime. Suspecting a family member conspired to incriminate him, Lockhart devises a plan to trap the culprit. All he needs now is someone to pretend to be his devoted wife.

“Maxwell mixes humor with meticulous characterization to create memorable stories.” —Publishers Weekly With Lyon’s Bride, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cathy Maxwell kicks off a wonderful historical romance series, The Chattan Curse—concerning a generational bane that...