Ergebnis für "The Hunt" in Historische Liebesromane

Christopher Argent lives in the shadows as the empire's most elite assassin. Emotion is something he tossed away years ago, making him one of the most clear-eyed, coldhearted, wealthiest, and therefore untouchable men in London. But when his latest target turns out to be London's own darling, Millicent LeCour, Christopher's whole world is turned upside down. Overwhelmed by her stunning combination of seduction and innocence, Christopher cannot complete the mission.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks. The fifth title in the "House of Niccolo" sequence, recreating the perilous world of trade, war and banking in Renaissance Europe. Niccolo has returned to Venice from Africa - richer, wiser yet...

After the death of her parents, young Andrina Maldon has selflessly carried the responsibility of running a household impoverished by her father’s profligacy and also for the future happiness of her two sisters. Despite their striking looks, there is no hope of her sisters finding a suitable suitor without someone to introduce them into high society. So Andrina travels unchaperoned to London to seek the assistance of the Duke of Broxbourne, her father’s friend and the Godfather she has never met.

Lord Hunter Lennox, terzo di nascita del Duca di Highfield, è esattamente ciò che si può definire la pecora nera della famiglia. Capelli lunghi fino alle spalle, occhi magnetici color dell’ambra, sguardo perennemente imbronciato. Bello, ricco e potente, preferisce le corse in moto o gli sport estremi piuttosto che le riviste patinate. Sfidare la morte è per lui un gioco, ma ciò che pochissimi sanno è che la sua è una scelta. Hunter vuole scordare chi è, da dove proviene, ma più di tutto vuole infangare la sua anima per dimenticare l’unica persona che abbia mai amato in tutta la sua vita.

WHEN THE EAGLE HUNTS is the compelling third novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. For fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. After a series of bloody battles, Camulodunum (modern-day Colchester) has fallen to the invading Roman army. The Emperor has returned to...

Die junge Witwe Rebecca Seagrave hat einen ehrgeizigen Plan: Sie will in die Politik gehen. Das ist als Frau im England des 18. Jahrhunderts natürlich nicht leicht. Besonders nicht, wenn man einen gewissen Duke of Somerville als seinen Gegner hat und ihm auf den eleganten Bällen und Dinnerpartys der High Society auch noch ständig über den Weg läuft. Dabei fliegen die Fetzen – und doch fängt Rebeccas Herz bald an, gefährlich für den attraktiven Duke zu schlagen.

'Think One Day written by (and starring) Virginia Woolf . . . lyrical and captivating' -The Observer 'Radiant, absorbing, sensual' - Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre 'Beautiful' - Sophie Elmhirst, author of Maurice and Maralyn From the author of The End We Start From, now a major...

They're the chosen - Winchester, Remington, and Colt - brothers trained to hunt down supernatural beings using the latest steam-powered gadgetry. It's a hard legacy to shoulder, and it's about to get a lot more dangerous…A devil of a job. Colt Jackson has gotten his name on many a wanted poster with success in the family business: hunting supernaturals across the frontier. Lately, though, there's a sulfur stink in the wind and the Darkin population is exploding. A rift in the worlds is appearing.

Wer "Bridgerton" mochte, wird "Somerset" lieben! Isabella Woodford hat ein Problem: Nach einer Liebesnacht mit einem Offizier ist ihr Ruf als tugendhafte junge Adlige in Gefahr. Nun gilt es, den Skandal zu vertuschen und sich schnellstmöglich einen Ehemann zu sichern. Mit einer List mietet sie sich bei ihrer Tante im mondänen Bath ein, wo die englische High Society auf rauschenden Bällen die Nacht zum Tag macht. Ein erster Verehrer ist bald gefunden.

Das Finale der glamourösen "Somerset"-Reihe! Bath, 1795. Betty Hartley hat einen großen Traum: Sie will als Journalistin ihr eigenes Geld verdienen. Sie ergattert eine Stelle als Stenografin bei der neuen Society-Zeitung "Somerset Star". Ihr kommt es allerdings gar nicht gelegen, dass ihr Herz immer heftiger für den undurchschaubaren Herausgeber Robert zu schlagen beginnt. Zumal der den Frauen eigentlich ein für allemal abgeschworen hat. Als Prinzessin Caroline höchstpersönlich in den mondänen Kurort reist, ist Bettys große Chance gekommen...

Lynsay Sands and Hannah Howell return to the windswept Highlands of 16th-century Scotland in the captivating story of identical twin brothers trapped between the curse that has been their legacy and the two women whose love is their destiny.

New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath continues her Once Upon a Dukedom series with this lush love story of a duke who discovers what he desires in a wife may not be what he needs… Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland, is in need of a duchess. However, restoring the...

Ein Herz voller Rache und eine Liebe, die alles besiegen kann... Adam Penrose, Duke of Stratton, gehört zu Londons elitärer Gesellschaft. Seine Familiengeschichte ist skandalös, deswegen sucht er eine Frau mit Vermögen, Schönheit und Verstand, die bereit ist, sich seinem rücksichtslosen Lebensstil anzupassen. Doch jedes Mal, wenn Clara Cheswick, die wunderschöne Tochter des Erzfeindes seiner Familie, auftaucht, brennt seine Seele vor Verlangen nach ihr. Clara Cheswick denkt überhaupt nicht daran zu heiraten. Sie will nur eins: ihre Frauenzeitschrift veröffentlichen.

Forced to run for her life, Kit FitzGilbert finds herself in the very place she swore never to return to - a London ballroom. There she encounters Graham, Lord Wharton, who believes Kit holds the key to a mystery he's trying to solve. As much as she wishes that she could tell him everything, she can't reveal the truth without endangering those she loves.

In early 1800s England, Jess Beauchene has spent most of her life in hiding and always on the move in an effort to leave her past far behind her. But when she learns the family she thought had died just might be alive and in danger, she knows her secrets can only stay buried for so long. Derek Thornbury loves the past, which has led him to become an expert in history and artifacts. He knows Jess has never liked him, but when she requests his help deciphering the clues laid out in an old family diary, he can't resist the urge to solve the puzzle. 

Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire that kills her father, Aila and her mother, Janet, move to the remote parish of Loth, north-west of Inverness. Blending in does not come easily to the women: Aila was badly burned in the fire and left with visible injuries, while her mother struggles to maintain her grip on reality. When a temporary minister is appointed in the area, rather than welcome the two women, he develops a strange curiosity for them that sets them even further apart from the community.

Meredith Drake has sworn off marriage after her disastrous union with a much older man. But when her best friend returns from war, the young widow pledges to help him find his bride. Griffin Brooks grew up as the "spare" son, who no one noticed. He went to war to forget that Meredith was out of his reach. But now he's back, and no longer the "spare." With a dukedom at stake, he must take a bride. And for him, there is only one choice.

He is the last duke standing...the sole remaining bachelor of the three self-proclaimed Decadent Dukes. Yet, Davina MacCallum's reasons for searching out the handsome Duke of Brentworth have nothing to do with marriage. Scottish lands were unfairly confiscated from her family by the Crown and given to his. A reasonable man with vast holdings can surely part with one trivial estate, especially when Davina intends to put it to good use. Brentworth, however, is as difficult to persuade as he is to resist.

Now the new Duke of Hollinburgh, Nicholas Radnor has two duties to fulfill: locate the mysterious woman mentioned in his late uncle's will and acquire a suitable bride. When bedazzling, unconventional Iris Barrington shows up at the estate, Nicholas believes he may have found the missing beneficiary—unless she is a charlatan, or worse. But as for his second duty—he is finding it difficult to think of any other woman while tantalizing thoughts of Iris occupy his mind. 

Lady Miranda Hawthorne acts every inch the lady, but inside she longs to be bold and carefree. Entering her fourth Season and approaching spinsterhood in the eyes of society, she pours her innermost feelings out not in a diary but in letters to her brother's old school friend, a duke - with no intention of ever sending these private thoughts to a man she's heard stories about but never met.