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Cuando el conde de Ashford recibe una misión inesperada, su mundo se desestabiliza por completo. Alexander, seductor empedernido y orgulloso soltero, detesta la idea del matrimonio y aún más la de encargarse del futuro sentimental de una debutante. Jade, una joven brillante, sensible y llena de carácter, no está dispuesta a dejarse dirigir por un desconocido arrogante. Pero cuanto más intentan evitarse, más evidente se vuelve la atracción que nace entre ellos: un juego de ingenio, orgullo y deseo capaz de derribar incluso las convicciones más sólidas.

A fan favorite from New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp, originally published in 2009. Lady Francesca Haughston has given up on romance for herself, finding passion instead in making desirable matches for others. So it seems only fair, when she learns she'd been deceived into breaking...

Cuando Thomas Morgan, conde de Main, acepta adquirir las tierras de un marqués por un precio irrisorio, cree haber hecho el negocio del siglo. Pero el contrato esconde una cláusula inesperada: deberá traer a la hija del marqués de vuelta a Inglaterra, casarse con ella… y darle un heredero. Lo que parecía una simple transacción se convierte en el mayor desafío de su vida. Porque Eleanor Garwood no es la joven dócil que imaginaba. Independiente, orgullosa y decidida a no someterse a ningún hombre, afirma que solo consentiría una boda —o permitir que alguien la toque— por encima de su cadáver.

Cosa può fare una ragazza quando scopre che suo padre, pur di non pagare un esorbitante debito di gioco, ha deciso di darla in moglie a un bieco baronetto che ha quarant'anni più di lei? Scappare, naturalmente, per raggiungere la Scozia e colui che dichiara di amare e di voler sposare. È proprio quello che fa Adrianne, diciotto anni, una bellezza in sboccio, un caratterino impertinente e un coraggio che, fin troppo spesso, sfocia nell'imprudenza.

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A sapphic, hidden identity, opposites attract Regency romance A thief to steal… the Countess’s heart? Former pickpocket Amelia is trapped in a life of servitude to the man who caught her. He offers a deal: Help him win the hand—and fortune—of Countess Beatrice by posing as a governess...

What if Elizabeth Bennet's father insisted she marry Mr Collins? Would she be a dutiful daughter and submit to save her mother and sisters? Or would literature's favourite 'headstrong girl' do all in her power to find an alternative to a life of misery shackled to a ridiculous man?

After four weary years on the marriage mart, Cecilia longs for an appealing match – or maybe, shockingly, no match at all. So when she and her sisters discover they are unexpectedly heiresses to a substantial Suffolk estate, Cecilia dares to imagine a future shaped by her own choosing. There is, however, one strict condition: to secure their inheritance, none of the sisters may become engaged for a full year.

Il barone Andrew Hastings è un furfante della peggior specie: libertino, arrogante e pieno di sé, è soprannominato il Selvaggio di Hungerford, e non ha mai fatto nulla per smentire la sua fama, ma quando rivede Rhiannon deve fare i conti con il suo passato e con tutti gli errori che ha commesso. Rhiannon deve sposarsi, o finirà i suoi giorni da zitella. Resta solo un dubbio: quale pretendente scegliere, se l’unico che l’attrae è anche il solo da cui deve tenersi alla larga?

Lord Rudyard Richmond, marchese di Trent, ha tutto ciò che si possa desiderare dalla vita. È ricco, nobile, affascinante. Non si è mai innamorato, non cerca l'amore, e passa il suo tempo tra case da gioco, alcol e donne di facili costumi. Purtroppo per lui, un aristocratico ha dei doveri nei confronti della propria casata, il primo dei quali è mettere al mondo dei figli legittimi, e il matrimonio è l’unico modo per ottenere tale risultato. Pertanto Rudyard si vede costretto ad accantonare la sua vita da libertino per frequentare qualche fanciulla di buona famiglia.

Dashing Major Gavin Alexander, recently elevated to sixth Earl of Seabrooke, needs a fortune—fast! His new title came with a mountain of debt, and it is only a matter of time before he's denied entrance to the clubs where he's eking out a living by gaming. When Sir Thomas Chesterton cannot pay his losses at the table and offers his sister—and her inheritance—instead, Gavin jumps at the seemingly perfect solution to his troubles and agrees to wed Miss Chesterton sight unseen.

When a scandalous letter threatens to shatter the pristine Rutherford legacy, Silas Rutherford, the Duke of Ayston, is forced to descend into the filth of Covent Garden. To unmask a ruthless blackmailer, he must strike a devil’s bargain with the one woman the ton has cast into the shadows. He is the "Saint of St. James," a man of iron-clad morality and icy restraint.

In den glitzernden Ballsälen und anrüchigen Spielhöllen des englischen Regency ist der berüchtigte Lord Tristan Breckenridge ein Name, der mit ehrfürchtigem Schaudern geflüstert wird. Als ein Kartenspiel mit hohem Einsatz ihn dazu bringt, die bezaubernde Miss Emmeline Brooks zu gewinnen–eine tugendhafte Dame, unberührt vom Reiz der Londoner Gesellschaft–werden ihre Schicksale unwiderruflich miteinander verflochten. Tristan, ein charmanter Schurke mit einer Abneigung gegen die Ehe, hatte nie damit gerechnet, durch ein Glücksspiel eine Frau zu erwerben.

1793. L'ultimo desiderio del tirannico lord Lavenham è stato chiaro: suo nipote, sir Tristram, dovrà sposare la giovane cugina Eustacie, che ha cercato rifugio in Inghilterra per sfuggire al regime del Terrore che si sta diffondendo in Francia. Ma Eustacie, impulsiva e romantica, non ci pensa neppure a sposarsi, e quindi si dà alla fuga… finendo così dritta fra le braccia di un contrabbandiere che, destino vuole, porta lo stesso cognome del nonno.

As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens. She never doubted romance would be in her future, too. The storybooks offered endless possibilities. And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off. One by one by one. Ugly duckling...

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.

RETURN TO THE WORLD OF THE BRIDGERTONS . . . ________________________________________ Before the Rokesbys, there were the Bridgertons . . . Go back to where it all began in this dazzlingly witty new series from New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn. Sometimes you find love in the most...

Eigentlich ist er ihr Vormund, aber wer kann sich vor der Liebe wehren? Vor allem, wenn der Earl ein wahrer Märchenprinz zu sein scheint. Gäbe es da nicht ein düsteres Geheimnis im Herrenhaus … George Cockridge, Earl of Townfield, finanziert schon seit vielen Jahren die schulische Ausbildung für die Tochter seines verstorbenen Militärkameraden. Um so überraschter ist er, als er eines Tages eine hübsche, junge Dame in der Eingangshalle seines Herrenhauses antrifft. Patience Danford, ist gerade einundzwanzig Jahre geworden. Alt genug endlich das Mädchenpensionat zu verlassen.

Matrimony is the last thing on Elizabeth Bennet’s mind when she arrives at Netherfield Park to tend to her ill sister. When proud Mr. Darcy acts rashly to thwart a compromise and tells her that the entire household believes they are engaged, she dismisses him outright and refuses his offer of marriage. But more surprises await her at Longbourn. Mr. Collins is ready with an offer of marriage, and it is not only her mother who thinks it a fine match.

Iona's magic thrives in ways that defy explanation. The threads of fate pull Iona to Lysander College, an illustrious school for aristocratic witches of great renown. Though Iona is only a novice witch with no ancestral claim to old magic, her anomalous power garners the unwanted attention of imperious witches in her class.