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Hark! the Gerrard angels sing.... It’s Christmas Eve, and the Gerrard brothers mean to make the most of it. They’ve taken their wives, their children, and their three delightful sisters, and removed to the most wintery estate they have to set the scene. Determined to give their families the most perfect Christmas they’ve ever known, they go to unmatched extremes in their efforts, planning out every detail. But there are surprises in store for all of them this Christmas season, some of which Colin and Kit just can’t believe.

For the sake of a most beloved sister, and for their father’s dying wish, Elizabeth would make herself submit... When her dying father demands one daughter marry the heir to Longbourn and the other wed a wealthy elderly widower, Elizabeth makes the hardest choice of her life. She becomes the wife of sixty-year-old Mr. Ashwood—a marriage in name only that leaves her more a daughter than a bride. Four years later, Elizabeth is a widow at twenty, impoverished and estranged from the sister she once adored.

When Elizabeth Bennet returns to Pemberley after five years, she never expects to find healing from past trauma—or love with the very man who once seemed so proud and disagreeable. As Fitzwilliam Darcy discovers that the spirited girl he barely noticed has become the woman he cannot live without, they must both learn that second chances at happiness are worth every risk.

Abigail Wendover has no time for love. She is far too busy protecting her niece, who has fallen madly in love with a suspected fortune-hunter. But her efforts become vastly more complicated with the arrival of Miles Calverleigh, the black sheep of his family - a reckless bachelor with a scandalous past. Abby soon discovers that, despite successfully managing her niece's love life, she has far less control over her own unruly heart. 

Every fortune-hunting female in London is after the newly titled Earl of Drake, but he's intent on finding a wife whose heart is true. So, while drunkenly jesting with his friends in a pub one night, he has an idea - what if the ladies of the ton didn't know he was a wealthy earl? All he has to do is pose as a servant at his friend's summer country house party and make sure the guest list is full of beautiful, eligible debutantes. What could possibly go wrong?

When Harry Westcott lost the title earl of Riverdale after the discovery of his father's bigamy, he shipped off to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, where he was near-fatally wounded. After a harrowing recovery, the once cheery, lighthearted boy has become a reclusive, somber man. Though Harry insists he enjoys the solitude, he does wonder sometimes if he is lonely. Lydia Tavernor, recently widowed, dreams of taking a lover. Her marriage to Reverend Isaiah Tavernor was one of service and obedience, and she has secretly enjoyed her freedom since his death.

Das große Finale der "Wallflowers"-Saga von Bestseller-Autorin Lisa Kleypas. Die lebenslustige Daisy Bowman hat es, anders als ihre Freundinnen, auch nach zwei Londoner Saisons nicht geschafft, einen Ehemann zu finden. Am Ende seiner Geduld stellt ihr Vater, ein reicher Industrieller, ihr ein Ultimatum: Sollte sie auch in dieser Saison keinen Erfolg haben, muss sie seinen Geschäftspartner heiraten. Matthew Swift ist clever, ernst und schrecklich langweilig – Daisy kann ihn nicht ausstehen. Jeder Mann wäre besser als er.

Meredith Drake hat der Ehe nach ihrer katastrophalen Verbindung mit einem viel älteren Mann abgeschworen. Doch als ihr bester Freund aus dem Krieg zurückkehrt, schwört die junge Witwe, ihm bei der Suche nach seiner Braut zu helfen. Griffin Brooks wuchs als Zweitgeborener–als „Ersatzsohn“–auf, der von niemandem beachtet wurde. Er zog in den Krieg, um zu vergessen, dass Meredith für ihn unerreichbar war. Aber jetzt ist er zurück, und nicht mehr nur der „Ersatzsohn“. Da ein ganzes Herzogtum auf dem Spiel steht, ist er gezwungen, sich eine Braut nehmen. Und für ihn gibt es nur eine Wahl.

She gave him her innocence . . . Lady Aline Marsden was brought up to marry a man of her own class, but from the moment she meets John McKenna, she risks everything to be with him. He gave her his heart Although their love is forbidden, McKenna's passion for the beautiful Aline is too compelling...

Eine außergewöhnliche Frau auf der Suche nach ihrer eigenen Stimme. Während ihre Mutter alles daran setzt ihre Tochter zu verheiraten, schlägt die rebellische Elisabeth einen Verehrer nach dem anderen in die Flucht – ganz im Gegensatz zu ihrer Schwester Helene, die sich auf die Verlobung mit Kaiser Franz von Österreich vorbereitet und von der Aussicht auf die Ehe geradezu begeistert ist. Gemeinsam machen sich die Schwestern auf den Weg nach Bad Ischl, um den Geburtstag des Kaisers zu feiern. Auf einmal steht Elisabeth Franz unerwartet im Schlosspark gegenüber und fühlt sich sofort zu ihm hingezogen.

"I'm Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I can't be celibate. Everyone knows that." Desperate to escape her scheming relatives, Evangeline Jenner has sought the help of the most infamous scoundrel in London. A marriage of convenience is the only solution. No one would have ever paired the shy...

Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters", and he wants nothing to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue doing what he does best - sin and sin again - and all's going swimmingly…until the day a shop door opens and she walks in.

One bookish debutante. Two dashing suitors. And a season full of scandal. Lady Alaina Sinclair never expected London society to be so treacherous —or so tempting. She has always preferred books to ballrooms, but with a disastrous start to her first season, she’s determined to rewrite her fate. With her heart set on the respectable —and very eligible —Duke of Ashford, Alaina is ready to embrace society’s expectations… even if it means silencing her true desires.

They married for convenience—but found themselves at war. Phoebe Voss would rather face ruin than marry a man she can’t respect. Unfortunately, pride doesn’t pay the bills, and when her life crumbles around her, she does what she must to survive… even if it means marrying an obsequious halfwit of a clergyman.

England, Saint Albans 1850. Grayson Brisbin, Duke of Croyden, hat fünf Probleme. Er muss seine Schwestern verheiraten, bevor er selbst in den Stand der Ehe treten kann. Dies stellt sich schwieriger heraus als gedacht, denn wie findet man einen Ehemann, der es nicht nur auf Geld und Ansehen abgesehen hat? Als der Duke of Leeds, Graysons Freund, in das Leben von Celeste tritt, ist sie sich sicher, dass sie noch nie einen so arroganten Menschen kennengelernt hat. Doch in Driscoll Spencer steckt mehr, als Celeste zuerst vermutet... besonders seine Küsse sind außergewöhnlich.

When Elizabeth Bennet first knew Mr. Darcy, she despised him and was sure he felt the same. Angered by his pride and reserve, influenced by the lies of the charming Mr. Wickham, she never troubled herself to believe he was anything other than the worst of men—until, one day, he unexpectedly proposed. Mr. Darcy's passionate avowal of love causes Elizabeth to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about him.

Before his death, Elizabeth Stowe’s father sent her to live with the Bennets. She has lived most of her life at Longbourn and is startled to learn she is heiress to an estate in Scotland. Mr. Bennet adores his adopted niece, and he could not bring himself to tell Elizabeth the details of her long distant past ... but now he must. Fitzwilliam Darcy did not expect to fall in love with a beautiful orphan, but from the moment he met her, he was entranced by Elizabeth’s fine eyes and sharp wit, which relentlessly demand his attention.

Lady Elaine Fairchild hat keinen Sinn für höfische Spielchen – es sei denn, es geht um das Herz ihres Bruders. Als dessen Angebetete einen anderen heiraten soll, greift Elaine zu Federkiel und Flunkerei und lockt Lord Blackwood in ein Netz aus Irrtum, Intrige und... unerwarteter Leidenschaft. Lord Nicholas Blackwood ist gerade erst aus Amerika zurückgekehrt, da wird er schon von einer mysteriösen Verehrerin ins Visier genommen. Er rechnet mit allem – nur nicht mit einer scharfzüngigen Lady, die ihm gehörig den Kopf verdreht.

Viscount Saye, eldest cousin of Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley, is startled one wintry day by the news that his beloved, Lillian Goddard, is to become engaged to another. Unwilling to lose her, he quickly plans a party at his ancestral estate to woo her away from her suitor. Twenty ladies and gentlemen respond to his invitation, eager for a fortnight of revelry in Saye’s inimitable style.

After her father's death, Kate was left an orphan, striving to make ends meet as a governess until her Aunt Minerva rescues her from poverty. Kate hardly knows what to expect at the grand house of Staplewood. Her uncle lives in one wing, while her handsome, moody cousin, Torquil, occupies another; guests are few and far between, but even family dinners are rigidly formal. And, over it all, Minerva's word is law. But the sudden arrival of Cousin Philip throws Minerva's control over the household into doubt, and Kate begins to suspect the shocking reason for Minerva's generosity.