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Über Selbstbestimmung, Mut und die Macht von zweiten Chancen Der bewegende Dilogie-Abschluss eines Kampfes nach Unabhängigkeit im 19. Jahrhundert London, 1883: Maryanne hat endlich ihren Traum verwirklicht. Unter ihrer Leitung ist das Kensington Crown zu der beliebtesten Teestube Londons...

London, 1907: Die junge Adlige Victoria lebt allein mit dem Butler ihres verstorbenen Vaters. Sie halten sich über Wasser, indem Victoria als Fotografin und Hopkins bei einer Zeitung arbeitet. Als auf einem Ball hässliche Andeutungen über ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis laut werden, kommt es zum Eklat - und Victoria gerät gar unter Mordverdacht.

England, 1888 Einst führte meine Familie die bekannteste Schlosserei Oxfords. Nun bin ich eine Diebin und knacke die Schlösser meiner Vorfahren. Schuld daran hat allein James Frederik Darvill. Der arrogante und attraktive Gentleman erpresst mich.

Lord Stephen Stanhope, a duke's diplomat son who's traveling to the Congress of Vienna, agrees to protect his friend's wayward sister on Stephen's journey to Austria. Lady Mary Beresford has impetuously set off on her own for Vienna. Vexed with the headstrong woman he's yet to meet, Stephen despairs of ever catching up with the maddening lady. They eventually meet at an inn in the Alps, where the guests' progress has been impeded by two matters: a blizzard—and Lady Mary's refusal to leave until she's found an elderly fellow traveler who has disappeared.

Christine Daaé arrives penniless and hopeless at the steps of the great Paris Opera House, in search of an angel. What finds her instead is a man in a mask named Erik, a tortured soul masquerading as a ghost. Fascinated by Christine, Erik dons a new mask to be close to her: that of the Angel of Music. This strange patron awakens Christine's voice and soul...as well as desires she cannot understand. Their adoration growing, Erik and Christine remain separated by deception and darkness, tangled in a web of lust and lies.

Wenn das kalte Herz eines Earls während eines Wintersturms taut... Die romantische Weihnachts-Novelle von Renee Ann Miller. Als der Earl of Dartmore mitten in einem Schneesturm vor Evangeline Breckenridges Tür auftaucht, traut sie ihren Augen kaum. Sie hat ihre Jugendliebe seit Jahren nicht mehr gesehen, und Julien hat sich in einen mürrischen Gesellen verwandelt, der den Einwohnern der Stadt ihre Weihnachtstraditionen wegnimmt. Eve selbst ist auch kein törichtes Mädchen mehr, das sich einbildet, ein Adliger könnte die Tochter eines Arztes lieben, und würde den Earl am liebsten wegschicken.

Evangeline Ames has rented a country cottage far from the London streets where she was recently attacked. Fascinated by the paranormal energy of nearby Crystal Gardens, she finds pleasure in sneaking past the wall to explore the grounds. And when her life is threatened again, she instinctively goes to the gardens for safety.

Romance isn't for the plain, shy, and awkward—a painful truth that Hyacinth knows better than anyone. But Hy refuses to let anything or anyone stop her from living life on her own terms. Independence—and the opportunity to secure her family's future—is finally within her grasp. But then Hy crosses paths with a meddling duke and everything changes.

How would spending a few extra days in each other’s company affect the relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy? While her sister Jane is ill at Netherfield, Elizabeth overhears the proud Mr Darcy express his admiration of her and her fine eyes. Not sure what to think of his praise after all of their previous disagreements (and more flattered than she wants to admit) Elizabeth responds by teasing him, forcing Darcy to reconsider his opinion of a woman who has truly bewitched him.

When Lady Scarlett Sherwood's husband is killed in a riding accident that turns out to be no accident at all, she becomes the number-one suspect in a murder investigation that takes the ton by storm. Her accuser? None other than the dark, ruthless Sir Owen Steel, Captain of the Bow Street Runners...and the only man Scarlett has ever loved.

Miss Emma Baxter flieht als blinde Passagierin in einer Kutsche, um ihrem Onkel und dem Baron zu entkommen, mit dem sie verheiratet werden soll. Das Letzte, was sie erwartet hätte, ist, sich plötzlich an der Seite von Aaron St. John, dem Herzog von Radcliffe, und seiner sieben Jahre alten Tochter Lady Sophia wiederzufinden. Nun ist sie von einer gänzlich anderen Gefahr bedroht.

At eighteen, Emmeline Ballentine’s father splashed out on one London season to introduce his daughter to polite society. Sadly, for Emmeline, polite society was not terribly receptive to a city trader’s daughter. She only ever caught one gentleman’s fancy, the dishonorable Jeremy Vance who made her head spin as he singled her out for attention at the balls and assemblies. Her worldly chaperone warned her he was making a May game of her, but Emmeline had not heeded her warning. Consequently, her dreams were dashed, when at the close of the season, Jeremy announced his engagement to another.

Brought to you by Penguin. Cecilia Bassingwaite belongs to a very prestigious circle of women: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. Yet this is no ordinary Victorian lady's society - as it's full of pirates, thieves and ne'er-do-wells. These women spend their days pickpocketing and...

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The death of her father leaves Miss Francesca Cornworthy alone and with one last wish to fulfill - that she marry a safe, respectable gentleman. She sets herself on a course to honor that request. That is, until she crosses paths with Mr. Lathan Holman - the very opposite type of gentleman her father wished her to wed.

Als Lady Celeste Pembrokes Experimente einen Skandal auslösen, bietet der tadellos besonnene Duke of Wynthorne seine Sternwarte an, um ihren Ruf zu retten und eine gewagte Entdeckung zu beweisen. Späte Nächte zwischen Spektren verwandeln sich in gestohlene Augenblicke – und in eine Liebe, die es wert ist, vor der Royal Society riskiert zu werden. Eine geistreiche, saubere viktorianische Liebesgeschichte mit einer brillanten Heldin, einem standhaften Herzog und einem Himmel voller Sterne.

He is the one man to whom she would never have willingly pledged her vows. Eight years ago, he humiliated her in the most public manner. Since that fateful day, she has loathed him with every fibre of her being. Unfortunately, the scoundrel is in the right. Amidst the turmoil of the French Wars, he gave her dying father his solemn word that he would care for his daughter, and – all too legally – took her as his wife with witnesses aplenty – but the bride utterly absent.

Lady Elinor wants nothing to do with love. Her arranged marriage—and one glorious but ill-fated kiss with a handsome footman—cured her of any romantic notions she'd ever entertained. Now a widow, all Elinor plans to do is rebuild her life—without a man in it. She has no intention of falling for the charming and entirely too tempting American who seems so determined to win her favor. Stephen Worth is no longer the impoverished footman who lost everything because of the impulsive actions of a reckless young lady. Having reinvented himself long ago, his sole focus now is revenge.

Mina spürte die Hand des Dukes in ihrer. Eine Nacht. Ein Ball. War es möglich, jemanden in so kurzer Zeit für sich zu gewinnen? London 1818. Aufgrund eines Skandals in ihrer Vergangenheit ist Mina Moreland mit 26 Jahren noch immer unverheiratet. Ohne Vermögen oder Beziehungen droht ihr ein Schicksal als Gouvernante. Eine Einladung auf den Casterleigh & Esterhazy-Ball, dem wichtigsten Ereignis der Londoner Saison, ist ihre letzte Chance – schließlich ist dieser bevölkert von begehrten Junggesellen, allen voran dem schottischen Duke von Annadale.

Theodora knows in her heart that she has star quality, but sadly, no one else in her theatrical family feels the same way. When her sister leaves to get married, Theo is promptly axed from the bill and expected to take a back seat in the family business.