Книги жанра историческая литература
A heart-warming nostalgia memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe, The Tiller Girls. Based in London in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Irene’s story will transport readers back to a more innocent, simple way of life.This is the story of a little girl who loved to dance. Growing up in London in the 1930s, dancing was so much more to Irene than just a hobby. It was her escape and it took her …
Temporarily displaced Southern belle Jane Charlotte Davis was desperate to make enough money to return home. So when town banker Rydell Wilder, a Northerner through and through, offered her a loan to start her own business, she jumped at the chance. Even though the man was too handsome–and too interested in her–for her peace of mind.…Once, Rydell Wilder had been the new, poor boy in town. Now he h…
Flirting with danger!Ten years ago Drew Castlemain fled England, disowned by his family and branded a traitor. So returning to escort his new ward Elyse Salforde to her fiancé is not only frustrating, it’s downright dangerous!Drew is honour-bound to protect Elyse, but when he discovers she is beautiful, intelligent and far too spirited for her own good, that’s easier said than done! Drew is in no …
Russell Chancellor, Lord Hadleigh, found the love of his life over a decade ago, but she was forced to marry elsewhere.When a chance meeting at a house party unites him with Mary Wardour once more, both realize that the feelings between them have never died. Mary is now a widow and free to marry. Russell needs to marry or forgo his inheritance.But they have to discover the truth behind the secrets…
A moving family drama of one young woman’s fight to survive, to find her long-lost relatives and to find a place to call homeBridgette has been hurt many times in her life. Her early years were blighted by her spoilt brother; her marriage ruined by World War Two. Now her mother is dying. And then comes a deathbed revelation – somewhere Bridgette has another family and a father.Bridgette joins the …
A Scandalous Secretwas part of the dowry Katherine Sutcliff would bring to her bridal bed. And any prospective suitor on the Marriage Mart would have to live with it–or live without her! But her pressing need for a suitable match was diverted by her most unsuitable attraction to the disreputable Lord Benjamin Sinclair.A Rakish Lifehad been Benjamin's choice, but now the adventurous gentleman was t…
From the bestselling author of ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’, an unexpectedly moving, luminously wise and brilliantly funny novel about a Victorian Poet Laureate.In July 1864, a corner of the Isle of Wight is buzzing with literary and artistic creativity. A morose Tennyson is reciting 'Maud' to empty sofas; the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron is white-washing the roses for visual effect and the misma…
Endredi Endredi haunted his every waking thought… a sun-burnished Valkyrie with a beauty as wild as the open sea.But Adelar's deepest passion was also his darkest secret. For the woman who held his heart belonged to his lord… . Adelar Always would Endredi remember the boy who had awakened her to love.Yet she cursed the fates who brought her face-to-face with Adelar the man, for she was now nothing…
DARE TO BREAK THE RULESWhen Morwenna Morgan defies her brother’s orders and rescues a shipwreck victim from a Cornish beach, she doesn’t expect an instant attraction to the injured stranger. This is the kind of man Morwenna can imagine falling for – not the unpleasant suitor her brother’s forcing on her!Except the stranger is Lord Rupert Melford – a government agent sent to entrap the Morgan famil…
DARE TO BREAK THE RULESWhen Morwenna Morgan defies her brother’s orders and rescues a shipwreck victim from a Cornish beach, she doesn’t expect an instant attraction to the injured stranger. This is the kind of man Morwenna can imagine falling for – not the unpleasant suitor her brother’s forcing on her!Except the stranger is Lord Rupert Melford – a government agent sent to entrap the Morgan famil…
