Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesShe had made a solemn promise to see her younger sister to safety in California.But the endless journey across the frontier was proving a heartbreaking test of courage and endurance for …
Главная героиня, Лизет, вынуждена оставить свой дом и переехать в Петербург к своей тётке. Но и там её жизнь не безоблачна - тётушка замечает зарождающиеся чувства между девушкой и её сыном, и собирается выслать неугодную племянницу в деревню...
Public Gentleman, Private Rogue!Charles Mountford, Marquis of Tonbridge, has long felt the weight of responsibility. He knows he must do his duty and take a wife. But when he’s left snowbound with the unconventional Miss Honor Meredith Draycott, he finds his inner rogue wants to come out to play…Merry doesn’t need a man – no matter how handsome he is! Sadly society takes a different view. Charlie …
Iron-willed Groom…Sir Roger de Montmorency demanded obedience. And the last person he expected to defy him was his very own wife! But the rebellious Mina challenged his authority as surely and swiftly as she fired his Norman blood. Headstrong Bride…Lady Mina Chilcott knew she wasn't the most beautiful of women, but she demanded respect… especially from her husband. And she would have it before he …
RUMORS WERE FLYING Her name was on everyone's lips. They were agog to find out what Miss Elizabeth Harley had been doing down at the East India Docks. And in such shocking apparel! Why, her uncle's generosity in giving her a London season had been thrown back in his face.Elizabeth had not meant to sully her good name. All she'd craved was a chance to travel. Andrew Melhurst had come to her rescue …
The summer of 1920 brings illicit liaisons to stately home Deverell Hall. Lords, ladies, butler and maids all succumb to the spirit of the roaring 1920s as sex and scandal take over.From the author of bestselling Mischief titles ‘Kinky’ and ‘Game’, Justine Elyot’s ‘Secrets and Lords’ is a historical erotic novel that will seduce anyone who loves period drama Downton Abbey and delight fans of The G…
From the moment lady’s companion Elizabeth Ingram sees the imposing major, Sir Justin Delacourt, her head is full of romantic ideas – ideas that end in Lizzie being caught trespassing on his estate, mistaken for a poacher!Despite his disdain for womanly wiles, Justin can’t get the lively Lizzie out of his mind. And when she joins him in his quest to investigate a friend’s mysterious disappearance,…
Well over six feet tall, with broad, broad shoulders, he was the best-looking man Lady Lucinda Vernley had ever seen–and the most insufferably rude! With her family expecting her to make a good marriage according to her station, how could she possibly be fantasizing about a man she had seen working on her father's estate? It was tempting, though, to dream of a world where there were no social boun…
A stirring Second World War tale of love and loss set in Yorkshire from the author of The Linden Walk and A Scent of Lavender.Set during World War 2, TURN LEFT AT THE DAFFODILS tells two love stories – those of Nan and Carrie.Nan meets Charles, a gauche, young airman at a dance. Despite his stammer and inability to dance, Nan is captivated by her first romance, and takes him under her wing. When N…
Maidservant Yue-ying is not one of those beauties. Street-smart and practical, she’s content to live in the shadow of her infamous mistress—until she meets the aristocratic playboy Bai Huang.Bai Huang lives in a privileged world Yue-ying can barely imagine, yet alone share, but as they are thrown together in an attempt to solve a deadly mystery, they both start to dream of a different life.Yet Bai…
Сэр Гидеон Лорейн и Калли Соммерс – внебрачные потомки старинного рода. Они полюбили друг друга совсем юными и поженились против воли родителей, но к радости дедов. Потеряв дочь, молодые супруги стали ссориться, и вскоре Калли прогнала молодого мужа, а сама уехала в соседний городок, где открыла школу для девочек. Гидеон, получивший юридическое образование, делает успехи как адвокат в криминальных…
НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ Рыжеволосая Айрис работает в мастерской, расписывая лица фарфоровых кукол. Ей хочется стать настоящей художницей, но это едва ли осуществимо в викторианской Англии. По ночам Айрис рисует себя с натуры перед з…
An alternative version – the one Tolstoy originally intended, but has been hitherto unpublished – of Russia’s most famous novel; with a different ending, fewer digressions and an altered view of Napoleon – it’s time to look afresh at one of the world’s favourite books.‘War and Peace’ is a masterpiece – a panoramic portrait of Russian society and its descent into the Napoleonic Wars which for over …
Цикл посвящен малоизвестному, но яркому эпизоду средневековой истории – взлету и падению герцогства Бургундского. Действие книги развивается в двух эпохах: середине XV века, времени расцвета и падения герцогства Бургундского, и в начале века XVI, когда к власти в Европе пришли новые силы. Героиня цикла, Маргарита, как и ее мать Мария – последняя властительница герцогства Бургундского, проходит чер…
Гэвин Сент-Джеймс, граф Торн, – самый прославленный обольститель – намерен решительно изменить свою жизнь. А для этого необходимо, во-первых, заполучить некое поместье, идеальное для его планов по разведению скота, а во-вторых, – поскольку другого способа завладеть поместьем нет – жениться на его владелице… Выросшая на Диком Западе Саманта Мастерс – далеко не скромная викторианская дама. Она носит…