Elizabeth Bentham has been John, Lord Radthorn's lover for five glorious years.But she wants him to have a chance to marry a respectable lady, not a woman with her tarnished reputation. Elizabeth thinks telling him their relationship has lost its spark will help him move on. . . but John isn't prepared to lose her, and sets out to prove their passion is as strong as ever. . . .
A HUSBAND SHE CAN NO LONGER DENY… Eight years ago Claudia, Countess of Ulverdale, said goodbye to her husband Anthony when he left to fight against Napoleon. Now, both working as spies, they find their separate missions bring them together by chance in a Parisian brothel. Claudia’s independence – and her virtue – are compromised.Claudia finds herself caged within a marriage bed full of lies as fie…
The forgotten story of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. A strong woman who claimed the throne for her family in a time of war…‘A compelling story of divided loyalties and family betrayals. Dramatic and highly evocative’ Woman & HomeEngland, 1459. One family united by blood. Torn apart by war…The Wars of the Roses storm through the country, and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, plots to topple t…
For Aaron Drake, his word was his bond. But when he promised his dying friend he'd «hold on to hope,» Aaron had no idea what he was getting himself into.Because «hope» is Hope Gatlin–his friend's bride-to-be, already en route to Colorado. Aaron's duty is clear. He'll meet Hope at the train and ask her to be his wife. Yet who could have guessed that the woman would say no!Agree …
A young woman disappears. A husband is suspected of murder. Stirring times for all the neighborhood.In an effort to save his young stepsister from a fortune hunter's grasp, Oliver Brandon places her in a genteel ladies' academy. His shock is considerable when he realizes that one of the respectable schoolmistresses is a woman he last saw at a house party–in a highly compromising situatio…
The enthralling sequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford’s universally loved novels, A Woman of Substance and Hold The Dream.The spirit of Emma Harte lives on in her granddaughter, Paula O’Neill. Paula must act with daring and courage to preserve her formidable grandmother’s glittering empire and to protect it from unscrupulous enemies – so that Emma’s precious dream lives on for the next generation…Movi…
Dodge City, Kansas. 1880.Texas Ranger-turned-rancher Colt Severson received plenty of advice on how to handle his wife on their wedding night—but not on what to do if she pointed a shotgun at him! For Annalee Sapp, becoming Colt's bride was both a nightmare and a dream come true.The handsome rancher was the perfect husband, if only he hadn't been tricked into marrying her! He'd be s…
Mackenzie's PleasureNavy SEAL Zane Mackenzie is a pro. No mission has ever gotten the better of him…until now. Saving the ambassador's gorgeous daughter, Barrie Lovejoy, is textbook—except for their desperate night of passion. Though his job as a soldier ends with her freedom, he would sooner die than let the enemy harm the mother of his child.Mackenzie's MagicTalented trainer Maris…
Man and wife–facing the rigors of high country ranchingThat was the simple, solid ideal that Daniel Lindsay willingly offered Rayna Ludgrin. But she'd lived a grand passion, he knew, and he could promise only a quiet, steady brand of love…!Her soul raw with a new widow's grief, Rayna Ludgrin vowed she'd never feel love again. Still, life under the wide Montana sky was hard for a wom…
Сборник рассказов от автора канала Хельга на Дзен. Здесь собраны истории, в том числе на реальных событиях, описывающие судьбы людей, которые пережили все невзгоды и трудности, выпавшие на их долю в нелегкое для страны время.
An extraordinary story against all the odds…He vowed in his letter to one day meet her again, once the war was over. But it was a letter Maria couldn’t bring herself to read…Growing up in the humble Spanish town of Fuentes, Maria dreamed of seeing the world and marrying one day. But before her life can truly start, civil war breaks out and Fuentes is torn apart by violence, secrecy and corruption.…
Miss Emilie Catesby’s choice: a convenient marriage or ruin! Miss Emilie Catesby lives to paint—but when her mother threatens to take her oils away if she doesn’t marry she must either recklessly ruin herself or marry jaded Lord Marcus. When she finds herself compromised into a marriage of convenience with Marcus her decision is made for her! However, she’s surprised to discover that her wifely du…
THE CHRISTMAS CHILDREN Reserved widow Eileen Pierce never considered herself the kind of woman who was cut out to be a mother. She wouldn't know what to do with one child, much less ten. But when handyman Simon Tucker is stranded in town with a group of young orphans at Christmastime, she discovers she can't just turn them away.Simon knows there's more to Eileen than meets the eye. …
‘Delightful banter and delicious passion…simply divine’, New York Times bestselling author Tessa DareFor a shameless libertine and a wily smuggler in the London Underground, marriage is more than convenience—it’s strategy . . .Christopher “Kit” Ellingsworth, war veteran and newly minted Earl of Blakemere, buries his demons under every sort of pleasure and vice. His scandalous ways have all but emp…
REN DRYDEN HAS A SPARK SHE CAN’T RISK IGNITING…Emma Ward is in trouble. The devilishly handsome part-owner of her beloved Caribbean sugar plantation has arrived and clearly he doesn’t trust her. But his eyes promise pleasures she can only imagine. Maybe there’s a way to get him on-side…Ren Dryden might be fresh off the boat from London, but he knows when a woman is playing him – and when she’s as …