Лекарь Яков Ван Геделе прибывает в Москву, только что пережившую избрание новой императрицы. Потеряв своего покровителя, шпиона, отравленного ядом, Яков бежит в Москву от дурной репутации – в Кенигсберге и Польше молва обвиняла в смерти патрона именно его. В Москве, где никто его не знает, Яков мечтает устроиться личным хирургом к какому-нибудь в меру болезненному придворному интригану. Во время с…
Джейн Остен по праву считают первой леди английской литературы. Ее произведения обязательны для изучения во всех колледжах и университетах Великобритании. Ее книги являются признанными шедеврами и покоряют искренностью и простотой сюжета. «Эмма» – самое едкое, самое точное и саркастичное из произведений писательницы, оно же – последнее, увидевшее свет при ее жизни. Эта история достаточно нетипична…
Американская писательница Луиза Мэй Олкотт в одночасье стала знаменитой благодаря роману «Маленькие женщины», в основу которого легли ее собственные детские воспоминания, что сделало произведение частично автобиографическим. История повествует о четырех сестрах Марч: своенравной и талантливой Джо, хрупкой и мягкосердечной Бэт, красивой и кокетливой Мэг, а также романтичной и избалованной Эми. Вме…
Shakespeare in Love for the sonnets: a fictional tale of how Shakespeare wrote his most famous poems.No one knows for sure precisely when and where Shakespeare wrote his sonnets or, more intriguingly, who he wrote them for. In this wonderfully entertaining novel acclaimed author Warwick Collins imagines the circumstances that inspired 30 of the Bard's most popular sonnets.The young Will Shakespear…
From the bestselling author of A Woman of Substance comes an explosive novel about one woman's journey to success.Seduction, passion and international intrigue. Playing the game has never been so thrilling.Good looking, successful Annette Remmington is a London art consultant and dealer at the top of her game. When a rare and long-lost Rembrandt finds its way into her hands, she becomes the most t…
Discover a sumptuous and haunting novel of medieval loves, lies and loyalties.Slapton, Devon, 1372. Sir Guy de Bryan, trusted friend of Edward III, consecrates a magnificent Chantry, his personal bulwark against the torments of purgatory. Yet he is known as an honorable man. Why should he fear for his eternal soul?Sir Guy harbours three sins, violations of the chivalric code he holds so dear. The …
Jack Hazard Needed A Wife And Anna Matlin was the perfect woman for the job.Though she seemed like a timid mouse, Jack was convinced that the file clerk possessed a multitude of charms. Charms that he would soon expose as he drew her into his dangerous game of revenge. Anna's colorless existence ended the day she became the «wife» of her hero, Jack Hazard.But though she was learning that beneath l…
Jack Hazard Needed A Wife And Anna Matlin was the perfect woman for the job.Though she seemed like a timid mouse, Jack was convinced that the file clerk possessed a multitude of charms. Charms that he would soon expose as he drew her into his dangerous game of revenge. Anna's colorless existence ended the day she became the «wife» of her hero, Jack Hazard.But though she was learning that beneath l…
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas has captivated readers around the world with her sweeping, heartfelt family sagas. To introduce her brand-new series, Jodi tells the story behind the unforgiving Texas landscape and how one man claims Ransom Canyon—and a timid beauty—for his legacy…A wanderer’s life was all James Randall Kirkland had known since he was an orphaned boy in San Antonio. A…
From the author of THE WHITE QUEEN and THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, discover Philippa Gregory’s sweeping and passionate epic, The Wideacre TrilogyWIDEACRE is Philippa Gregory’s first novel, a tale of passion and intrigue set in the eighteenth century. Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the eighteenth century she …
A Most Unsuitable Lord!Clara Wells's eccentric family drew enough sidelong glances her way that she could do without the attentions of London's most notorious rake. But the sinfully charming Lord Mulholland was renowned for getting whatever, or whomever, he desired… .Paris Mulholland had long guarded his heart with a string of elegant, casual conquests, yet Clara's defiant pride enticed him in a w…
Two Lonely Hearts, Destined to Meet Again Sarah Tanton had headed west seeking the promise of a fresh start, and freedom from the memories that haunted her… . Yet, little did she know that every step brought her closer to the man she'd loved and lost.Though his testimony had landed her in prison, Daniel Harrison had never forgotten the woman who had taught him about love, and betrayal. But despite…
1815 год. Богатый грузинский князь Серго Асатиани решает жениться на русской подданной. Приняв предложение, граф Бутурлин соглашается отдать свою дочь Елену в жены влиятельному князю. Молодая невеста отправляется в далекую Грузию на предстоящую свадьбу. Однако никто даже не подозревает, что под именем графини Елены Бутурлиной в те дикие опасные края едет совершенно другая девушка — бедная дворянк…
Древняя Греция, Афины, V век до нашей эры. Суровый воин и искусный стратег Ио Конон, любимец Афин, полюбил дочь знатного афинянина, юную Эринну. Приближается свадьба, но вот только на красавца Конона давно уже положила глаз любвеобильная гетера Лаиса…
To protect her home and people, Cecily Tyrell would marry the devil himself! And if rumor held any truth, she would mayhap do so! A royal command bound her to wed Lord Rowan DeCourtenay, a knight of some renown…but a widower of shadowed repute. Still, he was the warrior she needed–but was he the man she wanted?Headstrong, valiant and dangerous she was, for Cecily Tyrell alone made Rowan DeCourtena…