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Ирэн Коул, юная американка с русскими корнями, потеряла свою семью в толпе беженцев в порту Шанхая в 1941 году. Она становится танцовщицей в ночном клубе, но скоро попадает в лагерь для интернированных лиц. В борьбе за выживание она вынуждена полагаться на японского офицера, который в нее влюблен. Десять лет спустя она живет в качестве его официальной любовницы и является членом влиятельного японс…
Уважаемый читатель! Вы держите в руках литературный опыт не выпускника литинститута им.Горького,а военного лётчика 1 класса,пилота от Бога Юрия Старобинца,который, как и многие его однополчане,уже «потерял прописку в небе,но оставил за собой способность видеть с высоты своей жизни намного дальше остальных жителей Земли».Книга не претендует на то,чтобы вернуть в нашу жизнь утраченные за последние д…
Western Kansas, 1866Steady, wealthy and oh-so-safe–that's the kind of husband Bess Trundale wants. Someone like the local banker's son. Someone unlike Sheriff Kirk Landers. The lawman's confident swagger gets right under her skin…and into her fantasies. And though she's tried to ignore the chemistry surging between them, one night is about to change everything.Kirk isn't planning on being anyone's…
НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ О чем шутили древние римляне? Что вызывало у них «ироничную улыбку» или заставляло «покатываться со смеху»? Какую роль играли шутки при императорском дворе, на гладиаторских аренах и даже в суде? На эти и мно…
Scotland, 1307Laird Connor MacLerie is ruthless, a fact his wife, Jocelyn, knows all too well – particularly when it comes to arranging marriages for members of his clan. Though they found happiness and passion themselves, Jocelyn had been bought as a bride for Connor herself and doesn't want to see another woman betrothed without consent.She hatches a matchmaking plot of her own – but it will onl…
London, 1817.The Earl of Chambourne’s scandalous reputation has been well-earned, but he has never forgotten the only woman he has ever loved—nor forgiven her for marrying another man while he was off fighting in France.When Christian discovers she is a widow, he hungers to possess her once again—as his mistress. Lady Sylviana Moorland, Countess of Ampthill, knows it is only a matter of time befor…
England, 1804 Lucasta Barnes knows the folly believing in magic can lead to—and she won’t accept that her illicit tryst with a notorious rake was the result of anything more than pure lust. Or that it has bonded them together forever. Yet, she can’t deny that she yearns for just one more night in his arms…David, Earl of Elderwood, is used to women being enchanted by him, but ever since a passionat…
Central Kansas, 1883 Chicago lawyer Blake Barlow has tracked his runaway wife all the way to the middle of nowhere. If she wants a divorce, he’ll grant her one—as soon as she tells him why she left. Clara Johnson is angry. Blake betrayed her mere weeks after exchanging vows—but when he rides up to her family farm, it’s to get her signature, not to beg for forgiveness.Clara and Blake agree their br…
Indulge in the passion of the past with these short, sexy and scandalous eBooks!Nebraska, 1885Outlaw Clint Turnquist is on a mission—one that doesn't involve falling in love. His freedom hinges on tracking down his former gang, but he can't resist Doreena Brockman's plea to help protect her ranch from the strangers watching her property.Bold and beautiful, she tempts Clint with both her body and h…
London, 1817"You are suggesting that, now our year of mourning for our husbands has come to an end, we should all take at least one lover?" Sophia Rowlands, the widowed Duchess of Clayborne, is shocked by her friend's daring proposition—but is even more astounded when Dante Carfax, Earl of Sherbourne, offers to do the honor!He may be rakishly handsome and undeniably arousing, but he's also four ye…
Lady Miranda is on the search for a new husband, and never expected the devil himself to be in contention! After one doomed marriage, this time around Miranda is certain to call all the shots. So when notorious rake and gambler Neville Morleigh announces his indecent intentions, Miranda finds the temptation too much to resist and requests a one-time bedroom interview…After all, shouldn't all unsui…
Tired of seasons with boring socialites, Lord Tristan Carlyle has given up his life as a libertine to become an artist. Inspiration eludes him. . . until he meets the alluring Contessa de Erato, who awakens a passion not even this former rake has felt before. But the «Contessa» has a secret – she is really Erato, muse of erotic poetry.Although she came to England to help other women find love, one…
London, 1802 When heiress Arabella Wilbanks flees a forced betrothal in the middle of the night, the last person she expects to find at the reins of her getaway hackney is Matthew Worcester.It's been seven long years since they gave in to their mutual desires and shared the most incredible night of their lives, but Matthew is still racked with guilt for leaving her without a word. He should escort…