Titoli in Vittoriano

Raina Bretton is a rag woman in London's East End when a handsome stranger appears in a dank alley and offers her a glittering smile and a chance for adventure. Rothburne Abbey has a unique position for her, one that will take her away from her hardscrabble life and give her a chance to be a lady. Things she could only dream of might be coming true. But some dreams turn out to be nightmares. Though Raina has traded squalor for silk and satin, something about the abbey is deeply unsettling.

American heiress Clare Herschel made what she hoped was a love match when she married the handsome, witty Emmett Markham, the Earl of Linwood. A little over a year into her marriage though, she finds herself wintering in Sicily - alone. She is sure the mild climate is the answer to avoiding another miscarriage and Emmett’s apparent indifference, so she’s determined to remain in Italy as long as possible. The last person she expects to show up at the villa is her husband, especially when Emmett confesses he’s there to convince her to return to England.

When American heiress Gwen Barton aids an injured gentleman in an opera box in London, she shares a kiss with the stranger that changes her life. More determined than ever to be herself, in spite of the limp she's sustained since childhood, she will marry for love and not a title. She also resolves to learn the identity of the man she helped - and kissed. Surely he can't be the irritating Avery Winfield though. But as circumstances continue to throw Gwen and Avery together, she begins to wonder if there is more to this man than she first thought.  

Marian Halcolmbe finds and marries her true love, Theo Camlet. But when Theo’s first wife, who everyone believed to be dead, reappears, Marian and her brother-in-law, Walter, must delve into the darkest and most dangerous corners of London to save Theo from accusations of bigamy and murder, as well as the hangman’s noose. Victorian literature's most exciting heroine, Marian Halcombe, stars in Brenda Clough’s thrilling and romantic sequel to Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White.

Daisy Miller is a beautiful and flirtatious rich young American visiting a Swiss spa. There she meets upper class expatriate American, Frederick Winterbourne, who is warned about her reckless ways with men by his aunt. Their relationship and Daisy's with the Italian lawyer Mr. Giovanelli leads to a climactic scene in the Coliseum in Rome, followed by tragedy and regret.

When Miss Cara Di Abaccio is accused of stealing the Carisbrook emeralds by the infamously arrogant Lady Carisbrook and marched out of her guardian's house by Scotland Yard's finest, Barnaby Adair's cousin Hugo Adair takes umbrage and descends on Scotland Yard, breathing fire in Cara's defense. Hugo discovers Inspector Stokes has been assigned to the case, and after surveying the evidence thus far, Stokes calls in his big guns when it comes to dealing with investigations in the ton - namely, the Honorable Barnaby Adair and his wife, Penelope.

In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor in rural Oxfordshire. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe’s life is in ruins. Over 150 years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items.

A lonely young heiress becomes the poorest wealthy woman in Victorian England when her father dies without telling anyone where he hid his fortune. Can Tressa and the no-nonsense estate manager find the fortune before the greedy relatives get to it first? Tressa Harlowe's father did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended family. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had concealed it.

When Aurelie Harcourt's father dies in debtor's prison, he leaves her just two things: his wealthy family, whom she has never met, and his famous pen name, Nathaniel Droll. Her new family greets her with apathy and even resentment. Only the quiet houseguest, Silas Rotherham, welcomes her company. When Aurelie decides to complete her father's unfinished serial novel, she must keep her identity as Nathaniel Droll hidden while searching for the truth about her mother's disappearance - and perhaps even her father's death.

Sebastian Cynster knows time is running out. If he doesn't choose a wife soon, his female relatives will line up to assist him. Yet the current debutantes do not appeal. Where is he to find the right lady to be his marchioness? Then Drake Varisey, eldest son of the Duke of Wolverstone, asks for Sebastian's aid.

With his older brother's betrothal announced, Lord Michael Cynster is freed of all familial expectations. But the allure of his previous hedonistic pursuits has paled. Then he learns of the mission his brother and his fiancée have been assisting with and volunteers to help by hunting down a hoard of gunpowder now stashed somewhere in London.

Anne Elliot has grieved for seven years over the loss of her first and only love, Captain Frederick Wentworth. When their paths finally cross again, Anne finds herself slighted and all traces of their former intimacy gone. As the pair continue to share the same social circle, dramatic events in Lyme Regis, and later in Bath, conspire to unravel the knots of deceit and misunderstanding in this beguiling and gently comic story of love and fidelity.

Declan nunca se hubiese fijado en ella de habérsela cruzado por la calle. Pero al verla delante de él, con sus grandes ojos marrones y su bonito pelo castaño, no puede evitarlo y cae rendido a sus pies. Para Alicia él es insoportable, insufrible, irritante, egoísta y mujeriego. Jamás se fijaría en alguien así y no quiere, ni tiene tiempo para perderlo con un hombre tan complicado. Pero las apariencias engañan y Declan lejos de ser lo que parece, esconde a un hombre tierno y cariñoso, que poco a poco va conquistando su corazón.

Inglaterra, año 1851King Siddal, sale a navegar, desesperado por el demonio interior que rige su vida, día y noche. De repente, su vida da un vuelco, al encontrar en el mar a una mujer, a la que han intentado asesinar.Iniciarán entonces un viaje, juntos, en busca de respuestas, en el cuál descubrirán la más importante de todas. Que, a veces, son suficientes unos instantes para que dos almas se reconozcan.

María Feodorovna es una actriz rusa de éxito que vive en Londres y quetiene una aventura con Black, el atractivo propietario del restaurante demoda de la ciudad. Un día, él cree que María lo ha engañado y, loco decelos, corta la relación.Poco después, recibe una carta de ella en la que le dice que nunca le hasido infiel, aunque reconoce que le había ocultado algo: que trabaja comoespía para el gobierno británico. La carta es una declaración de amor yuna despedida, porque la han encomendado una misión muy peligrosa enMadrid de la que no sabe si volverá.Cuando Black consigue encontrarse de nuevo con ella, la han disparado yestá muy grave.

Alexandra Wallace es feliz trabajando como investigadora privada. A pesar de ser considerada una belleza, no duda en disfrazarse como la más fea de las pordioseras, para poder realizar sus investigaciones que es lo más importante para ella. Hasta que conoce a Gabriel Damsworth, marqués y espía y saltan chispas entre los dos, pero Alexandra se aparta de su camino sin dudarlo decidida a seguir con su profesión.

Elinor y Marianne, las dos hermanas protagonistas de esta novela, experimentan y viven el amor de manera radicalmente opuesta. Mientras la primera actúa dominada por la prudencia, en la segunda prima la pasión. Cada una de ellas tiene un modo diferente de enfrentarse a la vida: Elinor lo hace con seriedad y decoro mientras Marianne da rienda suelta a sus emocionantes. La vida de ambas hermanas cambiará con una repentina invitación a Londres, donde tendrán sorpresas que les enseñarán algunas lecciones que jamás podrán olvidar.

Lord Victor Brooke ha disgustado a su madrina, Su Majestad la Reina Victoria, con su última indiscreción con una de sus más atractivas señoras de honor, y en consecuencia, el castigo de su madrina, ha significado perder la Temporada Social en Londres! Las órdenes de su Majestad, es escoltar la Princesa Sydella de dieciocho años a Zararis, que va a casarse con el Rey Esteban, que ha solicitado una novia Inglesa. Así su pequeña Nación, recibirá la protección del Imperio Británico contra las incursiones rusas.

El Rey se acercó a la cama de Xenia y miró su lujoso cabello rojo que brillaba a la luz de las velas y sus tiernos labios, que temblaban porque tenía miedo. "¿Sabes lo hermosa que eres?" él dijo. Xenia sabía que el momento finalmente había llegado, el momento en que ella debía decirle la verdad. "¡Te amo!". Pero él lloró antes de que ella pudiera hablar. Él dijo: "Estoy loco... locamente enamorado ... nunca en la vida soñé que me sentiría así ... y tengo algo que ... decirte..." Ella lo sintió ponerse serio y lentamente lo vio retroceder. Xenia respiró profundamente... ¿Cómo podría ella decirle?

Zena, es Marie Thérese, de Wiedenstein, una joven y bella Princesa, de un pequeño principado independiente entre Francia y Alemania. Su hermano, el Príncipe Kendrick es su hermano gemelo, el heredero del trono. Entonces la bella Zena, está alarmada cuando su padre le dice que se tiene de casarse con un Duque inglés, pero ella cree que los ingleses son fríos, arrogantes e insensibles.