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Offensichtlich hat Miss Maryann Fitzwilliam einen zu scharfen Verstand für die feine Gesellschaft, denn kein Gentleman möchte die geistreiche junge Frau heiraten. Kurzerhand arrangieren ihre Eltern eine Heirat mit einem Mann, der so alt ist, dass er ihr Vater sein könnte. Doch Maryann will sich nicht mit diesem Schicksal abfinden und nimmt ihr Glück selbst in die Hand. Aus einem Skandalblatt erfährt sie, dass der berüchtigte Marquess of Rothbury, Nicolas St. Ives, dabei gesehen wurde, wie er bei einer Hausparty aus einem Schlafzimmerfenster geklettert ist.

Liebe und Verwechslung im viktorianischen London. In England um 1871 sind die Möglichkeiten für Joanna und ihre beiden Schwestern begrenzt. Eine vorteilhafte Heirat wäre der Ausweg - doch wer nimmt schon eine verarmte Lady zur Frau? Joanna beschließt ihren Mann zu stehen und aufs renommierte Kenwood Internat zu gehen. Das ist allerdings nur für Jungen und ihre Verkleidung aufrecht zu erhalten ist eine echte Herausforderung. Schafft sie es bis zum Abschluss, steht ihr eine glänzende Karriere bevor und sie kann für ihre Schwestern sorgen.

Nuneaton, 1880. Twenty year old Daisy Armstrong lives a happy life with her loving father, Jed. They have a special bond, particularly after losing her beloved Irish mother and younger brother. But when Jed falls in love with a local widow, everything is set to change for them both. With expensive tastes and a lavish lifestyle, moving into Daisy and Jed's humble forge is not what the widow or her spoiled son, Gilbert, expected - and they make that very clear. Worked to the bone trying to look after their busy home, Daisy is exhausted.

As the much doted-on daughter of the local doctor Violet Stroud had a comfortable, happy childhood - despite a distinct lack of love from her cold-hearted mother. But when her father unexpectedly dies, Violet's life is turned upside down. As secrets about the family come to light, Violet finds herself homeless and with no one to turn to apart from Edie, the family's gentle and loving housekeeper.

A fast-paced historical romance adventure, set on the mighty Murray River in the 1890s with a flawed but loveable heroine. 1890s, River Murray, Northern Victoria Georgina Calthorpe is unhappy living with her indifferent foster family the MacHenry's in their crumbling house on the banks of the...

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "So riotously clever it almost defies description...an alchemy of romantic elements held in perfect harmony."—NPR Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners...

Love can make even the most buttoned-up bluestocking come undone… London, 1885 A lesbian in a lavender marriage, Jo Smith cuts a dashing figure in pin-striped trousers, working in her bookshop and keeping impolite company. But her hard-earned stability is about to be upended thanks to her...

London, 1900. Hester Stanmore watches in disbelief as the jury declares her attacker 'not guilty', and the courtroom erupts into chaos. The man in the dock is being congratulated as if he were a hero, but she has seen the madness in his eyes when he had attacked her and left her for dead. It was only Hester's strength that allowed her to survive. Hester was determined to bring him to justice, but what would happen now? As she endeavours to pick up the pieces of her life, Hester meets the mysterious Daniel Hansen, and perhaps she will find the happy ending she justly deserves.

Wenn das kalte Herz eines Earls während eines Wintersturms taut... Die romantische Weihnachts-Novelle von Renee Ann Miller. Als der Earl of Dartmore mitten in einem Schneesturm vor Evangeline Breckenridges Tür auftaucht, traut sie ihren Augen kaum. Sie hat ihre Jugendliebe seit Jahren nicht mehr gesehen, und Julien hat sich in einen mürrischen Gesellen verwandelt, der den Einwohnern der Stadt ihre Weihnachtstraditionen wegnimmt. Eve selbst ist auch kein törichtes Mädchen mehr, das sich einbildet, ein Adliger könnte die Tochter eines Arztes lieben, und würde den Earl am liebsten wegschicken.

Sie nennen ihn ein Monster – doch sie sieht sein wahres Gesicht. Der romantische Auftakt der hinreißenden Regency Romance-Reihe von Stacy Reid! Miss Katherine Danvers ist verzweifelt: Um ihre Familie vor dem finanziellen Ruin zu retten, täuscht sie vor, mit dem mysteriösen Duke of Thornton verlobt zu sein – und zieht so die Aufmerksamkeit der feinen Gesellschaft auf sich. Allerdings bekommt auch Alexander Masters, der echte Duke of Thornton, von seiner angeblichen Verlobung mit der jungen Frau mit. Einer Frau, die er noch nie in seinem Leben getroffen hat.

From a New York Times bestselling author comes a dazzling Victorian romance featuring a haughty businessman and the headstrong event planner who steals his heart—perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Evie Dunmore, and Amalie Howard! Delia Stratham is an unconventional woman. While other ladies...

"Glorious.... Every scene in this book is a treasure."—The New York Times “A Victorian queer love story that will have you giggling and blushing… This book is full of charm and low-stakes adventure, just the warm and soft romance many of us are looking for.”—NPR An NPR Best Book of...

When a Mexican heiress defies Victorian society to protect her country a British war hero makes it his new mission to protect her… Isabel Luna Valdés has long since resigned herself to being the “forgotten” Luna sister. But thanks to familial connections to the Mexican ambassador in...

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling story of murder, mystery, and mutiny on the high seas - and a love so intense it can overcome two different cultures. You never know what the sea will give you ... or what it will take back. When Mair McCrae follows her island tradition...

An acclaimed novelist, short story writer and critic, Leslie Poles Hartley is best known for his 1953 novel The Go-Between, which won the W. H. Heinemann Award and was adapted as a BAFTA-winning film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Included here is a radio dramatisation of that classic tale, alongside adaptations of three further novels and five short stories.

For years, Elizabeth Miller has dreamed of opening a school for underprivileged girls in London’s East End. But despite her best efforts, she soon discovers that the cost of running the fledgling school may spell disaster for the endeavor. In desperation she turns to the one man she’d rather avoid: Lord Charles Chatsworth, a rich and carefree flirt whose scandalous reputation she despises.

The eldest of three children, Kate helps her mother run the Devlin plait-school. They supply the material for the famous Luton Straw Boater. Kate longs to leave this life behind and become a hat-maker. Then a family tragedy changes everything. And Joseph Devlin, Kate's estranged uncle, turns up on their doorstep. He warns Kate that the worst is yet to come. Kate loses her home and her work. Things are looking very bleak, until Daniel Groves, the new owner of Heaven Scent lavender farm takes a liking to Kate.

New to wealth and to London high society, American heiress Cora Dove discovers that with the right man, marriage might not be such an inconvenience after all. . . . Cora Dove and her sisters’ questionable legitimacy has been the lifelong subject of New York’s gossipmongers and a continual...

In USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long’s latest installment in the Palace of Rogues series, a notorious rake meets his match in a lovely girl from the country, changing the course of both of their futures… A London season is the chance of a lifetime for Catherine Keating. But the...

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn. Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and...