Titoli in Età della Reggenza inglese

The third title in Beverley Watt's Shackleford Legacies series.

Born to a life of privilege, Lady Ravenna Huntley rues the day that she must marry. She's refused dozens of suitors and cried off multiple betrothals, but running away - even if brash and foolhardy - is the only option left to secure her independence.

Twelve years ago, Brandon Pearce had to give up the girl he loved, Amelia Howard. Now Amelia is a grown woman with a past she desperately needs to keep hidden in order to save her brother Frederick's reputation. In an effort to avoid blackmail, Frederick needs to place several gentlemen into government positions, and for that, he'll need an ally in Parliament - Pearce.

Anne escuchó voces que se acercaban y se preparó para su encuentro con el marqués, un hombre cuya crueldad y extravagante reputación la aterrorizaban. "Este es Gallen, quiero que lo conozcas" - oyó decir a su prima. Anne levantó la vista. El corazón le dió un vuelco en el pecho y todo pareció girar a su alrededor. Había reconocido, en el Marqués de Havingham, al atractivo desconocido que la había salvado del peligro la noche del accidente de la diligencia.

El Marqués miró con asombro el cabello de oro blanco y un pequeño rostro encantador de una bella joven, imposible de no mirar. "Ella es diferente de cualquier otra persona, que yo haya visto antes" ¿Quién era? ¿Quién podría ser? Cuando el Marqués supo la verdad sorprendente acerca de ella, sabía que podía utilizar la belleza de esta joven adorable, como un arma secreta contra su enemigo. Así que él, puso en marcha sus planes, astutos y bien elaborados, para vengar un engaño antiguo. Pero no contaba con el espíritu y el coraje de Lydia.

In the glittering world of Regency England, Anne Wilder plays a dangerous game. A widowed lady by day, by night she becomes a masked thief preying on society's elite. She roves high above London's black rooftops, compelled by phantoms from her past to take ever greater risks. Until her restless spirit led her into Colonel Jack Seward's trap...where seduction may be her only way out.

Set in the same time period and location as Bridgerton and Poldark, this Regency romance brings together a wealthy heir and a mysterious young woman as they search for secrets behind a missing a ruby. Jonathan Gilchrist never wanted to inherit Kettering Hall. A second son, he was content to work...

Klasyczna pozytywistyczna powieść Elizy Orzeszkowej, ukazująca obraz polskiego społeczeństwa po powstaniu styczniowym. Tłem powieści jest świat dworów i zaścianków szlacheckich na Litwie, a głównymi motywami ciężka praca oraz praca u podstaw, polityka caratu wobec Polaków po powstaniach i przełamywanie konfliktów klasowych. Mieszkająca na dworze Korczyńskich Justyna Orzelska to uboga szlachcianka, która nieszczęśliwie zakochała się w swoim bogatym kuzynie Zygmuncie. Matka Zygmunta nie aprobowała jego związku z dziewczyną, więc ją porzucił.

Gertrude, the eldest Killoran sister, has spent a lifetime being underestimated - especially by her own family. She may seem as vulnerable as a kitten, but given the chance, she can be as fierce as a tiger. Her adopted brother, Stephen, has just been snatched back by his true father, and she’ll be damned if she relinquishes the boy to the man reviled throughout London as the Mad Marquess.

Emma Cadbury had been an innocent, a whore, a charity worker, and a surgeon. She chose a life without love until she saved a dying soldier in a charity ward. Brandon Rohan had lost himself to drugs and degradation, wanting to die, and only one person could save him. But she’d disappeared. Now they’ve come together again, but he doesn’t remember, and she doesn’t want to. But someone is trying to kill her, and Brandon is the one man who can save her.

London, 1819. Four years ago, Darius, the earl of Redgrave, fled London two weeks before his wedding to Lady Mary’s sister and married another woman. Now a widower, he has returned to seek a new wife. At first, Lady Mary doesn’t recognize the handsome lord as the cad who ran out on her sister. After giving him the cut direct in a London ballroom, she finds herself running into him everywhere she goes and fighting a forbidden attraction. Not only has Mary sworn off men, Redgrave is so very wrong for her. But she cannot stop thinking of his kisses.

Lady Sybil Lacey is every inch an English woman. She’s horrified her best friend is wedding a barbarian Scot. For aren’t Scots naught but brutish, whiskey-swilling lechers? So to find herself secretly attracted to the tall and devastatingly handsome Scottish laird of Bedlay Castle is quite disconcerting.

Caroline Gray’s third season in London society ends as badly as her first two - no marriage proposal, no suitor, not even a glimmer of an interested prospect. She suspects it’s because she is far too quick to speak her mind to men who are put off by her opinions, her intellect, and her unconventional ideas. Besides, Caroline thinks there will always be next season to find a husband. However, her family’s dwindling income leaves Caroline with only one choice to secure her future: a one-way ticket to sail with the fishing fleet to India, where the son of a family friend waits.

Written in the winter of 1849, The Scarlet Letter unfolds the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman branded as an adulteress in the harsh Puritan world of 17th-century New England. As Hester calls on her inner strength to transcend her shame, the scarlet letter ceases to be a stigma and finally becomes Hester's symbol of self-affirmation. This dramatic reading heightens the sense of lyric poetry that permeates every line of Nathaniel Hawthorne's great novel.

Henry James’ stories are classic gems of subtle wit and irony. Set in the exacting social landscape of New York City at the turn of the century, Washington Square is the tale of a wealthy but shy young woman caught between conflicting family expectations. John McDonough’s warm narration traces her remarkable inner journey.

The formerly spirited—and even wild—naval man Horace Langworthy returns to England, having lost his best friend and two years of his life as a prisoner of war, only to find his childhood sweetheart engaged to another man. And though the promises made to him have been broken, he determines now on keeping his own. He will care for the widow and orphan entrusted to him by his late friend Sebastian Barstow. But his attempt at being a new man meets unexpected obstacles, including the very widow and orphan he is trying to save.

Miss Virginia Underwood cannot resist rescuing a stray. Her latest find turns out to be a surly, reclusive war hero trying to recover from his wounds in peace. He doesn't want her help - and Virginia definitely doesn't want to fall in love. Not when a future with him would mean returning to the the same haut ton that laughed her out of Town during her very first Season.

Miss Jane Quayle excels at invention. How else could the sheltered daughter of an English gentleman create lurid Gothic novels so infamous someone wants their author silenced forever? Fortunately, Jane has taken steps to protect herself: first, by assuming a pen name, and second, by taking up residence at remote Dunnock Castle, surrounded by rugged scenery that might have been ripped from the pages of one of her books. Her true identity remains a secret...until one dark and stormy night.

Schlagfertig, witzig, herzerwärmend: Julia Quinn ist die Königin des Regency-Romans. »Das solltest du über deine Ehepflichten wissen.« Verschämt lauscht Iris Smythe-Smith den Worten ihrer Mutter. In wenigen Stunden wird sie Sir Richard Kenworthy heiraten und mit ihm das Bett teilen! Im Sturm hat er sie erobert, gerade mal zwei Wochen von ihrem ersten Treffen bis zu seinem Heiratsantrag gebraucht. Seine Berührungen entflammen in Iris ein hitziges Feuer, aber sie wird das Gefühl nicht los, dass er ihr etwas verschweigt.

'Tis the season when lovers' eyes shine by the light of a blazing Yule log, when a quick kiss is shared beneath the mistletoe, and when love is the most splendid gift of all. Savor the beauty and passion of Christmas with two heartwarming stories by outstanding Regency author Elizabeth Mansfield. From A Sneeze on Tuesday: A broken engagement and a miserable cold were not in Elinor's holiday plans. But her spirited heart found its own remedy: a true and lasting love.