Titoli in Età della Reggenza inglese

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.

Zwei wie Feuer und Eis. "Ich muss dieses Jahr einfach heiraten." Lady Sarah brennt darauf, standesgemäß unter die Haube zu kommen. Stattdessen muss sie die glanzvolle Hochzeit ihrer Cousine über sich ergehen lassen – und ihr Tischherr ist ausgerechnet Lord Hugh, der einst fast ihre Familie zerstört hätte. Aber nicht nur deshalb verabscheut sie den mathematisch hochbegabten Adeligen: Sie ganz Gefühl, er ganz Verstand, das kann nur Streit geben. Doch plötzlich fliegen Funken völlig anderer Art, und Sarah muss gestehen, dass ihre Rechnung nicht aufgeht.

'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.

Jack would rather be at sea than fixing the mistakes of his grandfather, the late Earl of Stansworth. Instead, he finds that inheriting his grandfather's wealth and title and securing the welfare of his sister and mother means joining the ranks of high society and living with the aristocracy. Luckily, Ivy Carslisle, the granddaughter of a dear friend of Jack's late grandmother, is willing to teach him etiquette and properly introduce him into society.

Jane discovers holiday cheer is fleeting. One of the Yuletide gathering dies in a tragic accident whose circumstances Jane immediately views with suspicion. If the accident was in fact murder, the killer is one of Jane's fellow snowbound guests. With clues scattered amid cleverly crafted charades, dark secrets coming to light during parlor games, and old friendships returning to haunt the Christmas parties, whom can Jane trust to help her discover the truth and stop the killer from striking again?

Jasper Renshaw, Viscount Vale, has a problem: he needs to produce an heir. All he wants is to find a lady who will put up with him long enough to wed so he can retreat to his life of debauchery - a life that keeps the haunting memories of his past at bay. Knowing Jasper’s dilemma, Melisande Fleming seizes her fate and volunteers to marry him. Soon Jasper is entranced by his wife - prim and proper by day, wanton by night.

La correspondance amoureuse voire politique échangée entre Benjamin Constant et Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) interprétée par Alain Carré connaît un grand succès tant en livre-audio qu'au festival du château de Coppet « Autour de Mme de Staël ».

Curieuse rencontre pour le lieutenant Liéven : tandis qu'il traverse une sombre ruelle de Bordeaux, écumant sa rage d'avoir dilapidé son argent au jeu, le jeune homme bute contre un corps étranger. S'agit-il de quelque fille de rue ou autre rebut qui font honte à son rang ? Non, la dame est noble. Exilée espagnole, elle vit recluse en un mauvais mariage. Égarée par amour, la belle Léonor apprend au militaire endetté qu'en amour comme au jeu, on peut tout perdre ; à commencer par sa dignité.

Cette nouvelle par la force des sentiments conférés aux personnages et par l'analyse de l'amour comme puissance destructrice est éminemment romantique. Le festival « Autour de Mme de Staël » a invité au château de Coppet le spectacle d'Alain Carré mettant en scène à partir de leur correspondance amoureuse, Benjamin Constant et Germaine de Staël qui a fait l'objet d'un précédent CD voix et clavecin fort remarqué.

Austen’s genius lies in her ability to expose hypocrisy while championing sincerity, independence, and emotional honesty. Pride and Prejudice endures not only because it is a romance, but because it is a vibrant portrait of flawed, vivid people learning to see one another clearly.

After surviving war, betrayal, and an assassination attempt, Lord Peregrine Fitzroy has been pressed into service as a double agent—caught between the Queen and a shadowy organisation threatening to bring England to its knees. His only advantage? The sharp mind and shrewd instincts he once learned to hide from the ton.

1812. Conall Grenville n’est pas seulement un libertin invétéré et l’homme le plus séduisant et arrogant de la haute société londonienne, il est aussi emprisonné pour dettes. C’est pourquoi, lorsqu’on lui propose de retrouver sa liberté et son statut en échange de séduire et de compromettre la réputation de lady Mathilda Seymour, la perle de la saison et fille distante du puissant duc d’Ormonday, il n’hésite pas une seconde : c’est du gâteau. Quelle femme a jamais résisté à son charme dévastateur ?

"A fun and sexy historical. It is perfect for fans of empowered women and their supportive men." —Library Journal for The Lady He Lost When she picks the most unsuitable bachelor in London to ruin her reputation with a kiss, neither of them counted on her mother making a gentleman out of him...

When 18th-century young lady Bella Rushdale finds herself fierely attracted to handsome landowner Lucerne Marlinscar, she does not expect the rival for her affections to be another man. However, the handsome and decadent Marquis Pennerley has desired Lucerne for years, and when they are brought together at the remote Lauwine Hall for a country party on the Yorkshire Moors, he intends to claim him.

As a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, Benedict Frost had the respect of every man onboard and the adoration of the women in every port. When injury ends his naval career, the silver-tongued libertine can hardly stomach the boredom. Not after everything—and everyone—he's experienced. Good thing a new adventure has just fallen into his lap....

Lady Emma Morgan is desperate. After her father's gambling debts leave her family in penury, she settles upon the only solution to preserving her younger sister's chance for future happiness. Already deemed unmarriageable from a scandal in her first season, Emma will sell herself to the highest bidder. Hart Sutton is a merciless rogue. When he learns of a possible connection between the Earl of Haldringham and his missing brother, Hart puts a plan into motion to ruin the man. He buys the earl's eldest daughter's innocence on the auction block with every intention of destroying her.

Olivia Wilde has resigned herself to never finding a love match. Her father has insisted she marry a man with a title, if only to increase his own standing and reputation in society. But the men her father deems acceptable are, at best, boring and uninspiring, and at worse, are as brutish as her father and are only looking to increase their own diminishing coffers. With her future looking dismal, Olivia decides to enjoy the last few months of freedom with her childhood friends, including the handsome Emerson Latham.

Scarred by the brutal ravages of war, Lorne Gordon, Duke of Sutherland and colonel in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, returns to the Highlands to discover that his clan thought him long dead. His greedy half-brother has assumed his title, sold his family seat, and disappeared with the fortune. Once he engineers the return of his title, he must convince the new estate owner to reverse the wholly legal sale with the promise that his half-brother and the funds will be found.

Marcus Braddock, Duke of Hampton and former general, is back from war and mourning the death of his beloved sister, Elise. Marcus believes his sister's death wasn't an accident, and he's determined to learn the truth, starting with investigating Danielle, the beautiful daughter of a baron and his sister's best friend. Danielle's keeping deadly secrets of her own. She has dedicated her life to a charity that helps abused women - the same charity Elise was working for when she died. When Danielle's work puts her danger, Marcus comes to her rescue. But Danielle may not need rescuing.

When Hugh Winthrop, the future Earl of Albury, decides to advertise for a wife in the London paper, he never expected an anonymous response from a woman who matches him wit for wit. Their back-and-forth letters on the true nature of love, something they disagree on wholeheartedly, leave him shocked - and intrigued. But then the woman he’s been corresponding with shows up on his doorstep, enticingly beautiful and offering a marriage of convenience in exchange for his protection.