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She was in the wrong place... Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to...

Once upon a Regency time, an author created a family . . . But not just any family. Eight brothers and sisters, assorted in-laws, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, (not to mention an overweight corgi), plus an irrepressible matriarch who's a match for any of them . . . These are the...

It was indisputably love at first sight. But Victoria Lyndon was merely the teenaged daughter of a vicar...while Robert Kemble was the dashing young earl of Macclesfield. Surely what their meddlesome fathers insisted must have been true—that he was a reckless seducer determined to destroy her innocence...and she was a shameless fortune hunter. So it most certainly was for the best when their plans to elope went hopelessly awry.

Eleanor Lyndon was minding her own business when a lord of the realm fell—quite literally—into her life. When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie's feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage. But Charles must find a bride before his thirtieth birthday or he'll lose his fortune. And Ellie needs a husband or her father's odious fiancée will choose one for her. And so they agree to wed.

SIR RICHARD KENWORTHY TEM MENOS DE UM MÊS PARA ENCONTRAR UMA ESPOSA...Por isso sabe que não pode ser muito exigente. Mas, quando vê Iris Smythe-Smith ao violoncelo no tradicionalmente desafinado recital de sua família, pensa que o destino trabalhou a seu favor. Ela é o tipo de garota que não atrai muitos olhares, porém algo o faz ter certeza de que é a escolha perfeita.

A não ser que um dia exagere na bebida a ponto de desafiar o amigo para um duelo. Desde que quebrou essa regra de ouro, Hugh Prentice vive com as consequências daquela noite: uma perna aleijada e os olhares de reprovação de toda a sociedade. Não que ele se importe com o que pensam dele. Ou pelo menos com o que a maioria pensa, porque a bela Sarah Pleinsworth está começando a incomodá-lo.

DANIEL SMYTHE-SMITH PODE ESTAR EM PERIGO...Mas isso não impede o jovem conde de se apaixonar. Quando ele vê uma misteriosa mulher no concerto anual na casa de sua família, promete fazer de tudo para conhecê-la melhor, mesmo que isso signifique passar os dias na companhia de uma menina de 10 anos que pensa que é um unicórnio.

Gerüchte und Klatsch sind das Lebenselixier von London... Ihr neuer Nachbar Sir Harry Valentine soll seine Verlobte gemeuchelt haben? Lady Olivia Bevelstoke kann das nicht glauben! Entschlossen bezieht sie einen Posten am Fenster ihres Boudoirs, um Sir Harry auszuspionieren – und wird von ihm entdeckt. Als sie sich bei einer Soiree begegnen, lässt er keinen Zweifel daran, dass er sie als Spionin für bedauerlich unbegabt hält. Doch in seinen blitzenden Augen ist etwas, das Olivia erbeben lässt und ihr das Blut in die Wangen treibt.

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.

Eleanor Lyndon was minding her own business when a lord of the realm fell–quite literally–into her life. When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie's feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage. But Charles must find a bride before his thirtieth birthday or he'll lose his fortune. And Ellie needs a husband or her father's odious fiancée will choose one for her. And so they agree to wed.

It takes a minx to tempt a rogue...Beautiful and feisty Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. She manages her elderly guardian's estate, prefers to wear breeches rather than dresses, and answers to the unlikely name of Henry. But when her guardian passes away, her beloved...

Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page. Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary perched atop Capitol Hill in rain-soaked Seattle. Fourteen-year-old Alexis Austin is fixing the plumbing, the tea, and all the problems of the world, it seems, in her landlady mother’s absence.

Based on the phenomenal growth of Quinn's popularity, and her four-week stint on the New York Times bestseller list with Romancing Mr Bridgerton, it's the perfect time to revisit Ms Quinn's 'splendid' storytelling. American heiress Emma Dunster has always been fun-loving and independent with no...

Während er schlief. Derbyshire, 1779. In den britischen Kolonien wurde Cecilias Bruder im Kampf verletzt. Mutig tritt sie die Schiffspassage nach Nordamerika an. Doch in Manhattan angekommen, entdeckt Cecilia, dass eine Verwechslung vorliegt. Statt ihres Bruders findet sie den attraktiven Captain Edward Rokesby bewusstlos im Lazarett vor. Einen innigen Briefwechsel hatte sie mit ihm und dabei ihr Herz verloren. Jetzt will sie ihm helfen, obwohl das eigentlich nur Anverwandten gestattet ist. Cecilia greift zu einer tollkühnen Lüge: Sie gibt sich als Edwards Gattin aus.

RETURN TO THE WORLD OF THE BRIDGERTONS . . . ________________________________________ Before the Rokesbys, there were the Bridgertons . . . Go back to where it all began in this dazzlingly witty new series from New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn. Sometimes you find love in the most...

Von der Bestsellerautorin des Weltphänomens BRIDGERTON. Der finale Teil der Bevelstoke-Trilogie: voller Witz und Liebe! Eigentlich sollte sich Annabel glücklich schätzen, denn ihre aristokratischen Großeltern ermöglichen ihr eine Saison in London. Allerdings gibt es auch einen Haken. Sie soll den vermögenden Earl of Newbury heiraten, um für ihre verarmte Familie zu sorgen – einen Mann, der alt genug ist, um ihr Großvater zu sein. Auf der Flucht vor dem Earl läuft sie am Abend eines Balles dem faszinierenden Sebastian Grey in die Arme. Jemanden wie ihn will sie heiraten!

A última página de um livro realmente tem que ser o fim da história? Julia Quinn acha que não e, em E viveram felizes para sempre, oferece oito epílogos extras, todos sensuais, engraçados e reconfortantes, e responde aos anseios dos leitores trazendo, ainda, um drama inesperado, um final feliz para um personagem muito merecedor e um delicioso conto no qual ficamos conhecendo melhor ninguém menos que a sábia e espirituosa matriarca Violet Bridgerton.

Go beyond the original Shondaland series on Netflix, Queen Charlotte, with this lushly romantic Bridgerton prequel novel written by New York Times bestselling authors Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes as the marriage of Queen Charlotte and King George of England leads to an unexpected love story and...

Georgiana Bridgerton nunca foi contra a ideia de se casar. Mas quando sua reputação está por um fio, Georgie precisa decidir: ou aceita ser uma solteirona pelo resto da vida ou se casa com o vigarista que a sequestrou de olho em seu dote. Quarto filho de um conde, Nicholas Rokesby está estudando medicina em Edimburgo e não tem o menor interesse em arrumar uma esposa nesse momento. Mas quando descobre que Georgie, sua amiga de infância, corre o risco de ficar arruinada para sempre, ele sabe o que deve fazer.

Once again, #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn transports her readers to historical romance heaven! Quinn’s Just Like Heaven is the dazzling first installment of a delightful quartet of Regency Era-set tales featuring the romantic exploits of the well-meaning but...