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Desperate after her Season comes to a spectacularly disastrous end, the Honourable Miss Clara Vetry jumps into a carriage hired to take a housekeeper to Scotland. The laird of Castle CaerLaven has no interest in a wife, especially a love match - but when Caelan sees his new housekeeper, he changes his mind. Marriage to a delectable bookworm strikes him as a perfect arrangement. To his surprise, Clara refuses his proposal once . . . and again . . . yet again.

Two eccentric orphans bring together a grumpy viscount and the free-spirited heroine who steals his heart in the first novel in Eloisa James’s new Accidental Brides series, in which haughty aristocrats find themselves married to the wrong women. He wants a nanny, not a bride… Suddenly...

Après une saison mondaine catastrophique, Clara Vetry monte précipitamment dans un fiacre qui doit conduire une gouvernante en Écosse. Arrivée à Castle Caerlaven, elle prétend être la domestique que tous attendent.

Helene, the Countess Godwin, knows there is nothing more unbearably tedious than a virtuous woman. After all, she's been one for ten long years while her scoundrel of a husband lives with strumpets and causes scandal after scandal. So she decides it's time for a change -- she styles her hair in...

'My absolute favourite of all her books' JULIA QUINN, bestselling author of the Bridgerton series A brand-new witty historical romance with a gothic twist from New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James Lady B may have married Bluebeard; she may have fallen in love with a gorgeous, grumpy...

Lady B may have married Bluebeard; she may have fallen in love with a gorgeous, grumpy solicitor; she may have met a ghost and survived to tell the tale! New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Eloisa James delights with witty historical romance with a gothic twist. In the depths of...

Deux romans dans lesquels les dames se retrouvent accidentellement liées à leur futur mari. Lorsque la femme qui lui est promise s'enfuit avec un autre, le vicomte Dominic Kelbourne se résout à se marier avec Torie, la sœur fantasque de sa fiancée. Montée précipitamment dans un fiacre vers l'Écosse, Clara Vetry prétend être la nouvelle gouvernante dans le château du mystérieux Caelan.

Celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novels with this short story anthology starring forgotten characters as they experience their own happy endings. In honor of her 250th birthday, eight authors have come together with wildly imaginative reboots of the lives of several of Jane Austen’s minor...

Benjamine des soeurs Essex, Joséphine est la seule à être encore célibataire. Et pour cause ! Celle que les mauvaises langues critiquent en raison de ses formes est persuadée qu’aucun homme ne voudra d’elle. Elle a beau se sangler dans un corset, jamais elle n’aura une silhouette de sylphide, comme Mlle de la Broderie, la ravissante fiancée du comte de Mayne. Lors d’un bal, bouleversée par les insultes d’un goujat, Joséphine se confie au comte. Attendri, il décide de lui apprendre, en toute amitié, l’art de la séduction.

Cadette des sœurs Essex, Imogène a été brièvement mariée. Désormais veuve, elle retourne vivre chez son tuteur, le duc de Holbrook, Raphaël. Si la jeune femme ne veut pas se remarier, la perspective de prendre un amant la séduit plutôt. À Holbrook Court, elle fait la connaissance du demi-frère du duc, Gabriel. Il semble être l’homme parfait, mais les désirs d’Imogène se heurtent à la réprobation de Raphaël. Ce n’est certainement pas son tuteur qui va diriger sa vie ! s’insurge la veuve joyeuse qui feint de ne pas comprendre que Raphaël est tout simplement jaloux.

The next fabulous romance by New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James. Having made a fortune, Thorn Dautry, the powerful bastard son of a duke, decides that he needs a wife. But to marry a lady, Thorn must acquire a gleaming, civilized façade, the specialty of Lady Xenobia India...

The rules of marriage . . . according to Miss Annabel Essex A husband must be: Rich. Make that very rich. She's had enough of leaky roofs and thread-worn clothing. English. London is the center of the civilized world, and Annabel has a passion for silk and hot water. Amiable. Good-looking would...

The arrogant Duke of Trent intends to marry a well-bred Englishwoman. The last woman he would ever consider marrying is the adventuresome Merry Pelford— an American heiress who has infamously jilted two fiancés. But after one provocative encounter with the captivating Merry, Trent desires her...

Once upon a time… A duke fell in love Gowan Stoughton of Craigievar, Duke of Kinross, values order and self-control above all else. So when he meets a lady as serene as she is beautiful, he promptly asks for her hand in marriage. With a lady Edie—whose passionate temperament is the opposite...

Eloisa James returns with another fabulous romance in her New York Times bestselling Desperate Duchesses series! As a young girl, Emilia Gwendolyn Carrington told the annoying future Duke of Pindar that she would marry any man in the world before him—so years later she is horrified to realize...

When you're the oldest daughter, you don't get to have any fun! Witty, orphaned Tess Essex faces her duty: marry well and marry quickly, so she can arrange matches for her three sisters -- beautiful Annabel, romantic Imogen and practical Josie. After all, right now they're under the rather...

Lord Alaric Wilde, son of the Duke of Lindow, is the most celebrated man in England, revered for his dangerous adventures and rakish good looks. Arriving home from years abroad, he has no idea of his own celebrity until his boat is met by mobs of screaming ladies. Alaric escapes to his...

Witty and elusive Eugenia Snowe has all society begging for one of her premiere governesses-except the powerful Edward Reeve, who bursts into her office with his arrogant demands. No question that Eugenia enjoys crossing wits with the brilliant inventor, but Ward wants far more than a governess...

"Bien sûr que j’accepte d’être le tuteur de vos filles !" avait dit le duc de Holbrook au vicomte de Brydone. Or, ce dernier décède peu après, laissant le duc responsable de quatre Ecossaises désargentées. Lui qui s’attendait à des fillettes constate, médusé, qu’il s’agit de quatre belles jeunes filles. Désormais, il va falloir les marier et le duc est vite dépassé. Aussi la raisonnable Tess Essex décide-t-elle de se dévouer. En tant qu’aînée, c’est à elle de donner l’exemple et d’épouser le comte de Mayne, qui lui fait l’honneur de demander sa main.

De son enfance désargentée, Annabelle Essex n'a gardé que de mauvais souvenirs, et elle épousera n'importe quel aristocrate, pourvu qu'il soit riche. Quand elle croise le comte d'Ardmore, son cœur palpite. Il est très séduisant, ce Highlander venu chercher à Londres l'héritière dont la dot lui permettra d'entretenir son domaine. Cependant, en raison de sa pauvreté, elle refuse de lui accorder sa main.