Victorian

To Marie Louise (Shew): Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories.

In this sexy regency romance by USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long, a lady on the edge of ruin must plead with the king of London’s underworld to save her family, only to find herself instead caught in his web...and unable to resist him. One disastrous night. One devastating man. One...

In the glittering salons and drawing rooms of Gilded Age New York, where wealth is worshipped and reputations are fragile, Lily Bart is the star of the show. At twenty-nine, she is beautiful, charming and socially adept – bred for a life of luxury and yet, after her father's loss of wealth, is teetering on the edge of poverty. Lily needs to marry rich – and quickly – but every time the opportunity knocks in the form of a dull financier or a crass heir, she recoils.

Georgiana, Duchess of Leeds, hasn't seen her husband since he left her on their wedding day for an extended hunting expedition and never returned. But she isn't the sort to wait around pining for an arrogant oaf who can't bother to recall he has a wife, no matter how sinfully handsome he may be...

William, Earl of Ashford, and Violet Hayes had known each other since childhood—he, heir to a great title, and she, the daughter of his father's stable master and the cook. What began as innocent friendship blossomed into stolen kisses and whispered vows. William swore their love would cross...

She kissed an architect. His secretary saw it happen. Now the gossip is building faster than he can design a house. When a woman from his past unexpectedly kisses architect Daniel Sinclair in his office, he finds himself unwittingly thrust into the spotlight of Edinburgh’s gossip scene. The news spreads swiftly, thanks in large part to his secretary, who witnessed the intimate moment. As a result, Daniel is branded a rogue, a reputation he’d much rather shake off in favor of being recognized for his cutting-edge house designs.

Un des romans les plus célèbres de Jules Verne. Il y décrit l'Écosse, la rencontre de deux êtres. Il y met en scène avant Hergé deux jumeaux qui pourraient être les Dupont/Dupond et un jeune savant du nom d'Ursiclos qui n'a rien à envier à Tournesol ! Bref, un roman à écouter avec plaisir pour retrouver toute une époque et un pays qui inspira L'Île Noire à l'inventeur de Tintin ! Mais cela reste avant tout une très belle histoire d'amour entre une fille de bonne famille fantasque et un jeune peintre plein de courage et de nobles sentiments !

Drei Romane über die Frauen von Bloomsbury von Stefanie H. Martin. Ein so überraschender wie mitreißender Roman über Virginia Woolf – Ikone der literarischen Moderne und der Frauenbewegung. Die Bloomsbury Group steht bis heute für geistige Freiheit und Liebe in all ihren Facetten. Eine große Liebesgeschichte zwischen zwei Frauen, die für Literatur leben: Virginia Woolf und Vita Sackville-West.

When both attempt to flee their past, can love’s pursuit catch them? Estelle Lowry has traded her privileged life for anonymity, running away to become Miss Estelle Lewis—governess and companion. But her carefully laid plans unravel when she discovers a man beaten and left for dead. Defying...

The Songbird of SpainBorn to Spanish blood and raised in the fiery embrace of passion, Esperanza was a force of nature. She danced through society with an untamed spirit, her dark curls cascading like waves of ink against her caramel skin.

Penniless, shunned, and marked forever by her mother's descent into madness, Lucy makes a desperate choice. She slips uninvited into London's most lavish masquerade ball, to secure the one thing she can't live without Marriage. When a masked stranger sends her heart racing, he draws Lucy into a dangerous dance that ends in public ruin and a forced marriage neither can escape. When the masks come off, the man who broke her heart years ago stands before her.

In het Engeland van 1818 moet Lady Iris Palmerton kiezen tussen de plagerige Jeremy Black en de elegante Lord Frank Galston, terwijl ze worstelt met schokkende persoonlijke gebeurtenissen. Deel 3 van 3.

A widow. A younger man. And a midnight visit to the wrong bedchamber. THE LADY Lady Asherton is proper, lovely, and . . . lost. Widowed and just turned thirty—her recent engagement promises an unexpected chance to become a mother at last. THE RAKE The Marquess of Rockingham is gorgeous...

För att rädda familjeslottet tar Aria plats som sekreterare hos Dart Huron, känd polospelare och miljonär. Aria avskyr honom och hans sätt att leva. Lulu Carlo, en världsberömd filmstjärna, är en av Darts många extravaganta gäster. Hon gör allt för att få honom på fall, men Dart sätter en käpp i hjulet för hennes planer.

När drottning Victoria beordrar Tilda att gifta sig med prinsen av det avlägsna landet Oberia måste hon åka dit för att träffa honom, trots att hon verkligen inte vill gifta sig med någon hon inte älskar. Vid ett tillfälligt stopp i München råkar Tilda hamna mitt i ett upplopp, där hon blir räddad undan faran av den stilige Rudolph, som blir skjuten av en polis i flykten. Tillsammans med barnmorskan Frau Sturdel gör hon allt för att rädda hans liv.

Vor der zauberhaften Winterkulisse des Regency-Englands spinnt das Schicksal eine unerwartete Geschichte von Liebe und Erlösung. Lady Emily Fairchild, eine temperamentvolle Witwe, die die Last ihrer Vergangenheit trägt, begegnet dem charismatischen Halunken Mr. Nicolas Winters, dem zweitgeborenen Sohn eines angesehenen Earls. Als das Schicksal Nicolas verwundet und bewusstlos an Emilys Tür führt, zwingt ihr mitfühlendes Herz sie dazu, ihn gesund zu pflegen. Mit jedem Tag, an dem er mehr zu sich kommt, umweht ein Hauch von Geheimnis den faszinierenden Fremden.

Fue prometida a otro hombre. El duque la eligió a ella. Clara Beaumont es empujada hacia un matrimonio que teme, atrapada por un padrastro cruel, una madre débil y un lord mucho mayor decidido a reclamarla. Escapar parece imposible… hasta que Sebastian Aldenhurst, duque de Aldenhurst, interviene. Poderoso, orgulloso e imposible de resistir, Sebastian le ofrece a Clara lo único que nadie más le ha dado jamás: una elección. Pero a medida que el deseo se profundiza y antiguas inseguridades resurgen, Clara debe decidir si puede confiar en que fue verdaderamente elegida por amor.

Clara Ashby came to Hartwell House as a governess. She did not expect to stay. Over the course of a year, she has helped rebuild more than lessons and routines. A neglected garden has come back to life. Two girls have begun to trust again. And the quiet order of the household has shifted —steadily, almost imperceptibly —around her. But belonging is not easily claimed. When Edmund Hartwell asks her to become part of the family in name as well as in practice, the question is no longer what she can do for the household…It is whether she can accept a place within it.

Madeline Oxley has been ruined by a scandal through no fault of her own, and her future looks bleak. When a gentleman from her past requests that she set sail for the New World to become his wife, she jumps at the chance to become a mail order bride and marry the man she has loved since she was...

She wants a business partner. He wants forever. When Victorian shipping tycoon Jem Brigg is killed in a robbery, his family and the business world are shocked to discover the actual owner of the company is a woman, and a young one at that. Eleanora Pembroke's first action as owner is to hire the...

When notorious rake Marcus Raleigh, Marquess of Ripley, meets a beautiful spinster, he wagers her that she'll kiss him within a fortnight. She is not the type of woman that draws his eye, but for the first time in his life, he's seduced by something he never knew he wanted—female friendship. Though he's beguiled beyond reason, Marcus ultimately releases her from their wager only to find himself tangled so deeply in desire that he can't walk away...

A Steamy Novella. A Prequel to The Rakes, Rogues, & Scoundrels SeriesWhen a scholar and a bluestocking clash, who will come out on top? When an arrogant man struts away with the tome Emily Coldpepper is prepared to purchase, she makes a complete ninny of herself while trying to retrieve it. After her humiliating debacle, she must avoid the handsome book thief at all costs. Alexander Beckett, the heir to the Chesterhill Marquessate, is frustrated with his life.

A duke who's loved her since childhood. A lady who gambles in breeches under a false name. One card table where neither knows the other's hand. Lady Theodora Hasting has spent years wanting a man who sees her as nothing more than a childhood friend. Her dead fiancé taught her one lesson: waiting for the Duke of Greystone is a losing hand. So she stopped waiting. Now she spends her nights disguised as Kit Barton, taking money from weathy peers at a popular gaming hell. She's free, she's winning, and she doesn't need anyone—until Wesley sits down at her card table.

England, 1861: Die adlige Vivian verliebt sich völlig unstandesgemäß in Ross, den Stallmeister ihres Vaters. Die beiden brennen durch und schiffen sich nach Kanada ein, um sich dem Overland Transit zu den Goldfeldern in British Columbia anzuschließen. Auf der Überfahrt treffen sie auf Colleen, die vor ihren Dienstherren flieht und ihre Reise umsichtig vorbereitet hat. Sie träumen von einer glücklichen Zukunft und einem neuen Leben am anderen Ende der Welt.

Irland, 1845: Während Hunger und Verzweiflung das grüne Herz Irlands zermürben, wächst die junge Gracelin O'Malley auf dem bescheidenen Anwesen ihrer Familie heran. Als der plötzliche Tod ihrer Mutter den O'Malley-Clan in tiefe Trauer und an den Rand des Ruins stürzt, ist Gracelin noch ein Kind. Mit nur fünfzehn Jahren beschließt sie, ihre Familie vor dem Hungertod zu bewahren: Sie heiratet den reichen, verwitweten Lord Bram Donnelly.