Nouveautés

Since her mother's disappearance seven years ago, Lady Sarah Denham has remained resolutely at Manderfield Hall. She is certain her mother will someday return home, so when the estate is sold, Sarah can't bear to let go of the house or the hope it symbolizes. There's only one solution that will allow her to stay: she must marry the new owner. But her impulsive proposal does not go as planned.

Jericho Coulter, the eldest of six fiercely devoted brothers, is entrusted with safeguarding his family and the secret that binds them together: the Sapphire mine. To keep tragedy from striking again, he allows no outsiders on their land. When two women stumble upon their ranch, claiming Jericho himself sent for one of them as a mail-order bride, he aims to send them straight back where they came from.

When Lady Jemima Fitzwater is dismissed from Princess Charlotte’s household, she discovers that her invalid mother at Cavendish Square has been running through money like water. Jemima tries to fend off the mounting debts, but an unfortunate indiscretion from her past threatens to destroy both her reputation and her resolve. The only person who might be able to help is her man of business, Mr. Talbot, but is telling him her secret too high a price to pay?

Lady Frances Rowley is no ordinary debutante—feisty, intelligent, and determined to forge her own destiny, she faces an unwanted marriage that threatens to bind her to a life she dreads. With her options dwindling, Frances turns to the one person she swore never to ask for help: her scandalous childhood friend, the Duke of Hargate, Johnathan Seton.

Twenty-year-old Kitty Bennet, visiting London for a season as a companion to Mrs. Gordon, is simultaneously attracted and repelled by a flirty rake. How would a girl like Kitty respond to his roughish behavior? Impossible to tell when she doesn't even understand herself. She must use their time together to practice being someone else. She's sure when she decides which of her sisters' personalities is the best fit, she'll know both who she is and what she wants. Of course, what she wants couldn't possibly be Augustus Haverford.

In the heart of the antebellum South, Isabelle, a woman born into bondage, refuses to break. Determined to carve out a future beyond the brutality of the plantation, she's learned that survival means silence, until Willford, a man from a world of privilege, dares to listen.

Początek osiemnastego wieku. Szlachcianka Wera, córka właściciela Jazłowa, nie ma widoków na zamążpójście. To harda, niezależna, a w rozmowie cięta jak osa, młoda dziewczyna. W Naprawce Wera dużo czasu spędza w siodle, zachwycając się okolicą oraz z pasją oddaje się zarządzaniu folwarkiem. Pewnego dnia nad jeziorem poznaje Marcina. Czy miłość panny ze szlacheckiego dworu i pańszczyźnianego chłopa może przetrwać?

XIX-wieczny Paryż: jedni szukają bogactwa, inni – pozycji w towarzystwie, wszyscy pragną miłości. Charlotte de Foy dziedziczy po dziadku najstarszą paryską agencję matrymonialną – „Bławatek". Za elegancką fasadą biura kryją się nie tylko historie samotnych serc, ale także tajemnica, która może zniszczyć reputację firmy budowaną przez pokolenia. Charlotte postanawia tchnąć nowe życie w rodzinny interes, nie zdając sobie sprawy, że konkurencja wie o niej wszystko i jest tuż tuż. Bardzo blisko... Czy uda się jej ocalić rodzinne dziedzictwo?

Würde man Prudence Finch nach der Anzahl ihrer London Seasons fragen, würde sie nur kühl die Augenbraue heben. Als älteste Tochter einer wohlhabenden Familie hat sie längst beschlossen, sich mit Würde aus dem absurden Heiratskarussell zu verabschieden – unverheiratet, aber einflussreich. Was sie ganz sicher nicht will: einen Ehemann, der entweder doppelt so alt, halb so klug oder so reizlos ist, dass man selbst im Schutz völliger Dunkelheit kaum seine Nähe ertrüge.

Siamo a metà degli anni '70, anni resi difficili dalle crisi energetiche-petrolifere, dal flagello dell'inflazione e, soprattutto in Italia, dal problema degli attentati terroristici e della lotta armata: gli anni di piombo e la strategia della tensione. La vita, invece, soprattutto nelle città provinciali e nei paesi, scorre lenta come sempre. Federico in un pomeriggio inoltrato di giugno conosce e si innamora di Aurora, ma l'estate scorre via senza che i due ragazzi si frequentino per davvero. La paura di amare si impadronisce dell'adolescente Aurora.

È l'età delle grandi città-stato e tra tutte si erge nel suo splendore Atene, la più imponente città del mondo antico. Dietro il suo incredibile successo, che la rende di fatto la guida dell'intera Grecia, c'è un solo uomo: Pericle. Un uomo che seppe capire il valore della pace prima di quello della guerra, e che diede vita alla fertilità culturale che invase Atene in quegli anni, a partire dall'arricchimento dell'Acropoli.

Ein charmanter Frauenheld. Ein brillanter Blaustrumpf. Ein gewagtes Spiel. England, 1814. Lady Chastity ist nicht auf der Suche nach einem Ehemann. Lieber ist sie in ihrem Labor, kämpft um Anerkennung ihrer medizinischen Forschungen. Wäre da nur nicht ihr verräterisches Herz. Es schlägt schon seit vielen Jahren heimlich für den besten Freund ihres Bruders, den für seine Affären berüchtigten Duke of Luhst. Als es zu einem hitzigen Streit zwischen ihnen kommt, schließt sie mit ihm eine skandalöse Wette ab. Sie will seine Hilfe. Er eine gemeinsame Nacht.

Entre amours perdues et secrets de famille, de la Seconde Guerre mondiale aux années 1990, Anne Jacobs nous entraîne dans le deuxième tome de sa trilogie phénomène au cœur des tourmentes du XXe siècle. Une nouvelle saga époustouflante digne de La Villa aux étoffes . Allemagne, 1993. Le son des cloches retentit enfin sur le domaine de Dranitz pour célébrer le mariage de Franziska et Walter après plus de quarante ans passés loin l'un de l'autre. Le bonheur semble désormais possible et tous deux espèrent profiter de cette nouvelle vie avec leurs enfants.

Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful Suffolk family home, Admiral House, she is surrounded by memories of her idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and of raising her own children. But Posy knows she must make an agonizing decision. Despite the memories the house holds, and the exquisite garden she has spent twenty-five years creating, the house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it.

When Mr. Rushworth, the former husband of Edmund's sister Maria, is discovered dead in his home, Jonathan and Juliet find themselves with problems far weightier than the marriage market. In one of the greatest scandals of its day, Maria abandoned her new husband in favor of the notorious rake Henry Crawford, and when he wouldn't marry her, was forced to flee to the continent in disgrace. Now Maria is back, accompanied by a daughter she claims Mr. Rushworth fathered after their divorce—and who he wrote into his will just before his death.

Verliert euch in einer großen Saga vor der atemberaubenden Kulisse des amerikanischen Westens. Folgt einer jungen Frau, die das Geheimnis ihrer Vergangenheit ergründet, und erlebt eine Liebe, die alle Zeiten überdauert. Texas, 1836: Während eines Überfalls auf Fort Parker wird die elfjährige Cynthia von Indianern entführt und in eines ihrer Dörfer verschleppt. Sie muss lernen, unter ihren Todfeinden zu leben. Doch was mit Hass und Abscheu beginnt, endet in tiefer Verbundenheit. Aus Cynthia wird Naduah, aus einem verängstigten Mädchen eine stolze, willensstarke Frau.

Even with peace on the horizon, Met WAAF Jenny Hazleton is as busy as ever. Her keen weather-forecasting allows the pilots to continue their missions, including food drops to starving allies and the repatriation of prisoners of war. Navigating many of these missions is Flying Officer Edwin Holland, whose rejection of her advances at Christmas still stings. Edwin is increasingly haunted by his role in the war, including the bombing of Dresden, and Jenny yearns to comfort him. But when he reveals the shocking reason he turned her down, she must decide if their friendship is well and truly over.

The asked for conclusion to Falling for Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth and Darcy return to London following Jane and Bingley's wedding. Once in there, Elizabeth faces society while preparing Georgiana for her presentation to the Queen. Soon whispers and murmurs about Elizabeth surface. A visit to Hertfordshire has unexpected results that change the Darcy, Bennet and Bingley families forever. Can Elizabeth and Darcy weather the storm that is unleased as they await the arrival of their child?

Conceited, arrogant, and built like a prize stud, Rutger is a red-blooded Viking. But his brash, bad boy demeanour hides a chasm of pain. He has known love, only to have his heart cleaved in two by a faithless woman. Grethe’s hopes of marriage and children were cruelly dashed when her fickle betrothed abandoned her. With Rutger as her captive mate, she’ll punish him as she’d like to punish all men.

Five years after Theo King's supposed death, he has returned to Graceling Hall, but a mystery remains. A stranger is buried in his grave, and nobody knows if the man's death was accidental… or murder. As Theo resumes his former life, the dead man’s sister shows up on his doorstep to hold him accountable. If he helps this Irish spitfire solve the mystery, will she finally leave him in peace?