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Un cosy mystery pétillant au Grand Siècle ! Les réceptions mondaines ? Très peu pour Joséphine ! La jeune fille préfère la compagnie des livres et l'apprentissage de la médecine avec son père, le docteur Henri Galtier - une hérésie pour une femme en 1672. Pourtant, lorsque sa sœur Louise la supplie de l'accompagner à la fête de fiançailles de Marianne, leur amie d'enfance, Jo accepte... bien à contrecœur. Mais quand la future belle-mère est retrouvée morte au petit matin, Joséphine comprend très vite qu'elle a été empoisonnée.

Margaret Easton needs a husband, and she needs one now. Her parents are convinced that only a European will do, but Margaret wants nothing more than to stay in England. The trouble is that there is only one man Margaret can think of, or rather, one she cannot forget, and he wouldn’t do as a husband at all. Then she finds herself in his care unexpectedly, and her hunt becomes even more complicated than she could have ever imagined.

Fille du duc de Croyso, Maximilienne a grandi seule et privée d'amour, maltraitée à cause de son bégaiement. Mariée contre son gré à Riftan, un chevalier d'origine modeste, ce dernier l'abandonne pour partir au front dès le lendemain de leurs noces Trois ans plus tard, il revient en héros de guerre, auréolé de gloire et bien décidé à reprendre sa place auprès d'elle. Déstabilisée par cet homme qu'elle connaît à peine, Maxi vacille entre crainte et attirance. Mais à mesure qu'il éveille en elle un désir insoupçonné, la jeune femme découvre aussi sa propre force.

Si, dans les années 1860, Singapour a tout d'une destination exotique, elle n'en reste pas moins une ville impressionnante pour Isabella, jeune Anglaise sans le sou, orpheline depuis la mort de sa mère. Ne trouvant pas de place de gouvernante, elle accepte l'offre de M. Lee, un riche marchand chinois. Elle s'installera chez lui et lui enseignera l'anglais. Deux ans plus tard, ce dernier lui présente Bram Deagan, un Irlandais ambitieux souhaitant s'installer en Australie et y ouvrir un négoce. M. Lee pousse Isabella à épouser Bram et à le suivre dans l'aventure.

Janvier 1953. Dans la vallée des Eaux-Claires, aux portes d'Angoulême, la vie reprend son cours après les tourments de la guerre. À l'âge de vingt-six ans, Abigaël est une épouse et une mère comblée. Auprès de son grand amour Adrien et de leurs filles, Belle et Édith, elle goûte aux joies de la vie de famille. Mais lorsque des silhouettes du passé viennent hanter ses nuits, "La Messagère des Anges" comprend la fragilité de son bonheur. En ce début d'hiver, elle pressent un terrible danger. Ses dons suffiront-ils à éloigner la menace qui se profile à l'horizon ?

My father called them messengers. He once told me they walked among us and that somewhere in this dark and godless city, there shined a faint sliver of hope. I had only to look for the signs. Well, I’ve spent my whole life investigating the inexplicable and all I've found are the unsettling vestiges of iniquity—the evidence of another world shrouded by the obscure. Purgatory to some, where depravity hides in shadows, and girls like me are little more than delicious bites of temptation. Others call it Nightshade.

Nuneaton, 1884. Fjortonårig Sunday Small har bott på fattighuset i hela sitt liv. Där styr personalen med järnhand, och om det inte vore för Sundays vän Daisy och för miss Beau, som kommer in för att lära barnen att läsa, skulle livet inte vara värt att leva. Och nu har Sunday dragit till sig den manlige föreståndarens högst oönskade uppmärksamhet.

Les Vikings déferlent sur les mers pour tout piller sur leur passage. Pictavia n'est pas épargnée. Pour sauver son royaume, le roi n'a d'autre choix que conclure un pacte avec les envahisseurs du nord. Quelques années plus tard, de grandes voiles assombrissent les côtes pour reprendre cette princesse picte qui leur a été promise. Unique héritière du trône, Nola ne sait pas encore qu'elle doit épouser un homme qu'elle ne connaît pas. Enlevée par ces barbares, elle va devoir apprendre à vivre avec ce Viking qui ne cesse de la tourmenter.

Georgiana Allen is a spinster, and everybody knows it. She also happens to be one of the writers for the Spinster Chronicles, and everybody knows that, as well. She’s accepted her lot in life, and along with the other spinsters in her circle, takes great pride in the articles she writes and the influence she has. Then, Captain Anthony Sterling infiltrates their group and her life, and Georgie impossibly begins to hope, once more.

June, 1852. A preacher's daughter with a secret. An outlaw running from the gallows. A love story spanning oceans and deserts and years. When Abby Proctor is kidnapped from a train in the middle of the desert halfway to her new life in California, she makes a promise to herself—she will escape...

There can only be one reason for the proud duke of Alvan’s proposed visit to Audley Park. He means to offer himself for Lord Overton’s beautiful daughter Thomasina, thus saving the family’s waning fortune. In the midst of the hectic preparations for his arrival, Overton’s least marriageable daughter Charlotte remembers to collect her younger brothers from school for the holidays.

In 1879, when Anna Buchanan first met Callum MacGhille, she recognized him instantly —he was the man who haunted her dreams. She hadn’t come to Ireland in search of love. She wanted freedom, a life beyond the cage of her father’s garden walls. Yet at Baile Glas, a remote estate bound by secrets, Anna discovers that her dreams are not dreams at all. They are warnings. The visions do not end with Callum. He is only the beginning. At Baile Glas, echoes of the dead stir through locked rooms, shadows slip across corridors, and old stories breathe again.

My ex’s brother is officially off-limits. Right? He’s ten years older. He’s only in town for a few weeks. And did I mention he’s my ex-boyfriend’s brother? But when I agree to be the grumpy lumberjack’s temporary assistant, it gets harder and harder to resist him. He’s all beard, broad shoulders, and growls, but I savor every one of his rare smiles.

Philia's family has produced saints for generations. It's no surprise that she's known as the greatest saint of all time--and set to marry the second prince, Julius. What no one expects is for Julius to call off the engagement, claiming that Philia's perfection makes her charmless and unlikable. To add insult to injury, Philia is packed off to a neighboring country in exchange for gold and resources, forcing her to leave her homeland!

She was a gorgeous rebel. Defying all the rules, daring to speak her mind, Charlotte Edgerton declared her independence before she even entered the Earl of Denbigh's home. Her new guardian immediately made her a prisoner in her own room - until she agreed to learn the lady-like arts. Furious, she complied. Anything to buy her freedom from Denbigh. She'd even marry a man she didn't love to get away from her domineering guardian. In fact, love was the furthest thing from her mind.

As a child, Devlin Ware thought his family stood for all that was right and good in the world. They were kind, gracious, and shared the beauty of Ravenwood, their grand country estate, by hosting lavish parties for the entire countryside. But at 22, he discovered his whole world was an elaborate illusion, and when Devlin publicly called his family to account for it, he was exiled as a traitor. So be it. He enlisted in the fight against Napoleon and didn't look back for six years. But now his father is dead, the Ware family is broken, and as the heir he is being called home.

Drei wunderschöne Liebesgeschichten mit überraschenden Wendungen, starken Heldinnen und der bezaubernden Atmosphäre des Regency - für alle Fans von Georgette Heyer und Bridgerton. Dieses Hörbuch enthält die folgenden drei Romane: DER DUKE UND DIE UNBEUGSAME WITWE "Du solltest endlich heiraten, Elmsley!" Der Duke of Elmsley braucht dringend eine Gemahlin, um sein Erbe zu sichern.

"Once there was a girl back in days of old, her hair wrapped in amber, and her heart crafted in gold..."Maeve McLaughlin was born to heal. Herbs and tinctures ran in her blood, and in her small town of New Ross, Ireland, she was sought after to help anyone in need. She would marry, tend to her...

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