Résultats pour "A" dans Victorien

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.

Wenn die Pflicht sie bindet, kann die Liebe sie befreien? Lady Juliana Alderley war immer die Starke, die Tochter, die die Lasten ihrer Familie ohne Klage trägt. Als ein unerwarteter Antrag des mächtigen Duke of Norfield Sicherheit für ihre Mutter, ihre Schwestern und das geliebte Anwesen Briarwyn Hall bietet, willigt Juliana in eine Vernunftehe ein, von der sie nie geglaubt hätte, sie jemals für sich selbst zu wollen. Rowan Dacre, Duke of Norfield, ist ein Mann der Ordnung, der Ehre und stillen Selbstbeherrschung.

Nobody's Daughter is a gripping and moving saga from beloved author, Annie Murray and is the third book in the Children of Birmingham series after The Pearl Button Girl and Dora's Dream. Stourbridge, 1864. Raised in a joyless, puritanical home, Ruth Mountford hungers for more. When her mother...

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.

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.

When the dowager receives an unexpected invitation from Queen Victoria herself to attend a grand concert at the Royal Albert Hall, she suspects there’s more at stake than music. A foreign dignitary’s sudden death soon confirms it. Confined to bed after a health scare, a very pregnant Tabitha...

The last thing Camden Huxley wants is to sort out his family's sprawling Yorkshire estate, along with its squabbling tenants, retainers, and neighbors. Cam nonetheless turns his back on his greatest passion–trade–and travels to Lorne Hall, telling himself all the while that he's merely...

Finkenwerder im 19. Jahrhundert: Auf der Grenze zwischen Preußen und Hamburg in Zeiten der Cholera kämpft eine junge Frau um den Apfelgarten ihrer Familie und um ihre Liebe. Der Auftakt eines epischen Zweiteilers vor norddeutscher Kulisse. Finkenwerder 1892: Seit dem Tod ihrer Mutter findet die junge Kea Loop nur Trost in deren altem Apfelgarten. Dort will sie den perfekten Apfel züchten.

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.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Maiden Lane series comes the first book in a new series that "marries her irresistibly witty writing style with an intrigue-steeped plot," (Booklist) perfect for fans of Tessa Dare and Eloisa James. Freya de Moray is many things: a member of the...

Mayo-junio de 1883. La temporada social ha comenzado y Emma M. Lion ha sido reclutada por su tía lady Eugenia con una misión: colaborar estratégicamente para asegurar el matrimonio más ventajoso para su prima Arabella. Emma deberá asistir a cenas exclusivas, tés cuidadosamente orquestados y bailes donde cada gesto está calculado. Su papel consiste en estar presente cuando convenga y hacerse invisible cuando estorbe, y Emma intentará cumplirlo sin perder su identidad.

Tras la muerte de sus padres y su paso por un internado para señoritas, Emma ha pasado los últimos tres años viviendo con su insoportable y tiránica prima Matilde. Mientras tanto, el primo Archibald ha estado a cargo de Lapis Lazuli House, la casa que los padres de Emma le dejaron al morir en el encantador barrio de St. Crispian's, y manejando la herencia de la joven a su antojo. A punto de alcanzar la mayoría de edad, Emma está decidida a recuperar su casa y a tomar las riendas de su vida.

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.

Charlotte tries to make headway in her town's social life but reveals herself to be unaware of all the intricacies of polite society. Though Edward pitches in, tutoring her in society's expectations, she just seems to make things worse. And the more she comes to know of her father's assistant, the more trouble she has imagining life without him. Caught in a trap of her own making and seeing the hopelessness of her prospects, will Charlotte get to keep her work, or will she have to cede her heart?

In Heather B. Moore's enthralling 1840's historical romance, Heart of the Ocean, Eliza Robinson has turned down the very pretentious Mr. Thomas Beesley's marriage proposal. As a business partner of Eliza's father, Thomas quickly discredits the family and brings disgrace to the Robinson name.

Miss Emma Wynn has spent the last year at Ashwick Hall under the protection of Lady Westcliffe. Her uncle and brother think her dead and must continue to do so until she attains her majority. She must prove she is a fit guardian to re-establish herself and protect her brother. When permitted to visit her friend, Lady Eagleton, she is drawn to the reclusive Mr Carne. She suspects, however, that some scandal is attached to him, and she cannot afford to be tainted by association.

Henrietta y Robert siguen con su apasionada relación. Dos temperamentos fuertes unidos por un poderoso lazo de dos cabos: el amor y el respeto. Marjorie, la hermana de Robert, vive con ellos y compagina su amor por la lectura con su talento para pintar. William Harvey, el mejor amigo de Robert, se ha convertido en alguien importante para ella. La vida en Worthington Hall se desliza suave y tranquila, hasta que un suceso inesperado volverá a poner sus vidas del revés.

After years of hiding who and what she is, Constance Michaels must now face the bitter truth of her wrenched past and the knowledge one of her children wants nothing to do with her. She understands her daughter’s feelings. Thirteen years was a long time to be absent to just expect to walk back into a person’s life and pick up where she left off. There were mountains to climb and bridges to mend before she could possibly hope for forgiveness for the part she played.

When former lovers Hawker and Mrs. Peabody are paired on a spy mission over the holidays, the pair battle a deadly enemy…and a desire that neither can deny. As they surrender to passion, secrets emerge that could destroy their chance at happiness. Can they work together to vanquish their foes and win the love of a lifetime?