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Vladimir Nabokov called Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina "one of the greatest love stories in world literature." Set in imperial Russia, Anna Karenina is a rich and complex meditation on passionate love and disastrous infidelity. Married to a powerful government minister, Anna Karenina is a beautiful woman who falls deeply in love with a wealthy army officer, the elegant Count Vronsky.

À la merci d’une bande de Vikings sauvages. Retenue captive contre son gré. Elswyth est-elle assez forte pour dicter ses propres termes à l’homme qui veut la dominer, ou est-elle destinée à tout abandonner, y compris son cœur ? Soumettez-vous au désir ardent et à la passion brutale, dans un monde menacé par l’ambition, la jalousie et la vengeance. Découvrez ce que cela signifie d’être aimée par un Viking.

1868. La jeune Ismay n'a qu'une envie : quitter l'Irlande pour aller rejoindre son frère Bram à Swan Hill, en Australie, là où il s'est installé avec l'ambition de faire fortune. Mais son père veut la contraindre d'épouser un voisin, le sournois Rory Flynn, malgré l'antipathie qu'Ismay éprouve à son égard. Un jour que Rory l'a violemment agressée, elle décide de s'enfuir. À bord du bateau qui la conduit à l'autre bout du monde, la jeune femme se fait passer pour une veuve désargentée et se lie d'amitié avec Adam Treagar.

Anna Karenina is beautiful, married to a successful man, and has a son whom she adores. But a chance meeting at a train station in Moscow sets her passionate heart alight, and she is defenceless in the face of Count Vronsky's adoration. Having defied the rules of nineteenth-century Russian society, Anna is forced to pay a heavy price.

Six shipwrecked Vikings. An island of isolated women. Six strapping warriors are determined to lay down the law. The women who claim them as mates might think they have the upper hand, but they’re about to discover what it means to be loved by a Viking.

Many tragic and many glorious events took place in the period from the late 1800’s to the 1970’s. Wars were fought, lives were created and lost, and fortunes were made and lost. Some by the natural hand of fate and others by the schemes of bad people who cared little about the suffering they caused. But it was love that would eventually bring the lost back into the fold, erase the unearned sins of the innocent, and ultimately triumph over tragedy and loss.

Beautiful and intelligent young Anna suffers in her loveless marriage, dreaming of the romantic life she should be living, and the love that others around her should be sharing honestly with one another. When she meets the dashing Vronsky he seems to offer everything she has been craving, but the cost she will pay is higher than she could have imagined. Meanwhile Konstantin Levin, a gentle landowner who shares Anna's belief in sincerity, attempts to channel his beliefs into his land, his family, and his love for beautiful aristocrat Kitty.

Fall, 1941. Agatha Stuart is 30 years old, well established in Old Maid territory with no prospects on the horizon. She wants to be content with her life as it is — job as postmistress and living at home with her parents, but she isn’t. She longs for more.

With no family in Charleston, Anna Tuttle decides to join her friends and become a mail-order bride. But she wasn’t prepared for the way her indulged life would change. And yet her rugged husband is doing his best to help her adjust to her new life as a rancher's wife. But she wants more.

Wiltshire, December 1915. Widow Olivia Hanbury is persuaded by her cousin Donald to move in with his meek little wife while he is serving in France. When he's wounded and returns home to convalesce, tensions immediately rise between him and lively Olivia. But things begin to look up when Olivia becomes involved in starting the new Women's Institutes and is introduced to Alex, an antiques dealer. Meanwhile, Phoebe Latimer is holding the fort at Greyladies, an ancient manor house, while her husband is away at war. But someone is attempting to rid Greyladies of the German internees based there.

“A witty, charming, delight of a book!” —Evie Dunmore, USA TODAY bestselling author A tart young woman and an arrogant lord collide in this flirty, sexy, and remarkably modern historical romance, perfect for fans of Bridgerton. Anna didn’t intend to ride in a high-stakes horse race or...

'Another riveting book from Anna Jacobs' - 5-star reader review Seventeen-year-old Liza is happy working as a lady's maid - until her employers decide to emigrate and her father makes up his mind that she is to wed an older widower whom she detests. Determined to avoid a loveless marriage, Liza...

വിവാഹിതയും ഒരു കുട്ടിയുടെ അമ്മയുമായ അന്നയ്ക്ക് അന്യപുരുഷനോടുണ്ടാകുന്ന പ്രണയവും അതേതുടര്‍ന്നുണ്ടാകുന്ന...

Eine schicksalhafte Begegnung führt Abigail am Tiefpunkt ihres bisherigen Lebens in die Arme Jack Cunninghams, eines bekannten Banditenbosses. Nach einer überstürzten Flucht aus dem Bandenversteck mogelt sie sich als Mann verkleidet dorthin zurück und hofft auf das große Geld. Doch das Leben hat andere Pläne mit ihr. Plötzlich ist sie nicht nur in einen Bandenkrieg, sondern auch in einen Kampf um ihr Herz verwickelt. Prärie-Reihe: Band 1

When Anna Konig first meets Bairn, the Scottish ship carpenter of the Charming Nancy, their encounter is anything but pleasant. Anna is on the ship only to ensure the safe arrival of her loved ones to the New World. Hardened by years of living at sea, Bairn resents toting these naive farmers - dubbed "Peculiars" by deckhands - across the ocean. As delays, storms, illness, and diminishing provisions afflict crew and passengers alike, Bairn finds himself drawn to Anna's serene nature.

At eighteen, Cathie longs for more than life as a settler in the Australian bush. So when her uncle offers her the chance to send her to England, she grabs the opportunity with both hands and runs away from her family. But little does she know that he is using her to get revenge on his sister...

Une réputation basée sur une sauvagerie impitoyable. Un chef se délectant d’effusions de sang et de conquêtes. Un homme décidé à se venger. Récemment mariée à Eirik, maintenant jarl de tout Svolvaen, je porte le bébé que nous désirons tous deux. Mais l’ennemi le plus féroce de Svolvaen ne nous accordera pas la paix. Tombée entre les mains de la Bête, l’évasion est impossible. Je dois rassembler toutes mes forces. Sans elles, je ne survivrai pas.

Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky.

It tells of the love affair between Anna and Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Russia, faith is challenged, bonds are broken, love dies and is reborn.

Lancashire, 1863. Die kürzlich verwitwete Hannah Firth träumt von einem neuen Leben. Als ihre boshafte Schwiegertochter sie als unbezahlte Dienerin einsetzt, versucht Hannah zu gehen. Doch sie ahnt nicht, in welche Abgründe Pattys Bosheit sie führen und wie schwer sie es ihr machen wird. Auch Nathaniel Kings Leben ist ruiniert, als der Sohn seines Vermieters seine Gärtnerei verwüstet - und daraus eine üble Fehde entsteht. Als Hannah Nathaniel begegnet, hat sie nur noch ein paar Münzen und ihre Träume von einer glücklicheren Zukunft.