Résultats pour "Conni" dans Historique

Connie’s older sisters have managed to find husbands, but now it’s her turn, and she is not sure she wants to marry at all. Having only just escaped her late father’s restrictive regime, she’s reluctant to surrender her freedom to another man just yet. If only she could find one who would fall so adoringly in love that he would do anything for her.

Sir Phillip si aspettava che Eloise Bridgerton, come tutte le zitelle, fosse bruttina e pronta a tutto pur di accasarsi. Ma si sbagliava. La giovane donna che gli si presenta è determinata e soprattutto bellissima. È lei però ad avere qualche dubbio, soprattutto quando scopre che Sir Phillip non è affatto un gentiluomo, e per di più ha due figli pestiferi che avrebbero proprio bisogno di una madre.

Durante la primavera de 1921, Helen McKerrigan-Montero viaja a Nueva York para acompañar a su hermana Laura, a punto de dar a luz. Debido a una absurda confusión, se convierte en el objetivo de una banda de gángsters de los bajos fondos. Para su sorpresa, el responsable de su protección es...

Dopo ben tre anni di prigionia, la leggendaria spia inglese Christian Hawkes è finalmente libera. Il conte di Brundage, però, ha per lui una missione: cercare la sua fidanzata in fuga. Lady Aurelie Capet pensa di aver trovato rifugio in Inghilterra dopo che la Rivoluzione francese ha distrutto la sua famiglia, e alloggia sotto falso nome al Grand Palace sul Tamigi, dove pian piano sta ritrovando la pace. Finché uno splendido sconosciuto attraversa le porte dell'albergo, dando inizio a un complesso gioco d'astuzia che risveglia in lei un inaspettato desiderio.

After a whirlwind romance, usherette Connie is swept off her feet when projectionist Charlie proposes in a film reel added to the final frames of Casablanca. Her job at the Tivoli cinema in Tiverton has been a refuge from her violent and alcoholic father, Frank. But that night, Connie disappears, not only from Charlie's life, but from her own as well.

Nurse Connie Byrne has lived and worked through the Second World War, has celebrated its ending with friends and patients in the East End of London and is now enjoying a fresh new chapter in her life and looking forward to her wedding. But, as many a young bride-to-be has proved, the path of true love never runs smooth.... Connie's busy professional life and the characters who are her patients serve to give her a much-needed sense of perspective.

Connie Byrne, a nurse in London's East End working alongside Millie Sullivan from Call Nurse Millie, is planning her wedding to Charlie Ross, set to take place as soon as he returns from the war. But when she meets him off the train at London Bridge, she finds that his homecoming isn't going to go according to plan. Connie's busy professional life, and the larger-than-life patients in the district, offer a welcome distraction, but for how long?

William vuelve a Londres para casarse antes de Navidad y se encuentra con que Elinor Wharton ha decidido organizar una comida navideña muy especial en la que los novios estarán también incluidos. Mientras Emma pasa las Navidades con Elizabeth en Escocia, las Wharton se reúnen para disfrutar de una celebración muy especial.

Beautiful, bold, and brilliant Avery dreams of becoming a member of the Royal Astronomical Society - and the only way she can join the all-male society is to disguise herself as a boy. After helping Giles, Lord Strand, escape a disastrous engagement she is certain he will assist in her daring masquerade. No lady would ever come up with such a preposterous scheme, and no gentleman would accept . . . but fortunately for Avery, Giles is no gentleman.

Amelia Williams is only a humble farmer's daughter, so her move from the Shenandoah Valley to stay with her grandparents in the big city of Richmond, Virginia, opens a host of new opportunities. 1868 is shaping up to be her best year ever, especially when her new friendship with the genteel Bryon Preston grows into more. But when his mother catches wind of their courtship, Amelia learns the hard lesson that her humble roots will never be enough for the future Preston heir. Love might not see boundaries between the aristocrat and the pauper, but the high society of Richmond surely do.

Darkness once twisted Adelaide Dinsmore’s mind, but she thought she had grown out of that. Her job as a teacher in Hedlund proved that - until she discovers one of her students dead and the town turns against her. As her mind starts to crumble, she is offered a new job, this time as a governess for Gentleman Bennett’s granddaughter back east.