Résultats pour "Julia North" dans Historique

En cette première moitié du XIXe siècle, Julia Angellier est loin de disposer de toutes les qualités rêvées chez une jeune femme: docilité, patience, abnégation, respect des traditions. Mme Angellier le constate une fois de plus en écoutant sa fille aînée proclamer qu'elle refuse de se laisser marier avec quelqu'un qui ne lui plaît pas. Songe-t-elle à une autre alliance que n'approuverait pas son père, Alfred Angellier ? L'idée est presque inconcevable. Julia y pense pourtant, elle aime Rodolphe Vernet, fils d'un colonel d'Empire installé au domaine de Mogador depuis près de dix ans.

Emma Watts was almost the perfect lady. That is, until her father joined the notorious Prometheans' Club and gambled away all her prospects. Now, cast out of society, and with only her name intact, Emma will do what a young, intelligent lady can when she is thwarted by circumstance. Take revenge, of course. And the gentlemen's club, including its members, is first on the list . . .

When Fitzwilliam finds Lizzy waiting in his carriage with a pistol aimed at him, they quickly discover they both have a mutual problem. Their sisters’ indiscretions are being used by someone to extort their families, so they decide to work together to learn who is blackmailing them. At first, they argue and have nothing in common, but he starts to see more to Lizzy than her fine eyes. Fitzwilliam is falling in love with her, but she resists his efforts because he objects to Jane’s seemingly shallow affections for Bingley.

Lizzy is the newest instructor at Netherfield Academy, and strange noises have her searching the corridors of the drafty old castle to discover the source. The previous headmaster disappeared under strange circumstances, and when his replacement, Mr. Darcy, catches her in the corridors, he warns her. The first time. The next time, he kisses her, and she sees something different about him. Darcy is as mysterious as the surroundings, and she fears for her life, her sanity, and her heart as she strives to resist the pull he exerts on her.