Résultats pour "Sophie" dans Historique

Au cœur d'un XIX e siècle conservateur, le combat d'une jeune noble orpheline et déshéritée pour survivre et devenir une femme libre... Après la mort de sa mère, Angélique Latham grandit au château de Belgrave, en Angleterre, au côté du duc de Westerfield, son père. Mais lorsque celui-ci disparaît à son tour, rien ne se passe comme prévu : sans scrupule, les demi-frères de la jeune fille lui refusent son héritage et la chassent du domaine.

Lady Sophie Windham has maneuvered a few days to herself at the ducal mansion in London before she must join her family for Christmas in Kent. Suddenly trapped by a London snowstorm, she finds herself with an abandoned baby and only the assistance of a kind, handsome stranger standing between her and complete disaster.

Sophie es una muchacha polaca, dulce y de pálida hermosura que vive en una casa de huéspedes del Brooklyn de los años cuarenta junto a Nathan, un joven judío obsesionado por el pasado, y Stingo, el tercero en discordia, un joven procedente del Sur convencido de que llegará a ser un escritor...

Max cannot recall a time when Aurelia did not vex him. If she was not his friend's sister, he would stay far away from the infuriating vixen. Unfortunately they are always thrown together. At parties and family gatherings - she is always there. Mocking him, tossing punch in his face, driving him mad - until one night she goes too far, and he retaliates in the only way he can: with a kiss that changes everything.

After running away from an arranged marriage, red-haired beauty Jabina finds herself being inadvertently rescued by Drue, the Duke of Warminster. When their carriage overturns on their journey, the pair are taken in by aristocratic friends of Jabina's father leading to the lie that Jabina and Drue are married.

1851. Bounced from one home to another their whole lives, orphaned identical twins Sophie and Mariah Carter have always relied on each other for love and support, even though the sisters couldn't be more different. Brash Sophie wants to be an inventor, and demure Mariah wants to be an artist. Both long to visit London for the summer—Sophie to see the Queen's Great Exhibition and Mariah to study the world's finest collection of paintings. But when their cantankerous aunt answers their letter pleading for a place to stay, she insists she only has time and room to spare for one of them.

In one unforgettable night, Max Spiegelman's life splits in two. As war looms and Nazism continues to rise, Max is forced into choices that place him and his alter ego on opposing sides of a divided world. Tethered by their dreams, the boys watch helplessly, haunted by visions of what could have been. But in each parallel universe, they share a magnetic bond with an enchanting, grey-eyed girl.

Janet and Hywel Griffiths dream of seeing their son Frank happily married, but Mair, the daughter of the local police constable, does not seem to be the wisest choice. And anyway, she is far more interested in the secretive Carl Rees, who refuses to even be seen with her in public. Elsewhere in Pendragon Island, Jennie Francis must rethink her life as she is forced to say goodbye to her business and her marriage. All she ever wanted was to run a successful shop, but now she will have to start again. How can she manage if she is completely alone?

Lady Lewisham is an independent woman of means who has just emerged from her year of mourning. But as a young, beautiful, single widow (with an intelligent mind to boot), it seems she is a target for unwanted attention from ill-fitting suitors and mindless tittle-tattle from the gossip-mongers. Little does Sophie know, however, that when she encounters the handsome but devout bachelor Sir Philip Bray, her life is about to change. Could Sir Philip be the hero she thinks she does not need or want?

Kitty Talbot ist jung, hübsch und clever – leider aber auch arm wie eine Kirchenmaus. Als ihr Verlobter sie sitzen lässt, stehen Kitty und ihre vier Schwestern vor dem Ruin, denn die Spielschulden ihres verstorbenen Vaters können sie aus eigener Kraft niemals begleichen. Also wagt Kitty sich für ihre Schwestern auf das gefährlichste Schlachtfeld im England des Jahres 1818: die Bälle der Lords und Ladys in London. Obwohl die unkonventionelle Kitty sich mindestens so viele Feinde wie Freunde macht, erliegt bald ein märchenhaft reicher Junggeselle ihrem Charme.

One would think the last place a beauty like Fallon O'Rourke could keep her virtue was in the Mayfair mansion of London's most licentious duke, the notorious Dominic Hale. Yet Fallon - who's endured nothing but lecherous advances since her father's tragic death - is perfectly safe there...disguised as a footman! Beneath the notice of the dark-haired devil with his smoldering blue eyes and sinful smile, Fallon never imagines her secret will be discovered. But how long can her deception last?

This Scot of Mine has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...

Été 2007. Sara et Sébastien partent pour un road trip au volant de Lucette, une voiture délabrée qui ferait le bonheur d’un ferrailleur. Au cours des onze dernières années, leur relation d’amitié a flirté avec l’ambiguïté et les malentendus, au grand regret de leurs familles et de leurs amis, convaincus qu’ils sont faits l’un pour l’autre. En quête d’aventure, les deux jeunes adultes ignorent encore que bien des surprises les attendent au détour du chemin.

Sometimes the man of your dreams . . . Shop girl Poppy Fairchurch knows it’s pointless fantasizing about the Duke of Autenberry. Still, dreams can’t hurt anyone . . . unlike the carriage Poppy spies bearing down upon the unsuspecting duke. After she pulls him to safety, the duke lapses into...

As the “Year Without a Summer” threatens estates across Britain, Elizabeth and Georgiana both go on journeys that take unexpected turns – journeys that will threaten the lives of those they hold dear. Three of Elizabeth’s sisters find their lives changed by childbirth, while on Pemberley’s grounds, a surprising romance emerges. A story of love and family, and the third installment of the Constant Love series.

As Britain settles into a short-lived peace, the characters of Pride and Prejudice pick up very nearly where the novel left off, in a new series of stories focused on love and family. Elizabeth Bennet finds the joy of her marriage and honeymoon are followed by the demands of becoming Mrs. Darcy, all while helping her shy new younger sister come out into society.

The preparations for Elizabeth’s birth and the beginning of Georgiana’s married life do not go as smoothly as either of them would wish, and they must each consider an alternate legacy for Pemberley as they encounter opposite sides of the same "what if?" Meanwhile, for the first time, Mary Bennet finds herself romantically interested in a man, but will her own character and his family get in her way?

Der packende Auftakt des Historienabenteuers um den jungen Pferdezüchter Micha, der um Gerechtigkeit und seine große Liebe kämpft. Kämpfst du gegen herrschendes Unrecht oder beschützt du diejenigen, die du liebst? Norddeutschland 1164: Der zwölfjährige Micha hat nur ein Ziel: Gerechtigkeit für den grausamen Mord an seiner Familie. Bei einem Maultierzüchter findet er Zuflucht, in seiner Ziehschwester Sibilla eine beste Freundin. Doch er lebt nun ausgerechnet im Herrschaftsgebiet des verantwortlichen Grafen.

How the Dukes Stole Christmas has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...

One night, to decide his entire life's happiness. Chastened by Charles Bingley following Mr. Bennet's untimely death, Fitzwilliam Darcy determines he will offer marriage to Elizabeth Bennet, but she marries another. Years later, a widowed Elizabeth is mistress of Longbourn, and has vowed she will never marry again. A house party at Netherfield brings them back together, but Darcy will have to win more than her heart if he is to have any chance at making her mistress of Pemberley.