Results for "The Fiance" in Historical Fiction

Lorsque le chef des Mackinstosh lui annonce qu'il doit épouser une Mackay pour assurer l'alliance de leurs deux clans, Rob ne peut retenir un mouvement d'humeur. Bien sûr, il sait que son devoir est de suivre les ordres de son cousin, mais il avait espéré plus qu'un mariage arrangé… Et apparemment sa fiancée aussi. Car, lorsqu'il vient la réclamer chez son père, il découvre que la jeune femme s'est enfuie ! Rob part à sa poursuite, indigné par cet affront qui risque de déclencher une guerre des clans.

Eté 1939, en Lozère. Tout sourit à Ariane et Raphaël... Leur jeunesse, l'amour qui les unit, un horizon plein de promesses. Il sera architecte, elle se rêve créatrice de modèles de chaussures dans l'entreprise florissante de son père. Le bonheur est là, à portée de main. Mais, deux mois après leurs fiançailles, Raphaël apprend sa mobilisation. Des vies suspendues à la guerre. Lui, enrôlé dans la Résistance, est bientôt fait prisonnier. Elle, est prête à tout pour le sauver, en dépit des dangers.

Il est le débauché le plus célèbre de Londres ; elle, une intellectuelle qui se cache du monde. Forcés de s'unir par un odieux chantage, leurs fausses fiançailles deviennent le plus dangereux des jeux de séduction. Lord Richard Seaton, un célèbre coureur de jupons est prêt à tout pour retrouver son frère disparu. Mais le prix exigé par le criminel Thorne Blackmore en échange d'informations est impensable : épouser sa sœur, Mlle Jane Grant.

Lac de Côme, été 1849. Ruiné et accablé de dettes, le noble Filippo Arconati di Balbianello n’a qu’une solution pour sauver le nom de sa famille : épouser une riche héritière. Mais le passé n’a pas dit son dernier mot. Déterminée à se venger de l’homme qui l’a séduite puis...

At birth, Mick Trewlove, the illegitimate son of a duke, was handed over to a commoner. Despite his lowly upbringing, Mick has become a successful businessman, but all his wealth hasn’t satisfied his need for revenge against the man who still won’t acknowledge him. What else can Mick do but...

In Dianne Freeman's lighthearted mystery series set in Victorian England, the American-born Countess of Harleigh uncovers more deadly intrigue among the uppercrust... For Frances Wynn, widow to the late Earl of Harleigh, life has a cosmopolitan flavor of late. No sooner has she sent her mother...

Lord Richard Seaton will do anything to find his missing brother—even confront criminal lord Thorne Blackmore. Thorne's price for information? Something Richard's wounded heart vowed never to pay: marriage. And not to one of the stunning debutantes chasing him but to Thorne's bluestocking sister, Jane. Jane offers to dig up the information Richard needs before the wedding. But they must keep their deal a secret or endanger Richard's family and face Thorne's wrath.

For Frances Wynn, widow to the late Earl of Harleigh, life has a cosmopolitan flavor of late. No sooner has she sent her mother and daughter off on a shopping trip to Paris than she and her fiancé, George Hazelton, are socializing with visiting members of the Russian royal family. Yet amid this whirlwind, scandal also comes calling when Inspector Delaney turns up outside Frances’ house with a young French woman and a shocking claim: She is Mrs. George Hazelton.   

Born on Christmas, Louis Lamontagne, the family’s patriarch, is a larger-than-life Lothario and raconteur who inherits his mother’s teal eyes and his father’s brutish good looks and whose charms travel beyond Quebec, across the state of New York where he wins at county fairs as a larger-than-life strongman, and even in Europe, where he is deployed for the US Army during World War II. We meet his daughter, Madeleine, who opens a successful chain of diners using the recipes from her grandmother, the original American Fiancée.... 

In retrospect, she should have known he wasn’t a footman. The only child of the Earl and Countess of Brewster, Lady Flora Pelham agrees to meet her mother’s collection of potential suitors, until a misunderstanding has two out of the three gentleman believing her already betrothed. Unwilling...

"Filled with fabulously British banter, wit, and heart, this delightful book is one of my must-read rom coms of the year." - Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Portrait of a Scotsman “Virginia Heath’s fun characters and situations will have you laughing out loud! Don’t miss...

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When Major Bartholomew Blackpool learns the girl-next-door from his childhood will be forced into an unwanted marriage, he returns home to play her pretend beau. The one-time dandy knows Society demands perfection—and he'll ensure his old friend finds just that. Miss Daphne Vaughan hates that crying off will destroy Major Blackpool's chances of finding a real bride.

Lord Richard Seaton will do anything to find his missing brother—even confront criminal lord Thorne Blackmore. Thorne’s price for information? Something Richard’s wounded heart vowed never to pay: marriage. And not to one of the stunning debutantes chasing him but to Thorne’s bluestocking sister, Jane.

Philia's hope of wedded bliss is interrupted by the news that the pope, sacred leader of her faith, has passed--and that his will names her as his successor?! Together with her fiance Prince Osvalt, she heads to the neighboring nation of Dalbert, seat of the papacy, to investigate how this came to be. There, the duo finds proof of a conspiracy that tampered with the pope's will! Can they get to the bottom of this? Or is Philia's newfound happiness in Parnacorta doomed to be short-lived?

Sold to a neighboring country by her former fiancee, Philia the saint has been hard at work protecting her new home—and the entire continent—from monster attacks. Just when it seems she might be in for some well-earned peace, however...magic-users across Parnacorta begin to disappear. A mysterious exorcist named Erza tells Philia that demons are behind the kidnapping—and that Philia is their real target! How will the too-perfect saint face this frightening new foe?

Finally wed to her beloved, Philia and Prince Osvalt embark on their honeymoon, traveling to historical ruins around Parnacorta. To her delight, Philia turns up some ancient research that gives her new ideas for the creation of magical devices! But all is not well in paradise, as the newlyweds find signs of a break-in in what should have been a protected site. Following the clues left by the intruder, they track them down, only to find...a merchant from a neighboring kingdom? What does this man want? And could the dangerous bargain he offers be worth the risk?

With the issue of the papal succession resolved, Saint Philia returns to Parnacorta to tie the knot with Prince Osvalt. As she prepares to be wed, her mother, Hildegard, tells Philia about her late father, Camil--how he used to be an apothecary, how he fell victim to the very same illness that claimed the life of Parnacorta's last saint, and how he had been working on a cure before he died. Finding proof of this nearly complete cure among Camil's papers, Philia decides to honor her father and Elizabeth by finishing what he started.

After years of fending for herself, Kate Taylor found friendship and acceptance in Spindle Cove - but she never stopped yearning for love. The very last place she'd look for it is in the arms of Corporal Thorne. The militia commander is as stone cold as he is brutally handsome. But when mysterious strangers come searching for Kate, Thorne steps forward as her fiancé. He claims to have only Kate's safety in mind. So why is there smoldering passion in his kiss?

Rosamund prides herself on her matchmaking skills. After meeting Marcus Worthing, Earl of Somerville and her older sister's childhood best friend, she knows she's found the perfect fiancé...for her reclusive sister. Unfortunately, she's spending far too much time thinking about the man.