Résultats pour "The Manor" dans Historique

Sur une plage bretonne, Jocelyne et Goulvon, les enfants du commandant Orguin, trouvent un jeune garçon inanimé, démuni de toute pièce d'identité. Adopté par les Orguin, l'inconnu recevra le nom de Gonzague. Les années passent. Après la mort de leurs parents, Jocelyne et Goulven, ainsi que Gonzague, doivent gagner leur vie. Jocelyne accepte un emploi d'institutrice en Angleterre, à Rudsay-Manor, où elle devra veiller à l'éducation d'une fillette, Amy Marcill.

Ein Liebesroman für alle, die gerne in die Zeit der Regency eintauchen und der Magie nicht abgeschworen haben! Ein Geheimnis, verborgen in einer Seele...

Rose arriva a Heartgrove Manor, un elegante palazzo dove inizia a lavorare come educatrice della piccola Madelyn, figlia del duca e della duchessa. Qui si trova coinvolta in un triangolo amoroso tra i due figli del duca: Albert, il primogenito gentile, e Joseph, il secondogenito carismatico. Mentre i sentimenti di Rose crescono, anche la tensione tra i fratelli aumenta. Rose è combattuta tra i suoi desideri e le aspettative sociali, costretta a scegliere tra i due. Il suo destino si intreccerà per sempre con quello dei fratelli in una storia di amore e passione.

Deeply gripping and darkly atmospheric, The Animals at Lockwood Manor is a tale of long-buried secrets and hidden desires by Jane Healey. Winner of the HWA Debut Crown Award 2020 Some secrets are unspoken. Others are unspeakable . . . August 1939. As the Second World War looms, thirty-year-old...

England, 1630: After the sudden disappearance of her cruel and corrupt guardian, Lady Rosalind Capell has to look after her young wards and herself. When the king’s feared enforcer arrives to investigate the mystery of the missing noble, Rosalind must tread carefully. His presence could mean salvation or ruin. Sir Devlin Alastor is a brutal man with blood on his hands. However, there is something about Rosalind and the children she protects that touches a long-buried sense of honor. Rosalind and Devlin are drawn to each other.

To her, he represents authority and power. To him, she spells sedition and danger. Orphaned at birth, Cecily Neville owes more than her name to the former hospitallers of Temple Roding. She was still a child when the reformation wrenched her home and adopted family from her and now, like the few surviving monks, she lives in fear that her past could take a deadly toll. Her closest friend is her precious peregrine falcon, Charlemagne. Her greatest enemy is Allan Smythe, the new owner of Temple Roding.

Charlotte Booth loves her father and the home they share, which is set high up in the limestone escarpments of Crummockdale. But when a new businessman in the form of Joseph Dawson enters their lives, both Charlotte and her father decide he's the man for her and, within six months, Charlotte...

She fell in love with him… and then she killed him. Back from the dead, he craves revenge. One year ago, Aurelia Sinclair assassinated Crown Prince Kaede of Willowbark to protect her family. Afterward, she fled the fae world, leaving her heart behind. Until now, when Aurelia learns that the...

A destitute man comes looking for help from his cousin, and uncovers some mysteries. Phyllida Beasley is 40 years old, a mousy spinster who devotes her life to caring for her brother, and doing good works in the parish. She’s in a rut, but too timid to set herself free from her domineering friends and her own sense of duty. When a newcomer to the village draws her into his schemes, he challenges her to take a new direction. Can she summon the courage to step out of the shadows, when it means facing up to her terrible secret?

Grayson Bisnin, Duke of Croyden, hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, seine Schwestern standesgemäß zu verheiraten. Doch die Liebe geht oft eigene Wege, und das Schicksal hält so manche Überraschung bereit. Nach drei glücklichen Vermählungen soll nun Rosalie an der Reihe sein. Ihr Herz ist entflammt, doch der Mann ihrer Wahl ist bereits vergeben. Ein charismatischer Earl mit zweifelhaftem Ruf zieht ihre Aufmerksamkeit auf sich und Grayson muss entscheiden, ob dieser Mann Rosalies Liebe wert ist.

Grayson Bisnin, Duke of Croyden, hat ein Problem. Er muss seine fünf Schwestern verheiraten, bevor er sein Erbe antreten kann. Und das ist schwieriger als gedacht, denn wie findet man einen Ehemann – oder gleich fünf – der es nicht nur auf Geld und Ansehen abgesehen hat? Da wäre zunächst Driscoll Spencer, Duke of Leeds und Graysons Freund. Aber Celeste ist sich sicher, dass sie noch nie einen so arroganten Menschen kennengelernt hat.

Bedfordshire, England, 1820: Ruined by the sins of her father, Juliet Finch is cast into a life of self-reliance. Survival is a harsh taskmaster, but she is a quick learner and excels at tracking and snaring wild game to feed herself. Juliet embraces her new identity until the day Henry Russell...

Lord Farnsworth would rather rot in debtor’s prison than sell the one place that feels like home to him—his mother’s manor. That is, until he meets the woman who wants to buy it. Sally Duncan is beautiful, intelligent, and as rich as a baron—a rich baron, not a cash-strapped one like Lord Farnsworth. She’s the solution to every one of his financial problems and is bewitching to boot. All he needs to do is sell her his beloved manor and then charm her to the altar, and the manor will be his again. Simple, right?

Lady of the Manor is an historical saga with drama, intrigue and boundless love starting in Stockholm's fashionable salons and moving out to the Swedish countryside. Lovisa Broman is the cherished daughter of a government minister who, unusually, nurtured and educated her to succeed him. When...

When death cuts Remi’s marriage to Edgar Leone short, she is forced to confront his only living son…and their romantic past. Forced to return to Leone Manor after years of exile, Ben quickly lets her know he is uninterested in making amends. Forced to deal with his temper, her overbearing family, and the discovery of unsettling love letters written for her with no signature, Remi is lost.

'Tender, beautiful and bold. A very special novel.' LIZZIE HUXLEY-JONES, author of Make You Mine This Christmas 'Fun, fresh and clever . . . a huge treat for all fans of Jane Eyre.' KATIE LUMSDEN, author of The Secrets of Hartwood Hall 'A sublime and tenderly written novel.' BEA FITZGERALD...

Una huida, un regreso y una apuesta arriesgada para salvar a quienes lo necesitan... Y salvar su amor. Cuando Katherine "Kit" FitzGilbert dio la espalda a la sociedad londinense hace más de una década, decidió no volver a poner un pie en un salón de baile. Pero cuando el negocio la lleva a Londres y se ve obligada a correr por su vida, tropieza no solo con un glamuroso salón de baile sino también con Graham, Lord Wharton. 

In the glittering aftermath of the Great War, Ralph Madgwick and Keppel Howland have fled the disillusionment of post-war England for the wild promise of Southern Rhodesia. Their quest for fortune in the African bush has yielded nothing but dust and disappointment—until a chance encounter changes everything… When the legendary flying ace Harry Brigandshaw spots their campfire from his biplane and invites them to his sprawling estate, Elephant Walk, the two friends find themselves thrust into a world of colonial wealth, power, and dangerous temptation.

The descendant of adventuring-dead-aristocrats, Clarissa Knightley supplements a modest inheritance by penning gothic novels that cost more than they earn. Upon learning that she has mysteriously inherited a share of an earl's estate, she rashly packs up her household. In remote Gravesyde Priory, she hopes to find a safe haven and family who will welcome her and her young nephew. Instead, she discovers a drunken American army captain, his African servant, and ancient, surly caretakers.

Der ruinierte Ruf des Duke of Ailesbury ist zusammen mit seinem entstellten Gesicht ein sicherer Garant dafür, keine Ehefrau zu finden. Seine letzte Hoffnung erscheint in Form eines Baronets, der ihm aus Geldgier seine Tochter verspricht. Dieses Unterfangen führt ihn jedoch nur in einen...