Résultats pour "the accidental" dans Victorien

Love is the last thing Sylvia expects when she decides to flee an arranged marriage and board the next ship out to the subcontinent. But love is exactly what she finds when she discovers an irresistible duke in the midst of her journey. Will the truth set her free? Or will Sylvia’s hand remain tied to another?

Injured at Quatre Bras, Lord Rawden Durant, Earl of Beaulieu, suffers permanent emotional and physical wounds. Hiding a dark secret, he fears exposure that would destroy him. He does not want a wife, and he never intends to marry. Like his friends, the Mad Matchmakers, he battles enemies real and imagined, which an unknown villain exploits. When Rawden discovers the dreadful circumstances faced by the lady he desires, he makes an offer he never expected and finds himself engaged to the woman of his dreams.

British Army Major Anthony Erasmus Hildebrand Bartlett, 7th Marquess of Rockingham, returns to London a tortured soul after losing an arm at Waterloo. Suffering incomprehensible terror from his wartime experiences, or what is referred to as nostalgia, Anthony is now the sole heir to a dukedom and a betrothal he doesn't want. He wishes he died on the front lines with his elder brother, and the last thing he needs is a wife. Can Anthony find the will to live again?

It all began with a remark by a presidential candidate about assassinating baby Hitler. A raucous adventure with the real Science of time Travel! This wasn’t the Victorian era Darby learned about in school! What was a 21st Century community college professor doing in 19th Century Bavaria, and the road to find the most notorious figure in history, the dictator in diapers, the Swabian in swaddling?

Friends at seven, lovers at 17, Katherine and Jack were meant to be together. But Jack, an orphan, is determined to make his fortune, while Katherine must make a good match. Seven years later, Katherine is now a widow, awaiting the return of her beloved Jack.

Miss Katherine Ross is a wealthy, eccentric socialite who knows precisely what she wants: No husband. No children. No candlelit tête-à-tête with the insufferably emotionless Duke of Ravenwood. She's convinced his heart is ice — until she touches that chiseled chest for herself. One lapse in judgment is all it takes to turn both their lives topsy-turvy...