Résultats pour "the fiancee" dans Fiction historique

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.

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...

By edict of the king, the mighty Scottish laird Alec Kincaid must take an English bride. His choice was Jamie the feisty youngest daughter of Baron Jamison. Alec ached to touch her, to tame her, to possess her forever. But Jamie vowed never to surrender to this highland barbarian. Though his kisses fired her blood, shadowed secrets from Alec's past threatened Jamie's happiness. She brazenly resisted him - until one rapturous moment quelled their clash of wills.

"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...

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.

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...

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.

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....

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.   

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.

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.

In the final days of World War II, Catherine Hastings meets the man she wants to marry. Flight surgeon Jonathan Brandon isn't just handsome - he's everything Catherine could hope for in her betrothed. But her dream of a happily ever after is shattered when Jonnie vanishes before their wedding, leaving Catherine bereft, broken-hearted, and with a lifetime of unanswered questions.