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This sparkling box set includes all four full-length novels in Claudia Stone’s Regency Murder and Marriage series—a delightful blend of cosy mystery, romantic mischief, and sharp-tongued heroines who always find trouble… and often find love along the way.

Madeleine Béjart s'éteint en laissant à son amoureux, l'illustre dramaturge Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière, une série de feuillets écrits à son intention où elle raconte avec nostalgie des épisodes marquants de leur existence. Elle relate sa mission pour la reine Anne d'Autriche et lui révèle les menaces d'un admirateur fanatique, dont elle a réussi à lui dissimuler les sombres agissements durant des années.

"Distrait, inattentif, ennuyé", Adolphe, à 22 ans, trouve "qu'aucun but ne vaut la peine d'aucun effort". Un beau jour, pourtant, il a envie d'être aimé et décide de conquérir Ellénore. Bien vite, "le charme de l'amour" lui pèse comme une chaîne. Ellénore, lui sacrifiant "fortune, enfants, réputation", empoisonne de remords sa belle indifférence. La souffrance d'Ellénore n'est pour Adolphe qu'un moyen de se connaître et d'éprouver sa propre lucidité.

Three bestselling authors. Two delightful novels. One terrific collection! From Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton series, now streaming on Netflix—writing along with close friends and popular authors Eloisa James and Connie Brockway—comes THE LADIES MOST… a duo of cleverly crafted...

Horry Winwood doesn't play by the rules. So when her family are near ruin and her sister is about to enter a loveless marriage to a wealthy man to settle the family debts, young and headstrong Horry proposes to marry him instead. As her new husband's attentions fall elsewhere, Horry feels increasingly unhappy. Then she meets the attractive and dangerous Lord Lethbridge, and her days suddenly become more exciting. But there is bad blood between Horry's husband and Lord Lethbridge, and as complications and deceptions mount, the social tangle grows ever trickier to unpick.

Biarritz, 1910. À la tête de sa propre maison de couture, la jeune et brillante Éléonore se démarque par son talent et sa créativité. Fraîchement divorcée, elle place son ambition et sa liberté avant toutes choses. Jusqu'à sa rencontre avec un aristocrate russe, venu passer quelques jours sur la côte.

Au centre, l'héroïne, jeune sarde étrange "aux longs cheveux noirs et aux yeux immenses". Toujours en décalage, toujours à contretemps, toujours à côté de sa propre vie... À l'arrière-plan, les personnages secondaires, peints avec une touche d'une extraordinaire finesse : le mari, épousé par raison pendant la Seconde Guerre, sensuel taciturne ; le Rescapé, à l'empreinte indélébile ; enfin, la petite-fille, narratrice de cette histoire, la seule qui permettra à l'héroïne de se révéler dans sa vérité. Mais sait-on jamais tout de quelqu'un, aussi proche soit-il.

An instant New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today Bestseller AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021 WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times Time Washington Post Oprah...

Once upon a time, a historical romance author created a family . . . But not just any family. Eight brothers and sisters, assorted in-laws, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews (not to mention an overweight corgi) plus an irrepressible matriarch who's a match for any of them . . . These are...

Francine Rivers is one of America's favorite romance writers and a bestselling inspirational author. Her many heartfelt novels have won awards and the adoration of fans accross the country. In Redeeming Love, she retells the Biblical story of Hosea, setting it in the 1850s, amidst California's gold country.

Evelyn Hugo, el icono de Hollywood que se ha recluido a su edad madura, por fin decide contar la verdad sobre su vida llena de glamour y de escándalos. Convocada en el lujoso apartamento de Evelyn, Monique escucha fascinada mientras la actriz le cuenta su historia. Desde su llegada a Los Ángeles en los años 50 hasta su decisión de abandonar su carrera en el mundo del espectáculo en los 80 —y, desde luego, los siete maridos que tuvo en ese tiempo—, Evelyn narra una historia de ambición implacable, amistad inesperada y un gran amor prohibido.

Au moment où la Grande Dépression secoue le Québec, frappant autant la campagne que la ville, le malheur semble vouloir s'acharner sur Héléna et sa famille grandissante. Heureusement, l'amour naissant éclaire ce sombre tableau et agit comme un baume sur les vies du trécarré.

Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter Vanessa. When she comes of age, William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the mold of a proper young lady. Still, she agrees to re-enter fashionable society, determined to end the vendetta against her father, never imagining the high price she will have to pay.

A flirtation between a manipulative genius and an eccentric beauty leads to scandal in this revised and updated edition of the third book of legendary New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas's popular Victorian romance series featuring the unforgettable Hathaways Though she adores her...

“Kleypas is a romance gem, a queen among a vast royal court of historical romance authors.” —Entertainment Weekly A classic Lisa Kleypas love story about a man whos decided to forgo all romantic entanglements... until he meets a beautiful woman with a secret... They call him the Monk of...

Annabelle and Bayard Van Duyvil live a charmed life in New York: He's the scion of an old Knickerbocker family, she grew up in a Tudor house in England, they had a fairy-tale romance in London, and he's recreated her family home on the banks of the Hudson. Yes, there are rumors that she's having an affair with the architect, but rumors are rumors. But then Bayard is found dead with a knife in his chest on the night of their Twelfth Night Ball; Annabelle goes missing, presumed drowned; and the papers go mad.

Letty Fordyce knows three things about her future husband: Lord Morrey is a dangerous man. He frightens her. She desires him. Adam Beaumont, the Earl of Morrey, is full of dark secrets. His brooding and mysterious allure draws women to him like moths to a flame. But he fears he can never marry, not when his secret life is full of constant dangers. Letty Fordyce doesn't want to be like other women, she wants a life for herself and a happy marriage to a respectable man, not someone with secrets and a life full of danger like Lord Morrey.

When girl meets Duke, their marriage breaks all the rules… Since his return from war, the Duke of Ashbury’s to-do list has been short and anything but sweet: brooding, glowering, menacing London ne’er-do-wells by night. Now there’s a new item on the list. He needs an heir—which means...

A dutiful army officer who shuns intimacy. A selfless beauty ready to start living for herself. A chance meeting in the street that leads to love. When Major Spencer Haddock’s father dies, he returns to England as the Earl of Middlefield. He seeks a typical ton marriage, where his wife will provide him with an heir and possibly other children and then they go their separate ways. He intends to find his countess quickly and not waste time at boring social affairs.

Quirky and fun-loving American heiress Daisy Bowman is the last unmarried Wallflower. Her exasperated father has informed her that if she can’t find a husband by the end of her third London season, she will be forced to marry a man she hates—the ruthless entrepreneur Matthew Swift. Daisy is...