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The sinking of the Brig Minerva results in many deaths, while for others, the future is suddenly brighter. But it’s not always easy to leave the past behind. Nell Caldicott awaits the return of her violent sailor husband with trepidation, but for once her fears are not realized. When Caroline Milburn and her younger sisters' previously unknown grandfather drowns and bequeaths them a cottage in the country, their lives seem set to improve. A man turned away by Annie Dresden's father years ago for lack of fortune is unexpectedly wealthy after his brother's drowning.

Cornwall 1813. Nach einem Schiffsunglück spült das Meer Überlebende an die Küste. Laura pflegt einen der Männer, Alexander, gesund - doch als sie bei den Überresten des Schiffes die Jacke eines französischen Kapitäns findet, stellt sie fest, dass Alexander nicht der ist, der er vorgibt zu sein. Bald ist klar: Noch immer befindet er sich in großer Gefahr. Als auch noch ihre eigene Vergangenheit und die Wahrheit über das Schicksal ihrer Eltern auf dem Spiel stehen, muss sie sich fragen: Wie weit wird sie gehen, um dem mysteriösen Mann zu helfen?

Thea Knight loves a spot of mischief. She especially loves her current mischief: masquerading as her sister, while finalizing her scheme to expose the dastardly knaves whose lies ruined her life. Then big, bad-tempered Lord Luxborough upends her game by maneuvering her into marriage. But it's her sister’s name on the license, so the marriage won’t be valid. Thea’s idea? Keep pretending to be her sister until she can run away.

Governess Honoria Wetherby values her independence. She would rather travel the world than marry and give some man control of her life. Then, one stormy evening, fate changes all her plans. She stumbles upon a mortally wounded young man in the woods. When the stranger dies, she is trapped in a cabin with his body and with his newly arrived cousin, Devil, whom she soon learns is aptly named.

The Duke of Ainswood, Vere Mallory - the last of the infamous Mallory hellions - lives a charmed life: he's rich, titled, and exceedingly handsome. And he's seemingly bent on throwing it all away in his reckless race toward self-destruction, until a devastatingly beautiful blonde amazon literally knocks him off his feet.

He’s been a bad, bad rake—and it takes a governess to teach him a lesson The accidental governess After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don’t need...

The beautiful Lady Elva Chartham had returned to her family home in the country from her Season as a debutante as she had become disenchanted by the endless balls and empty-headed young suitors. She much preferred to be with her horses. Her father was away fishing and her beloved Aunt Violet came to coax her into returning to London to finish her Season. Elva was persuaded by Aunt Violet and in her London house, she overheard a conversation between her aunt and her cousin, the Duke of Sparkbrook, that would dramatically change her life.

It's 1825 in London, and the two curvaceous and blonde 23-year-old Cynster twins, Amanda and Ameliaare, are desperate to get married. All they need are two fine, strapping gentlemen - preferably with large purses.

So what do these two lusty young ladies do?They make a visit to the local gaming halls, of course!

She spies him in the deepening dusk of a Wales evening - a lone figure of breathtaking strength and masculinity, his handsome face branded by a secret pain. For single mother and teacher Anne Jewell, newly arrived with her son at a sprawling estate in Wales, Sydnam Butler is a man whose sorrows - and passions - run deeper than she could have ever imagined. As steward of a remote seaside manor, Sydnam lives a reclusive existence far from the pity and disdain of others.

A última página de um livro realmente tem que ser o fim da história? Julia Quinn acha que não e, em E viveram felizes para sempre, oferece oito epílogos extras, todos sensuais, engraçados e reconfortantes, e responde aos anseios dos leitores trazendo, ainda, um drama inesperado, um final feliz para um personagem muito merecedor e um delicioso conto no qual ficamos conhecendo melhor ninguém menos que a sábia e espirituosa matriarca Violet Bridgerton.

Miss Evelina Franklin reads too many romance novels. She’s certain a handsome duke - or dashing highwayman - is in her future. In the meantime, Evie entertains herself with the admirers vying for her fortune. The Earl of Brecken needs cash. His late father left their Welsh estate in ruin, and his mother will not let him rest until it is restored to its former glory. Notorious for his seductive charm, he searches the ballrooms for a wealthy heiress.

Quando Gowan, o magnífico duque de Kinross, decide se casar, seu plano é escolher uma jovem adequada e negociar o noivado com o pai dela. Ao conhecer Edie no baile de apresentação dela à sociedade, ele acredita que, além de linda, ela também seja a dama serena que ele procura e imediatamente pede sua mão. Na verdade, o temperamento de Edie é o oposto da serenidade.

Theodora Saxby é a última mulher com quem se poderia esperar que o lindo James Ryburn, herdeiro do ducado de Ashbrook, se casasse. Mas depois de um pedido romântico feito na frente do próprio príncipe, até a realista Theo se convence de que o futuro duque está apaixonado. Ainda assim, os tabloides dizem que a união não durará mais do que seis meses. Em seu íntimo, Theo acredita que os dois ficarão juntos para sempre...até que ela descobre que o que James desejava não era seu amor, mas seu dote.

Para Olivia Lytton, seu noivado com o duque de Canterwick é mais uma maldição do que uma promessa de felicidade para sempre. Pelo menos o título de nobreza dele ajudará sua irmã, Georgiana, a garantir o próprio noivado com o carrancudo—e lindo—Quin, o duque de Sconce, um par perfeito para ela em todos os sentidos. Quer dizer, menos em um, porque ele está apaixonado por Olivia. A curvilínea, teimosa e inconformista irmã gêmea de sua noiva lhe desperta um desejo desconhecido. Mas Quin nunca coloca a paixão à frente da razão, e a razão lhe diz que Georgiana é a noiva perfeita.

Amelia Berger needs the Rogue, and she needs everything he can offer without revealing everything she knows. Her secrets are her own, and she has far too many to risk revealing even one. But when working with Rogue turns into something entirely unexpected, she finds that the secrets she began with are not the ones she most needs to protect.

While most ladies in her world have talents, a singular ability, and hold no other power, Elizabeth is the first female since Niniane, the Lady of the Lake, to wield magic as freely as any male heir. Many would covet her power, which is why her father and his friend forged a magical contract to protect Elizabeth even she comes of marriageable age. Elizabeth, however, has no wish for an arranged marriage, yet could she truly be in as much danger as her father has implied? All she wants is to wander with her white stag, Herne, in Oakham Forest and visit the stone circle in its midst.

Quando a tímida escritora Sara Fielding deixa a segurança de seu chalé para fazer a pesquisa de seu próximo romance, acaba testemunhando um crime. Sem conseguir se conter, ela decide prestar socorro e salva a vida do homem mais perigoso de Londres. Depois de uma infância difícil, Derek Craven hoje é o poderoso proprietário de um lendário clube de apostas. Sua reputação é a pior possível e ele não tem o menor escrúpulo.

Fleeing a cruel stepfather, Harriet Russell escapes into a stormy night, relying only on the mercy of servants to help her. Her coach overturns, leaving her and her driver injured. Seeking help from whoever lives nearby, she stumbles between a set of gates guarded by fierce demonic gargoyle statues. As she enters the shadowy, haunted lands belonging to the duke of Frostmore, she’s afraid of meeting with him, but she must in order to help her driver.

The course of true love never did run smooth.... When Fitzwilliam Darcy departs Hunsford after his disastrous proposal to Elizabeth Bennet, he does not expect their paths to cross again. Indeed, knowing the lady's true feelings for him, he makes every effort to see that they do not. But when a chance encounter leaves him stranded in an abandoned cottage with the one woman he can never have, Darcy quickly realizes there is more at risk than just Elizabeth's reputation.

England, 1819. When the man she can’t forget reappears at her betrothal ball, Lady Katherine Granfield’s perfectly arranged future is thrown into tumult. Although she’s set to wed Society’s most eligible bachelor, Kat secretly yearns for her childhood love, an untitled loner who vanished long ago after her father forbade their marriage.