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It is a truth universally acknowledged that the disastrous first meeting of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet at the Meryton Assembly provided each with a ready-made set of prejudices to apply to the other. But when a horrific rural accident reveals Darcy to be a man of active, intelligent benevolence, and Elizabeth, in the absence of her appalling family, to be an extraordinary lady of courage and decision - then, surely, the course of true love will run smoothly. But alas, the lovers' meeting is not the end, but a new beginning.

A nursing orderly in the WAAF, Ruby Morris is keen to stick with her friends Holly and Meg when they volunteer for the air ambulance, and soon all three are moved to RAF Starsden on the outskirts of London. Nervous not only at flying during wartime but also being responsible for life-or-death decisions, Ruby works hard to overcome her fears, helped by her new friendship with pilot Flight Sergeant Laurie Foster. When it seems like Laurie and Ruby could become more than friends, he starts to blow hot and cold, and she worries her feelings aren't reciprocated.

England, 1861: Die adlige Vivian verliebt sich völlig unstandesgemäß in Ross, den Stallmeister ihres Vaters. Die beiden brennen durch und schiffen sich nach Kanada ein, um sich dem Overland Transit zu den Goldfeldern in British Columbia anzuschließen. Auf der Überfahrt treffen sie auf Colleen, die vor ihren Dienstherren flieht und ihre Reise umsichtig vorbereitet hat. Sie träumen von einer glücklichen Zukunft und einem neuen Leben am anderen Ende der Welt.

PEUT-ON EMBRASSER LA BOUCHE QUI A TRACÉ LE CHEMIN VERS LE MASSACRE DE TOUTE TA FAMILLE… QUAND TU SENS ENCORE LE GOÛT DE SON SANG SUR TES LÈVRES? Le jour où je l’ai sorti de la rivière et enchaîné à mon poignet, j’ai compris deux choses : que la vengeance est plus douce quand elle respire… et que James Ashford n’était pas un homme qu’on pouvait tuer sans conséquences. Je suis Sorcha MacLeod. Capitaine de Cairnmore. Fille d’une femme trahie et égorgée dans sa propre salle. J’ai vécu par l’acier. Par la guerre. Par la vengeance. Jusqu’au jour où j’ai senti ...

After enduring the court's suspicion, Lord Peregrine Fitzroy has finally earned back his standing—and Charity's heart. But the arrival of her family in London threatens to reopen old wounds and reignite a bitter feud that once made their love impossible. Charity, Duchess Atholl, is ready to stand beside the man who was once her enemy. Yet just as they begin to build a future together, foreign royals descend on London with secrets, schemes—and ties to a powerful adversary thought to be in hiding.

Un soldat marqué par la bataille. Une infirmière compatissante. Et un avenir réécrit… Dans cette tendre variation d'Orgueil et Préjugés, le cadre familier de l'Angleterre de la Régence prend un tournant inattendu lorsque Netherfield Park est transformé en maison de convalescence pour les officiers blessés durant les guerres napoléoniennes. Elizabeth Bennet, qui se porte volontaire comme infirmière aux côtés de sa sœur Jane, rencontre le redoutable colonel Fitzwilliam Darcy — un officier blessé et orgueilleux dont les manières hautaines la mettent immédiatement sur ses ...

Um padre encarregado de investigar documentos do Primeiro Reinado se vê envolvido em um antigo romance proibido dentro de uma aristocrática casa do Rio de Janeiro. À medida que segredos familiares vêm à tona, a verdade revela as rígidas convenções sociais que moldavam destinos no Império.

Three generations of ‘hysterical women’ take on systemic corruption and injustice, despite all odds. Open-hearted but naive Lillias Gilfillan is sixteen when she elopes with an older man with ulterior motives. When her expectations of married life are shattered, Lillias must hold onto her...

Que se passe-t-il lorsque l'amour doit être découvert deux fois ? Elizabeth Bennet et Fitzwilliam Darcy ont surmonté l'orgueil, les préjugés et d'innombrables malentendus pour trouver leur bonheur parfait. Avec leur mariage prévu dans quelques semaines seulement, leur avenir semble assuré — jusqu'à ce qu'un accident tragique change tout. Lorsque Darcy se réveille de ses blessures, ses souvenirs des derniers mois se sont évanouis. Il se souvient d'Elizabeth seulement comme de l'impertinente demoiselle de province qui blessa jadis son orgueil, sans aucun souvenir de leur cour, de ...

Considéré comme le plus grand roman de Charles de Bernard, Gerfaut explore l’attirance dangereuse entre son héros et une femme mariée. Sous le vernis des convenances, un attachement grandit, attisant le conflit entre désir et devoir, silence et aveu, réputation et vérité.

All Elizabeth Bennet wants is for her father to bring back from Lambton a cutting of Pemberley’s famous roses. Little does she know that her humble request leads to her father’s imprisonment, putting both her father’s life and her childhood home of Longbourn at risk. All Fitzwilliam Darcy wishes for is to be left alone. Scarred by a horrific attack, he has retreated into the solitude of Pemberley, guarding his heart as fiercely as he guards the walls of his grand estate, doing whatever he can to drown out the pain. When Elizabeth arrives on his doorstep, their worlds collide.

WHAT IS YOUR SOUL WORTH… WHEN THE MAN WHO CHAINED YOU IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN KEEP YOU ALIVE? The day they sold me, I didn’t cry. I learned something far more useful: how to survive in the mud. I am Catriona MacDuff. Heir to a clan steel tried to erase. The pawn men trade to win wars they never fight themselves. They captured me. Offered me as a prize. And he didn’t save me. He bought me. And he never let me go. Bran MacAlpin is no hero. He’s a weapon. A monster’s bloodhound—unleashed when mercy is no longer an option. He claimed me like property. Like a debt. Like something he ...

The Marquess Craves His Wife Lady Helen was his future. Until she forgot him. Henry Addams, The Marquess of Herefordshire, has spent months searching for the woman he loves, refusing to believe she is lost to him forever. When he finally finds her near the Scottish border, she is alive… but the light of recognition in her eyes is gone. She looks at him like he is a stranger. She does not remember the promises they whispered. She does not remember the way she once said his name. She does not remember loving him. And it feels like a knife to the gut. Terrified that those who took her may ...

All Kit Finchley wants is to master the magic that keeps eluding him – and to live a life not dictated by title or expectation. When a miscast spell tears open a doorway into the Veil – a liminal realm where Wilfrith and his family have been trapped since a fateful bargain with the Faerie Queen 800 years ago – Kit stumbles into a love he never imagined. Their connection is immediate, impossible, and undeniable. Determined to free Wil, Kit hunts for the spell that could bridge two worlds.

D. H. Lawrence wrote about desire, class, and the body with a directness that got his books banned. He also wrote some of the most psychologically acute fiction of the twentieth century. This edition collects the four novels that define his achievement. He is the writer whom respectable literary culture has never quite known how to place — too explicit for the academics, too serious for the readers who want explicit. Lawrence was neither pornographer nor sage, which is perhaps why he irritates both camps equally. He was a novelist of unusual precision about the things people don't say in ...

It is no secret that infamous gold miner Cass Hite hates the Mormons. When he nearly dies while passing through a remote Mormon settlement, the kind-hearted widow, Sarah Hansen takes him in and nurses him back to health. She has the room and the time to take care of this man that everyone else in town shuns. She’s known loneliness since a young age, when her parents died and she became the third wife of a polygamist. And again when her husband died and her two children moved away.

A sweet romance collection set in Regency England, where couples find love amid scandal, secrets, and suspense. These historical romances feature second-chance love, opposites-attract romance, forced proximity, and arranged marriage storylines. Books In This Collection London Stranger Stolen Heart Finding the Earl The Duke’s Truth The Eligible Earl The Viscount's Promise The Viscount’s Wife The Viscount’s Mystery The Viscount’s Heart The Aristocrat’s Charade An Earl’s Redemption A Viscount to Remember Bewildered Earl Alice’s Arranged Marriage

Chloe Carlyon has long harboured deep feelings for American hotelier Andrew Henshaw. Her life takes a devastating turn when her building is consumed by fire, shattering her dreams. As the ashes settle, suspicion begins to fall on Drew, leaving Chloe conflicted and uncertain. Drew Henshaw leads a double life. Raised on violence and poverty in the slums of New York, he finds Chloe irritating at first until her true worth is revealed. His perception is changed when their exploration of pleasure without commitment combined with a search for the arsonist threatens to push their love almost ...

Mémoire, destin et guérison — trois voyages vers la même fin bien-aimée. Trois récits captivants qui réinventent le classique bien-aimé de Jane Austen sous de nouvelles perspectives, explorant le pouvoir durable de l'amour à travers la mémoire, les circonstances et la guérison. L'Amnésie de Darcy Que se passe-t-il lorsque l'amour doit être découvert deux fois ? Elizabeth Bennet et Fitzwilliam Darcy ont surmonté l'orgueil, les préjugés et d'innombrables malentendus pour trouver leur bonheur parfait. Avec leur mariage prévu dans quelques semaines seulement, leur avenir ...

After their parents’ deaths, Eliza Whitby’s only hope lies in an old marriage contract binding her sister to the Duke of Sutherland. She never expected to marry a duke, much less in her sister’s place, but when she runs away days before the wedding, Eliza makes a desperate choice. With creditors closing in, she steps into a marriage never meant for her, trying to keep her identity hidden while discovering a place and feelings she never imagined. Christopher Grey, the Duke of Sutherland, has no interest in marriage or the wife left behind at his estate right after their wedding. Yet, ...