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En esta novela sus protagonistas forman equipo para cazar marido. Cuatro bellas jóvenes están unidas por un mismo objetivo: valerse de su complicidad y sus armas femeninas para conseguir marido. Una de ellas, Annabelle, intenta seducir a un aristócrata con la intención de salvar a su familia. Pero el destino siempre sorprende....

Lady Olivia Haliford has had enough. Tired of seeing women lose their reputations, futures, and sometimes even their lives to scandal while the men walk free, she is ready to take back power and stand up for women everywhere. Along with her two closest friends, she plans to start an anonymous publication dedicated to dishing the dirt and exposing the secrets of society's most eligible bachelors. But in order to do so, she will have to make a deal with the devil....

Sophia appears to have it all - money, the right boyfriends, designer clothes, and expensive cars. But nothing good in her life ever lasts, and the sooner she can distance herself from it...the better. Behind her affluent, shallow lifestyle and fake friends, the real Sophia lies hidden in a dark world she’s fought her whole life to escape. A place she’s kept secret, until now.

Anne Elliot es la hija mediana de Sir Walter Elliot y la más sensata de su familia. A los 19 años, Anne fue persuadida a rechazar al joven al que amaba, al no ser considerado como un pretendiente adecuado para ella. Ocho años más tarde, las circunstancias cambian. Cuando el joven aparece de nuevo en su vida, ella, ya una mujer madura, se reencontrará de nuevo con sentimientos y esperanzas pasadas. ¿Tendrá Anne una segunda oportunidad en el amor?

Manchester industrialist William Rose was a poor lad who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, but in order to achieve his greatest ambitions he must become the epitome of Victorian respectability: a family man. But the only woman who's caught his eye is Octavia Marshall, one of the notorious ladies of Carson Street. Though once born to great wealth and privilege, she's hardly respectable, but she's determined to forge a new life as an entirely proper businesswoman.

This volume is a summary and discussion of Madeline Martin’s The Last Bookshop in London, the first historical fiction novel from an established and popular writer of historical romance. The Ophania Book Club Companion series exists to help provide a foothold into literary criticism and analysis for those who don’t have a background in the area. If you enjoy listening and are interested in thinking about and talking about the books you listen to, this series is for you.

Justin Rodale is the wealthy bastard son of the duke of Chanceworth. Educated with the rest of the aristocrats, he knows all the rules by which Society lives, but he is beholden to no one. Clarissa Kincaid has been raised to be the perfect English lady...in need of the perfectly respectable English husband. She's found her quarry, but the man won't commit, and she finds herself seeking assistance in the form of seduction lessons from someone the opposite of respectable...Justin.

Lieutenant Liam Doherty has spent his life in the shadow of his famous friend Captain Brendan Merrick. Now in his sunset years, the Irish mariner is content to watch over his late friend's family and live his life with carefree abandon. He doesn't want change, and he doesn't need shaking up. But there's that widow down in Baltimore he just can't forget....

Soltera y todavía virgen, la novelista Amanda Briars no está dispuesta a recibir su trigésimo cumpleaños sin haber hecho el amor. Cuando Jack Devlin llama a su puerta, cree que se trata del regalo que se ha hecho a sí misma: un hombre contratado para una noche de pasión. Aunque algo impide a Jack dar rienda suelta al deseo, su determinación de poseer a Amanda no se detendrá....

Lieutenant Callum Laughlin has spent four long years at war. Finally, he has enough status and fortune to return to Yorkshire and reclaim the woman of his dreams - a girl he could never have wed when he was a mere stable boy. What awaits him at Somerton is far from the warm welcome he imagined. But the lure of old feelings and new temptations catch both Heloise and Callum in their grip. Is the broken love between them beyond repair, or can it be mended through love, forgiveness, and a touch of irresistible attraction?

Lady Carolina Neverhartt has one wish...to attend a school devoted to the study of music. The newly opened Pembroke Academy of Music offers everything she hopes to learn. One man stands in her way...Wesley Cox, the Earl of Sheffield. He alone will determine if she's as talented as she claims, and he has no problem lying to her if he believes it's necessary. After her audition he denies her admittance and claims her talent is too mediocre. Carolina is furious and decides to investigate if he's telling the truth.

Der erste große historische Roman der Spiegel-Bestsellerautorin Elisabeth Herrmann ("Rechtsanwalt Vernau"-Reihe). Ein Dorf in Ostfriesland, 1834. Helene Vosskamp wächst in einer Fischerfamilie in bitterer Armut auf und muss schon als Kind schwere Schicksalsschläge hinnehmen. Ihre Familie wird Opfer einer Intrige, die Eltern sterben und sie selbst kommt ins Gefängnis. Aber Lene hat eine Vision, die sie aufrecht hält: Eines Tages will sie die Welt bereisen und mit Tee handeln. Es beginnt eine Odyssee, die sie nach China, Indien und schließlich Java führt.

As one of London’s biggest heartbreakers, Derrick, Viscount Seabright, has all the freedom in the world to choose any woman he wishes to marry...someday...when he actually wishes to marry. But for now he’s content to seduce anyone at his leisure...anyone that is except for Arianna Asgil. Derrick has spent years trying not to admit his best friend’s little sister has grown up into a beauty...an infuriating one. He’s a damned saint for resisting the urge to silence her during an argument with a kiss, especially when she’s flushed and furious at him.

Scarred by a dark secret, Brandan Delamar, Duke of Westbury, must concede his misdeeds have finally caught up with him. With five younger sisters to support, he must marry for money. Sunny and steadfast, Viola Beaton is no heiress. As music instructor to the duke’s sisters, she’s developed a genuine affection for the bright young ladies. Unfortunately, she’s also developed a forbidden passion for her wildly attractive employer.

Deemed ‘unsuitable’ to rule by her parents, Princess Justine arrives in London to learn the ropes of royalty before she takes the throne. Here she must face the scrutiny of Queen Victoria herself as she learns what it means to be royal, including acquiring a suitable husband. Yet, a plan to marry her off to a convenient groom is underway, and roguish bachelor William, Lord Douglas, is given the task of ensuring a suitable husband is found.

When Vesta Bartlett, a wealthy alchemist and inventor, arrives in England to finalize an arranged marriage and help overhaul a family friend's outdated ironworks, she never expects to find the family so secretive, nor to develop feelings for her fiancé’s younger brother, Henry. But, the growing attraction between Vesta and Henry is just the beginning of their troubles. Things really heat up when they're drawn into a secret project for Queen Victoria's military, one that requires Vesta's knowledge of clockwork and Henry’s iron.

Upon the death of her husband, self-involved social climber Cora Pringle assumes her recent dalliance with a wealthy gentleman will be her second chance at a happily ever after. That is, until her paramour turns out to be a penniless imposter. Despite his betrayal, Cora can't quite let go of the tug the handsome playwright has on her heart. Desperate for an income, Cora becomes a séance-performing spiritualist and gets a taste for celebrity - and it's so delicious. So what if she can't actually communicate with the dead? Her eager patrons don't need to know that.

On her own in Germany in 1891, an ambitious 16-year-old English music student dreams of becoming a concert violinist at a time when women rarely performed in public. At the prestigious Leipzig Conservatory, Violet faces the challenges of fickle tutors, quirky landladies, and demanding professors. Then she falls in love with a young Canadian pianist, a match her Victorian papa deems unsuitable.

She’s willing to do anything to follow her plan. Debutante Alice Knight is ready for her first social season in London. She’s determined to impress society and her mother with an affluent match, at last escaping her past and embracing a future of her own making. Peter Strauss, an American reporter visiting England, isn’t exactly what Alice had in mind. However, his friendship proves invaluable as Alice faces the challenges of her debut. Almost immediately, she attracts the attention of a well-born gentleman - perfect, save for the simple fact that he’s not a Christian.

Since the death of his wife, department store owner Alexander Armstrong buries himself in his work. One night, he encounters a mesmerizing young woman setting up the holiday window displays and, on a whim, decides to help. Aspiring designer Grace Shipley has big dreams and plans to work her way up from decorating the windows at the most popular store on Ladies' Mile. And while she doesn't need his help, her handsome new friend gives a whole new meaning to the idea of holiday cheer.