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The suitcase she found changed everything. The contents? An elegant dress and an invitation in another girl’s name. Twenty-three-year-old Mary would go to the ball, enjoy how the rich lived just for one night, and then quietly slip back into her real life, sorting rubbish as a poor barmaid. No harm done. Of course, there wouldn’t be much of a story to tell had it turned out that way.

When Lucinda Peterson’s recently perfected formula for a salve to treat croup goes missing, she’s certain it’s only the latest in a line of misfortunes at the hands of a rival apothecary. Outraged and fearing financial ruin, Lucy turns to private investigator Jonathan Thorne for help. She just didn’t expect her champion to be so . . . grumpy? A single father and an agent at Tierney & Co., Thorne accepts missions for a wide variety of employers—from the British government to wronged wives. None have intrigued him so much as the spirited Miss Peterson.

In the wake of losing both her parents, young Joanna believed Bernard Woods was the solution to all her problems. It’s only after her baby, Della, is born that Joanna discovers Bernard is a scoundrel and a drunkard, more interested in gambling than in caring for his little family. When Bernard’s past catches up to him and Joanna finds him dead, police suspect she was the one who drove the knife into his heart. She has no choice but to take her baby and flee into the perilous streets of Victorian London, where children are a commodity and women a convenience…

Tea leaves and tarot cards are entertaining ways to predict the future, but when Evelyn Osbourne finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public eye on stage in Vauxhall Gardens, not even the most reliable crystal ball can prepare her for what happens next. Evelyn has always known love wasn't written in the stars, not with her family turmoil, and yet when she meets Malcolm Walker, she can't help but question her fate.

When the Marquess comes to court her sister, Louisa has one job... To stay out of trouble, and remain out of sight. She's failing spectacularly. But Louisa never expects the irritatingly charming Marquess to find her dancing alone in the moonlight, or that he'll be the one to catch her when she falls out of a window attempting to be unseen. And the more the Marquess tries to draw her out of her sister's shadow, the more clear it becomes. It's not just her reputation that's in trouble . . . it's her heart.

Noah St John, the Duke of Huntly, lost his parents when he was a young boy and grew up with solicitors as guardians. When he met Rubina Leone he fell instantly in love with her. For the first time in his life he believed that he could be happy. Until fate stepped in the way and tore his heart to shreds—in a fit of anger Rubina left him. The ship she sailed on found its way to a watery grave.

A NEGLECTED SECOND SON, Edward Rochester struggles in the shadow of his elder brother, whose jealous intrigues poison everything he touches. When Edward's long-cherished love and hopes for happiness with a childhood sweetheart are crushed by those intrigues, he is devastated. To blot out the bitter failure, Edward takes the unwelcome path laid out by his father and flees England. Certain he will never return, he embarks upon what becomes a fifteen year odyssey driven by the hope he might one day find such a love again.

Er gab nie kampflos auf, aber sie machte ihm klar, dass sie nicht für ihn geboren war. Am Boden zerstört, gedemütigt und mit gebrochenem Herzen, machte sich O'Brian daran, die Gefühle für seine große Liebe zu zerstören. Doch als er es endlich geschafft hat, sich von ihr zu lösen, gibt ihm das Leben eine weitere Chance, und dieses Mal wird er nicht zulassen, dass April Campbell, die Witwe von Viscount Gremont, ihn wieder zurückweist.

Großartig, eingebildet, launisch, eitel... das sind einige der Adjektive, mit denen Trevor Reform, der Besitzer des berühmtesten Gentlemen's Club in London, von denjenigen, die ihn kennen, beschrieben wird. Die Macht, die ihm das Geld bringt, hat ihn seine bescheidene Herkunft vergessen lassen und ihn in einverachtenswertes, apathisches und entmenschlichtes Wesen verwandelt.

Paris 1889: Marthe Distel wuchs nach dem Tod ihres Vaters bei ihrer Großmutter auf einem Bauernhof in den Vogesen auf. Von ihr lernte sie nicht nur die Kunst des Brotbackens, sondern auch all jene Gerichte, für die die Region so berühmt ist. Doch obwohl Marthe die raue, ursprüngliche Natur ihrer Heimat liebt, den Käse, den ihre Großmutter selbst herstellt, dass Gemüse, das sie anbaut und die Walnüsse, die sie im Herbst im Wald sammelt, wünscht sie sich nichts sehnlicher, als ein Leben in Paris. dieser glitzernden Metropole, die so weit weg scheint.

Stephen Lynch chega a Londres com uma missão: vender a mercadoria que transporta em seu navio para pagar as dívidas que sua família tem há muito tempo. A priori, esse objetivo é muito simples. Tudo o que tem a fazer é encontrar um bom comprador. No entanto, essa tarefa se torna uma tortura após conhecer a filha do Marquês de Riderland.

Darius Copeland, an American, and now the Duke of Ellings, believes he has been taught all that is necessary for this new station in life. Lady Theresa "Tessa" Claxton will show him that there is so much more to learn.

When Wynn Edgeworth, Duke of Hardwick attends Baron le Despencer's house party, he does so for the benefit of his friend, Jesse Chambers who has been betrothed to the baron's daughter since childhood. However, ever since Miss Lydia Dashwood came of age, Jesse has been unable to muster the nerve to set the date and he requests the duke's assistance to help him negotiate the awkwardness of courtship.

Toby Cynster is not amused when informed that his new mission is to be his last in the shadowy service of Drake, Marquess of Winchelsea. Courtesy of Toby being the last unmarried Cynster of his generation and the consequent martial obsession of his female relatives, he will be given no more excuses to avoid society and, instead, expected to devote himself to finding a suitable bride. But Toby sees no point in marrying—thanks to his siblings, he has plenty of nephews and nieces with whom to play favorite uncle, and he has no thoughts of establishing a family of his own.

Roger Bennett, il futuro marchese di Riderland, si definisce come un gentiluomo disposto ad aiutare le povere infelici carenti di piaceri sessuali. Adora la sua vita a tal punto da voler continuare così fino alla fine dei suoi giorni. Tuttavia, una persona spezzerà la vita da libertino a cui tiene tanto.

It's the summer of 1888, and names like Carnegie, Astor, Pullman, and Bostwick line the premier resort's registry as society's elite gather on its grandiose front porch to see—and be seen. But Chase Bostwick isn't interested in being seen. As the second son of a wealthy financier, he's only interested in work—in Chicago—so being tasked by his father to chaperone his wearisome mother and boisterous little sister during their Michigan summer holiday is Chase's personal purgatory masquerading as paradise for never was a man more ill-suited to leisure.

Anne Winston ist es leid, an den rauschenden Bällen Londons und den sonstigen gesellschaftlichen Verpflichtungen teilzunehmen. Sie befindet sich am Ende ihrer zweiten Saison und hat bereits drei Heiratsanträge abgewiesen. Die Schönheit gilt mittlerweile als unnahbar. Dabei verspürt sie im Inneren Sehnsucht nach einem Mann, der nicht nur ihre Äußeres und ihre Erbschaft, sondern auch ihren Geist zu schätzen weiß.

The Welsh borders, 1870s. On the cusp of adulthood, Eliza Mace is battling for her independence. Stuck in a crumbling manor house on the fringe of a small town, she is thwarted by powers that conspire to protect, control and deceive her. But when her father goes missing in mysterious circumstances, Eliza’s determination to uncover the truth is unstoppable. Joining forces with the charismatic new police constable, Dafydd Pritchard, she sets out to solve the case, but that’s no easy task. Her father has run up debts in town and beyond, and there are many who bear him a grudge.

Lady Gemma Kemsley is in dire straits. Her cousin Alfie inherited her father's estate upon his death. He quickly bled it dry of funds, and is turning his lecherous intentions toward her. Alfie wants to have complete control over her inheritance. Without Alfie's approval, she can't marry. She has one option—run away and live with her best friend in America.

What Lilliana Marsden wants—she gets. The thing she believes she desires most is to live in Charleston on a plantation. Her problem? Parents who refuse to listen to her. Lily decides to make her wishes come true and who better than a handsome American ship captain to help her.