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Olivia Moreland has forever denied the possibility of clairvoyant abilities, working instead to discredit the mediums that flock to London. But when Lord Stephen St.Leger requests her help in investigating an alleged psychic’s claims, she can't deny the ominous presence she feels within the walls of his ancient estate—or the intimately familiar connection she feels to Stephen himself.The last time he'd called Blackhope Hall home, Stephen had watched as his elder brother claimed both the family...
| Автор | Candace Camp |
Quintus Ambustus is a slave–Adiona Leonia is a wealthy socialite. He fights for his life in the gladiator's ring–she plays cutthroat politics in Rome's high society.He's sacrificed everything for his Christian faith–she believes in nothing and no one. But when Adiona's life is threatened, Quintus is chosen as her bodyguard, and their fascination with one another shocks them both. Neither thought to find joy in a match society would condemn…but their feelings cannot be denied. Have they lost too...
| Автор | Carla Capshaw |
From the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of SubstanceA forgotten past hides the key to the future.Meredith Stratton, at forty-four the owner of six elegant international inns, is about to celebrate her daughter’s engagement. At this seemingly happy time in her life she begins to suffer from a strange illness that baffles everyone. Her doctor cannot find a physical cause for her debilitating symptoms, and, desperate for answers, she seeks the help of a psychiatrist. Through therapy...
| Автор | Barbara Taylor Bradford |
All she’s ever wanted is a place to call home1948: Daisy Driscoll is working as a qualified Sister in Brighton. The war may be over, but Daisy’s heart is in turmoil. Abandoned in childhood and haunted by the experience of her first marriage, Daisy no longer trusts anyone.Convinced the roots of her identity lie in India, and desperate to find the truth, Daisy leaps at the chance to leave her lonely life behind when her friend Grayson Harte travels to the East on business. As she uncovers...
| Автор | Merryn Allingham |
A Regency historical from the New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James, bound to delight Heyer fans.If you kiss a man once…When the dashing Earl of Ardmore tempts Miss Annabel Essex, the most unattainable of the four beautiful Essex sisters, with the promise of a kiss, she resists, just as she snubs his teasing offers of marriage. For what would she get if she married him? Why, nothing but a faded Scottish title and a hovel in the highlands.But by some cruel twist of fate Annabel finds...
| Автор | Eloisa James |
Three wonderfully original, linked novellas based on true stories from the winner of the Paris Review's Discovery Award. A new voice from Yorkshire, John Barlow has been compared to Michel Faber and T.C. Boyle. This is his first book.A winged cat wreaks havoc in a Yorkshire workhouse. An autumnal romance between two pork pie makers is celebrated with a donkey wedding. The strange career of Michael 'Cast Iron' Mulligan is revealed by his unlucky apprentice Captain Gusto, both men who eat – and...
| Автор | John Barlow |
Upbeat and bursting with emotion – this is another gem from the No. 1 bestselling author, Cathy Kelly.Three Lives. Three Loves. Three Reasons to let go…Izzie Silver left the small Irish town of Tamarin behind for New York. Life is good – until she breaks her own rules and falls for a married man.On the other side of the ocean, Izzie's aunt Anneliese discovers the pain of infidelity for herself.Then Lily, the wise and compassionate family matriarch, is taken ill. At her bedside back in Ireland,...
| Автор | Cathy Kelly |
HARBORING A CRIMINALHalf brother to a brutal Redcoat, Tristan Trayhern was familiar with English cruelty. But when he found Alyssa Kyle more dead than alive aboard his sibling's prison ship, the Welsh nobleman was outraged. Blinded during her captivity, the lass was an innocent victim of the recent Irish Rebellion, and Tray vowed to give her his protection.Tray's tenderness awoke Alyssa from her nightmare of darkness. Although the comforting seclusion of his home, Shadowhawk, soothed her fears,...
| Автор | Lindsay McKenna |
W słowiańskim grodzie Szeligów nad Dnieprem żyła piękna Wisznia. W dziewczynie, o której krążyły pogłoski, że jest córką bogini Mokoszy, zakochał się Rua, wódz Hunów. Wkrótce Hunowie i Szeligowie dostali się do awarskiej niewoli. Rozpoczęła się długa, niebezpieczna tułaczka. Czy zwycięży zło zasiane przez bezwzględny lud Awarów? Pasjonująca, pełna przygód historia Wiszni jest wędrówką po terenach Rusi, Bizancjum i ziemiach, na których kiedyś powstanie państwo Polan. To burzliwy okres starć...
| Автор | Aleksandra Katarzyna Maludy |
Współczesny Berlin. Śmiertelnie chory nestor arystokratycznego rodu zwierza się wnuczce z kłopotów i zwraca się do niej z nietypową prośbą. Nastawiona sceptycznie do spełnienia życzenia dziadka, Maria von Graff ostatecznie udaje się do Zamościa – miasta, które ma być kluczem do rozwiązania tajemnicy z przeszłości. W Polsce, w poszukiwaniu informacji na temat wojennych losów swoich przodków, pomagają jej historyk Andrzej i archiwista Alfred. Wspólne odkrywanie historii rodu zbliża do siebie...
| Автор | Bożena Gałczyńska-Szurek |
Ostatniego dnia 1776 roku na Pogórzu Karpackim przychodzą na świat dwie dziewczynki. Leontyna rodzi się w dostatnim szlacheckim dworze, a Marysia w ubogiej chłopskiej zagrodzie. Są mlecznymi siostrami. Mąż mamki jest ekonomem na dworze podczaszego. Pomimo różnic pochodzenia splot wydarzeń połączy panny ze sobą. Starszy brat Leontyny, dziedzic majątku, wyrusza w kilkuletnią podróż za granicę. Po powrocie do Pawłówki zakochuje się z wzajemnością w córce zarządcy, natomiast podczaszanka oddaje...
| Автор | Monika Rzepiela |
Szlachcianka – Apolonia Niemyjska wychodzi za mąż za bogatego chłopa – Franciszka Bąka. Ich małżeństwo budzi wiele kontrowersji w lokalnym środowisku. Wkrótce wybucha pierwsza wojna światowa. Apolonia rodzi córkę, Gabrynię, która jest oczkiem w głowie rodziców. Mijają lata. Rodzą się kolejne dzieci, a przez kraj i najbliższą okolicę przetacza się historia: epidemia ,,hiszpanki”, odzyskanie niepodległości przez Polskę, wojna z bolszewikami, lokalny pogrom Żydów. Pewnego dnia rodzinę Bąków spotyka...
| Автор | Ewa Szymańska |
The new book from Alaa Al Aswany, author of the international bestsellers The Yacoubian Building and ChicagoFriendly Fire is a novella and collection of short stories from Alaa Al Aswany, author of the bestselling The Yacoubian Building. As in that novel, Al Aswany dissects modern Egyptian society and reveals with skill and detachment the hypocrisy, violence and abuse of power characteristic of a world in moral crisis. Here, though, the focus has shifted from the broad historical canvas to the...
| Автор | Humphrey Davies |
Czwarty markiz Dain miał traumatyczne dzieciństwo i wyrósł na trudnego człowieka, który sprowadza innych na złą drogę. Wśród tych innych znalazł się brat panny Jessiki Trent. Jessica zamierza uratować brata, mimo że jako kobieta rozsądna dobrze wie, iż powinna trzymać się z dala od mężczyzn takich jak lord Dain. Ten zaś żywi awersję do przyzwoitych kobiet, panna Trent nie powinna go więc w ogóle interesować. A jednak od pierwszego spotkania jakaś siła pcha tych dwoje ku sobie, co przy takich...
| Автор | Loretta Chase |
Rewolucja była jak rozwścieczone morze: zmiatała wszystko, co jej stawiało opór. Człowiek nie miał szans w starciu z taką potęgą. Ginął w niej bez śladu, jak ziarnko piasku w oceanie. Doktor Gaston Laval pracuje we francuskim szpitalu polowym. Tam poznaje Polkę, Muriel de Voss, której największym marzeniem jest zostanie lekarką. Tajemnicza kobieta zaskakuje go swoją znajomością anatomii, chirurgii i leków, a historia jej życia porusza go do głębi. Pomiędzy nimi rodzi się uczucie, jednak...
| Автор | Bogna Ziembicka |
Jedna z najpopularniejszych powieści hiszpańskich ostatnich lat. Ponad 6 milionów sprzedanych egzemplarzy. #1 na listach bestsellerów nieprzerwanie przez 13 miesięcy. W MAGICZNEJ SCENERII ŚREDNIOWIECZNEJ BARCELONY ROZGRYWA SIĘ HISTORIA WIELKICH NAMIĘTNOŚCI, TRAGICZNYCH MIŁOŚCI, ZDRAD, SPISKÓW I ZEMSTY. Bernat Estanyol chciał dla siebie i rodziny godnego życia. Ale godność chłopa dla średniowiecznych magnatów jest niczym… Zmuszony do ucieczki, zdany na łaskę i niełaskę losu, Bernat...
| Автор | Ildefonso Falcones |
Cosa succede quando un duca si innamora di una ragazza insignificante? Lady Lenora St. Martin è timida ed insignificante. Non ha idea di come comportarsi in società, quindi quando Julian Everleigh, il duca di Ashley, le chiede di ballare, lei si innamora perdutamente di lui. Tuttavia dopo quel ballo lui sembra non accorgersi più di lei e Lenora deve trovare un modo di uscire da sola dalla propria nicchia, mentre giura di non innamorarsi mai più. Mentre lei sboccia, Julian si accorge di lei e...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
William y Olivia se enfrascaron en una batalla de voluntades, pero cuanto más se resiste ella y él la persigue, más se encienden sus pasiones. Una vez que el corazón está comprometido, la resistencia se hace difícil, pero ¿se rendirán a la felicidad para siempre? Un alhelí obstinado… Durante años, el prometido de Lady Olivia Montague la ha ignorado, a ella y a su contrato. Mientras tanto, ella ha decidido permanecer soltera, abrazando la vida de una solterona. Lo último que espera es que su...
| Автор | Amanda Mariel |
O Natal nunca foi tão perverso… Será que Blake terá alguma chance contra sua irmã intrometida, viscos e a magia de Natal? O Natal nunca foi tão perverso… O Conde de Edgemore, Blake Fox, faz o que lhe agrada e nunca sonharia em se desculpar por isso. Seu único ponto fraco é sua irmã, Lady Minerva. Mal sabe ele o que a atrevida tem em mente, e o Natal oferece a oportunidade perfeita. Será que Blake terá alguma chance contra sua irmã intrometida, viscos e a magia de Natal?
| Автор | Amanda Mariel |
E' amore, ciò che prova. o si tratta solo di passione? Lady Brooke Linwood non avrebbe mai immaginato cosa stava per succederle, dopo che era letteralmente piombata addosso al Duca di Grafton. Da quel momento, l'affascinante Duca non la mollerà un attimo, e gradualmente la decisione di Brooke di resistergli vacillerà sempre di più. Deve credere nell'amore o ciò che prova è solamente passione? Brooke ama Drake da quando erano bambini, e lui le aveva promesso di venirla a cercare, una volta...
| Автор | Amanda Mariel |
The London docks in 1818 are no place for a woman. But Aurora Dayne is about to embark on a new life. With her modest belongings and a unique bejeweled locket – her sole legacy from her dead father – she boards a ship bound for Jamaica. All hell breaks loose when pirates storm the gangplank, and the sheltered orphan becomes the prisoner of a ruthless privateer named Vashon. The towering, black-caped stranger arouses Aurora's fear, and her irresistible desire. Haunted by his past, Vashon...
| Автор | Meagan McKinney |
Scottish Highlands, 1329. Sir James McKenna, the second son of the powerful McKenna Chief, knows he has found his destiny when he falls in love with sweet Lady Davina Armstrong, niece of the Armstrong Chief. Orphaned in childhood, Davina has always felt like an outsider, and with James, she finally feels that she belongs. But their plans for a happy future are shattered after a brutal attack by a band of rogues. Horrified, Davina's overprotective family quickly shelters her from everyone –...
| Автор | Adrienne Basso |
Betty Jane Welch reluctantly enters the Miss Delaware contest to make her mother happy and, surprisingly, finds herself to be the judges' choice. Just like that, she's catapulted into the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. Her pageant-approved escort for the week is the dashing, mercurial Griffin McAllister, and she falls for him hard. But when she unexpectedly wins the crown, she finds she may lose what she wants most: Griff. In order to protect his darkest secret, Griff must run,...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Lucas Mayfield, the Eighth Earl of Heightford, couldn't be more pleased with the private club that is his brainchild. But when a young courtesan at the club's masquerade appears far too innocent, his suspicions are raised – along with his interest…until her gleaming hair tumbles down and he recognizes her as the Duke of Chatterwood's beautiful daughter. How did the minx even know the place existed? And how has he allowed himself to give in to temptation and kiss her? Even more...
| Автор | Kristin Vayden |