Victorian

Haunted by a dark secret, Dorian, the Duke of Rath, is consumed by wrath and guilt. The powerful lord will endure any torture to atone for his sins, even marry a perfect stranger—his victim’s little sister—to save her family from ruin.

Middlemarch is a complex tale of idealism, disillusion, profligacy, loyalty and frustrated love. This penetrating analysis of the life of an English provincial town during the time of social unrest prior to the Reform Bill of 1832 is told through the lives of Dorothea Brooke and Dr Tertius Lydgate and includes a host of other paradigm characters who illuminate the condition of English life in the mid-nineteenth century.America.

Suspecting he can never be the man Emma Peters wishes him to be, Lucien Morgen, the fifth duke of Willyngham, decides to break off their long-standing engagement... only to discover the innocent fiancé he set aside for years has unexpectedly blossomed into a passionate, irresistible woman. When All Through the House...

London 1860. I suppose you could say I was a voyeur and what I was doing was wrong, criminal even. But I’d suggest that no hot-blooded man could resist a look after finding peepholes behind the walls of Wychwood. Through the peepholes I saw my most secret desires playing out before my eyes. One of the gents I watched was deliciously handsome with brooding stormy eyes and darling black curls. So taken was I that he haunted my dreams. I knew the comely young man only by a number, 27 as none of the queer fellows who attended Wychwood gave their names.

Merrick Welbourne never anticipated discovering a long-lost twin—particularly one who'd rob him and leave him for dead on the road. Now living his brother's aristocratic life, he has new trials, tribulations... and temptations, not the least being Chloe Simon, a woman of rare mettle, proud heart, and unprecedented beauty. But she’s no easy mark for a perceived highwayman.

Once upon a time, Alexandra Grace Huntington believed in fairy tales. She oohed and aahed over gowns from Courtauld’s, never wore black lest in mourning, always minded her social graces, and never, ever indulged her inner bluestocking. Now her life is a mess. She’s home alone for the holidays, alone, no siblings, no friends, and not a shred of pride remaining. But that’s all well and good, so far as Alex is concerned, because everything she once knew was all wrong.

Lady Rosella Prescott has loved one man for as long as she can remember. To her dismay, he has only ever seen her as a friend—or worse, as a little sister. Despite her best efforts to capture his attention, nothing seems to change. It frustrates her endlessly, and at times she wonders if she’s a hellion for her boldness. But in her heart, she knows she’s his hellion. If only he would look at her and truly see it.

An unexpected romance unfolds when a reluctant earl discovers an injured woman with amnesia on his land in this snappy historical romance perfect for fans of Evie Dunmore or Minerva Spencer.

Ein Mauerblümchen zu sein, hat nie besser ausgesehen, aber auch das wird Lady Juliette Brooks nicht retten. Ihr Vater hat eine Ehe mit einem gewalttätigen Mann für sie arrangiert. Ihr bleibt nur eine einzige Wahl – den Herzog von Kissinger zu zwingen, ein Versprechen zu ehren, das er ihr vor langer Zeit gegeben hat.

On the Eve of her wedding Rebecca Grayson suffers a tragic accident and wakes surrounded by a loving family and a handsome fiancé she doesn’t recognize. Feeling adrift and alone, she struggles to remember her life and Adam. He wants to help her rediscover their intimate past and passionate plans for a future together, but he is a stranger to her. Despite her attraction to Adam, she wonders if she can keep her promise to marry him and if she’ll ever find her way back to the boy who had promised her forever.