Showing results for "Helena" in Historical

Era un día muy caluroso y a Venus Collingswood le apetecía darse un baño en el estanque. pero no quería que se le mojara el vestido. Total, ninguno de los habitantes del pequeño Little Huffington iba a pasar por ahí. Además, ese era el entorno perfecto donde pergeñar un plan para que su hermana Afrodita, un ratón de biblioteca, conociera y se enamorara del nuevo duque de Greycliffe, que llegaría a tomar posesión de sus tierras dentro de una semana.

Life is extraordinarily dull for Wilhelmina Fairweather. With her days spent reading in the conservatory, she secretly longs for an adventure. Unfortunately, adventures do not come easily for someone like Willa. Afflicted with bouts of asthma since childhood, an exciting life far from home is a hope she dares not entertain. For as every Fairweather knows, hope has no place at Haven House. That is until the holiday season heralds the arrival of a new doctor to the area.

Helena Sandstrom has been working as the governess for Rupert and Tommy Edgerton for several months now, finding the routine a safe place to hide from the troubles of her past. She's accepted that her life will be different from how she always imagined it - not every dream is meant to come true. Caleb Edgerton is nearly worn out after two years of being the sole caretaker for his aging mother. Her health has taken a turn, and he can no longer manage her care alone. Coming to his brother for help, he finds a source of comfort in the most unexpected place - the schoolroom.

Helena nunca esqueceu o verão que passou na mágica Pandora, a casa de seu padrinho no Chipre, onde, cercada por oliveiras e pelo verde-esmeralda do Mediterrâneo, ela se apaixonou pela primeira vez, aos 15 anos. Mais de duas décadas depois, tendo herdado a antiga propriedade, ela retorna a Pandora para mais um verão, dessa vez em companhia do marido e dos filhos. No entanto, Helena sabe que voltar àquele lugar pode trazer à tona segredos que ela preferia esconder.

Au tournant du vingtième siècle, Héléna Pelletier, une jeune femme originaire de La Plaine, cherche le bonheur dans son petit patelin du trécarré. Éblouie par la vision d'un amour parfait, elle n'arrive pas à trouver un homme en harmonie avec les élans de son cœur. Elle s'aventure ainsi sur un chemin de sacrifices et de persévérance pour aller au bout de son rêve, car, pour elle comme pour d'autres, le mariage apparaît comme une planche de salut.

Queen Victoria's top assassin, Lord Alexander Stokes, harbors his fair share of dark secrets. Chief among them his membership in an elite brothel. When a damsel-in-distress appeals for his help, he ponders the consequences, yet her similarity to his first love intrigues him. He offers to help her with a single condition: that the beauty consents to be his chattel for an entire year.

Året är 1901 i Stockholm. Helga och Carl-Evert är förälskade i varandra, men Helga vågar inte ta steget mot det samvetsäktenskap som det skrivs om i tidningarna. När Helgas båda föräldrar dör tar Pastor Gregorius hand om henne, och hon blir snart hans fru. Helga blir besviken och olycklig då hennes nya make inte förmår att väcka hennes glöd. En annan man väcker lustar som hon inte trott vara möjliga. Samtidigt smider hennes förtrogne, Doktor Glas, andra planer.

En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, Henar, una joven huérfana, viaja hasta el Bierzo para trabajar en una granja de abejas. Coincidiendo con su llegada, comienzan a aparecer en la comarca niñas asesinadas, con un corte en el cuello y el cadáver sin sangre.

1854, California. En una tierra donde las mujeres escasean, los hombres del rancho de Curtis Loan han solicitado esposas para convertir Loan’s Valley en un pueblo próspero y con futuro. Shannon Blythe es una de las mujeres que acepta la solicitud y viaja desde Independence en la caravana que la llevará a su nueva vida, donde espera encontrar un marido que la acepte tal y como es.

Tyylikäs kreivi Charncliffe kosii kaunista Elaine Dalea, ja pian Elaine pyytää kosijaltaan uusia huonekaluja aivan Ranskasta asti. Kreivi suostuu, mutta matkasta tulee paljon luultua vaarallisempi. Pariisin lähettyvillä sijaitsevassa vanhassa linnassa kreivi tapaa ihastuttavan, hengenvaaraan joutuneen Lynetan ja pelastaa tämän. Pelokas neito alkaa kuitenkin ripustautua komeaan kreiviin liiaksikin, ja tästä tulee taakka kannettavaksi. Paluumatka on raskas, mutta kunniansa tähden kreivi pitää kiinni Elainelle antamastaan jalosta lupauksesta.

The key to her heart is waiting in medieval Scotland. Delivered to the past.... When Daisy Stone delivers a parcel to a crumbling highland castle, she’s not looking for love. But when a silver key unlocks a door to the past, she steps through and finds the man of her dreams waiting on the other side. A gift from the future.... Laird Jock MacGregor has fallen for a beguiling woman no one can find. One minute she was right there in front of him, the next she was gone. The sole clue to finding her again is sitting in the palm of his hand. If only he can work out what it means.

The key to understanding the past is to live through it...History student Rachel Fisher has dreamed of the past all her life. When a mysterious box sends her back through time to 12th century Scotland she thinks her dreams have come true, especially when she falls straight into the arms of a burly Highland Laird who vows to protect her from the evil that's chasing her.

When private eye Jessica Abrahams is sent a mysterious key, it’s the start of a journey that ends with her traveling back through time to 13th-century Scotland. She arrives in a land on the brink of ruin, the starving people held in the grip of a cruel despot. She has many questions, but the one she needs the answer most is why everyone is calling her Morag?