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En cette première moitié du XIXe siècle, Julia Angellier est loin de disposer de toutes les qualités rêvées chez une jeune femme: docilité, patience, abnégation, respect des traditions. Mme Angellier le constate une fois de plus en écoutant sa fille aînée proclamer qu'elle refuse de se laisser marier avec quelqu'un qui ne lui plaît pas. Songe-t-elle à une autre alliance que n'approuverait pas son père, Alfred Angellier ? L'idée est presque inconcevable. Julia y pense pourtant, elle aime Rodolphe Vernet, fils d'un colonel d'Empire installé au domaine de Mogador depuis près de dix ans.

De achttienjarige Isobel 'Izzy' Stanhope heeft geheimen. Zo is ze smoorverliefd op een jonge hertog die niet eens weet dat ze bestaat. Ook is haar familie berooid achtergebleven nadat Izzy's vader overleed, maar niemand uit de hogere elite mag dat weten. En dan is er nog haar baan bij de Aviary (Volière), een onderzoeksbureau volledig gerund door vrouwen en gespecialiseerd in het opgraven van schandalen en louche zaken van machtige mannen.

Francia-Inghilterra, XII secolo. Caparbia e intraprendente, la sedicenne Isabelle desidera più di ogni altra cosa sfuggire alla vita soffocante nella provincia francese e all’intransigenza della madre, una donna austera e di vedute ristrette che la vorrebbe confinata in casa e che disapprova il suo sconfinato amore per i libri e le storie. Il matrimonio combinato con Gérard de Meurtaigne, un ricco nobile, altero e imprevedibile come i falchi da cui è ossessionato, sembra, all’inizio, soddisfare il suo desiderio di avventura.

Losing his wife and daughter to influenza shook James Colchester's faith in God. As another epidemic threatens, he's torn between what's best for his fragile son: fleeing to his Welsh homeland, or staying put. In a moment of weakness, the black-haired, green-eyed Gypsy's delicate touch on his palm quells his fears, and her beauty ignites a warmth he hasn't felt in years. Desperate to return to her people, Valentina Rupa goes against every lesson her mother taught her to soothe the Englishman into a false sense of security.

Süddeutschland, 1922: Die junge Näherin Claire verliebt sich in den adligen Helmut von Haynbach. Zunächst treffen sich die beiden nur heimlich, denn seit Langem steht fest, dass er Hilda von Bilgenstein heiraten soll. Doch ihre Gefühle werden immer stärker und Helmut beschließt, die Verlobung mit Hilda zu lösen. Gegen den Willen seiner Familie heiraten Claire und Helmut - und das junge Glück wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt: Die von Haynbachs verstoßen ihren Sohn und seine nicht standesgemäße Ehefrau. Das junge Paar weiß nicht wohin und die Geburt des ersten Kindes rückt näher.

Adam, a Southern gentleman, knew the call to arms was near when President Lincoln asked for 100,000 men to stop secession and rebellion in the South. He joined the Union Cavalry - but not before he married his best, and only, friend. Abby, an Irish immigrant that settled with her family in Virginia, was as Southern as you could get.

Grace Isabella Lee is a woman on the run - from the past, from the lies, and from the ever-growing sense that she just ain't good enough to love. Matthew is a cowboy with a secret, who knows without doubt that anyone he loves will be taken from him, just as was his wife. When Grace falls upon ruffians intent on defiling her, she all but gives up. But Matthew is her guardian angel, and soon becomes much more. Working together on the Baxter homestead, they will discover new truths - about themselves, about each other, and about the world itself.

The Young Love Historical Romance series includes 10 wonderful titles following the romantic adventures of young brides who braved the wilds of the historical West to discover love with strong, honorable men - not without a few challenges and twists and turns along the way!

Lizzie falls asleep wrapped in the quilt her great-great-grandmother made for the World's Fair. She wakes, transported back in time to 1904, and the quilt is missing! Is this all a very elaborate dream, or is she really stuck in the past? And if she is, what can she do to get back to the present? Will Lizzie be forced to share the same fate as her great-great-grandmother, or is there a happily ever after in her future?

Cord McGraw never intended to take up the life of an outlaw, but desperation changed the course of his life. A one-time deal; that's all it was meant to be. He only needed enough to see him through until he got the pay owed him. Someone was counting on him, and he couldn't let her down.