Victorian

Evie Harlow is quite content running the quaint little bookshop she inherited from her father…or so she convinces herself anyway....

Lady Hannah Simmons is a quintessential wallflower, unassuming, dowdy yet ignored by most. But underneath her plain exterior, Hannah is hiding a thrilling secret!

When her student goes missing, an independent bluestocking must seek the help of the arrogant duke who spurned her in this sizzling tale of romance and intrigue, perfect for fans of Netflix's Bridgerton series.

Christopher Egan is one of London's most scandalous rakes. He's never credited the gossips' claim that fate cast an ancient curse on every successive Earl of Prestwick as punishment for their wickedness, but it looks as if he may be the next to lose his head....

There aren't many young ladies who'd be eager to accept a governess position with wild twin boys in a lonely castle deep in the Oxfordshire countryside, but Helena Templeton has never been much like other young ladies....

The culmination of Jane Austen's genius, a sparkling comedy of love and marriage Beautiful, clever, rich and single Emma Woodhouse is...

Honoria Keyes isn't the gawky, impressionable fifteen year old girl she was when she first met Simon Fairchild. Twelve years have passed, and she's a successful artist, enjoying her independence to the fullest. Simon has changed, too. Gone is the beautiful, gentle boy of Honoria's dreams....

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the quintessential question of what family means to a Cynster in this tale of the last unmarried member of the Cynster Next Generation and the final mission that opens his eyes....

Lord Roland Crewe wants nothing to do with love or romance. He's already proven he's a terrible husband-twice!-and has no interest in doing it again. But for some reason, he struggles to remember that when he's with Aurelia.

Being the sweet, biddable, pretty sister isn't as easy as one might think. Selina knows this all too well. Love? That was never a possibility for her. Not when she was expected to marry a wealthy man and save her entire family from financial ruin.

Gareth Lockheart is one of the richest men in England, but it will also take a proper country estate and an aristocratic wife with impeccable connections to gain entrée into the corridors of power....

Finding out that her husband was a bigamist didn't devastate Portia Stefani; she held her head high when she forced him out of her life. But losing her beloved music school as a result of the traitorous bastard's gambling debts almost destroyed her....

In the sordid streets of Victorian London, unwanted desire flares between two bitter enemies brought together by a deadly secret....

Exiled for 20 years, Lucien never planned to return to England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, he has inherited an earldom - and enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast....

Juliana St. John faces the ultimate mortification when she's stood up on her wedding day. But then fate places her face-to-face with her first love, Elliot McBride....

Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of Victorian London's wealthiest, most influential men....

As Stephen investigates a plague of giant rats sweeping London, his sudden increase in power, boosted by his blood-and-sex bond with Crane, is rousing suspicion that he's turned warlock....

When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall....

With a series of horrifying occult murders to be investigated and a young student who is flying - literally - off the rails, magical law enforcer Stephen Day is under increasing stress....

Famed and brilliant, Lady Alexandra Lane has always known how to look out for to herself. But nobody would ever expect that she has darkness in her past - one that she pays a blackmailer to keep buried....

Adopted into the household of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, Fanny Price grows up a meek outsider among her cousins in the unaccustomed...

After two loveless marriages to older men, lonely, widowed countess Alicia Selwood is ready to find a competent, passionate lover. But her late night . . . adventures will require her to take on a bodyguard with a proven track record of professionalism and discretion....

A year ago, Sabella Lockhart lived in sheltered gentility as the sister of a Scottish lord. Then her brother's shocking crimes came to light, leaving her with nothing but horrifying memories, unpayable debts, and a blackened name.

Poppy had always loved the night, so it wasn't too much of a bother to wake one evening in an unfamiliar home far from London, weak and confused and plagued with a terrible thirst for blood, to learn that she could no longer step out into the day....

While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell gets the surprise of her life....

Un amore che sfida il tempo, un segreto nascosto sotto strati di colore. Tra i vicoli di Firenze e nelle ville nobiliari di Fiesole, due storie d'amore, separate da oltre un secolo, si intrecciano grazie a un enigmatico dipinto. Nel 1887, Clelia, una giovane duchessa intrappolata in un matrimonio di convenienza, trova un rifugio inaspettato in Alberto, un uomo affascinante e tormentato dal desiderio di fuggire verso un destino sconosciuto. La loro passione proibita è destinata a lasciare un segno indelebile, nascosto sotto i colori di una tela misteriosa.

Londra 1837 - Abilene Fairfax è abituata a dare scandalo al Ton e non si cura delle chiacchiere e alle maldicenze che la seguono da quando ha sposato il vecchio Conte di Stonefield. Arthur Lake è un amico d’infanzia della Duchessa di Clarendon, che ha riversato nella professione medica e nell’affetto per il figlio la sua passione e le sue speranze. Quando le condizioni di salute del Conte si aggravano, Lady Stonefield decide che deve dare a tutti i costi un erede al casato. Contatta così il dottor Lake, affinché attesti il suo stato e la segua nella gravidanza e nel parto.

Ein geheimnisvoller neuer Hauslehrer, eine überwältigende Liebe unter schwierigen Bedingungen und eine wissenschaftsbegeisterte junge Frau, die um ihren Platz im Leben kämpft. Der romantische zweite Band der Regency – Liebesgeschichte über die Familie Cossin. Preußen, 1817: Charlotte von Cossin ist - zum Missfallen ihrer Familie - fest entschlossen, nicht zu heiraten, sondern ihr Leben der Wissenschaft zu widmen. Doch dann trifft ihr neuer Hauslehrer Philipp von Lotz auf Gut Cossin ein – und ihr Entschluss wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt.

Crumbling castles shrouded in secrets, ghostly skeletons cloaked in black veils, and innocent maidens held in the gravest of danger: the clich‚d tropes of gothic romance fill the mind of Catherine Morland, the young, naive, but warm-hearted heroine of Jane Austen's parody of the popular fiction of her time.

Wenn aus dem Spiel der Verführung wahre Liebe wird. Die prickelnde Regency Romance von Stacy Reid! Christopher Worth, der Duke of Carlyle, ist sehr bedacht seinen seriösen Ruf zu schützen und dafür sein dunkles, ungezügeltes Herz zu verbergen. Doch auf einmal will eine Klatschkolumne ihn als lüsternen Schurken entlarven.

Non poteva averla e non poteva perderla. Come una dolce ossessione, Goldie si era impadronita della sua mente. "Quando erano insieme i fantasmi sparivano, i pensieri tornavano limpidi, il futuro gli sembrava migliore. Thomas temeva di innamorarsi di lei, e il pensiero lo terrorizzava." Dopo sette anni trascorsi in Egitto come archeologo, Lord Thomas Thornton è costretto a tornare in Inghilterra. È l’erede di suo fratello, il duca di Halthorpe, ma del titolo non gli importa nulla e non intende sposarsi, soprattutto dopo il grave incidente di cui è rimasto vittima durante l’ultimo scavo.

Balthazar and his siblings are living the good life in the utopian community of Canoga, New York, where they have a degree of sexual and intellectual freedom few men—and even fewer women—have ever known. But sadly, all good things must come to an end. When their father dies, the Hale siblings discover two disheartening truths. First, they have an older brother none of them knew existed. Second, this stranger is not only the heir to an English dukedom, he's also their new legal guardian.

Dos personas entregadas a lealtades distintas, opuestas, en pugna, se cortejan, se buscan: como dos espías que intentan obtener la información del otro. Uno es un lord inglés, la otra una dama escocesa. Ambos comprenden que juegan un juego peligroso; ambos comprenden que la atracción también surge de la rivalidad.

Returning from University, Ellen is disenchanted with her chosen career. Leaving home wasn't what she wanted. She missed Clover Springs, in particular a certain older man. Could she convince her family her true vocation lay as a wife and mother?

If there's one thing society knows about Thorne Cumming, the new Duke of Stroken, it's that he enjoys the pleasures offered by a lady. Or two ladies—or even a gentleman. Or all of them at once; he's not picky when it comes to pleasure. But now that his uncle's gone and selfishly died, Thorne is having to learn how to Duke—and must save the Crown from a traitor who is days away from falling into his trap!

Theodor Fontane's best-known novel is published in simple language for the first time. Theodor Fontane's best-known novel is published in simple language for the first time. It largely complies with the ISO 24495-1:2023 plain language standard. We have also largely adapted it for plain language. The content is also typographically designed to be particularly reader-friendly. The book is suitable for readers with limited reading ability, English as a second language or with cognitive impairments.

Soltanto per amore amami e per sempre, per l’eternità. "Permettetemi di essere il vostro cavaliere per questa sera." “E per sempre”, avrebbe voluto aggiungere. Cavaliere. Campione. Guerriero. Schiavo. Qualunque cosa Phoebe avesse scelto, pur di restarle accanto. Dopo il disastroso matrimonio che l’ha privata di tutto tranne che della dignità, Phoebe Maple ha finalmente ritrovato la serenità come direttrice dell’Istituto Femminile di Greenhill. Con l’amore e con gli uomini ha chiuso per sempre, soprattutto con quelli come Lord Mark Antony Thornton, il più inaffidabile dei libertini.

Phoebe Atkinson is what society might call unconventional. Instead of marrying well like other women born to wealth, she chose to be a schoolteacher. Not to mention she lives in a leaky flat in an unfashionable part of town rather than stay in her parents’ mansion. But when her most promising pupil goes missing she has only one option: beg her sister’s best friend, the powerful Duke of Ellis, for help.

"Sashi era l’unica signora del suo cuore. L’unica che Grant non poteva amare e che, invece, amava disperatamente." Grant Cameron, direttore della Selby Overseas di Calcutta, è un uomo di successo, stimato da tutti e corteggiato dalle lady inglesi, ma non dimentica il passato che dalla Scozia lo ha condotto in India, né la gratitudine che lo lega a Lord Selby. Pertanto, non può rifiutare l’incarico di vegliare sulla giovane figlia dell’amico, anche se i sentimenti che la bellissima Sashi gli suscita nel cuore sono ben più profondi e intensi.

Ewan es el pequeño de los McEntrie, quizá por ello siempre ha estado en un segundo plano y se ha dedicado a observar a sus hermanos y a aprender de ellos. Le gustan los animales en general, aunque siente un afecto especial hacia los caballos, claro. Siempre ha sabido lo que quería hacer en la vida y cuando por fin consigue que su padre le dé permiso para ir a la mejor escuela veterinaria de Inglaterra se siente realizado por completo. Aunque a sus hermanos no les parece que esté realizado del todo y no se privan de decírselo.