Ergebnis für "The Door" in Historische Liebesromane

When Miss Henrietta Dixon wants something, she finds a way to have it. When an incident in London sends her and her sister to Bath, she can think of no better opportunity to reunite her sister with the man she has always loved by inviting him to stay at the last available townhouse next door in the Royal Crescent. Her plan is coming along splendidly, until the earl of Guildford walks—or rather, saunters—into town, and steals it from under her nose.

Amara has escaped her life as a slave in the town's most notorious brothel, but now her existence depends on the affections of her patron: a man she might not know as well as she once thought. At night, she dreams of the wolf den, still haunted by her past. Amara longs for the women she was forced to leave behind and worse, finds herself pursued by the man who once owned her. In order to be free, she will need to be as ruthless as he is. Amara knows her existence in Pompeii is subject to Venus, the goddess of love. Yet finding love may prove to be the most dangerous act of all.

Lucien Saxby is a journalist, writing for the society pages. The Honourable Aubrey Fanshawe, second son of an earl, is Society. They have nothing in common, until a casual encounter leads to a crisis. Aubrey isn’t looking for love. He already has it, in his long-term clandestine relationship with Lord and Lady Hernedale.

Een internationaal topdebuut: "Door het grote vuur" is het adembenemende verhaal van een verboden liefde tussen twee jonge officieren tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog. De gehavende skeletten van bomen staken spits af tegen het heldere sterrenlicht in Niemandsland. Van tijd tot tijd liet de hemel een glimp van ongewone schoonheid zien. De mannen schreven erover in hun brieven aan het thuisfront, ze beschreven de zonsondergang heel gedetailleerd, alsof er aan het oorlogsfront alleen maar karmozijnrode wolken en gouden lichtstralen met sterrenstof te zien waren.

Twenty-six-year-old Paige Redmond, single mom and go-getter, can't wait to give her daughter, Evie, the Christmas of her dreams. Nothing can get in Paige's way, not even her newly purchased fixer-upper cottage needing way more fixing than she planned.

Drie vriendinnen uit Parijs staan voor onmogelijke keuzes. Parijs, 1940. Terwijl de stad bezet wordt door de nazi's proberen drie jonge naaisters zo normaal mogelijk door te gaan met hun leven. Mireille raakt betrokken bij het verzet, Claire heeft zich laten verleiden door een Duitse officier en Vivienne heeft geheimen die ze aan geen van beiden kan onthullen. Als hun activiteiten aan het licht dreigen te komen, worden ze geconfronteerd met onmogelijke keuzes.

Clara Blackwell helps her mother manage a struggling one-hundred-year old family bookshop in Asheville, North Carolina, but the discovery of a forgotten letter opens a mystery of a long-lost romance and undiscovered inheritance which could save its future. Forced to step outside of her predictable world, Clara embarks on an adventure with only the name Oliver as a hint of the man’s identity in her great-great-grandmother’s letter. From the nearby grand estate of the Vanderbilts, to a hamlet in Derbyshire, England, Clara seeks to uncover truth about family.

Young women growing up in De Smet live by two rules: don’t go out in a snowstorm and don’t give your heart to Cap Garland. Young Mariah Patterson only managed to obey one. Orphaned and having devoted her youth to scrapping out a life with her brother Charles, Mariah finds herself with no option but to marry the devoted—but dull—Merrill Gowan. Throwing caution to the wind, she seizes an opportunity to lay her feelings at Cap’s feet, even though she knows Cap sees the world through the torch he carries for Laura Ingalls.

Stepping off the boat in Mombasa, 18-year-old Rachel Fullsmith stands on Kenyan soil for the first time in six years. She has come home. But when Rachel reaches the family farm at the end of the dusty Rift Valley Road, she finds so much has changed. Her beloved father has moved his new partner and her son into the family home. She hears menacing rumours of Mau Mau violence and witnesses cruel reprisals by British soldiers.

After being captured and held captive in a traveling menagerie, Alwyn Ap Lewin, Duke of Llewellyn, refuses to shift into his lion form. The longer he denies his inner lion, the sicker he gets, but he'd rather die free than be captive ever again. The denizens of Lowell Close live in fear and suspicion of Alwyn—except for lady apothecary Tabitha Barrington. Tabitha alone can help the shapeshifting duke, and with her by his side, the Wild Lion of Wales discovers he has something to live for and to fight for after all.

When Adeline, Dowager Countess of Wake, learns of her husband’s sudden death, she realizes she’s free. At last, she can do, go, and be as she pleases. Finally, she can have the life she has always dreamed of. She doesn’t need, or want, to remarry. Especially not the supremely dashing future Marquis of Marksworth, who makes Adeline yearn for his desire. Lord Lyonwood, son of a philandering marquis, will not be like his father. He wants to run his estates and watch them flourish - and find a wife who brings love to his life.

Marianne Findlay lives next door to the Earl of Latteridge’s York townhouse. Though she has never met him, it was his mother who sealed her fate years before - and drove her from polite society. Now she and Aunt Effie take in boarders and live a modest life, which is soon disrupted by the handsome earl, his scapegrace younger brother, his charming and determined sister - and that vengeful mother of his.

Even though it has been over a year since Alexander’s mother had murdered him, Lady Ann is still grieving for her deceased fiancé. So, when Lord Bright (Patrick) makes a simple request for aid in chaperoning his sister during the upcoming season, Ann decides some time in London might be what she needs to overcome her sorrow.

Britannia, 98 n.Chr.. De bruisende legerbasis Vindolanda ligt aan de noordelijke grens van het Romeinse Rijk. Het zal nog zo'n twintig jaar duren voordat keizer Hadrianus zijn beroemde muur bouwt, dus de verdediging is zwak. De omringende volkeren komen in opstand tegen de Romeinen en lokale druïden prediken de ondergang van de indringers.

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?

The onslaught of Modred's forces may have been temporarily halted, but danger lurks around every corner for Myrddin and Nell. Not only do they face treachery on the part of their enemies, but allies - and even family too - cannot be trusted. Only by joining forces can they succeed in averting the terrible fate that threatens their king, their country, and their own lives.