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Christian Montcalm was a practical, if destitute, scoundrel, but his plan to bed and wed the delectable Miss Hetty Chipple…
would take care of that sticky wicket. Annelise Kempton desired nothing more than to come between this despicable rogue and the fortune (and virtue) of her young charge. All that stood in her way was a man whose rakish charm could tempt a saint to sin, or consign a confirmed spinster to sleepless nights of longing. Explicit descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2006.
Josie, the youngest Scottish Essex heiress, is mocked by her peers for her ample figure. When one of her mockers…
nearly rapes her, Josie fears she'll have to marry the lecherous young man. But then an unexpected knight in shining armour comes to her rescue. Explicit descriptions of sex. Sequel to "The taming of the duke". 2006. (Essex sisters ; 4)
'' Pendant que le seigneur de Berthier multiplie les efforts pour faire fructifier ses terres, des rebelles des colonies américaines,…
avides de liberté, menacent les villages parsemés le long des rives du Saint-Laurent. Le capitaine Henry Cairns doit répondre à l'appel de l'armée britannique et part en guerre contre les insurgés, laissant Mathilde, sa fiancée, en charge de la gouvernance des enfants Cuthbert au manoir de Berthier. Leur promesse réciproque et les rêves de mariage qui les lient résisteront-ils aux manigances de Julia et aux aléas de la guerre? '' -- 4e de couv.
Once the toast of London, divorced Lottie Cummings is now notorious, shunned, and lured to become a Covent Garden courtesan.…
The illegitimate son of a duke, Ethan Ryder fought for Napoleon until his capture landed him in England as a prisoner of war. On parole, Ethan is planning his most audacious coup yet, but he needs Lottie's help to create a spectacular diversion. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2010.
As the king of Cardinia lay dying, he made his son Stefan, the crown prince, promise that he would find…
and marry Princess Tatiana Janacek, to whom the prince is engaged. Stefan travels to America and finds her performing as a dancer in a Mississippi tavern. Unaware of her birthright, Tatiana is infuriated by Stefan’s passion for her and vows never to yield to his desire. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. c1991.
Their marriage lasted only slightly longer than the honeymoon - to no one's surprise, not even Bryony Asquith's. A man…
as talented, handsome, and sought after by society as Leo Marsden couldn't possibly want to spend his entire life with a woman who rebelled against propriety by becoming a doctor. Why, then, three years after their annulment and half a world away, does he track her down at her clinic in the remotest corner of India? Explicit descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence, strong language. 2009.
" Janvier 1861, université de Pétersbourg : la jeune Apollinaria Souslova, fille d'un serf émancipé, rencontre Fédor Dostoïevski. Elle rêve…
d'une carrière littéraire, il lui promet de l'aider, sans imaginer qu'elle deviendra sa muse. S'ensuit une passion charnelle et orageuse, qui réveillera les démons de chacun. L'écrivain est marié et Apollinaria fuit à Paris. Mais n'étreint-on pas toujours ceux qui nous échappent ? De Saint-Pétersbourg à Paris, en passant par Rome, Naples et Baden-Baden, Capucine Motte nous emporte dans la dérive de deux êtres acharnés à se perdre. " -- 4e de couv.
La France de la fin du 11e siècle. Isambour, brodeuse de toile, épouse Bernold, maître verrier. Les voici avec des…
enfants, un domaine, des ateliers dans lesquels on fabrique des vitraux. Mais un jour, tout s'effondre. 1985.
À partir d'une documentation considérable, Françoise Chandernagor nous parle de Françoise D'Aubigné (Madame de Maintenon), qu'on surnomma " La belle…
Indienne ". Elle fut la seconde épouse de Louis XIV. 1982.
During the Spanish Civil War, Clancy Cox, a volunteer nurse from Australia, works tirelessly to assist Republican soldiers in their…
fight against fascism, but the conflict does not go as well as planned: the Popular Front’s swift victory grows ever more unlikely, and famine has taken hold. But Clancy finds hope in the person of Douglas Ross, a Canadian soldier from the International Brigade who Clancy nurses back to health, physically and spiritually. But with the defeat of the Republic looming, Ross chooses to return to war, leaving Clancy alone and pregnant - but determined to reunite with her lost lover. Some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. c2011.
1876. Sarah Merritt has come to Deadwood in the Dakota Territory for two reasons - to find her sister Addie…
and tell her that their father is dead, and to start the town's first daily paper. Addie, who ran away from home five years ago, is working at Rosie Hossiter's boardinghouse as an "upstairs girl." Finding Addie is easy, but everything else Sarah tries lands her in big trouble. Some strong language. Descriptions of sex and violence. Bestseller. 1992.
In the early 1800's, 12-year-old Mary Anning, a cabinet-maker's daughter, found the first intact skeleton of a prehistoric dolphin-like creature,…
and spent a year chipping it from the soft cliffs near Lyme Regis, England. Henry de la Beche, son of a gentry family and living with his elegant, cynical mother in Lyme Regis, pursued his passion for drawing and painting the landscapes and fossils of the area. One morning on an expedition to see an extraordinary discovery - a giant fossil - he meets a young woman unlike anyone he has ever met. 2010.
In the mid-19th-century, the inheritor of his clan's visionary power to see the future is Lord Genji, a powerful samurai…
warlord who favours western style modernization for Japan but faces fierce opposition from the antiforeigner element. Compounding his political troubles is his love affair with an American missionary, Emily Gibson, who has been in Japan for six years, doing her missionary work, trying to hide her feelings for Genji, and translating a series of mysterious scrolls recounting the history of the clan. As she reads the scrolls, she discovers inexplicable references to her own life and her association with Genji's family. Some descriptions of sex, some violence. 2004.
During a dreary late 1970s London winter, Chris is drawn to mysterious Roza, a Yugoslav émigrée. As their relationship develops,…
Roza starts to tell him the story of her life, drawing him increasingly into her world - from her childhood as a daughter of one of Tito's Partisans through her journey to England and on to her more recent colourful and dangerous past in London. 2008.
Montana, 1881. Headstrong Lacy Gallatin feels out of place at the roadhouse she runs with her sisters Gwen and Beth,…
both of whom are now married. Lacy also desperately wants to find the man who killed her father. Deputy sheriff Dave Shepard offers Lacy a chance at justice--and love. Sequel to "A Love to Last Forever". 2009.
Montana Territory, 1879. Sisters Beth, Gwen, and Lacy Gallatin run their late father's roadhouse, which is located next to Rafe…
Reynolds's saloon. Gwen, the eldest, thinks she's cursed after losing both her parents and her husband. Then Hank Bishop appears, claiming to be Gwen's brother-in-law--and love heals her wounds. Followed by "A Love to Last Forever". 2008.
In 1875, Sisi the Empress of Austria is the woman that every man desires and every woman envies. Beautiful, athletic…
and intelligent, Sisi has everything - except happiness. Bored with the stultifying etiquette of the Hapsburg Court and her dutiful but unexciting husband, Franz Joseph, Sisi comes to England to hunt. She comes looking for excitement and she finds it in the dashing form of Captain Bay Middleton, the only man in Europe who can outride her. Ten years younger than her and engaged to the rich and devoted Charlotte, Bay has everything to lose by falling for a woman who can never be his. But Bay and the Empress are as reckless as each other, and their mutual attraction is a force that cannot be denied. 2014.
Jenny finds herself leading a life of despair after Claudia, the Mistress of the household, forces Jenny to raise her…
illegitimate baby. Yet baby Katie becomes a source of strength for Jenny as she fights a courageous battle against the evil Claudia in defence of what is hers. Meanwhile, Jenny dreams of the day when her lover Frank will return so they may continue the life they were meant to have together. 1994.
David and Cathleen are childhood sweethearts. Throughout their childhood their love grows stronger and now, in 1900, they start to…
plan a life together. But an envious woman is determined to ruin their happiness and uses David's father to do so. 2000.
Set in 16th-century England in the court of Henry VIII, this tells a story of intrigue and deceit, as a…
young woman schemes to break up her sister's betrothal to an aspiring duke. Sequel to "Who brings forth the wind". 1995.