Resultados para "Sunset" en Histórico

En el Londres de 1857 la mayoría de las jóvenes de su edad sueña con encontrar marido, casarse y cumplir así con lo que la sociedad espera de ellas. Pero que Olivia Turley no es como la mayoría de jóvenes lo saben todos los que la conocen. Su belleza e inteligencia compiten por igual y su innata curiosidad derrotará a todo aquel que pretenda convertirla en un mero objeto decorativo. Rodeada de intelectuales y filósofos, crece acostumbrada a dar su opinión sobre cualquier tema y con un elevado sentido de la justicia.

Septiembre de 1860. Sunset Bayou, Oakville.Han pasado tres años desde que Olivia se trasladó de Londres a la plantación que su tío John le dejó en herencia.Después de su matrimonio con Tyler Hudson nada ha sido como ella había imaginado. La plantación ha seguido funcionando como siempre y los doscientos veintitrés esclavos que eran de su tío ahora son suyos. Los ánimos de los sureños están alterados y su resistencia a lo que consideran intolerables ataques por parte de los yanquis está a punto de llegar a su fin. 

Laura is a liberated and courageous young lady who is convinced that she can make a difference in the small town of Willow Valley. Standing on a tub in Town Square, she encourages all women to fight for their rights and stand up for their beliefs. Equality is her message.

Georgina Wilcox, a wallflower with hidden musical talents, is furious when her reclusive older sister—the recently widowed Viscountess—refuses sorely needed help from the Duke of Torrance, the only gentleman who has shown kindness to the bereft Wilcox sisters. Georgina decides to get back at her sister and shock the Viscountess by kissing the first willing stranger she meets in the enchanting gardens of Anya House. Unfortunately, her sister is not the sole witness. A group of reporters and the ton's leading gossips catch Georgina in a passionate embrace with a reticent composer.

Twenty-one-year-old Katie Porter is beginning a career as a newspaper reporter for her local paper. Her first assignment is to cover the debutante party of a close friend, but she soon finds herself investigating a complicated mystery from her past, one that could affect her future. Will she be ready for intrigue, spies, codes, and even possibly a romance?

When the sun goes down, the secrets come out... After the death of her parents, Aria Jones is sent to live with her reclusive starlet aunt at the Chateau Marmont, the notorious hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. Left alone to wander its halls, Aria sees everything - the deals, the desires, the price...

Set in Lancashire and Western Australia in the 1860s, Anna Jacobs' entrancing new saga follows the fortunes of the family that first appeared in FAREWELL TO LANCASHIRE In the untamed outback of Western Australia, the Blake sisters are together again despite what seemed like unsurmountable odds...

It was a secret kept for fifty years... The bewitching novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of CATHERINE: A RETELLING OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS - for fans of Sarah Waters and Tracy Chevalier. When journalist Ed Peters unearths a dusty old photograph of the alluring and reclusive silent-film...