Resultados para "The Baby" en Novela histórica

Hace cien años, hubo dos infantas que despertaban la curiosidad del público y la prensa, tal y como hoy lo hacen la princesa Leonor y su hermana Sofía. Se trataba de Beatriz y María Cristina de Borbón y Battenberg, las hijas de Alfonso XIII y Victoria Eugenia. Baby y Crista, como las llamaban, nacieron rodeadas de los privilegios y ritos de una monarquía decadente, pero con el estigma de la hemofilia, una terrible enfermedad heredada de su madre y de su bisabuela inglesa, la reina Victoria.

Budding mystery writer Mallory was just trying to impress a politically correct girlfriend by delivering hot meals to little old ladies. The last thing he expected was to find his elderly charges such fascinating company, and when one sweet old gal meets an unexpectedly grisly fate, Mal sets out to find and stop the burglars who this time stole a life. The last thing the local sheriff needs, however, is a meddling civilian.

The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet family, with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling on nearby Bristol. Still there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the form of Mary Sweet’s upcoming wedding to her Canadian beau. But even that has failed to rouse their father from his grief. But in London a baby has been found in a bombed out house, sheltered in the arms of his dead mother. A child to make life worth living again...

When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband's mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune - and her freedom. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her life to be near her child - until The Widow's Grace gets her hired as her own son's nanny. But working for his unsuspecting new guardian, Busick Strathmore, duke of Repington, has perils of its own. Especially when Patience discovers his military strictness belies an ex-rake of unswerving honor - and unexpected passion....

During the wealth and glitter of the Gilded Age, a six-year-old heiress goes missing from her opulent hilltop estate. Detective Robert Trevitt sets out to find her. Using inside knowledge of her family's secrets, he searches for little Gwendolen where no one else can, and uncovers truths hidden to all eyes but his. The mystery unwinds in a tale of ghostly regrets, desperate deeds of love, and hopes of forgiveness.

Londres 1942 : profitant du couvre-feu, un tueur hante les rues de la ville. En quelques jours, il assassine et mutile quatre femmes. Son modus operandi interpelle Scotland Yard et la presse, qui le surnomme aussitôt le Blackout Ripper. Les messages qu'il laisse sur les scènes de crime, conçus comme des indices codés, imposent bientôt aux enquêteurs une piste inquiétante : le criminel semble s'inspirer des leçons du mage noir Aleister Crowley et de son manuscrit démoniaque, "Le Livre de la Loi".

A reward of five thousand dollars is offered, by Phil Ocumpaugh, to whoever will give such information as will lead to the recovery, alive or dead, of his six year old daughter, Gwendolen, missing since the afternoon of August the 16th, from her home in New York. Anna Katharine Green was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. She is credited with shaping detective fiction into its classic form, and developing the series detective.

A life-altering betrayal leaves Donna Grace alone, unmarried, and pregnant. She's desperate to leave St. Louis, Missouri, and return to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she grew up, and the only way back is by wagon train. The wagon master refuses to let a single woman drive a wagon without a male escort. Donna knows she can't trust men, but it seems she's going to have to partner with one if she wants to get back home. Luke Russell failed to protect his fiancee. Because of his neglect, she was murdered. When he overhears Donna Grace's predicament, he offers her a marriage of convenience.

July 1941. As the war grinds on, Lady Joanna Harcourt knows that her time at Goodwill House is drawing to close. A new chapter awaits, one that she never expected to happen to her – she is going to be a wife and mother again! Excited with their new arrival and with her beloved Flying Officer John Sergeant back in her life, Joanna hopes that even though war clouds gather, love will prevail, and the future will look brighter than ever for the Harcourt family. John has just one last mission to complete, before they can be together.

Lady Violet returns with St. Sevier to her family seat, and finds Derwent Hall at sixes and sevens upon the occasion of her nephew’s christening. Other guests have brought their children along to celebrate the occasion, and Sebastian MacHeath is on hand to serve as godfather. Nobody seems to be getting along, despite the happy nature of the gathering. Summer heat builds to an unbearable crescendo as clandestine affairs, marital troubles, and family tensions escalate. Then somebody starts kidnapping little girls.

It’s a world of happiness and friendship, but also violence and poverty. Now that Dolly runs the Daydream Gin Palace on Gin Barrel Lane, she can finally control her own destiny, but sometimes fate still plays its hand. Keen to expand her empire, Dolly and Jack take on a new pub, but they are in for a shock when a foul smell in one of the bedrooms turns out to come from a body hidden in the wall. As the police hunt for their suspect, rumours abound, spread by the local urchins - happy to be used as runners for a little bit of food and a coin or two.

Confined to a remote catacomb of caves and the mountain wilderness around it, Jess McPharland is surrounded by brutal men employed in her father's illicit mining operation. Her last attempt to escape only made things worse and confirmed a secret she can't hide much longer. She'll soon be forced into a life more horrific than what she's known. Jess will do anything to break free before her fears come true. When she encounters Gil on the hidden mountain—and he's seeking the very criminal she calls Father—she must convince this stranger to pose as her husband and help her escape.

Years ago, Wynn and Elizabeth Delancy adopted Christine and Henry. Now Christine has moved to a nearby city. Working as a secretary in a prosperous company, she is drawn to her employer's handsome son. Henry has joined the Canadian Mounties, where one of his first duties is to help a young widow and her infant. In their new lives, as new relationships grow, can Christine and Henry still draw on the faith they have learned from their parents?

Een krachtige roman over moed en hoop in een van de donkerste periodes uit de moderne geschiedenis. Parijs, 1944. Het leven van een jonge vrouw neemt een afschuwelijke wending als ze op een dag van haar bed wordt gelicht. Ze wordt op transport gezet naar Auschwitz. Op het perron neemt ze een levensbepalende beslissing: in haar wanhoop geeft ze haar zoontje, een baby nog, weg aan een wildvreemde man. Santa Cruz, 1953. Jean-Luc heeft met veel moeite het verleden achter zich gelaten.

Sage is living the fast life with her homegirls Nesh, KiKi, and Shay, dating Dope Boys and having fun when life hits her hard and she's left fractured with no clear understanding as to how to pick up the pieces. Things have changed forever, and there is no going back, only forward. Sage doesn't know anything other than the life she's lived, and she's ill-equipped to undertake a new journey with the cards she's been dealt. She finds that the more she tries to do things different, the more she ends up two steps behind only to end up in the same place.

When an emergency summons Mr. Darcy back to London during the Netherfield ball, he discovers a newborn in his study along with a note. Now, he must guard a secret that could shatter his family and put the child in danger. But that isn’t his biggest challenge. He must find a wife—a woman he can trust with his charge and with his heart. Elizabeth Bennet’s prospects for a marriage based on love are taken away from her when her father makes a deal with Mr. Darcy, a man she despises.

Distant rumblings of conflict in Europe have reached even the secluded, snow-dusted mountains of Virginia, where Lauren Greenwood faces a battle of her own. The Great Depression is crippling America, leaving millions of its victims without shoes on their feet and clothes on their backs. Hope House - the orphanage Lauren runs - is suffering more than ever. The one thing Lauren is not short of is love. But with just a handful of dollars to her name, every day is a struggle to feed the orphans and keep a roof over their heads. Yet she refuses to give up.

The year 1954. Natalia Morrow is 13 and already turning heads. Her crush on Tobias French has become worse and her inability to separate fact from fantasy has her parents concerned. The French family has lost it all. Their greed and thirst for power has cost them everything, including their home and possessions. But Tobias believes his father has money hidden away. After all, he does. It doesn't matter that the money is stolen.... He still has it stashed away. Across the pond in French Indochina, Nick and Demmie Morrow are still fighting to keep the US out of the war.

Honoring a promise to his twin, Lord Ethan Ambrose invites wealthy, respectable Madeleine Murrow and her parents to his impoverished estate with marriage in mind. His plans are overthrown when he awakens to find an abandoned infant in his bedroom. Will the charming Madeleine flee scandal or remain to win the viscount’s love?

Experience The Raffle Baby through an evocative performance by narrator David Mann, whose authentic delivery and memorable character voices bring every heartbeat of this story to life. Set against the dust-choked backdrop of the Great Depression, three abandoned children cling to one another as their only family. Teeny — fierce and full of imagination. Sonny Boy — quiet, loyal, and watchful. And Vic — a boy whose silence carries its own secrets.