Resultados Editorial "Oliver Heber Books" en Novela histórica

For Allegra Proctor, tutoring the Earl of Wrexham's son has its disadvantages—namely the widowed earl himself. Arrogant, cold, and moody, Wrexham is also distractingly dashing. But Allegra only needs to to keep secret her real reason for taking a job in the wilds of Yorkshire long enough to right the wrong against her father, committed by the earl's dastardly neighbor. All is going according to plan–until the earl’s son discovers her quest for justice and demands to help. But when their first foray runs into trouble, Wrexham is quickly entangled in the scheming.

As a young debutante, I’m supposed to sip champagne, dance, and meet interesting gentlemen. Except that with the constant company of Scot—my brooding, handsome bodyguard who protects me from vampires and other Unnaturals—I can barely chat with my girlfriends. The fact that I try desperately to attract Scot’s attention only adds frustration to my not-so-enjoyable Season. The man doesn’t seem to notice me. So I make a wish, hoping to steal a kiss a from him, but accidentally I summon a lilath, a capricious fairy with no sense of humour.

Sailing home to England with her two younger brothers, the intrepid Miss Zara Greeley plucks a half-drowned stranger from icy seas. The handsome man says he's a duke—a claim Zara is tempted to believe, for only a duke could be so impossibly arrogant, especially when their ship runs aground on a Scottish island during the storm, and they are forced to do manual labor in a brewer to earn their passage to the mainland.

Seven years ago, Phoebe Dunbar’s world shattered. In a Scotland, decimated after Culloden Moor, she battles to reclaim her life as a spy for an elite group of Jacobite rebels, swearing no man will make her vulnerable again. Until the one man who has the power to reawaken her dreams and desires charges back into her life, the one man who can protect her from a nemesis bent on finishing what started in the past. Phoebe agrees to a marriage of convenience, but can Slade heal her heart?

Alle Hoffnung scheint verloren, als sich Gwendolyns lang ersehnter Prinz als alles andere als ihre wahre Liebe erweist. Nachdem sie die Drachenbanner vereint hat, erkennt sie zu spät, dass Loc nichts weiter ist als Ehrgeiz, der sich in einen Mantel aus Charme hüllt.

Sheriff Zachariah Fitch doesn't believe in pirate stories like the ones his daughter's nursemaid, Nairnie spins so well. But his beliefs change quickly when Nairnie's ex-pirate husband, Bear, and his crew arrive at his door one night. After solving several murders with the help of his good friend (and love interest), Lady Vivienne Harlowe, Zachariah wants nothing more than time to unwind. However, when Bear suggests a day of high seas adventure aboard his ship, Vivienne accepts the invitation for all of them. Against the sheriff's will, of course.

Sie wurde aus einer Prophezeiung geboren, von Magie gezeichnet und für eine Liebe bestimmt, die ein Königreich erschaffen – oder zerstören – konnte. In einem Zeitalter, in dem Stämme um die Vorherrschaft kämpften und Legenden noch geboren wurden, wurde Gwendolyn von Cornwall bei ihrer Geburt mit drei Gaben – oder Flüchen – der Fae gezeichnet: einer Prophezeiung, der sie nicht entkommen kann, einem Antlitz, das die Wahrheit in den Herzen der Menschen enthüllt, und Haar, das sich nur dann in Gold verwandeln wird, wenn es von wahrer Liebe geschoren wird.

Eleven years ago, ragtag near-orphan Harriette Smythe made a lifelong friend when she defended the young Earl of Renwick from the village boys persecuting him for his stammer and clubfoot. When Ren returns to London with all the polish of his Grand Tour and the need to take up his duties, he finds a woman in crimson silk shimmying through his window: Harriette, all grown up into a delectable woman, who offers him a startling proposal.

Hannah Bunch, the preacher's spinster daughter, wants to help heaven along by hatching a plan to bring a shy suitor up to the point of a proposal. The Bible had Ruth meeting Boaz on the threshing field. If that worked for Ruth, couldn't it work for Hannah? It did. It all went perfectly, except the wrong man got snared. Henry Lee Watson likes his life—without a wife. He makes the finest corn liquor in the territory. A good business on Saturday night, does not always make a good marriage to a Sunday morning kind of woman.

Eleven years later, Hugh FitzSimon is a broken man. He is forsaken, alone, a wretch left to wallow in his grief. A scrooge to rival Ebeneezer, he is visited by the ghost of his dead wife, who has come to reveal what life has been, what it could be, and where it will end if the candle burns out before FitzSimon has made amends. Meantime, in the Highlands, the MacKinnon clan faces their darkest hour. With their village destroyed by fire, and winter on the way, how can they rally when whispers of war have already begun? A very unexpected "ghost" may help them find their way.

Page is the sweet/clean edition of The MacKinnon's Bride by Tanya Anne Crosby - revised by a New York Times best-selling author and her daughter. England/Scotland 1124: Page FitzSimon has lived her entire life in the shadow of the man she called Father. Left to her own devices, with her mother imprisoned and her father disinterested, she still might never have imagined Hugh FitzSimon would deny his only daughter.

Descended of the legendary sons of MacAlpin, Iain MacKinnon refuses to bow to the English. When his young son is captured by a minion of the English king, the fierce Scottish chieftain vows to stop at nothing to secure the lad's return. Retaliating in kind, he captures the daughter of his enemy, planning to bargain with the devil. FitzSimon's daughter has lived her entire life in the shadow of the man she called father--yet never would she have imagined he would forsake his only daughter.

Der fehlende Epilog zu Eine Frau für MacKinnon. Beachten Sie bitte, dass dies keine alleinstehende Erzählung ist, sondern ein extra-langer Epilog, der für Eine Frau für MacKinnon geschrieben wurde. Elf Jahre später ist Hugh FitzSimon ein gebrochener Mann. Er ist verlassen und allein — eine Jammergestalt, die sich dem Selbstmitleid hingibt, und ein Geizhals, der es mit Ebeneezer aufnehmen kann. Der Geist seiner verstorbenen Frau, der ihn besucht und ihm darlegt, wie sein Leben war, wie es hätte sein können — und wie es enden wird, wenn FitzSimon sich nicht bessert, bevor die Kerze erlischt.

In 1776 London, orphaned vicar’s daughter Amaranthe Illingworth supports her small household with her skills as a copyist, but her quiet routine is shattered the day three children show up at her door seeking aid from her brother, their tutor. Behind them storms in Malden Grey, would-be barrister and their erstwhile guardian, who accuses Amaranthe of kidnapping the young Duke of Hunsdon and his siblings. The former duke’s illegitimate son, Malden Grey has learned to live by his wits, and he’s told he’ll advance to the bar if he takes a proper wife.

For four years Maggie Whitlock has been on the run with her brother and young daughter, moving from town to town and never staying in one place long. After her midwife mother was blamed for the death of a noblewoman and her baby, she was executed. Now those same nobles are coming for Maggie! Maggie acts as mother, provider and protector to her brother and daughter, but beneath her tough exterior she is laden with guilt. She can't help but think she is to blame for the loss of her mother, since she birthed her own baby that night and took her mother's attention away from the noble.

The Thief-taker: Hunter Chase, wants nothing more than to rid himself of the demons in his head regarding his dark and difficult past. Now, as guardian of his unruly thirteen-year-old nephew, he finds his problems quickly mounting. He's never been a father and doesn't know how to keep the boy from going down the wrong path like he did. What he needs is a woman's guiding touch. Unfortunately, the type of women he meets through his line of work are anything but a good example.

While magic still glimmered over the lands and people of Scotland and the Vikings ruled the western islands and the north, a woman encounters a powerful Fae prince and could not imagine the consequences that would shape the rest of her life and that of her sons–three brothers who will struggle against their fate to overcome a dreaded curse tied to their own Fae powers. Agneis of Mull betrayed the Fae prince who loved her and lost everything and everyone.

When widow, Kit Baker's young son is accused of stealing from a royal guard, her son is brought to the castle to receive his sentence. What Kit doesn't expect is the handsome Lord Tolin Blake to include her in the punishment. Now, if she wants to keep her son out of the dungeon, she must work in the castle's kitchen until Twelfth Night. With Christmastide at her door, Kit has orders to fill at her bakery and cannot leave her shop unattended. She also has a pregnant sister and her sister's jobless husband to support as well as her own son.

'Gavin Mac Brodie fürchtet, so zu werden wie sein Vater. In die Einsamkeit getrieben durch Visionen davon, wie er nicht sein will und was er nicht haben kann, schwört er sich, niemals zu heiraten. Aber dieser letzte Junggeselle der Brodies steht kurz davor, die Magie der Highlands kennenzulernen … Catrìona ist die Einsamkeit gewohnt. Ihr Volk wurde so tief in die Highlands getrieben, dass es kaum mehr als eine Legende ist. Aber niemand weiß besser als Cat, dass man sich vor dem Schicksal nicht verstecken kann. Nackt und mit den Farben ihrer Vorfahren bemalt erscheint sie Gavin Mac Brodie …

Als Tochter des Waldes und keinem Clan zugehörig ist, gilt Seana als Kind der Feen. Aber nicht einmal gälische Magie kann ihr zu dem verhelfen, was sie sich wirklich wünscht – einem eigenen Heim —, bevor es für ihren kranken Vater zu spät ist. Seana macht sich Hoffnungen auf Broc Ceannfhionn, aber Broc hat nur Augen für eine andere. Um seine Zuneigung zu gewinnen, lässt sie sich auf einen Handel mit Colin Mac Brodie ein – dem größten Herzensbrecher in ganz Scotia.