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Herzerfrischende Figuren, spritzig und pointiert erzählt. England, 1815. Als Gervase Frant, Earl of St. Erth, unverhofft aus der Schlacht von Waterloo nach Hause zurückkehrt, sind seine Verwandten enttäuscht. Schließlich hatten sie das gesamte Erbe bereits unter sich aufgeteilt. Warum war der Earl auch so taktlos, sich nicht totschießen zu lassen? Der einzige Lichtblick inmitten der feindseligen Familie ist die unscheinbare, aber äußerst charmante Miss Drusilla Morville, die gerade zu Besuch auf dem Herrensitz ist und den Earl mit ihren gewagten politischen Ansichten amüsiert.

England, 1813: Die bezaubernde Elinor Rochdale ist adeliger Herkunft. Aber da ihr Vater kurz vor seinen Tod das gesamte Vermögen verspielt hat, beschließt die junge Frau einen Posten als Gouvernante anzutreten, um den finanziellen Ruin abzuwenden. Auf dem Weg zu ihrem Arbeitgeber steigt Elinor versehentlich in die falsche Kutsche und wird unversehens zur Ehegattin des als Trunkenbold verschrienen Mr. Cheviot gemacht. Als derselbige unmittelbar nach der Hochzeit verstirbt, erbt die junge Frau nicht nur sein gesamtes Hab und Gut, sondern auch einige mysteriöse Feinde und Rätsel.

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Regency Romance vom Feinsten. Derbyshire, 1817: In einer regnerischen Nacht gelangt John Staple, ein hünenhafter Gentleman, an eine Mautschranke. Doch weit und breit ist kein Zollwärter zu sehen - was ist hier geschehen? Der abenteuerlustige John beschließt spontan, sich als Schrankenwärter auszugeben und lernt dabei die eigenwillige Nell Stornaway kennen, die ihn um Hilfe bittet. Auf dem Landsitz ihres kranken Großvaters haben sich ungebetene Gäste einquartiert, die etwas Seltsames im Schilde zu führen scheinen.

Sussex, 1817. Der alte Lord Darracott erleidet einen schweren Schicksalsschlag: Nachdem sein eigentlicher Erbe bei einem Unglück ums Leben kommt, sieht er sich gezwungen, alles seinem unbekannten Neffen Major Hugo Darracott zu vermachen. Die Familie ist entsetzt! Ein einfacher Webersohn mit ungeschliffenen Manieren und breitem Yorkshire-Dialekt soll das neue Familienoberhaupt werden? Einzig und allein die junge Anthea macht sich die Mühe, den Major näher kennenzulernen und schöpft schon bald Verdacht... Ist Hugo wirklich der, für den ihn alle halten?

'Mad Nicholas' to his friends, 'Scourge of Spain' to the enemy, Sir Nicholas Beauvallet has never been known to resist a challenge. When a captured galleon yields the lovely Doña Dominica de Rada y Sylva, he vows to return her and her father to the shores of Spain. But he has no sooner said than done, so he proposes a venture more reckless than any of his exploits on the high seas which have made him Drake's equal and a favourite of the queen. He will take Dominica as his bride even if he must enter the lion's den.

When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars, is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper. After all, she had warned him about his blood pressure. But a post-mortem determines that the cause of death is much more sinister. Murder. By poison. Suspicion falls immediately amongst his bitter, quarrelsome family. Each has a motive; each, opportunity. It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde to sift through all the secrets and lies and discover just who killed Gregory Matthews, before the killer strikes again....

Arabella, the daughter of an impoverished country parson, dreams of a new life in London. But her beauty and charm will only get her so far - and when Arabella embarks on her first London season armed with nothing but a benevolent godmother and her own notoriously short temper, she quickly runs afoul of Robert Beaumaris.

Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton and a hero at Salamanca, returns from the Peninsula War to find his family on the brink of ruin and the broad acres of his ancestral home mortgaged to the hilt. It is Lord Oversley, father of Adam's first love, who tactfully introduces him to Mr Jonathan Chaleigh, a city man of apparently unlimited wealth with no social ambitions for himself, but with his eyes firmly fixed on a suitable match for his one and only daughter.

Als die Geschwister Peter, Celia und Margaret gewarnt werden, dass es in dem ehemaligen Klostergebäude Priory, das sie geerbt haben, spuken soll, halten sie das Gerede zuerst für Aberglauben. Doch schon in der ersten Nacht werden sie von einem unheimlichen Stöhnen geweckt - und bald darauf geschieht auch noch ein Mord... Ein Muss für Fans von Georgette Heyer und klassischen englischen Krimis.

William the Bastard, base-born son of the Duke of Normandy, must fight the king of France to regain his Duchy. Spurned in love by the lovely Princess Matilda, the fighting duke dares to take a whip to her in her own father's palace, before making her his bride. Thwarted by the Saxon Earl Harold of a promise of the throne of England, William the Conqueror sails to Hastings to claim the king's crown and sceptre for his own.

The 60th birthday party of Silas Kane was marred by argument and dissension amongst his family. And then, the morning after the celebrations, Kane is found dead at the foot of a cliff. The theory that Silas accidentally lost his way in the fog is confirmed when the coroner returns a verdict of death by misadventure. But then Kane's nephew, and heir, is murdered, and threats are made on the next in line to the fortune, throwing a new and sinister light on Silas Kane's death.

The legend of the Headless Horseman and a proposed marriage de convenance both have their impact on the mystery of a golden talisman ring and Lord Lavenham's young heir, Ludovic. Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor Eustacie, his young French cousin, shares the slightest inclination to marry one another, yet it is Lord Lavenham's dying wish. For there is no one else to provide for the old man's granddaughter while Ludovic remains a fugitive from justice.

Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling and dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight, she is a bride, by dawn, a widow.

When Gervase Frant, Seventh Earl of St Erth, returns at last from Waterloo to his family seat at Stanyon, he enjoys a less than welcome homecoming. Only Theo, a cousin even quieter than himself, is there to greet him - and when he meets his stepmother and young half-brother he detects open disappointment that he survived the wars. But the dangers of the Lincolnshire countryside are quite different to those of the battlefield.

The shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents, Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware (Gilly for short) has endured 24 years of rigorous mollycoddling form his uncle and valet. But his natural diffidence conceals a rebellious spirit. So when Gilly hears of Belinda, the beautiful foundling who appears to be blackmailing his cousin, he absconds with glee. No sooner has he entered this new and dangerous world than is he plunged into a frenzy of intrigue, kidnap and adventure.

Endowed with rank, wealth and elegance, Sylvester, Duke of Salford, posts into Wiltshire to discover if the Honorable Phoebe Marlow will meet his exacting requirements for a bride. If he does not expect to meet a tongue-tied stripling wanting both manners and conduct, then he is intrigued indeed when his visit causes Phoebe to flee her home. They meet again on the road to London, where her carriage has come to grief in the snow. Yet Phoebe, already caught in one imbroglio, now knows she soon could be well deep in another....

Horry Winwood doesn't play by the rules. So when her family are near ruin and her sister is about to enter a loveless marriage to a wealthy man to settle the family debts, young and headstrong Horry proposes to marry him instead. As her new husband's attentions fall elsewhere, Horry feels increasingly unhappy. Then she meets the attractive and dangerous Lord Lethbridge, and her days suddenly become more exciting. But there is bad blood between Horry's husband and Lord Lethbridge, and as complications and deceptions mount, the social tangle grows ever trickier to unpick.

Mary Challoner must protect her sister at all costs. When she discovers that the notorious Marquis of Vidal is planning to run away with her little sister, Mary will not stand idly by. To save Sophia's reputation without destroying her own, Mary will take her sister's place - and once the Marquis sees through her disguise, he will be humiliated and forced to return her home. But the irresistible Marquis is a wilder rake than even Mary anticipated, and her growing feelings for him are proving an unexpected complication....

Hero Wantage is desperate to change her fate. When the dashing Lord Sherry proposes out of the blue, Hero is overjoyed—she'll escape a life as a governess and, once they wed, he can finally claim his inheritance. But as Hero attempts to social climb in glamorous London society, Sherry is concerned that her naivety will ruin them both and takes drastic action. The chaos that follows will push friendships—and hearts—to breaking point.