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Quando Charles Wycombe, o irresistível conde de Billington, cai de uma árvore - literalmente aos pés de Elllie Lyndon - nenhum dos dois suspeita que esse encontro atrapalhado possa acabar em casamento. Mas o conde precisa se casar antes de completar 30 anos, do contrário perderá sua fortuna. Ellie, por sua vez, tem que arranjar um marido ou a noiva intrometida e detestável de seu pai escolherá qualquer um para ela. Por isso o moço alto, bonito e galanteador que surge aparentemente do nada em sua vida parece ter caído do céu.

Foi amor à primeira vista. Mas Victoria Lyndon era a filha do vigário, e Robert Kemble, o elegante conde de Macclesfield. Foi o que bastou para os pais dos dois serem contra a união. Assim, quando o plano de fuga dos jovens deu errado, todos acreditaram que foi melhor assim. Sete anos depois, quando Robert encontra Victoria por acaso, não consegue acreditar no que acontece: a garota que um dia destruiu seus sonhos ainda o deixa sem fôlego. Mas como ela poderia dar uma segunda chance ao homem que lhe prometeu casamento e depois despedaçou suas esperanças?

Elizabeth Hotchkiss precisa se casar com um homem rico, e bem rápido. Com três irmãos mais novos para sustentar, ela sabe que não lhe resta outra alternativa. Então, quando encontra o livro Como se casar com um marquês na biblioteca de lady Danbury, para quem trabalha como dama de companhia, ela não pensa duas vezes: coloca o exemplar na bolsa e leva para casa. Incentivada por uma das irmãs, Elizabeth decide encontrar um homem qualquer para praticar as técnicas ensinadas no pequeno manual.

Quando Caroline Trent é sequestrada por engano por Blake Ravenscroft, não faz o menor esforço para se libertar das garras do agente perigosamente sedutor. Afinal, está mesmo querendo escapar do casamento forçado com um homem que só se interessa pela fortuna que ela herdou. Blake a confundiu com a famosa espiã espanhola Carlotta De Leon, e Caroline não vai se preocupar em esclarecer nada até completar 21 anos, quando passará a controlar a própria herança milionária. Enquanto isso, é muito mais conveniente ficar escondida ao lado desse sequestrador misterioso.

De inspiratiebron voor de #1 Netflix-hit Bridgerton 'Het antwoord op Downton Abbey, maar vele malen kleuriger en ondeugender.' De Telegraaf Hyacinth Bridgerton is intelligent, scherp van tong en een behoorlijk felle tante. Gareth St. Clair is gefascineerd door haar. Als hij in de problemen raakt, vraagt hij Hyacinth om hulp. Zijn vader is van plan het St. Clair-fortuin over de balk te smijten en Gareth staat machteloos. Het enige aanknopingspunt dat hij heeft, zou te maken kunnen hebben met een oud dagboek.

De inspiratiebron voor de #1 Netflix-hit Bridgerton 'Het antwoord op Downton Abbey, maar vele malen kleuriger en ondeugender.' De Telegraaf Londen, 1820. Rijkdom, lust en verraad zijn aan de orde van de dag in negentiende-eeuws Engeland. En de familie Bridgerton staat altijd vooraan. Francesca Bridgerton ontmoette Michael Sterling, Londens beruchtste rokkenjager, tijdens een diner. In elk leven doet zich een beslissend moment voor waarna je weet dat niets ooit meer hetzelfde zal zijn.

Bridgerton: Die Inspiration zur Netflix-Serie. Die ganze Geschichte von Daphne und Simon - jetzt mit zusätzlichem Epilog. Als Daphne Bridgerton ihren Namen in der Kolumne von Lady Whistledown liest, kümmert es sie nicht besonders. Aber ihre Mutter drängt sie, endlich einen Ehemann zu finden, bevor ihr Ruf in dieser Ballsaison völlig dahin ist. Daphne schließt einen Pakt mit Simon Basset, dem heiratsunwilligen Duke of Hastings: Indem er ihr den Hof macht, erscheint der umschwärmte Aristokrat vergeben. Sie dagegen rückt gesellschaftlich in den Mittelpunkt und entflieht den Kuppelversuchen ihrer Mutter.

Anthony Bridgerton heiratet. Der begehrteste Junggeselle der Londoner Gesellschaft und die aussichtsreichste Debütantin der Saison: Lord Anthony Bridgerton und Edwina Sheffield gäben ohne Frage ein schönes Paar ab. Wären da nicht Edwinas überaus besorgte Schwester Kate und der durchaus zweifelhafte Ruf des Lords. Kate ist fest entschlossen, ihre Schwester vor dem Herzensbrecher zu schützen – bis der Viscount sie eines Tages in seine Arme reißt und sie einfach küsst. Entsetzt erkennt Kate, dass sie den Mann, der ihre Schwester hofiert, selbst heimlich begehrt.

Benedict Bridgerton ist verliebt Ein rauschender Maskenball im Hause Bridgerton. Doch unter all den Gauklern, Prinzessinnen und Harlekinen hat Benedict Bridgerton nur Augen für die unbekannte Schöne mit den funkelnden Augen. Auch Sophie spürt, dass diese Begegnung Bestimmung ist – und muss doch gehen, bevor die Masken fallen. Was bleibt, ist ein unauslöschliches Sehnen und Benedicts Schwur, nie eine andere zu begehren als sie! Doch die Probe, auf die das Schicksal die Liebenden stellt, ist hart – und der Ausgang ungewiss.

Jack Audley has been a highwayman. A soldier. And he has always been a rogue. What he is not, and never wanted to be, is a peer of the realm, responsible for an ancient heritage and the livelihood of hundreds. But when he is recognized as the long-lost son of the House of Wyndham, his carefree...

Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as she can remember. Literally. A mere six months old when the contracts were signed, she has spent the rest of her life waiting. And waiting. And waiting . . . for Thomas Cavendish, the oh-so-lofty duke, to finally get around...

Three bestselling authors. Two delightful novels. One terrific collection! From Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton series, now streaming on Netflix—writing along with close friends and popular authors Eloisa James and Connie Brockway—comes THE LADIES MOST… a duo of cleverly crafted...

Comme le rapporte la mystérieuse lady Whistledown dans sa chronique mondaine, on a vu, lors du fameux bal masqué des Bridgerton, le cadet de la famille, Benedict, en compagnie d'une ravissante inconnue vêtue d'une robe argentée. Mais à minuit, la belle s'est enfuie. Depuis, la haute société se perd en conjectures sur son identité. Benedict a beau la chercher dans tout Londres, elle semble s'être évaporée à jamais.

Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page. Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary perched atop Capitol Hill in rain-soaked Seattle. Fourteen-year-old Alexis Austin is fixing the plumbing, the tea, and all the problems of the world, it seems, in her landlady mother’s absence.

Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Madame Rochambeaux’s Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lucky coin for each of their weddings…...

“Delightful.” —Nora Roberts A perennial New York Times bestselling author, whose books have reached as high as #1, Julia Quinn returns with Ten Things I Love About You, another clever, witty, and delightful historical romance. Author Jill Barnett calls the incomparable Quinn, “Truly our...

Rumors and Gossip . . . The lifeblood of London When Olivia Bevelstoke is told that her new neighbor may have killed his fiancée, she doesn't believe it for a second, but, still, how can she help spying on him, just to be sure? So she stakes out a spot near her bedroom window, cleverly...

Sir Richard Kenworthy has less than a month to find a bride. He knows he can't be too picky, but when he sees Iris Smythe-Smith hiding behind her cello at her family's infamous musicale, he thinks he might have struck gold. She's the type of girl you don't notice until the second—or...

Once again, #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn transports her readers to historical romance heaven! Quinn’s Just Like Heaven is the dazzling first installment of a delightful quartet of Regency Era-set tales featuring the romantic exploits of the well-meaning but...

There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In this fourth of the Bridgerton prequel series, following The Other Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn. She was given two choices... Georgiana...