Историческая литература
Различные книги в жанре Историческая литератураRancher Wants a Wife
A marriage to save them both…Among the responses Cassandra Hamilton receives to her advertizement as a mail-order bride, one stands out–Jack McColton's. The last time she saw him, she was a carefree girl, but tragedy has made her a cautious woman.Jack is mesmerized by his new bride–Cassandra might bear the scars of recent events, but she's even more beautiful than he remembers. They both have pasts that are hard to forget, but under the cloak of night, can their passion banish the shadows forever?Mail-Order WeddingsFrom blushing bride to rancher's wife!
Mistress to the Marquis
SHE MIGHT GRACE HIS BED, BUT SHE WILL NEVER WEAR HIS RING They whisper her name in the ballroom’s shadows – the Marquis’s mistress! It will take all of Alice Sweetly’s renowned acting skills to play this part: smile until it no longer hurts, until they believe your lie, until you believe. Pretend he means nothing.If the Marquis of Razeby thinks he can let his mistress go easily, he is so very wrong. Each night she appears before a rapturous Covent Garden audience, taunting him with her beauty. But Razeby must marry, and while Alice could grace his bed she can never grace his arm.Gentlemen of Disrepute Rebellious rule-breakers, ready to wed!
Married to a Stranger
A SHOCK PROPOSAL Sophia Langley’s life is in turmoil. When she learns of her estranged fiancé’s death in a shipwreck, the last thing she expects is for his twin brother, Callum Chatterton, to make a shock proposal! Her inner romantic objects to a marriage of convenience – and brooding Cal makes it very clear that’s all it can be.Yet to save her family Sophia accepts with trepidation – and a highly inconvenient trembling of desire for her reluctant husband! Danger & Desire Shipwreck, Scandals and Society Weddings
Highland Rogue, London Miss
Lord of Vice Quintus MacLachlann is arrogant – unapologetically so. When he’s asked to impersonate one half of a married couple to infiltrate Edinburgh society he relishes the challenge of being ‘married’ to the frustratingly wilful yet beautiful Esme. Lady of Virtue?Esme makes no bones about her fervent dislike of the dishonoured rake. He’s the last person on earth she can conceive of marrying – sham or otherwise. But being forced to play wife to the handsome-as-sin wastrel brings up very real feelings of desire…
How to Sin Successfully
RIORDAN BARRETT: LAST RAKE STANDING With his comrade rakes-in-arms succumbing to respectability, anyone might think that wicked Riordan Barrett is next. But such happy endings aren’t for him – the whole of society knows there isn’t a redeemable bone in his sinfully sexy body. Suddenly Riordan finds himself not only an Earl…but father to two young wards!His only experience is in the art of irresponsibility. This rake needs help – and hiring a pretty young governess won’t be such a hardship! Sweet, innocent Maura Caulfield is the only lady in London seemingly unaware of Riordan’s disreputable ways. But it won’t stay like that for long. He’ll show her just how much fun sinning can be…Rakes Beyond Redemption Too wicked for polite society…
Vanquished by the Viking
Anglesey Coast, AD 995.As one of the spoils of war, Welsh princess Eva filia Madoc belongs to his brother. But when the beguiling grey-eyed beauty demands that Reinn Geirsson take her with him when he leaves her father’s conquered stronghold, he cannot refuse.Eva is desperate to escape being forced into marriage – and she gambles everything on the hope that Reinn is as honourable as his brother is cruel. What she doesn’t expect is the attraction she feels for the Viking warrior, or the desire his kiss ignites within her…
Snowbound with the Sheriff
Southern Montana, 1886When Chayston Williams agreed to act as sheriff of Spring Valley, Montana, he never dreamed his duties would include delivering his father’s pretty young mail-order bride to the family ranch in time for a Christmas wedding!Violet Ritter promised her late stepfather that she would marry the man of his choosing. But she’s shocked to discover her husband-to-be is old enough to have a grown son of his own! And she’s even more surprised by her attraction to the ornery young man . . .When a blizzard strands them in the sheriff’s office for two days–and two nights—how will Chayston and Violet stop the fire between them from blazing out of control?
The Return of the Prodigal
From the nightmare of battle… Being in the care of lovely Lisette, who tended to his every need, helped Rian Becket to forget the horrors of war – although his intuition led him to believe there was more to the seductress than she revealed…To danger close to his heart If Lisette was aligned with the enemy, and endangering the Becket clan, how would he ever bring himself to stop her? Especially when she was beginning to mean more to him than life itself…
Under a Christmas Spell
Dissolute aristocrat Lord Valiant Oakenhurst hides a sexy, supernatural secret – as a powerful incubus, he is able to influence others through erotic dreams. At an exclusive Christmas house party, his latest mission is compromised by the beautiful but deadly succubus Lucille Beaulieu.Though still drawn to his former lover, Val cannot forget her betrayal…Hoping to atone for her past, Lucie uses her seductive powers to help couples find happiness. But she is distracted from her task by her own delicious dreams of the dark and dangerous Val.As the riotous festivities begin, their passion is re-invoked, but can a little Christmas magic restore their lost trust?
Capturing the Silken Thief
Tang Dynasty China, 823 A.D.Musician Jia needs a valuable book of poems by a famous courtesan to buy her freedom…and she believes Luo Cheng has taken it. Her attempt to steal the book from him fails, but the tall and powerful scholar unexpectedly offers to help her quest!But when they finally find the book – and the arousing poems and artwork inside – Jia's longing for freedom is replaced with a new kind of desire for Cheng….