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Eighteen-year-old Georgette Baine is a young pirate captain raised with utter disdain toward royalty. But when she and her twin brother, Captain Elias Baine, make a precarious deal with a king to gain access to a long-lost treasure, they find themselves in an untenable position. The king has tasked them with procuring stolen cargo under the watchful eye of his army commander, and Georgette is convinced they have been misled.

Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realises that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr Beecham.

Als die 15-jährige Zoe nach einer Party erwacht, findet sie sich im London des Jahres 1821 als Zofe der jungen Miss Lucie wieder. Lucie hat panische Angst vor ihrem Debüt bei der nahenden Ballsaison: Sie neigt zu Stressflecken, hysterischem Schluckauf und fällt bei jeder Gelegenheit in Ohnmacht. Zum Glück ist Zoe hier in ihrem Element! Sie erfindet den "WhisperWhisper"-Kettenbrief, in dem sie offenherzig und mit modernem Blick auf die heimlichen Fragen der jungen Londoner Ladys eingeht. Die Ballsaison beginnt und Zoe trifft auf den gutaussehenden Lord Falcon-Smith.

Rose Cliffe has never met a young lady like her new mistress. Clever, rich, and beautiful, Ada Averley treats Rose as an equal. And Rose could use a friend. Especially now that she, at barely 16, has risen to the position of ladies' maid. Rose knows she should be grateful to have a place at a house like Somerton. Still, she can't help but wonder what her life might have been had she been born a lady, like Ada.

On the home front in 1944, Kate wants to do her part for the war effort. She'd prefer filling in for the window dressers at the New York department store where she works, but her mother insists on sending her to audition for roles she never gets. When relatives arrive from war-torn Poland with a mysterious steamer trunk and an even more mysterious story, her life is about to hit center stage.

Best friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll are best friends. And thank goodness, since their boarding school is basically insufferable. When one of the friends suffers a personal tragedy, a plan—and a secret—change everything for the trio...for good.

When eighteen-year-old aspiring scientist Elinor Dashwood discovers her beloved father slumped over the desk of his office study, she knows his death means dire straits for the Dashwood women. To make matters worse, an outdated will entails his estate—including Norland & Company, the private investigation firm where her younger sister Marianne worked as her father’s partner and protégé—to their half-brother and his haughty wife, who waste no time in forcing the Dashwoods out of their home and into a cramped apartment on London’s Barton Street.

Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the 18-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night, only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a terrible surprise when 16-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and countless other girls. Shazi's wit and will get her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch...she may be falling in love with a murderer.

In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband, Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once believed him a monster, but his secrets revealed a man tormented by guilt and a powerful curse - one that might keep them apart forever. Reunited with her family, who have taken refuge with enemies of Khalid, and Tariq, her childhood sweetheart, she should be happy. But Tariq now commands forces set on destroying Khalid's empire. Shahrzad is almost a prisoner caught between loyalties to people she loves. But she refuses to be a pawn and devises a plan.

Elizabeth loved helping her family run the tavern on the village green. She even accepted that she would soon have to marry. If only it didn't have to be to the butcher with his quick temper. And if only she didn't keep having these dreams about a man she had never met before...a man named Robert...Medieval Destiny is book 13 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series. The sequence leads up to a happily ever after ending. From Renaissance Venice to troubled Scotland, from the Civil War to the Wild West, Elizabeth and Robert find and re-find each other.

When Bethany is saddled with an unwanted, unrefined, and decidedly common guardian, she must polish him up before he’s fit for good society. As for Willoughby Winter, all that stands between him and his inheritance is to marry Bethany off. Can he succeed in his efforts before his past becomes known, or will she manage to distract him from his goal - by hook or by crook?

Sixteen-year-old princess Piper Parish is a disappointment to the citizens of Capalon, a STEM-structured kingdom where innovation is valued above all. Her older sister, the queen, views Piper's tears during their parents' funeral as a weakness, not to mention her strange affinity for singing. When Piper receives an anonymous note stating her mother is still alive and living in the enemy kingdom of Mondaria, Piper chooses to risk death and flees Capalon to prove, once and for all, that she's not just the queen's defective little sister.

In 1874, Ivy Steele's deafness is more than a handicap. It's a disease. Surrounded by a family that doesn't understand her, she's learned to cope and find solace where she can. Then, the unexpected happens. Her aunt dies, and her uncle sends her away to rejoin her father's family in Montana. Left to fend for herself, after the companion hired to escort her abandons her, 16-year-old Ivy faces continual hardship and danger. Several men see an unaccompanied Ivy as a flower ripe for the picking, and things only get worse when masked men hold up their stagecoach.

Long before Catherine was great, Elizabeth was destined to rule the Romanov empire...The last true Romanov, Elizabeth has once again been denied the throne of Russia. Grieving and isolated, she struggles to protect the few loved ones she has left. But when Empress Anna’s health begins to fail, Elisabeth’s very existence becomes a threat to Anna’s plans to place her chosen heir, the infant Ivan, on the throne. Knowing only one of them will survive, Elizabeth enters into a dangerous alliance with Anna’s former lover.

Samhain. All Hallows Eve. The most mystical night of the year. The time when the veil between the worlds become perilously thin. And with a full moon overhead, this awesome power reaches its climactic height. Sorcha wears the finest dress she'd seen - and steps into a life she'd only dreamt of. But when Johnny's eyes meet hers, and jealous rivals vow revenge, that delicate layer between what is and what once was rips. It shreds like the fragile thread of one's life. One Scottish Lass is the first novella in the regency time travel romance trilogy.

Four Regency fairytales in one. This delightful Regency take on classic tales such as The Ugly Duckling, Cinderella, or Beauty and the Beast is the result my love for such timeless stories. This special collection also includes the never before published Regency Rapunzel! Sumptuous clean Regency romance, with a fairytale twist!

It is 1964, and 14-year-old Jocie Brooke is about to have an unforgettable summer. Her father has found a new love, her hippie sister is about to have a baby, and her aunt is finally pleasurable to live with. But when a Black family from Chicago moves into the quiet hamlet of Holly County, Kentucky, Jocie finds herself befriending a boy whom some townspeople shun.

Hollis Brite is opgegroeid in Keresken Castle, samen met de andere dochters van adel, in de hoop de aandacht van de toekomstige koning te trekken. De jonge koning Jameson van Coroa is eigenlijk nooit op zoek geweest naar een echtgenote, totdat hij Hollis ontmoet. Als Jameson haar de liefde verklaart, is Hollis dolblij. Maar terwijl hij haar het hof maakt, realiseert Hollis zich dat de eindeloze stroom cadeaus en aandacht gepaard gaan met torenhoge verwachtingen.

Abigail Walker, a young woman from rural South Carolina, is on the cusp of womanhood, aching to be able to run wild as the younger children do, yet yearning for things she has yet to understand. Awkward and unsure of herself, Abby is flustered when she meets Harvey Nicholas, a cadet from Clemson College. As summer begins, Abby finds herself constantly in the company of Harvey and falling quickly in love with him. But as rumors of war begin to reach the States, Abby begins to fear what may come for her older brother and Harvey.

In this tender and wholesome glimpse into their young marriage, we see that Hetty’s kindly husband Morgan loves her for her goodness and purity. He has forfeited a vast inheritance to marry her. Hetty longs to work by his side as an attorney, yet he pictures her as a stay-at-home mom. She must never have children because of a congenital heart condition.