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Octavius Everard, the wealthy Duke of Excess, indulges in London's most decadent offerings to escape the pain that haunts him—especially at Christmas. Lady Agatha Temperance Hale is an heiress on the run! Being a governess gives her a place to hide. And Temperance is soon showing the duke the joys of the season and sharing her love of science with his wards. But she never imagined the pleasures her gorgeous employer could show her. But when the truth is revealed, can he forgive the woman he has come to adore more than any indulgence?

In this first of three books inspired by the life of Josephine Bonaparte, Sandra Gulland has created a novel of immense and magical proportions. We meet Josephine in the exotic and lush Martinico, where an old island woman predicts that one day she will be queen. The journey from the remote village of her birth to the height of European elegance is long, but Josephine's fortune proves to be true.

Thrown from the modern world into 1307 Scotland—the brutal era of Robert the Bruce's War of Independence—four unlikely heroes are swept into the fate of Clan Cambel, where danger, desire, and destiny are intertwined. Four Highland warriors. Four modern time-travelers. Four journeys through time— and one question that spans the centuries: Can love survive a Scottish medieval war?

Popular stage actress Jennifer Knight just turned 49, and she's fine with her life, thank you very much. Or she was, until her beloved niece accidentally time travels them both to 1988, bringing her face-to-face with her first husband. Computer guru Lance Davies is more comfortable with machines than people. He never knew how to handle his beloved, mercurial Jen. But now, her future self is here in front of him, and he wants another chance. Jen's traitorous body insists that home is in Lance's arms, but her heart has trust issues. When Lance follows Jen into the future, time tangles.

She's a multilingual courtesan with an intellect and charm on par with nobility. The expensive gifts she receives from her lovers are sold, and the money is used for a Robin Hood-like cause. Her life is a beautiful masquerade of love, pleasure, and conflicting emotions.

Als der Arzt Nelly B. eröffnet, dass sie wegen eines Herzleidens nicht mehr fliegen darf, bricht für sie eine Welt zusammen. Als erste Frau in Deutschland hat sie den Pilotenschein gemacht und mit ihrem Mann eine Flugschule geleitet. Sie verlässt Paul, findet eine Stelle bei BMW, wo sie Motorräder verkauft und trifft die viel jüngere Irma, in die sie sich rettungslos verliebt. Aris Fioretos erzählt die Geschichte einer emanzipierten Frau und einer großen, tragischen Liebe im Berlin der wilden zwanziger Jahre.

Jason Tanner, protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been by his mentor’s side in New York to spread the message of passive resistance. In Harlem, the epicenter of Black culture, poet Anita Hopkins tries to capture the message of Malcolm X, which she believes with all her heart: The time is now; enough is enough.

Lady Eryndal Bell is a fraud. A bastard orphan, she has claimed the Bell estate in the aftermath of the Black Death. When Lord Andrew Drummond, courtier to King David II, arrives Eryn hides her treasonous deception from the knight, despite his passionate proposal. After Drew discovers her lies, will he convince the king to spare her life? And will either one move beyond their stubborn pride and painful pasts to salvage love…before it's too late?