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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…...

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...

It takes a minx to tempt a rogue...Beautiful and feisty Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. She manages her elderly guardian's estate, prefers to wear breeches rather than dresses, and answers to the unlikely name of Henry. But when her guardian passes away, her beloved...

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...

Seventeen-year-old Jewel Combs is not a lady. She is a guttersnipe living hand-to-mouth on London's mean streets when she meets a dying man who marries her to spite his aristocratic family.

Once the toast of society, Grace Cabot and her sisters now await the shame of losing high status and fine luxuries upon the death of the Earl of Beckington. The dire circumstances are inevitable unless, of course, Grace's wicked plot to seduce a wealthy viscount into marriage goes off without a single hitch. But once a stolen embrace with the wrong man leads her to be discovered in the arms of Jeffrey, the Earl of Merryton, her plan takes a most unexpected - and scorching - twist - and altered by passion.

Desperate times call for daring measures as Honor Cabot, the eldest stepdaughter of the wealthy Earl of Beckington, awaits her family's ruin. Upon the earl's death she and her sisters stand to lose the luxury of their grand home - and their place on the pedestal of society - to their stepbrother and his social-climbing fiancée. Forced to act quickly, Honor makes a devil's bargain with the only rogue in London who can seduce her stepbrother's fiancée out of the Cabots' lives for good.

The fate of Roan Matheson's family depends on how quickly he can find his runaway sister and persuade her to return to her betrothed. Scouring the rustic English countryside with the sensually wicked Prudence at his side - and in his bed - he's out of his element. But once Roan has a taste of the sizzling passion that can lead to forever, he must choose between his heart's obligations and its forbidden desires.

He was dangerous, infamous, scandalous...and the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. Fighting for her land, widowed Kerry McKinnon can't believe the handsome Arthur has come to seize her home and leave her to a terrible fate. Yet from the moment they meet, a scandalous passion ignites between them—impossible to resist. Then a crime will force Kerry to flee with Arthur to England—where a challenge to their love could drive them apart forever....

Après la disparition tragique de sa femme, sir Phillip est totalement désemparé. Comment va-t-il faire pour élever ses enfants traumatisés par la maladie de leur mère ? Comment leur apprendre la tendresse, lui qui ne sait pas exprimer ses émotions ? Pourquoi ne proposerait-il pas le mariage à miss Bridgerton, avec qui il entretient une relation épistolaire ? Surprise, mais en même temps troublée, Eloïse, qui ne fait rien comme tout le monde, quitte Londres en secret pour rejoindre cet homme qu'elle n'a jamais vu.

Londra, 1813. Simon Arthur Henry Fitzranulph Basset, nuovo duca di Hastings ed erede di uno dei titoli più antichi e prestigiosi d'Inghilterra, è uno scapolo assai desiderato. A dire il vero, è letteralmente perseguitato da schiere di madri dell'alta società che farebbero di tutto pur di combinare un buon matrimonio per le loro fanciulle in età da marito. E Simon, sempre alquanto riluttante, è in cima alla lista dei loro interessi.

Julia London captivated listeners and critics alike with her acclaimed Rogues of Regent Street trilogy. Now the nationally bestselling author Romantic Times calls "a rising star" returns with the passionate story of a man and a woman pursued by secrets, shadowed by scandal, and surprised by love....

Wicked intrigue unfolds as an unlikely marriage leads to a path of risky desire in the lush, green Scottish Highlands Born into riches and groomed in English luxury, Margot Armstrong didn't belong in a Scottish chieftain's devil-may-care world. Three years ago she fled their marriage of...

A young widow puts her sexy suitors to the test in New York Times bestselling author Julia London's scintillating return to the idyllic Scottish Highlands. Widowed and forced to remarry in three years' time or forfeit her son's inheritance, Daisy Bristol, Lady Chatwick, has plenty of suitors...

Simon Basset, o irresistível duque de Hastings, acaba de retornar a Londres depois de seis anos viajando pelo mundo. Rico, bonito e solteiro, ele é um prato cheio para as mães da alta sociedade, que só pensam em arrumar um bom partido para suas filhas. Simon, porém, tem o firme propósito de nunca se casar. Assim, para se livrar das garras dessas mulheres, precisa de um plano infalível. É quando entra em cena Daphne Bridgerton, a irmã mais nova de seu melhor amigo.

Kent, 1809. A Robert, erede del marchese di Castleford, è bastato un solo sguardo per innamorarsi perdutamente della figlia del nuovo vicario del paese, Victoria Lyndon. Osteggiati dalle rispettive famiglie, i due giovani decidono di fuggire nottetempo per sposarsi in segreto. Ma il padre di Victoria sorprende la ragazza un attimo prima che possa mettere in atto i suoi propositi e subito la rinchiude nella sua stanza per impedirle di recarsi all'appuntamento.

Sebastian Grey is een duivels knappe rebel met een geheim. Volgens haar familie heeft Annabel Winslow twee talenten: zeggen wat ze denkt en in slaap vallen in de kerk. Sebastians oom is de graaf van Newbury en als hij doodgaat zonder erfgenaam, erft Sebastian alles. Lord Newbury verafschuwt Sebastian en zal er alles aan doen om dit te voorkomen. Lord Newbury heeft besloten dat Annabel het antwoord is op al zijn problemen. Annabel wil niet met lord Newbury trouwen, al helemaal niet wanneer ze erachter komt dat hij ooit haar oma heeft versierd.

Sophie Beckett discende da una nobilissima famiglia, ma non ha mai avuto una vita facile. Niente feste, coccole, agi per lei: è infatti la figlia illegittima del conte di Penwood ed è sempre stata trattata come una domestica, soprattutto dopo che il padre, morendo, l'ha lasciata sola con la matrigna e le sorellastre. Mai e poi mai avrebbe immaginato di partecipare un giorno al celebre ballo in maschera di Lady Bridgerton. Né tanto meno di incontrarvi un principe azzurro che stesse aspettando proprio lei.

Em 1761, num ensolarado dia de setembro, um rei e uma princesa se veem pela primeira vez. Em questão de horas, os dois já estão casados e ela já é uma rainha. Nascida na Alemanha, Charlotte de Mecklenburg-Strelitz é bela, obstinada e incrivelmente inteligente. Não são bem os atributos que a Coroa Britânica busca na esposa do jovem rei George III. Mas logo Charlotte descobre que sua vivacidade e independência são exatamente as características de que mais precisa, porque George tem segredos – e um deles é capaz de ameaçar as estruturas da própria monarquia.

Hyacinthe, la cadette des Bridgerton, l'une des meilleures familles du Londres dans les années 1820, est-elle destinée au célibat ? Trop fine mouche, trop directe, la jeune fille n'a rien de l'héritière effacée qu'attendent les hommes de la bonne société. Pourtant ce n'est pas une raison pour finir vieille fille ! Certes, quand Gareth Saint-Clair, un aristocrate à la réputation douteuse, croise son chemin, on est loin du coup de foudre.