Showing results for "The Twenty" in Victorian

When refined, handsome Tom Sebastian and wild child Ivy Danvers meet, their attraction is immediate. They don't care about social class, but others do. Can they battle outside influences or will lack of faith doom their love?

When Frankie Scorrano and D.J. Samuels meet, romance blossoms. But when a terrible illness strikes, leaving behind complications, will their love survive or will it succumb to bitterness and despair?

Penny Winslow, a divorced woman, comes to Dawson under strange circumstances, meeting Matt Mackenzie, the town preacher. They embark on a romance, hoping for a bright future. Fear intrudes on that hope. Can they secure the happy future they seek?

There’s no polite way to describe Ansley, Earl of Scarborough’s obsession with schedules and inflexible routines. Unfortunately, he’s also in need of a wife, which forces him squarely in the midst of the society he can scarcely function in. If only he dared to ignore the haut ton’s censure and claim the lovely, wholly unsuitable Willow as his own.

An orphan since she was 10, Tabitha Phillips was raised by a cousin who resented her, and she went out on her own as soon as she could. When the factory where she was working burned down, she was forced to return to her childhood home under the scrutiny of her critical relatives. Tabitha: Bride of Missouri is the 24th in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series.

Trots svårigheterna ger polislöjtnant Andersen inte upp jakten på kvinnorna som troligen tog Emilies pengar. Kommer de att hållas ansvariga för vad de har gjort? Odd vill expandera sin verksamhet i Minnesota och beger sig till Denver för att sälja både de två obebyggda fastigheterna och verksamheten där. Men kan han förmå sig att sälja verksamheten mot chef Howards starka vilja?

Emilie kan knappt tro sina ögon när hon ser vem som går mot skolbyggnaden. Ola återvänder till Trøndelag som en välbärgad herre med en resväska full av presenter, och Birte är särskilt glad över sin. Men Ola längtar redan tillbaka till Amerika – och till Emilie…

Sagan om Emilie är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger. Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga. Resan hem till Norge har inte gått som Odd hoppats på. Nu är han på Salstad och vet inte om han orkar resa tillbaka till Trondheim igen. Synen av Solfrid i Even Conrads armar har bränt sig fast i honom.

Sagan om Emilie är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger. Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga.

Thane MacLaren is the consummate cowboy. His life on the ranch he and his older brother, Bram, are building means everything to him. Catching and taming wild horses, fulfilling Army contracts, and working with the best ranch hands in western Montana is the perfect life. He has no plans to change, until an unconscious, beautiful young woman ends up on their doorstep.

Sheila ist auf der Suche nach ihrem Vater, einem Archäologen, der in Ägypten nach den Schätzen der Pharaonen gräbt. Ihr Onkel, bei dem sie während seiner Abwesenheit wohnt, möchte sie mit dem lüsternen Lord Stroud verheiratet. Also entschließt sich Sheila zu fliehen. Gleich zu Beginn ihrer Flucht trifft sie auf den Marquis von Linwood. Er selbst ist auf der Flucht vor einem Skandal. Wie der Marquis und Sheila zusammen über die Weltmeere segeln und das Geheimnis des Verschwindens von Sheilas Vater lösen, steht im Mittelpunkt dieser Barbara Cartland Geschichte.

Cole Santori faces each day with three goals: be a good father to his adopted son, excel at his job as a Splendor deputy, and do everything possible to convince one woman to give him another chance. He worries little about the first two. The third seems to slip further away with each passing day.

Lord Brian Kennington, Fifth Earl of Connlee, is a master of persuasion. When he crosses paths with the not-too-proper Lady Minerva Fox, he determines that she needs a bit of excitement in her life, and he knows just how to deliver. He will live up to his moniker, the Earl of Persuasion, as he sweeps her along a path of adventure and romance. The only problem with his plan: Love was not a part of the equation.

Telegraph operator Willow Graham benefited from a unique lifestyle growing up with her grandfather. She’s independent and loves spending time riding and training animals. With her 21st birthday approaching, her family pressures her to return to the city and take up the lavish lifestyle her uncle has planned for her. But another option piques her curiosity –a matchmaking agency’s recommendation that she begins a correspondence with a handsome farmer.

Lilly Lind was forced to emigrate from Sweden two years ago, due to circumstances beyond her control. She finds a job as a garment maker in the Brown Textile Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, finally feeling as though she is settling in her new country. Then a suspicious fire burns the mill, making Lilly seek another way to survive. She answers a mail-order bride ad in the Grooms' Gazette and sets off for Chicago, believing she will be a business owner's wife.

Claudia Cummings will do anything to keep her family’s plantation from falling into her greedy cousin’s hands–even going as far as accepting a business arrangement–a marriage in name only. However, she must make her family and friends believe she and Blake are happily married. Now the trick is trying to stop her heart from getting involved.

Beatrice Collins is known as the demure and obedient sister of Last Chance’s overbearing Pastor Collins. But enough is enough! She’s tired of watching as woman after woman has a beau come and her brother refuses to let her send for one, telling her she needs a Godly man, and that God will provide. Maybe He will or maybe God helps those who help themselves. When one of the men seems to be forsaken by his bride-to-be, Bea sees her chance and takes it, even as her brother surprises her with a traveling preacher he’s promised her hand to.

In the twilight of her years, Elizabeth Norrington, the Dowager Duchess of Ravenswood, faces a choice that could rewrite her life's story: embrace a long-lost love or conform to the societal expectations that have dictated her past.

Lady Sophia Norrington seeks solace in nature, far from the pressures of the London season. When she meets Stephen, a viscount who shares her disdain for societal expectations, their connection grows deeper as they bond over books and laughter. But with her mother’s ambitions for her future and Stephen’s aversion to marriage, Sophia must find the courage to choose her own path. Enlightening The Lady is a tender, clean Regency romance about finding love in unexpected places and the strength to follow one’s heart, even when it defies convention.

Samuel Morrison, a farmer from Iowa, is in need of a wife and a mother for Lizzie, his three-year old daughter. He reads an article from Massachusetts advertising mail order brides. He writes to the agency stating he's looking for a partner who will work by his side and, hopefully, come to care for him and be a loving mother to Lizzie. Hannah Brown responds to his letter. Though she doesn't say too much about herself, Samuel decides to take a chance and asks her to come to Iowa.